English Bible words starting with J
288 meanings beginning with J, in alphabetical order. This is page 3 of 3. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Joiarib1 word
join8 words
- kollaōκολλάωto be joined firmly to someone or something, as if glued on: to cling, unite, or attach oneself closely
- ḥavarחָבַרto join two things into one: to fasten objects together, or to bind oneself to others in alliance or company
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- to bind by spells: to work enchantment by tying magical knots, the practice of a charmer
- lavahלָוָהto attach oneself to another, becoming joined, allied, or bound to them.
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- to take or give a loan: to borrow, or, seen from the other side, to lend.
- proskollaōπροσκολλάωto joinnot studied yet
- tsamadצָמַדto joinnot studied yet
join hypocrisy1 word
join in helping1 word
join in making an attack1 word
join with1 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
joining1 word
joint5 words
Jokdeam1 word
Jokim1 word
Jokmeam1 word
Jokneam1 word
Jokshan1 word
Joktan1 word
Joktheel1 word
jolting1 word
Jonadab2 words
jonah2 words
Jonam1 word
Jonathan2 words
Joppa2 words
Jorah1 word
Jorai1 word
Joram2 words
jordan2 words
Jorim1 word
Jorkeam1 word
Josech1 word
joseph4 words
- IōsēphἸωσήφJosephnot studied yet
- yosephיוֹסֵףJoseph, a man's name meaning "may he add": above all Jacob's son by Rachel, and four lesser men who share it
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- Joseph, the people descended from him: the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh together, and later the whole northern kingdom of Israel
- IōsēsἸωσῆςJosephnot studied yet
- yehosephיְהוֹסֵףJosephnot studied yet
Joshah1 word
Joshaphat1 word
Joshaviah1 word
Joshbekashah1 word
Josheb-basshebeth1 word
Joshibiah1 word
joshua2 words
- IēsousἸησοῦςJesus: a personal name, the Greek spelling of the Hebrew name Joshua and heard to mean "the LORD saves"; in the New Testament it is above all the name of the man from Nazareth.
- yehoshu'aיְהוֹשׁוּעַJoshua: a Hebrew man's name heard to mean "the LORD saves," borne above all by Moses' successor, the leader who brought Israel into the promised land.
Josiah2 words
Josiphiah1 word
Jotbah1 word
Jotbathah1 word
Jotham2 words
journey9 words
- hodosὁδόςa road, or the trip taken along it
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- a way of living, or the path that leads to God
- derekhדֶּרֶךְa way: the road you travel, and by extension the path your whole life takes
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- possibly, dominion or power: rule or might, in a few disputed poetic lines
- poreiaπορείαjourneynot studied yet
- massaמַסַּעthe breaking of camp and the leg of travel it begins: a setting out, a stage of a journey
- hodoiporiaὁδοιπορίαjourneynot studied yet
- hodosὁδόςa road, or the trip taken along it
journeyed1 word
jowls1 word
- 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
- 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
joy10 words
- euphrosunēεὐφροσύνηjoynot studied yet
- charaχαράjoy: the glad lift of the heart at something genuinely good
- simḥahשִׂמְחָהjoy: gladness felt in the heart and shown openly in celebration, often before God
- agalliasisἀγαλλίασιςexultation: exuberant, celebratory joy, the kind that is sung, shouted, or leapt rather than quietly felt
- sasvonשָׂשׂוֹןexultant joy: glad rejoicing, both the lift of gladness in the heart and the celebration it breaks out into
joyful1 word
joyful shout1 word
joyful sound1 word
Jozacar1 word
Jozadak1 word
jubal1 word
jubilant1 word
jubilation1 word
jubilee1 word
- yovelיוֹבֵלthe Jubilee: the fiftieth year, proclaimed by the ram's-horn blast, in which land returned to its families and slaves went free
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- a ram, or the ram's-horn trumpet made from its horn and used to sound a long, carrying blast
- yovelיוֹבֵלthe Jubilee: the fiftieth year, proclaimed by the ram's-horn blast, in which land returned to its families and slaves went free
Jucal1 word
judah3 words
- yehudahיְהוּדָהJudah: a man's name, borne above all by Jacob's fourth son, the brother from whom David's royal line descends
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- Judah: the tribe descended from Jacob's son, and the territory, southern kingdom, and Persian province that carried its name
- IoudaἸουδάJudahnot studied yet
- yehudיְהוּדJudahnot studied yet
- yehudahיְהוּדָהJudah: a man's name, borne above all by Jacob's fourth son, the brother from whom David's royal line descends
Judaism1 word
Judas1 word
Judea1 word
judean1 word
- IoudaiosἸουδαῖοςa Jew: a member of the people descended from Judah and Israel, marked out by ancestry, worship of the God of Israel, and the law of Moses
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- Jewish: belonging to or characteristic of the Jewish people, their land, customs, or religion
- IoudaiosἸουδαῖοςa Jew: a member of the people descended from Judah and Israel, marked out by ancestry, worship of the God of Israel, and the law of Moses
judge18 words
- krinōκρίνωto judge: to weigh a person or matter and pass a verdict on it.
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- to decide, to resolve: to reach a firm decision or settled purpose about what to do.
- to consider, to regard: to form an opinion and hold that something is the case.
- to go to law, to be brought to trial: to be a party in legal proceedings.
- shaphatשָׁפַטto judge: to exercise rightful authority over a person or dispute and set it right, whether by deciding a case, ruling a people, defending the wronged, or punishing the guilty
- kritēsκριτήςa judge: one who hears a case and pronounces a binding verdict or decision
- palalפָּלַלto pray: to lay a matter before God and ask him to act on it, for oneself or for someone else
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- to render a judgment: to step between two sides and settle a case, or to size up how a matter stands
- yakhaḥיָכַחto set right: to establish what is just between parties, whether by judging, arguing a case, correcting with words, or disciplining
- krinōκρίνωto judge: to weigh a person or matter and pass a verdict on it.
judgement1 word
judgement seat1 word
judges1 word
judgment11 words
- mishpatמִשְׁפָּטthe rightful exercise of authority that sets and keeps things in order: the act of judging a case, the verdict that settles it, the work of governing justly, the standing laws that flow from it, and the justice all of this is meant to embody.
- krisisκρίσιςthe act of judging and the verdict it reaches: a decision handed down, often God's final sentence at the end
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- justice as a moral quality: doing what is right and fair, the standard a true verdict upholds
- krimaκρίμαa verdict handed down by a judge: the decision, sentence, or ruling that comes out of judging, most often a sentence of condemnation
- gnōmēγνώμηa made-up mind: the settled judgment someone has reached about a matter, and so what they advise, resolve, or agree to
- dinדִּיןjudgment: the deciding of a legal case, whether the verdict handed down or the rightful cause brought for decision.
judgment hall1 word
- praitōrionπραιτώριονthe Roman governor's official headquarters in a province: the building he lived and worked in, with its soldiers, its holding cells, and the seat where he tried cases.
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- the emperor's own guard: the elite body of soldiers stationed at imperial headquarters, spoken of as a group of men rather than a place.
- praitōrionπραιτώριονthe Roman governor's official headquarters in a province: the building he lived and worked in, with its soldiers, its holding cells, and the seat where he tried cases.
judgment seat1 word
judgments1 word
Judith1 word
jug1 word
juice3 words
juicy bit1 word
Julia1 word
Julius1 word
jump on1 word
jump up1 word
Junia1 word
juniper2 words
Jushab-hesed1 word
just5 words
- dikaiosδίκαιοςrighteous, just: being or doing what is right, in line with God's standard of what people, acts, and God himself ought to be
- tsaddiqצַדִּיקin the right: the person, ruler, or God whose conduct and claim match what is right and so stand up when tested
- yasharיָשָׁרstraight, and so morally right: in line with the true standard, whether a road, a person, or God himself
- dinדִּיןjudgment in a courtroom sense: the court that sits to hear a case, the sentence it hands down, and the justice behind both.
- endikosἔνδικοςjustnot studied yet
just as8 words
- hososὅσοςjust as/how muchnot studied yet
- kathōsκαθώςa conjunction that sets a frame of reference: "just as, even as, inasmuch as, when"
- hōsperὥσπερjust asnot studied yet
- troposτρόποςthe manner in which something is done or happens, and so also the manner in which a person lives
- kathaκαθάas/just asnot studied yet
just as if1 word
just now1 word
justice8 words
- dikaiosunēδικαιοσύνηrightness: being and doing what is right, and being set right by the God who is himself right
- mishpatמִשְׁפָּטthe rightful exercise of authority that sets and keeps things in order: the act of judging a case, the verdict that settles it, the work of governing justly, the standing laws that flow from it, and the justice all of this is meant to embody.
- krisisκρίσιςjustice as a moral quality: doing what is right and fair, the standard a true verdict upholds
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- the act of judging and the verdict it reaches: a decision handed down, often God's final sentence at the end
- tsedaqahצְדָקָהrighteousness put into action: doing what is right, the concrete deed or settled practice that puts a relationship, a community, or God's own dealings in their proper order
- tsedeqצֶדֶקrightness: conformity to what is truly right, the standard or order things ought to match.
justification2 words
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa binding rule of what is right: a regulation, statute, or decree laid down by rightful authority
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- a righteous act: a concrete deed that is right, something actually carried out rather than merely intended
- a verdict of acquittal: the ruling that clears a person and places them in the right
- dikaiōsisδικαίωσιςjustificationnot studied yet
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa binding rule of what is right: a regulation, statute, or decree laid down by rightful authority
justify2 words
- dikaioōδικαιόωto declare someone to be in the right: to hand down a favorable verdict, acquitting, clearing, or vindicating a person rather than making the person good
- tsadaqצָדֵקto be in the right: to stand righteous, just, or cleared, whether as a settled state of life or as a verdict won in a dispute
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- to put someone in the right: to declare, pronounce, or treat a person as righteous, to acquit and vindicate them
Justus1 word
Juttah1 word