English Bible words starting with M
684 meanings beginning with M, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 7. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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meaningless talk1 word
means1 word
meanwhile1 word
Mearah1 word
measure11 words
- metronμέτρονa measure: the vessel or rod used to measure something, or the amount it holds
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- an allotted portion: the specific amount or share that God or Christ assigns to a person
- a fixed quota that must be filled before judgment falls, as in filling up the measure of guilt
- middahמִדָּהa measure: the measured size of something, or the standard by which size is measured.
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- tribute: a payment or tax owed to a ruler.
- madadמָדַדto measure: to find or mark out the size, length, area, or amount of something against a standard.
- ephahאֵיפָהthe ephah: the everyday dry measure for grain and flour in ancient Israel, holding roughly twenty liters (a little over half a bushel)
- shalishשָׁלִישׁa top-ranking officer: a soldier of the highest grade, serving with a king's chariot force or at the king's own side.
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- a third: a measuring vessel holding a third of some larger unit, used for scooping out dry goods or drink.
- a musical instrument played in a victory celebration; which instrument it was is not known.
- metronμέτρονa measure: the vessel or rod used to measure something, or the amount it holds
measure out1 word
measurement1 word
measures1 word
measuring bowl1 word
measuring line1 word
- qavקַוa measuring line: the taut cord a builder or surveyor stretches to mark out, size up, or apportion something
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- mocking nonsense syllables ("qav"): the babble drunken leaders throw at the prophet, which God then throws back as the sound of judgment
- a disputed word in Psalm 19:4: possibly the sound the heavens send out across the earth, though the text may instead mean "line" or be a copying slip for "voice"
- qavקַוa measuring line: the taut cord a builder or surveyor stretches to mark out, size up, or apportion something
measuring rod2 words
- qanehקָנֶהa measuring rod: a fixed-length reed used as a surveyor's measuring tool, and the length itself as a unit.
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- a reed or stalk: the tall, hollow, jointed plant that grows in water, and any single cane-like stem.
- the shaft and branches of the golden lampstand in the tabernacle.
- the upper arm bone, the long bone running from shoulder to elbow.
- kalamosκάλαμοςa reed: the tall marsh cane, and by extension the everyday things cut from its stalk: a light staff, a writing pen, or a measuring rod
- qanehקָנֶהa measuring rod: a fixed-length reed used as a surveyor's measuring tool, and the length itself as a unit.
meat10 words
- basarבָּשָׂרflesh: the soft tissue of a body, whether as the meat people eat or as the living skin and muscle of a person or animal
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- all flesh: every living creature, or all of humanity, taken together as one whole
- kin: a blood relative, the family bond named as shared flesh
- frail humanity: the human creature as weak, mortal, and small before God
- kreasκρέαςmeatnot studied yet
- brōmaβρῶμαfood: anything eaten to nourish the body
- brōsisβρῶσιςeating: the taking of food, and by extension the food that is taken
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- eating away: the slow consuming that ruins what has been stored up
- trophēτροφήfood: whatever is eaten to nourish and sustain life
- basarבָּשָׂרflesh: the soft tissue of a body, whether as the meat people eat or as the living skin and muscle of a person or animal
meat fork1 word
meat market1 word
meat offered to idols1 word
meat offering1 word
- minḥahמִנְחָהa gift presented to someone of higher standing to win favor, show respect, or smooth a relationship.
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- tribute: the payment a weaker nation or subject hands over to a ruler it is forced to serve.
- an offering presented to God; most often the grain offering of flour, oil, and incense given alongside the animal sacrifices.
- minḥahמִנְחָהa gift presented to someone of higher standing to win favor, show respect, or smooth a relationship.
Mebunnai1 word
Meconah1 word
Medad1 word
Medan1 word
meddle2 words
- aravעָרַבto stand surety: to put yourself or your property up as the guarantee for someone else's debt or safety
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- to mingle: to mix yourself in with others, joining or associating so that you become part of them
- garahגָּרָהto provoke conflict: to kindle strife or throw oneself into a quarrel or war against another
- aravעָרַבto stand surety: to put yourself or your property up as the guarantee for someone else's debt or safety
meddler1 word
meddlesome1 word
Mede2 words
Medeba1 word
Media1 word
mediator1 word
meditate4 words
- meletaōμελετάωto meditate/plotnot studied yet
- hagahהָגָהto make a low, sustained sound deep in the throat; to give something voice under your breath, whether a growl, a moan, a mutter, or words said over and over to yourself.
- si'aḥשִׂיחַto voice what fills the heart aloud: to rehearse a matter over and over, as complaint, reflection, or proclamation
- su'aḥשׂוּחַto meditatenot studied yet
meditation5 words
- si'aḥשִׂיחַthe words a full heart pours out: most often a complaint, sometimes a matter someone keeps going over aloud
- higgavonהִגָּיוֹןa low murmuring sound made just under the voice: strings humming, a heart musing, enemies muttering.
- siḥahשִׂיחָהmeditationnot studied yet
- hagigהָגִיגmeditationnot studied yet
- hagutהָגוּתmeditationnot studied yet
medium2 words
- ovאוֹבa means of consulting the dead: the summoned spirit, the ritual pit or instrument used to reach it, or the medium who conducts the rite
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- a wineskin: a leather bag for holding wine
- yiddoniיִדְּעֹנִיa knowing one: a ghost consulted because it is thought to know hidden things, or the person who hosts it and speaks for it
- ovאוֹבa means of consulting the dead: the summoned spirit, the ritual pit or instrument used to reach it, or the medium who conducts the rite
meek2 words
meekness1 word
meet11 words
- ehuriskōεὑρίσκωto find: to come upon someone or something, whether after looking for it or by simply meeting it
- qaraקָרָאto come up against someone or something: to meet, to confront, or (of an event) to befall
- sunantaōσυναντάωto meetnot studied yet
- pagaפָּגַעto meet or come upon someone or something, whether by chance or on purpose
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- of a border or boundary: to reach, touch, or run up to a place
- to fall upon someone: to attack, strike down, or kill
- to approach someone with a request: to entreat, urge, plead, or intercede
- apantaōἀπαντάωto meetnot studied yet
meet together1 word
meet with1 word
meeting3 words
- mo'edמוֹעֵדan appointment fixed in advance: a set time, a sacred festival, the place where God arranged to meet His people, an agreed gathering or signal, or the fixed moment of the end
- apantēsisἀπάντησιςa going out to meet someone who is arriving, then accompanying them on their way in
- hupantēsisὑπάντησιςmeetingnot studied yet
Megiddo1 word
Mehetabel1 word
Mehida1 word
Mehir1 word
mehujael1 word
Mehuman1 word
Melatiah1 word
Melchi1 word
Melchizedek2 words
Melea1 word
melech1 word
melody3 words
melon1 word
melt4 words
- tēkōτήκωto meltnot studied yet
- masasמָסַסto melt away: to lose firm shape and dissolve, whether wax before fire, courage before terror, or a life dwindling to nothing
- natakhנָתַךְto pour out and stream down; of divine anger, to be unleashed on a place; of ore, to melt down in a furnace
- mugמוּגto melt or dissolve: to lose all firmness and give way, whether solid ground turning to liquid or a person's courage draining away
melt away2 words
melting2 words
member2 words
member of a council1 word
member of a house1 word
memorandum1 word
memorial5 words
- shemשֵׁםa name: the word a person, place, or thing is called by, which in the Bible stands for who that person really is and how they endure in the world.
- mnēmosunonμνημόσυνονmemorialnot studied yet
- zikhronזִכָּרוֹןa memorial: something set up or kept so that a person, event, or obligation is not forgotten
- zekherזֵכֶרremembrance: the memory, name, and renown that keep a person or thing present after they are gone
- azkarahאַזְכָּרָהthe burned share: the small part of a grain offering that the priest burned on the altar for God, standing for the whole gift while the rest went to the priests
memorial portion1 word
memory2 words
Memphis2 words
Memucan1 word
men10 words
- 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
- enoshאֱנוֹשׁa human being; a person, especially in poetry, where the word often hints at how small and short-lived a person is.
- ba'alבַּעַלthe citizens or ruling men of a town: the property-holding men who belong to a place and hold its affairs
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- owner: the person to whom a thing, animal, property, or even a debt belongs and who answers for it
- husband: a woman's married man, the one to whom she belongs in marriage
- the one marked by something: a person, or even a creature or object, defined by the thing, trait, or role named after this word
- zakharזָכָרmale: of the male sex, as opposed to female, whether of people or of animals
- arrēn, arsēnἄρρην, ἄρσηνmale: of the male sex, whether named as the category set beside female or as a particular male individual
- amעַםa people: a body of persons bound together as one community by shared descent, land, and loyalty
men of war1 word
Menahem1 word
mend1 word
mene1 word
Menna1 word
menstruating1 word
menstruation1 word
menstruous1 word
mental soundness1 word
mention3 words
- zakharזָכַרto remember in a way that leads to action: to keep a person, a promise, or a duty so firmly in mind that it is acted on, spoken aloud, or formally honored
- onomazōὀνομάζωto put a name on someone or something, or to say that name out loud
- mneiaμνείαremembrance: holding a person in mind and naming them, above all before God in prayer
Meonothai1 word
Mephaath1 word
Mephibosheth1 word
Merab1 word
Meraiah1 word
Meraioth1 word
Merari2 words
Merathaim1 word
merchandise6 words
- mimkarמִמְכָּרsomething sold: the property or goods that pass out of one person's hands in a sale, and by extension the sale itself and the money it brings.
- ma'aravמַעֲרָבexchange goods: the wares that change hands when traders barter with one another
- rekhullahרְכֻלָּהmerchandisenot studied yet
- mekherמֶכֶרmerchandisenot studied yet
- misḥarמִסְחָרmerchandisenot studied yet
merchant4 words
- kena'anכְּנַעַןa merchant: a dealer in goods, called by the name of the coast whose traders dominated the business
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- Canaan: the country west of the Jordan, and the ancestor whose name it carries
- emporosἔμποροςa merchant: a trader who deals in goods carried from far away, buying them to sell on at a profit
- saḥarסָחַרto do business as a traveling trader, buying and selling goods; (as a participle) a merchant
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- to move restlessly about; (of the heart) to pound or throb
- rakhalרָכַלa traveling merchant: a trader or peddler who goes from place to place buying and selling goods
- kena'anכְּנַעַןa merchant: a dealer in goods, called by the name of the coast whose traders dominated the business
merciful3 words
merciless3 words
mercy5 words
- eleosἔλεοςmercy: undeserved kindness toward someone in trouble, shown not as a mere feeling but as help actually given
- 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.
- raḥamimרַחֲמִיםdeep, tender compassion: the gut-level mercy a parent feels toward a child
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- the womb: the part of a woman's body where a child is carried
- oiktirmosοἰκτιρμόςcompassion: deep, tender mercy felt in the gut, the kind God shows his people and calls them to show one another
- teḥinnahתְּחִנָּהa humble plea for favor: an earnest request that someone in power grant grace or mercy.
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- favor shown: the grace or mercy that someone grants.
mercy seat2 words
- hilastēriosἱλαστήριοςthe place where atonement is made: the gold cover over the ark where sacrificial blood was applied, and so the means by which sin is dealt with and fellowship with God restored
- kapporetכַּפֹּרֶתthe gold cover over the ark: the slab of pure gold on top of the chest in the innermost room, where the LORD met Israel and where blood was applied to make things right
Mered1 word
merely1 word
- monosμόνοςonly, merely, just: a limit or restriction placed on a predicate or clause
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- alone or the only one: present or existing without others, or uniquely singled out to the exclusion of all else
- monosμόνοςonly, merely, just: a limit or restriction placed on a predicate or clause
Meremoth1 word
Meres1 word
Merib-baal2 words
Meribah1 word
Merodach1 word
Merodach-baladan2 words
Merom1 word
Meroz1 word
merry1 word
merrymaking1 word
Mesha3 words