English Bible words starting with P
723 meanings beginning with P, in alphabetical order. This is page 7 of 8. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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propitiate1 word
propitiation2 words
- hilastēriosἱλαστήριοςthe place where atonement is made: the gold cover over the ark where sacrificial blood was applied, and so the means by which sin is dealt with and fellowship with God restored
- hilasmosἱλασμόςatoning sacrifice: the God-provided means by which sin is dealt with and the judgment it deserves is turned aside
propitiatory1 word
propitious1 word
proportion2 words
propriety1 word
proselyte1 word
prospect1 word
prosper5 words
- tsaleḥצָלֵחַto succeed, prosper, turn out well: to reach a good and fitting completion, especially because God brings it about
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- to rush forward and break through: to surge ahead with sudden, irresistible force, cutting a way through whatever stands in front
- sakhalשָׂכַלto have good sense: to grasp a matter clearly and act on it skillfully, so that things turn out well
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- to lay crosswise: to set one's hands across each other
- dashenדָּשֵׁןto be or grow fat, or to make fat: to flourish with rich, God-given abundance, or to enrich, satisfy, and honor another with it.
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- to clear away the fat-ashes: to remove from the altar the greasy ash left when the fat of the sacrifices has burned.
- shalahשָׁלָהto be undisturbed: to have trouble stay away from you, and so to live quietly and do well
- tselaḥצְלַחto prospernot studied yet
- tsaleḥצָלֵחַto succeed, prosper, turn out well: to reach a good and fitting completion, especially because God brings it about
prosperity7 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
- shalomשָׁלוֹםwholeness: a person, community, or situation that is sound and intact and lacks nothing it needs to flourish
- tuvטוּבa store of good things: actual goods and produce, prosperity and well-being, fine quality, or, above all, God's own generous goodness
- shalvahשַׁלְוָהundisturbed quiet: the calm of being safe and comfortable with nothing pressing in, a calm Scripture can either bless or condemn
- euporiaεὐπορίαprosperitynot studied yet
prosperous1 word
prostatrate1 word
prostitute3 words
- zanahזָנָהto be sexually unfaithful: to have sex outside marriage or to be a prostitute, and by extension to betray God the way an unfaithful wife betrays her husband
- pornēπόρνηa prostitute: a woman who is paid for sex, treated in the New Testament as a specific, recognizable figure rather than a loose label for any immoral woman.
- qedeshahקְדֵשָׁהa consecrated woman: a woman set apart for the service of a god at a shrine, a title the Bible also uses of a woman taken for a prostitute
prostitution1 word
prostrate1 word
prostrate oneself2 words
protect5 words
- phulassōφυλάσσωto keep watch: to guard something so it comes to no harm, and by extension to keep a command or keep oneself out of harm's way
- diaphulassōδιαφυλάσσωto protectnot studied yet
- gananגָּנַןto shield: to spread protection over a place or people so that an attack never reaches them, something the Bible says only of God
- pasaḥפָּסַחto protect and spare from harm by standing guard over someone, so that a deadly threat cannot reach them.
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- to limp, to move with an uneven, halting gait.
- phroureōφρουρέωto stand guard over someone or something the way a sentry or garrison does, whether to hold them in or to keep danger out
protection2 words
- tselצֵלthe dark, cooler shape thrown when something blocks the light: a shadow or patch of shade, and by extension the protection or the fleeting quality that a shadow stands for
- ma'ozמָעוֹזa place or source of safety and strength: a fortress to shelter behind, or the protection a person leans on for security
proud10 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
- huperēphanosὑπερήφανοςarrogant: the person who inwardly sets himself above other people, and above God, and so looks down on them
- gavo'ahגָּבֹהַּhigh: rising far above the surrounding level, whether in literal height or in standing, and by extension lifted up in pride
- gavahגָּבַהּto be high: to rise up or be lifted to a great height, whether in physical elevation, in honor, or (most often) in pride
- raḥavרָחָבbroad, wide: reaching far across a space, and by extension stretching beyond ordinary limits
- hupsēlosὑψηλόςhigh: standing up well above whatever surrounds it, as a mountain, a wall, or the height where God is enthroned
proud things1 word
proudly1 word
- zudזִידto act presumptuously: to knowingly step past a limit God or lawful authority has set, and to do it with contempt
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- to boil: to cook something in a pot over heat
- zudזִידto act presumptuously: to knowingly step past a limit God or lawful authority has set, and to do it with contempt
prove8 words
- paristēmiπαρίστημιto place someone or something at another's disposal: to present, offer, or provide
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- to stand beside: to be present, stand near, or come to another's side
- dokimazōδοκιμάζωto put something to the test to find out whether it is genuine, and so to prove and approve it
- sunistēmi, sunistaōσυνίστημι, συνιστάωto set a person or a claim forward so that it stands established: to commend someone, or to prove something true
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- to stand joined together as one coherent whole: to hold together, cohere, or stand alongside
- nasahנָסָהto put to the test: to set up a trial that brings out what a person, a thing, or even God will actually do
- baḥanבָּחַןto examine something closely to find out whether it is genuine, the way an assayer tests metal
- paristēmiπαρίστημιto place someone or something at another's disposal: to present, offer, or provide
prove false1 word
proverb3 words
- parabolēπαραβολήa comparison: a saying or story that teaches by setting one thing beside another, from a one-line proverb to a full narrative
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- a symbol or foreshadowing: something visible that stands for and points ahead to a deeper reality
- mashalמָשָׁלa saying that teaches by comparison: a proverb, parable, taunt, or oracle that holds one thing up against another to make its point
- paroimiaπαροιμίαproverbnot studied yet
- parabolēπαραβολήa comparison: a saying or story that teaches by setting one thing beside another, from a one-line proverb to a full narrative
provide7 words
- 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.
- paristēmiπαρίστημιto place someone or something at another's disposal: to present, offer, or provide
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- to stand beside: to be present, stand near, or come to another's side
- ktaomaiκτάομαιto get something for yourself: to come into possession of it, whether by paying, by earning, or by holding out
- kulכּוּלto provide for and keep someone alive: to supply food and support so a person or people can survive.
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- to contain or hold a quantity: to have room enough to keep something inside.
- to bear up under something overwhelming: to be able to endure or withstand it.
- to measure out a quantity: to gauge how much something amounts to.
- yahavיָהַבgive: hand something over, grant it, or credit it to someone, always as a command or urgent request
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- come now!: a call urging others (or oneself) to get on with an action, often "come, let us..."
provide for1 word
province3 words
- medinahמְדִינָהprovince: an administrative region of an empire, governed for a distant king
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- district: a region or jurisdiction within a single kingdom, not an imperial province
- medinahמְדִינָהprovince: one of the administrative regions of a great empire, governed on a distant king's behalf
- eparchiaἐπαρχίαprovincenot studied yet
- medinahמְדִינָהprovince: an administrative region of an empire, governed for a distant king
provision3 words
- okhelאֹכֶלfood: anything eaten, especially as a supply or provision
- tsudצוּדto take provisions: to stock oneself with food and supplies for a journey
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- to hunt: to chase down and catch prey, whether a wild animal or a person pursued like game
- tsedahצֵידָהprovisions: the food people gather up and take with them when they leave home.
provisions3 words
- tsayidצַיִדprovisions: food stored or carried as supply, especially for a journey
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- hunting, and the wild game it yields: the chase itself and the meat a hunter brings home
- tsedahצֵידָהprovisions: the food people gather up and take with them when they leave home.
- sheverשֶׁבֶרgrain as something bought and sold: the food a household pays for when its own harvest has failed
- tsayidצַיִדprovisions: food stored or carried as supply, especially for a journey
provocation3 words
- ka'asכַּעַסanger and its provocation: hot displeasure in a person or in God, and the offense that kindles God's anger
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- inner distress: the grief, sorrow, or frustration of a spirit worn down by trouble
- parorgismosπαροργισμόςthe lingering state of provoked anger: the exasperated, irritated mood that stays after something has stirred you up
- merivahמְרִיבָהprovocationnot studied yet
- ka'asכַּעַסanger and its provocation: hot displeasure in a person or in God, and the offense that kindles God's anger
provoke9 words
- paroxunōπαροξύνωto be provoked: stirred, stung to a sharp feeling of anger or indignation
- ka'asכָּעַסto provoke someone to anger; to goad another into fury, most often God
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- to be angry, or to be grieved and vexed; the inward state of a stirred-up spirit
- marahמָרָהto rebel: to defiantly refuse to obey a rightful authority, above all God himself.
- na'atsנָאַץto spurn: to reject a person or thing with open contempt, treating as worthless what deserves honor
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- to blossom: (of the almond tree) to break into bloom
- mararמָרַרto be bitter, or to make bitter: the sharp taste of gall stretched to cover grief, hardship, and fierce anger
provoke to wrath1 word
provoked1 word
prudence1 word
prudent3 words
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- phronimosφρόνιμοςprudent: having the practical good sense to size up a situation and act wisely in it
- arumעָרוּםshrewd: the calculating, anticipatory intelligence that reads a situation and plans ahead, for good or for ill
prune2 words
pruner1 word
psalm2 words
psalms1 word
psaltery2 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
- pesanterinפְּסַנְטֵרִיןpsalterynot studied yet
- nevelנֵבֶלa large jar or skin for storing liquids, especially a wine container
Ptolemais1 word
Puah2 words
public1 word
public appearance1 word
publican1 word
publish2 words
publish abroad1 word
Publius1 word
Pudens1 word
puffed up1 word
Pul1 word
pull2 words
- 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.
- nasaḥנָסַחto pullnot studied yet
- helkuō, helkōἕλκωto pull something or someone along by force: a sword drawn out, a net hauled in, a person dragged off.
pull away1 word
pull down2 words
pull out1 word
pull up3 words
pulled up1 word
pulse1 word
pulverize1 word
punish10 words
- paqadפָּקַדto turn one's attention to someone and act on it: to step in, whether to help or to harm.
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- to count people one by one for a purpose: to take a census, or to call up and review fighting men.
- to put someone in charge: to appoint a person over people or things and entrust the responsibility to them.
- to entrust something to someone's keeping: to hand over goods, money, or a charge for safekeeping.
- shaphatשָׁפַטto judge: to exercise rightful authority over a person or dispute and set it right, whether by deciding a case, ruling a people, defending the wronged, or punishing the guilty
- paideuōπαιδεύωto form a person through training, whether by teaching, by corrective discipline, or by punishment
- ekdikeōἐκδικέωto see justice done: to carry out what a wrong requires, whether by securing the wronged party's rights or by exacting the penalty from the wrongdoer
- yasarיָסַרto discipline: to correct and train someone for their good, by words or by hardship or by blows
- paqadפָּקַדto turn one's attention to someone and act on it: to step in, whether to help or to harm.
punishment8 words
- ḥattatחַטָּאתpunishment for sin: the penalty or guilt a wrong brings down on the one who commits it
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- sin: an act or pattern of falling short of what God requires, and the guilt it leaves
- the offering for sin: the animal or rite that purges impurity and clears guilt at the sanctuary
- avonעָוֺןiniquity: sin pictured as a crooked thing that clings to the person who did it, carrying within it the deed, the guilt it creates, and the ruin it brings
- ekdikēsisἐκδίκησιςjustice carried out on a wrong: the redress the wronged party is granted and the penalty the wrongdoer is dealt, as two sides of one act
- ḥetחֵטְאsin: a wrong that fails a rightful standard, along with the guilt it creates and the penalty it earns
- pequddahפְּקֻדָּהa visitation: God's decisive coming to deal with a person or people, most often to punish and sometimes to help
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- oversight: a charge or office entrusted to someone, with responsibility to answer for it
- a mustering: the counting of people and the numbered company it produces
- a store: goods laid up or set in reserve
- ḥattatחַטָּאתpunishment for sin: the penalty or guilt a wrong brings down on the one who commits it
punishments1 word
Punon1 word
pupil3 words
- mathētēsμαθητήςa person attached to a particular teacher as follower and learner, whose way of life is shaped by that teacher
- ishonאִישׁוֹןthe pupil of the eye: the dark opening at its center, named as the one spot a person shields without thinking
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- the black heart of the night: the deepest, darkest point inside a stretch of darkness
- talmidתַּלְמִידpupilnot studied yet
puppies1 word
Purah1 word
purchase3 words
- ktaomaiκτάομαιto get something for yourself: to come into possession of it, whether by paying, by earning, or by holding out
- agorazōἀγοράζωto redeem: to purchase people out of bondage and make them one's own, at the cost of Christ's blood
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- to buy: to acquire something by paying for it in the marketplace
- miqnahמִקְנָהa purchase: what is gained by paying money for it, whether the buying itself, the price handed over, or the property so acquired.
pure12 words
- katharosκαθαρόςclean or pure: free of anything that stains, defiles, or disqualifies, from literal dirt to inner corruption
- tahorטָהוֹרclean: free of whatever would defile it, so that it may be used, approached, or trusted
- hagnosἁγνόςpure and undefiled: morally clean and free from anything that would disqualify a person from coming before God, often with an overtone of chastity or sincerity
- zakhזַךְpure in the sense of unmixed: containing nothing foreign, spoiling, or blameworthy
- amiantosἀμίαντοςpurenot studied yet
pure gold2 words
purely1 word
pureness1 word
purge3 words
- kipherכִּפֶּרto make atonement: to set right the damage that sin or impurity has done, by a ritual, a payment, or an equivalent life, so that the offender and the holy place are cleared and God's anger turned away.
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- to coat with pitch, to smear something over with tar to make it watertight.
- ba'arבָּעַרto burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
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- to be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
- bararבָּרַרto sift out the good from the bad, leaving what is pure, clean, or choice
- kipherכִּפֶּרto make atonement: to set right the damage that sin or impurity has done, by a ritual, a payment, or an equivalent life, so that the offender and the holy place are cleared and God's anger turned away.
purification4 words
- katharismosκαθαρισμόςpurification: the act, or the required rite, that removes what makes a person or thing unfit and restores them to acceptable standing before God
- tohorahטׇהֳרָהpurification: the process that restores someone to the clean standing worship requires, and the cleanness that process secures
- hagnismosἁγνισμόςpurificationnot studied yet
- toharטֹהַרpurity: being in the clear before God, named as a condition a person is in, together with the counted days that condition covers
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- brightness: the clear, shining look of something with nothing clouding it
purification offering1 word
- ḥattatחַטָּאתsin: an act or pattern of falling short of what God requires, and the guilt it leaves
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- the offering for sin: the animal or rite that purges impurity and clears guilt at the sanctuary
- punishment for sin: the penalty or guilt a wrong brings down on the one who commits it
- ḥattatחַטָּאתsin: an act or pattern of falling short of what God requires, and the guilt it leaves
purified2 words
purify6 words
- ḥataחָטָאto purify, to cleanse from contamination
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- to sin, to do wrong: to fall short of what God or a relationship requires, incurring guilt
- katharizōκαθαρίζωto make clean: to remove what defiles a body, an object, or a person
- taherטָהֵרto be clean or pure, to become clean, or to make something clean; used of ritual fitness, of literal cleanness, and of being freed from sin.
- hagnizōἁγνίζωto purify: to wash away what defiles a person, so that nothing stands in the way of coming near to God
- tsaraphצָרַףto refine metal by fire: to melt down silver or gold and burn out its impurities, and by extension to test and prove something until only what is pure remains
- ḥataחָטָאto purify, to cleanse from contamination
purifying3 words
- katharismosκαθαρισμόςpurification: the act, or the required rite, that removes what makes a person or thing unfit and restores them to acceptable standing before God
- tohorahטׇהֳרָהpurification: the process that restores someone to the clean standing worship requires, and the cleanness that process secures
- toharטֹהַרpurity: being in the clear before God, named as a condition a person is in, together with the counted days that condition covers
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- brightness: the clear, shining look of something with nothing clouding it
purim1 word
- purפּוּרPurim: the yearly Jewish festival named after that lot, kept in memory of the rescue that followed
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- a lot: the small object thrown to let chance settle a decision, named here with a foreign word the storyteller has to explain
- purפּוּרPurim: the yearly Jewish festival named after that lot, kept in memory of the rescue that followed
purity4 words
- tohorahטׇהֳרָהpurification: the process that restores someone to the clean standing worship requires, and the cleanness that process secures
- hagneiaἁγνείαpuritynot studied yet
- toharטֹהַרpurity: being in the clear before God, named as a condition a person is in, together with the counted days that condition covers
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- brightness: the clear, shining look of something with nothing clouding it
- hagnotēsἁγνότηςpuritynot studied yet
purple5 words
- porphuraπορφύραpurple: the costly red-violet cloth dyed from sea snails, and the clothing made from it, worn as a mark of royal rank or great wealth
- argamanאַרְגָּמָןa costly reddish-purple dye taken from sea snails, and the wool or cloth colored with it
- porphureosπορφύρεοςpurplenot studied yet
- argevanאַרְגְּוָןpurplenot studied yet
- argevanאַרְגְּוָןpurplenot studied yet
purple cloth1 word
purple robe1 word
purpose12 words
- boulēβουλήa settled purpose reached by deliberation: a considered plan, counsel, or decision, whether God's or a person's
- ya'atsיָעַץto work out a course of action by counsel: to advise, to consult together, or to settle on a plan
- 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
- gnōmēγνώμηa made-up mind: the settled judgment someone has reached about a matter, and so what they advise, resolve, or agree to
- ḥephetsחֵפֶץpurpose: a settled intention that one carries out, especially God's sovereign will
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- delight: the glad pleasure a person takes in someone or something
- desire: what a person wants, wishes for, or values
- matter: an affair, business, or thing one is occupied with
purposed1 word
- 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
- protithēmiπροτίθημιto decide on something in advance and hold to it; to purpose, plan, or intend
purse5 words
- zōnēζώνηa belt or sash worn around the body: the band that gathered a long robe in at the waist, and the place a traveler kept his coins
- 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
- ballantionβαλλάντιονpursenot studied yet
- kisכִּיסpursenot studied yet
- ḥaritחָרִיטpursenot studied yet
pursue4 words
- diōkōδιώκωto pursue: to chase hard after someone or something, whether to harm them, to overtake them, or to reach a goal
- radaphרָדַףto chase after someone who is fleeing, especially a beaten enemy in war
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- to hound, harass, or persecute a person who has done you no wrong
- to go hard after something you want, whether a worthy goal or a worthless one
- dalaqדָּלַקto blaze: to kindle a fire and let it burn hotly, and by the same picture to chase someone with burning fury
- taradטָרַדto pursuenot studied yet
pursuing1 word
pursuit2 words
push4 words
- hadaphהָדַףto push someone or something away by force, shoving it out of the place it held
- nagaḥנָגַחto strike and drive with the horns: to gore an animal or a person, and so to charge an opponent and force them back
- daḥahדָּחָהto shove hard: to push a person or thing over so that it goes down
- yaratיָרַטto pushnot studied yet
push against1 word
push aside1 word
put9 words
- didōmiδίδωμιto give: to transfer something from one person to another, whether an object, a gift, a right, or a charge.
- natanנָתַןto give: to hand something over so it passes from one person or place to another, whether as a gift, into a position, or into someone's power
- tithēmiτίθημιto put something somewhere on purpose: to set, lay, or place it where the actor decides it should be
- sumשׂוּםto put something in a position: to set it down somewhere, turn it into something, assign it to a role, or fix it in place so it stays
- epitithēmiἐπιτίθημιto put or set one thing on top of another, whether a hand, an object, a burden, or a blow
put an end to1 word
put aside1 word
- apotithēmiἀποτίθημιto take off and lay aside a garment: to remove what you are wearing and set it down
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- to put someone in custody: to place a person under guard, in prison
- to rid oneself of something: to strip off a vice, a sin, or a former way of life the way you strip off dirty clothes
- apotithēmiἀποτίθημιto take off and lay aside a garment: to remove what you are wearing and set it down
put away6 words
- shalaḥשָׁלַחto send: to make a person or thing go out from you toward a destination, a target, or freedom
- ba'arבָּעַרto burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
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- to be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
- shavatשָׁבַתto stop: to leave off an activity, or to come to an end
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- to put a stop to: to remove, abolish, or do away with something
- raḥaqרָחַקto be far away, to stay at a distance
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- to remove something far away, to put or keep it at a distance
- garashגָּרַשׁto drive out by force: to expel a person or group from a place they would otherwise stay
put back1 word
put down1 word
put forth4 words
- apostellōἀποστέλλωto send someone or something off with a commission, on behalf of and under the authority of the one who sends.
- ekteinōἐκτείνωto stretch out: to extend a hand or object outward so that it reaches
- proballōπροβάλλωto put forthnot studied yet
- ḥanatחָנַטto treat a dead body with spices and fragrant resins so that it will not decay: to embalm
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- of a fig tree: to bring out its first small figs and start them ripening
put forward1 word
- protithēmiπροτίθημιto decide on something in advance and hold to it; to purpose, plan, or intend
+1 more meaning
- to place something out in open view; to set forth or display publicly
- protithēmiπροτίθημιto decide on something in advance and hold to it; to purpose, plan, or intend
put in at1 word