English Bible words starting with H
620 meanings beginning with H, in alphabetical order. This is page 3 of 7. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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have authority1 word
have authority over2 words
have charge of1 word
have children1 word
have come2 words
have compassion5 words
- eleeōἐλεέωto show mercy: to be moved by someone's misery and act to relieve it
- raḥamרָחַםto feel and act on tender compassion, the gut-deep mercy a parent feels for a child
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- to love (someone) deeply
- ḥamalחָמַלto spare: to hold back from harming, destroying, or taking something that lies within one's power, often out of pity
- oikteirōοἰκτείρωto have compassionnot studied yet
- ḥusחוּסto spare: to look on something with concern and hold back from harming or giving it up
have confidence1 word
- peithōπείθωto work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
+3 more meanings
- to rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
- to have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
- to let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
- peithōπείθωto work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
have dominion3 words
- mashalמָשַׁלto rule: to hold and actively exercise authority over someone or something
- radahרָדָהto rule, exercise dominion: to hold and exercise authoritative control as a sovereign, king, or appointed governor
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- to scrape out: to draw or extract something by pressing or pulling
- sheletשְׁלֵטto have power over someone or something: to rule a province or a kingdom, to get the better of a victim, or to place another person in charge.
have dominion over2 words
have enough1 word
have faith1 word
- pisteuōπιστεύωto believe: to take a message as true and lean one's whole self on the person it is about, above all on God and on Jesus
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- to entrust something to someone, or (when the subject is the receiver) to be put in charge of it as a trust
- pisteuōπιστεύωto believe: to take a message as true and lean one's whole self on the person it is about, above all on God and on Jesus
have in derision1 word
- la'agלָעַגto mock: to treat someone with open, jeering contempt, usually with derisive laughter
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- of a foreign tongue: to sound like unintelligible babble to the hearer
- la'agלָעַגto mock: to treat someone with open, jeering contempt, usually with derisive laughter
have in full1 word
- apechōἀπέχωto have received in full: to hold in hand the whole of what was owed, with nothing left outstanding
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- to be far off: to lie at a distance in space, or to be far away in heart
- to abstain: to hold oneself back and deliberately stay away from something
- it is enough: an abrupt exclamation whose exact force is uncertain
- apechōἀπέχωto have received in full: to hold in hand the whole of what was owed, with nothing left outstanding
have joy1 word
have left over1 word
- yatarיָתַרto be left over: to still be there after the rest is gone, used up, or destroyed
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- to leave over: to set part aside so it stays, to have more than enough, or to spare someone alive
- yatarיָתַרto be left over: to still be there after the rest is gone, used up, or destroyed
have little1 word
have mercy3 words
- eleeōἐλεέωto show mercy: to be moved by someone's misery and act to relieve it
- ḥananחָנַןto show favor: to stoop and treat someone with undeserved kindness
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- to be loathsome, repulsive
- raḥamרָחַםto feel and act on tender compassion, the gut-deep mercy a parent feels for a child
+1 more meaning
- to love (someone) deeply
have opportunity1 word
have patience1 word
have pity2 words
have pleasure1 word
have plenty1 word
have power2 words
have power over2 words
have respect to persons1 word
have shade1 word
have the audacity1 word
have the mastery1 word
have too much1 word
haven2 words
Havens1 word
havilah1 word
having a skin disease1 word
Havvoth-jair1 word
hawk2 words
hay2 words
- chortosχόρτοςgrass: the low green plants that carpet open ground, including the young blade of a grain crop and, once cut and dried, hay
- ḥatsirחָצִירgrass: the green herbage of the field, the fodder that springs up and quickly dries away
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- leek: the edible green onion-like plant remembered from Egypt
Hazael1 word
Hazaiah1 word
Hazar-addar1 word
Hazar-enan2 words
Hazar-gaddah1 word
Hazar-shual1 word
Hazar-susah1 word
Hazar-susim1 word
Hazarmaveth1 word
Hazazon-tamar1 word
Hazer-hatticon1 word
Hazeroth1 word
Haziel1 word
Hazo1 word
Hazor1 word
Hazor-hadattah1 word
Hazzelelponi1 word
he4 words
- autosαὐτόςthe everyday third person pronoun: him, her, it, them, and in the possessive his, her, its, their
+2 more meanings
- used to single someone or something out: himself, herself, itself, in person, the very one
- the same: one and the same person, thing, or place as the one already named
- ohutosοὗτοςthis/he/she/itnot studied yet
- huהוּאhe/she/itnot studied yet
- huהוּאhe/she/itnot studied yet
- autosαὐτόςthe everyday third person pronoun: him, her, it, them, and in the possessive his, her, its, their
he-goat3 words
- sa'irשָׂעִירhe-goat: a male goat, especially the goat offered for sin
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- hairy: covered with hair, shaggy of body
- goat-demon: a shaggy goat-shaped spirit of the waste places, also worshiped as an idol
- tragosτράγοςhe-goatnot studied yet
- attudעַתּוּדan adult male goat, the he-goat that heads the flock
- sa'irשָׂעִירhe-goat: a male goat, especially the goat offered for sin
head7 words
- roshרֹאשׁhead: the head on a body, and from that picture the top of a thing, the person in charge, the start of something, the choicest part, and the total of a count.
- kephalēκεφαλήhead: the top part of the body, and by extension the topmost, foremost, or most prominent part of anything, including the leading member of a group
- reshרֵאשׁthe head: the top of a body, and so whoever or whatever stands at the top or comes first
- gulgoletגֻּלְגֹּלֶתthe skull: the bony head, and so a single head as the unit for counting people one by one.
- qodqodקׇדְקֹדthe crown of the head: the very top of the head, the highest point of a person's body.
head of grain1 word
head waiter1 word
head-place1 word
headband1 word
headdress1 word
headgear1 word
headlong1 word
headrest1 word
heads of grain1 word
heal7 words
- sōzōσῴζωto bring someone safely through a threat into wholeness: to rescue, heal, or save
- katharizōκαθαρίζωto make clean: to remove what defiles a body, an object, or a person
- iaomaiἰάομαιto heal: to restore a sick, injured, or broken person to health and wholeness.
- diasōzōδιασῴζωto bring someone safely through a deadly danger and out the other side of it
- therapeuōθεραπεύωto heal: to restore a sick or injured person to health
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- to serve: to wait on someone and attend to their needs
healing7 words
- iasisἴασιςhealingnot studied yet
- marpeמַרְפֵּאhealing: recovery to soundness of body or nation, and the health that results
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- calmness: a gentle, composed temper of heart, speech, or bearing
- iamaἴαμαa healing: a cure or act of being made well
- te'alahתְּעָלָהhealing: a wound closing over and mending
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- a water channel made by cutting or digging: a conduit, a trench, or a watercourse
- arukhahאֲרוּכָהhealing pictured as a wound closing over: the mending that comes up on what was torn open, whether that is a body or a broken wall.
health3 words
- shalomשָׁלוֹםwholeness: a person, community, or situation that is sound and intact and lacks nothing it needs to flourish
- marpeמַרְפֵּאhealing: recovery to soundness of body or nation, and the health that results
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- calmness: a gentle, composed temper of heart, speech, or bearing
- arukhahאֲרוּכָהhealing pictured as a wound closing over: the mending that comes up on what was torn open, whether that is a body or a broken wall.
healthy4 words
- hugiainōὑγιαίνωto be sound: to be healthy and free from error, said of teaching, of words, and of people held firm in the faith
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- to be in good bodily health: to be well, or to recover and be well again
- hugiēsὑγιήςhealthy: sound and well in body, restored from sickness or injury.
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- sound: (of speech or teaching) healthy and wholesome, free of anything corrupt.
- bariבָּרִיאfat, well-fed: full-fleshed and thriving, whether an animal, a person, a body, or the grain
- haplousἁπλοῦςsingle, one-fold: of the eye, sound and clear because it is undivided in what it looks at
- hugiainōὑγιαίνωto be sound: to be healthy and free from error, said of teaching, of words, and of people held firm in the faith
heap8 words
- galגַּלa heap of stones piled up by hand: a mound raised as a marker
+2 more meanings
- a wave of the sea: the rolling, surging swell of open water
- a spring or pool: an enclosed, welling source of water
- ḥomerחֹמֶרa heap: a piled-up mass of things gathered together
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- clay: the soft, wet earth that is shaped by a potter, packed as mortar, or trodden as mire
- a homer: the largest standard dry measure in ancient Israel, roughly ten times an ephah
- aremahעֲרֵמָהa heap: a mounded pile of loose material, most often harvested grain
- tsavarצָבַרto heapnot studied yet
- nedנֵדheapnot studied yet
- galגַּלa heap of stones piled up by hand: a mound raised as a marker
heap up1 word
heap up empty phrases1 word
hear4 words
- akouōἀκούωto take in something with the ears: to hear it, and from there to understand it, heed and obey it, or learn of it by report
- shamaשָׁמַעto hear: to take in what reaches the ear, and from there to listen, understand, heed, and answer.
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- to summon, to muster troops together for war.
- azanאָזַןto give ear: to listen closely and attentively to what someone says
- shemaשְׁמַעto hear: to take in a sound or a report, and, when the words come from someone in authority, to comply with them.
hear beforehand1 word
hearer1 word
hearing3 words
- ozenאֹזֶןthe ear: the body part used for hearing, and by extension the act of paying attention to what is heard.
- 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
- mishmaמִשְׁמָעhearingnot studied yet
hearken4 words
- shamaשָׁמַעto hear: to take in what reaches the ear, and from there to listen, understand, heed, and answer.
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- to summon, to muster troops together for war.
- hupakouōὑπακούωto obey: to heed and carry out what an authority says, as the answer of someone who has listened to a voice.
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- to answer a knock at the door: to come to the gate in response to a caller, listening to find out who is there.
- qashavקָשַׁבto pay close attention: to turn the ear toward someone and take in what they say
- azanאָזַןto give ear: to listen closely and attentively to what someone says
- shamaשָׁמַעto hear: to take in what reaches the ear, and from there to listen, understand, heed, and answer.
heart11 words
- kardiaκαρδίαthe heart: the hidden center of the whole inner person, where a human being thinks, decides, feels, and stands before God.
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- the center or deep interior of a place or thing.
- levלֵבthe heart: the hidden inner center of a person, where one thinks, decides, feels, and stands answerable to God
- levavלֵבָבheartnot studied yet
- qerevקֶרֶבthe inside of something: its interior, whether a body's organs, a person's hidden self, or the space within a group or place
- me'ehמֵעֶהthe soft inner organs of the body (the guts, belly, and womb), and by extension the innermost self, felt as the place where deep emotion churns
- kardiaκαρδίαthe heart: the hidden center of the whole inner person, where a human being thinks, decides, feels, and stands before God.
heart-knower1 word
hearth4 words
- yaqadיָקַדa hearth: a burning fire, or the place it burns, from which live coals can be scooped
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- to burn: of a fire that is alight and keeps on burning, rather than one that consumes what it touches
- aḥאָחhearthnot studied yet
- mevashshlahמְבַשְּׁלוֹתhearthnot studied yet
- moqedahמוֹקְדָהhearthnot studied yet
- yaqadיָקַדa hearth: a burning fire, or the place it burns, from which live coals can be scooped
heat9 words
- kaumaκαῦμαheatnot studied yet
- kausōnκαύσωνheatnot studied yet
- ḥorevחֹרֶבdryness at its harshest: the scorching heat of the sun, the drought of withheld rain, or a place dried up into ruin
- ḥomחֹםheat: warmth felt in the air, in the seasons, or in a thing, and so also the hottest stretch of the day
- ḥammahחַמָּהheatnot studied yet
heathen2 words
- ethnosἔθνοςa people group bound together as a body: a nation; in the plural and from a Jewish vantage point, the other nations, that is, the Gentiles
- goyגּוֹיa nation: a people group seen as a political and territorial body, with its own land, government, and identity
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- the nations: the peoples other than Israel, the gentiles, often pictured as hostile to God and his people
- Goyim: used as a proper name, a place or political grouping called "Nations," not the common word for a people
heave offering1 word
heaven4 words
- ouranosοὐρανόςheaven: the realm above the earth, whether the visible sky overhead or the unseen place where God reigns.
- shamayimשָׁמַיִםthe whole realm above the earth: the sky you can see and, beyond it, the place where God dwells
- shamayinשָׁמַיִןheaven: the expanse above the earth, both the visible sky and the dwelling and rule of God
- shaḥaqשַׁחַקclouds and skies: the lofty, cloud-covered heights of heaven, a poetic word for the sky
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- fine dust: the thin film of powder left when something is ground down
heavenly2 words
heavenly bodies1 word
- stoicheionστοιχεῖονthe simple starting lessons of a subject: the basics a beginner is given before anything harder
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- the basic physical parts the world is made of: its elements
- the elemental forces of the world: the basic powers or rules that ordered the old life and held people in bondage to it
- stoicheionστοιχεῖονthe simple starting lessons of a subject: the basics a beginner is given before anything harder
heavens2 words
heaviness4 words
- lupēλύπηinward pain: the ache of grief, sorrow, or distress felt in the heart, at times reaching into bodily hardship
- de'agahדְּאָגָהanxiety: the unsettled weight a person or a people carries about trouble that has not arrived yet
- kovedכֹּבֶדheavinessnot studied yet
- kevedutכְּבֵדֻתheavinessnot studied yet
heavy2 words
- kavadכָּבֵדto be heavy: to weigh much, whether a literal load, a crushing trouble, or a body part that has grown too heavy to work
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- to be honored: to carry weight in others' eyes, to be held in high regard or shown to be glorious
- to honor: to treat someone as weighty, giving them the regard, deference, or worship their standing deserves
- kavedכָּבֵדheavy: carrying great weight, and by extension anything large, severe, or hard to bear
- kavadכָּבֵדto be heavy: to weigh much, whether a literal load, a crushing trouble, or a body part that has grown too heavy to work
heavy drinker1 word
heber1 word
Hebrew4 words
Hebron1 word
hedge5 words
- gaderגָּדֵרa wall: the low boundary of stacked stones that rings a vineyard, field, or courtyard and keeps safe whatever is inside it.
- gederahגְּדֵרָהa wall of piled stones fencing in a piece of ground, and so the pen it makes for a flock
- mesukhahמְשֻכָֿהhedgenot studied yet
- sukhשׂוּךְto hedgenot studied yet
- mesukhahמְסוּכָהhedgenot studied yet
hedge up1 word
heed1 word
- shamaשָׁמַעto hear: to take in what reaches the ear, and from there to listen, understand, heed, and answer.
+1 more meaning
- to summon, to muster troops together for war.
- shamaשָׁמַעto hear: to take in what reaches the ear, and from there to listen, understand, heed, and answer.
heel2 words
- 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
- pternaπτέρναheelnot studied yet
- 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
Hegai1 word
heifer3 words
- damalisδάμαλιςheifernot studied yet
- parahפָּרָהa cow or heifer: the adult female of domestic cattle
- eglahעֶגְלָהa heifer: a young cow, grown past calfhood but not yet bred and usually never put to work
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- Eglath: the opening word of the Moabite place name Eglath-shelishiyah