English Bible words starting with O
288 meanings beginning with O, in alphabetical order. This is page 2 of 3. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Oholibah1 word
Oholibamah1 word
oil4 words
- elaionἔλαιονolive oil: the plain oil pressed from olives, the everyday staple burned in lamps, rubbed on the body, and traded by the jarful
- shemenשֶׁמֶןolive oil: the pressed, refined product of the olive, used as food, fuel, medicine, cosmetic, sacred anointing, and the most vivid biblical image for abundance and joy
- yitsharיִצְהָרfresh oil: the newly pressed olive oil of the harvest, counted among a land's staple produce with grain and new wine
- meshaḥמְשַׁחoilnot studied yet
ointment3 words
- shemenשֶׁמֶןolive oil: the pressed, refined product of the olive, used as food, fuel, medicine, cosmetic, sacred anointing, and the most vivid biblical image for abundance and joy
- muronμύρονcostly perfumed ointment: a fragrant oil blended by a perfumer, a luxury product quite different from ordinary olive oil.
- mirqaḥatמִרְקַחַתointmentnot studied yet
ointment pot1 word
old9 words
- zaqenזָקֵןold: advanced in years, and so a senior whose age commands respect or authority
- qedemקֶדֶםancient time: the remote past, the days of old, the earliest times reaching back to the world's beginning
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- east, or what lies in front: the direction of the sunrise, the eastern side of a place, and the lands and peoples that way
- palaiosπαλαιόςold: having been around a long time and no longer new, whether worn out, left in the past, or long established
- 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
- zaqenזָקֵןto grow old: to advance in years and become aged
old age4 words
old lion2 words
old man2 words
old men1 word
- presbuterosπρεσβύτεροςolder in age, or belonging to an earlier generation: an older person, or the forebears who lived before.
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- an elder: a recognized leader holding a position of authority in a community.
- presbuterosπρεσβύτεροςolder in age, or belonging to an earlier generation: an older person, or the forebears who lived before.
old wives’ tale1 word
old woman1 word
older2 words
- presbuterosπρεσβύτεροςolder in age, or belonging to an earlier generation: an older person, or the forebears who lived before.
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- an elder: a recognized leader holding a position of authority in a community.
- kabbirכַּבִּירmighty, or a great deal of something: great by sheer mass, whether in overpowering force or in plain amount
- presbuterosπρεσβύτεροςolder in age, or belonging to an earlier generation: an older person, or the forebears who lived before.
oldness1 word
olive1 word
olive grove1 word
olive oil2 words
olive orchard1 word
olive tree3 words
olives1 word
olivet1 word
oliveyard1 word
Olympas1 word
Omar1 word
Omega1 word
omer1 word
- omerעֹמֶרomer: a dry measure of grain, a tenth of an ephah, roughly one person's food for a day
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- sheaf: a bundle of cut grain stalks gathered together at harvest
- omerעֹמֶרomer: a dry measure of grain, a tenth of an ephah, roughly one person's food for a day
omnipotent1 word
Omri1 word
on3 words
on account of3 words
- ma'anמַעַןpurpose or ground: what an action is aimed at, or the person or thing it is done for the sake of
- avurעָבוּרa joining word that ties an action to the reason or the goal behind it: because of, for the sake of, or so that
- odahאוֹדָהon account of; concerning: a connecting word that points to the reason for something, the subject a matter is about, or the person an action is done for
on earth1 word
on every side1 word
on fire1 word
on foot2 words
on high3 words
- hupsēlosὑψηλόςhigh: standing up well above whatever surrounds it, as a mountain, a wall, or the height where God is enthroned
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- lofty in standing: set above other people, whether in what human beings admire or in a person's own estimate of himself
- maromמָרוֹםheight: a high place, the heights, on high; most often heaven as the high place where God dwells.
- anōἄνωabove, upward: the higher position or direction, and so the world overhead where God is
- hupsēlosὑψηλόςhigh: standing up well above whatever surrounds it, as a mountain, a wall, or the height where God is enthroned
on the ground1 word
on the morrow1 word
on the other hand1 word
on this side1 word
Onam1 word
Onan1 word
once4 words
- pa'amפַּעַםa time: a single instance of something happening, counted out and often added up
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- a foot, or the step a foot makes: the tread of a person walking, often used of the path one's life takes
- a pedestal-foot: one of the cast metal corner-feet that the ark and other holy furniture rested on
- hapaxἅπαξonce: a single occurrence in time, either a plain count (one occasion) or a decisive "once for all" that is never repeated
- poteποτέonce/whennot studied yet
- ephapaxἐφάπαξonce/at oncenot studied yet
- pa'amפַּעַםa time: a single instance of something happening, counted out and often added up
once for all1 word
one5 words
- ehisεἷςone: the number one, and from it the idea of being a single thing, or being unified into one.
- eḥadאֶחָדone: the cardinal number one, with the everyday senses that grow out of counting a single thing
- tisτιςonenot studied yet
- ḥadחַדone: the number one, and from it the word that marks a thing as single, whether counting it, picking it out of a group, or simply introducing it as "a" something
- ḥadחַדonenot studied yet
one after another1 word
one and only1 word
one another2 words
one born out of due time1 word
one who baptizes1 word
one who bleaches1 word
one who desires1 word
one who shows favoritism1 word
one who shows partiality1 word
one who worships idols1 word
one-eyed1 word
one's own1 word
oneness1 word
Onesimus1 word
Onesiphorus1 word
onion1 word
only11 words
- kiכִּיbut rather, except, only: after a denial, it names what holds instead
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- because, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
- that: it introduces the content of what someone sees, knows, hears, or says
- when, if: it frames the circumstance or the case the main statement answers to
- plēnπλήνbut, nevertheless, only: a word that sets aside what comes before and points the reader to what really matters
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- except, besides, save: marks an exception, the one thing left out of an otherwise complete statement
- monosμόνοςalone or the only one: present or existing without others, or uniquely singled out to the exclusion of all else
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- only, merely, just: a limit or restriction placed on a predicate or clause
- akhאַךְa small focusing particle that singles out its clause, either to insist on it (surely, indeed) or to fence it off from what came before (only, but, however)
- raqרַקonly: a limiting word that narrows a statement down to one thing and shuts everything else out
- kiכִּיbut rather, except, only: after a denial, it names what holds instead
only-begotten1 word
Ono1 word
onycha1 word
onyx1 word
open14 words
- anoigōἀνοίγωto open: to make something shut or closed accessible, whether a door, the mouth, the eyes, or the heavens
- 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
- baqaבָּקַעto split something open by force: to cleave, breach, or burst it apart
- dianoigōδιανοίγωto open all the way: to take something firmly shut and lay it open, so that what was closed off can now be entered, seen, or understood
- schizōσχίζωto tear or split something apart, breaking a whole thing into pieces.
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- to be split into opposing groups, divided in opinion.
open country2 words
open field1 word
- barבַּרgrain: the threshed kernel of a cereal harvest, the clean part that is heaped up, measured, stored, and sold
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- the open country: unfenced, untilled land where wild animals live
- barבַּרgrain: the threshed kernel of a cereal harvest, the clean part that is heaped up, measured, stored, and sold
open place1 word
open statement1 word
open up1 word
open wide1 word
opening8 words
- petaḥפֶּתַחthe opening into a structure: the doorway or entrance of a tent, house, gate, or city, the place where you go in or come out.
- arubbahאֲרֻבָּהa latticed opening: a framed or slatted hole made in a solid surface so that one particular thing can pass through it
- ḥorחֹרa hole: an opening or hollow, whether bored through a surface or worn into the ground
- peqaḥ-qo'aḥפְּקַח־קוֹחַopeningnot studied yet
- pitḥonפִּתְחוֹןopeningnot studied yet
openly2 words
openness1 word
operation1 word
Ophel1 word
Ophir1 word
Ophni1 word
Ophrah1 word
opinion2 words
- gnōmēγνώμηa made-up mind: the settled judgment someone has reached about a matter, and so what they advise, resolve, or agree to
- dialogismosδιαλογισμόςan inner reasoning of the heart: the thoughts, deliberations, and designs a person turns over privately, often futile or corrupt
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- a dispute: the quarreling and complaining that breaks out when people press competing views
opponent5 words
- enantiosἐναντίοςset on the other side and facing you: a wind coming head-on, a person standing across from you, or someone whose stance is against you.
- satanשָׂטָןadversary: one who stands against another to oppose, obstruct, or accuse, whether a human enemy or a member of God's heavenly court
- antikeimaiἀντίκειμαιto be set against someone or something: to stand opposed, resist, or run contrary
- antidikosἀντίδικοςopponentnot studied yet
- yarivיָרִיבopponentnot studied yet
opportune1 word
opportunity4 words
- toposτόποςa place: a particular portion of space, literal or figurative, that something or someone occupies
- kairosκαιρόςthe right moment: a stretch of time defined by what it is fit for
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- the appointed time: the moment God has set for a decisive event
- aphormēἀφορμήan opening to work from: the occasion, foothold, or grounds that make a course of action possible
- eukairiaεὐκαιρίαopportunitynot studied yet
oppose8 words
- anthistēmiἀνθίστημιto set oneself against someone or something: to oppose, resist, or stand firm against
- antikeimaiἀντίκειμαιto be set against someone or something: to stand opposed, resist, or run contrary
- antilegōἀντιλέγωto speak against someone or something: to contradict, deny, or set oneself in opposition.
- hupantaōὑπαντάωto go out toward someone who is coming and come face to face with them
- antitassōἀντιτάσσωto set oneself against another in active, deliberate opposition, as troops drawn up in a battle line
opposed1 word
opposing god1 word
opposite8 words
- negedנֶגֶדin front of: in someone's open view, whether facing them, in their plain sight, or standing over against them
- apenantiἀπέναντιoppositenot studied yet
- enantiosἐναντίοςset on the other side and facing you: a wind coming head-on, a person standing across from you, or someone whose stance is against you.
- mulמוּלthe front of something, and so the place facing or across from it: in front of, opposite, over against
- qevelקֳבֵלa linking word that sets one thing over against another: facing it in place (in front of, opposite) or answering to it in thought (because, therefore, according to)
opposition3 words
oppress9 words
- anahעָנָהto bring someone low: to afflict, humble, or oppress, by force or by hardship; and being brought low oneself.
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- to be occupied or busied with something: to be kept busy at a task.
- sunechōσυνέχωto hold together or press in from every side: to hold shut, hem in, grip, or drive onward
- katadunasteuōκαταδυναστεύωto oppressnot studied yet
- ashaqעָשַׁקto wrong someone by abusing power over them, especially by squeezing them for money or property they cannot defend
- nagasנָגַשׂto drive or press someone into compliance: to bear down on people (or animals) with forced labor, debt, tribute, or sheer domination.
- anahעָנָהto bring someone low: to afflict, humble, or oppress, by force or by hardship; and being brought low oneself.
oppressed3 words
- nagasנָגַשׂto drive or press someone into compliance: to bear down on people (or animals) with forced labor, debt, tribute, or sheer domination.
- dakahדָּכָאto crush: to pound or grind something to pieces, and so to break a person down, whether by brute force, by unjust oppression, or in the humbling of the spirit
- yatsarיָצַרto be too tight: of a space, too small for what must fit in it; of a person, squeezed into a corner and so hard pressed
oppression10 words
- kakōsisκάκωσιςoppressionnot studied yet
- osheqעֹשֶׁקextortion: the wrong of using power over someone weaker to squeeze gain out of them, by force, by fraud, or by withholding what is owed, and the goods so taken
- laḥatsלַחַץoppression: the crushing weight a stronger party presses down on someone, and the hardship of living under it
- ashuqעָשׁוּקִיםoppressionnot studied yet
- tokhתֹּךְoppressionnot studied yet
oppressor4 words
- nagasנָגַשׂto drive or press someone into compliance: to bear down on people (or animals) with forced labor, debt, tribute, or sheer domination.
- aritsעָרִיץruthless: fiercely violent and terror-inspiring, overpowering others by sheer force
- tsuqצוּקto press hard on someone until there is no room left: to hem in, harass, or wear down by relentless pressure
- ashoqעָשׁוֹקoppressornot studied yet
or3 words
- ēἤornot studied yet
- imאִםin an oath: a flat denial, or, when the word for "not" is added, a flat promise
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- if: it sets a condition, so that what follows depends on whether that thing is so
- or, whether: it opens the second half of a two way question, or names the thing being asked about
- except, but rather: joined to the word for "that", it carves out the one case a denial does not cover
- oאוֹornot studied yet
oracle4 words
- ne'umנְאֻםa solemn declaration: the binding pronouncement of a named speaker, used almost always as the prophetic tag "declares the LORD"
- massaמַשָּׂאan oracle: a weighty pronouncement from God delivered through a prophet, most often a sentence of doom against a nation.
+2 more meanings
- a burden: a load that is lifted and carried, whether goods on an animal's back or a weight laid on a person.
- the carrying of song: a term for the performance of music in worship, used of the Levite who directed it.
- devirדְּבִירthe innermost, rearmost room of Solomon's temple: the windowless inner chamber that housed the ark of the covenant.
- qesemקֶסֶםdivination: the attempt to obtain hidden or future knowledge by working a ritual procedure, and the answer such a procedure delivers
oracles1 word
orchard2 words
- ganגַּןa garden: a walled, watered, planted plot of ground set apart from the wild land around it
- karmelכַּרְמֶלfertile country: land whose defining quality is that it grows things richly, as against forest or desert
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- fresh grain: newly ripened kernels still in the ear, the earliest edible stage of a harvest
ordain7 words
- maleמָלֵאto be full; to fill; to reach completeness
- kathistēmiκαθίστημιto appoint someone; to put a person in charge, installing them into a position of authority or responsibility
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- to cause a person or thing to become something; to render or bring into a settled condition or standing
- to conduct or escort someone; to bring a person safely to a destination
- tassōτάσσωto place a person or thing in an ordered position assigned by an authority: to appoint, station, arrange, or set in order.
- yasadיָסַדto lay the foundation of something, and so to set it up firmly and make it last
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- to take counsel together against someone; to band together and plot
- diatassōδιατάσσωto give authoritative, detailed direction: to order, prescribe, or arrange what is to be done
order15 words
- tsavahצָוָהto command: to lay a binding order on someone who is expected to obey it.
- entellōἐντέλλωto lay a binding charge on someone: to command or commission, entrusting a directive that is meant to be carried out
- prostassōπροστάσσωto lay down what is to be done, on the authority to settle the matter: to direct a person, prescribe a requirement, or fix something in advance
- diastellōδιαστέλλωto give a strict, explicit order; to charge someone emphatically about what must or must not be done
- keleuōκελεύωto order that something be done: to give a spoken command, on the strength of one's authority