English Bible words starting with J
288 meanings beginning with J, in alphabetical order. This is page 1 of 3. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Jaakobah1 word
Jaalah1 word
Jaan1 word
Jaare-oregim1 word
Jaareshiah1 word
Jaasiel1 word
Jaasu1 word
Jaaziah1 word
Jaaziel1 word
jabal1 word
Jabbok1 word
Jabesh1 word
jabeshgilead1 word
Jabez1 word
Jabin1 word
Jabneel1 word
Jabneh1 word
Jacan1 word
Jachin1 word
jacinth1 word
jackal2 words
- tanתַּןjackal: the howling wild dog of the wasteland, named almost always in the plural and almost always to say that a place has been emptied of people
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- the great water creature: the monster Pharaoh is addressed as, lying in the Nile, churning it up and fouling his own rivers
- shu'alשׁוּעָלfox or jackal: the small wild dog of open country and ruins, named by one Hebrew word that never chooses between the two animals
- tanתַּןjackal: the howling wild dog of the wasteland, named almost always in the plural and almost always to say that a place has been emptied of people
jacob2 words
Jada1 word
Jaddua1 word
Jadon1 word
Jael1 word
Jagur1 word
jah1 word
Jahath1 word
Jahaz1 word
Jahaziel1 word
Jahdai1 word
Jahdiel1 word
Jahdo1 word
Jahleel1 word
Jahmai1 word
Jahzeel1 word
Jahzeiah1 word
Jahzerah1 word
Jahziel1 word
jail2 words
jailer1 word
Jair2 words
Jairus1 word
Jakeh1 word
Jakim1 word
Jalam1 word
Jalon1 word
Jambres1 word
James1 word
Jamin1 word
Jamlech1 word
Janai1 word
Janim1 word
Jannai1 word
Jannes1 word
Janoah1 word
japheth1 word
Japhia1 word
Japhlet1 word
jar9 words
- nevelנֵבֶלa large jar or skin for storing liquids, especially a wine container
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- a stringed instrument of the harp or lyre family, used in worship and celebration
- angeionἀγγεῖονjarnot studied yet
- hudriaὑδρίαjarnot studied yet
- kadכַּדa large earthenware jar: the household vessel for carrying and pouring water or storing dry food like meal.
- tsappaḥatצַפַּחַתjarnot studied yet
- nevelנֵבֶלa large jar or skin for storing liquids, especially a wine container
Jarah1 word
jared2 words
Jarha1 word
Jarib1 word
Jarmuth1 word
Jaroah1 word
Jashen1 word
Jashobeam1 word
Jashub1 word
Jason1 word
jasper4 words
Jathniel1 word
Jattir1 word
javelin3 words
- ḥanitחֲנִיתspear: a long shafted weapon with a sharp metal head, carried for thrusting or throwing in battle
- kidonכִּידוֹןa soldier's hand blade, carried alongside the sword and the spear: most likely a short curved sword, though older translations call it a javelin
- shelaḥשֶׁלַחweapon: something sent or wielded against an enemy, of no one particular kind
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- shoots: the new growth a plant sends out
jaw2 words
- leḥiלְחִיthe jaw or cheek: the side of the face at the jaw, whether the bone itself, the flesh over it, or the whole hinge of an animal's mouth
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- Lehi: a place in Judah whose name is the ordinary word for a jawbone
- metallahמְתַלְּעוֹתjawnot studied yet
- leḥiלְחִיthe jaw or cheek: the side of the face at the jaw, whether the bone itself, the flesh over it, or the whole hinge of an animal's mouth
jawbone1 word
- leḥiלְחִיLehi: a place in Judah whose name is the ordinary word for a jawbone
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- the jaw or cheek: the side of the face at the jaw, whether the bone itself, the flesh over it, or the whole hinge of an animal's mouth
- leḥiלְחִיLehi: a place in Judah whose name is the ordinary word for a jawbone
jaws2 words
- leḥiלְחִיthe jaw or cheek: the side of the face at the jaw, whether the bone itself, the flesh over it, or the whole hinge of an animal's mouth
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- Lehi: a place in Judah whose name is the ordinary word for a jawbone
- malqo'aḥמַלְקוֹחַthe jaws: the inside of the mouth, named as the part that takes food in
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- captured living plunder: the people and animals a victor takes alive and keeps
- leḥiלְחִיthe jaw or cheek: the side of the face at the jaw, whether the bone itself, the flesh over it, or the whole hinge of an animal's mouth
Jazer1 word
Jaziz1 word
jealous4 words
- zēloōζηλόωto burn with intense feeling for someone or something: to be zealous or jealously devoted, to set your heart eagerly on it, or, on its dark side, to envy.
- qanaקָנָאto burn with feeling over an exclusive claim: to be jealous, zealous, or envious depending on whether the claim is rightful and how it is expressed
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- to provoke someone to jealousy: to stir up another's jealous anger, used of Israel goading God with rival worship
- qannaקַנָּאjealous: of God alone, fiercely unwilling to share his people's worship and devotion with any rival
- qannoקַנּוֹאjealousnot studied yet
jealousy2 words
- zēlosζῆλοςjealousy: a resentful, rivalrous heat that begrudges others and breeds conflict
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- burning devotion: an intense, heated ardor for someone or something held dear
- qinahקִנְאָהa burning, possessive intensity of feeling stirred when something one claims as one's own is threatened, rivaled, or surpassed
- zēlosζῆλοςjealousy: a resentful, rivalrous heat that begrudges others and breeds conflict
Jearim1 word
Jeatherai1 word
Jeberechiah1 word
Jebus1 word
Jechoniah1 word
Jecoliah1 word
Jeconiah1 word
Jedaiah2 words
Jediael1 word
Jedidah1 word
Jedidiah1 word
Jeduthun1 word
jeering1 word
Jegar1 word
Jehallelel1 word
Jehdeiah1 word
Jehiah1 word
Jehiel1 word