English Bible words starting with R
546 meanings beginning with R, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 6. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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residue3 words
- she'eritשְׁאֵרִיתwhat is left of a larger whole after the rest is gone: the survivors of a people, or the remainder of a thing
- 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
resin1 word
resist4 words
- anthistēmiἀνθίστημιto set oneself against someone or something: to oppose, resist, or stand firm against
- antitassōἀντιτάσσωto set oneself against another in active, deliberate opposition, as troops drawn up in a battle line
- antipiptōἀντιπίπτωto resistnot studied yet
- antikathistēmiἀντικαθίστημιto hold your ground against an opponent: to resist by standing firm and refusing to give way
resisted1 word
resolution1 word
resolve1 word
resound1 word
resounding music1 word
resourcefulness1 word
respect6 words
- phobosφόβοςreverence: the respect and submission owed to God, and the deference owed to people in authority
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- fear: the alarm or dread that grips a person in the face of danger, the supernatural, or overwhelming power
- a cause of fear: a person or thing that makes others afraid, a threat or terror
- merosμέροςa part of a whole: a piece, share, region, or side, as set against the entirety
- entrepōἐντρέπωto let another person's standing weigh on you enough to change what you do: to respect, to defer to
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- to pull someone up short with the sting of being in the wrong, or to be pulled up short that way
- hadarהָדַרto treat someone as great, and show it: to honor a person by what you visibly do in their presence, or to be arrayed in splendor yourself.
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- swollen ground: the humps and ridges of rough terrain that have to be flattened before anyone can pass.
- euschēmosunēεὐσχημοσύνηthe presentable dignity a private part is given by being covered: seemliness, modest decorum
- phobosφόβοςreverence: the respect and submission owed to God, and the deference owed to people in authority
respect of persons1 word
respectable1 word
respecter of persons1 word
respond2 words
- apokrinōἀποκρίνωto answer: to speak in reply, whether responding to a question or speaking up to address what someone has said or done
- anahעָנָהto answer: to respond to what someone has said, asked, or charged
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- to sing responsively: to lift up a song or chant, often as one group answering another
response1 word
rest24 words
- eirēnēεἰρήνηpeace: a whole, rightly-ordered, flourishing life, above all the mended relationship with God
- nu'aḥנוּחַto come to rest: to settle down, alight, and be at quiet after motion or trouble
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- to give rest: to grant relief and security, almost always God settling his people safe from their enemies
- to set down: to lay, deposit, or place a thing somewhere, and by extension to leave it, leave it alone, or let it be
- shakhanשָׁכַןto settle down in a place and stay there: to pitch one's dwelling and make it home
- shabbatשַׁבָּתSabbath: a God-appointed time of complete stopping, set apart as holy
- 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
rest upon1 word
rest with1 word
restful1 word
resting3 words
resting place3 words
- navehנָוֶהa settled place of rest: the shepherd's pasture and fold, and by extension the secure home of people or of God
- katapausisκατάπαυσιςrest: work brought to a full stop and the settled state, or the place, that follows
- menuḥahמְנוּחָהrest as a place reached: the settled safety and permanence at the end of a search, from a physical resting place to God's own dwelling
restless1 word
restoration1 word
restore10 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
- 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
- apokathistēmiἀποκαθίστημιto put someone or something back into the sound condition or rightful place it held before: to restore
- katartizōκαταρτίζωto put something into the sound, complete condition it ought to be in: to mend, restore, prepare, or fully equip
restore again1 word
restore to health1 word
- ḥalamחָלַםto dream: to see images and receive a message while asleep, often as a channel through which God speaks.
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- to be or grow healthy and strong; to be restored to full vigor.
- ḥalamחָלַםto dream: to see images and receive a message while asleep, often as a channel through which God speaks.
restrain10 words
- katechōκατέχωto 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
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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 have and hold as your own: to possess or occupy something, keeping settled title to it
- to make for shore: to steer a ship toward land and head in to the beach
- kōluōκωλύωto stop someone or something: to hinder, prevent, or forbid
- atsarעָצַרto hold back: to restrain, stop, or shut something in so it cannot move, flow, or get out
- batsarבָּצַרmade inaccessible: fortified, walled off, or otherwise put beyond reach
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- to gather grapes: to cut the ripe clusters from the vine at the vintage
- to cut off, curb: to bring a proud spirit low
- manaמָנַעto keep something or someone back: to withhold, deny, or restrain
- katechōκατέχωto 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
restrained1 word
- batsarבָּצַרmade inaccessible: fortified, walled off, or otherwise put beyond reach
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- to gather grapes: to cut the ripe clusters from the vine at the vintage
- to cut off, curb: to bring a proud spirit low
- batsarבָּצַרmade inaccessible: fortified, walled off, or otherwise put beyond reach
restrained himself1 word
restraint3 words
restricted1 word
result1 word
- periפְּרִיresult: what a person's conduct, words, or work produces, the outcome it earns
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- fruit: what a tree, vine, or field brings forth, and what a person or nation yields when pictured as a growing plant
- offspring: the young a person or an animal brings forth, named as the fruit of the body
- periפְּרִיresult: what a person's conduct, words, or work produces, the outcome it earns
resurrection3 words
- anastasisἀνάστασιςresurrection: God raising the dead back to bodily life, never to die again
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- a rising up: being lifted to a higher standing, as opposed to falling
- egersisἔγερσιςresurrectionnot studied yet
- exanastasisἐξανάστασιςresurrectionnot studied yet
- anastasisἀνάστασιςresurrection: God raising the dead back to bodily life, never to die again
retain3 words
- krateōκρατέωto take hold of: lay hands on a person or thing and grasp it
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- to hold fast: keep a firm grip on something so as not to let it go
- to hold in one's power: keep something in a grip it cannot break free of
- atsarעָצַרto hold back: to restrain, stop, or shut something in so it cannot move, flow, or get out
- tamakhתָּמַךְto take firm hold: to grasp something, to hold a person up so they do not fall, or to keep a tight grip on what is valued
- krateōκρατέωto take hold of: lay hands on a person or thing and grasp it
retaliate1 word
retire1 word
retribution1 word
return10 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
- epistrephōἐπιστρέφωto turn: to change direction so as to face or move toward something, whether a body turning around, a person going back to a place, or a heart turning to God
- anastrephōἀναστρέφωto go back: to turn around and return to the place you came from
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- to conduct yourself: to go about your life among other people in a particular manner
- strephōστρέφωto turn: to change the direction something faces, moves, or points
- hupostrephōὑποστρέφωto return: to go back to a place or person you came from
returning1 word
Reu2 words
reuben2 words
- RhoubēnῬουβήνReubennot studied yet
- re'uvenרְאוּבֵןReuben: Jacob's firstborn son by Leah, the brother who held the title of firstborn and lost everything that went with it
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- Reuben: the tribe descended from Jacob's firstborn, and the tableland east of the Jordan that the tribe held
Reuel1 word
Reumah1 word
reveal7 words
- 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
- deiknuōδεικνύωto show: to cause someone to see or perceive something, whether by putting it before their eyes, revealing it, explaining it, or proving it
- apokaluptōἀποκαλύπτωto take the covering off something hidden so it can be known: to reveal, disclose, or bring to light
- gnōrizōγνωρίζωto make known: to cause someone to know something, whether by revealing what was hidden or by simply informing them.
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- to know, or to be able to say; used where the speaker cannot tell which of two things he would choose.
- phaneroōφανερόωto bring out of hiding into the open: to make something (or someone) visible, known, or plain that was concealed
- galahגָּלָהto uncover what was hidden, so that it is seen or known: to lay bare, expose, or reveal
revealed3 words
- chrēmatizōχρηματίζωto hand a message down from God, or to be given one: to be warned, instructed, or told something by God
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- to go by a name in public: to be called or known as something
- exēgeomaiἐξηγέομαιto recount in detail, to relate what happened
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- to make known, to reveal: to disclose what was hidden
- emphanēsἐμφανήςrevealednot studied yet
- chrēmatizōχρηματίζωto hand a message down from God, or to be given one: to be warned, instructed, or told something by God
revealer1 word
- gelahגְּלָאto take the cover off something hidden, so that it is now known: to reveal
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- to carry a conquered people away from their homeland and resettle them elsewhere: to deport
- gelahגְּלָאto take the cover off something hidden, so that it is now known: to reveal
revel2 words
revelation3 words
- apokalupsisἀποκάλυψιςan uncovering: the moment something hidden is brought out into the open, especially something God had kept concealed
- ḥazonחָזוֹןa prophetic vision: revelation that God grants a prophet or seer to see, together with the message it delivers.
- phanerōsisφανέρωσιςa making-manifest: the act of bringing something hidden out into open, public view
revelling1 word
revenge2 words
revenue2 words
revere2 words
- yareיָרֵאto revere, to hold in awe; the posture of loyal devotion toward God or toward a legitimate authority.
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- to be afraid, to feel fear in the face of danger or threat.
- to be awesome, dreadful, or terrifying, said of the person, place, or act that inspires awe rather than the person who feels it.
- eulabeomaiεὐλαβέομαιto reverenot studied yet
- yareיָרֵאto revere, to hold in awe; the posture of loyal devotion toward God or toward a legitimate authority.
reverence6 words
- phobeōφοβέωto fear: to be gripped by fear, whether dread of a threat or reverent awe before God
- phobosφόβοςreverence: the respect and submission owed to God, and the deference owed to people in authority
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- fear: the alarm or dread that grips a person in the face of danger, the supernatural, or overwhelming power
- a cause of fear: a person or thing that makes others afraid, a threat or terror
- entrepōἐντρέπωto pull someone up short with the sting of being in the wrong, or to be pulled up short that way
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- to let another person's standing weigh on you enough to change what you do: to respect, to defer to
- yirahיִרְאָהfear: from raw dread of danger, through awe before the holy, to the reverent devotion to God that the Old Testament calls the beginning of wisdom.
- moraמוֹרָאthe fear a mighty figure inspires in others, and so also the one who is feared or the deed that produces the fear
reverence for god1 word
reverent1 word
revile6 words
- qalalקָלַלto declare someone worthless: to revile, or to curse
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- to be light in weight, and so to be swift, to die down, or to count for little
- to make something lighter: to ease a burden, or to lower a person's standing
- to shake something to and fro, and so to work an edge onto a blade
- oneidizōὀνειδίζωto reproach: to throw a person's fault, real or alleged, in their face with words that shame them in front of others.
- blasphēmeōβλασφημέωto revile: to slander, insult, or defame a person or their reputation
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- to blaspheme: to speak against God, his name, or sacred things in a way that assaults his honor
- loidoreōλοιδορέωto revilenot studied yet
- kakologeōκακολογέωto curse/revilenot studied yet
- qalalקָלַלto declare someone worthless: to revile, or to curse
reviler1 word
reviling2 words
revive2 words
- ḥayahחָיָהto live: to be alive, to go on living, or to recover life after being near death.
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- to keep alive, to spare, to restore life: to cause or allow another to go on living.
- anazaōἀναζάωto revivenot studied yet
- ḥayahחָיָהto live: to be alive, to go on living, or to recover life after being near death.
reviving1 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.
revolt3 words
- pashahפָּשַׁעto revolt against a ruler: to throw off the authority of a king or overlord and break away.
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- to rebel against God: to break faith with the One you owe loyalty to, treating sin as defiance rather than mere failure.
- maradמָרַדto rebel: to renounce allegiance to a rightful authority and rise up against it
- sarahסָרָהrevolt against God: a turning away from him, and the talk that pushes others into it
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- a serious wrong charged in court: the damaging accusation a hostile witness brings against someone
- a letting up: the stopping of something that has been going on without pause
- pashahפָּשַׁעto revolt against a ruler: to throw off the authority of a king or overlord and break away.
reward15 words
- periפְּרִיfruit: what a tree, vine, or field brings forth, and what a person or nation yields when pictured as a growing plant
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- offspring: the young a person or an animal brings forth, named as the fruit of the body
- result: what a person's conduct, words, or work produces, the outcome it earns
- 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
- misthosμισθόςreward: what God gives back in answer to how a person has lived
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- wages: the pay a worker earns for labor done
- 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.
- aḥaritאַחֲרִיתthe after-part of something: its end, its final outcome, or the future it leads to
- periפְּרִיfruit: what a tree, vine, or field brings forth, and what a person or nation yields when pictured as a growing plant
rewarder1 word
Rezeph1 word
Rezin1 word
Rezon1 word
Rhegium1 word
Rhesa1 word
rhinoceros1 word
Rhoda1 word
Rhodes1 word
rib2 words
Ribai1 word
ribaldry1 word
Riblah2 words
rich6 words
- plousiosπλούσιοςrich: having far more than enough, whether in money and possessions or, by extension, in some good thing
- plouteōπλουτέωto be or become rich: to hold, or come into, an abundance, whether of money and possessions or of something else of great value
- ashirעָשִׁירa rich person: someone who has an abundance of material goods, usually set opposite the poor
- shamenשָׁמֵןrich with fat or oil: so well supplied that it thrives and yields abundantly
- liparosλιπαρόςrichnot studied yet
rich apparel1 word
rich food1 word
- deshenדֶּשֶׁןrich abundance: plentiful, satisfying good food and overflowing provision
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- the greasy ashes of the offerings: the fat-soaked ash left when a sacrifice has burned, gathered from the altar and carried away
- deshenדֶּשֶׁןrich abundance: plentiful, satisfying good food and overflowing provision
rich man1 word
riches7 words
- ploutosπλοῦτοςriches: an abundant store of value, whether material wealth or a lavish supply of some good thing
- chrēmaχρῆμαmoney and property seen as usable resources: what a person has on hand to spend or hand over
- osherעֹשֶׁרriches: great material wealth, the abundance of money, goods, and prized possessions that marks a person as rich
- rekhushרְכוּשׁmovable property: the goods, livestock, and belongings a person or group owns and can carry
- honהוֹןwealth: the material riches, goods, and substance a person or nation has amassed
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- "Enough!": the cry of being satisfied, used of things that never are
richly1 word
richness2 words
riddle3 words
ride1 word
- rakhavרָכַבto ride: to travel seated on an animal or in a vehicle, carried along by what bears you
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- to set someone riding: to mount a person on an animal or in a chariot, putting them up to ride
- rakhavרָכַבto ride: to travel seated on an animal or in a vehicle, carried along by what bears you
ridicule3 words
ridiculed1 word
riding1 word
right9 words
- kalosκαλόςfine, good, and admirable: measuring up to what its kind should be, in a way that is often meant to be seen and honored
- dexiosδεξιόςright: belonging to the right-hand side, and so the side of honor and power
- exousiaἐξουσίαrightful authority: the freedom or power to act that has been granted, so the action is legitimate and cannot rightly be challenged
- yaminיָמִיןthe right hand, or the right side: in Hebrew the side of strength, favor, and honor
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- the south: the direction on your right hand when you face the sunrise
- emetאֱמֶתthat which holds firm and can be relied on: faithfulness in a person and truth in a word, as one undivided idea
right hand3 words
- dexiosδεξιόςright: belonging to the right-hand side, and so the side of honor and power
- yaminיָמִיןthe right hand, or the right side: in Hebrew the side of strength, favor, and honor
+1 more meaning
- the south: the direction on your right hand when you face the sunrise
- yemaniיְמָנִיon the right; belonging to or located on the right-hand side
right of redemption1 word
right side2 words
- yaminיָמִיןthe right hand, or the right side: in Hebrew the side of strength, favor, and honor
+1 more meaning
- the south: the direction on your right hand when you face the sunrise
- yemaniיְמָנִיon the right; belonging to or located on the right-hand side
- yaminיָמִיןthe right hand, or the right side: in Hebrew the side of strength, favor, and honor
right time1 word
- kairosκαιρόςthe right moment: a stretch of time defined by what it is fit for
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- the appointed time: the moment God has set for a decisive event
- kairosκαιρόςthe right moment: a stretch of time defined by what it is fit for
righteous2 words
righteous act1 word
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa righteous act: a concrete deed that is right, something actually carried out rather than merely intended
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- a binding rule of what is right: a regulation, statute, or decree laid down by rightful authority
- a verdict of acquittal: the ruling that clears a person and places them in the right
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa righteous act: a concrete deed that is right, something actually carried out rather than merely intended
righteous acts1 word
righteous decree1 word
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa binding rule of what is right: a regulation, statute, or decree laid down by rightful authority
+2 more meanings
- 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
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa binding rule of what is right: a regulation, statute, or decree laid down by rightful authority
righteous deed1 word
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa binding rule of what is right: a regulation, statute, or decree laid down by rightful authority
+2 more meanings
- 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
- dikaiōmaδικαίωμαa binding rule of what is right: a regulation, statute, or decree laid down by rightful authority
righteousness5 words
- dikaiosunēδικαιοσύνηrightness: being and doing what is right, and being set right by the God who is himself right
- tsedaqahצְדָקָהrighteousness put into action: doing what is right, the concrete deed or settled practice that puts a relationship, a community, or God's own dealings in their proper order
- tsedeqצֶדֶקrightness: conformity to what is truly right, the standard or order things ought to match.
- euthutēsεὐθύτηςrighteousnessnot studied yet
- tsidqahצִדְקָהrighteousnessnot studied yet
rightly2 words
rightly dividing1 word