English Bible words starting with F
544 meanings beginning with F, in alphabetical order. This is page 1 of 6. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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fable1 word
face7 words
- panehפָּנֶהthe face: the front of a person's head, the look it carries, and the presence of the one who turns it toward you
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- the front or surface of a thing: the outer side it turns toward you
- the position words built on this noun: before, in front of, away from, and so because of
- prosōponπρόσωπονthe face, and by extension the presence a face conveys, the outward look of a thing, or the person the face stands for
- aphאַףnose, nostril; by extension the face, especially in bowing low.
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- anger: hot, flaring displeasure, of God or of a person.
- panahפָּנָהto turn so as to face a direction, person, or thing, with all that the turn implies: to look toward, attend to, or move away from
- opsisὄψιςfacenot studied yet
- panehפָּנֶהthe face: the front of a person's head, the look it carries, and the presence of the one who turns it toward you
faction2 words
- ahiresisαἵρεσιςa faction: a rival grouping that forms inside a community when people push their own line
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- a recognized religious party: a group inside a larger faith, marked out by the teaching and practice it has chosen to hold
- eritheiaἐριθείαselfish ambition: a self-seeking drive to promote oneself and one's own side, which competes for standing at others' expense and splits a group into rival factions
- ahiresisαἵρεσιςa faction: a rival grouping that forms inside a community when people push their own line
fade4 words
- navelנָבֵלto wither and fade: to lose freshness and droop, the way a leaf or flower dries up, sinks down, and falls.
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- to be a disgraceful fool, or to treat someone as one: to act senselessly, and to shame, dishonor, or hold in contempt.
- amalאָמַלto lose vitality and waste away: to wither, droop, and grow feeble
- kahahכָּהָהto grow dim or fade: to lose brightness, sharpness, or strength without going out altogether.
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- to curb someone, to check them so that they stop what they are doing.
- marainōμαραίνωto fadenot studied yet
- navelנָבֵלto wither and fade: to lose freshness and droop, the way a leaf or flower dries up, sinks down, and falls.
faded1 word
fail9 words
- piptōπίπτωto fall: to drop or go down from a higher place to a lower one, whether by accident, on purpose, or in ruin
- kalahכָּלָהto reach a full end, or to bring something to its full end: to finish it, use it up, or wipe it out
- ekleipōἐκλείπωto failnot studied yet
- ḥadalחָדַלto stop: to leave off doing something, or for something to come to an end or run out
- ekpiptōἐκπίπτωto fall out of place: to come away from whatever was holding something, whether a blossom from its stem, a ship from its course, or a person from the standing he was in
failing2 words
faint21 words
- ekluōἐκλύωto lose strength and give way: the body collapsing from exhaustion, or the resolve going slack under pressure
- raphahרָפָהto go slack: for a grip, a hand, or strength to loosen and give way, or to make it do so, ranging from losing heart to letting go to leaving alone
- yagaיָגֵעַto wear out with hard effort: to toil to the point of weariness, to grow weary, or to wear another out
- masasמָסַסto melt away: to lose firm shape and dissolve, whether wax before fire, courage before terror, or a life dwindling to nothing
- la'ahלָאָהto be worn out: to spend one's strength or patience to the point of not being able to go on, or to wear another out that way
fainthearted1 word
fainting1 word
fair5 words
- tovטוֹבgood: fittingly answering to what a thing, a person, or a relationship is meant to be, so that it is sound, pleasing, right, or beneficial
- kalosκαλόςfine, good, and admirable: measuring up to what its kind should be, in a way that is often meant to be seen and honored
- yaphehיָפֶהbeautiful: pleasing to look at or to take in through the senses
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- fitting: right, suitable, or good for its moment
- yaphahיָפָהto be beautiful, or to make beautiful: to have a loveliness that draws the eye, or to put that loveliness on something else
- shappirשַׁפִּירfairnot studied yet
fair speech1 word
- leqaḥלֶקַחteaching thought of from the receiving end: the content a teacher hands over, and the store of understanding a hearer takes in and adds to
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- persuasive power in speech: the quality that makes words go down easily and win a hearer over
- leqaḥלֶקַחteaching thought of from the receiving end: the content a teacher hands over, and the store of understanding a hearer takes in and adds to
fair weather1 word
faith1 word
- pistisπίστιςfaithfulness: being reliable and keeping faith, including God's own covenant constancy
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- trust placed in God or in Christ: relying on someone proven worthy of reliance
- the faith: the body of Christian teaching that is believed and handed on
- a pledge or proof: a guarantee given that secures confidence
- pistisπίστιςfaithfulness: being reliable and keeping faith, including God's own covenant constancy
faithful5 words
- pistosπιστόςfaithful, dependable: able to be relied on to keep faith and do what is required
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- believing: one who has put faith in God, a believer
- emetאֱמֶתthat which holds firm and can be relied on: faithfulness in a person and truth in a word, as one undivided idea
- amanאָמַןto be firm, steady, and reliable, so that a person or thing can be counted on
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- to believe, to trust, to put confidence in someone or something
- to support and care for a child as a guardian, foster-parent, or nurse
- ḥasidחָסִידthe faithful, godly person: someone bound to God in loyal love and known for living it out
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- faithful, kind: said of God himself as one who keeps his loyal love
- emunאֵמֻןdependable: proven trustworthy, used both of the quality itself and of the people who have it
- pistosπιστόςfaithful, dependable: able to be relied on to keep faith and do what is required
faithfulness5 words
- pistisπίστιςfaithfulness: being reliable and keeping faith, including God's own covenant constancy
+3 more meanings
- trust placed in God or in Christ: relying on someone proven worthy of reliance
- the faith: the body of Christian teaching that is believed and handed on
- a pledge or proof: a guarantee given that secures confidence
- emetאֱמֶתthat which holds firm and can be relied on: faithfulness in a person and truth in a word, as one undivided idea
- emunahאֱמוּנָהfirmness that you can lean on: steadiness, reliability, faithfulness
- emunאֵמֻןdependable: proven trustworthy, used both of the quality itself and of the people who have it
- omenאֹמֶןfaithfulnessnot studied yet
- pistisπίστιςfaithfulness: being reliable and keeping faith, including God's own covenant constancy
faithless1 word
- apistosἄπιστοςwithout faith: not believing, whether of a person who fails to trust or, as a noun, of someone who stands outside the faith
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- incredible: not to be believed, too much for the hearer to accept
- apistosἄπιστοςwithout faith: not believing, whether of a person who fails to trust or, as a noun, of someone who stands outside the faith
faithlessness2 words
- apistiaἀπιστίαunbelief: the failure or refusal to trust God or to receive his messenger and his promise
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- unfaithfulness: breaking faith with God, betraying the loyalty a covenant bond requires
- meshuvahמְשׁוּבָהa turning away from God: the disloyalty of a people who walk off from the one they belong to.
- apistiaἀπιστίαunbelief: the failure or refusal to trust God or to receive his messenger and his promise
falcon1 word
fall12 words
- piptōπίπτωto fall: to drop or go down from a higher place to a lower one, whether by accident, on purpose, or in ruin
- naphalנָפַלto fall: to go down from standing or from above, a picture Hebrew stretches to cover being killed, bowing to the ground, being overthrown, deserting to an enemy, and a share falling to someone by lot
- epipiptōἐπιπίπτωto fall on someone: to come down onto a person bodily, or to sweep over them suddenly from outside.
- kashalכָּשַׁלto stumble and so be brought down: to totter, lose one's footing, and fall, whether from weakness, in defeat, or into ruin
- empiptōἐμπίπτωto fall into something that closes around you: to land inside a pit, inside another's grip, or inside a ruined condition you cannot simply step back out of
fall among1 word
fall away4 words
- aphistēmiἀφίστημιto move away from a place, person, or commitment: to depart, withdraw, or fall away
- skandalizōσκανδαλίζωto trip someone up: to make a person stumble in their faith, whether by leading them into sin, driving them to give up, or setting off a reaction of offense.
- ekpiptōἐκπίπτωto fall out of place: to come away from whatever was holding something, whether a blossom from its stem, a ship from its course, or a person from the standing he was in
- parapiptōπαραπίπτωto fall away: to turn aside decisively and deliberately from a commitment one had truly entered, abandoning it
fall by the sword1 word
fall down6 words
- piptōπίπτωto fall: to drop or go down from a higher place to a lower one, whether by accident, on purpose, or in ruin
- naphalנָפַלto fall: to go down from standing or from above, a picture Hebrew stretches to cover being killed, bowing to the ground, being overthrown, deserting to an enemy, and a share falling to someone by lot
- shaḥahשָׁחָהto bow down low before someone, lowering the body to the ground in homage or worship
- navelנָבֵלto wither and fade: to lose freshness and droop, the way a leaf or flower dries up, sinks down, and falls.
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- to be a disgraceful fool, or to treat someone as one: to act senselessly, and to shame, dishonor, or hold in contempt.
- nephalנְפַלto fall: to go down or come down, whether a body drops, a person goes face down before someone, or a power is brought low
fall from1 word
fall into1 word
fall into the hands of1 word
fall off1 word
fall on1 word
- pagaפָּגַעto meet or come upon someone or something, whether by chance or on purpose
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- of a border or boundary: to reach, touch, or run up to a place
- to fall upon someone: to attack, strike down, or kill
- to approach someone with a request: to entreat, urge, plead, or intercede
- pagaפָּגַעto meet or come upon someone or something, whether by chance or on purpose
fall out1 word
fall short1 word
fall sleep1 word
fall to1 word
- epiballōἐπιβάλλω(without an object) to come upon or fall to: of waves, to beat over something; of a share, to fall to someone as their due
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- to throw or lay something onto something; to lay hands on a person, that is, to seize or arrest
- epiballōἐπιβάλλω(without an object) to come upon or fall to: of waves, to beat over something; of a share, to fall to someone as their due
fall upon4 words
- epipiptōἐπιπίπτωto fall on someone: to come down onto a person bodily, or to sweep over them suddenly from outside.
- pagaפָּגַעto fall upon someone: to attack, strike down, or kill
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- to meet or come upon someone or something, whether by chance or on purpose
- of a border or boundary: to reach, touch, or run up to a place
- to approach someone with a request: to entreat, urge, plead, or intercede
- pagashפָּגַשׁto meet: to come face to face with a person or thing, whether by chance on a road, in welcome, or in sudden attack
- peripiptōπεριπίπτωto fall uponnot studied yet
fallen from heaven1 word
falling1 word
fallow ground1 word
falls into poverty1 word
false4 words
- pseudēsψευδήςfalsenot studied yet
- shavשָׁוְאthat which has no substance and so cannot be trusted: emptiness that shows up as futile effort, as lying speech, and as worthless idols
- pseudosψεῦδοςa lie: something untrue held out as true, whether a false word, a false life, or a counterfeit that stands in for the truth
- kedavכְּדַבfalsenot studied yet
false accuser1 word
- diabolosδιάβολοςthe Devil: the personal supernatural enemy of God who accuses and tempts human beings
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- slanderer: a person who damages others with false or malicious accusations and gossip
- diabolosδιάβολοςthe Devil: the personal supernatural enemy of God who accuses and tempts human beings
false apostle1 word
false brother1 word
false christ1 word
false god1 word
false prophet1 word
false teacher1 word
false testimony1 word
false witness1 word
falsehood4 words
- sheqerשֶׁקֶרfalsehood: that which has no truth or reality behind it, whether a spoken lie, a betrayal in action, or a hope that comes to nothing
- pseudosψεῦδοςa lie: something untrue held out as true, whether a false word, a false life, or a counterfeit that stands in for the truth
- kazavכָּזָבa falsehood: a claim or thing that does not correspond to reality and so betrays those who rely on it
- pseusmaψεῦσμαfalsehoodnot studied yet
falsely1 word
falsely called1 word
falsify1 word
fame3 words
- shemשֵׁםa name: the word a person, place, or thing is called by, which in the Bible stands for who that person really is and how they endure in the world.
- akoēἀκοήhearing: the capacity to take in sound, the ears that receive it, or the act of listening
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- a report: the news or message that reaches someone by being heard, from a passing rumor to the proclaimed good news
- shemaשֵׁמַעa report: news of someone or something that reaches other people, and the reputation it builds
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- sound: audible noise that reaches the ear
familiar1 word
- sakhanסָכַןto be long familiar with: to know something by living with it rather than by hearing of it
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- to be of benefit: to be worth something to the one who stands to gain
- an attendant: a person kept close to a superior to look after him personally
- sakhanסָכַןto be long familiar with: to know something by living with it rather than by hearing of it
familiar spirit2 words
- ovאוֹבa means of consulting the dead: the summoned spirit, the ritual pit or instrument used to reach it, or the medium who conducts the rite
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- a wineskin: a leather bag for holding wine
- yiddoniיִדְּעֹנִיa knowing one: a ghost consulted because it is thought to know hidden things, or the person who hosts it and speaks for it
- ovאוֹבa means of consulting the dead: the summoned spirit, the ritual pit or instrument used to reach it, or the medium who conducts the rite
families1 word
family4 words
- oikosοἶκοςa house: the building a family lives in, and by extension the people who belong to it, from a single household to a whole family line
- elephאֶלֶףthe number one thousand, the round figure used to count people, soldiers, animals, time, and value
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- a clan or troop: the subdivision of a tribe that supplied its fighting men, and the contingent it sent
- mishpaḥahמִשְׁפָּחָהa clan: the group of people who belong together by shared descent, occupying the social tier between the tribe and the individual household
- genosγένοςa group that belongs together by common origin: offspring, a people, or a kind of thing
family affection1 word
family line1 word
famine4 words
famish1 word
famished1 word
fan1 word
fan into flame1 word
fantasies1 word
far4 words
- raḥoqרָחֹקfar off, distant: removed by a wide gap, whether in space, in time, or in closeness.
- makranμακράνfar off: at a distance from someone or something, whether the gap is measured in steps or in standing
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- at length: drawn out over a long stretch of time
- porrōπόρρωfar (away)not studied yet
- raḥiqרְחִיקfarnot studied yet
far be it from me1 word
far country1 word
far ends1 word
far more exceeding1 word
far off3 words
- makranμακράνfar off: at a distance from someone or something, whether the gap is measured in steps or in standing
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- at length: drawn out over a long stretch of time
- makrothenμακρόθενfar off: the distant point a person watches from, stands at, or travels from
- merḥaqמֶרְחָקa far-off place: a distant land or region, and by extension the remoteness that separates it from here
- makranμακράνfar off: at a distance from someone or something, whether the gap is measured in steps or in standing
far spent2 words
fare1 word
farewell1 word
farm2 words
farm field1 word
farmer2 words
- geōrgosγεωργόςa worker of the land: someone who tills the soil and raises its crops, whether an ordinary farmer, a vinedresser, or a tenant who works land he does not own
- ikkarאִכָּרa plowman: the worker of the open field who breaks the soil and raises its grain, as distinct from the vinedresser who tends the vines
farmland1 word
farthing1 word
fashion4 words
- yatsarיָצַרto shape something into a form the way a potter shapes clay: to form, fashion, mold.
- tsurצוּרto fashion: to shape an object out of metal by working it into form
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- to hem in: to close something off so it cannot get out or move freely, whether a besieged city, money tied in a bag, or a person pressed on every side
- to treat as an enemy: to act with hostility toward someone, opposing or harassing them
- atsavעָצַבto shape or fashion something by hand, as a craftsman forms a figure
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- to be in or cause deep pain, chiefly the inner pain of grief and distress
- suschēmatizōσυσχηματίζωto be molded to a pattern: to let something outside you set the shape of your life
fast5 words
- katechōκατέχωto hold fast: to keep a firm, lasting grip on something you have received, so that you do not let it slip
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- to hold back: to keep a person or force in check, confined, or held down, whether by restraining it or by being caught in its grip
- to have and hold as your own: to possess or occupy something, keeping settled title to it
- to make for shore: to steer a ship toward land and head in to the beach
- nēsteuōνηστεύωto fast: to go without food for a set time as an act of devotion to God
- nēsteiaνηστείαa fast: a stretch of time with no food taken, normally chosen as an act of devotion to God alongside prayer, sometimes simply food gone without
- tsomצוֹםa fast: deliberately going without food for a time to humble oneself before God in grief, repentance, or urgent need
- tsumצוּםto fast: to go without food for a time as an act of humbling oneself before God, in mourning, repentance, or urgent prayer
- katechōκατέχωto hold fast: to keep a firm, lasting grip on something you have received, so that you do not let it slip
fast asleep1 word
fasted1 word
fasten3 words
- taqaתָּקַעto drive or thrust something into a surface or a body with a sharp, forceful blow
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- to blow a trumpet or ram's horn by giving it a sharp burst of breath
- to strike or clap the hand, either as a binding pledge of surety or as applause
- to pitch a tent by driving its stakes into the ground
- aḥazאָחַזto grasp: to close the hand on something and hold it fast
- qasharקָשַׁרto tie one thing to another, and so to fasten a person's loyalty, learning, or love just as firmly
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- to conspire: to bind oneself together with others in a sworn plot, usually to seize a throne or break a treaty
- taqaתָּקַעto drive or thrust something into a surface or a body with a sharp, forceful blow
fasten the eyes on1 word
fasting7 words
- nēsteiaνηστείαa fast: a stretch of time with no food taken, normally chosen as an act of devotion to God alongside prayer, sometimes simply food gone without
- tsomצוֹםa fast: deliberately going without food for a time to humble oneself before God in grief, repentance, or urgent need
- nēstisνῆστιςfastingnot studied yet
- asitiaἀσιτίαfastingnot studied yet
- asitosἄσιτοςfastingnot studied yet
fastness1 word
- misgeretמִסְגֶּרֶתa fortified enclosed place: a stronghold or fastness people are shut inside and forced to come out of
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- a bordering frame: the rim, molding, or set-in side panels running around a piece of furniture or equipment
- misgeretמִסְגֶּרֶתa fortified enclosed place: a stronghold or fastness people are shut inside and forced to come out of
fat5 words
- ḥelevחֵלֶבfat: the thick suet of an animal, the prime part set apart to be burned for God and never eaten
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- the best part: the richest, choicest portion of something
- bariבָּרִיאfat, well-fed: full-fleshed and thriving, whether an animal, a person, a body, or the grain
- shamenשָׁמֵןrich with fat or oil: so well supplied that it thrives and yields abundantly
- dashenדָּשֵׁןfatnot studied yet
- beryahבִּרְיָהfatnot studied yet
- ḥelevחֵלֶבfat: the thick suet of an animal, the prime part set apart to be burned for God and never eaten
fat tail1 word
fate1 word
father4 words
- patērπατήρfather: a male parent, an ancestor, or, supremely in the New Testament, God himself.
- avאָבfather: the man who begets a child, and by extension anyone who stands as a father to others
- avאַבfather: the man of the generation just before you, and in the plural the forebears your family or people came from
- abbaἀββάfather, spoken as a direct and trusting address: the Aramaic word for one's father, used to call on God as Father
father-in-law3 words
- ḥotenחֹתֵןfather-in-law: the father of a man's wife (and, in the feminine form, his wife's mother)
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- to become related to another family or people by marriage: to form a marriage alliance
- pentherosπενθερόςfather-in-lawnot studied yet
- ḥamחָםfather-in-lawnot studied yet
- ḥotenחֹתֵןfather-in-law: the father of a man's wife (and, in the feminine form, his wife's mother)
fatherland1 word
fatherless2 words
fathom1 word
fatling2 words
fatness3 words
- shemenשֶׁמֶןolive oil: the pressed, refined product of the olive, used as food, fuel, medicine, cosmetic, sacred anointing, and the most vivid biblical image for abundance and joy
- deshenדֶּשֶׁןrich abundance: plentiful, satisfying good food and overflowing provision
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- the greasy ashes of the offerings: the fat-soaked ash left when a sacrifice has burned, gathered from the altar and carried away
- mishmanמִשְׁמָןthe fat of something: its rich, thick, choicest part, whether a land's fertility, a table's best food, or the flesh on a well fed body.
fatted1 word
fatten1 word
fattened3 words