English Bible words starting with P
723 meanings beginning with P, in alphabetical order. This is page 2 of 8. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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passing by1 word
passing over1 word
passion3 words
- thumosθυμόςintoxicating passion: the maddening, inflaming craving by which Babylon seduces the nations
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- a hot, boiling burst of anger: rage that seethes up and spills over, whether in a person, a hostile power, or God's final judgment
- pathosπάθοςpassionnot studied yet
- pathēmaπάθημαpassion: an inward sinful impulse of the flesh
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- suffering: a specific affliction or hardship that a person undergoes
- thumosθυμόςintoxicating passion: the maddening, inflaming craving by which Babylon seduces the nations
passover2 words
- paschaπάσχαPassover: Israel's annual festival remembering the night God spared its firstborn and brought the people out of Egypt, together with the lamb and meal at its heart
- pesaḥפֶּסַחthe Passover: the yearly festival on the fourteenth of the first month that recalls Israel's rescue from Egypt
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- the Passover offering: the lamb or goat slaughtered, roasted, and eaten at the festival
passover lamb1 word
passover meal1 word
past one’s prime1 word
pastor1 word
pasturage1 word
pasture10 words
- midbarמִדְבָּרwilderness: the open, unsettled, unwatered country beyond the farms and towns, where flocks graze and travelers cross at risk
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- mouth: the opening one speaks with, named for the act of speech
- ra'ahרָעָהto tend a flock: to lead grazing animals out, guard them, and bring them to food and water
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- to keep company with someone: to associate with a person as a friend or companion
- migrashמִגְרָשׁthe open belt of land that rings a town: its commons for grazing, kept free of building
- nomēνομήpasture: the grazing ground where a flock is fed and kept
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- spreading: the way a wound or rot eats outward through living flesh
- navehנָוֶהa settled place of rest: the shepherd's pasture and fold, and by extension the secure home of people or of God
- midbarמִדְבָּרwilderness: the open, unsettled, unwatered country beyond the farms and towns, where flocks graze and travelers cross at risk
pasture lands1 word
pastures1 word
pasturing1 word
Patara1 word
patch1 word
patched1 word
pate1 word
paternal1 word
path7 words
- hodosὁδόςa way of living, or the path that leads to God
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- a road, or the trip taken along it
- tribosτρίβοςpathnot studied yet
- oraḥאֹרַחa way or path: a track that is traveled, whether a literal road or the figurative course of a person's life and conduct
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- a traveler or band of travelers: the people who walk a route, named by the road they keep
- mesillahמְסִלָּהa highway: a built-up, raised public road for travel
- netivahנְתִיבָהpath: a trail worn smooth by feet, a poetic word for a way
- hodosὁδόςa way of living, or the path that leads to God
Pathros1 word
Pathrusim1 word
pathway1 word
patience4 words
- hupomenōὑπομένωto stay behind: to remain in a place after others have gone on
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- to endure: to stand firm and hold out under hardship, persecution, or testing without giving up
- orekhאֹרֶךְlength: how far something extends, whether across space, across time, or (in one fixed phrase) in patience
- hupomonēὑπομονήsteadfast endurance: holding one's ground in faith under pressure, sustained by hope in God
- makrothumiaμακροθυμίαpatience: holding back anger or judgment over a long stretch of time, whether by not retaliating against those who wrong you or by waiting calmly through a long delay
- hupomenōὑπομένωto stay behind: to remain in a place after others have gone on
patient2 words
- makrothumeōμακροθυμέωto be patient and long-tempered: to hold back anger toward a wrongdoer, or to keep waiting in hope for something delayed, rather than retaliate or give up
- arekhאָרֵךְpatient: slow to grow angry, holding heat back over time rather than flaring up
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- long: extended in physical length
patiently1 word
Patmos1 word
patriarch1 word
patricide1 word
Patrobas1 word
patroness1 word
pattern3 words
- tavnitתַּבְנִיתa model or figure of a thing's shape: either a plan to build from or a likeness of something that already exists
- tuposτύποςa formed impression and whatever corresponds to it: a mark, a model or pattern, an example to copy, or a foreshadowing of what is to come
- hupodeigmaὑπόδειγμαan example: a particular case put on display so that others copy it or take warning from it
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- a copy: something built to stand in for a greater original it represents
Pau1 word
Paul1 word
paved area1 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
pavement3 words
- levenahלְבֵנָהa brick: a block of clay pressed into a mold and hardened in the sun or fired in a kiln
- 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
- martsephetמַרְצֶפֶתpavementnot studied yet
pavilion3 words
pay8 words
- didōmiδίδωμιto give: to transfer something from one person to another, whether an object, a gift, a right, or a charge.
- apodidōmiἀποδίδωμιto give back what is owed or due: to pay, repay, return, or render to someone what belongs to them
- misthosμισθόςwages: the pay a worker earns for labor done
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- reward: what God gives back in answer to how a person has lived
- teleōτελέωto bring something all the way to its appointed end: to finish, complete, or fully carry out.
- yehavיְהַבto give: to hand something over to another, whether as a gift granted, a charge delivered into someone's power, a foundation laid, or a payment made
pay attention1 word
pay back1 word
pay brideprice1 word
pay heed1 word
pay homage1 word
pay respects to1 word
pay the tithe1 word
pay tithes of1 word
- apodekatoōἀποδεκατόωto pay a tithe of something: to hand over a tenth of one's produce or income as a sacred due
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- to collect a tithe from someone: to take a tenth from another person or their property as a required levy
- apodekatoōἀποδεκατόωto pay a tithe of something: to hand over a tenth of one's produce or income as a sacred due
payment2 words
peacable1 word
peace3 words
peace offering1 word
peaceable1 word
peaceably1 word
peaceful2 words
peacemaker1 word
peacock1 word
peak2 words
peal of thunder1 word
pearl1 word
pearls1 word
pebble1 word
- tserorצְרוֹרa pebble: a small loose stone, small enough to stand for the last scrap of anything
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- a small bag knotted shut, used to carry or store something valuable: silver, spices, anything worth keeping safe
- Zeror: a man named among the forefathers of King Saul
- tserorצְרוֹרa pebble: a small loose stone, small enough to stand for the last scrap of anything
peculiar treasure1 word
Pedahel1 word
Pedahzur1 word
Pedaiah1 word
peddle1 word
pedestal3 words
peel2 words
peer1 word
- tsutsצוּץto peer: to look out through a narrow gap or opening
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- to blossom: to break into flower, and so to burst into growth that everyone can see
- tsutsצוּץto peer: to look out through a narrow gap or opening
peg1 word
Pekah1 word
Pekahiah1 word
Pekod1 word
Pelaiah1 word
Pelaliah1 word
Pelatiah1 word
peleg2 words
Pelet1 word
Peleth1 word
pelican1 word
pelt with stones1 word
pen1 word
pendant2 words
penetrate1 word
Peniel1 word
Peninnah1 word
penis1 word
penny3 words
- dēnarionδηνάριονa denarius: the Roman silver coin that paid a laborer a full day's wage
- leptosλεπτόςa lepton: the smallest coin in circulation, a tiny thin scrap of bronze worth so little that two of them came to about six minutes of a day's wage
- kodrantēsκοδράντηςa quadrans: the smallest Roman coin still being struck, a quarter of the little copper piece called an as, worth about a sixty-fourth of a day's wage, and used as a byword for the least amount of money there is
pentecost1 word
people12 words
- laosλαόςa people: a body of people bound together as one, set apart from those around them
- anthrōposἄνθρωποςa human being; a person of either sex, as distinct from God, angels, or animals.
- 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
- ishאִישׁa man: one human being singled out, most often a grown male, but just as readily a husband, a person of a certain kind, or simply "each one".
- adamאָדָםhumankind: the human being as a creature of the ground, used both for people as a whole and for any single person
people of every language1 word
people-pleaser1 word
peoples3 words
- le'omלְאֹםa people or nation: a distinct body of people forming one ethnic or political group; a lofty, poetic word, most often used in the plural ("peoples")
- ummahאֻמָּהa nation: one distinct people, marked out by descent and homeland, among the many that a world empire rules
- ummahאֻמָּהa people group held together by common descent: a clan-sized branch of one family, or a whole people among the peoples of the world
Peor1 word
peradventure1 word
Perazim1 word
perceive16 words
- horaōὁράωto see: to take something in, whether with the eyes or with the mind, so that it registers and is known
- ra'ahרָאָהto see: to take something in with the eyes, and from there to perceive, understand, experience, look into, provide for, or (turned around) be seen and shown.
- ginōskōγινώσκωto come to know: to learn, perceive, or grasp something so that it becomes part of what you know
- yadaיָדַעto know: to have or come to have a firm hold on something, whether a fact, a skill, or a person.
- eidōεἴδωto see: to take something in through the eyes, and so to notice or realize it
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- to know: to have something firmly in mind, whether a fact, a person, or how to do something
perdition1 word
peres1 word
- peresפְּרֵסa half-measure weight: the half-mina, a standard unit of silver weight in the ancient eastern world
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- to divide, to break in two: split apart, and so broken up or parceled out
- peresפְּרֵסa half-measure weight: the half-mina, a standard unit of silver weight in the ancient eastern world
peresh1 word
Perez2 words
Perez-uzza1 word