English Bible words starting with R
546 meanings beginning with R, in alphabetical order. This is page 1 of 6. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Raamah1 word
Raamiah1 word
Rab-mag1 word
Rab-saris1 word
Rabbah1 word
rabbi2 words
Rabbith1 word
rabble1 word
Rabboni1 word
Rabshakeh1 word
Racal1 word
race4 words
- genosγένοςa group that belongs together by common origin: offspring, a people, or a kind of thing
- agōnἀγώνa strenuous struggle: a hard, sustained contest against opposition, often carried on in public and pictured as an athletic match run toward a prize.
- stadiosστάδιοςa stade: the standard Greek unit of long distance, six hundred Greek feet, so roughly two hundred yards or an eighth of a Roman mile.
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- the running track: the straight, marked course where a Greek city held its footraces.
- merotsמֵרוֹץracenot studied yet
racecourse1 word
Rachel2 words
Raddai1 word
radiance2 words
raft2 words
rafter3 words
rafters1 word
rag2 words
rage9 words
- thumosθυμόςa hot, boiling burst of anger: rage that seethes up and spills over, whether in a person, a hostile power, or God's final judgment
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- intoxicating passion: the maddening, inflaming craving by which Babylon seduces the nations
- ḥemahחֵמָהburning anger: hot, intense wrath that boils up and demands an outlet
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- venom or scorching heat: the burning poison of a snake, or the inflaming heat of strong drink
- evrahעֶבְרָהoverflowing fury: anger that swells past its limits and pours out, and by extension pride swollen to the same excess
- sa'arשָׂעַרto storm: to rage as a windstorm does, or to seize someone and whirl them away
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- to shudder with horror: to bristle and recoil at the sight of something terrible
- sa'arסָעַרto storm: to rage the way wind and sea do, and to seize, drive, or batter whatever the storm catches.
- thumosθυμόςa hot, boiling burst of anger: rage that seethes up and spills over, whether in a person, a hostile power, or God's final judgment
raged1 word
raging1 word
raging flame1 word
rags1 word
Rahab4 words
Rahab monster1 word
Raham1 word
raid1 word
raiders1 word
raiment9 words
- himationἱμάτιονa garment: a piece of clothing, especially the loose outer robe worn over the tunic
- begedבֶּגֶדa piece of clothing: any woven covering worn on the body, from an everyday robe to priestly vestments
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- treachery: faithless, deceitful dealing that breaks trust
- levushלְבוּשׁclothing: an article of clothing worn on the body, or a covering pictured as one
- simlahשִׂמְלָהa garment, especially the ordinary outer wrap worn over the tunic; by extension, clothing in general
- endumaἔνδυμαclothing: what a person puts on, whether garments in general or one particular garment
rain11 words
- huetosὑετόςrainnot studied yet
- matarמָטַרrain: water falling from the sky, the general Hebrew word for rainfall of any kind
- geshemגֶּשֶׁםrain: water falling from the sky, from a passing shower to a drenching storm
- brechōβρέχωto rain, or to make something wet with liquid falling on it
- matarמָטַרto cause to rain: to send rain, or make fire, hail, or food fall from the sky, with God as the one who does it
rain down2 words
rainbow2 words
- qeshetקֶשֶׁתthe rainbow: the arc of color God set in the clouds as the sign of his covenant
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- a bow: the handheld weapon that shoots arrows, used in war and hunting
- the bow as a picture of fighting strength, the power that war is won or lost by
- arrow: in the phrase "son of the bow," a poetic name for the bow's missile
- irisἶριςrainbownot studied yet
- qeshetקֶשֶׁתthe rainbow: the arc of color God set in the clouds as the sign of his covenant
rainstorm2 words
rainy season1 word
raise7 words
- anistēmiἀνίστημιto rise from the dead, or to raise someone from the dead: to come back to bodily life, or to bring the dead back to life
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- to get up: to come up from a sitting, lying, or kneeling position, and by extension to set out or to step forward to act
- egeirōἐγείρωto bring someone or something onto the scene, to raise up or cause to appear
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- to wake someone up, or to get up oneself, from sleep
- to get up, or to lift someone up onto their feet
- to raise the dead, or to be raised back to life
- rumרוּםto be high or rise up, and to lift, raise, or exalt someone or something to a higher place or status
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- to breed worms and go foul, of food that has rotted
- epairōἐπαίρωto lift up or raise: to move the eyes, head, hands, voice, or an object upward
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- to exalt oneself: to rise up in pride or opposition
- exegeirōἐξεγείρωto raisenot studied yet
- anistēmiἀνίστημιto rise from the dead, or to raise someone from the dead: to come back to bodily life, or to bring the dead back to life
raise children1 word
raise up4 words
- qumקוּםto rise up, stand, and stay standing, and to raise up or make something stand, the whole arc from getting to one's feet to bringing a covenant or kingdom into lasting force
- urעוּרto wake or rouse: to bring something from rest, sleep, or stillness into alertness and action, or to come awake oneself
- exanistēmiἐξανίστημιto raise upnot studied yet
- qumקוּםto stand or rise, and to make something stand: to get to one's feet or come on the scene, and to set up, appoint, or firmly establish
raise up with1 word
raisin bun2 words
raisin cakes1 word
raisins1 word
Rakkath1 word
Rakkon1 word
ram5 words
- ayilאַיִלa ram: an adult male sheep, especially one offered in sacrifice
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- a chief or mighty man: a powerful leader of a people
- a projecting post or pillar framing a doorway or gateway
- a great tree, an oak or terebinth
- karכַּרa young ram or fattened male lamb, prized as choice livestock for food, sacrifice, or tribute
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- a pasture or grassy meadow where flocks graze
- a camel's saddle, or the cushioned basket-seat mounted on it
- a battering ram: a heavy siege engine used to break through a city wall or gate
- AramἈράμRamnot studied yet
- ramרָםRamnot studied yet
- dekharדְּכַרramnot studied yet
- ayilאַיִלa ram: an adult male sheep, especially one offered in sacrifice
ram's horn1 word
- yovelיוֹבֵלa ram, or the ram's-horn trumpet made from its horn and used to sound a long, carrying blast
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- the Jubilee: the fiftieth year, proclaimed by the ram's-horn blast, in which land returned to its families and slaves went free
- yovelיוֹבֵלa ram, or the ram's-horn trumpet made from its horn and used to sound a long, carrying blast
Ramah2 words
Ramath-lehi1 word
Ramath-mizpeh1 word
Ramathaim-zophim1 word
Rameses1 word
Ramiah1 word
Ramoth3 words
ramothgilead1 word
rampart3 words
- matsorמָצוֹרan enclosing barrier around a city: the siege that shuts it in, or the fortification that walls it off for defense.
- metsurahמְצוּרָהfortifications: the walls, ramparts, and earthworks that make a town defensible, and the matching works an army raises around a city it is shutting in
- ḥelחֵלa rampart: the low outer defense ringing a fortified city, set in front of its main wall
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- a company of people: the body of Israelite exiles promised a return in Obadiah
ran about1 word
ran throughout1 word
range2 words
- shutשׁוּטto move back and forth over an area until the whole of it has been covered: to range about, go through, roam
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- to row: to drive a boat forward with oars
- meḥqarמֶחְקָרrangenot studied yet
- shutשׁוּטto move back and forth over an area until the whole of it has been covered: to range about, go through, roam
rank5 words
- taxisτάξιςgood order: things done in their proper arrangement and sequence rather than in confusion
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- an assigned turn of service: one's appointed place in a fixed rotation of duty
- a kind or character: the particular sort of thing something is; in Hebrews, the distinct type of priesthood Christ shares with Melchizedek
- turטוּרa row: a line of matching things set side by side in a fixed, repeating order
- ma'arakhahמַעֲרָכָהan ordered rank or row of things set in place, above all an army drawn up in battle line
- sederahשְׂדֵרָהranknot studied yet
- torתּוֹרa place in an order or sequence, whether a person's rank or a line of succession
- taxisτάξιςgood order: things done in their proper arrangement and sequence rather than in confusion
ranks2 words
ransack1 word
- ḥaphasחָפַשׂto search out: to look through a place, a person, or a matter thoroughly in order to bring to light what is hidden
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- to disguise oneself: to change one's appearance so as not to be recognized
- ḥaphasחָפַשׂto search out: to look through a place, a person, or a matter thoroughly in order to bring to light what is hidden
ransom8 words
- lutroōλυτρόωto ransomnot studied yet
- 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.
- padahפָּדָהto ransom: to free a person or thing held by another by handing over a substitute in its place
- shaḥadשֹׁחַדa payment or gift handed to someone to sway a decision or win their favor
- lutronλύτρονransomnot studied yet
ransomed1 word
rapacious1 word
Raphah1 word
Raphu1 word
rare2 words
- yaqarיָקָרprecious: worth a great deal, and so costly, rare, or highly prized.
- yaqarיָקַרto make something scarce: to thin it out, or to hold it back so that it comes only rarely
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- to 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
rash2 words
- maharמָהַרto hurry: to act quickly, without delay, or to be quick and rash by nature.
- lu'aלוּעַto swallow, to gulp something all the way down the throat
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- to talk wildly: to let words out faster than thought can weigh them
rash word1 word
rather3 words
- allaἀλλάa strong contrasting word that does not merely set two things side by side but cancels the first and puts the second in its place: but, rather, on the contrary
- mallonμᾶλλονrather: in preference to something else, instead of it, or as the better choice
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- more: to a greater degree, more intensely, or in greater measure than before or than something else
- menoungeμενοῦνγεrathernot studied yet
ration1 word
rational1 word
rations1 word
rattle1 word
ravage2 words
rave3 words
- halalהָלַלto be mad: to act senselessly, to rave, to make a fool of oneself
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- to praise: to publicly celebrate someone, above all God, as worthy of acclaim
- to boast: to glory in something, whether wrongly in oneself or rightly in God
- to shine: to give off light
- navaנָבָאto prophesy: to act as a prophet, speaking out a message presented as God's word (whether the speaker truly received it or not)
- mainomaiμαίνομαιto ravenot studied yet
- halalהָלַלto be mad: to act senselessly, to rave, to make a fool of oneself
raven2 words
ravenous bird1 word
ravin1 word
- taraphטָרַףto tear apart and kill, the way a lion or wolf seizes prey and rips it to pieces
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- to provide someone with food, giving them the portion they need to eat
- taraphטָרַףto tear apart and kill, the way a lion or wolf seizes prey and rips it to pieces
ravine2 words
ravish2 words
- anahעָנָהto bring someone low: to afflict, humble, or oppress, by force or by hardship; and being brought low oneself.
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- to be occupied or busied with something: to be kept busy at a task.
- lavavלָבַבto act on the heart: to seize hold of someone's inner self, or to gain such an inner self where there was none
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- to make heart cakes: to prepare by hand the small dish of dough, named after the word for heart, that was fed to a man on his sickbed
- anahעָנָהto bring someone low: to afflict, humble, or oppress, by force or by hardship; and being brought low oneself.
ravished1 word
raw1 word
raw flesh1 word
- miḥyahמִחְיָהwhat keeps a life going: the rescue, the food, or the returning strength that lets someone survive.
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- the patch of living flesh showing inside a skin sore or a burn.
- miḥyahמִחְיָהwhat keeps a life going: the rescue, the food, or the returning strength that lets someone survive.
ray2 words
rays1 word
raze1 word
razor2 words
- ta'arתַּעַרa razor: the small keen blade held in the hand to shave hair, or to cut and trim.
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- a sheath: the case a sword rests in and is drawn out of.
- morahמוֹרָהrazornot studied yet
- ta'arתַּעַרa razor: the small keen blade held in the hand to shave hair, or to cut and trim.
reach8 words
- nagaנָגַעto make contact: for one thing to reach another and touch it, whether lightly, harmfully, or all the way to a place or time
- nasagנָשַׂגto overtake or reach something that was ahead of or beyond you: to close the gap and arrive at it
- pagaפָּגַעof a border or boundary: to reach, touch, or run up to a place
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- to meet or come upon someone or something, whether by chance or on purpose
- to fall upon someone: to attack, strike down, or kill
- to approach someone with a request: to entreat, urge, plead, or intercede
- phthanōφθάνωto get all the way there: to reach a place, a person, or a goal, arriving rather than merely drawing close.
- katantaōκαταντάωto arrive at an endpoint: to reach a place, or to reach a goal or condition one has been moving toward
reach out1 word
reach out to1 word
read3 words
readily1 word
readiness1 word
reading2 words
- miqraמִקְרָאa reading: the public reading aloud of a sacred text
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- a sacred convocation: an appointed day on which God summons his people to gather and rest, especially a festival
- anagnōsisἀνάγνωσιςreadingnot studied yet
- miqraמִקְרָאa reading: the public reading aloud of a sacred text
ready4 words
Reaiah1 word
real2 words
reality3 words
- sōmaσῶμαthe solid reality that casts a shadow: the thing itself, as against a mere outline of it.
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- the body: a living creature's whole physical self, a frame of many parts working as one, and by extension the person or the community that frame stands for.
- slaves: human beings counted and traded as property.
- pragmaπρᾶγμαa matter or affair: a concrete thing that is done or has to be dealt with, whether a deed, an unspecified affair, a legal case, or the reality behind an appearance
- hupostasisὑπόστασιςthe real being or substance of something: what it actually is beneath how it appears
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- a firm, settled confidence: assurance held onto without wavering
- an undertaking or venture being carried through: a concrete plan one has committed to
- sōmaσῶμαthe solid reality that casts a shadow: the thing itself, as against a mere outline of it.