English Bible words starting with H
620 meanings beginning with H, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 7. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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height10 words
- hupsosὕψοςheightnot studied yet
- maromמָרוֹםheight: a high place, the heights, on high; most often heaven as the high place where God dwells.
- qomahקוֹמָהheight: how tall something stands, measured straight up from the ground
- hēlikiaἡλικίαage: the point a person has reached in life, counted in years, and so the stretch of life that person has been given
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- stature: how tall a person stands, and so how far a body has grown toward its full size
- govahגֹּבַהּheight: the vertical measure or lofty elevation of a structure, person, tree, or the sky
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- loftiness of spirit: a person or nation lifted high in bearing, whether in arrogant pride or in exalted dignity
heights1 word
- bamahבָּמָהthe high ground a powerful figure walks or rides over: the back, ridge, or heights of the earth, sea, or sky in poetry
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- an open-air place of sacrifice: a built platform, walled precinct, or small shrine where worship was carried out away from the central temple
- bamahבָּמָהthe high ground a powerful figure walks or rides over: the back, ridge, or heights of the earth, sea, or sky in poetry
heinous crime1 word
- zimmahזִמָּהa scheme: a purpose someone deliberately works out, most often an evil plot
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- depravity: deliberate, shameless wickedness, most often sexual immorality
- zimmahזִמָּהa scheme: a purpose someone deliberately works out, most often an evil plot
heir1 word
Helah1 word
Helam1 word
Helbah1 word
Helbon1 word
held back1 word
held together1 word
- sumbibazōσυμβιβάζωto hold separate parts together, so that what was apart works as one whole
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- to put facts side by side so that a conclusion follows from them
- to teach someone: to bring a person's mind together with something they did not grasp
- sumbibazōσυμβιβάζωto hold separate parts together, so that what was apart works as one whole
Heldai1 word
Heleb1 word
Heled1 word
Helek1 word
Helem2 words
Heleph1 word
Helez1 word
Heli1 word
Helkai1 word
Helkath1 word
Helkath-hazzurim1 word
hell5 words
- Hadēsᾍδηςthe realm of the dead: where everyone goes when they die, pictured as a temporary holding place until the resurrection
- she'olשְׁאוֹלthe realm of the dead: the dark world beneath the earth where everyone who dies goes down.
- shaḥatשַׁחַתa pit: a deep hole dug in the ground, and by extension the grave, or the ruin that swallows the dying
- geennaγέενναGehenna: the place of final, fiery divine judgment on the wicked
- tartaroōταρταρόωhell: Tartarusnot studied yet
Hellenist1 word
helmet4 words
Helon1 word
help20 words
- yasahיָשַׁעto save: to step in on behalf of someone in danger, distress, or the wrong, and bring them through to safety, victory, or vindication.
- sullambanōσυλλαμβάνωto help: to take hold alongside someone and share their work
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- to seize: to lay hold of and capture a person or a catch
- to conceive: to become pregnant with a child
- boētheōβοηθέωto come to someone's aid in trouble: to help by rushing to the rescue, in time and to real effect
- azarעָזַרto help: to come to someone's aid by adding your strength to theirs
- yeshu'ahיְשׁוּעָהsalvation: the rescue brought to someone who cannot get themselves out of trouble, covering the saving act, the victory it wins, and the safety it leaves behind.
help on the journey1 word
help on the way1 word
helper4 words
- hupēretēsὑπηρέτηςan authorized subordinate who carries out a higher authority's orders: an officer, attendant, or commissioned agent within a chain of command
- ezerעֵזֶרhelp, or one who helps: aid given to someone who cannot manage alone, and by far most often the aid God himself supplies.
- sunergosσυνεργόςfellow worker: one who labors alongside another in a shared task, especially a partner in gospel ministry
- paraklētosπαράκλητοςsomeone called to a person's side to help, support, and speak for them before a higher authority
helpful1 word
helpful deeds1 word
helpless2 words
helps1 word
hem3 words
- kanaphכָּנָףthe outermost spread edge of something: a wing, or the corner, hem, or far edge of a garment, the land, or the earth.
- shulשׁוּלthe lower hem of a long robe: the bottom border that runs all the way around and trails nearest the ground
- kraspedonκράσπεδονthe tassel worn on the corner of the outer cloak, which the Law of Moses commanded Israelites to wear; more broadly, the edge or fringe of a garment
hem in1 word
Hemam2 words
Heman1 word
Hemdan2 words
hemlock2 words
hemmed in1 word
hemorrhaging1 word
hen2 words
Hena1 word
Henadad1 word
hence1 word
henceforth2 words
henna1 word
- kopherכֹּפֶרhenna: the fragrant henna shrub and its clustered, pale blossoms
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- a ransom: a price paid in place of a life that is forfeit, to spare it from the death or penalty it owes
- pitch: the black, tar-like bitumen used to seal and waterproof
- a village: an unwalled country settlement, set against a fortified town
- kopherכֹּפֶרhenna: the fragrant henna shrub and its clustered, pale blossoms
Hepher1 word
Hephzibah1 word
herb3 words
herd3 words
herdsman2 words
here5 words
- kohכֹּהthus, in this way; also here and now: a pointing word that draws attention to a particular manner, place, or moment
- hōdeὧδεhere, in this place; the spot where the speaker is.
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- in this case, at this point; a figurative "here" that points to a situation rather than a spot.
- pohפֹּהhere: this place, where the speaker is, as opposed to anywhere else
- hennahהֵנָּהa pointing word for this place or this point: "here, to here" in space, and "until now" in time
- halomהֲלֹםherenot studied yet
here i am1 word
Heres1 word
Heresh1 word
heresy1 word
- ahiresisαἵρεσιςa recognized religious party: a group inside a larger faith, marked out by the teaching and practice it has chosen to hold
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- a faction: a rival grouping that forms inside a community when people push their own line
- ahiresisαἵρεσιςa recognized religious party: a group inside a larger faith, marked out by the teaching and practice it has chosen to hold
Hereth1 word
heretofore2 words
heritage4 words
- klēronomiaκληρονομίαan inheritance: property or a possession received as one's rightful share, whether a family estate handed down or the possession God grants by promise
- naḥalahנַחֲלָהan allotted, inalienable share: the permanent portion (most often a piece of land) that is assigned to someone and stays bound to them and their family line
- yerushshahיְרֻשָּׁהa possession: land or property held as one's own, whether granted to a people to occupy or received by hereditary right
- morashahמוֹרָשָׁהa permanent holding: what is handed over to a group to keep as its own, most often the land itself
Hermas1 word
Hermes1 word
Hermogenes1 word
Hermon2 words
hero1 word
Herod1 word
Herodian1 word
herodians1 word
Herodias1 word
Herodion1 word
heron1 word
hesed1 word
Heshbon1 word
Heshmon1 word
hesitate2 words
Heth1 word
Hethlon1 word
hew4 words
hew down1 word
hew in pieces1 word
hewer of wood1 word
hewing1 word
hewn stone2 words
Hezekiah3 words
Hezion1 word
Hezir1 word
Hezro1 word
Hezron2 words
Hiddai1 word
hiddekel1 word
hidden4 words
hidden thing1 word
hidden things1 word
hidden treasure1 word
hide14 words
- kruptōκρύπτωto hide: to put someone or something out of sight, or to keep a thing from being seen, known, or noticed.
- kasahכָּסָהto cover: to spread or lay something over a thing so that it is no longer bare or exposed
- orעוֹרskin: the outer covering of a body, whether living skin on a person or animal or the hide and leather taken from a dead one
- kaluptōκαλύπτωto cover: to lay something over a thing so that what is underneath is shielded, swallowed from sight, or kept from being known.
- satarסָתַרto hide: to put or keep someone or something out of sight, reach, or knowledge
hide oneself2 words
hiding3 words
hiding place3 words
- seterסֵתֶרa cover: a place or condition of being hidden, whether for shelter or for secrecy
- mistarמִסְתָּרa place out of sight: the cover someone watches or strikes from unseen, or where a person or a treasure is kept beyond finding
- sokhסֹךְa hidden den: a screen of woven cover that keeps whoever owns it out of sight
hiding-place1 word
Hiel1 word