English Bible words starting with P
723 meanings beginning with P, in alphabetical order. This is page 3 of 8. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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perfect8 words
- tamimתָּמִיםwithout blemish: physically whole and sound, with nothing missing, broken, or damaged
+2 more meanings
- blameless: whole in character and conduct, undivided in loyalty to God, with nothing false or double held back
- Thummim: the sacred lot used with the Urim to seek God's answer
- teleioōτελειόωto bring something all the way to its intended goal: to complete, finish, or make full and mature.
- teleiosτέλειοςbrought all the way to its proper goal: whole, complete, and lacking nothing it should have
- katartizōκαταρτίζωto put something into the sound, complete condition it ought to be in: to mend, restore, prepare, or fully equip
- shalemשָׁלֵםwhole, complete, intact: undivided and lacking nothing, whether a physical object that is entire, a full amount, a person who is safe, or a heart given wholly to God
- tamimתָּמִיםwithout blemish: physically whole and sound, with nothing missing, broken, or damaged
perfecter1 word
perfection9 words
- tomתֹּםcompleteness or wholeness: an entire, undivided condition, most often the moral integrity of a person whose character has no hidden fault
- teleiōsisτελείωσιςperfectionnot studied yet
- teleiotēsτελειότηςperfectionnot studied yet
- mikhlolמִכְלוֹלperfectionnot studied yet
- katartisisκατάρτισιςperfectionnot studied yet
perform5 words
- salemשָׁלֵםto pay back in full: to give a person exactly what their deeds or debts have earned, whether restitution, reward, or punishment
+3 more meanings
- to pay a vow: to discharge in full a promise made to God by handing over exactly what was pledged
- to be whole and finished, or to bring something to its finish: to reach completion, or to carry a work through to its end
- to make peace with someone, or to be at peace with them: to end hostility and stand in settled, friendly relations
- teleōτελέωto bring something all the way to its appointed end: to finish, complete, or fully carry out.
- epiteleōἐπιτελέωto bring fully to completion: to finish what was begun, or carry an appointed task all the way through
- katergazomaiκατεργάζομαιto bring something about by working at it: to produce a result, carry out a deed, or accomplish a task fully
- avadעֲבַדto do or make: to bring something about, whether by fashioning a thing or by carrying out an action
- salemשָׁלֵםto pay back in full: to give a person exactly what their deeds or debts have earned, whether restitution, reward, or punishment
perfume3 words
- qetoretקְטֹרֶתincense: the sweet fragrant smoke of a burning offering, especially the sacred spice blend burned to God in worship
- muronμύρονcostly perfumed ointment: a fragrant oil blended by a perfumer, a luxury product quite different from ordinary olive oil.
- besemבֶּשֶׂםaromatic spice: the sweet-smelling balsam and the costly perfume-resins prized as imported luxury goods
perfumer3 words
perfumery1 word
Perga1 word
Pergamum1 word
perhaps4 words
- ulayאוּלַיperhaps: a marker that what follows is possible but not certain, leaving the outcome genuinely open
- 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
- isōsἴσωςperhapsnot studied yet
- tachaτάχαperhapsnot studied yet
peril1 word
perimeter1 word
- misgeretמִסְגֶּרֶתa bordering frame: the rim, molding, or set-in side panels running around a piece of furniture or equipment
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- a fortified enclosed place: a stronghold or fastness people are shut inside and forced to come out of
- misgeretמִסְגֶּרֶתa bordering frame: the rim, molding, or set-in side panels running around a piece of furniture or equipment
period1 word
perish10 words
- apolluōἀπολλύωto perish: to come to one's own ruin, to die, to be lost
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- to destroy: to put to death or bring to ruin so that something or someone is wiped out
- avadאָבַדto perish, to be destroyed, to come to a final end; and, when done to someone else, to destroy them or wipe them out.
- aphanizōἀφανίζωto make something no longer visible: to spoil how it looks, ruin it away to nothing, or (of the thing itself) fade from sight
- shamadשָׁמַדto destroy completely: to wipe out a people, place, or thing so that nothing remains
- phtheirōφθείρωto ruin something: to bring what was whole or pure into a spoiled, corrupted, or destroyed state, so that human corruption and the destruction it invites can be named by one word
- apolluōἀπολλύωto perish: to come to one's own ruin, to die, to be lost
perishable2 words
- phthoraφθοράdecay: the breaking down and wearing out that makes physical things spoil, wither, and die
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- ruin: being destroyed and finished off
- moral rot: the spoiling of a person from the inside that spreads through runaway desire and takes them captive
- phthartosφθαρτόςperishablenot studied yet
- phthoraφθοράdecay: the breaking down and wearing out that makes physical things spoil, wither, and die
perjure1 word
perjurer1 word
permanent1 word
permission2 words
permit3 words
permitted1 word
perpetual2 words
perpetually2 words
- adעַדthe unending future: time stretching ahead with no stopping point, so most often translated forever
- netsaḥנֵצַחlasting on and on without stopping: forever, perpetually, to the very end
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- eminence, glory: the enduring splendor and preeminence that marks someone out
perpetuity3 words
- adעַדthe unending future: time stretching ahead with no stopping point, so most often translated forever
- netsaḥנֵצַחlasting on and on without stopping: forever, perpetually, to the very end
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- eminence, glory: the enduring splendor and preeminence that marks someone out
- alamעָלַםthe farthest reach of time: unending future duration (forever, everlasting) or, less often, the distant past (of old); perpetuity.
perplex1 word
perplexed1 word
perplexity1 word
persecute3 words
- diōkōδιώκωto pursue: to chase hard after someone or something, whether to harm them, to overtake them, or to reach a goal
- radaphרָדַףto hound, harass, or persecute a person who has done you no wrong
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- to chase after someone who is fleeing, especially a beaten enemy in war
- to go hard after something you want, whether a worthy goal or a worthless one
- ekdiōkōἐκδιώκωto persecutenot studied yet
persecution3 words
persecutor1 word
perseverance2 words
persevere2 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
- proskartereōπροσκαρτερέωto hold on tenaciously: to keep oneself strongly and steadily fixed on someone or something over time, without letting go
- hupomenōὑπομένωto stay behind: to remain in a place after others have gone on
persia3 words
persians1 word
Persis1 word
persist1 word
person7 words
- panehפָּנֶהthe face: the front of a person's head, the look it carries, and the presence of the one who turns it toward you
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- the front or surface of a thing: the outer side it turns toward you
- the position words built on this noun: before, in front of, away from, and so because of
- anthrōposἄνθρωποςa human being; a person of either sex, as distinct from God, angels, or animals.
- prosōponπρόσωπονthe face, and by extension the presence a face conveys, the outward look of a thing, or the person the face stands for
- psuchēψυχήlife: the individual life that animates a creature, the life a person can keep, lose, risk, or give up.
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- the inner self: the whole person as the seat of feeling, desire, love, and will.
- person: a human being counted as an individual, a living soul, somebody.
- the self that outlasts the body: the life God can keep through death, save, or destroy.
- nepheshנֶפֶשׁthe living self: a person or creature as a breathing, needy, feeling whole, and so by extension their life, their longing, and their very self.
- panehפָּנֶהthe face: the front of a person's head, the look it carries, and the presence of the one who turns it toward you
personal1 word
persons1 word
persuade5 words
- peithōπείθωto work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
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- 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
- to let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
- helkuō, helkōἕλκωto pull something or someone along by force: a sword drawn out, a net hauled in, a person dragged off.
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- of God: to draw a person to Christ, the pull of God on someone who does not come on their own.
- patahפָּתָהto sway an open or gullible mind: to entice, persuade, or seduce someone, or to be the naive, easily led person who is swayed
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- to make wide or roomy: to enlarge a person's space and give them room to spread out
- sutסוּתto incite: to move someone to a course of action by persuasion, provocation, or enticement
- anapeithōἀναπείθωto persuadenot studied yet
- peithōπείθωto work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
persuaded1 word
persuasion1 word
persuasive1 word
persuasive speech1 word
persuasiveness1 word
- leqaḥלֶקַחteaching thought of from the receiving end: the content a teacher hands over, and the store of understanding a hearer takes in and adds to
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- persuasive power in speech: the quality that makes words go down easily and win a hearer over
- leqaḥלֶקַחteaching thought of from the receiving end: the content a teacher hands over, and the store of understanding a hearer takes in and adds to
Peruda1 word
perverse4 words
- diastrephōδιαστρέφωto twist something out of true: to bend a straight path, a message, or a person away from where it ought to run
- iqqeshעִקֵּשׁcrooked: bent away from what is straight and right, in a person's heart, conduct, or speech.
- tahpukhahתַּהְפֻּכָהtwistedness: words, plans, or people turned back to front, so that what ought to run straight comes out inverted
- patalפָּתַלto twist: to be wound out of straightness, whether two rivals locked together or a person, a word, or a response bent away from the straight
perverse things1 word
perversion2 words
perversity3 words
pervert6 words
- natahנָטָהto bend justice or pervert a legal case: to push a judgment off its honest course against the weak
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- to stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
- to turn aside or turn away: to change direction so as to leave the straight path, toward something or away from it
- to incline the ear or heart: to bend one's attention toward someone, or to bend another's heart a certain way
- haphakhהָפַךְto pervert or twist, turning what is straight and right into something crooked
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- to turn something over, around, or back, so a new side or heading faces out
- to overthrow and destroy, tearing a place down so completely that it is left upended in ruin
- to change one thing into its opposite, turning a state, condition, or substance into something else
- diastrephōδιαστρέφωto twist something out of true: to bend a straight path, a message, or a person away from where it ought to run
- avahעָוָהto bend, twist, or be bent over: to make something crooked or to be doubled over in the body
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- to do wrong, commit iniquity, act perversely: to do what is morally crooked
- avatעָוַתto bend something out of its straight shape, and so to twist a verdict, a scale, or a person's rightful claim
- natahנָטָהto bend justice or pervert a legal case: to push a judgment off its honest course against the weak
pestilence5 words
- thanatosθάνατοςa deadly plague or pestilence: death dealt out as a sweeping disaster
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- death: the end of life, and the power that holds the living under its sway
- deverדֶּבֶרpestilence: a deadly epidemic disease, almost always pictured as a judgment God sends on a people
- loimosλοιμόςpestilencenot studied yet
- maggephahמַגֵּפָהa deadly blow: a striking that brings sudden mass death, whether by disease or by the sword
- reshephרֶשֶׁףa burning flash: a flame, spark, or fiery bolt that flares up or flies through the air
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- burning plague: a lethal, fever-like scourge that consumes a person, sent as God's judgment
- thanatosθάνατοςa deadly plague or pestilence: death dealt out as a sweeping disaster
pestle1 word
peter1 word
Pethahiah1 word
Pethor1 word
Pethuel1 word
petition5 words
- deēsisδέησιςa need-driven petition: an urgent request to God that rises from a specific lack, brought to the one who can supply it
- she'elahשְׁאֵלָהa request or petition: something asked of another, whether a person in power or God, and by extension the thing that is asked for.
- baqqashahבַּקָּשָׁהa request laid before a king: the particular thing a petitioner is after, asked with the expectation that it will be granted.
- ba'uבָּעוּpetitionnot studied yet
- mishalahמִשְׁאָלָהa petition: a specific thing asked of God, which he grants
Peullethai1 word
Phanuel1 word
pharaoh2 words
pharisee1 word
Pharpar1 word
Phicol1 word
Philadelphia1 word
Philemon1 word
Philetus1 word
Philip1 word
Philippi1 word
Philippian1 word
Philistia1 word
Philologus1 word
philosopher1 word
philosophy1 word
Phinehas1 word
Phlegon1 word
Phoebe1 word
Phoenicia1 word
Phoenix1 word
Phrygia1 word
Phygelus1 word
phylacteries1 word
phylactery1 word
physically1 word
physician2 words
Pi-beseth1 word
Pi-hahiroth1 word
pick1 word
pick out1 word
pick up2 words
picked1 word
piece12 words
- merosμέροςa part of a whole: a piece, share, region, or side, as set against the entirety
- klasmaκλάσμαa broken piece: a fragment, especially a piece of bread broken off from a loaf
- patפַּתa morsel: a small piece broken off, most often a bit of bread
- netaḥנֵתַחa piece of a butchered animal: one of the sections a carcass is cut into at the joints
- pelaḥפֶּלַחa piece cut or split off something larger: a slab, a slice, a chunk.
piece of meat1 word
piece of silver1 word
pieces of silver1 word
pierce10 words
- ḥalalחָלַלto pierce, wound, or run through, often fatally
+3 more meanings
- to treat as common what is holy: to profane, defile, or strip of its sacred standing
- to begin, to make a start at something or do it for the first time
- to play on the pipe or flute
- katanussōκατανύσσωto piercenot studied yet
- naqavנָקַבto make a hole through something by boring or piercing it
+2 more meanings
- to mark someone or something out distinctly, especially by naming: to designate or specify by name
- to speak against God by uttering his Name, taken as blaspheming or cursing him
- karahכָּרָהto dig out: to hollow a cavity by removing earth or rock, most often a well, a grave, or a pit
- ekkenteōἐκκεντέωto piercenot studied yet
- ḥalalחָלַלto pierce, wound, or run through, often fatally
piety1 word
pig2 words
pigeon2 words
Pilate1 word