English Bible words starting with O
288 meanings beginning with O, in alphabetical order. This is page 1 of 3. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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o2 words
O that1 word
oak6 words
- ayilאַיִלa great tree, an oak or terebinth
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- a ram: an adult male sheep, especially one offered in sacrifice
- a chief or mighty man: a powerful leader of a people
- a projecting post or pillar framing a doorway or gateway
- elahאֵלָהa terebinth: a large, broad shade tree of the hills and the dry country, and in most places one particular tree that people knew and could walk to
- elonאֵלוֹןa great tree known by name: one particular landmark tree, and in most cases a holy place where God was met or an oracle sought
- allonאַלּוֹןthe oak: the broad, hard, long lived tree of the hills, named as a kind of tree rather than as one famous landmark
- allonאַלּוֹןa great oak serving as a known landmark, the one tree by which a boundary was described
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- Allon: a man's name in the family lists of the tribe of Simeon, a name that plainly means "oak"
- ayilאַיִלa great tree, an oak or terebinth
oar2 words
oath4 words
- horkosὅρκοςoath: a solemn sworn word that binds the speaker, calling on God as guarantor
- alahאָלָהa binding oath: a sworn pledge that seals a promise or covenant by invoking a curse on whoever breaks it
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- a curse: an invoked doom pronounced on the guilty or on those who break a sworn covenant
- shevu'ahשְׁבוּעָהa solemn sworn promise that binds the one who makes it, calling God to witness that the word will be kept
- horkōmosiaὁρκωμοσίαoathnot studied yet
Obadiah1 word
Obal1 word
Obed2 words
Obed-edom1 word
obedience3 words
obedient2 words
obelisk1 word
obey8 words
- akouōἀκούωto take in something with the ears: to hear it, and from there to understand it, heed and obey it, or learn of it by report
- shamaשָׁמַעto hear: to take in what reaches the ear, and from there to listen, understand, heed, and answer.
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- to summon, to muster troops together for war.
- shamarשָׁמַרto exercise watchful care over someone or something: to guard it, hold to it, and keep it safe
- peithōπείθωto let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
+3 more meanings
- to work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
- to rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
- to have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
- tēreōτηρέωto obey: to hold to a command or teaching and put it into practice
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- to guard: to hold a person in secure custody
- to keep safe: to preserve, protect, or hold something in reserve
obey not1 word
Obil1 word
object of worship1 word
oblation2 words
obligated1 word
- opheiletēsὀφειλέτηςsomeone who owes money and has not yet paid it back
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- someone who is bound to another and owes them something in return
- someone who is in the wrong and owes for it: a guilty person, a sinner
- opheiletēsὀφειλέτηςsomeone who owes money and has not yet paid it back
obligation2 words
Oboth1 word
obscenity2 words
obscure1 word
obscure thing1 word
obscurity1 word
observance1 word
observation1 word
observe9 words
- 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
- tēreōτηρέωto obey: to hold to a command or teaching and put it into practice
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- to guard: to hold a person in secure custody
- to keep safe: to preserve, protect, or hold something in reserve
- natsarנָצַרto keep close watch over something and guard it: to protect it, hold onto it faithfully, or keep it safe
- katanoeōκατανοέωto fix full attention on something: to look at it closely or think it over carefully
observer of times1 word
- ananעָנַןto bring clouds over the earth: to gather cloud cover across the sky
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- to practice soothsaying: to work as one particular kind of banned diviner, whose technique the Bible never describes
- ananעָנַןto bring clouds over the earth: to gather cloud cover across the sky
obstacle2 words
- proskommaπρόσκομμαa stumbling block: something lying in the path that a person strikes against and trips over, and so the fall it brings on, an obstacle rather than a trap laid to catch someone.
- mikhsholמִכְשׁוֹלa stumbling block: anything that trips a person up, whether a literal obstacle in the path, the cause or occasion that makes someone fall, or the fall itself
obtain7 words
- matsaמָצָאto find: to come upon or get hold of something, whether by searching for it or by stumbling onto it.
- klēronomeōκληρονομέωto inherit: to come into secure, rightful possession of something, as an heir receives what is set aside for them
- ktaomaiκτάομαιto get something for yourself: to come into possession of it, whether by paying, by earning, or by holding out
- komizōκομίζωto bring something along: to carry an object with you and deliver it where it is wanted.
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- to get what is coming to you: to collect for yourself what is owed, promised, or already yours.
- tugchanōτυγχάνωto obtain: to come to have something one has sought or been granted
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- to happen, turn out: for something to fall out a certain way, apart from anyone's design
obtain mercy1 word
obtaining1 word
obvious1 word
occasion2 words
occupation1 word
occupy1 word
- 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
- aravעָרַבto stand surety: to put yourself or your property up as the guarantee for someone else's debt or safety
Ochran1 word
octave1 word
Oded1 word
odious1 word
odor2 words
odours1 word
of appius1 word
of divided loyalty1 word
of gold1 word
of good courage1 word
of hair1 word
of humble position1 word
of its own accord1 word
of little faith1 word
of man1 word
of many colors1 word
of more value1 word
- diapherōδιαφέρωto carry something through or across a place, or to be carried along by an outside force
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- to differ from something else, to be unlike it
- to be worth more than something else, to surpass it in value or importance
- diapherōδιαφέρωto carry something through or across a place, or to be carried along by an outside force
of noble birth1 word
of old7 words
- olamעוֹלָםthe farthest horizon of time a speaker can see: the remotest past, the unending future, or simply forever, with the direction and the distance set by what is being talked about
- azאָזfrom then on, of old, since: counting time from a point in the past forward.
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- then: at that point in time, or in that case as a result.
- archaiosἀρχαῖοςfrom the beginning: belonging to the time when the thing in view started, whether that is the far past or simply the first days of something recent
- alamעָלַםthe farthest reach of time: unending future duration (forever, everlasting) or, less often, the distant past (of old); perpetuity.
- palaiπάλαιof oldnot studied yet
of one piece1 word
of one’s household1 word
of pontus1 word
of tarsus1 word
of the marketplace1 word
of the same body1 word
of the same trade1 word
of the word1 word
of this life1 word
of what kind1 word
off3 words
- ektinassōἐκτινάσσωto shake off or shake out: to fling dust, dirt, or cloth free with a brisk shake
- gadaגָּדַעto hew or chop something down by force: to fell it, break it off, or shatter it so it topples or is destroyed
- gadarגָּדַרto wall up: to stack stones into a barrier, whether to close a way shut or to close a gap in a wall that has fallen in.
offal2 words
offend3 words
- pashahפָּשַׁעto revolt against a ruler: to throw off the authority of a king or overlord and break away.
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- to rebel against God: to break faith with the One you owe loyalty to, treating sin as defiance rather than mere failure.
- ashamאָשַׁםto be guilty: to become answerable for wrongdoing, and so to bear its penalty
- skandalizōσκανδαλίζωto trip someone up: to make a person stumble in their faith, whether by leading them into sin, driving them to give up, or setting off a reaction of offense.
- pashahפָּשַׁעto revolt against a ruler: to throw off the authority of a king or overlord and break away.
offended1 word
offender1 word
- opheiletēsὀφειλέτηςsomeone who owes money and has not yet paid it back
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- someone who is bound to another and owes them something in return
- someone who is in the wrong and owes for it: a guilty person, a sinner
- opheiletēsὀφειλέτηςsomeone who owes money and has not yet paid it back
offenders1 word
offense5 words
- paraptōmaπαράπτωμαa wrongdoing: a concrete act in which someone falls away from what is right and breaks faith with God or neighbor
- skandalonσκάνδαλονa stumbling block: the trap, obstacle, or offense that causes a person to fall into sin or turn away from God.
- ḥetחֵטְאsin: a wrong that fails a rightful standard, along with the guilt it creates and the penalty it earns
- ashmahאַשְׁמָהguilt: the culpability a person or community incurs by doing wrong, together with the liability to punishment or repayment it brings
- proskommaπρόσκομμαa stumbling block: something lying in the path that a person strikes against and trips over, and so the fall it brings on, an obstacle rather than a trap laid to catch someone.
offer10 words
- 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
- qaravקָרַבto come near, or to bring near: to close the distance to someone or something, and in worship to present an offering before God
- prospherōπροσφέρωto offer: to present a sacrifice, gift, or offering to God
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- to bring to: to carry or lead a person or thing to someone, setting it before them
- to deal with: to treat or behave toward someone in a certain way
- anapherōἀναφέρωto offer something up to God as a sacrifice
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- to carry or lead someone or something up to a higher place
- to take the weight of other people's sins onto oneself and carry it
- paristēmiπαρίστημιto place someone or something at another's disposal: to present, offer, or provide
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- to stand beside: to be present, stand near, or come to another's side
- asahעָשָׂהto do or make: to bring something about by acting, whether shaping a thing or carrying out a deed
offer up2 words
- alahעָלָהto go up: to move, or to carry something, from a lower place to a higher one
- anapherōἀναφέρωto carry or lead someone or something up to a higher place
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- to offer something up to God as a sacrifice
- to take the weight of other people's sins onto oneself and carry it
offer up in smoke1 word
offer willingly1 word
offered3 words
- anagōἀνάγωto bring or lead someone or something up, from a lower place to a higher one
- spendōσπένδωto pour out as a drink offering: to be poured out like wine spilled before God as an offering
- qerevקְרֵבto come near, or to bring near: to close the distance to a person or a place, and to present someone, or a sacrifice, before a ruler or before God.
offering11 words
- thusiaθυσίαan offering presented to God in worship, above all a slain animal or gift given up at the altar, and by extension the act of offering it
- minḥahמִנְחָהan offering presented to God; most often the grain offering of flour, oil, and incense given alongside the animal sacrifices.
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- a gift presented to someone of higher standing to win favor, show respect, or smooth a relationship.
- tribute: the payment a weaker nation or subject hands over to a ruler it is forced to serve.
- dōronδῶρονa thing given: a gift handed from one party to another, whatever the setting.
- zevaḥזֶבַחa sacrifice: an animal killed as an offering to God whose meat is then eaten in a shared meal of worship
- qorbanקׇרְבָּןan offering: anything a worshiper brings near and presents to God as a gift
offering box1 word
offering of well-being1 word
offering up1 word
office5 words
- episkopēἐπισκοπήoffice of oversight: an appointed charge to watch over and care for others
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- visitation: the moment God comes near to attend to his people, whether to rescue or to hold them to account
- pequddahפְּקֻדָּהoversight: a charge or office entrusted to someone, with responsibility to answer for it
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- a visitation: God's decisive coming to deal with a person or people, most often to punish and sometimes to help
- a mustering: the counting of people and the numbered company it produces
- a store: goods laid up or set in reserve
- kenכֵּןa stand: the fixed support something is set on, and so the post a person holds
- matstsavמַצָּבa fixed standing-place or post: the spot where someone stands, a military outpost, or the position a person holds
- ma'amadמַעֲמָדofficenot studied yet
- episkopēἐπισκοπήoffice of oversight: an appointed charge to watch over and care for others
officer10 words
- kohenכֹּהֵןpriest: a person who officiates at a sanctuary for a god, standing between worshipers and that god by handling sacrifice, ruling on what is holy and clean, and teaching the god's instruction
- stratēgosστρατηγόςcaptain of the temple: the chief officer of the temple guard in Jerusalem, and the subordinate officers under him
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- magistrate: one of the ruling chief magistrates of a Roman colonial city
- chiliarchosχιλίαρχοςa senior military officer set over a large body of troops; in Roman service, the commander of a cohort (a tribune)
- sarisסָרִיסa court official: a trusted royal attendant or high officer in a king's service.
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- a eunuch: a man who has been castrated.
- hupēretēsὑπηρέτηςan authorized subordinate who carries out a higher authority's orders: an officer, attendant, or commissioned agent within a chain of command
official6 words
- evedעֶבֶדa servant or slave: a person whose identity is defined by subordination to another, ranging from an owned slave to a royal official to a worshipper chosen by God.
- archōnἄρχωνa ruler: someone who holds authority over others, whether a human official or a spiritual power.
- sarשַׂרa person placed in command over others: an official, commander, chief, or ruler acting under a higher authority
- shoterשֹׁטֵרan officer: a subordinate official who keeps records, keeps order, and carries out the commands of a higher authority
- paqidפָּקִידan appointed overseer: the man someone in authority puts in charge of a group, a place, or a piece of business, and who answers back to whoever appointed him
officials3 words
- saganסָגָןa subordinate government official: an appointed prefect or deputy who administered a province or city under a higher authority
- kenatכְּנָתa fellow official: one of the officers who hold a commission alongside the man named with them and act with him on government business
- tarpelayטַרְפְּלָיֵאofficialsnot studied yet
officiate1 word
offscouring1 word
offshoot1 word
offshoots1 word
offspring13 words
- spermaσπέρμαseed: the living source from which a plant grows or a line of descendants comes
- zeraזֶרַעoffspring: the descendants a person leaves behind, held together as one ongoing line rather than counted as separate children.
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- seed: what a plant produces to reproduce itself, together with the sowing of it and the crop it yields.
- semen: the male emission from which a child is conceived.
- karposκαρπόςfruit: what something yields, whether the produce of a plant or the result a life, action, or work brings forth.
- genosγένοςa group that belongs together by common origin: offspring, a people, or a kind of thing
- periפְּרִיoffspring: the young a person or an animal brings forth, named as the fruit of the body
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- fruit: what a tree, vine, or field brings forth, and what a person or nation yields when pictured as a growing plant
- result: what a person's conduct, words, or work produces, the outcome it earns
often2 words
oftentimes1 word
Og1 word
ogle1 word
oh3 words
- ōὦoh!not studied yet
- ahahאֲהָהּthe sound of dismay: an involuntary cry of dread, horror, or grief, most often the first word of a protest or plea turned upward to God
- annaאָנָּאthe strongest "please" in Hebrew: a cry of urgent pleading, "Ah, I beg you!", spoken almost only to God and almost always at a moment of crisis
oh that1 word
Ohad1 word
Ohel1 word
Oholah1 word
Oholiab1 word