English Bible words starting with G
478 meanings beginning with G, in alphabetical order. This is page 1 of 5. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Gaal1 word
Gaash1 word
Gabbatha1 word
Gabriel2 words
gad3 words
- GadΓάδGadnot studied yet
- gadגָּדGad: Jacob's seventh son, and the Israelite tribe and eastern territory named after him.
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- Gad: the prophet and seer in King David's court, a different man from Jacob's son.
- gadגַּדFortune: good luck honored as a god, a power people courted for a favorable future.
Gadara1 word
Gaddi1 word
Gaddiel1 word
Gadi1 word
Gaham1 word
Gahar1 word
gain13 words
- karposκαρπόςfruit: what something yields, whether the produce of a plant or the result a life, action, or work brings forth.
- ōpheleōὠφελέωto benefit: to do someone real good, to be of use, to profit
- tevu'ahתְּבוּאָהthe yield that comes in from land or labor: a harvest of crops, or income and gain more broadly
- peripoieōπεριποιέωto gainnot studied yet
- betsaבֶּצַעgain: the material advantage a person gets, most often profit seized by greed, fraud, or violence
gain in trade1 word
gain mastery over1 word
gainsay1 word
gainsaying1 word
Gaius1 word
Galal1 word
Galatia2 words
Galatian1 word
galbanum1 word
Galeed1 word
Galilean1 word
Galilee2 words
gall4 words
gallery1 word
galley1 word
Gallim1 word
Gallio1 word
gallons1 word
gallows1 word
- etsעֵץa tree: a living, growing woody plant, or trees taken together as a kind of vegetation
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- wood: what a tree yields once it is cut, whether as building timber, as fuel, or as the material a thing is made of
- the wooden pole, stake, or tree on which the body of a condemned person is hung up in public
- etsעֵץa tree: a living, growing woody plant, or trees taken together as a kind of vegetation
Gamaddim1 word
Gamaliel2 words
game1 word
- tsayidצַיִדhunting, and the wild game it yields: the chase itself and the meat a hunter brings home
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- provisions: food stored or carried as supply, especially for a journey
- tsayidצַיִדhunting, and the wild game it yields: the chase itself and the meat a hunter brings home
Gamul1 word
gangrene2 words
- nomēνομήpasture: the grazing ground where a flock is fed and kept
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- spreading: the way a wound or rot eats outward through living flesh
- gangrainaγάγγραιναgangrenenot studied yet
- nomēνομήpasture: the grazing ground where a flock is fed and kept
gap2 words
garbage2 words
garden5 words
- paradeisosπαράδεισοςparadise: the garden where God dwells, the blessed abode of his people
- ganגַּןa garden: a walled, watered, planted plot of ground set apart from the wild land around it
- kēposκῆποςgarden: an ordinary cultivated, usually enclosed plot of ground planted with vegetables, herbs, or fruit trees.
- gannahגַּנָּהa garden: a watered, planted plot of ground that people tend and eat from
- ginnahגִּנָּהgardennot studied yet
gardener2 words
Gareb1 word
garland2 words
- stephanosστέφανοςa wreath or crown: a woven circlet of leaves, flowers, or gold worn on the head to mark victory, honor, celebration, or high standing.
- pe'erפְּאֵרa fine headdress: the decorative head covering worn by a serving priest, a bridegroom, or a woman in her finery, and kept on or laid aside as a public sign of joy or grief.
garlic1 word
garment18 words
- himationἱμάτιονa garment: a piece of clothing, especially the loose outer robe worn over the tunic
- begedבֶּגֶדa piece of clothing: any woven covering worn on the body, from an everyday robe to priestly vestments
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- treachery: faithless, deceitful dealing that breaks trust
- stolēστολήa fine outer robe: the good clothing a person puts on when appearance matters, marking rank, honor, or heavenly standing
- chitōnχιτώνthe tunic: the plain inner garment worn next to the skin, under the outer cloak
- levushלְבוּשׁclothing: an article of clothing worn on the body, or a covering pictured as one
garnish2 words
garrison2 words
- netsivנְצִיבa garrison: armed men planted in a place to hold it for the ruler who put them there
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- a royal deputy: a man the king has set over a district to answer for it
- a pillar: something left standing fixed in one place
- matstsavמַצָּבa fixed standing-place or post: the spot where someone stands, a military outpost, or the position a person holds
- netsivנְצִיבa garrison: armed men planted in a place to hold it for the ruler who put them there
gash1 word
gash oneself1 word
- gadadגָּדַדto slash one's own skin on purpose as a religious act: in grief for someone who has died, or to force a god to answer
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- to mass together in a body, the way a band of armed men does: to close in on someone, or to crowd to a place
- gadadגָּדַדto slash one's own skin on purpose as a religious act: in grief for someone who has died, or to force a god to answer
gashmu1 word
gasp1 word
- sha'aphשָׁאַףto pant or gasp for breath, and so to crave something so hard that one seems to pant after it
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- to trample or crush: to grind the helpless underfoot
- sha'aphשָׁאַףto pant or gasp for breath, and so to crave something so hard that one seems to pant after it
Gatam1 word
gate6 words
- pulēπύληa gate: the large, guarded opening set into the wall of a city, temple, or prison, together with the heavy barrier that closes it
- sha'arשַׁעַרthe gate of a walled town or building: the controlled opening in the wall, and the public space there where the community's life was conducted
- thuraθύραa door: the entrance to a house, room, or enclosure, and the panel that swings to open or close it
- petaḥפֶּתַחthe opening into a structure: the doorway or entrance of a tent, house, gate, or city, the place where you go in or come out.
- deletדֶּלֶתthe swinging leaf of a door or gate, the panel that opens and shuts
gatekeeper2 words
gatepost1 word
gateway1 word
gath1 word
Gath-hepher1 word
Gath-rimmon1 word
gather23 words
- sunagōσυνάγωto gather, to bring together into one place
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- to take someone in, to welcome a stranger as a guest
- asaphאָסַףto gather: to bring scattered people or things together into one place
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- to take away: to remove something so that it is gone
- qavatsקָבַץto gather: to bring scattered people or things together into one place
- za'aqזָעַקto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent shout wrung out by distress, danger, grief, or wrong
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- to call out so as to summon: to muster troops or rally people by a public call
- episunagōἐπισυνάγωto gather together into one place, drawing in what was spread out on every side
- sunagōσυνάγωto gather, to bring together into one place
gather grapes1 word
- batsarבָּצַרto gather grapes: to cut the ripe clusters from the vine at the vintage
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- made inaccessible: fortified, walled off, or otherwise put beyond reach
- to cut off, curb: to bring a proud spirit low
- batsarבָּצַרto gather grapes: to cut the ripe clusters from the vine at the vintage
gather together5 words
- gurגּוּרto live somewhere as a resident outsider: to settle for a time among people not your own, without owning the land or holding the rights of a native
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- to be afraid, to dread: to shrink back in fear before a person, a threat, or God
- to assail, to stir up strife: to gather in hostility against someone, to attack
- episunagōἐπισυνάγωto gather together into one place, drawing in what was spread out on every side
- tsa'aqצָעַקto cry out: to call aloud in distress, alarm, or urgent appeal for help
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- to be summoned together: to be called out and rallied as a group, especially for battle
- kanasכָּנַסto gather into one mass or one company: to pile up what is scattered, or to bring scattered people together in one place
- qashashקָשַׁשׁto gather up what lies scattered, piece by piece: sticks, straw, or stubble picked off the ground, and once, a people told to gather itself.
- gurגּוּרto live somewhere as a resident outsider: to settle for a time among people not your own, without owning the land or holding the rights of a native
gather together in one1 word
gather up1 word
gathered to his people1 word
- asaphאָסַףto gather: to bring scattered people or things together into one place
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- to take away: to remove something so that it is gone
- asaphאָסַףto gather: to bring scattered people or things together into one place
gatherer1 word
gathering4 words
- miqvehמִקְוֶהhope: the good outcome someone waits for, and most often the one who is being waited on
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- a body of water that has collected in one place: a sea, a pool, or a holding tank
- Kue: a horse-breeding region on the coast of what is now southern Turkey
- episunagōgēἐπισυναγωγήgatheringnot studied yet
- osephאֹסֵףgatheringnot studied yet
- qevutsahקְבֻצָהgatheringnot studied yet
- miqvehמִקְוֶהhope: the good outcome someone waits for, and most often the one who is being waited on
gaunt1 word
gave thanks1 word
gave way1 word
- epididōmiἐπιδίδωμιto hand something over: to put a thing straight into the hands of the person it is meant for
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- to give way: to stop resisting a force and let it carry you along
- epididōmiἐπιδίδωμιto hand something over: to put a thing straight into the hands of the person it is meant for
Gaza2 words
gaze8 words
- emblepōἐμβλέπωto look straight at someone or something: to turn the eyes onto one object and hold them there
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- to be able to see: to have the use of one's eyes
- theaomaiθεάομαιto behold: to look at something long and attentively, taking it in with wonder or careful notice
- atenizōἀτενίζωto look intently: to fix the eyes on someone or something with concentrated, deliberate attention
- sha'ahשָׁעָהto turn one's attentive gaze toward or away from someone or something, as an act of regard, trust, or aversion rather than plain seeing
- aphaphעַפְעַףthe eyelids: the pair of lids that open, close, and frame a person's eyes, and by extension the eyes themselves and the look they give
- emblepōἐμβλέπωto look straight at someone or something: to turn the eyes onto one object and hold them there
gaze around1 word
gazelle2 words
- tseviצְבִיthe gazelle: a small, swift, graceful wild antelope hunted for food and admired for its speed
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- beauty that is coveted: the splendor or glory that makes something an object of pride and longing
- tseviyyahצְבִיָּהa female gazelle: the doe of the small, swift, graceful antelope of the open hills
- tseviצְבִיthe gazelle: a small, swift, graceful wild antelope hunted for food and admired for its speed
Gazez1 word
gazingstock1 word
- ro'iרֳאִיsight as a thing in itself, without settling who is doing the looking: seeing, the look a person has, or something others stare at
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- the one who sees me: the person whose eyes are on the speaker
- ro'iרֳאִיsight as a thing in itself, without settling who is doing the looking: seeing, the look a person has, or something others stare at
Gazzam1 word
gear1 word
Geba1 word
Gebal2 words
Geber1 word
Gebim1 word
gecko1 word
Gedaliah1 word
Geder1 word
Gederah1 word
Gederoth1 word
Gederothaim1 word
Gedor1 word
Gehazi1 word
Gehenna1 word
Geliloth1 word
gem3 words
- evenאֶבֶןa precious stone: a gem valued for its beauty and worth
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- a stone: a piece of rock a person can gather, shape, carry, throw, or build with
- a stone used as a standard of measure: the weight in a merchant's bag or on a builder's line
- stone as an image of what is hard, heavy, lifeless, or dirt cheap
- sardionσάρδιονgemnot studied yet
- bareqetבָּרֶקֶתgemnot studied yet
- evenאֶבֶןa precious stone: a gem valued for its beauty and worth
Gemalli1 word
Gemariah1 word
genealogy3 words
generate1 word
generation5 words
- geneaγενεάgeneration: the people who belong to one stretch of time, or the stretch of time itself
- dorדּוֹרa generation: the people alive together in one stretch of time, and by extension the span of time they fill.
- gennēmaγέννημαoffspring: the young a creature brings forth, used in the Gospels only in the insult "brood of vipers."
- toledahתּוֹלֵדוֹתthe line that comes from a named ancestor: the descendants, family record, or unfolding story that issues from them
- darדָּרgenerationnot studied yet
generations2 words
generosity4 words
- chrēstotēsχρηστότηςkindness: warm goodness of heart that actively does good for another
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- moral goodness in conduct: the doing of what is right and good
- agathōsunēἀγαθωσύνηgoodness: an upright moral character that shows itself in actively doing good to others
- haplotēsἁπλότηςsingleness of heart: an undivided, sincere inner life with no hidden motive, which in giving overflows as open-handed generosity
- aphelotēsἀφελότηςsingleness of heart: a plain, unaffected openness with no pretense, calculation, or hidden motive
- chrēstotēsχρηστότηςkindness: warm goodness of heart that actively does good for another
generous3 words