English Bible words starting with R
546 meanings beginning with R, in alphabetical order. This is page 6 of 6. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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rub with oil1 word
rub with salt1 word
- malaḥמָלַחto salt something: to sprinkle or rub salt onto it, whether an offering set on God's altar or a newborn's skin
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- to vanish away: to dissolve or be torn to nothing, said of the sky wearing out
- malaḥמָלַחto salt something: to sprinkle or rub salt onto it, whether an offering set on God's altar or a newborn's skin
rubbing1 word
rubbish1 word
rubies1 word
ruby1 word
rudder1 word
ruddy2 words
rude1 word
rudiments1 word
- stoicheionστοιχεῖονthe simple starting lessons of a subject: the basics a beginner is given before anything harder
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- the basic physical parts the world is made of: its elements
- the elemental forces of the world: the basic powers or rules that ordered the old life and held people in bondage to it
- stoicheionστοιχεῖονthe simple starting lessons of a subject: the basics a beginner is given before anything harder
rue1 word
Rufus1 word
rug2 words
rugged1 word
ruin22 words
- shaḥatשָׁחַתto ruin: to wreck something so it no longer works as it should, whether a thing, a people, or a person's own moral character
- apōleiaἀπώλειαruin, destruction, loss: the wrecking or wasting of something, and in most of the New Testament the final doom of the ungodly
- shadadשָׁדַדto devastate: to wreck something by violence and strip it bare, the ruin a raiding army leaves behind.
- kataskaptōκατασκάπτωto ruinnot studied yet
- suntrimmaσύντριμμαruinnot studied yet
ruins5 words
- ḥorbahחׇרְבָּהa ruin: a place laid waste, or the state of being laid waste
- natsahנָצָהto be left in ruins: of a city or a countryside, knocked into heaps of rubble and emptied of people
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- to fight: to be locked against another party in an open struggle, most often two people coming to blows
- makhshelahמַכְשֵׁלָהruinsnot studied yet
- harisahהֲרִיסָהruinsnot studied yet
- harisutהֲרִיסוּתruinsnot studied yet
rule18 words
- basileuōβασιλεύωto reign as king: to hold the throne and exercise royal power over others
- archōἄρχωto rule, to be first in authority over others
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- to begin, to start doing something
- mashalמָשַׁלto rule: to hold and actively exercise authority over someone or something
- poimainōποιμαίνωto act as a shepherd toward: to feed, guard, lead and govern those in one's charge
- atsarעָצַרto hold back: to restrain, stop, or shut something in so it cannot move, flow, or get out
rule over3 words
- kurieuōκυριεύωto be lord or master of; to hold dominion over someone or something
- ba'alבָּעַלto become someone's lord and owner: to take a woman as one's wife (and so be her husband), or to hold people under one's rule
- shalatשָׁלַטto have the upper hand: to hold real power over a person or a thing, or to hand that power to someone
ruler13 words
- melekhמֶלֶךְa king: the single supreme ruler at the head of a people, city, or land
- archōnἄρχωνa ruler: someone who holds authority over others, whether a human official or a spiritual power.
- sarשַׂרa person placed in command over others: an official, commander, chief, or ruler acting under a higher authority
- archēἀρχήruler or realm of authority: those who hold power, or the office and sphere they hold
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- beginning: the point in time where something starts
- origin: the source from which something comes, the one in whom it starts
- corner or end: the outermost edge of a physical object
- nasiנָשִׂיאa leader: one lifted up over others to rule, represent, or speak for them
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- rising mist: vapor or clouds that lift up from the earth
ruler of the synagogue1 word
ruler's staff1 word
rulers2 words
ruling1 word
rumbling2 words
rumor3 words
- 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
- shemu'ahשְׁמוּעָהa report: news that is heard and carried from one person to another
- 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
- akoēἀκοήa report: the news or message that reaches someone by being heard, from a passing rumor to the proclaimed good news
run5 words
- rutsרוּץto run: to move fast on foot, and by extension to act or travel swiftly
- trechōτρέχωto run: to move at speed on foot, and by extension to pour full effort into a course already marked out, all the way to its finish
- zuvזוּבto flow: to stream or gush out, said of any liquid pouring forth
- rurרִירto runnot studied yet
- ratsaרָצָאto runnot studied yet
run aground2 words
run around1 word
run away1 word
run down2 words
run in1 word
run short1 word
run through1 word
run to and fro1 word
- 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
- shutשׁוּטto move back and forth over an area until the whole of it has been covered: to range about, go through, roam
run together1 word
running2 words
rush4 words
rush down1 word
rush into1 word
rush out1 word
rushed about1 word
rushing2 words
rust3 words
- brōsisβρῶσιςeating: the taking of food, and by extension the food that is taken
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- eating away: the slow consuming that ruins what has been stored up
- iosἰόςpoison/rustnot studied yet
- ḥelahחֶלְאָהrustnot studied yet
- brōsisβρῶσιςeating: the taking of food, and by extension the food that is taken
Ruth2 words
ruthless1 word
rye1 word