English Bible words starting with H
620 meanings beginning with H, in alphabetical order. This is page 6 of 7. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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honey from the comb1 word
honeycomb6 words
- ya'arיַעַרa honeycomb: the comb of wild honey
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- a forest: a wild stretch of land thick with trees, and the trees that grow there
- kērionκηρίονhoneycombnot studied yet
- nophetנֹפֶתhoney that runs out of the comb on its own: the freshest, purest grade, and a poet's word for the sweetest thing there is.
- tsuphצוּףa honeycomb, and the fresh honey running out of it, held up in poetry as the measure of sweetness
- melissiosμελίσσιοςhoneycombnot studied yet
- ya'arיַעַרa honeycomb: the comb of wild honey
honor16 words
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
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- glorious ones: exalted heavenly beings named with the reverence due to their dignity
- doxazōδοξάζωto praise or honor someone, above all to give glory to God for what he has done
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- to clothe with splendor: to lift someone into a state of radiant honor and glory
- in John's Gospel, to reveal someone's true glory, the way the Father and Son honor each other and the cross becomes the moment of glory
- kavodכָּבוֹדweight that makes someone or something count: the visible greatness of God, the honor and standing of a person, or the wealth and splendor that command respect.
- timēτιμήhonor: the public recognition of someone's worth, and the respect or esteem that worth is owed.
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- price: the amount at which something is valued, or the money it fetches.
- kavadכָּבֵדto honor: to treat someone as weighty, giving them the regard, deference, or worship their standing deserves
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- to be heavy: to weigh much, whether a literal load, a crushing trouble, or a body part that has grown too heavy to work
- to be honored: to carry weight in others' eyes, to be held in high regard or shown to be glorious
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
honorable4 words
- kalosκαλόςfine, good, and admirable: measuring up to what its kind should be, in a way that is often meant to be seen and honored
- endoxosἔνδοξοςstanding in glory: honored in others' eyes, or splendid and radiant to look at
- semnosσεμνόςworthy of respect: dignified and honorable, carrying a weight of character or worth that draws esteem and even reverence
- yaqqirיַקִּירhonorablenot studied yet
honored3 words
honour2 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
- zavalזָבַלto honournot studied yet
- kavadכָּבֵדto be heavy: to weigh much, whether a literal load, a crushing trouble, or a body part that has grown too heavy to work
hoof1 word
hoofs2 words
- parsahפַּרְסָהhoof: the hard, horny foot of a grazing animal or horse
- 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
hook6 words
- sirסִירa thorn or thornbush; also a thorn-shaped hook
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- a pot: a large open vessel for cooking, temple service, or washing
- vavוָוa hook: one of the metal fittings on the tabernacle's pillars, from which its curtains and hangings were hung
- ḥo'aḥחוֹחַa hook or piercing ring: a metal barb driven through the jaw or nose to hold and lead a captive or a beast
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- a prickly wild plant: a thornbush, thistle, or bramble of the sort that overruns neglected ground
- qeresקֶרֶסa clasp: one of the metal fasteners that joined the tabernacle's curtain panels into a single covering
- ḥaḥחַחa metal hook or ring put through something to hold it: the ring set in a captive's nose or jaws to lead him, and the small gold ring worn as an ornament
- sirסִירa thorn or thornbush; also a thorn-shaped hook
hoopoe1 word
hope12 words
- elpisἐλπίςhope: confident, forward-looking expectation of a good outcome
- elpizōἐλπίζωto look ahead to something good with expectation, ranging from ordinary anticipation to settled trust in God
- qavahקָוָהto wait, to hope, to look expectantly for someone or something: a tense, leaning-forward expectation, most often directed toward God.
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- to be gathered together, to collect into one place: said of waters drawn together, and of peoples drawn together to a center.
- yaḥalיָחַלto wait expectantly, to hope: to lean toward a future you are confident is coming, most often toward God
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- to wait, to tarry: to let a set stretch of time pass before acting
- tiqvahתִּקְוָהhope: the expectation of a future good, and the thing hoped for itself.
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- cord: a length of rope or line.
hope beforehand1 word
Hophni1 word
hophra1 word
hopper1 word
Hor1 word
Hor-haggidgad1 word
Horam1 word
horde1 word
hordes1 word
Horeb1 word
Horem1 word
Horesh1 word
Hori1 word
Hormah1 word
horn5 words
- kerasκέραςa horn: the pointed growth on a creature's head, and by extension the strength or the ruler that a horn stands for
- qerenקֶרֶןhorn: an animal's horn, and by extension anything that projects outward as a sign of strength, from altar corners and oil flasks to kings, hilltops, and rays of light
- shopharשֹׁפָרthe ram's-horn trumpet: a curved animal horn sounded to give a loud, carrying signal
- yovelיוֹבֵלa ram, or the ram's-horn trumpet made from its horn and used to sound a long, carrying blast
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- the Jubilee: the fiftieth year, proclaimed by the ram's-horn blast, in which land returned to its families and slaves went free
- qerenקֶרֶןhorn: the hard, pointed horn on an animal's head, which in Daniel's visions stands for a king and his power
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- horn: a wind instrument made from an animal's horn, blown as a public signal
horned viper1 word
hornet1 word
Horonaim1 word
horror7 words
- shammahשַׁמָּהa horrifying devastation: a place laid waste and abandoned, and the shudder of dread it provokes
- ballahahבַּלָּהָהterror: overwhelming horror that closes in on a doomed person or city and leaves nothing of them behind
- za'avahזַעֲוָהshuddering horror: the sickened jolt that runs through anyone who looks, and the wrecked people who set it off
- meshammahמְשַׁמָּהwasteland: ground wrecked and emptied until nothing lives on it, and the horror of the people who look at it
- miphletsetמִפְלֶצֶתhorrornot studied yet
horse3 words
- hipposἵπποςhorse: the animal, above all the war-horse ridden or driven into battle
- susסוּסa horse: the swift, powerful animal harnessed for war, royal travel, and trade
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- a swift: a small migratory bird known for its piping cry and its reliable seasonal return
- parashפָּרָשׁa war-horse: a horse bred and harnessed for battle, especially a chariot-team horse
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- a fighting man who works with horses: a chariot crewman in early times, a mounted soldier in later times
horseman3 words
- hippeusἱππεύςhorsemannot studied yet
- parashפָּרָשׁa war-horse: a horse bred and harnessed for battle, especially a chariot-team horse
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- a fighting man who works with horses: a chariot crewman in early times, a mounted soldier in later times
- hippikosἱππικόςhorsemannot studied yet
Hosah1 word
hosanna1 word
Hosea1 word
Hoshaiah1 word
Hoshama1 word
Hoshea1 word
hospitable1 word
hospitably1 word
hospitality1 word
host6 words
- tsavaצָבָאthe host of heaven: the ordered array above, whether the stars or the heavenly beings around God
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- an army: a body of fighting men called up, counted, and drawn up under a commander
- service: an assigned term of duty, from being liable for war to a stretch of imposed hardship with a set end
- the plural in the divine title "the LORD of hosts": God named as the one every marshaled force answers to
- maḥanehמַחֲנֶהan encampment: a body of people gathered in one place, whether an army in the field or a traveling community at rest
- xenosξένοςa host: the person who takes a stranger in and provides lodging and welcome
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- a stranger or foreigner: a person who is outside the community, family, or homeland where they find themselves
- strange or foreign: unfamiliar, coming from outside, not what one is used to
- xenizōξενίζωto give or receive hospitality: to host and care for a guest, or to be taken in and lodged as one.
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- to strike someone as strange or startling; or, of a person, to be taken aback by something unfamiliar.
- ḥelחֵלa rampart: the low outer defense ringing a fortified city, set in front of its main wall
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- a company of people: the body of Israelite exiles promised a return in Obadiah
- tsavaצָבָאthe host of heaven: the ordered array above, whether the stars or the heavenly beings around God
hostile2 words
- enantiosἐναντίοςset on the other side and facing you: a wind coming head-on, a person standing across from you, or someone whose stance is against you.
- qeriקְרִיhostile defiance: the crosswise stance of opposition that one party in a binding agreement takes toward the other, and that the other can take right back
hostility3 words
- echthraἔχθραenmity: the settled state of being enemies, the hostile opposite of friendship
- qeriקְרִיhostile defiance: the crosswise stance of opposition that one party in a binding agreement takes toward the other, and that the other can take right back
- evahאֵיבָהenmity: a settled, openly recognized state of being enemies, a lasting hostile relationship rather than a passing feeling
hosts2 words
- tsavaצָבָאthe plural in the divine title "the LORD of hosts": God named as the one every marshaled force answers to
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- an army: a body of fighting men called up, counted, and drawn up under a commander
- the host of heaven: the ordered array above, whether the stars or the heavenly beings around God
- service: an assigned term of duty, from being liable for war to a stretch of imposed hardship with a set end
- sabaōthσαβαώθhostsnot studied yet
- tsavaצָבָאthe plural in the divine title "the LORD of hosts": God named as the one every marshaled force answers to
hot6 words
- ḥarahחָרָהto burn hot with anger: for a feeling, almost always anger, to catch fire and blaze up in someone
- ḥamamחָמַםto be or become warm, to grow hot: heat rising in a body, an object, or a feeling, short of open flame
- ḥomחֹםheat: warmth felt in the air, in the seasons, or in a thing, and so also the hottest stretch of the day
- zestosζεστόςhotnot studied yet
- ḥamחָםhot: having heat in it at the moment, as bread just out of the oven or clothing warmed by the air
hot spring1 word
hot stone1 word
- 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
- ritspahרִצְפָּהa floor of set stone: the finished paving of a courtyard, temple, or palace
Hotham1 word
Hothir1 word
hour2 words
house5 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
- bayitבַּיִתhouse: a bounded, enclosed space and, by extension, the people, the family line, the temple, or the place it holds together.
- oikiaοἰκίαhouse: a dwelling, and by extension the people who live in it and the property it represents.
- 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.
- bayitבַּיִתa house: a building where someone lives or where something is kept
house of god1 word
household4 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
- bayitבַּיִתhouse: a bounded, enclosed space and, by extension, the people, the family line, the temple, or the place it holds together.
- oikiaοἰκίαhouse: a dwelling, and by extension the people who live in it and the property it represents.
- oiketeiaοἰκετείαhouseholdnot studied yet
household gods1 word
householder1 word
housetop2 words
hover1 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
hovering1 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
how6 words
- pōsπῶςhow?!not studied yet
- ekhאֵיךְhow?not studied yet
- pothenπόθενfrom where? whence?: a question word asking the origin, source, or cause of something
- matayמָתַיhownot studied yet
- pōsπωςhownot studied yet
how great2 words
how large1 word
how much2 words
how often1 word
how small1 word
however4 words
- plēnπλήνbut, nevertheless, only: a word that sets aside what comes before and points the reader to what really matters
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- except, besides, save: marks an exception, the one thing left out of an otherwise complete statement
- akhאַךְa small focusing particle that singles out its clause, either to insist on it (surely, indeed) or to fence it off from what came before (only, but, however)
- ephesאֶפֶסonly, however: a small word that limits or pushes back on what was just said
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- an outermost edge: the farthest point something reaches, above all the farthest reaches of the earth
- nothing, none at all: what has run out or ceased to be, and so no one and nothing besides
- ulamאוּלָםbut, however: a weighty turn that sets what follows squarely against what was just said
- plēnπλήνbut, nevertheless, only: a word that sets aside what comes before and points the reader to what really matters
howl1 word
howling1 word
howling animal1 word
hub1 word
huge millstone1 word
Hukkok1 word
Hul1 word
Huldah1 word
human3 words
- enoshאֱנוֹשׁa human being; a person, especially in poetry, where the word often hints at how small and short-lived a person is.
- anthrōpinosἀνθρώπινοςhuman: belonging to people rather than to God, and so bounded by what people can make, judge, or bear
- sarkikosσαρκικόςbelonging to flesh and blood: either the ordinary bodily side of life or the self-serving human nature that runs a life without God's Spirit
human nature1 word
humble9 words
- tapeinoōταπεινόωto bring low: to lower someone or something in height, standing, or circumstance, whether God humbles the proud, a person lowers himself, or hardship presses someone down
- 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.
- tapeinosταπεινόςlow: describing a person as down rather than up, whether in worldly standing, in spirits, or in a heart that does not push itself forward
- aniעָנִיafflicted and lowly: a person bowed down by hardship, poverty, or oppression, and so dependent on God for help
- kanaכָּנַעto be brought low: to be forced down from a high or proud position, whether by another's hand or by one's own choice
humble-minded1 word
humiliate1 word
humiliated1 word
humiliation3 words
- aischunēαἰσχύνηdisgrace before others: the public loss of honor, whether the humiliation of being exposed to it or the shameful thing that brings it on
- tapeinōsisταπείνωσιςa low condition: the state of being low or brought low, whether by rank or by circumstance
- shiphlahשִׁפְלָהhumiliationnot studied yet
humility2 words
hump1 word
humpbacked1 word
Humtah1 word
hundred3 words
hundredfold3 words
hunger5 words
- limosλιμόςthe want of food: not having enough to eat, whether one person is starving or a whole region's food supply has failed
- ra'avרָעָבa severe shortage of food, whether a whole land's famine or a single body's hunger
- peinaōπεινάωto be hungry: to feel the bodily need for food, and so to crave something as intensely as a starving person craves a meal
- 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
- kaphanכָּפַןto hungernot studied yet
hungry2 words
hunt2 words
- thēreuōθηρεύωto hunt/catchnot studied yet
- tsudצוּדto hunt: to chase down and catch prey, whether a wild animal or a person pursued like game
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- to take provisions: to stock oneself with food and supplies for a journey
hunter1 word
hunting1 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
Hupham1 word
Huppah1 word
Huppim1 word
Hur1 word
Hurai1 word
Huri1 word
hurl3 words
- shalakhשָׁלַךְto throw, cast, or fling something or someone with a decisive, often forceful action
- tulטוּלto hurl or fling with force: to send something or someone flying, not merely to toss it or set it down.
- ramahרָמָהto send something flying with force: to hurl a body, or to shoot arrows from a bow
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- to fool someone who trusted you: to break faith by trickery
hurl out1 word
- qalaקָלַעto sling: to send a stone flying from a sling, and so to fling a person away with that same force.
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- to carve: to cut figures into wood so that they stand out from the flat surface.
- qalaקָלַעto sling: to send a stone flying from a sling, and so to fling a person away with that same force.