English Bible words starting with P
723 meanings beginning with P, in alphabetical order. This is page 5 of 8. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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plumage1 word
plumb line3 words
- bedilבְּדִילtin: a cheap metal worth trading because bronze cannot be made without it, and so a stock image for what a refiner burns out of silver
- anakhאֲנָךְa rare loanword for a metal, most likely tin, held up in Amos's vision as God's measure of Israel on the eve of judgment; long rendered "plumb line".
- mishqeletמִשְׁקֶלֶתa builder's plumb line: a cord with a weight on the end, hung against a wall to test whether it is true.
plumbline1 word
plummet1 word
plump1 word
plunder15 words
- skulonσκῦλονplundernot studied yet
- shalalשָׁלָלspoil: the goods, animals, and captives carried off as the prize of victory
- shadadשָׁדַדto devastate: to wreck something by violence and strip it bare, the ruin a raiding army leaves behind.
- bazazבָּזַזto plunder: to carry off the goods, livestock, and people of a defeated enemy as the spoils of war
- gazalגָּזַלto take by open force: to rob, seize, or tear something away from the one who holds it
plunderers1 word
plunge1 word
Pochereth-hazzebaim1 word
point1 word
point out2 words
- deiknuōδεικνύωto show: to cause someone to see or perceive something, whether by putting it before their eyes, revealing it, explaining it, or proving it
- epideiknumiἐπιδείκνυμιto put something where other people can see it for themselves: to hold it up, point it out, or lay out the evidence for a claim
poison3 words
- ḥemahחֵמָהvenom or scorching heat: the burning poison of a snake, or the inflaming heat of strong drink
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- burning anger: hot, intense wrath that boils up and demands an outlet
- iosἰόςpoison/rustnot studied yet
- roshרֹאשׁpoison: a bitter, deadly substance, whether the plant that yields it, the drink brewed from it, or the venom of a snake
- ḥemahחֵמָהvenom or scorching heat: the burning poison of a snake, or the inflaming heat of strong drink
pole2 words
- nesנֵסa raised signal: a pole, standard, or banner lifted up high so everyone can see it and respond
- motמוֹטa length of timber that bears weight: the pole two people carry a load on, and the crossbar of a yoke laid over a neck
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- a slipping: the moment a foot gives way under someone
poles2 words
- badבַּדby itself, apart from everything else: the idea of one thing standing separate, which gives the common phrase "alone"
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- a carrying pole: one of the long wooden bars slid through rings to lift and carry the ark, altar, or table
- a branch or shoot: a wooden limb growing out from a vine or stem
- a limb or part of the body: one of the members that make up a living frame
- motahמוֹטָהthe wooden crossbar borne on the neck or shoulders: nearly always the bar of a yoke, and so the Bible's standing picture of forced servitude
- badבַּדby itself, apart from everything else: the idea of one thing standing separate, which gives the common phrase "alone"
police1 word
polish3 words
polished1 word
polishing1 word
- gizrahגִּזְרָהthe open ground marked off around Ezekiel's temple: a strip deliberately kept clear and off limits.
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- the shape of a person's body as the eye takes it in: their figure or build.
- gizrahגִּזְרָהthe open ground marked off around Ezekiel's temple: a strip deliberately kept clear and off limits.
poll2 words
poll tax1 word
pollute3 words
- tameטָמֵאto be or become ceremonially or morally unclean, or to make something or someone unclean
- ga'alגָּאַלto defile by staining: to soil something, most vividly with blood, until it is polluted or unfit for holy use
- ḥanephחָנֵףto defile, or to be defiled: to spoil a land by bloodshed and unfaithfulness until it can no longer hold God's presence, and to turn a person godless
pomegranate1 word
pond1 word
ponder5 words
- dialogizomaiδιαλογίζομαιto reason a matter through, weighing it up point by point, whether silently in one's own mind or out loud with others
- sumballōσυμβάλλωto ponder/confernot studied yet
- palasפָּלַסto bring something to true level, as a balance beam or a builder's level does: to grade a path smooth, or to weigh a thing out and size it up
- dienthumeomaiδιενθυμέομαιto pondernot studied yet
- azanאָזַןto pondernot studied yet
ponderous1 word
Pontius1 word
Pontus1 word
pool3 words
- berekhahבְּרֵכָהa pool: an open basin of standing water, in the Bible almost always built to gather and hold a town's or a garden's water supply.
- kolumbēthraκολυμβήθραpoolnot studied yet
- agamאֲגַםstanding water: a natural pool, pond, or reedy marsh where water collects and sits rather than flowing or springing up
pools1 word
- miqvehמִקְוֶהhope: the good outcome someone waits for, and most often the one who is being waited on
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- a body of water that has collected in one place: a sea, a pool, or a holding tank
- Kue: a horse-breeding region on the coast of what is now southern Turkey
- miqvehמִקְוֶהhope: the good outcome someone waits for, and most often the one who is being waited on
poor11 words
- ptōchosπτωχόςthe destitute poor: a person who has nothing and must depend on others to survive
- penēsπένηςpoornot studied yet
- aniעָנִיafflicted and lowly: a person bowed down by hardship, poverty, or oppression, and so dependent on God for help
- evyonאֶבְיוֹןdestitute: someone with nothing, so poor they depend on others or on God to survive
- dalדַּלlow, weak, of little account: a person or group reduced in body, standing, or means, and so easily pushed aside
poorest1 word
- dallahדַּלָּהthe poorest of a land: the lowest and least powerful layer of a population, and more broadly what is reduced and thin
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- hanging strands: the loose hair falling from a head, or the threads left dangling on a weaver's loom
- dallahדַּלָּהthe poorest of a land: the lowest and least powerful layer of a population, and more broadly what is reduced and thin
poplar1 word
Poratha1 word
porch4 words
- pulōnπυλώνgateway: a large gate structure, or the entrance-passage that runs through it
- ulamאוּלָםporch, vestibule: a roofed entrance hall built across the front of a large building
- elamאֵילָםthe porch of a gateway: the roofed entrance space at one end of a temple gate passage
- misderonמִסְדְּרוֹןporchnot studied yet
Porcius1 word
porcupine1 word
porphyry1 word
porpoise skins1 word
portent2 words
porter1 word
portico4 words
portion15 words
- naḥalahנַחֲלָהan allotted, inalienable share: the permanent portion (most often a piece of land) that is assigned to someone and stays bound to them and their family line
- merosμέροςa part of a whole: a piece, share, region, or side, as set against the entirety
- klērosκλῆροςthe share that falls to a person: the place, portion, or inheritance assigned to someone rather than earned or chosen
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- a lot: a small marked object thrown or drawn to settle a question, so that the outcome is nobody's choice
- ḥoqחֹקan allotted portion: a fixed share, ration, or due that is assigned to someone.
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- a statute: a binding rule that has been laid down and set in force, whether by God or by a human authority.
- a fixed limit: a boundary or bound that has been set and may not be crossed.
- metronμέτρονan allotted portion: the specific amount or share that God or Christ assigns to a person
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- a measure: the vessel or rod used to measure something, or the amount it holds
- a fixed quota that must be filled before judgment falls, as in filling up the measure of guilt
posses1 word
possess8 words
- yarashיָרַשׁto take possession of land or property, often by driving out whoever held it before
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- to be stripped of what you own and fall into poverty
- 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
- qanahקָנָהto come into possession of something: to buy it, or otherwise get and hold it as your own
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- to bring into being: to create, form, or father, used of God making the world and a person and of bringing a child to birth
- katechōκατέχωto have and hold as your own: to possess or occupy something, keeping settled title to it
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- to hold fast: to keep a firm, lasting grip on something you have received, so that you do not let it slip
- to hold back: to keep a person or force in check, confined, or held down, whether by restraining it or by being caught in its grip
- to make for shore: to steer a ship toward land and head in to the beach
- yarashיָרַשׁto take possession of land or property, often by driving out whoever held it before
possession13 words
- klēronomiaκληρονομίαan inheritance: property or a possession received as one's rightful share, whether a family estate handed down or the possession God grants by promise
- naḥalahנַחֲלָהan allotted, inalienable share: the permanent portion (most often a piece of land) that is assigned to someone and stays bound to them and their family line
- kataschesisκατάσχεσιςpossessionnot studied yet
- aḥuzzahאֲחֻזָּהa permanent holding: land (or property) held in lasting, heritable ownership
- ktēmaκτῆμαpossessionnot studied yet
possessions9 words
- huparchōὑπάρχωpossessions: the goods, property, or belongings that a person has
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- to be: to exist or be in a certain state, often with a sense that the condition is already settled or true by nature
- pareimiπάρειμιto be present: to be here or on hand right now, whether a person who has arrived or a thing that is available in the moment
- biosβίοςthe earthly life a person actually lives: its stretch of years, its course, and the way it is spent
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- the means of living: the property and resources a person has to live on
- miqnehמִקְנֶהlivestock: the herds and flocks a person owns, counted as movable wealth
- chrēmaχρῆμαmoney and property seen as usable resources: what a person has on hand to spend or hand over
- huparchōὑπάρχωpossessions: the goods, property, or belongings that a person has
possible1 word
- dunatosδυνατόςpossible: able to be done or to happen
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- able, powerful: having what it takes to bring something about
- dunatosδυνατόςpossible: able to be done or to happen
post2 words
- ayilאַיִלa projecting post or pillar framing a doorway or gateway
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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 great tree, an oak or terebinth
- omedעֹמֶדthe spot where a person stands: the place someone occupies, or the post someone has been given.
- ayilאַיִלa projecting post or pillar framing a doorway or gateway
posterity3 words
- dorדּוֹרa generation: the people alive together in one stretch of time, and by extension the span of time they fill.
- she'eritשְׁאֵרִיתwhat is left of a larger whole after the rest is gone: the survivors of a people, or the remainder of a thing
- aḥaritאַחֲרִיתthe after-part of something: its end, its final outcome, or the future it leads to
pot5 words
- sirסִירa pot: a large open vessel for cooking, temple service, or washing
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- a thorn or thornbush; also a thorn-shaped hook
- dudדּוּדa wide, round, open container: a pot boiled over a fire, or a basket carried by hand
- parurפָּרוּרpotnot studied yet
- qesetקֶסֶתpotnot studied yet
- tselaḥahצֵלָחָהpotnot studied yet
- sirסִירa pot: a large open vessel for cooking, temple service, or washing
Potiphar1 word
Potiphera1 word
potsherd2 words
potter3 words
potter's clay1 word
pouch2 words
- tserorצְרוֹרa small bag knotted shut, used to carry or store something valuable: silver, spices, anything worth keeping safe
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- a pebble: a small loose stone, small enough to stand for the last scrap of anything
- Zeror: a man named among the forefathers of King Saul
- yalqutיַלְקוּטpouchnot studied yet
- tserorצְרוֹרa small bag knotted shut, used to carry or store something valuable: silver, spices, anything worth keeping safe
pounce1 word
pound3 words
pounding1 word
pour12 words
- ballōβάλλωto send something to a place by throwing it or by setting it down: cast, throw, or put
- shaphakhשָׁפַךְto pour out: to make a liquid (or, by extension, earth) flow out of where it was held
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- to shed blood: to kill, to take a human life unlawfully
- yatsaqיָצַקto pour out a flowing substance, such as oil, water, or blood, onto or into something
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- to cast metal: to pour molten metal into a mold to form an object
- to set down firmly, or to be firm, hard, and immovable
- nasakhנָסַךְto pour out a liquid, above all as a drink offering poured out to a god; and, by the same picture, to pour molten metal into a mold to cast an image.
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- to install or set someone in an appointed place of authority, as God enthrones his chosen king.
- natakhנָתַךְto pour out and stream down; of divine anger, to be unleashed on a place; of ore, to melt down in a furnace
pour a libation1 word
pour forth1 word
pour on1 word
pour out6 words
- ekcheōἐκχέωto pour out: to empty something out of its container so it spills freely, whether liquid, contents, blood, or a gift given without stint
- shaphakhשָׁפַךְto pour out: to make a liquid (or, by extension, earth) flow out of where it was held
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- to shed blood: to kill, to take a human life unlawfully
- nasakhנָסַךְto pour out a liquid, above all as a drink offering poured out to a god; and, by the same picture, to pour molten metal into a mold to cast an image.
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- to install or set someone in an appointed place of authority, as God enthrones his chosen king.
- ruqרִיקto empty out: to make a container give up what it holds, whether by pouring out its liquid, tipping out its contents, or baring the weapon in its sheath.
- arahעָרָהto lay bare: strip off whatever covers something, or drain out whatever fills it, leaving it exposed or empty
poured out1 word
pouring1 word
poverty9 words
- oniעֳנִיaffliction: the hard, lowered condition of someone weighed down by suffering, oppression, or want
- ptōcheiaπτωχείαpovertynot studied yet
- husterēmaὑστέρημαa lack: something still missing from a required or expected whole, a shortfall waiting to be made up
- maḥsorמַחְסוֹרwhat a person lacks: a need waiting to be supplied, or the poverty that going short settles into
- reshרֵישׁpoverty: having no means to live on. It names the condition itself, not the person who is poor.
powder2 words
power20 words
- cheirχείρthe hand: the body part, and by extension the power, agency, and ownership that a hand stands for
- yadיָדthe hand: the part of the body that grasps and works, and by extension the power, the doing, and the reach that a hand stands for
- dunamisδύναμιςpower: the strength or ability to do something, especially God's effective power at work
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- a mighty work: a deed that openly displays power, a miracle
- a power: a being or cosmic force that possesses power, including the heavenly bodies and spiritual powers
- meaning: the force a sound or word carries, what it signifies
- ischusἰσχύςstrength a person or being simply has: might held in reserve, whether or not it is being used at the moment
- archēἀρχήruler or realm of authority: those who hold power, or the office and sphere they hold
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- beginning: the point in time where something starts
- origin: the source from which something comes, the one in whom it starts
- corner or end: the outermost edge of a physical object
powerful3 words
- dunatosδυνατόςable, powerful: having what it takes to bring something about
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- possible: able to be done or to happen
- atsumעָצוּםvast: so overwhelmingly great, in strength or in sheer numbers, that it cannot be resisted
- shallitשַׁלִּיטin authority: holding the power to decide, whether over a kingdom, in an office, or in a single action that is allowed.
- dunatosδυνατόςable, powerful: having what it takes to bring something about
powerless1 word
- adunatosἀδύνατοςpowerless: lacking the strength or ability to do something, said of a person
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- impossible: something that cannot be done or cannot happen
- adunatosἀδύνατοςpowerless: lacking the strength or ability to do something, said of a person
practice4 words
- prassōπράσσωto do, carry out, or practice something: to perform an action or keep up a pattern of conduct.
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- to exact, collect, or demand money owed: taxes, interest, or a debt.
- to fare, to be in a certain condition: how things stand or go for someone.
- ethosἔθοςan established practice: the way something is regularly and expectedly done, settled by long use rather than by fresh command
- hexisἕξιςhabit/practicenot studied yet
- sunētheiaσυνήθειαan established custom: an accepted, repeated way of doing things that a group takes for granted
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- being accustomed to something: the ingrained habit of a former way of life that still shapes a person
- prassōπράσσωto do, carry out, or practice something: to perform an action or keep up a pattern of conduct.
practice divination2 words
practice magic1 word
practice sorcery1 word
practices2 words
praetorium1 word
- praitōrionπραιτώριονthe Roman governor's official headquarters in a province: the building he lived and worked in, with its soldiers, its holding cells, and the seat where he tried cases.
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- the emperor's own guard: the elite body of soldiers stationed at imperial headquarters, spoken of as a group of men rather than a place.
- praitōrionπραιτώριονthe Roman governor's official headquarters in a province: the building he lived and worked in, with its soldiers, its holding cells, and the seat where he tried cases.
praise25 words
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
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- glorious ones: exalted heavenly beings named with the reverence due to their dignity
- eulogeōεὐλογέωto bless: to speak a good word over someone or something, whether praising God, calling down God's favor on a person, or actually granting that favor
- barakhבָּרַךְto bless: to invoke or hand on God's favor and life-giving power for someone, and (of people toward God) to honor him as its source
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- to kneel: to go down on the knees, as in reverence before God or to make an animal lie down
- doxazōδοξάζωto praise or honor someone, above all to give glory to God for what he has done
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- to clothe with splendor: to lift someone into a state of radiant honor and glory
- in John's Gospel, to reveal someone's true glory, the way the Father and Son honor each other and the cross becomes the moment of glory
- halalהָלַלto praise: to publicly celebrate someone, above all God, as worthy of acclaim
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- to boast: to glory in something, whether wrongly in oneself or rightly in God
- to be mad: to act senselessly, to rave, to make a fool of oneself
- to shine: to give off light
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
praise be to1 word
praise the lord1 word
praises1 word
- aretēἀρετήmoral excellence: the quality that makes a person or a thing genuinely admirable and worth commending.
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- praiseworthy greatness: the mighty acts and displayed splendor of God, the kind of thing his people are meant to announce out loud.
- aretēἀρετήmoral excellence: the quality that makes a person or a thing genuinely admirable and worth commending.
praiseworthy2 words
pray8 words
- proseuchomaiπροσεύχομαιto pray: to speak to God, making requests of him and committing oneself to him in trust
- euchomaiεὔχομαιto pray: to speak to God in earnest petition, often on someone else's behalf
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- to wish: to long for something the speaker knows lies beyond their power to bring about
- palalפָּלַלto pray: to lay a matter before God and ask him to act on it, for oneself or for someone else
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- to render a judgment: to step between two sides and settle a case, or to size up how a matter stands
- deomaiδέομαιto make an earnest request out of need: to ask, beg, or plead for something one lacks
- atarעָתַרto plead urgently with God, and (of God) to be moved by that pleading and grant it
prayer6 words
- proseuchēπροσευχήprayer: the whole act of addressing God, gathering petition, thanksgiving, intercession, and praise into one word
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- a place of prayer: a spot or building where people gathered to pray
- deēsisδέησιςa need-driven petition: an urgent request to God that rises from a specific lack, brought to the one who can supply it
- euchēεὐχήa vow/prayernot studied yet
- tephillahתְּפִלָּהprayer: the general word for an appeal spoken to God, asking him to listen and to act
- teḥinnahתְּחִנָּהa humble plea for favor: an earnest request that someone in power grant grace or mercy.
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- favor shown: the grace or mercy that someone grants.
- proseuchēπροσευχήprayer: the whole act of addressing God, gathering petition, thanksgiving, intercession, and praise into one word
prayer box1 word
preach6 words
- kērussōκηρύσσωto proclaim publicly like a herald: to announce a message openly and with authority, on behalf of the one who sent you
- euangelizomaiεὐαγγελίζομαιto announce good news; in the New Testament, above all to proclaim the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ
- basarבָּשַׂרto herald news, especially the kind of joyful news worth running to deliver: to announce, proclaim, bring glad tidings.
- dialegōδιαλέγωto talk something through with others: to reason, discuss, and argue a case back and forth
- katangellōκαταγγέλλωto proclaim openly in public: to announce a message, above all the gospel, so that it is made widely and formally known
preach boldly1 word
preach the gospel1 word
preacher2 words
preaching1 word
precede2 words
precept5 words
- entolēἐντολήan authoritative directive: a binding order from someone with the right to give it
- mitsvahמִצְוָהa binding charge laid down by someone with the right to require it, above all the covenant charge God gives his people
- piqqudפִּקּוּדan entrusted charge: a directive God has personally laid on his people as their assigned duty.
- tsavצַוa curt order: a short, clipped command laid on someone, one rule barked out after another
- entalmaἔνταλμαpreceptnot studied yet
precious6 words
- timēτιμήhonor: the public recognition of someone's worth, and the respect or esteem that worth is owed.
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- price: the amount at which something is valued, or the money it fetches.
- timiosτίμιοςof great worth: costly and highly valued when it is a thing, honored and esteemed when it is a person
- yaqarיָקָרprecious: worth a great deal, and so costly, rare, or highly prized.
- ḥemdahחֶמְדָּהdesire, and the precious or delightful thing that desire fixes on
- yaqarיָקַרto be worth a great deal: to count as valuable, whether treasured by someone who will not give it up or expensive because the price is high
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- to make something scarce: to thin it out, or to hold it back so that it comes only rarely
- timēτιμήhonor: the public recognition of someone's worth, and the respect or esteem that worth is owed.
precious stone2 words
- lithosλίθοςa stone: a discrete piece of rock, from one small enough to throw to a shaped building block or a cut gem, as opposed to solid bedrock
- evenאֶבֶןa precious stone: a gem valued for its beauty and worth
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- a stone: a piece of rock a person can gather, shape, carry, throw, or build with
- a stone used as a standard of measure: the weight in a merchant's bag or on a builder's line
- stone as an image of what is hard, heavy, lifeless, or dirt cheap
precious thing1 word
precious things4 words
- ḥamadחָמַדto find something desirable and want it, a wanting that can run all the way from quiet delight to a craving that reaches out to take
- yeqarיְקָרpreciousness: the worth of what is rare and costly, and the honor or splendor that such worth confers.
- maḥmadמַחְמָדa treasure: what or whom someone holds dear, valued for the longing it draws rather than for any price it would fetch
- megedמֶגֶדthe choicest yield: the best of what the sky, the soil, or a season brings forth
preciousness1 word
precipice1 word
predestine1 word