English Bible words starting with M
684 meanings beginning with M, in alphabetical order. This is page 6 of 7. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Misham1 word
Mishma1 word
Mishmannah1 word
mislead6 words
- apataōἀπατάωto deceive: to lead a person into a false belief or a wrong course by misrepresentation
- diastrephōδιαστρέφωto twist something out of true: to bend a straight path, a message, or a person away from where it ought to run
- shagahשָׁגָהto go astray: to wander off the right course, whether on a path, in conduct, or through the loss of steady judgment
- sutסוּתto incite: to move someone to a course of action by persuasion, provocation, or enticement
- nasahנָשָׁאto deceive: to lure someone into a false sense of security or hope so their own judgment is corrupted
mismatched1 word
Mispar1 word
Mispereth1 word
Misrephoth-maim1 word
miss1 word
- ḥataחָטָאto sin, to do wrong: to fall short of what God or a relationship requires, incurring guilt
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- to purify, to cleanse from contamination
- ḥataחָטָאto sin, to do wrong: to fall short of what God or a relationship requires, incurring guilt
missile1 word
- 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
- shelaḥשֶׁלַחweapon: something sent or wielded against an enemy, of no one particular kind
missing1 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
mist2 words
mistake2 words
mistreat3 words
mistreatment1 word
- hubrisὕβριςinsulting, humiliating mistreatment of a person: treatment deliberately meant to shame and degrade
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- the violent harm a storm inflicts: the battering damage of wind and sea on a ship
- hubrisὕβριςinsulting, humiliating mistreatment of a person: treatment deliberately meant to shame and degrade
mistress2 words
mite1 word
Mithkah1 word
Mithredath1 word
mitre1 word
Mitylene1 word
mix7 words
- balalבָּלַלto mix or blend things into one another, especially flour worked together with oil
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- to give feed, to put out fodder for animals
- kerannumiκεράννυμιto mixnot studied yet
- mignumiμίγνυμιto mixnot studied yet
- egkruptōἐγκρύπτωto mixnot studied yet
- raqaḥרָקַחto blend fragrant ingredients into a scented oil, incense, or ointment; the skilled work of a perfumer.
- balalבָּלַלto mix or blend things into one another, especially flour worked together with oil
mix with myrrh1 word
mixed1 word
- balalבָּלַלto mix or blend things into one another, especially flour worked together with oil
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- to give feed, to put out fodder for animals
- balalבָּלַלto mix or blend things into one another, especially flour worked together with oil
mixed drink1 word
mixed multitude1 word
- erevעֵרֶבa mixed company: an assorted, largely foreign body of people mingled together with a nation
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- woof: the crosswise threads woven across the lengthwise warp in a piece of cloth
- erevעֵרֶבa mixed company: an assorted, largely foreign body of people mingled together with a nation
mixed stuff1 word
mixed wine1 word
mixture5 words
- erevעֵרֶבa mixed company: an assorted, largely foreign body of people mingled together with a nation
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- woof: the crosswise threads woven across the lengthwise warp in a piece of cloth
- kilayimכִּלְאַיִםmixturenot studied yet
- migmaμίγμαmixturenot studied yet
- mezegמֶזֶגmixed wine: wine blended with water or with fragrant spices rather than served on its own
- mesekhמֶסֶךְmixturenot studied yet
- erevעֵרֶבa mixed company: an assorted, largely foreign body of people mingled together with a nation
Mizar1 word
Mizpah2 words
mizraim1 word
- mitsrayimמִצְרַיִםMizraim: a son of Ham in the lists of the nations, the ancestor whose name is also the name of Egypt
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- Egypt: the country along the Nile southwest of Canaan, together with its people and its kingdom
- mitsrayimמִצְרַיִםMizraim: a son of Ham in the lists of the nations, the ancestor whose name is also the name of Egypt
Mizzah1 word
Mnason1 word
moab1 word
Moadiah1 word
moan2 words
moaning1 word
mock14 words
- oneidizōὀνειδίζωto reproach: to throw a person's fault, real or alleged, in their face with words that shame them in front of others.
- empaizōἐμπαίζωto mock: to make sport of someone, treating them with scorn as an object of ridicule
- ḥaraphחָרַףto throw shaming words at someone, daring or despising them: to taunt, mock, or defy
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- to spend the cold season: to stay somewhere through the rainy winter months
- to be assigned or promised to a man: said of a slave woman set aside for a particular man
- saḥaqשָׂחַקto laugh, and by extension to play, celebrate, or mock; the whole range of glad, playful, or scornful laughter.
- lutsלִיץto mock with proud contempt; a scoffer who sneers at correction
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- to mediate through speech; a go-between who carries words across a gap: an interpreter, envoy, or advocate
mocked1 word
mocker1 word
- lutsלִיץto mock with proud contempt; a scoffer who sneers at correction
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- to mediate through speech; a go-between who carries words across a gap: an interpreter, envoy, or advocate
- lutsלִיץto mock with proud contempt; a scoffer who sneers at correction
mockery3 words
mocking3 words
model1 word
moderately1 word
modesty2 words
moist1 word
moisten1 word
moisture2 words
Moladah1 word
mold1 word
molding1 word
mole2 words
molech1 word
Molid1 word
Moloch1 word
molten god1 word
- massekhahמַסֵּכָהa cast-metal idol: a god-image made by pouring or overlaying metal
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- a covering: a woven cloth or veil spread over something
- massekhahמַסֵּכָהa cast-metal idol: a god-image made by pouring or overlaying metal
molten image3 words
- nesekhנֶסֶךְa drink offering: wine (or another liquid) poured out before God as part of a sacrifice
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- a cast idol: a metal image shaped by pouring molten metal into a mold
- massekhahמַסֵּכָהa cast-metal idol: a god-image made by pouring or overlaying metal
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- a covering: a woven cloth or veil spread over something
- nesikhנָסִיךְsomething poured out: wine poured as an offering to a god, or metal poured into a mold to make an image.
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- a chief installed in office: one of a group of rulers over a people, named alongside a greater king or as the leadership of a nation.
- nesekhנֶסֶךְa drink offering: wine (or another liquid) poured out before God as part of a sacrifice
moment3 words
momentary1 word
money5 words
- argurionἀργύριονsilver: the precious metal, and the money and coins made from it
- kesephכֶּסֶףsilver: the precious metal, and by extension the money and the price reckoned in it
- chrēmaχρῆμαmoney and property seen as usable resources: what a person has on hand to spend or hand over
- kesaphכְּסַףsilver: the precious metal that ranks just below gold, and the weighed funds it served as
- mammōnasμαμμωνᾶςmoney and material possessions, pictured in Jesus' teaching as a rival master that competes with God for a person's trust and service.
money belt1 word
money lender1 word
money-changer1 word
money-loving1 word
moneybag1 word
moneychanger2 words
moneylender2 words
monster1 word
month4 words
- mēnμήνa month: a unit of time of about thirty days, reckoned in the biblical world from one new moon to the next
- ḥodeshחֹדֶשׁmonth, or the new-moon day that begins it: the lunar cycle Israel used to count time, named after the moon's reappearance
- yeraḥיֶרַחa month: one turn of the moon, about thirty days (the rarer and older of Hebrew's two words for a month)
- yeraḥיְרַחmonthnot studied yet
monument1 word
moon3 words
moonstruck1 word
moor1 word
moral1 word
moral excellence1 word
- aretēἀρετήmoral excellence: the quality that makes a person or a thing genuinely admirable and worth commending.
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- praiseworthy greatness: the mighty acts and displayed splendor of God, the kind of thing his people are meant to announce out loud.
- aretēἀρετήmoral excellence: the quality that makes a person or a thing genuinely admirable and worth commending.
Mordecai1 word
more9 words
- etiἔτιfurther, in addition, besides: one more item, degree, or step beyond what is already there
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- still, yet: a situation is going on now (or was going on then) and has not ended
- odעוֹדstill, yet, again: a small word that marks something as continuing, repeating, or being added on
- 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
- yasaphיָסַףto add: to join more onto what is already there, and so to increase it or do it once again
- mallonμᾶλλονmore: to a greater degree, more intensely, or in greater measure than before or than something else
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- rather: in preference to something else, instead of it, or as the better choice
- etiἔτιfurther, in addition, besides: one more item, degree, or step beyond what is already there
more boldly1 word
more eagerly1 word
more excessive2 words
more excessively1 word
more important1 word
- huperechōὑπερέχωto hold the higher station: to be in authority, to be the ruling power over others
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- to surpass: to be greater than something else in worth, standing, or degree
- huperechōὑπερέχωto hold the higher station: to be in authority, to be the ruling power over others
more severe1 word
more than conquerors1 word
Moreh1 word
moreover2 words
Moresheth-gath1 word
Moriah1 word
morning4 words
- boqerבֹּקֶרmorning: the early part of the day, from first light through the hours just after sunrise.
- prōiπρωΐearly in the morning: the opening stretch of the day, running from before first light through sunrise
- shaḥarשַׁחַרdawn: the first light of day, the moment darkness begins to give way to morning
- prōinosπρωϊνόςmorningnot studied yet
morning star2 words
morrow1 word
morsel1 word
mortal2 words
mortality1 word
mortar5 words
- ḥomerחֹמֶרclay: the soft, wet earth that is shaped by a potter, packed as mortar, or trodden as mire
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- a heap: a piled-up mass of things gathered together
- a homer: the largest standard dry measure in ancient Israel, roughly ten times an ephah
- titטִיטmud: wet earth soft enough to sink into or to knead, from the sludge at the bottom of a pit to the clay a potter treads
- medokhahמְדֹכָהmortarnot studied yet
- makhteshמַכְתֵּשׁMortarnot studied yet
- meletמֶלֶטmortarnot studied yet
- ḥomerחֹמֶרclay: the soft, wet earth that is shaped by a potter, packed as mortar, or trodden as mire
mortify1 word
mosaic pavement1 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
Moseroth1 word
moses3 words