English Bible words starting with F
544 meanings beginning with F, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 6. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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floods1 word
floor3 words
- gorenגֹּרֶןa threshing floor: the flat, open patch of hard ground where cut grain is beaten loose and tossed into the wind to clean it.
- qarqaקַרְקַעthe floor: the flat lowest surface of a bounded space, whether a building's floor or the bed of the sea
- ritspahרִצְפָּהa floor of set stone: the finished paving of a courtyard, temple, or palace
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- a stone or ember glowing hot from a fire, too hot to be picked up by hand
floorlength1 word
flour2 words
flourish3 words
- paraḥפָּרַחto bud, sprout, or blossom; to burst into growth, and so to thrive
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- to fly
- parahפָּרָהto be fruitful: to bring forth offspring or produce in abundance
- tsutsצוּץto blossom: to break into flower, and so to burst into growth that everyone can see
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- to peer: to look out through a narrow gap or opening
- paraḥפָּרַחto bud, sprout, or blossom; to burst into growth, and so to thrive
flourishing1 word
flow10 words
- pēgēπηγήa spring: a natural source of water rising from the ground, and by extension the source from which something flows
- zuvזוּבto flow: to stream or gush out, said of any liquid pouring forth
- rheōῥέωto flownot studied yet
- nazalנָזַלto flow: for water or liquid to run, stream, or trickle along
- zovזוֹבa discharge: fluid flowing from a person's sexual organs, the kind of flow that makes that person ceremonially unclean
flow over1 word
flow together1 word
- naharנָהַרto stream: for a crowd of people to keep pouring steadily toward one place, the way a river runs
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- to beam: for a person's face to brighten and light up at what it sees
- naharנָהַרto stream: for a crowd of people to keep pouring steadily toward one place, the way a river runs
flower6 words
- anthosἄνθοςflowernot studied yet
- peraḥפֶּרַחa blossom or flower: the bloom of a plant, and by extension a flower-shaped ornament in metal or carving
- tsitsצִיץa blossom: the open flower of a plant, whether growing, carved as ornament, or held up as the picture of what withers fast
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- the gold plate fastened to the front of the high priest's turban, engraved with the words "Holy to the LORD"
- a word of unrecovered sense in a single line about Moab, read by older translations as "wings"
- nitstsahנִצָּהflowernot studied yet
- nitstsanנִצָּןflowernot studied yet
flowing2 words
flute4 words
flute player1 word
flutter away1 word
fluttering1 word
- raḥaphרָחַףto hover: to hold a place in the air above something, wings working, without moving on
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- to tremble: to shake with dread, said of a body or its bones
- raḥaphרָחַףto hover: to hold a place in the air above something, wings working, without moving on
flux1 word
fly5 words
- uphעוּףto fly: to move through the air, as a bird, insect, arrow, or winged being does.
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- darkness, gloom: the deep dark that a rare word in Job may name.
- petomaiπέτομαιto flynot studied yet
- da'ahדָּאָהto flynot studied yet
- zevuvזְבוּבflynot studied yet
- avarאָבַרto flynot studied yet
- uphעוּףto fly: to move through the air, as a bird, insect, arrow, or winged being does.
fly away1 word
- uphעוּףto fly: to move through the air, as a bird, insect, arrow, or winged being does.
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- darkness, gloom: the deep dark that a rare word in Job may name.
- uphעוּףto fly: to move through the air, as a bird, insect, arrow, or winged being does.
flying creatures1 word
foal2 words
foam4 words
- qetsephקֶצֶףwrath that breaks out: fierce anger, nearly always God's, that bursts forth and lands on people because of a particular wrong
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- a snapped-off bit of wood: a twig or chip drifting on the surface of water
- ḥamarחָמַרto foam up: to churn hard enough to froth and boil over
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- to coat something with tar: to seal it with bitumen so water cannot get in
- aphrizōἀφρίζωto foamnot studied yet
- aphrosἀφρόςfoamnot studied yet
- qetsephקֶצֶףwrath that breaks out: fierce anger, nearly always God's, that bursts forth and lands on people because of a particular wrong
foam up1 word
fodder2 words
foe5 words
- echthrosἐχθρόςan enemy: someone or something set in hostility against another
- oyevאֹיֵבan enemy: one who is actively hostile to another person, a people, or God
- saneשָׂנֵאto hate: to be set against a person in active hostility, so that the one hating becomes an enemy
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- to detest: to judge something wrong and refuse to have any part in it
- to love less: to leave a person unfavored, second to someone who is preferred
- to repudiate: to break off a bond formally, whether a marriage or a covenant
- tsarצַרan enemy: one who acts with hostility, an opponent or foe
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- narrow and tight, and so the pressure of being hemmed in: distress, trouble, straits
- arעָרfoenot studied yet
foes1 word
fog1 word
fold6 words
- aulēαὐλήan enclosed open-air space: the walled yard of a house, the court around a temple, or a pen that holds sheep.
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- a large walled residence taken as a whole: a great house, a palace, or an official's headquarters, and not merely its yard.
- navehנָוֶהa settled place of rest: the shepherd's pasture and fold, and by extension the secure home of people or of God
- ḥavaqחָבַקto embrace: to wrap the arms around someone or something and hold them close
- gederahגְּדֵרָהa wall of piled stones fencing in a piece of ground, and so the pen it makes for a flock
- mikhla'ahמִכְלָהfoldnot studied yet
- aulēαὐλήan enclosed open-air space: the walled yard of a house, the court around a temple, or a pen that holds sheep.
folding1 word
folds1 word
foliage2 words
follow8 words
- halakhהָלַךְto go or walk: to move along on foot, and by extension to live a life headed in a particular direction.
- akoloutheōἀκολουθέωto follow: to come along behind someone, and so to attach yourself to them as a disciple
- epakoloutheōἐπακολουθέωto follow closely after or upon something: to come along behind it, follow up on it, or attend it as its sequel
- exakoloutheōἐξακολουθέωto follownot studied yet
- katakoloutheōκατακολουθέωto follownot studied yet
follow after4 words
- diōkōδιώκωto pursue: to chase hard after someone or something, whether to harm them, to overtake them, or to reach a goal
- radaphרָדַףto chase after someone who is fleeing, especially a beaten enemy in war
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- to hound, harass, or persecute a person who has done you no wrong
- to go hard after something you want, whether a worthy goal or a worthless one
- turתּוּרto explore or search something out by moving through it, whether scouting a land on foot or searching a matter out in the mind
- epakoloutheōἐπακολουθέωto follow closely after or upon something: to come along behind it, follow up on it, or attend it as its sequel
follow hard after1 word
follow the example of1 word
follower2 words
following1 word
folly8 words
- ivveletאִוֶּלֶתmoral folly: the culpable refusal to live wisely that marks a person as a fool, as opposed to a mere lack of intelligence
- anoiaἄνοιαfollynot studied yet
- keselכֶּסֶלfolly: thick-headed stupidity, the settled dullness of someone who will not think
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- the loin: the thick, fatty flesh low on the back, beside the kidneys
- confidence: the thing a person is counting on to hold them up
- nevalahנְבָלָהan outrage: an act so shameful that the community cannot absorb it and must answer it
- sikhlutסִכְלוּתfolly: the dull, thick-headed unwisdom that Ecclesiastes weighs against wisdom and finds worthless
food23 words
- leḥemלֶחֶםfood: sustenance broadly, including meals, livelihood, and the grain supply that keeps people alive.
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- bread: a baked loaf, the physical product of ground grain.
- brōmaβρῶμαfood: anything eaten to nourish the body
- brōsisβρῶσιςeating: the taking of food, and by extension the food that is taken
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- eating away: the slow consuming that ruins what has been stored up
- trophēτροφήfood: whatever is eaten to nourish and sustain life
- okhelאֹכֶלfood: anything eaten, especially as a supply or provision
- leḥemלֶחֶםfood: sustenance broadly, including meals, livelihood, and the grain supply that keeps people alive.
food offering1 word
food sacrificed to idols1 word
fool7 words
- aphrōnἄφρωνfoolish, senseless: lacking the sound sense that comes from reckoning with God, so that a person's thinking and living both go wrong
- kesilכְּסִילfool: the dull, smug person who is settled in his folly, closed to correction, and trusts only himself
- mōrosμωρόςfoolish: lacking the good sense that leads to right action
- evilאֱוִילthe perverse fool: a person whose settled disposition rejects wisdom, correction, and the fear of God, not someone of low intelligence
- navalנָבָלthe sacrilegious scoundrel: one whose conduct ruptures the covenantal and communal order, not a person of low intelligence
foolish8 words
- aphrōnἄφρωνfoolish, senseless: lacking the sound sense that comes from reckoning with God, so that a person's thinking and living both go wrong
- mōrosμωρόςfoolish: lacking the good sense that leads to right action
- evilאֱוִילthe perverse fool: a person whose settled disposition rejects wisdom, correction, and the fear of God, not someone of low intelligence
- petiפֶּתִיa person whose mind and loyalties are still open and unformed: naive and easily led, yet teachable, the raw material wisdom hopes to shape.
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- naive openness itself, treated as a quality: the untaught, gullible state the simple person needs to leave behind.
- navalנָבָלthe sacrilegious scoundrel: one whose conduct ruptures the covenantal and communal order, not a person of low intelligence
foolish talk1 word
foolish talking1 word
foolishly1 word
foolishness5 words
- aphrosunēἀφροσύνηfoolishnessnot studied yet
- ivveletאִוֶּלֶתmoral folly: the culpable refusal to live wisely that marks a person as a fool, as opposed to a mere lack of intelligence
- keselכֶּסֶלthe loin: the thick, fatty flesh low on the back, beside the kidneys
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- confidence: the thing a person is counting on to hold them up
- folly: thick-headed stupidity, the settled dullness of someone who will not think
- mōriaμωρίαfoolishnessnot studied yet
- sikhlutסִכְלוּתfolly: the dull, thick-headed unwisdom that Ecclesiastes weighs against wisdom and finds worthless
foot5 words
- pousπούςthe foot: the part of the body a person or animal stands and walks on
- regelרֶגֶלthe foot: the lower limb a person or animal stands and walks on, and the many things that limb comes to stand for
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- a time, an occurrence: one instance counted off in a series
- pa'amפַּעַםa foot, or the step a foot makes: the tread of a person walking, often used of the path one's life takes
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- a time: a single instance of something happening, counted out and often added up
- a pedestal-foot: one of the cast metal corner-feet that the ark and other holy furniture rested on
- basisβάσιςfootnot studied yet
- regalרְגַלfootnot studied yet
foothills1 word
foothold1 word
footsteps1 word
- aqevעָקֵבthe heel: the hard back of the foot on a person or an animal, the low point where the body is most easily caught or struck
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- footprints: the tracks feet leave in the ground, and by extension the path a person has walked
- the rear: the back end of a moving or fighting force, the part that trails behind
- aqevעָקֵבthe heel: the hard back of the foot on a person or an animal, the low point where the body is most easily caught or struck
footstool4 words
- regelרֶגֶלthe foot: the lower limb a person or animal stands and walks on, and the many things that limb comes to stand for
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- a time, an occurrence: one instance counted off in a series
- hupopodionὑποπόδιονa footstool: the low stool under the feet of someone seated on a chair or throne, and so whatever is placed beneath a ruler's feet
- hadomהֲדֹםthe footstool of a throne: the low rest where an enthroned king sets his feet, used in Scripture only as an image of God's royal presence and rule
- keveshכֶּבֶשׁfootstoolnot studied yet
- regelרֶגֶלthe foot: the lower limb a person or animal stands and walks on, and the many things that limb comes to stand for
footwear1 word
for8 words
- kiכִּיbecause, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
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- that: it introduces the content of what someone sees, knows, hears, or says
- when, if: it frames the circumstance or the case the main statement answers to
- but rather, except, only: after a denial, it names what holds instead
- garγάρa small linking word that always comes second in its clause and tells the reader the words that follow support, ground, or back up what was just said.
- huperὑπέρabove/fornot studied yet
- taḥatתַּחַתin place of, instead of, in exchange for: one thing standing where another would be
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- under, beneath: the lower position relative to something above
- because, in return for the fact that: a reason given as the price of an action
- antiἀντίfornot studied yet
- kiכִּיbecause, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
for a little while1 word
for lack of1 word
- beliבְּלִיa word that cancels what follows: without, not, for lack of
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- wearing away, decay, the ruin that consumes a thing
- beliבְּלִיa word that cancels what follows: without, not, for lack of
for no reason1 word
for nothing3 words
- ḥinnamחִנָּםfor nothing: an act done with nothing paid for it, nothing to warrant it, or nothing gained by it
- dōreanδωρεάνfor nothing: with nothing given in exchange, whether that is a price, a reason, or a result
- riqרִיקemptiness that yields nothing: a container with nothing in it, and so work, strength, or scheming that comes back with no result
for that very reason1 word
for the sake of3 words
- ma'anמַעַןpurpose or ground: what an action is aimed at, or the person or thing it is done for the sake of
- avurעָבוּרa joining word that ties an action to the reason or the goal behind it: because of, for the sake of, or so that
- odahאוֹדָהon account of; concerning: a connecting word that points to the reason for something, the subject a matter is about, or the person an action is done for
for this reason1 word
for tomorrow1 word
forbear3 words
- pheidomaiφείδομαιto hold back from the harm, hardship, or action you have every power to carry out
- ḥadalחָדַלto stop: to leave off doing something, or for something to come to an end or run out
- anechōἀνέχωto bear with someone or something: to put up with, tolerate, or endure patiently instead of reacting against it
forbearance1 word
forbid3 words
forbidden1 word
force9 words
- anahעָנָהto bring someone low: to afflict, humble, or oppress, by force or by hardship; and being brought low oneself.
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- to be occupied or busied with something: to be kept busy at a task.
- biaβίαforcenot studied yet
- anagkazōἀναγκάζωto compel: to bring pressure on someone so that they act, whether by force, by authority, or by sheer insistence
- biazōβιάζωto forcenot studied yet
- kavashכָּבַשׁto bring something under control by force; to tread down, subdue.
- anahעָנָהto bring someone low: to afflict, humble, or oppress, by force or by hardship; and being brought low oneself.
forced labor1 word
forceful person1 word
ford2 words
forefather1 word
forefathers1 word
forefront1 word
forehead2 words
foreign6 words
- allophulosἀλλόφυλοςforeignnot studied yet
- allotriosἀλλότριοςbelonging to someone else: another's, not one's own
- allogenēsἀλλογενήςforeignnot studied yet
- nokhriנׇכְרִיforeign: belonging to another people or another person, not one's own
- nekharנֵכָרforeignness: what belongs to another people or land, and so is alien to Israel and its God
foreigner8 words
- gerגֵּרa resident foreigner: someone who has left his own land and people and settled long-term among Israel, living under its protection but without a native's land and family rights
- zurזוּרto be an outsider: to stand on the wrong side of a line that matters here, whether a circle, a household, a nation, the covenant, or holy space
- nokhriנׇכְרִיforeign: belonging to another people or another person, not one's own
- nekharנֵכָרforeignness: what belongs to another people or land, and so is alien to Israel and its God
- paroikosπάροικοςa resident alien: a long-term, tolerated outsider who lives among a people but never counts as a full member
foreknow1 word
foreknowledge1 word
foreman1 word
foremost2 words
foreordain2 words
forerunner1 word
foresail1 word
foresee2 words
foresight1 word
foreskin2 words
forest2 words
- ya'arיַעַרa forest: a wild stretch of land thick with trees, and the trees that grow there
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- a honeycomb: the comb of wild honey
- hulēὕληforestnot studied yet
- ya'arיַעַרa forest: a wild stretch of land thick with trees, and the trees that grow there
foretell2 words
foretold1 word
forever5 words
- aiōnαἰώνan age: a stretch of time, from a bounded era to unending duration, and the world seen as the present order running its course
- olamעוֹלָםthe farthest horizon of time a speaker can see: the remotest past, the unending future, or simply forever, with the direction and the distance set by what is being talked about
- adעַדthe unending future: time stretching ahead with no stopping point, so most often translated forever
- netsaḥנֵצַחlasting on and on without stopping: forever, perpetually, to the very end
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- eminence, glory: the enduring splendor and preeminence that marks someone out
- alamעָלַםthe farthest reach of time: unending future duration (forever, everlasting) or, less often, the distant past (of old); perpetuity.
forfeit2 words
- ḥaramחָרַםto hand a thing over to God for good, by destroying it or by giving it up forever, so it can never return to ordinary human use
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- having a mutilated or flattened nose, said of a physical defect that bars a priest from serving at the altar
- zēmioōζημιόωto suffer loss: to forfeit or give up something, or be penalized, so that one ends up worse off
- ḥaramחָרַםto hand a thing over to God for good, by destroying it or by giving it up forever, so it can never return to ordinary human use
forget5 words
- epilanthanōἐπιλανθάνωto forget: to let someone or something drop out of mind and care, ranging from a simple lapse of memory to deliberate disregard
- shakhaḥשָׁכַחto forget: to lose hold of something, whether from memory or from active care
- nashahנָשָׁהto forgetnot studied yet
- eklanthanōἐκλανθάνωto forgetnot studied yet
- shayahשָׁיָהto forgetnot studied yet
forgetful1 word
forgetfulness3 words
forgive5 words
- nasaנָשָׂאto forgive: to lift guilt off a person so it no longer rests on them
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- to lift or raise something up: to take it from where it rests and hold it higher
- to carry or bear a load: to hold up what has been lifted and move it
- to bear guilt or its punishment: to carry the weight of a wrong
- aphiēmiἀφίημιto forgive: to cancel what is owed, whether a debt or a sin, so it is no longer charged against the person
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- to let go: to release your hold so a person or thing departs, stays behind, or is left where it is
- to let, allow, or leave alone: to permit something rather than stop or hinder it
- kasahכָּסָהto cover: to spread or lay something over a thing so that it is no longer bare or exposed
- salaḥסָלַחto forgive: for God to pardon sin and release the offender from its guilt
- charizōχαρίζωto give, grant, or forgive freely as an act of grace, expecting nothing in return
- nasaנָשָׂאto forgive: to lift guilt off a person so it no longer rests on them
forgiveness2 words
- aphesisἄφεσιςforgiveness: the cancellation of the guilt and penalty of sin, God's pardon that lets the offense go and no longer counts it against the person
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- release: the setting free of captives and the liberty proclaimed for the oppressed
- seliḥahסְלִיחָהforgivenessnot studied yet
- aphesisἄφεσιςforgiveness: the cancellation of the guilt and penalty of sin, God's pardon that lets the offense go and no longer counts it against the person
forgiving1 word
fork2 words
form11 words
- yatsarיָצַרto shape something into a form the way a potter shapes clay: to form, fashion, mold.
- homoiōmaὁμοίωμαlikeness: the matching form one thing takes toward another, whether an image made to stand for it or a real sharing of the same condition
- demutדְּמוּתa likeness: a copy or resemblance that points back to the original it is patterned on
- tavnitתַּבְנִיתa model or figure of a thing's shape: either a plan to build from or a likeness of something that already exists
- morphēμορφήformnot studied yet
form early fruit1 word
- ḥanatחָנַטto treat a dead body with spices and fragrant resins so that it will not decay: to embalm
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- of a fig tree: to bring out its first small figs and start them ripening
- ḥanatחָנַטto treat a dead body with spices and fragrant resins so that it will not decay: to embalm