English Bible words starting with L
465 meanings beginning with L, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 5. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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little dogs1 word
little faith1 word
little finger1 word
little fish1 word
little flock1 word
little girl1 word
little ones2 words
little scroll1 word
little tablet1 word
live11 words
- katoikeōκατοικέωto live in a place as a settled resident; to settle down somewhere.
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- to take up residence within someone or something, of a presence that makes it its home; to indwell.
- zaōζάωto live, to be alive; and, by extension, the true life that God has and gives.
- ḥayahחָיָהto live: to be alive, to go on living, or to recover life after being near death.
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- to keep alive, to spare, to restore life: to cause or allow another to go on living.
- peripateōπεριπατέωto walk: to move about on foot, and from that, to carry on one's life in a settled pattern of conduct
- anastrephōἀναστρέφωto conduct yourself: to go about your life among other people in a particular manner
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- to go back: to turn around and return to the place you came from
- katoikeōκατοικέωto live in a place as a settled resident; to settle down somewhere.
live among1 word
live coal1 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
live in1 word
live in peace1 word
live outside1 word
live peaceably1 word
live together1 word
live with1 word
livelihood1 word
- biosβίοςthe earthly life a person actually lives: its stretch of years, its course, and the way it is spent
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- the means of living: the property and resources a person has to live on
- biosβίοςthe earthly life a person actually lives: its stretch of years, its course, and the way it is spent
liver1 word
livestock3 words
living5 words
- zaōζάωto live, to be alive; and, by extension, the true life that God has and gives.
- ḥayחַיalive, living: having life rather than being dead.
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- as surely as someone lives: the fixed opening of a sworn oath.
- a living thing: an animal, most often a wild one.
- life: being alive, and the full, flourishing life that God gives.
- biosβίοςthe means of living: the property and resources a person has to live on
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- the earthly life a person actually lives: its stretch of years, its course, and the way it is spent
- ḥayחַיalive: living rather than dead. It describes God as the one who is genuinely alive, names people as "the living," and in the plural stands on its own for life itself.
- ḥayyutחַיּוּתlivingnot studied yet
living creature2 words
- ḥayחַיalive, living: having life rather than being dead.
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- as surely as someone lives: the fixed opening of a sworn oath.
- a living thing: an animal, most often a wild one.
- life: being alive, and the full, flourishing life that God gives.
- zōonζῷονa living creature: any being that is alive, whether an ordinary animal or one of the living beings around God's throne.
- ḥayחַיalive, living: having life rather than being dead.
living thing1 word
lizard3 words
Lo-debar1 word
load5 words
- massaמַשָּׂאa burden: a load that is lifted and carried, whether goods on an animal's back or a weight laid on a person.
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- an oracle: a weighty pronouncement from God delivered through a prophet, most often a sentence of doom against a nation.
- the carrying of song: a term for the performance of music in worship, used of the Levite who directed it.
- barosβάροςweight: heaviness itself, whether it presses down on the person carrying it or simply gives a thing mass and substance
- phortionφορτίονa load: whatever someone is carrying, named without any claim about how heavy it is
- amasעָמַסto load: to pile a weight onto a back, or to take that weight up and carry it
- ta'anטָעַןto loadnot studied yet
- massaמַשָּׂאa burden: a load that is lifted and carried, whether goods on an animal's back or a weight laid on a person.
loaf4 words
- artosἄρτοςbread: the baked loaf that was the everyday staple food, and by extension food and the meal itself
- kikkarכִּכָּרa round loaf of bread
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- a talent: the largest standard weight, used to measure out gold, silver, or bronze
- a round district: a level circular tract of land, most often the broad valley around the lower Jordan
- ḥallahחַלָּהa round loaf of baked bread shaped by hand, in the Bible almost always one of the flour cakes brought as an offering
- uggahעֻגָהa round, flat bread cake cooked straight on hot stones or in the embers of a fire: the quick bread of a household with no oven
loan2 words
loath2 words
loathe7 words
- ma'asמָאַסto reject: to refuse someone or something as worthless and push it away
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- to flow away or run: to dissolve and drain off like water or a sore
- ta'avתַּעָבto abhor: to find someone or something detestable and turn away from it in loathing
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- to act abominably: to commit deeds so detestable they become an abomination, especially before God
- busבּוּסto trample down: to tread an enemy, a place, or a thing into the ground, crushing it in triumph or contempt
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- to lie thrashing in one's own blood: of a newborn left to die, to sprawl and kick in the blood of birth
- ga'alגָּעַלto loathe: to turn against someone or something in deep disgust and push it away
- qutsקוּץto be sick of someone or something: to feel a revulsion built up past the point of bearing it, whether it comes out as disgust or as dread
- ma'asמָאַסto reject: to refuse someone or something as worthless and push it away
loathing1 word
loathsome2 words
lobe2 words
lock5 words
- na'alנָעַלto bolt a door: to fasten a closed door with its bar so it cannot be opened from outside
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- to put sandals on someone: to fit another person's feet with footwear
- maḥlaphahמַחֲלָפָהlocknot studied yet
- peraפֶּרַעlocknot studied yet
- qevutstsahקְוֻצּוֹתlocknot studied yet
- taltalתַּלְתַּלִּיםlocknot studied yet
- na'alנָעַלto bolt a door: to fasten a closed door with its bar so it cannot be opened from outside
lock up1 word
locks1 word
- dallahדַּלָּהhanging strands: the loose hair falling from a head, or the threads left dangling on a weaver's loom
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- the poorest of a land: the lowest and least powerful layer of a population, and more broadly what is reduced and thin
- dallahדַּלָּהhanging strands: the loose hair falling from a head, or the threads left dangling on a weaver's loom
locksmith1 word
- masgerמַסְגֵּרa smith: a skilled metalworker, named in the exile lists among the workers carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon
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- a prison: a place where someone is shut in and cannot get out unaided
- masgerמַסְגֵּרa smith: a skilled metalworker, named in the exile lists among the workers carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon
locust11 words
- akrisἀκρίςlocustnot studied yet
- arbehאַרְבֶּהlocust: the swarming, migratory insect that arrives in devouring clouds and eats a land bare, and the ordinary Hebrew word for it
- yeleqיֶלֶקa locust: one of the swarming, crop-stripping insects, sometimes taken to be the young, still wingless kind
- ḥasilחָסִילa crop-devouring locust, named for finishing a field off and leaving nothing behind
- tseltselimצֶלְצְלִיםcymbals: the clashing metal plates sounded in worship, named after the ringing noise they make
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- whirring, buzzing: the sound of beating wings, or the winged pest known by that sound
- a barbed spear for taking fish: a harpoon
locust swarm1 word
Lod1 word
lodge5 words
- lunלוּןto spend the night, lodge, or stay put somewhere for a while
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- to grumble in faithless complaint against God or the leaders he has appointed
- kataluōκαταλύωto take something apart so it no longer stands: to tear down, demolish, or do away with, whether a building, a law, or a plan
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- to stop for the night as a guest: to find lodging and rest at the end of a journey
- 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.
- melunahמְלוּנָהlodgenot studied yet
- butבִּיתto lodgenot studied yet
- lunלוּןto spend the night, lodge, or stay put somewhere for a while
lodging2 words
lodging place1 word
loft1 word
loftily1 word
loftiness2 words
- govahגֹּבַהּloftiness of spirit: a person or nation lifted high in bearing, whether in arrogant pride or in exalted dignity
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- height: the vertical measure or lofty elevation of a structure, person, tree, or the sky
- siשִׂיאloftinessnot studied yet
- govahגֹּבַהּloftiness of spirit: a person or nation lifted high in bearing, whether in arrogant pride or in exalted dignity
lofty2 words
- hupsēlosὑψηλόςlofty in standing: set above other people, whether in what human beings admire or in a person's own estimate of himself
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- high: standing up well above whatever surrounds it, as a mountain, a wall, or the height where God is enthroned
- gavahגָּבַהּto be high: to rise up or be lifted to a great height, whether in physical elevation, in honor, or (most often) in pride
- hupsēlosὑψηλόςlofty in standing: set above other people, whether in what human beings admire or in a person's own estimate of himself
log2 words
loin4 words
- motenמׇתְנַיִםthe loins: the lower back and hips, the body's center of physical strength
- keselכֶּסֶלthe loin: the thick, fatty flesh low on the back, beside the kidneys
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- confidence: the thing a person is counting on to hold them up
- folly: thick-headed stupidity, the settled dullness of someone who will not think
- ḥalatsחָלָץthe loins: the lower back and hips, the place a belt is tied and the place a man's children are said to come from
- ḥaratsחֲרַץloinnot studied yet
loincloth2 words
loins5 words
- osphusὀσφῦςthe loins: the lower back and hips where a belt is fastened, and, in the same breath, the part of a man's body his children are said to come from.
- motenמׇתְנַיִםthe loins: the lower back and hips, the body's center of physical strength
- yarekhיָרֵךְthe thigh: the fleshy upper part of the leg, and, by extension, the source of a person's children and the side or base of a structure
- keselכֶּסֶלthe loin: the thick, fatty flesh low on the back, beside the kidneys
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- confidence: the thing a person is counting on to hold them up
- folly: thick-headed stupidity, the settled dullness of someone who will not think
- ḥalatsחָלָץthe loins: the lower back and hips, the place a belt is tied and the place a man's children are said to come from
Lois1 word
lonely1 word
lonely place1 word
long7 words
- ravahרָבָהto become many or much: to grow in number, amount, or extent
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- to make many or much: to multiply something, increase it, or supply it in great quantity
- to shoot with a bow; to be an archer
- hikanosἱκανόςreaching the needed measure: enough, in amount, for a need, or for a role
- makrosμακρόςlong/distantnot studied yet
- arekhאָרֵךְlong: extended in physical length
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- patient: slow to grow angry, holding heat back over time rather than flaring up
- kasaphכָּסַףto longnot studied yet
- ravahרָבָהto become many or much: to grow in number, amount, or extent
long for9 words
- kalahכָּלָהto reach a full end, or to bring something to its full end: to finish it, use it up, or wipe it out
- epithumeōἐπιθυμέωto set one's heart on something and reach for it with strong desire
- avahאָוָהto long for: to set the heart and appetite on something one wants
- epipotheōἐπιποθέωto long for what you are missing: an aching desire for someone who is absent or something you genuinely need
- ḥakhahחָכָהto wait: to hold still in expectation, counting on someone or something to come or to act
long life1 word
long robe2 words
long shield1 word
long-lived1 word
long-sleeved1 word
longed for1 word
longer1 word
longing8 words
- epithumiaἐπιθυμίαa strong desire: an intense reaching of the heart toward something, which is good or evil depending on what it reaches for
- ta'avahתַּאֲוָהdesire, longing, craving: the whole person's reaching out for what it wants (and sometimes the wanted thing itself).
- re'utרְעוּתa chasing after: the reaching for something that cannot be caught, used only in the Ecclesiastes phrase "a chasing after wind".
- teshuqahתְּשׁוּקָהa strong, exclusive turning of one person or force toward another, an orientation that fixes attention and longing on its object
- epipothēsisἐπιπόθησιςlongingnot studied yet
longsuffering3 words
- makrothumiaμακροθυμίαpatience: holding back anger or judgment over a long stretch of time, whether by not retaliating against those who wrong you or by waiting calmly through a long delay
- makrothumeōμακροθυμέωto be patient and long-tempered: to hold back anger toward a wrongdoer, or to keep waiting in hope for something delayed, rather than retaliate or give up
- arekhאָרֵךְpatient: slow to grow angry, holding heat back over time rather than flaring up
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- long: extended in physical length
look12 words
- idouἰδούlook!not studied yet
- ra'ahרָאָהto see: to take something in with the eyes, and from there to perceive, understand, experience, look into, provide for, or (turned around) be seen and shown.
- hinnehהִנֵּהbehold, look: a pointing word that grabs the listener's attention and directs it at what comes next.
- henהֵןlook!not studied yet
- blepōβλέπωto see: to take something in with the eyes, or to have the power of sight at all
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- to watch out: to keep your eyes open, whether against a danger or over something you are responsible for
- to perceive: to grasp, notice, or recognize something with the mind
- to face toward: to be turned in a given direction, said of a place
look about1 word
look after2 words
look ahead1 word
look around1 word
look at2 words
- emblepōἐμβλέπωto look straight at someone or something: to turn the eyes onto one object and hold them there
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- to be able to see: to have the use of one's eyes
- theaomaiθεάομαιto behold: to look at something long and attentively, taking it in with wonder or careful notice
- emblepōἐμβλέπωto look straight at someone or something: to turn the eyes onto one object and hold them there
look away1 word
look down1 word
look down on1 word
look for9 words
- zēteōζητέωto seek: to go after something with effort, whether searching for it, striving to get it, or insisting on having it.
- baqashבָּקַשׁto seek: to go after something or someone you want, whether by looking for it, working to get it, or asking for it
- prosdechomaiπροσδέχομαιto wait for or look for: to await something eagerly, ready to welcome it when it comes
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- to welcome or accept: to receive a person or a circumstance to yourself willingly and gladly
- 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.
- epizēteōἐπιζητέωto seek a definite thing: to go after some particular person, thing, or answer that one wants, has lost, or has a claim to
look intently1 word
look into2 words
- emblepōἐμβλέπωto look straight at someone or something: to turn the eyes onto one object and hold them there
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- to be able to see: to have the use of one's eyes
- ereunaōἐρευνάωto search something through: to go over the whole of it closely, part by part, until what is inside comes to light
- emblepōἐμβλέπωto look straight at someone or something: to turn the eyes onto one object and hold them there
look out2 words
look round about1 word
look to2 words
- sha'ahשָׁעָהto turn one's attentive gaze toward or away from someone or something, as an act of regard, trust, or aversion rather than plain seeing
- savarשָׂבַרto look expectantly for what has not yet come: to fix your hope on it, whether or not it arrives
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- to look something over closely: to go along examining what condition it is in
look up1 word
- anablepōἀναβλέπωto look up: to lift the eyes and turn one's gaze upward
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- to receive sight: for a blind person to come to see
- anablepōἀναβλέπωto look up: to lift the eyes and turn one's gaze upward
look upon5 words
- episkeptomaiἐπισκέπτομαιto come to someone and take a close look, meaning to act on what is found: to visit and help, to look after, to pick out
- epiblepōἐπιβλέπωto look upon/atnot studied yet
- emblepōἐμβλέπωto look straight at someone or something: to turn the eyes onto one object and hold them there
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- to be able to see: to have the use of one's eyes
- theaomaiθεάομαιto behold: to look at something long and attentively, taking it in with wonder or careful notice
- epeidonἐπεῖδονto look uponnot studied yet
looking glasses1 word
- marahמַרְאָהa vision: the sight God gives a prophet when he reveals himself, and the state the prophet is in while it lasts
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- a mirror: a disc of polished bronze in which a person sees her own reflection
- marahמַרְאָהa vision: the sight God gives a prophet when he reveals himself, and the state the prophet is in while it lasts
looking to1 word
- aphoraōἀφοράωto fix one's eyes on someone: to look toward a single object with concentrated attention, turning away from all else
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- to see how a situation turns out: to wait and find out how things will go
- aphoraōἀφοράωto fix one's eyes on someone: to look toward a single object with concentrated attention, turning away from all else
lookout1 word
loom1 word
- dallahדַּלָּהhanging strands: the loose hair falling from a head, or the threads left dangling on a weaver's loom
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- the poorest of a land: the lowest and least powerful layer of a population, and more broadly what is reduced and thin
- dallahדַּלָּהhanging strands: the loose hair falling from a head, or the threads left dangling on a weaver's loom
loom-beam1 word
loop1 word
loose4 words
- pataḥפָּתַחto open, loosen, or release: to move something closed or bound into an open state
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- to engrave or carve: to cut characters or images into a hard surface
- luōλύωto loose: to undo something that is tied, fastened, held, or bound together, whether a literal knot or a thing that holds people captive or in place.
- natarנָתַרto loosen or untie what holds something fast, and so to let a person or thing go free
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- to leap or spring: to jump off the ground, or to jolt suddenly, and so to make something else jump
- shereשְׁרָאto loosenot studied yet
- pataḥפָּתַחto open, loosen, or release: to move something closed or bound into an open state
loosen1 word
loot1 word
- shalalשָׁלַלto plunder: to seize and carry off goods, wealth, or captives by force, especially from a defeated enemy in war.
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- to draw out: to pull stalks of grain out from the gathered bundles and leave them behind.
- shalalשָׁלַלto plunder: to seize and carry off goods, wealth, or captives by force, especially from a defeated enemy in war.
lop1 word
lord11 words
- kuriosκύριοςthe Lord: God himself, and in the New Testament the risen Jesus given that same title
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- a person who holds authority over others or owns property: a master, owner, or (as polite address) sir
- yahwehיהוהthe personal name of the God of Israel: his own name, the name he gives himself, by which his people are to call on him and know him as the God who is with them.
- adonaiאֲדֹנָי"my Lord": the reverent title that names God as the sovereign master to whom his people belong as servants
- adonאָדוֹןlord: the one who rightfully possesses, protects, and commands those under his care
- despotēsδεσπότηςan absolute master: the one who owns you outright and whose authority over you has no limit
- kuriosκύριοςthe Lord: God himself, and in the New Testament the risen Jesus given that same title
lord god1 word
lord it over4 words
- kurieuōκυριεύωto be lord or master of; to hold dominion over someone or something
- katakurieuōκατακυριεύωto take or hold complete mastery over someone or something: to bring fully under one's control, rule, or possession
- sararשָׂרַרto hold and exercise the authority of a chief: to govern as one placed in command over others
- katexousiazōκατεξουσιάζωto exercise authority over people: to rule others, in both its uses picturing the heavy-handed, top-down way worldly rulers throw their weight around
lord over1 word
lords1 word
lordship1 word
- kuriotēsκυριότηςlordship itself: the rightful authority of the Lord to be obeyed
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- a dominion: a class of ruling powers in the unseen world
- kuriotēsκυριότηςlordship itself: the rightful authority of the Lord to be obeyed
lose2 words
- apolluōἀπολλύωto destroy: to put to death or bring to ruin so that something or someone is wiped out
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- to perish: to come to one's own ruin, to die, to be lost
- zēmioōζημιόωto suffer loss: to forfeit or give up something, or be penalized, so that one ends up worse off
- apolluōἀπολλύωto destroy: to put to death or bring to ruin so that something or someone is wiped out