English Bible words starting with S
1,394 meanings beginning with S, in alphabetical order. This is page 12 of 14. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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steps4 words
- ma'alahמַעֲלָהa step or a going-up: a stair, an ascent, or a graded mark that something moves up by
- aqevעָקֵבthe heel: the hard back of the foot on a person or an animal, the low point where the body is most easily caught or struck
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- footprints: the tracks feet leave in the ground, and by extension the path a person has walked
- the rear: the back end of a moving or fighting force, the part that trails behind
- 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
stern1 word
sternly charged1 word
stew1 word
steward3 words
- oikonomosοἰκονόμοςa manager put in charge of another person's household, property or funds, with real authority to act and a reckoning to face
- sakhanסָכַןto be of benefit: to be worth something to the one who stands to gain
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- an attendant: a person kept close to a superior to look after him personally
- to be long familiar with: to know something by living with it rather than by hearing of it
- meltsarמֶלְצָר`steward`not studied yet
stewardship1 word
- oikonomiaοἰκονομίαthe job of managing what an owner entrusts to a manager: stewardship, the office and work of a trusted agent
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- the ordered way God runs things: his administering of his purpose through history and over the world
- oikonomiaοἰκονομίαthe job of managing what an owner entrusts to a manager: stewardship, the office and work of a trusted agent
stick4 words
- etsעֵץa tree: a living, growing woody plant, or trees taken together as a kind of vegetation
+2 more meanings
- wood: what a tree yields once it is cut, whether as building timber, as fuel, or as the material a thing is made of
- the wooden pole, stake, or tree on which the body of a condemned person is hung up in public
- 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
- maqqelמַקֵּלa stick of wood: a rod, staff, or fresh-cut branch carried or used in the hand
- etsעֵץa tree: a living, growing woody plant, or trees taken together as a kind of vegetation
stiff-necked2 words
stiffen1 word
stiffnecked1 word
still6 words
- etiἔτιstill, yet: a situation is going on now (or was going on then) and has not ended
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- further, in addition, besides: one more item, degree, or step beyond what is already there
- odעוֹדstill, yet, again: a small word that marks something as continuing, repeating, or being added on
- shavaḥשָׁבַחto still: to force raging water or a flaring temper to be quiet
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- to laud: to declare out loud that God, or something judged good, deserves high regard
- adenעֲדֶןstillnot studied yet
- akmēnἀκμήνstillnot studied yet
- etiἔτιstill, yet: a situation is going on now (or was going on then) and has not ended
stillborn child1 word
stillness1 word
sting2 words
- kentronκέντρονstingnot studied yet
- parashפָּרַשׁto sting: to strike and pierce, as a poisonous snake does.
+1 more meaning
- to make plain: to separate a thing out from the blur around it so that it stands clear and settled.
stinging fly1 word
stink2 words
stir1 word
stir up10 words
- tarassōταράσσωto agitate: to stir something into commotion, whether water, a person's heart, or a crowd
- saleuōσαλεύωto shake: to make something move back and forth, totter, or lose its firm footing.
- urעוּרto wake or rouse: to bring something from rest, sleep, or stillness into alertness and action, or to come awake oneself
- kineōκινέωto move something out of the position it holds: to budge it, shake it, carry it off, or set a crowd going.
- sutסוּתto incite: to move someone to a course of action by persuasion, provocation, or enticement
stirring up1 word
stock4 words
- etsעֵץa tree: a living, growing woody plant, or trees taken together as a kind of vegetation
+2 more meanings
- wood: what a tree yields once it is cut, whether as building timber, as fuel, or as the material a thing is made of
- the wooden pole, stake, or tree on which the body of a condemned person is hung up in public
- genosγένοςa group that belongs together by common origin: offspring, a people, or a kind of thing
- gezaגֶּזַעstocknot studied yet
- sadסַדstocknot studied yet
- etsעֵץa tree: a living, growing woody plant, or trees taken together as a kind of vegetation
stocks3 words
Stoic1 word
stomach3 words
- koiliaκοιλίαthe stomach or belly: the part of the body that takes in and digests food
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- the womb: the part of a mother's body where a child is conceived and carried before birth
- the innermost being: the deep inner core of a person, the source of one's inner life
- stomachosστόμαχοςstomachnot studied yet
- qevahקֵבָהstomachnot studied yet
- koiliaκοιλίαthe stomach or belly: the part of the body that takes in and digests food
stone12 words
- lithosλίθοςa stone: a discrete piece of rock, from one small enough to throw to a shaped building block or a cut gem, as opposed to solid bedrock
- evenאֶבֶןa stone: a piece of rock a person can gather, shape, carry, throw, or build with
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- a precious stone: a gem valued for its beauty and worth
- a stone used as a standard of measure: the weight in a merchant's bag or on a builder's line
- stone as an image of what is hard, heavy, lifeless, or dirt cheap
- lithoboleōλιθοβολέωto stone someone: to kill, or try to kill, a person by throwing stones at them, the public execution the Law of Moses prescribed
- lithinosλίθινοςstonenot studied yet
- saqalסָקַלto stone: to throw stones at a person, usually to put them to death
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- to clear of stones: to rid a field or road of stones
stone of stumbling1 word
stone to death4 words
- lithoboleōλιθοβολέωto stone someone: to kill, or try to kill, a person by throwing stones at them, the public execution the Law of Moses prescribed
- saqalסָקַלto stone: to throw stones at a person, usually to put them to death
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- to clear of stones: to rid a field or road of stones
- ragamרָגַםto stone: to kill a person by pelting them with stones
- lithazōλιθάζωto stone someone: to throw stones at a person in order to kill them
stony ground1 word
stood before1 word
stood by1 word
stoop3 words
stop9 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
- 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
- pauōπαύωto stop, cease: to bring or come to a halt, leaving off an action or letting something run out
- ḥatamחָתַםto seal: to press a seal onto something in order to authorize it, secure it shut, or close it off
- dialeipōδιαλείπωto stopnot studied yet
- histēmiἵστημιto stand: to be on one's feet, to be positioned somewhere, or to hold one's ground
stop up1 word
stoppage1 word
storage1 word
store3 words
- otsarאוֹצָרa store of valuables, or the place that holds them: treasure, and the treasury or storehouse where treasure is kept
- pequddahפְּקֻדָּהa store: goods laid up or set in reserve
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- a visitation: God's decisive coming to deal with a person or people, most often to punish and sometimes to help
- oversight: a charge or office entrusted to someone, with responsibility to answer for it
- a mustering: the counting of people and the numbered company it produces
- atsarאָצַרto storenot studied yet
store up4 words
- thēsaurizōθησαυρίζωto store up: to set something aside now so that it builds into a supply for a later day
- kanasכָּנַסto gather into one mass or one company: to pile up what is scattered, or to bring scattered people together in one place
- apothēsaurizōἀποθησαυρίζωto store upnot studied yet
- kamasכָּמַסto store upnot studied yet
storehouse5 words
- thēsaurosθησαυρόςstorehouse or chest: the place or container in which valuables are kept and from which they are brought out
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- treasure: valuable things gathered and kept safe, from earthly riches to the lasting reward stored up with God
- otsarאוֹצָרa store of valuables, or the place that holds them: treasure, and the treasury or storehouse where treasure is kept
- apothēkēἀποθήκηstorehousenot studied yet
- asuphאָסֹףstorehousenot studied yet
- asamאָסָםstorehousenot studied yet
- thēsaurosθησαυρόςstorehouse or chest: the place or container in which valuables are kept and from which they are brought out
storeroom2 words
stork1 word
storm9 words
- se'arahסְעָרָהa violently raging wind: a tempest, gale, or storm-wind
- suphahסוּפָהa violent windstorm: a fierce, driving gale that sweeps everything before it
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- Suphah: a place named in a fragment of an old war-song, its location now unknown
- sho'ahשׁוֹאָהsudden, sweeping ruin: catastrophe that overwhelms a person or a place without warning, and the emptied waste it leaves behind.
- lailapsλαῖλαψstormnot studied yet
- zeremזֶרֶםa driving rainstorm: a violent, flooding downpour of rain
storm against1 word
- sa'arשָׂעַרto shudder with horror: to bristle and recoil at the sight of something terrible
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- to storm: to rage as a windstorm does, or to seize someone and whirl them away
- sa'arשָׂעַרto shudder with horror: to bristle and recoil at the sight of something terrible
storm-tossed1 word
stormy wind1 word
story2 words
- yatsu'aיָצוּעַa bed: the bedding spread out for someone to lie on, a word used only in poetry and heightened speech
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- the low structure of rooms built out against the outside wall of Solomon's temple, or one of its stacked levels
- midrashמִדְרָשׁstorynot studied yet
- yatsu'aיָצוּעַa bed: the bedding spread out for someone to lie on, a word used only in poetry and heightened speech
stouthearted1 word
stove1 word
straggler1 word
straight3 words
- yasharיָשָׁרstraight, and so morally right: in line with the true standard, whether a road, a person, or God himself
- euthusεὐθύςstraight: running without bends or detours, whether it is a road or a life
- yosherיֹשֶׁרstraightness, and so honesty: a motive with nothing bent in it, a life or road that runs direct rather than crooked, and what is simply right or owed
straight ahead1 word
straighten1 word
straighten out1 word
straighten up1 word
straightforward1 word
straightway1 word
strain out1 word
strained1 word
strait1 word
straitened1 word
straits1 word
strange6 words
- heterosἕτεροςof a different kind: another that is not the same in nature, strange or foreign
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- another one: a further or second member of the same kind or group
- next, following: the next day in a sequence of days
- allotriosἀλλότριοςbelonging to someone else: another's, not one's own
- zurזוּרto be an outsider: to stand on the wrong side of a line that matters here, whether a circle, a household, a nation, the covenant, or holy space
- nokhriנׇכְרִיforeign: belonging to another people or another person, not one's own
- nekharנֵכָרforeignness: what belongs to another people or land, and so is alien to Israel and its God
- heterosἕτεροςof a different kind: another that is not the same in nature, strange or foreign
stranger9 words
- allotriosἀλλότριοςbelonging to someone else: another's, not one's own
- gerגֵּרa resident foreigner: someone who has left his own land and people and settled long-term among Israel, living under its protection but without a native's land and family rights
- zurזוּרto be an outsider: to stand on the wrong side of a line that matters here, whether a circle, a household, a nation, the covenant, or holy space
- nokhriנׇכְרִיforeign: belonging to another people or another person, not one's own
- nekharנֵכָרforeignness: what belongs to another people or land, and so is alien to Israel and its God
strangle2 words
strangled1 word
strangling1 word
strap on1 word
straw4 words
stray1 word
stream12 words
- potamosποταμόςa river: a natural channel of flowing water, whether a steady stream or a rushing flood
- naharנָהָרa river: a steady, year-round stream of flowing water, often a large named one
- ye'orיְאֹרthe Nile, the great river of Egypt; by extension its branching channels, and now and then any large river or watercourse.
- aphiqאָפִיקa watercourse: the bed or channel a stream runs in, from a seasonal desert ravine to the deep channels of the sea
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- strong ones: mighty or powerful people
- shibbolשִׁבֹּלֶתa rushing body of water: a flood, torrent, or flowing stream.
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- an ear of grain: the seed-bearing head at the top of a cereal stalk.
streams2 words
street6 words
- ḥutsחוּץthe space outside: the area beyond an enclosure, and so the open ground, the open country, or the streets of a town
- platusπλατύςa broad street: a town's wide main way or open public square
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- wide: stretching far across, broad rather than narrow
- reḥovרְחוֹבa broad open place in a town: the public square at the gate, or the wide street where people gather.
- agoraἀγοράthe open public square at the heart of a town: the one place where people bought and sold, gathered, waited, argued, and were seen
- shuqשׁוּקa street: the ordinary lane of a town, the narrow public way running between the houses rather than an open square
strength23 words
- dunamisδύναμιςpower: the strength or ability to do something, especially God's effective power at work
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- a mighty work: a deed that openly displays power, a miracle
- a power: a being or cosmic force that possesses power, including the heavenly bodies and spiritual powers
- meaning: the force a sound or word carries, what it signifies
- ischusἰσχύςstrength a person or being simply has: might held in reserve, whether or not it is being used at the moment
- ḥayilחַיִלstrength: effective power, the capacity to act and to prevail
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- army: an armed force, the fighting men a ruler commands
- wealth: the resources, property, and substance a person or nation has amassed
- worth: capability and strength of character that make a person able and admirable
- ko'aḥכֹּחַstrength: the capacity to act, endure, or prevail, in body, in resources, or in might
+1 more meaning
- a kind of lizard: an unclean crawling creature in the dietary law
- ozעֹזstrength exerted on behalf of someone or against opposition: the power to prevail and protect, overwhelmingly God's
- dunamisδύναμιςpower: the strength or ability to do something, especially God's effective power at work
strengthen13 words
- ḥazaqחָזַקto be firm or strong, and so to make firm: to grow strong, prevail, take courage, strengthen, repair, grip, hold fast, or harden
- stērizōστηρίζωto make firm and fixed: to set something solidly in place, and so to steady a person so that they hold firm
- enischuōἐνισχύωto strengthennot studied yet
- krataioōκραταιόωto strengthennot studied yet
- stereoōστερεόωto strengthennot studied yet
stretch2 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
- ravatsרָבַץto lie down: to settle the body low against the ground, the way an animal drops to rest or a predator couches over its lair
- natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
stretch forth1 word
stretch out6 words
- shalaḥשָׁלַחto send: to make a person or thing go out from you toward a destination, a target, or freedom
- natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
+3 more meanings
- 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
- ekteinōἐκτείνωto stretch out: to extend a hand or object outward so that it reaches
- parasפָּרַשׂto spread out: to open something wide or stretch it flat across a space.
- proteinōπροτείνωto stretch outnot studied yet
stretcher1 word
strew1 word
stricken1 word
stricter1 word
strictest1 word
strictness1 word
stride2 words
strife10 words
- rivרִיבa dispute: a clash between two sides, from a hot quarrel to a formal legal case
- dinדִּיןjudgment: the deciding of a legal case, whether the verdict handed down or the rightful cause brought for decision.
- erisἔριςstrife: the open, competitive quarreling that fractures a community
- madonמָדוֹןquarreling: open conflict between people, the kind that gets started, spreads, and has to be shut down.
- midyanמִדְיָןquarrels, always in the plural: bickering that keeps going, and so the settled habit of a person who is always fighting.
strike12 words
- nakhahנָכָהto deliver a blow: to strike someone or something, whether a single hit, a fatal stroke, a battlefield rout, or an affliction sent from God
- patassōπατάσσωto land a single decisive blow: to strike someone down, whether with a weapon, with the hand, or by an act of judgment
- taqaתָּקַעto strike or clap the hand, either as a binding pledge of surety or as applause
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- to drive or thrust something into a surface or a body with a sharp, forceful blow
- to blow a trumpet or ram's horn by giving it a sharp burst of breath
- to pitch a tent by driving its stakes into the ground
- tuptōτύπτωto strike or beat: to hit someone with a blow, often blow after blow
- nagaphנָגַףto hit something hard enough to damage it: a collision, whether an animal against an animal, a foot against a stone, an army broken in defeat, or God striking with plague.
strike a head1 word
strike at1 word
strike away1 word
strike down1 word
strike terror1 word
strike through2 words
- ḥalaphחָלַףto pass: to move on past, sweep through a place, come to an end, or drive clean through
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- to change: to exchange one thing for another, or put a substitute in its place
- to renew: to come up fresh again, or to gain new strength
- maḥatsמָחַץto strike a shattering blow: to smash or grievously wound with a forceful, targeted stroke
- ḥalaphחָלַףto pass: to move on past, sweep through a place, come to an end, or drive clean through
string4 words
- patilפָּתִילa twisted cord: a thin strand of spun or braided fiber, used to tie, carry, mark, or measure
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- fastened tight: said of a covering sealed down onto a jar so that nothing can pass in or out
- ḥutחוּטa thread: one thin spun strand of wool or flax, and by extension a light cord or a measuring line
- menמֵןstringnot studied yet
- ḥaruzחָרוּזa string of beads: small pierced pieces, beads or pearls or gems, threaded on a cord and worn as a necklace.
- patilפָּתִילa twisted cord: a thin strand of spun or braided fiber, used to tie, carry, mark, or measure
stringed instruments1 word
strings of beads1 word
strings of jewels1 word
strip6 words
- pashatפָּשַׁטto strip off: to take clothing or covering off someone or something, including skinning an animal or plundering the dead.
+1 more meaning
- to make a raid: to rush out and fall upon a place or people, spreading out to plunder.
- ekduōἐκδύωto stripnot studied yet
- ḥasaphחָשַׂףto strip something bare: to pull away what covers it so that it stands exposed
+1 more meaning
- to draw off liquid: to scoop water or wine out of the vessel that holds it
- ararעָרַרto stripnot studied yet
- netarנְתַרto stripnot studied yet
- pashatפָּשַׁטto strip off: to take clothing or covering off someone or something, including skinning an animal or plundering the dead.
strip off1 word
stripe2 words
striped1 word
stripes2 words
- plēgēπληγήa blow or beating, and the wound it leaves on the body
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- a plague: a crushing blow of calamity sent as divine judgment
- ḥabburahחַבּוּרָהa bruise or welt: the discolored mark a blow leaves on the skin, where blood pools underneath without the skin being broken open
- plēgēπληγήa blow or beating, and the wound it leaves on the body