English Bible words starting with S
1,394 meanings beginning with S, in alphabetical order. This is page 13 of 14. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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stripping locust1 word
strive7 words
- rivרִיבto press a contention against another: to quarrel, take someone to task, or argue a case against them
- agōnizomaiἀγωνίζομαιto contend with all your strength: to throw everything you have into a contest you mean to win
- natsahנָצָהto fight: to be locked against another party in an open struggle, most often two people coming to blows
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- to be left in ruins: of a city or a countryside, knocked into heaps of rubble and emptied of people
- askeōἀσκέωto strivenot studied yet
- sarahשָׂרָהto contend with someone: to set yourself against another and hold out rather than give way
strive against1 word
striving2 words
stroke3 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.
- maggephahמַגֵּפָהa deadly blow: a striking that brings sudden mass death, whether by disease or by the sword
- ma'avarahמַעֲבָרָהa crossing: the ford of a river or the narrow pass through rough ground where people go over, and once the passing sweep of a rod
- negaנֶגַעa blow that lands as a sending from God: a plague, calamity, or stroke of discipline understood as coming from his hand.
strong15 words
- dunatosδυνατόςable, powerful: having what it takes to bring something about
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- possible: able to be done or to happen
- ischurosἰσχυρόςstrong: possessing real, built-in force that grips, holds, and resists
- ḥazaqחָזָקstrong: possessing force that does not give way, whether power that overwhelms or hardness that will not bend
- atsumעָצוּםvast: so overwhelmingly great, in strength or in sheer numbers, that it cannot be resisted
- azעַזmarked by overpowering force: strong or mighty, and, turned against someone, fierce, harsh, or brazen.
- dunatosδυνατόςable, powerful: having what it takes to bring something about
strong drink1 word
stronger1 word
stronghold15 words
- ozעֹזstrength exerted on behalf of someone or against opposition: the power to prevail and protect, overwhelmingly God's
- ochurōmaὀχύρωμαstrongholdnot studied yet
- selaסֶלַעa large rock: a cliff, crag, or massive boulder, and by extension a secure place of refuge
- mivtsarמִבְצָרa fortified place: a walled town, or the defensive stronghold that guards it, built to hold out against attack
- ma'ozמָעוֹזa place or source of safety and strength: a fortress to shelter behind, or the protection a person leans on for security
structure3 words
- yatsu'aיָצוּעַthe low structure of rooms built out against the outside wall of Solomon's temple, or one of its stacked levels
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- a bed: the bedding spread out for someone to lie on, a word used only in poetry and heightened speech
- binyanבִּנְיָןa built structure: something raised by construction, seen as a solid measurable object rather than as a home or a defense
- mivnehמִבְנֶהstructurenot studied yet
- yatsu'aיָצוּעַthe low structure of rooms built out against the outside wall of Solomon's temple, or one of its stacked levels
struggle8 words
- agōnἀγώνa strenuous struggle: a hard, sustained contest against opposition, often carried on in public and pictured as an athletic match run toward a prize.
- agōnizomaiἀγωνίζομαιto contend with all your strength: to throw everything you have into a contest you mean to win
- natsahנָצָהto fight: to be locked against another party in an open struggle, most often two people coming to blows
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- to be left in ruins: of a city or a countryside, knocked into heaps of rubble and emptied of people
- antagōnizomaiἀνταγωνίζομαιto struggle face-to-face against an opponent, the way a wrestler or fighter grapples with an adversary
- sarahשָׂרָהto contend with someone: to set yourself against another and hold out rather than give way
struggle against1 word
stub1 word
stubble3 words
stubborn4 words
- qashehקָשֶׁהhard in the sense of unyielding: a burden that will not let up, a manner that gives no ground, or a person who will not bend
- qashahקָשָׁהto be or become hard: too difficult to manage, harsh or heavy in force, or (of the heart and neck) stubbornly unwilling to yield
- sararסָרַרto be stubborn: to dig in and refuse to submit to a rightful authority
- sarסַרstubbornnot studied yet
stubbornness3 words
- sherirutשְׁרִירוּתthe settled self-will of the heart: a course a person has fixed on for himself and keeps walking instead of listening to God
- patsarפָּצַרto press a person hard: to keep pushing at someone who is holding back, until they give way
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- pushiness: a stubborn insistence on getting one's own way
- qeshiקְשִׁיstubbornnessnot studied yet
student1 word
study2 words
stumble5 words
- kashalכָּשַׁלto stumble and so be brought down: to totter, lose one's footing, and fall, whether from weakness, in defeat, or into ruin
- 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.
- skandalizōσκανδαλίζωto trip someone up: to make a person stumble in their faith, whether by leading them into sin, driving them to give up, or setting off a reaction of offense.
- proskoptōπροσκόπτωto strike against something physically: to dash the foot against an obstacle and stumble, or for a force to beat violently upon a thing.
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- to be tripped up spiritually: to take offense at something, be repelled by it, and so reject it and fall.
- ptaiōπταίωto stumble: to strike the foot against something and lose one's footing, used for failing morally (sinning) and, at its strongest, for coming to ruin.
stumbling5 words
- mikhsholמִכְשׁוֹלa stumbling block: anything that trips a person up, whether a literal obstacle in the path, the cause or occasion that makes someone fall, or the fall itself
- negephנֶגֶףa striking blow: the impact that brings something down, whether a deadly stroke against a people or a foot hitting a stone
- tselaצֶלַעstumblingnot studied yet
- proskopēπροσκοπήstumblingnot studied yet
- kishshalonכִּשָּׁלוֹןstumblingnot studied yet
stumbling block3 words
- skandalonσκάνδαλονa stumbling block: the trap, obstacle, or offense that causes a person to fall into sin or turn away from God.
- proskommaπρόσκομμαa stumbling block: something lying in the path that a person strikes against and trips over, and so the fall it brings on, an obstacle rather than a trap laid to catch someone.
- mikhsholמִכְשׁוֹלa stumbling block: anything that trips a person up, whether a literal obstacle in the path, the cause or occasion that makes someone fall, or the fall itself
stump1 word
stupid3 words
stupidity1 word
stupor2 words
stylus3 words
Suah1 word
subdue6 words
- hupotassōὑποτάσσωto place something under an authority; to bring all things into subjection (used in the New Testament almost only of God or Christ)
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- to submit; to take one's place willingly under another, deferring to them without being forced
- kanaכָּנַעto be brought low: to be forced down from a high or proud position, whether by another's hand or by one's own choice
- kavashכָּבַשׁto bring something under control by force; to tread down, subdue.
- damazōδαμάζωto tame or subdue: bring a wild, violent, or unruly thing under control
- radadרָדַדto subduenot studied yet
- hupotassōὑποτάσσωto place something under an authority; to bring all things into subjection (used in the New Testament almost only of God or Christ)
subject1 word
- hupotassōὑποτάσσωto place something under an authority; to bring all things into subjection (used in the New Testament almost only of God or Christ)
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- to submit; to take one's place willingly under another, deferring to them without being forced
- hupotassōὑποτάσσωto place something under an authority; to bring all things into subjection (used in the New Testament almost only of God or Christ)
subject to1 word
- enochosἔνοχοςheld fast in the wrong so that punishment can follow: answerable to a court, deserving of a sentence, or guilty in relation to what has been violated
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- held fast by something and unable to get out from under it: in its grip
- enochosἔνοχοςheld fast in the wrong so that punishment can follow: answerable to a court, deserving of a sentence, or guilty in relation to what has been violated
subjection1 word
subjugation1 word
submission1 word
submit3 words
- hupotassōὑποτάσσωto submit; to take one's place willingly under another, deferring to them without being forced
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- to place something under an authority; to bring all things into subjection (used in the New Testament almost only of God or Christ)
- kaḥashכָּחַשׁto deal falsely: to lie or deny the truth, put on a false front, or (of a thing) fail to deliver what it promised
- hupeikōὑπείκωto yield: to stop resisting and give way to someone, deferring to them once they have won you over
- hupotassōὑποτάσσωto submit; to take one's place willingly under another, deferring to them without being forced
subside1 word
substance7 words
- sōmaσῶμαthe body: a living creature's whole physical self, a frame of many parts working as one, and by extension the person or the community that frame stands for.
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- slaves: human beings counted and traded as property.
- the solid reality that casts a shadow: the thing itself, as against a mere outline of it.
- yeshיֵשׁthere is, there are: the word that asserts something exists, is present, or is at hand
- hupostasisὑπόστασιςthe real being or substance of something: what it actually is beneath how it appears
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- a firm, settled confidence: assurance held onto without wavering
- an undertaking or venture being carried through: a concrete plan one has committed to
- 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
- sōmaσῶμαthe body: a living creature's whole physical self, a frame of many parts working as one, and by extension the person or the community that frame stands for.
substitute1 word
subterranean1 word
subtle1 word
suburbs1 word
subvert2 words
succeed2 words
- tsaleḥצָלֵחַto succeed, prosper, turn out well: to reach a good and fitting completion, especially because God brings it about
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- to rush forward and break through: to surge ahead with sudden, irresistible force, cutting a way through whatever stands in front
- kasherכָּשֵׁרto succeednot studied yet
- tsaleḥצָלֵחַto succeed, prosper, turn out well: to reach a good and fitting completion, especially because God brings it about
success1 word
successor1 word
Succoth1 word
Succoth-benoth1 word
succour2 words
such a one2 words
such and such2 words
such as1 word
such as this2 words
suck2 words
suck out1 word
suckle2 words
suckling1 word
sudden1 word
sudden violence1 word
suddenly6 words
- pitomפִּתְאֹםsuddenly: happening all at once and without warning, catching people unprepared
- regaרֶגַעa moment: the briefest span of time, an instant that is over almost as soon as it begins
- exapinaἐξάπιναsuddenlynot studied yet
- exaiphnēsἐξαίφνηςsuddenlynot studied yet
- aphnōἄφνωsuddenlynot studied yet
suddenness1 word
suet1 word
suffer4 words
- paschōπάσχωto suffer: to be on the receiving end of pain, hardship, harm, or death
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- to experience or undergo something, without saying whether it was good or bad
- epitrepōἐπιτρέπωto permit, to allow: to give someone leave to do something.
- yagahיָגָהto cause someone grief: to lay sorrow on a person, or to be the one bowed under sorrow that someone else has laid on them
- kakopatheōκακοπαθέωto endure hardship: to bear up actively under suffering and hard toil, rather than merely being a victim of it
- paschōπάσχωto suffer: to be on the receiving end of pain, hardship, harm, or death
suffer before1 word
suffer for it1 word
suffer harm1 word
suffer hunger1 word
suffer injury1 word
suffer loss1 word
suffer thirst1 word
suffer with3 words
sufferer1 word
suffering6 words
- pathēmaπάθημαsuffering: a specific affliction or hardship that a person undergoes
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- passion: an inward sinful impulse of the flesh
- makhovמַכְאוֹבpain or suffering, whether felt in the body or in the heart
- ke'evכְּאֵבpain: the felt suffering of a person, in the body or in the heart, which Hebrew names as one thing
- kakopatheiaκακοπάθειαsufferingnot studied yet
- pathētosπαθητόςsufferingnot studied yet
- pathēmaπάθημαsuffering: a specific affliction or hardship that a person undergoes
suffice2 words
- arkeōἀρκέωto be enough: for a supply to cover the need, and so, of a person, to treat what one already has as enough
- saphaqסָפַקto strike sharply with the hand: to clap the palms together, slap the thigh, or land a blow
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- to be enough: to go far enough to cover what is needed
sufficiency2 words
sufficient4 words
- hikanosἱκανόςreaching the needed measure: enough, in amount, for a need, or for a role
- dayדַּיa sufficient amount: as much as is needed to meet a need, a task, or a measure
- arkeōἀρκέωto be enough: for a supply to cover the need, and so, of a person, to treat what one already has as enough
- arketosἀρκετόςsufficientnot studied yet
suitable2 words
sulfur2 words
- theionθεῖονsulfur: the yellow mineral that catches fire easily and burns with a choking smell, named in the New Testament only where something is being destroyed in judgment
- gophritגׇּפְרִיתsulfur: the yellow mineral that catches fire easily and burns with a choking smell, the Bible's picture of a place destroyed by God
sulphurous1 word
sultry1 word
sum3 words
- roshרֹאשׁhead: the head on a body, and from that picture the top of a thing, the person in charge, the start of something, the choicest part, and the total of a count.
- reshרֵאשׁthe head: the top of a body, and so whoever or whatever stands at the top or comes first
- kephalaiosκεφάλαιοςsumnot studied yet
sum up1 word
summarise1 word
summer4 words
- qayitsקַיִץsummer: the hot, rainless half of the year, the season of gathering and storing food
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- summer fruit: the fruit that ripens and is gathered at the end of summer, chiefly figs
- therosθέροςsummernot studied yet
- qutsקוּץto summernot studied yet
- qayitקַיִטsummernot studied yet
- qayitsקַיִץsummer: the hot, rainless half of the year, the season of gathering and storing food
summer fruit1 word
- qayitsקַיִץsummer fruit: the fruit that ripens and is gathered at the end of summer, chiefly figs
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- summer: the hot, rainless half of the year, the season of gathering and storing food
- qayitsקַיִץsummer fruit: the fruit that ripens and is gathered at the end of summer, chiefly figs
summon8 words
- qaraקָרָאto raise the voice toward someone: to call, summon, invoke, name, proclaim, or read aloud
- phōneōφωνέωto call someone to come: to summon, send for, or invite
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- to make a loud sound with the voice: to cry out, or (of a rooster) to crow
- to call someone by a name or title: to address as
- proskaleōπροσκαλέωto call someone to yourself: to summon a person to come into your presence
- sugkaleōσυγκαλέωto summon a group by calling out to them, so that they come together in one place
- metapempōμεταπέμπωto send for someone: to dispatch messengers so that a particular person is brought to you
sun4 words
sun images1 word
sunrise1 word
- anatolēἀνατολήeast: the quarter of the world where the sun comes up, and the lands lying that way
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- a rising: the moment a star or the sun climbs into view, and the light that comes up with it
- anatolēἀνατολήeast: the quarter of the world where the sun comes up, and the lands lying that way
sunrising1 word
sunset2 words
- mavoמָבוֹאthe going-down of the sun, and so the west: sunset as an event, and the direction where the sun sets
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- an entrance or way in: the point of access into a city, building, or enclosed space, and the act of coming in itself
- dusisδύσιςsunsetnot studied yet
- mavoמָבוֹאthe going-down of the sun, and so the west: sunset as an event, and the direction where the sun sets
sunshine1 word
- orאוֹרphysical light in every form: the brightness of day, dawn, the sun, moon and stars, lightning, and lamplight
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- light as a picture of life, rescue, favor, and guidance: the brightness that means things are well
- orאוֹרphysical light in every form: the brightness of day, dawn, the sun, moon and stars, lightning, and lamplight
superfluous1 word
- perissosπερισσόςover and above: what goes past the ordinary measure, whether as an extra one side has that another does not or as a supply beyond what is needed
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- more than is needed: unnecessary, and so better left out
- perissosπερισσόςover and above: what goes past the ordinary measure, whether as an extra one side has that another does not or as a supply beyond what is needed
superior1 word
supersubstantial1 word
Suph1 word
supper1 word
supplant1 word
- aqavעָקַבto come up behind someone and take what was going to be his: to supplant, cheat, or betray
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- to hold something back, keeping it from going forward
- aqavעָקַבto come up behind someone and take what was going to be his: to supplant, cheat, or betray
supplication4 words
- deēsisδέησιςa need-driven petition: an urgent request to God that rises from a specific lack, brought to the one who can supply it
- teḥinnahתְּחִנָּהa humble plea for favor: an earnest request that someone in power grant grace or mercy.
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- favor shown: the grace or mercy that someone grants.
- taḥanunתַּחֲנוּןan earnest plea for favor: a request that rests entirely on the kindness of the one addressed, made by someone with no claim of their own to stand on
- hiketēriaἱκετηρίαsupplicationnot studied yet
supplies1 word
supply6 words
- plēroōπληρόωto fill something up, so that it lacks nothing: a space with what occupies it, or a person with a quality that takes them over
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- to complete something so that it reaches its full extent: a stretch of time runs its course, a set number is reached, or a task is carried all the way through
- to fulfill: to bring a word, promise, prediction, or requirement to its full and intended reality
- anaplēroōἀναπληρόωto fill up what is still missing, until a measure, a place, or an obligation is complete
- epichorēgeōἐπιχορηγέωto supplynot studied yet
- prosanaplēroōπροσαναπληρόωto supplynot studied yet
- epichorēgiaἐπιχορηγίαsupplynot studied yet
- plēroōπληρόωto fill something up, so that it lacks nothing: a space with what occupies it, or a person with a quality that takes them over
support10 words
- antechōἀντέχωto hold fast to: to keep a deliberate grip on a person or a thing and stay committed to it in practice
- samakhסָמַךְto press one's weight onto something or someone: to lean on it, lay a hand firmly on it, or hold it up
- 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
- mishenetמִשְׁעֶנֶתa staff: the stick a person leans their weight on to walk, stand, or be steadied
- sa'adסָעַדto hold something up so it does not give way, by supplying whatever keeps it standing