English Bible words starting with P
723 meanings beginning with P, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 8. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Pildash1 word
pile2 words
pile up3 words
- salalסָלַלto heap earth and stone up high: to build a raised road or ramp, or to pile something into a mound
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- to lift someone or something high: to prize it, or to set yourself up over another
- sōreuōσωρεύωto pile upnot studied yet
- aramעָרַםto pile upnot studied yet
- salalסָלַלto heap earth and stone up high: to build a raised road or ramp, or to pile something into a mound
pilgrimage1 word
Pilha1 word
pillar9 words
- stulosστῦλοςpillarnot studied yet
- ammudעַמּוּדa pillar: an upright column that holds something up or stands as a fixed, towering marker
- matstsevahמַצֵּבָהa standing stone: an upright stone deliberately set up to mark something that matters.
- netsivנְצִיבa pillar: something left standing fixed in one place
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- a garrison: armed men planted in a place to hold it for the ruler who put them there
- a royal deputy: a man the king has set over a district to answer for it
- ḥammanחַמָּןa piece of forbidden worship equipment that stood on or beside an altar at a shrine, most likely a small stand for burning incense
pillar of cloud1 word
pillow1 word
pilot1 word
Piltai1 word
pin1 word
pine4 words
pine away1 word
pinion1 word
pinnacle1 word
Pinon1 word
pioneer1 word
pious2 words
- eusebēsεὐσεβήςpiousnot studied yet
- ḥasidחָסִידthe faithful, godly person: someone bound to God in loyal love and known for living it out
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- faithful, kind: said of God himself as one who keeps his loyal love
piously1 word
pip1 word
pipe2 words
piping1 word
Piram1 word
Pirathon1 word
Pisgah1 word
pishon1 word
Pisidia1 word
Pispa1 word
piss1 word
pistachio1 word
pit12 words
- phrearφρέαρa well: a deep shaft dug straight down into the ground, either to reach water or to open into the depths below
- borבּוֹרa pit dug or hewn into the ground: a cistern for water, a hole that holds a person or traps an animal, and, in poetry, the grave.
- be'erבְּאֵרa well or pit dug into the ground: most often a shaft sunk by hand to reach underground water
- shaḥatשַׁחַתa pit: a deep hole dug in the ground, and by extension the grave, or the ruin that swallows the dying
- bothunosβόθυνοςpitnot studied yet
pitch5 words
- natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
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- to turn aside or turn away: to change direction so as to leave the straight path, toward something or away from it
- to bend justice or pervert a legal case: to push a judgment off its honest course against the weak
- to incline the ear or heart: to bend one's attention toward someone, or to bend another's heart a certain way
- taqaתָּקַעto pitch a tent by driving its stakes into the ground
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- to drive or thrust something into a surface or a body with a sharp, forceful blow
- to blow a trumpet or ram's horn by giving it a sharp burst of breath
- to strike or clap the hand, either as a binding pledge of surety or as applause
- kopherכֹּפֶרpitch: the black, tar-like bitumen used to seal and waterproof
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- a ransom: a price paid in place of a life that is forfeit, to spare it from the death or penalty it owes
- henna: the fragrant henna shrub and its clustered, pale blossoms
- a village: an unwalled country settlement, set against a fortified town
- ahalאָהַלto pitchnot studied yet
- zephetזֶפֶתpitchnot studied yet
- natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
pitch camp1 word
pitcher3 words
- nevelנֵבֶלa large jar or skin for storing liquids, especially a wine container
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- a stringed instrument of the harp or lyre family, used in worship and celebration
- kadכַּדa large earthenware jar: the household vessel for carrying and pouring water or storing dry food like meal.
- xestēsξέστηςpitchernot studied yet
- nevelנֵבֶלa large jar or skin for storing liquids, especially a wine container
pitchfork1 word
pitfall1 word
Pithom1 word
Pithon1 word
pitiable1 word
pitiful1 word
pity5 words
- eleosἔλεοςmercy: undeserved kindness toward someone in trouble, shown not as a mere feeling but as help actually given
- raḥamimרַחֲמִיםdeep, tender compassion: the gut-level mercy a parent feels toward a child
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- the womb: the part of a woman's body where a child is carried
- oiktirmosοἰκτιρμόςcompassion: deep, tender mercy felt in the gut, the kind God shows his people and calls them to show one another
- ḥusחוּסto spare: to look on something with concern and hold back from harming or giving it up
- splagchnizōσπλαγχνίζωto be moved with deep compassion, a mercy felt at the core of one's being that moves the one feeling it to act
place9 words
- toposτόποςa place: a particular portion of space, literal or figurative, that something or someone occupies
- tithēmiτίθημιto put something somewhere on purpose: to set, lay, or place it where the actor decides it should be
- maqomמָקוֹםa place: a spot or area where something or someone is located, stays, or belongs.
- kenכֵּןa stand: the fixed support something is set on, and so the post a person holds
- makhonמָכוֹןa fixed, established place: the settled spot where something firmly rests or dwells
place of honor1 word
place of prayer1 word
- proseuchēπροσευχήa place of prayer: a spot or building where people gathered to pray
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- prayer: the whole act of addressing God, gathering petition, thanksgiving, intercession, and praise into one word
- proseuchēπροσευχήa place of prayer: a spot or building where people gathered to pray
place to flee1 word
plague12 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
- mavetמָוֶתdeath: the end of life, whether the event of dying or the state of being dead
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- Death as a realm and power: the grasping domain of the dead, sometimes pictured almost as a person
- death as penalty or deadly threat: the sentence of death, or being marked out to die
- nagaנָגַעto make contact: for one thing to reach another and touch it, whether lightly, harmfully, or all the way to a place or time
- plēgēπληγήa plague: a crushing blow of calamity sent as divine judgment
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- a blow or beating, and the wound it leaves on the body
- negaנֶגַעa blow that lands as a sending from God: a plague, calamity, or stroke of discipline understood as coming from his hand.
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- the suspect mark a priest inspects: the sore on skin, or the discoloration in cloth or a house wall, presented to be ruled clean or unclean.
- thanatosθάνατοςa deadly plague or pestilence: death dealt out as a sweeping disaster
plain8 words
- emeqעֵמֶקa broad, open valley: the wide, flat lowland that lies between hills
- kikkarכִּכָּרa talent: the largest standard weight, used to measure out gold, silver, or bronze
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- a round district: a level circular tract of land, most often the broad valley around the lower Jordan
- a round loaf of bread
- aravahעֲרָבָהa dry, treeless lowland plain; with the article, the Arabah, the great rift valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea
- mishorמִישׁוֹרa plain: level, open ground as opposed to hills, and especially the high tableland east of the Jordan
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- levelness as a way of life: a straight and safe course, and upright, even-handed dealing
- biqahבִּקְעָהa broad valley: the wide, flat floor of low open ground lying between higher hills or mountains
plainly2 words
plait1 word
- torתּוֹרa turn: the place a person holds in a fixed order of people waiting to be called forward
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- an encircling ornament worn at the head or face: either a braided circlet or a strung row of beads
- torתּוֹרa turn: the place a person holds in a fixed order of people waiting to be called forward
plaited wreaths1 word
- torתּוֹרa turn: the place a person holds in a fixed order of people waiting to be called forward
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- an encircling ornament worn at the head or face: either a braided circlet or a strung row of beads
- torתּוֹרa turn: the place a person holds in a fixed order of people waiting to be called forward
plan15 words
- boulēβουλήa settled purpose reached by deliberation: a considered plan, counsel, or decision, whether God's or a person's
- boulomaiβούλομαιto will, wish, or intend: to settle on what one wants, often as a considered choice or firm purpose.
- bouleuōβουλεύωto plannot studied yet
- etsahעֵצָהcounsel: the considered advice, plan, or purpose that comes out of thinking a matter through.
- maḥashavahמַחֲשָׁבָהa thought or plan: what the mind works out, whether an inner intention or a deliberate scheme
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- skilled design: an inventive work thought up and executed by a craftsman, including a clever device
plane1 word
plane tree1 word
planet3 words
- gēγῆthe earth: the physical world God made, from the soil underfoot to a named country to the whole created realm set against heaven.
- eretsאֶרֶץthe ground at any scale: the dirt underfoot, a country with borders, or the whole earth beneath the sky
- araאֲרַעthe earth: the world people live on, or the ground underfoot.
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- lower, inferior: ranking beneath something else.
plank6 words
- etsעֵץa tree: a living, growing woody plant, or trees taken together as a kind of vegetation
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- wood: what a tree yields once it is cut, whether as building timber, as fuel, or as the material a thing is made of
- the wooden pole, stake, or tree on which the body of a condemned person is hung up in public
- qereshקֶרֶשׁa board: a flat, upright plank of worked wood
- lu'aḥלוּחַa flat slab of stone or wood: a writing tablet, or a board or plank
- tselaצֵלָעside: the lateral part, flank, or side-extension of a thing
- dokosδοκόςa beam: the heavy wooden timber that carries the roof of a house
- etsעֵץa tree: a living, growing woody plant, or trees taken together as a kind of vegetation
planned2 words
- yatsarיָצַרto shape something into a form the way a potter shapes clay: to form, fashion, mold.
- protithēmiπροτίθημιto decide on something in advance and hold to it; to purpose, plan, or intend
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- to place something out in open view; to set forth or display publicly
plans1 word
plant9 words
- speirōσπείρωto sow: to scatter seed onto the ground so that it can take root and grow.
- phuteuōφυτεύωto plant: to set a vine, tree, or seedling into the ground so that it takes root and grows there.
- nataנָטַעto plant: to drive a tree, vine, or seedling into the ground so it takes root and grows
- zaraזָרַעto sow: to scatter seed on prepared ground so that a crop will grow
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- to yield or produce seed, and so for a woman to conceive
- esevעֵשֶׂבthe green, seed-bearing plants of the ground: herbs, low growth, and field crops, as opposed to trees
plantation3 words
- 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
- mattaמַטָּעplantationnot studied yet
- netaנֶטַעplantationnot studied yet
- karmelכַּרְמֶלfertile country: land whose defining quality is that it grows things richly, as against forest or desert
planted1 word
plants1 word
- shelaḥשֶׁלַחweapon: something sent or wielded against an enemy, of no one particular kind
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- shoots: the new growth a plant sends out
- shelaḥשֶׁלַחweapon: something sent or wielded against an enemy, of no one particular kind
plaster3 words
- tu'aḥטוּחַto coat a surface by spreading something over it: to plaster, daub, or overlay, most often mortar on a wall
- taphelתָּפֵלtasteless: flat and flavorless food that salt has to rescue, and so anything with nothing in it
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- whitewash: the thin coat smeared over a wall to make it look finished and sound
- girגִּירplasternot studied yet
plate4 words
- paḥפַּחa snare: a fowler's spring-trap that snaps shut on a bird, and by extension any hidden trap that catches a victim unawares
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- a thin sheet of hammered metal beaten out flat
- qe'arahקְעָרָהa large flat serving dish or platter, a vessel of silver or gold used on the sacred table and in temple offerings
- tsitsצִיץthe gold plate fastened to the front of the high priest's turban, engraved with the words "Holy to the LORD"
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- a blossom: the open flower of a plant, whether growing, carved as ornament, or held up as the picture of what withers fast
- a word of unrecovered sense in a single line about Moab, read by older translations as "wings"
- eshetעֶשֶׁתplatenot studied yet
- paḥפַּחa snare: a fowler's spring-trap that snaps shut on a bird, and by extension any hidden trap that catches a victim unawares
platform2 words
plating1 word
platter2 words
play6 words
- zamarזָמַרto make music in praise of God, whether by singing or by playing an instrument.
- saḥaqשָׂחַקto laugh, and by extension to play, celebrate, or mock; the whole range of glad, playful, or scornful laughter.
- paizōπαίζωto playnot studied yet
- naganנָגַןto play a stringed instrument: to make music by plucking the strings of a lyre or harp
- tsaḥaqצָחַקto make sport: to turn laughter into an activity, whether harmless play and joking, derisive mockery, or intimate caressing
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- to laugh: the sudden, involuntary laugh that breaks out in wonder, joy, or disbelief
play the flute1 word
play the harlot1 word
play the harp1 word
played the fool1 word
player1 word
plaza1 word
plea2 words
plead3 words
- parakaleōπαρακαλέωto call someone to one's side: to appeal to, urge, comfort, or invite a person, depending on why they are called near
- rivרִיבto press a contention against another: to quarrel, take someone to task, or argue a case against them
- atarעָתַרto plead urgently with God, and (of God) to be moved by that pleading and grant it
plead the cause1 word
- dinדִּיןto take up a cause and rule on it: to render and carry out a verdict, most often by securing justice for the wronged
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- to remain, abide: a contested reading found only at Genesis 6:3, and probably a different word from the verb to judge above
- dinדִּיןto take up a cause and rule on it: to render and carry out a verdict, most often by securing justice for the wronged
pleasant7 words
- tovטוֹבgood: fittingly answering to what a thing, a person, or a relationship is meant to be, so that it is sound, pleasing, right, or beneficial
- ḥemdahחֶמְדָּהdesire, and the precious or delightful thing that desire fixes on
- na'imנָעִיםlovely, sweet, delightful: pleasing to the senses and the heart, giving genuine delight
- shashu'aשַׁעֲשֻׁעִיםdelight: the fond, repeated pleasure someone takes in a person or thing, and the cherished person or thing itself
- na'emנָעֵםto be delightful: to be lovely, sweet, or agreeable, giving real pleasure to the person who experiences it
pleasant things1 word
pleasantness2 words
please9 words
- naנָאa short word tacked onto a command, wish, or proposal that marks it as something put to the hearer rather than simply imposed
- yatavיָטַבto go well, be pleasing: for something to turn out good or to seem good to someone
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- to do good, treat well: to act kindly toward someone or to bring about good for them
- ḥaphetsחָפֵץto find pleasure in something, so that you want it and lean toward it
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- to bend or make stiff (said of an animal's tail)
- areskōἀρέσκωto please: to make oneself or one's action acceptable and agreeable to someone
- yasharיָשַׁרto be or go straight and level, and so to be right or pleasing; also to make a path straight, smooth, or direct
pleases1 word
pleasing7 words
- niḥo'aḥנִיחֹחַsoothing, pleasing: the quality of a sacrifice that God finds acceptable and welcome.
- arestosἀρεστόςpleasingnot studied yet
- dektosδεκτόςwelcome: gladly received rather than turned away, because the one receiving has decided to show favor
- euarestosεὐάρεστοςwell-pleasing: giving genuine pleasure to the one it is offered to, so that a gift, a life, or a person is gladly received rather than merely tolerated
- arevעָרַבto go down well with someone: to be sweet, welcome, or acceptable to the person on the receiving end
pleasure6 words
- thelēmaθέλημαwill: what someone has decided shall be, whether a purpose, a desire, or a command
- simḥahשִׂמְחָהjoy: gladness felt in the heart and shown openly in celebration, often before God
- ḥephetsחֵפֶץdelight: the glad pleasure a person takes in someone or something
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- desire: what a person wants, wishes for, or values
- purpose: a settled intention that one carries out, especially God's sovereign will
- matter: an affair, business, or thing one is occupied with
- hēdonēἡδονήpleasurenot studied yet
- avvahאַוָּהdesire, wish: what someone wants, nearly always in the set phrase "the desire of your soul," meaning as much and as freely as you please.
pleasure-loving1 word
pledge10 words
- ḥavalחָבַלto take or hold something as a pledge: to seize a borrower's property as security for a debt
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- to ruin or destroy: to do violent harm, spoil, or act corruptly
- to writhe in labor: to conceive or be gripped by the pangs of giving birth
- 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
- esarאִסָּרa binding pledge of self-denial: an obligation a person ties onto their own life before God, normally a promise to go without something otherwise allowed
- arrabōnἀρραβώνa down payment: a first installment paid in advance that is a real part of the full amount and secures the promise that the rest will follow
- ḥavolחֲבֹלpledgenot studied yet
- ḥavalחָבַלto take or hold something as a pledge: to seize a borrower's property as security for a debt
Pleiades1 word
plenteous1 word
plentiful1 word
plentiful field1 word
- 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
- karmelכַּרְמֶלfertile country: land whose defining quality is that it grows things richly, as against forest or desert
plenty2 words
plot12 words
- maḥashavahמַחֲשָׁבָהa thought or plan: what the mind works out, whether an inner intention or a deliberate scheme
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- skilled design: an inventive work thought up and executed by a craftsman, including a clever device
- meletaōμελετάωto meditate/plotnot studied yet
- mezimmahמְזִמָּהa deliberate, calculated design formed in the mind: a settled plan that reads as shrewd prudence, wicked scheming, or God's fixed purpose, depending on who makes it and to what end
- sustrophēσυστροφήcommotion/plotnot studied yet
- zamamזָמַםto settle the mind on a course of action and mean to carry it out: to purpose, resolve, deliberately intend.
- maḥashavahמַחֲשָׁבָהa thought or plan: what the mind works out, whether an inner intention or a deliberate scheme
plow3 words
- ḥareshחָרֵשׁto cut into a hard surface: to engrave, to plow, or to shape raw material, and from there to work out a scheme in the mind
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- to be silent: to hold one's peace, say nothing, or be unresponsive like a deaf person
- arotriaōἀροτριάωto plownot studied yet
- arotronἄροτρονplownot studied yet
- ḥareshחָרֵשׁto cut into a hard surface: to engrave, to plow, or to shape raw material, and from there to work out a scheme in the mind
plowing1 word
plowman1 word
plowshare2 words
pluck6 words
- natsalנָצַלto rescue: to snatch someone out of danger, into safety
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- to strip off and carry away: to take plunder, or pull clothing or ornaments off
- gazalגָּזַלto take by open force: to rob, seize, or tear something away from the one who holds it
- tillōτίλλωto plucknot studied yet
- qataphקָטַףto plucknot studied yet
- arahאָרָהto plucknot studied yet
- natsalנָצַלto rescue: to snatch someone out of danger, into safety
pluck off1 word
pluck out1 word
- exaireōἐξαιρέωto take something out and be rid of it: to pull a part out of the place where it sits
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- to rescue someone by pulling them out: to get a person clear of the grip or the situation holding them
- exaireōἐξαιρέωto take something out and be rid of it: to pull a part out of the place where it sits
pluck up2 words
- natashנָתַשׁto pull up by the roots: to uproot a plant, and so to tear a people, a shrine, a city, or a ruling house out of the place where it stood settled
- iqqerעִקֵּרto pull something out by the roots: to grub a plant out of the ground, or to tear a town out of its place for good
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- to cripple an animal on purpose by cutting the large tendon at the back of its leg
plucked1 word