English Bible words starting with S
1,394 meanings beginning with S, in alphabetical order. This is page 11 of 14. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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spoke1 word
spoken1 word
spoken before1 word
spokesman1 word
sponge1 word
spoon1 word
- kaphכַּףthe palm of the hand, the open cupped inner hand: the part that holds, grasps, claps, or lifts up in prayer.
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- the sole of the foot, the flat hollow underside that meets the ground.
- the socket of the hip, the rounded hollow where the thigh joins the body.
- the pouch or hollow of a sling, the cupped part that cradles the stone.
- kaphכַּףthe palm of the hand, the open cupped inner hand: the part that holds, grasps, claps, or lifts up in prayer.
sport2 words
- saḥaqשָׂחַקto laugh, and by extension to play, celebrate, or mock; the whole range of glad, playful, or scornful laughter.
- seḥoqשְׂחֹקlaughter: the sound of mirth, from glad rejoicing to hollow merriment or amusement
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- a laughingstock: one whom others laugh at in scorn; an object of derision
spot7 words
- negaנֶגַעa blow that lands as a sending from God: a plague, calamity, or stroke of discipline understood as coming from his hand.
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- the suspect mark a priest inspects: the sore on skin, or the discoloration in cloth or a house wall, presented to be ruled clean or unclean.
- mumמוּםa blemish: a physical defect or moral fault that mars someone or something otherwise whole.
- boheretבַּהֶרֶתa bright, shiny patch on the skin: one of the three marks a priest inspects when deciding whether a skin condition makes a person unclean
- talaטָלָאspotted or patched: covered with patches of a second color, or with pieces of material set into the surface
- spilosσπίλοςa spot or stain: a blemish that mars something otherwise clean, used morally of the corruption that spoils a person or a community
- negaנֶגַעa blow that lands as a sending from God: a plague, calamity, or stroke of discipline understood as coming from his hand.
spotless1 word
spotted3 words
spouse1 word
spread17 words
- natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
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- to turn aside or turn away: to change direction so as to leave the straight path, toward something or away from it
- to bend justice or pervert a legal case: to push a judgment off its honest course against the weak
- to incline the ear or heart: to bend one's attention toward someone, or to bend another's heart a certain way
- 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
- parasפָּרַשׂto spread out: to open something wide or stretch it flat across a space.
- natashנָטַשׁto spread out: to scatter, deploy, or let loose over an area
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- to abandon: to walk away from someone or something one is bound to keep
- to let lie: to release a field or a matter and leave it alone
- diapherōδιαφέρωto carry something through or across a place, or to be carried along by an outside force
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- to differ from something else, to be unlike it
- to be worth more than something else, to surpass it in value or importance
- natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
spread a tent over1 word
spread abroad3 words
- putsפּוּץto scatter: to drive people or things apart so they spread out over a wide area
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- to overflow: to spill out and flow abroad like water from a spring
- to shatter: to break something into pieces by a hard blow
- diapherōδιαφέρωto carry something through or across a place, or to be carried along by an outside force
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- to differ from something else, to be unlike it
- to be worth more than something else, to surpass it in value or importance
- pasahפָּשָׂהto spread: (of a disease or blemish) to advance and cover more of a surface.
- putsפּוּץto scatter: to drive people or things apart so they spread out over a wide area
spread further1 word
spread out1 word
spreading2 words
- nomēνομήspreading: the way a wound or rot eats outward through living flesh
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- pasture: the grazing ground where a flock is fed and kept
- miphrasמִפְרָשׂspreadingnot studied yet
- nomēνομήspreading: the way a wound or rot eats outward through living flesh
spreading-place1 word
spring12 words
- ayinעַיִןa spring or well: a place where water comes up out of the ground.
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- the eye: the organ of sight, and by extension how a person sees, judges, wants, and is looked upon.
- pēgēπηγήa spring: a natural source of water rising from the ground, and by extension the source from which something flows
- galגַּלa spring or pool: an enclosed, welling source of water
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- a heap of stones piled up by hand: a mound raised as a marker
- a wave of the sea: the rolling, surging swell of open water
- tsamaḥצָמַחto sprout up out of the ground, or to make something sprout: the fresh springing of new growth
- motsaמוֹצָאa going out: the act of going forth, what issues forth, or the place it issues from
- ayinעַיִןa spring or well: a place where water comes up out of the ground.
spring crop1 word
spring rain1 word
spring up4 words
- anatellōἀνατέλλωto rise or come up into view: the sun climbs the sky, light breaks over the horizon, a cloud lifts, or a person springs up like a fresh shoot
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- to make something rise: to cause the sun to come up
- paraḥפָּרַחto bud, sprout, or blossom; to burst into growth, and so to thrive
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- to fly
- tsamaḥצָמַחto sprout up out of the ground, or to make something sprout: the fresh springing of new growth
- epiginomaiἐπιγίνομαιto arise/spring upnot studied yet
- anatellōἀνατέλλωto rise or come up into view: the sun climbs the sky, light breaks over the horizon, a cloud lifts, or a person springs up like a fresh shoot
sprinkle3 words
- zaraqזָרַקto throw a substance so it scatters as it lands: to dash liquid against something, or fling dust, ashes, or seed through the air
- nazahנָזָהto scatter drops of a liquid (usually blood or water) onto a person or object, whether flicked there on purpose or spurting out on its own
- rhantizōῥαντίζωto sprinklenot studied yet
sprinkling2 words
sprout5 words
- paraḥפָּרַחto bud, sprout, or blossom; to burst into growth, and so to thrive
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- to fly
- blastanōβλαστάνωto sproutnot studied yet
- tsemaḥצֶמַחwhat has sprouted: the fresh growth a field or plant puts out, and by extension the ruler God promises to grow from David's line
- tsutsצוּץto blossom: to break into flower, and so to burst into growth that everyone can see
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- to peer: to look out through a narrow gap or opening
- dasahדָּשָׁאto sproutnot studied yet
- paraḥפָּרַחto bud, sprout, or blossom; to burst into growth, and so to thrive
sprout up1 word
spurn4 words
- 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
- 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
- zanaḥזָנַחto reject: to cast off decisively, refusing to keep or accept
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- to become foul: (of standing water) to grow stagnant and rancid
- ga'alגָּעַלto loathe: to turn against someone or something in deep disgust and push it away
- ma'asמָאַסto reject: to refuse someone or something as worthless and push it away
spy4 words
- ragalרָגַלto spy out: to scout a land, city, or people secretly in order to gather military or strategic information
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- to go about spreading damaging reports about someone; to slander
- turתּוּרto explore or search something out by moving through it, whether scouting a land on foot or searching a matter out in the mind
- kataskopeōκατασκοπέωto spynot studied yet
- kataskoposκατάσκοποςspynot studied yet
- ragalרָגַלto spy out: to scout a land, city, or people secretly in order to gather military or strategic information
spy out3 words
- ragalרָגַלto spy out: to scout a land, city, or people secretly in order to gather military or strategic information
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- to go about spreading damaging reports about someone; to slander
- turתּוּרto explore or search something out by moving through it, whether scouting a land on foot or searching a matter out in the mind
- ḥapharחָפַרto dig: to break open the ground to make a well, pit, or hole
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- to search out: to explore or scout a place to learn what it holds
- ragalרָגַלto spy out: to scout a land, city, or people secretly in order to gather military or strategic information
squad of four1 word
squander1 word
- diaskorpizōδιασκορπίζωto squander: to throw money or property away until nothing is left of it
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- to scatter completely: to break up something gathered so that its parts are driven off in every direction
- diaskorpizōδιασκορπίζωto squander: to throw money or property away until nothing is left of it
square3 words
squeeze1 word
stab1 word
stability1 word
Stachys1 word
stack1 word
stadia1 word
- 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.
- 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.
stadium1 word
- 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.
- 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.
staff8 words
- xulonξύλονwood: cut timber, and by extension almost anything made of wood, from a living tree to the cross
- mattehמַטֶּהa staff or rod: a length of wood carried in the hand, used as a walking stick, a tool, a weapon, or a sign of authority.
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- a tribe: one of the major family divisions of Israel descended from a son of Jacob.
- shevetשֵׁבֶטa rod: a wooden stick used to strike, to guide a flock, or to mark out a ruler's authority
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- a tribe: one of the family branches that together make up the people of Israel
- rhabdosῥάβδοςa staff: a length of wood carried in the hand, to walk with, to strike with, or to keep as a token
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- a scepter: the staff a ruler holds as the sign of his right to govern
- kalamosκάλαμοςa reed: the tall marsh cane, and by extension the everyday things cut from its stalk: a light staff, a writing pen, or a measuring rod
stag1 word
stage1 word
stagger4 words
- kashalכָּשַׁלto stumble and so be brought down: to totter, lose one's footing, and fall, whether from weakness, in defeat, or into ruin
- ta'ahתָּעָהto stray from the right course: to wander off and lose the way, or to be led off it
- nu'aנוּעַto move unsteadily: to shake or quiver in place, to reel, or to roam with no settled place to rest.
- ga'ashגָּעַשׁto heave and lurch: to be thrown into violent rocking motion, the way ground bucks in an earthquake or water churns in a flood
staggering1 word
stain5 words
- miainōμιαίνωto stainnot studied yet
- molunōμολύνωto defile by besmirching: to soil or stain a person or thing so it is disgracefully dirtied and unfit for holy company
- ga'alגָּאַלto defile by staining: to soil something, most vividly with blood, until it is polluted or unfit for holy use
- spiloōσπιλόωto stainnot studied yet
- spilosσπίλοςa spot or stain: a blemish that mars something otherwise clean, used morally of the corruption that spoils a person or a community
stairs4 words
stake2 words
stalk1 word
- qanehקָנֶהa reed or stalk: the tall, hollow, jointed plant that grows in water, and any single cane-like stem.
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- a measuring rod: a fixed-length reed used as a surveyor's measuring tool, and the length itself as a unit.
- the shaft and branches of the golden lampstand in the tabernacle.
- the upper arm bone, the long bone running from shoulder to elbow.
- qanehקָנֶהa reed or stalk: the tall, hollow, jointed plant that grows in water, and any single cane-like stem.
stall4 words
stallion1 word
stammerer1 word
stamp3 words
stampede1 word
stamping1 word
stand10 words
- histēmiἵστημιto stand: to be on one's feet, to be positioned somewhere, or to hold one's ground
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- to set, to place: to make someone or something stand in a position, and so to set up, present, appoint, or establish it
- 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
- amadעָמַדto 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
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- to remain: to keep standing over time, and so to last, to hold one's ground, or to be valid rather than fall
- 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
- natsavנָצַבto take up a fixed standing position, or to put something firmly in place: to stand stationed, to stand firm, and to set up or erect.
- yatsavיָצַבto plant oneself in place: to take up a position and hold it, whether to wait, to appear before someone, or to stand one's ground
- histēmiἵστημιto stand: to be on one's feet, to be positioned somewhere, or to hold one's ground
stand around1 word
stand by1 word
- 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
- paristēmiπαρίστημιto place someone or something at another's disposal: to present, offer, or provide
stand fast1 word
stand firm3 words
- hupomenōὑπομένωto endure: to stand firm and hold out under hardship, persecution, or testing without giving up
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- to stay behind: to remain in a place after others have gone on
- yatsavיָצַבto plant oneself in place: to take up a position and hold it, whether to wait, to appear before someone, or to stand one's ground
- stēkōστήκωto stand: to be on one's feet, and by extension to hold one's ground and not give way
- hupomenōὑπομένωto endure: to stand firm and hold out under hardship, persecution, or testing without giving up
stand in awe2 words
- gurגּוּרto live somewhere as a resident outsider: to settle for a time among people not your own, without owning the land or holding the rights of a native
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- to be afraid, to dread: to shrink back in fear before a person, a threat, or God
- to assail, to stir up strife: to gather in hostility against someone, to attack
- aratsעָרַץto be gripped by dread: to tremble in terror, to strike terror into others, or to hold in reverent awe
- gurגּוּרto live somewhere as a resident outsider: to settle for a time among people not your own, without owning the land or holding the rights of a native
stand still1 word
stand up2 words
- anistēmiἀνίστημιto get up: to come up from a sitting, lying, or kneeling position, and by extension to set out or to step forward to act
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- to 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
- koumiκοῦμιstand up!not studied yet
- anistēmiἀνίστημιto get up: to come up from a sitting, lying, or kneeling position, and by extension to set out or to step forward to act
stand with1 word
- 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
- sunistēmi, sunistaōσυνίστημι, συνιστάωto set a person or a claim forward so that it stands established: to commend someone, or to prove something true
standard2 words
standing3 words
- stasisστάσιςa public break into opposing camps: people who belonged together now standing against each other, anywhere from a furious argument to an armed revolt.
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- a standing: the state of being set up and still in place.
- bathmosβαθμόςstandingnot studied yet
- tequmahתְּקוּמָהstandingnot studied yet
- stasisστάσιςa public break into opposing camps: people who belonged together now standing against each other, anywhere from a furious argument to an armed revolt.
standing corn1 word
standing grain1 word
standing place1 word
standing stone1 word
standing water1 word
star3 words
stare1 word
starve1 word
station3 words
- natsavנָצַבto take up a fixed standing position, or to put something firmly in place: to stand stationed, to stand firm, and to set up or erect.
- matstsavמַצָּבa fixed standing-place or post: the spot where someone stands, a military outpost, or the position a person holds
- omedעֹמֶדthe spot where a person stands: the place someone occupies, or the post someone has been given.
station oneself1 word
statue2 words
stature4 words
- middahמִדָּהa measure: the measured size of something, or the standard by which size is measured.
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- tribute: a payment or tax owed to a ruler.
- qomahקוֹמָהheight: how tall something stands, measured straight up from the ground
- hēlikiaἡλικίαstature: how tall a person stands, and so how far a body has grown toward its full size
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- age: the point a person has reached in life, counted in years, and so the stretch of life that person has been given
- madonמָדוֹןstaturenot studied yet
- middahמִדָּהa measure: the measured size of something, or the standard by which size is measured.
statute3 words
- ḥoqחֹקa statute: a binding rule that has been laid down and set in force, whether by God or by a human authority.
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- an allotted portion: a fixed share, ration, or due that is assigned to someone.
- a fixed limit: a boundary or bound that has been set and may not be crossed.
- ḥuqqahחֻקָּהa statute: a fixed, prescribed regulation laid down to be kept, whether a binding law, a permanent religious observance, an inherited custom, or one of the set orders of nature
- qeyamקְיָםstatutenot studied yet
- ḥoqחֹקa statute: a binding rule that has been laid down and set in force, whether by God or by a human authority.
staves1 word
- badבַּדby itself, apart from everything else: the idea of one thing standing separate, which gives the common phrase "alone"
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- a carrying pole: one of the long wooden bars slid through rings to lift and carry the ark, altar, or table
- a branch or shoot: a wooden limb growing out from a vine or stem
- a limb or part of the body: one of the members that make up a living frame
- badבַּדby itself, apart from everything else: the idea of one thing standing separate, which gives the common phrase "alone"
stay7 words
- kathizōκαθίζωto settle, to stay or remain in a place
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- to sit down: to lower oneself onto a seat or mount, and so to take one's place
- to seat someone, to set or install a person in a position
- menōμένωto remain: to keep on being where, what, or as one is, rather than leaving, ending, or changing
- atsarעָצַרto hold back: to restrain, stop, or shut something in so it cannot move, flow, or get out
- epimenōἐπιμένωto stay on: to remain in a place, or keep on in an action or condition, without stopping
- mishenetמִשְׁעֶנֶתa staff: the stick a person leans their weight on to walk, stand, or be steadied
- kathizōκαθίζωto settle, to stay or remain in a place
stay awake2 words
stay behind1 word
- hupomenōὑπομένωto stay behind: to remain in a place after others have gone on
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- to endure: to stand firm and hold out under hardship, persecution, or testing without giving up
- hupomenōὑπομένωto stay behind: to remain in a place after others have gone on
stayed2 words
steadfast2 words
steadfast love1 word
- ḥesedחֶסֶדloyal, steadfast love: kindness freely shown to someone in real need, kept faithfully within a relationship.
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- a disgrace, a shameful thing; a reproach.
- ḥesedחֶסֶדloyal, steadfast love: kindness freely shown to someone in real need, kept faithfully within a relationship.
steadfastness1 word
steadiness1 word
steal3 words
- kleptōκλέπτωto steal: to take by stealth what belongs to someone else
- ganavגָּנַבto take by stealth: to get hold of something, or someone, secretly and without the owner's knowledge
- 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
stealth1 word
stealthily1 word
- latלָאטsecrecy: the cover under which something is done so that nobody notices it happening
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- secret arts: the hidden craft by which trained specialists produce effects nobody can account for
- latלָאטsecrecy: the cover under which something is done so that nobody notices it happening
steed3 words
- susסוּסa horse: the swift, powerful animal harnessed for war, royal travel, and trade
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- a swift: a small migratory bird known for its piping cry and its reliable seasonal return
- rekheshרֶכֶשׁsteednot studied yet
- aḥashtaranאֲחַשְׁתְּרָןsteednot studied yet
- susסוּסa horse: the swift, powerful animal harnessed for war, royal travel, and trade
steel1 word
steep1 word
stem1 word
- qanehקָנֶהa reed or stalk: the tall, hollow, jointed plant that grows in water, and any single cane-like stem.
+3 more meanings
- a measuring rod: a fixed-length reed used as a surveyor's measuring tool, and the length itself as a unit.
- the shaft and branches of the golden lampstand in the tabernacle.
- the upper arm bone, the long bone running from shoulder to elbow.
- qanehקָנֶהa reed or stalk: the tall, hollow, jointed plant that grows in water, and any single cane-like stem.
stench2 words
step9 words
- pa'amפַּעַםa foot, or the step a foot makes: the tread of a person walking, often used of the path one's life takes
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- a time: a single instance of something happening, counted out and often added up
- a pedestal-foot: one of the cast metal corner-feet that the ark and other holy furniture rested on
- ma'alahמַעֲלָהa step or a going-up: a stair, an ascent, or a graded mark that something moves up by
- tsa'adצַעַדa step: one reach of the leg in walking, and so the stride itself or the whole course a person's walking takes
- ashurאֲשׁוּרa step: the walking a person does, standing for the course a life is taking
- tsa'adצָעַדto step, to stride: to move forward with deliberate, measured steps
- pa'amפַּעַםa foot, or the step a foot makes: the tread of a person walking, often used of the path one's life takes
step down1 word
step in1 word
Stephanas1 word
Stephen1 word