English Bible words starting with R
546 meanings beginning with R, in alphabetical order. This is page 3 of 6. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Rehabiah1 word
Rehob1 word
Rehoboam2 words
Rehoboth1 word
Rehum1 word
Rei1 word
reign10 words
- basileiaβασιλείαkingship: the activity and authority of reigning as king, rather than the land ruled
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- realm: the domain, people, or organized state over which a king rules
- basileuōβασιλεύωto reign as king: to hold the throne and exercise royal power over others
- malakhמָלַךְto be king: to hold and exercise royal rule, or to come to the throne
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- to make someone king: to put a person on the throne, to crown
- to take counsel, to consult with oneself before acting
- mamlakhahמַמְלָכָהa kingdom: either the concrete realm of a king (territory, nation, political domain) or the authority and institution of royal rule itself
- malkhutמַלְכוּתkingship: the power, period, and realm of a king, and the things that belong to him as king
- basileiaβασιλείαkingship: the activity and authority of reigning as king, rather than the land ruled
reign with1 word
reinforced1 word
reins1 word
- kilyahכִּלְיָהthe kidney: the bodily organ, most often the fat-encased pair cut out and burned in sacrifice
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- the innermost self: the hidden inner core of a person, the seat of deep feeling, conscience, and moral desire, open only to God
- kilyahכִּלְיָהthe kidney: the bodily organ, most often the fat-encased pair cut out and burned in sacrifice
reject10 words
- apostrephōἀποστρέφωto turn away or turn back: to send a person or thing away from what it was facing, and so to remove it, put it back, or refuse it
- atheteōἀθετέωto set aside what has been established, treating as void something that was meant to stand: to nullify it, reject it, or break faith with it
- apōtheōἀπωθέωto push something away from yourself: to shove a person off, and so to refuse or cast aside
- ma'asמָאַסto reject: to refuse someone or something as worthless and push it away
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- to flow away or run: to dissolve and drain off like water or a sore
- paraiteomaiπαραιτέομαιto press a personal request in order to get, escape, or turn something away: to ask for, beg off, decline, refuse, or avoid
rejected2 words
rejoice13 words
- euphrainōεὐφραίνωfestive gladness: to celebrate and make merry, or to fill another person with such joy
- chairōχαίρωto rejoice; to be glad, to feel and show joy
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- a greeting: "hail!" or "greetings!"
- samaḥשָׂמַחto be glad, and to show that gladness openly in celebration; also, of whatever produces the joy, to make someone glad.
- agalliaōἀγαλλιάωto exult: to break out in loud, exuberant joy, above all at what God has done
- kauchaomaiκαυχάομαιto boast: to speak with pride about whatever you are counting on, whether that is yourself or God
rejoice with1 word
rejoicing9 words
- simḥahשִׂמְחָהjoy: gladness felt in the heart and shown openly in celebration, often before God
- rinnahרִנָּהa ringing cry: a loud, high, resounding shout that carries far, raised in glad celebration or in urgent pleading
- kauchēsisκαύχησιςboasting: the act of saying out loud what you are proud of and counting on, whether that is yourself or God
- sasvonשָׂשׂוֹןexultant joy: glad rejoicing, both the lift of gladness in the heart and the celebration it breaks out into
- masvosמָשׂוֹשׂjoy: glad rejoicing, and by extension the person or place that is someone's delight
Rekem1 word
rekindle1 word
relate fully1 word
relative3 words
- sungenēsσυγγενήςa relative: someone who belongs to your family line, whether a member of your wider family or a fellow member of your people
- ḥotenחֹתֵןfather-in-law: the father of a man's wife (and, in the feminine form, his wife's mother)
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- to become related to another family or people by marriage: to form a marriage alliance
- sungenisσυγγενίςrelativenot studied yet
relatives1 word
release12 words
- aphiēmiἀφίημιto let go: to release your hold so a person or thing departs, stays behind, or is left where it is
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- to forgive: to cancel what is owed, whether a debt or a sin, so it is no longer charged against the person
- to let, allow, or leave alone: to permit something rather than stop or hinder it
- pataḥפָּתַחto open, loosen, or release: to move something closed or bound into an open state
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- to engrave or carve: to cut characters or images into a hard surface
- apoluōἀπολύωto let someone go: to set a person loose from a hold, a duty, or a relationship and send them on their way
- luōλύωto loose: to undo something that is tied, fastened, held, or bound together, whether a literal knot or a thing that holds people captive or in place.
- aphesisἄφεσιςrelease: the setting free of captives and the liberty proclaimed for the oppressed
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- forgiveness: the cancellation of the guilt and penalty of sin, God's pardon that lets the offense go and no longer counts it against the person
- aphiēmiἀφίημιto let go: to release your hold so a person or thing departs, stays behind, or is left where it is
relent1 word
- naḥamנָחַםto regret or relent: to reverse one's inner stance toward something already done or announced
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- to comfort: to ease another's grief and settle a troubled heart back into peace
- to ease oneself: to settle one's own stirred-up heart, often by resolving to act in revenge
- naḥamנָחַםto regret or relent: to reverse one's inner stance toward something already done or announced
reliability1 word
- asphaleiaἀσφάλειαcertainty: the firm, well-grounded reliability of a claim or teaching, such that a person can safely rest their confidence on it
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- security: the state of being safe and impossible to overthrow, whether shut up so firmly nothing can break in or simply out of harm's reach
- asphaleiaἀσφάλειαcertainty: the firm, well-grounded reliability of a claim or teaching, such that a person can safely rest their confidence on it
reliable1 word
relief3 words
- diakoniaδιακονίαa commission carried out on behalf of another: the assigned work or ministry someone is charged to do, especially in the service of God
- ḥaliphahחֲלִיפָהa change: something fresh that takes the place of what was there before, whether clothing, a work shift, or a turn in someone's situation
- revaḥahרְוָחָהreliefnot studied yet
relieve1 word
religion2 words
religious3 words
rely2 words
rely on2 words
- peithōπείθωto rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
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- to work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
- to have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
- to let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
- epanapauōἐπαναπαύωto rest/rely onnot studied yet
- peithōπείθωto rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
remain14 words
- yashavיָשַׁבto sit, to dwell, or to stay: to settle into a fixed place and remain there, whether for a moment, a lifetime, or a reign.
- amadעָמַדto remain: to keep standing over time, and so to last, to hold one's ground, or to be valid rather than fall
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- to stand: to be on one's feet and in place, and so to take up a position, come to a halt, or wait there on someone
- to arise: to come onto the scene and take one's place, as a king coming to power
- to set up: to make something or someone stand, and so to erect, station, appoint, present, or confirm
- menōμένωto remain: to keep on being where, what, or as one is, rather than leaving, ending, or changing
- sha'arשָׁאַרto be left over after the rest is gone, or to leave something over
- shakhanשָׁכַןto settle down in a place and stay there: to pitch one's dwelling and make it home
remain overnight1 word
- lunלוּןto spend the night, lodge, or stay put somewhere for a while
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- to grumble in faithless complaint against God or the leaders he has appointed
- lunלוּןto spend the night, lodge, or stay put somewhere for a while
remainder3 words
- yeterיֶתֶרwhat is left over: the rest, remainder, or surplus of something
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- a cord or bowstring: a length of twisted fiber, often the string of a bow
- she'arשְׁאָרwhat is left of a larger whole: the rest, the remainder, or the surviving remnant
- she'arשְׁאָרthe rest: whatever is left of a group or a supply once part of it has been named or taken
- yeterיֶתֶרwhat is left over: the rest, remainder, or surplus of something
remained1 word
remained seated1 word
remaining3 words
Remaliah1 word
remarkable1 word
remedy2 words
- marpeמַרְפֵּאhealing: recovery to soundness of body or nation, and the health that results
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- calmness: a gentle, composed temper of heart, speech, or bearing
- rephu'ahרְפֻאָהremedynot studied yet
- marpeמַרְפֵּאhealing: recovery to soundness of body or nation, and the health that results
remember4 words
- zakharזָכַרto remember in a way that leads to action: to keep a person, a promise, or a duty so firmly in mind that it is acted on, spoken aloud, or formally honored
- mimnēskōμιμνήσκωto remember: to call something back to mind, or to hold someone in mind and act on their behalf
- mnēmoneuōμνημονεύωto hold something in mind so that it shapes what you do: to remember, keep in mind, be mindful of
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- to make mention of, speak about: to bring something up out loud
- hupomimnēskōὑπομιμνήσκωto bring something back into someone's mind: to remind a person of what they already know
remembrance6 words
- zikhronזִכָּרוֹןa memorial: something set up or kept so that a person, event, or obligation is not forgotten
- zekherזֵכֶרremembrance: the memory, name, and renown that keep a person or thing present after they are gone
- mneiaμνείαremembrance: holding a person in mind and naming them, above all before God in prayer
- mnēmēμνήμηremembrancenot studied yet
- anamnēsisἀνάμνησιςa memorial: a shared act of remembrance that calls a person or event to mind in worship
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- a reminder: something that brings a fact back to mind and keeps it in view
Remeth1 word
remind3 words
reminder2 words
- zikhronזִכָּרוֹןa memorial: something set up or kept so that a person, event, or obligation is not forgotten
- anamnēsisἀνάμνησιςa reminder: something that brings a fact back to mind and keeps it in view
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- a memorial: a shared act of remembrance that calls a person or event to mind in worship
remission2 words
- aphesisἄφεσιςforgiveness: the cancellation of the guilt and penalty of sin, God's pardon that lets the offense go and no longer counts it against the person
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- release: the setting free of captives and the liberty proclaimed for the oppressed
- shemittahשְׁמִטָּהthe release: Deuteronomy's technical term for the seventh-year cancellation of debts, and for the year that release falls in
- aphesisἄφεσιςforgiveness: the cancellation of the guilt and penalty of sin, God's pardon that lets the offense go and no longer counts it against the person
remit1 word
remnant6 words
- yeterיֶתֶרwhat is left over: the rest, remainder, or surplus of something
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- a cord or bowstring: a length of twisted fiber, often the string of a bow
- she'eritשְׁאֵרִיתwhat is left of a larger whole after the rest is gone: the survivors of a people, or the remainder of a thing
- peletahפְּלֵיטָהgetting out of a disaster alive: both the escape itself and the people who come through it
- saridשָׂרִידa survivor: the one left alive, or the little left over, after everyone and everything else has been destroyed.
- she'arשְׁאָרwhat is left of a larger whole: the rest, the remainder, or the surviving remnant
- yeterיֶתֶרwhat is left over: the rest, remainder, or surplus of something
remorse1 word
removal3 words
remove16 words
- airōαἴρωto take something away, remove it, or carry it off
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- to lift something up off the ground or raise it higher
- to pick something up and carry it
- surסוּרto remove or take away: cause something or someone to leave
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- to turn aside or depart: move away from a path, a person, or a course of life
- galahגָּלָהto uncover what was hidden, so that it is seen or known: to lay bare, expose, or reveal
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- to go away into exile, or to drive a people away into exile: to be deported from one's land
- aphaireōἀφαιρέωto take away or remove something, whether by cutting it off, stripping it from someone, or doing away with it entirely
- kineōκινέωto move something out of the position it holds: to budge it, shake it, carry it off, or set a crowd going.
- airōαἴρωto take something away, remove it, or carry it off
removed2 words
rend3 words
- qaraקָרַעto tear: to rip something apart, most often clothing torn as an outburst of grief or shock
- 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
- schizōσχίζωto tear or split something apart, breaking a whole thing into pieces.
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- to be split into opposing groups, divided in opinion.
render2 words
render as due1 word
renew6 words
- ḥalaphחָלַףto renew: to come up fresh again, or to gain new strength
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- to pass: to move on past, sweep through a place, come to an end, or drive clean through
- to change: to exchange one thing for another, or put a substitute in its place
- ananeoomaiἀνανεόομαιto renew: to make new again something that already exists, restoring its freshness rather than replacing it
- anathallōἀναθάλλωto renewnot studied yet
- ḥadashחָדַשׁto make something new again: to repair, restore, or bring back to fresh condition what is already there
- anakainizōἀνακαινίζωto renew, restore: to bring someone or something back to a former condition
- ḥalaphחָלַףto renew: to come up fresh again, or to gain new strength
renewal2 words
renewing1 word
renounce2 words
renown4 words
- shemשֵׁםa name: the word a person, place, or thing is called by, which in the Bible stands for who that person really is and how they endure in the world.
- tehillahתְּהִלָּהpraise: the open acknowledgment of someone as worthy, whether the act of praising, the deeds that deserve it, or the renown it brings
- zekherזֵכֶרremembrance: the memory, name, and renown that keep a person or thing present after they are gone
- shemaשֵׁמַעa report: news of someone or something that reaches other people, and the reputation it builds
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- sound: audible noise that reaches the ear
rented home1 word
repair6 words
- ḥazaqחָזַקto be firm or strong, and so to make firm: to grow strong, prevail, take courage, strengthen, repair, grip, hold fast, or harden
- rapahרָפָאto heal: to make a sick, wounded, or broken thing sound and whole again.
- gadarגָּדַרto wall up: to stack stones into a barrier, whether to close a way shut or to close a gap in a wall that has fallen in.
- ḥadashחָדַשׁto make something new again: to repair, restore, or bring back to fresh condition what is already there
- badaqבָּדַקto repairnot studied yet
repairing1 word
repairs1 word
repay4 words
- apodidōmiἀποδίδωμιto give back what is owed or due: to pay, repay, return, or render to someone what belongs to them
- salemשָׁלֵםto pay back in full: to give a person exactly what their deeds or debts have earned, whether restitution, reward, or punishment
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- to pay a vow: to discharge in full a promise made to God by handing over exactly what was pledged
- to be whole and finished, or to bring something to its finish: to reach completion, or to carry a work through to its end
- to make peace with someone, or to be at peace with them: to end hostility and stand in settled, friendly relations
- antapodidōmiἀνταποδίδωμιto give back in return: to settle an account by handing back what someone's own action has earned, whether a kindness answered or a wrong punished.
- apotinōἀποτίνωto repaynot studied yet
repayment2 words
repeat1 word
- shanahשָׁנָהto do a second time: to repeat an act or a word, or to do it again
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- to change: to make or become different, or to stand apart from others as unlike them
- shanahשָׁנָהto do a second time: to repeat an act or a word, or to do it again
repeatedly1 word
repent4 words
- shuvשׁוּבto turn back: to reverse a movement and retrace the way already taken, whether going home, sending something back, or turning toward or away from God
- naḥamנָחַםto comfort: to ease another's grief and settle a troubled heart back into peace
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- to regret or relent: to reverse one's inner stance toward something already done or announced
- to ease oneself: to settle one's own stirred-up heart, often by resolving to act in revenge
- metanoeōμετανοέωto turn your whole life back toward God: a deep change of heart, mind, and direction, not just a feeling of regret
- metamellomaiμεταμέλλομαιto wish undone something you have already done or decided: to be sorry about it, or to take it back
repentance2 words
Rephael1 word
Rephah1 word
Rephaiah1 word
Rephaim1 word
Rephan1 word
Rephidim1 word
reply5 words
- apokrinōἀποκρίνωto answer: to speak in reply, whether responding to a question or speaking up to address what someone has said or done
- anahעֲנָהto answer or speak up: to respond to what has been said, or simply to begin speaking
- tuvתּוּבto go back, or to send something back: whether a person's mind comes back to him, an object is put back where it belongs, or a word is sent back as an answer
- teshuvahתְּשׁוּבָהa coming back around: the return of something to the point it set out from
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- an answer: what one side says back to the other in an argument
- ma'anehמַעֲנֶהan answer: the reply that comes back when someone speaks, asks, or accuses
report10 words
- nagadנָגַדto make something known by telling it: to report, declare, or disclose what another did not know
- anangellōἀναγγέλλωto make something known by telling it: to report, declare, or proclaim news or a message to others
- akoēἀκοήa report: the news or message that reaches someone by being heard, from a passing rumor to the proclaimed good news
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- hearing: the capacity to take in sound, the ears that receive it, or the act of listening
- marturiaμαρτυρίαtestimony: the act of bearing witness, or the statement a witness gives.
- dēloōδηλόωto make something clear: to bring what was unknown or unnoticed into the open, whether by telling it, pointing to it, or exposing it
reported1 word
repose1 word
representation1 word
reproach7 words
- oneidismosὀνειδισμόςreproach: the public insult and disgrace heaped on a person by hostile, shaming words.
- ḥerpahחֶרְפָּהpublic disgrace: the scorn others heap on you and the shame that then sticks to you in their eyes
- oneidizōὀνειδίζωto reproach: to throw a person's fault, real or alleged, in their face with words that shame them in front of others.
- ḥaraphחָרַףto throw shaming words at someone, daring or despising them: to taunt, mock, or defy
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- to spend the cold season: to stay somewhere through the rainy winter months
- to be assigned or promised to a man: said of a slave woman set aside for a particular man
- kelimmahכְּלִמָּהpublic disgrace: the humiliation of being dishonored before others, and the insults and abuse that bring it about.
reprobate1 word
reproduction1 word
reproof2 words
- tokhaḥatתּוֹכַחַתa corrective rebuke: words (or the discipline behind them) meant to confront a person and set them right
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- an argument: the reasoned case a person lays out to defend a position in a dispute
- ge'arahגְּעָרָהa forceful rebuke: a sharp, powerful word of displeasure, whether God's world-shaking blast or a person's stern reproof
- tokhaḥatתּוֹכַחַתa corrective rebuke: words (or the discipline behind them) meant to confront a person and set them right
reprove2 words
- elegchōἐλέγχωto bring a hidden wrong into the open so the wrongdoer must face it, whether by exposing the deed, proving the guilt, rebuking the person, or correcting them in love
- yakhaḥיָכַחto set right: to establish what is just between parties, whether by judging, arguing a case, correcting with words, or disciplining
reptile1 word
reputation1 word
request9 words
- baqashבָּקַשׁto seek: to go after something or someone you want, whether by looking for it, working to get it, or asking for it
- sha'alשָׁאַלto ask for something: to request a gift, a favor, or a grant from someone who can give it
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- to ask a question: to put a question to someone in order to find something out
- to inquire of God: to put a question to God, or to some other unseen source, and wait for the answer
- to borrow: to ask for the use of something belonging to someone else, expecting to return it
- deēsisδέησιςa need-driven petition: an urgent request to God that rises from a specific lack, brought to the one who can supply it
- aitēmaαἴτημαrequestnot studied yet
- she'elahשְׁאֵלָהa request or petition: something asked of another, whether a person in power or God, and by extension the thing that is asked for.
require4 words
- baqashבָּקַשׁto seek: to go after something or someone you want, whether by looking for it, working to get it, or asking for it
- darashדָּרַשׁto seek something out with care and effort, going after it deliberately until it is found, answered, or settled
- ekzēteōἐκζητέωto require a reckoning: to demand that blood already shed be traced back and answered for
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- to search something out: to go after a person, a thing, or an answer with real effort, until it is found or understood
- 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.
requirement2 words
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa binding rule of what is right: a regulation, statute, or decree laid down by rightful authority
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- a righteous act: a concrete deed that is right, something actually carried out rather than merely intended
- a verdict of acquittal: the ruling that clears a person and places them in the right
- ḥashḥutחַשְׁחוּrequirementnot studied yet
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa binding rule of what is right: a regulation, statute, or decree laid down by rightful authority
requite1 word
- salemשָׁלֵםto pay back in full: to give a person exactly what their deeds or debts have earned, whether restitution, reward, or punishment
+3 more meanings
- to pay a vow: to discharge in full a promise made to God by handing over exactly what was pledged
- to be whole and finished, or to bring something to its finish: to reach completion, or to carry a work through to its end
- to make peace with someone, or to be at peace with them: to end hostility and stand in settled, friendly relations
- salemשָׁלֵםto pay back in full: to give a person exactly what their deeds or debts have earned, whether restitution, reward, or punishment
rescue12 words
- sōzōσῴζωto bring someone safely through a threat into wholeness: to rescue, heal, or save
- 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
- rhuomaiῥύομαιto rescue: to reach into a place of danger and pull someone out of it to safety
- exaireōἐξαιρέωto rescue someone by pulling them out: to get a person clear of the grip or the situation holding them
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- to take something out and be rid of it: to pull a part out of the place where it sits
- malatמָלַטto get safely out of danger, or to get someone else safely out: to escape, or to rescue
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- to bring forth young, to give birth: to let a child or egg slip out into the world
resemble4 words
resembling1 word
Resen1 word
reserve3 words
reservoir3 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.
- 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
- miqvahמִקְוָהreservoirnot studied yet
resheph1 word
residence1 word
resident1 word