English Bible words starting with K
124 meanings beginning with K, in alphabetical order. This is page 1 of 2. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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kab1 word
Kabzeel1 word
Kadesh2 words
Kadesh-barnea1 word
Kadmiel1 word
kain1 word
- qayinקַיִןKain: a town in the hill country of Judah.
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- Cain: the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the farmer who murdered his brother Abel and was sent out to wander under a curse.
- Cain as the name of the Kenites: the same word used for a roaming desert clan, spoken of as though Cain were the ancestor whose name they bear.
- qayinקַיִןKain: a town in the hill country of Judah.
Kallai1 word
Kamon1 word
kanah1 word
- qanahקָנָהthe Brook Kanah: a ravine and seasonal stream in the central hill country that helped mark the border between the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh
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- Kanah: a town in the northern territory of the tribe of Asher, lying toward the region of Sidon
- qanahקָנָהthe Brook Kanah: a ravine and seasonal stream in the central hill country that helped mark the border between the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh
Kareah1 word
Karka1 word
Karkor1 word
Kartah1 word
Kartan1 word
Kattath1 word
Kedar1 word
Kedemah1 word
Kedemoth1 word
Kedesh1 word
keep16 words
- poieōποιέωto bring something about: to make a thing or to do a deed, so that something now exists or has happened that did not before.
- asahעָשָׂהto do or make: to bring something about by acting, whether shaping a thing or carrying out a deed
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- to press or squeeze: a separate, rare word that happens to share this spelling
- phulassōφυλάσσωto keep watch: to guard something so it comes to no harm, and by extension to keep a command or keep oneself out of harm's way
- shamarשָׁמַרto exercise watchful care over someone or something: to guard it, hold to it, and keep it safe
- agōἄγωto keep or reckon (of time): to observe a day, or of a period of time, to be counted as passing
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- to lead or bring: to cause a person or thing to move from one place to another, going along with them
- to be led or driven: to be guided, carried along, or controlled by an inward or unseen power
- let us go: to set off or move along, with no one being led but the speakers themselves
keep a festival1 word
keep alert1 word
keep alive1 word
keep back4 words
- manaמָנַעto keep something or someone back: to withhold, deny, or restrain
- ḥasakhחָשַׂךְto hold back: to keep a thing from being handed over, a person from acting, or a blow from falling
- garaגָּרַעto take part of something away, so that less of it is left: to diminish, reduce, withdraw, or hold back
- kalaכָּלָאto hold back: to shut in, restrain, or withhold, keeping a person, thing, or force from moving, acting, or being handed over freely
keep company with1 word
keep firm1 word
keep from2 words
keep in store1 word
keep on1 word
keep pure1 word
keep quiet1 word
keep rank1 word
- adarעָדַרto be missing: absent from a group, a count, or a supply that ought to be complete
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- to hoe: to break up and weed the soil of a field or vineyard by hand
- to support in battle: to join a fighting force as a backer, or to take one's place in its ranks
- adarעָדַרto be missing: absent from a group, a count, or a supply that ought to be complete
keep secret3 words
- satarסָתַרto hide: to put or keep someone or something out of sight, reach, or knowledge
- sigaōσιγάωto be silent: to stop speaking, or to keep a matter unspoken
- satamסָתַםto close something off so that nothing can get through it, and so make it inaccessible: from stopping up a well to sealing a message shut
keep sheep1 word
keep silence1 word
keep still1 word
keep watch2 words
keep watch over1 word
keeper1 word
keeping1 word
Kehelathah1 word
Keilah1 word
Kelaiah1 word
Kelita1 word
Kemuel1 word
kenan1 word
Kenath1 word
Kenaz1 word
kenites1 word
- qayinקַיִןCain as the name of the Kenites: the same word used for a roaming desert clan, spoken of as though Cain were the ancestor whose name they bear.
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- Cain: the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the farmer who murdered his brother Abel and was sent out to wander under a curse.
- Kain: a town in the hill country of Judah.
- qayinקַיִןCain as the name of the Kenites: the same word used for a roaming desert clan, spoken of as though Cain were the ancestor whose name they bear.
Keren-happuch1 word
Kerioth1 word
Keros1 word
kettle2 words
Keturah1 word
key2 words
keys1 word
Keziah1 word
keziz1 word
Kibroth-hattaavah1 word
Kibzaim1 word
kick2 words
kid4 words
- sa'irשָׂעִירhairy: covered with hair, shaggy of body
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- he-goat: a male goat, especially the goat offered for sin
- goat-demon: a shaggy goat-shaped spirit of the waste places, also worshiped as an idol
- sehשֶׂהa single head of small livestock from the flock: one sheep or goat, often a lamb or kid
- gediגְּדִיa kid: a young male goat, still young enough to be at its mother's milk
- gediyyahגְּדִיָּהkidnot studied yet
- sa'irשָׂעִירhairy: covered with hair, shaggy of body
kidney1 word
- kilyahכִּלְיָהthe kidney: the bodily organ, most often the fat-encased pair cut out and burned in sacrifice
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- the innermost self: the hidden inner core of a person, the seat of deep feeling, conscience, and moral desire, open only to God
- kilyahכִּלְיָהthe kidney: the bodily organ, most often the fat-encased pair cut out and burned in sacrifice
kidneys1 word
- kilyahכִּלְיָהthe kidney: the bodily organ, most often the fat-encased pair cut out and burned in sacrifice
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- the innermost self: the hidden inner core of a person, the seat of deep feeling, conscience, and moral desire, open only to God
- kilyahכִּלְיָהthe kidney: the bodily organ, most often the fat-encased pair cut out and burned in sacrifice
Kidron2 words
kill12 words
- nakhahנָכָהto deliver a blow: to strike someone or something, whether a single hit, a fatal stroke, a battlefield rout, or an affliction sent from God
- apokteinōἀποκτείνωto kill: to put someone to death, or to destroy something so completely that it no longer has any life in it
- thanatoōθανατόωto put to death: to end a life on purpose, whether by a court's sentence, a betrayal, or a killing blow, and by extension to kill off whatever still holds power over a person
- haragהָרַגto kill: to put a person (or creature) to death by violence
- thuōθύωto slaughter an animal, whether as an offering to a god or for a meal
killed2 words
- sphazōσφάζωto slaughter: to kill by cutting the throat, the way an animal is killed at an altar or for the table
- ḥalalחָלָלone fatally pierced; a person run through and killed or left dying, above all the battlefield dead
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- a profaned person; someone stripped of holy standing and treated as defiled
killing1 word
kiln1 word
kin1 word
- basarבָּשָׂרkin: a blood relative, the family bond named as shared flesh
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- flesh: the soft tissue of a body, whether as the meat people eat or as the living skin and muscle of a person or animal
- all flesh: every living creature, or all of humanity, taken together as one whole
- frail humanity: the human creature as weak, mortal, and small before God
- basarבָּשָׂרkin: a blood relative, the family bond named as shared flesh
Kinah1 word
kind7 words
- agathosἀγαθόςgood: the ordinary word for what is sound, worthwhile, and beneficial, whether a person, a thing, an action, or a gift
- genosγένοςa group that belongs together by common origin: offspring, a people, or a kind of thing
- chrēstosχρηστόςgood in a way that benefits whoever meets it: kind toward people, easy to bear, mellow rather than harsh
- minמִיןa kind: one of the recognizable groups into which living things fall
- phusisφύσιςa kind or species: a class of living creatures
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- what a person or thing is by birth or natural growth: one's native descent or inborn condition
- the regular, established order of things: the way the world, or a society, is ordinarily arranged
- the essential being of someone or something: what it truly and intrinsically is
kindle14 words
- kaiōκαίωto burn: to set something alight, or to be alight, whether as a lamp that gives light or a fire that takes hold of what it touches.
- ba'arבָּעַרto burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
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- to be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
- haptōἅπτωto kindle: to set a lamp or fire alight
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- to reach out and lay hold of a person or thing: purposeful physical contact, not an accidental brush
- orאוֹרto shine or give light: for light to break out, or for something to send light out onto what was dark
- yatsatיָצַתto set on fire: to kindle a blaze that consumes something
kindled1 word
kindly affectioned1 word
kindness2 words
- ḥesedחֶסֶדloyal, steadfast love: kindness freely shown to someone in real need, kept faithfully within a relationship.
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- a disgrace, a shameful thing; a reproach.
- chrēstotēsχρηστότηςkindness: warm goodness of heart that actively does good for another
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- moral goodness in conduct: the doing of what is right and good
- ḥesedחֶסֶדloyal, steadfast love: kindness freely shown to someone in real need, kept faithfully within a relationship.
kindred6 words
- phulēφυλήa tribe: a body of people who share a common ancestor and form one division within a larger nation
- mishpaḥahמִשְׁפָּחָהa clan: the group of people who belong together by shared descent, occupying the social tier between the tribe and the individual household
- genosγένοςa group that belongs together by common origin: offspring, a people, or a kind of thing
- sungeneiaσυγγένειαkindrednot studied yet
- sungenēsσυγγενήςa relative: someone who belongs to your family line, whether a member of your wider family or a fellow member of your people
kine1 word
king3 words
kingdom6 words
- basileiaβασιλείαkingship: the activity and authority of reigning as king, rather than the land ruled
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- realm: the domain, people, or organized state over which a king rules
- mamlakhahמַמְלָכָהa kingdom: either the concrete realm of a king (territory, nation, political domain) or the authority and institution of royal rule itself
- malkhutמַלְכוּתkingship: the power, period, and realm of a king, and the things that belong to him as king
- malkhuמַלְכוּa kingdom; also kingship, royal power, and reign.
- melukhahמְלוּכָהkingship: the royal office and the authority to reign as king
- basileiaβασιλείαkingship: the activity and authority of reigning as king, rather than the land ruled
kingly1 word
kingship1 word
kinsman7 words
- adelphosἀδελφόςbrother: a male who shares your bond, from a born sibling out to a fellow member of God's family
- aḥאָחa brother: a male tied to you by birth, and by extension anyone bound to you by blood, nation, or loyal kinship
- ga'alגָּאַלto act as the next of kin who reclaims what has been lost to the family: buying back land or a relative, avenging a killing, or pleading a relative's cause.
- qarovקָרֹבnear: close by, whether in space, in time, in family, or in relationship
- sungenēsσυγγενήςa relative: someone who belongs to your family line, whether a member of your wider family or a fellow member of your people
kinsmen1 word
- amעַםa people: a body of persons bound together as one community by shared descent, land, and loyalty
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- kinsman, blood relative: the members of one's own family or clan
- amעַםa people: a body of persons bound together as one community by shared descent, land, and loyalty
kinswomen1 word
Kir1 word
Kir-hareseth1 word
Kiriath-arba1 word
Kiriath-baal1 word
Kiriath-huzoth1 word
Kiriath-jearim1 word
Kiriath-sannah1 word
Kiriathaim1 word
Kish2 words
Kishi1 word
Kishion1 word
Kishon1 word
kiss5 words
- phileōφιλέωto kiss: to greet or show affection by a kiss
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- to love: to feel warm personal affection for someone or to be fond of something
- nashaqנָשַׁקto kiss: to press the lips to a person or thing as a sign of affection, greeting, or homage
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- to handle or be equipped with a weapon; to touch or join closely
- kataphileōκαταφιλέωto kiss someone warmly: to greet, welcome, or honor a person with a kiss, sometimes given again and again
- philēmaφίλημαa kiss: the act of pressing the lips to someone, a bodily gesture whose meaning depends entirely on the setting.
- neshiqahנְשִׁיקָהkissnot studied yet
- phileōφιλέωto kiss: to greet or show affection by a kiss
kite1 word
Kitron1 word