English Bible words starting with M
684 meanings beginning with M, in alphabetical order. This is page 7 of 7. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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mosquitoes1 word
most1 word
most excellent1 word
most gladly1 word
most high4 words
- hupsistosὕψιστοςhighest, most exalted; as a title for God, "the Most High."
- elyonעֶלְיוֹןthe Most High: a title for God as the supreme one, higher than every other power in heaven or on earth
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- upper, higher, or highest: set physically above something else, or raised above others in rank
- illayעִלַּיthe Most High: God named as the one who stands above every other power, throne, and kingdom
- elyonעֶלְיוֹןMost Highnot studied yet
most holy1 word
most holy place2 words
most important seats1 word
most noble1 word
most of all1 word
mote1 word
moth3 words
- ashעָשׁa moth: the small insect whose grub eats holes through stored cloth
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- grass: the green growth of an open field, what grazing animals feed on
- sēsσήςmothnot studied yet
- sasסָסmothnot studied yet
- ashעָשׁa moth: the small insect whose grub eats holes through stored cloth
moth-eaten1 word
mother2 words
mother-in-law2 words
mother-of-pearl1 word
motherless1 word
motion2 words
mound3 words
mount5 words
- orosὄροςa mountain: a high rise of land, taller than a hill, whether a particular peak or the open hill country
- harהַרa mountain or hill: raised, high ground, from a single peak to a whole range or the upland region a people settles in
- rakhavרָכַבto set someone riding: to mount a person on an animal or in a chariot, putting them up to ride
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- to ride: to travel seated on an animal or in a vehicle, carried along by what bears you
- epibainōἐπιβαίνωto mount/boardnot studied yet
- epibibazōἐπιβιβάζωto mountnot studied yet
mount gilead1 word
mount of olives1 word
mountain4 words
mountain goat1 word
mountings1 word
mourn8 words
- klaiōκλαίωto weep aloud: to cry out in audible grief, mourning, or distress
- bakhahבָּכָהto weep: to shed tears aloud, the body's open response to grief, pain, longing, or relief.
- koptōκόπτωto mourn openly: to beat the breast and wail so that grief is seen and heard
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- to cut off: to chop something free with a blow of a blade, as branches are cut from a tree
- pentheōπενθέωto mourn: to grieve a loss so deeply that the sorrow shows
- avalאָבַלto mourn: to grieve a death or disaster, with the body and the land itself drooping in sorrow.
mourner1 word
mournfully1 word
mourning7 words
- evelאֵבֶלmourning: a recognized, outward state of grief marked by set customs and a fixed span of time, not merely an inner feeling.
- mispedמִסְפֵּדloud, public wailing: the formal outcry of grief, with beating of the breast, that mourns a death or a disaster
- avelאָבֵלa mourner: a person who is in mourning for the dead, marked out by it and waiting to be comforted
- nehiנְהִיwailing: the loud, drawn-out cry of grief raised over the dead or over a ruined land, and the mourning song made out of that cry
- odurmosὀδυρμόςmourningnot studied yet
mourning women1 word
mouse1 word
mouth5 words
- stomaστόμαthe mouth: the opening in the face through which a person or animal eats, drinks, and breathes
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- the mouth as the source of speech: a person's words, testimony, or what is said through them
- the edge of a sword: the cutting point of a blade, by which people are killed
- pehפֶּהthe mouth: the opening in the face used to eat and drink and above all to speak, and so, by a natural step, the speech, words, or command that come out of it
+3 more meanings
- the mouth of a thing: the opening of a well, sack, cave, or pit, the edge of a sword that devours, and the reach from one end of a place to the other
- a fixed relating phrase in which the word stops meaning a body part: in proportion to, or at the command of
- a measured portion or share, above all the double portion that names the firstborn's part of an inheritance
- ḥekhחֵךְthe palate: the roof of the mouth, named as the organ of both tasting and speaking
- garonגָּרוֹןthe throat: the front of the neck, both the passage inside that carries voice and drink and the outside that a necklace circles
- pumפֻּםmouthnot studied yet
- stomaστόμαthe mouth: the opening in the face through which a person or animal eats, drinks, and breathes
move9 words
- saleuōσαλεύωto shake: to make something move back and forth, totter, or lose its firm footing.
- kineōκινέωto move something out of the position it holds: to budge it, shake it, carry it off, or set a crowd going.
- methistēmiμεθίστημιto movenot studied yet
- ra'ashרָעַשׁto shake or quake: to move with a violent, shuddering motion, the way the ground heaves in an earthquake
- sutסוּתto incite: to move someone to a course of action by persuasion, provocation, or enticement
move on1 word
moved1 word
- raḥaphרָחַףto hover: to hold a place in the air above something, wings working, without moving on
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- to tremble: to shake with dread, said of a body or its bones
- raḥaphרָחַףto hover: to hold a place in the air above something, wings working, without moving on
moved with compassion1 word
moved with indignation1 word
moving thing1 word
mow2 words
Moza1 word
Mozah1 word
much7 words
- polusπολύςlarge in number or amount: many, much, great
- ravרַבmany, numerous: large in number or amount
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- great, abundant: large in degree, strength, or extent
- chief, captain: a high officer ranking over others
- me'odמְאֹדmuchness pushed to the limit: the quality of being abundant or forceful, used almost always to mean very or exceedingly
- 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
- saggiשַׂגִּיאmuch, many, great: a lot of something, measuring how much there is rather than how high it ranks
mud3 words
mulberry tree1 word
mule1 word
multiply5 words
- ravahרָבָהto make many or much: to multiply something, increase it, or supply it in great quantity
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- to become many or much: to grow in number, amount, or extent
- to shoot with a bow; to be an archer
- plēthunōπληθύνωto increase in quantity: to become many or much, or to make something become many or much.
- ravavרָבַבto be or become many: to grow large in number or quantity, and so to be abundant or great.
- dagahדָּגָהto multiplynot studied yet
- kavarכָּבַרto multiplynot studied yet
- ravahרָבָהto make many or much: to multiply something, increase it, or supply it in great quantity
multiply ten thousand1 word
multitude7 words
- plēthosπλῆθοςa large number: a great quantity of things, a crowd of people, or the whole assembled body of a community
- ochlosὄχλοςa crowd: a large, loosely-gathered body of ordinary people
- edahעֵדָהa body of people gathered as one group, joined by a shared bond or common purpose
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- a swarm or herd of animals massed together
- rovרֹבa great amount: a large number of things, or a large degree of something
- qahalקָהָלan assembly: a body of people called together and gathered into one group
mumble1 word
Muppim1 word
murder7 words
- damדָּםblood: the red fluid of a body, which the Bible treats as the place where life is held, so that the one word reaches from a literal stain to a killing and the debt it leaves behind
- haragהָרַגto kill: to put a person (or creature) to death by violence
- phoneuōφονεύωto murder: to kill a human being wrongfully, in violation of God's law
- ratsaḥרָצַחto take a fellow human being's life by violence in a way the community must answer for: the killing that triggers Israel's blood-revenge and refuge-city laws, covering murder, accidental killing, and even the killing done in response to it
- phonosφόνοςmurder: the killing of a human being by deliberate violence, whether a crime someone committed, a violent death someone suffered, or the deadly intent behind it
murderer3 words
murmur4 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
- gonguzōγογγύζωto mutter: to talk about someone in a low, half-hidden voice, usually in complaint, instead of saying it to that person openly.
- diagonguzōδιαγογγύζωto murmurnot studied yet
- raganרָגַןto mutter against someone under the breath: to grumble in private, or to whisper talk that turns people against each other
- lunלוּןto spend the night, lodge, or stay put somewhere for a while
murmuring2 words
murmurings1 word
muscle1 word
muse1 word
Mushi1 word
music3 words
musical instruments2 words
- 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.
- shiddahשִׁדָּהthe last item in a king's list of everything he collected for his own pleasure, and a word whose meaning is genuinely lost: most likely chests of treasure, possibly women of a harem.
- shalishשָׁלִישׁa top-ranking officer: a soldier of the highest grade, serving with a king's chariot force or at the king's own side.
musician1 word
musicians1 word
must3 words
- deiδεῖit is necessary; one must, ought, has to (an impersonal verb that names a binding necessity laid on a person or event)
- anagkēἀνάγκηnecessity: something that must be so or must be done, whether it follows by reason, is owed as a duty, or presses on a person as a compulsion
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- distress: the pressure of hard and painful circumstances; a tight, threatening situation that hems a person in
- gleukosγλεῦκοςsweet new wine: freshly pressed, still-fermenting grape wine at its sweetest young stage, prized for its taste yet potent enough to make a person drunk
must be put1 word
mustache1 word
mustard1 word
muster2 words
- paqadפָּקַדto turn one's attention to someone and act on it: to step in, whether to help or to harm.
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- to count people one by one for a purpose: to take a census, or to call up and review fighting men.
- to put someone in charge: to appoint a person over people or things and entrust the responsibility to them.
- to entrust something to someone's keeping: to hand over goods, money, or a charge for safekeeping.
- tsavaצָבָאto serve in a mustered company: to march out to war, or to take a turn of organized duty at the sanctuary
- paqadפָּקַדto turn one's attention to someone and act on it: to step in, whether to help or to harm.
mute5 words
- kōphosκωφόςunable to hear or speak: deaf, mute, or both
- alamאָלַםto be speechless: to have the mouth shut so that no words come out, whether struck mute or refusing to open it
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- to bind cut grain into sheaves
- aphōnosἄφωνοςmutenot studied yet
- illemאִלֵּםmutenot studied yet
- alalosἄλαλοςmutenot studied yet
muth-labben1 word
mutilation2 words
mutter2 words
- 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.
- gonguzōγογγύζωto mutter: to talk about someone in a low, half-hidden voice, usually in complaint, instead of saying it to that person openly.
muttering1 word
mutual affection1 word
mutual consent1 word
muzzle3 words
- phimoōφιμόωto muzzle an animal: to strap its mouth shut so it cannot eat or bite while it works
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- to force into silence: to stop a mouth as if clamping a muzzle on it, whether by argument, by shame, or by authoritative command
- ḥasamחָסַםto muzzlenot studied yet
- maḥsomמַחְסוֹםmuzzlenot studied yet
- phimoōφιμόωto muzzle an animal: to strap its mouth shut so it cannot eat or bite while it works
my lord1 word
Myra1 word
myriad4 words
- muriasμυριάςten thousand: the largest counting unit ancient Greek had, used both for that exact amount and, more often, for a crowd past counting
- murioiμύριοιmyriadnot studied yet
- revavahרְבָבָהten thousand: the largest amount Hebrew names with a single word, used both as an exact figure and, in poetry, for a crowd too great to count
- ribboרִבּוֹmyriadnot studied yet
myriads2 words
- muriasμυριάςten thousand: the largest counting unit ancient Greek had, used both for that exact amount and, more often, for a crowd past counting
- revavahרְבָבָהten thousand: the largest amount Hebrew names with a single word, used both as an exact figure and, in poetry, for a crowd too great to count
myrrh3 words
myrtle1 word
Mysia1 word
mystery2 words
myth1 word