English Bible words starting with S
1,394 meanings beginning with S, in alphabetical order. This is page 14 of 14. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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supported1 word
suppose5 words
- dokeōδοκέωto think or suppose: to hold in one's own mind an opinion about what is the case, from a confident conclusion to a guarded guess, and often one the text goes on to correct
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- to seem or be reckoned: how a thing or person registers in the eyes of others, whether that is how it looks, what a group decides, or the standing a person is granted
- hupolambanōὑπολαμβάνωto take up/supposenot studied yet
- nomizōνομίζωto suppose or think: to hold a view as probably true, often an assumption drawn from appearances that can turn out to be wrong
- oiomaiοἴομαιto supposenot studied yet
- huponoeōὑπονοέωto supposenot studied yet
- dokeōδοκέωto think or suppose: to hold in one's own mind an opinion about what is the case, from a confident conclusion to a guarded guess, and often one the text goes on to correct
suppress1 word
- katechōκατέχωto hold fast: to keep a firm, lasting grip on something you have received, so that you do not let it slip
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- to 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
- 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
- katechōκατέχωto hold fast: to keep a firm, lasting grip on something you have received, so that you do not let it slip
supreme1 word
- huperechōὑπερέχωto hold the higher station: to be in authority, to be the ruling power over others
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- to surpass: to be greater than something else in worth, standing, or degree
- huperechōὑπερέχωto hold the higher station: to be in authority, to be the ruling power over others
Sur1 word
sure4 words
- emetאֱמֶתthat which holds firm and can be relied on: faithfulness in a person and truth in a word, as one undivided idea
- amanאָמַןto be firm, steady, and reliable, so that a person or thing can be counted on
+2 more meanings
- to believe, to trust, to put confidence in someone or something
- to support and care for a child as a guardian, foster-parent, or nurse
- bebaiosβέβαιοςfirm: not liable to give way, so it holds good and can be counted on
- amanahאֲמָנָהsurenot studied yet
surely7 words
- kiכִּיbecause, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
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- that: it introduces the content of what someone sees, knows, hears, or says
- when, if: it frames the circumstance or the case the main statement answers to
- but rather, except, only: after a denial, it names what holds instead
- imאִםif: it sets a condition, so that what follows depends on whether that thing is so
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- in an oath: a flat denial, or, when the word for "not" is added, a flat promise
- or, whether: it opens the second half of a two way question, or names the thing being asked about
- except, but rather: joined to the word for "that", it carves out the one case a denial does not cover
- akhאַךְa small focusing particle that singles out its clause, either to insist on it (surely, indeed) or to fence it off from what came before (only, but, however)
- raqרַקonly: a limiting word that narrows a statement down to one thing and shuts everything else out
- alēthōsἀληθῶςtruly, really: marking that something genuinely matches the truth or the facts
- kiכִּיbecause, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
surely not2 words
surety1 word
surface1 word
- panehפָּנֶהthe front or surface of a thing: the outer side it turns toward you
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- the face: the front of a person's head, the look it carries, and the presence of the one who turns it toward you
- the position words built on this noun: before, in front of, away from, and so because of
- panehפָּנֶהthe front or surface of a thing: the outer side it turns toward you
surge1 word
surname1 word
- epikaleōἐπικαλέωto call upon: to address someone directly, above all to invoke God or the Lord by name in prayer and worship
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- to name or nickname: to give someone an added name, or (in the passive) to be known by that name
- to appeal: to formally invoke the judgment of a higher authority, above all a Roman citizen's appeal to Caesar
- epikaleōἐπικαλέωto call upon: to address someone directly, above all to invoke God or the Lord by name in prayer and worship
surpass2 words
- diapherōδιαφέρωto be worth more than something else, to surpass it in value or importance
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- to carry something through or across a place, or to be carried along by an outside force
- to differ from something else, to be unlike it
- huperballōὑπερβάλλωto surpass: to go past the mark something else set, outdoing it
- diapherōδιαφέρωto be worth more than something else, to surpass it in value or importance
surpassing6 words
- huperechōὑπερέχωto hold the higher station: to be in authority, to be the ruling power over others
+1 more meaning
- to surpass: to be greater than something else in worth, standing, or degree
- huperballōὑπερβάλλωto surpass: to go past the mark something else set, outdoing it
- huperbolēὑπερβολήa degree that has run past the normal scale: surpassing greatness, or, as a phrase, beyond all measure
- yattirיַתִּירpast the normal measure: extraordinary, surpassing, or, attached to another word, exceedingly.
- atiqעָתִיקsurpassingnot studied yet
- huperechōὑπερέχωto hold the higher station: to be in authority, to be the ruling power over others
surpassing greatness1 word
surplus1 word
surprised1 word
- xenizōξενίζωto give or receive hospitality: to host and care for a guest, or to be taken in and lodged as one.
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- to strike someone as strange or startling; or, of a person, to be taken aback by something unfamiliar.
- xenizōξενίζωto give or receive hospitality: to host and care for a guest, or to be taken in and lodged as one.
surround9 words
- savavסָבַבto surround: close in around someone or something on every side
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- to turn: change the direction one is facing or moving, or send something a roundabout way
- to go around: move in a circuit or circle around something, or run around a thing as a rim does
- to turn something over: hand it on, transfer it, or change it into something else
- kukloōκυκλόωto surroundnot studied yet
- naqaphנָקַףto go around: to encircle something completely, close a ring around it, or bring a cycle full circle
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- to strike down: to cut down or hack away, as an axe fells standing timber
- perikukloōπερικυκλόωto surroundnot studied yet
- perikeimaiπερίκειμαιto lie all around someone or something: to surround, encircle, or be worn like a thing wrapped about the body
- savavסָבַבto surround: close in around someone or something on every side
surrounded1 word
surrounding2 words
surrounding country1 word
surrounding places1 word
surrounding region1 word
surrounds1 word
survive2 words
survivor3 words
- peletahפְּלֵיטָהgetting out of a disaster alive: both the escape itself and the people who come through it
- saridשָׂרִידa survivor: the one left alive, or the little left over, after everyone and everything else has been destroyed.
- palitפָּלִיטa survivor: someone who has escaped a deadly danger and gotten away alive
survivors1 word
susa1 word
Susanna1 word
Susi1 word
suspicion1 word
sustain4 words
- samakhסָמַךְto press one's weight onto something or someone: to lean on it, lay a hand firmly on it, or hold it up
- kulכּוּלto provide for and keep someone alive: to supply food and support so a person or people can survive.
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- to contain or hold a quantity: to have room enough to keep something inside.
- to bear up under something overwhelming: to be able to endure or withstand it.
- to measure out a quantity: to gauge how much something amounts to.
- sa'adסָעַדto hold something up so it does not give way, by supplying whatever keeps it standing
- nahalנָהַלto lead those who cannot lead themselves: to conduct, guide, and provide for the dependent
sustenance1 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.
swaddling1 word
swallow6 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
- katapinōκαταπίνωto swallow: to take something down so completely that it is gone, whether gulped as food, engulfed by sea or earth, or consumed and destroyed.
- gamaגָּמָאto swallownot studied yet
- derorדְּרוֹרa swallow: the small bird known for its quick, darting flight and for nesting in sheltered corners of buildings
- lahamלָהַםto swallownot studied yet
- susסוּסa horse: the swift, powerful animal harnessed for war, royal travel, and trade
swallow down1 word
- lu'aלוּעַto swallow, to gulp something all the way down the throat
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- to talk wildly: to let words out faster than thought can weigh them
- lu'aלוּעַto swallow, to gulp something all the way down the throat
swallow up3 words
- balaבָּלַעto swallow: to take something wholly in and make it disappear, from gulping food down to engulfing and destroying.
- katapinōκαταπίνωto swallow: to take something down so completely that it is gone, whether gulped as food, engulfed by sea or earth, or consumed and destroyed.
- sha'aphשָׁאַףto pant or gasp for breath, and so to crave something so hard that one seems to pant after it
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- to trample or crush: to grind the helpless underfoot
swallowed up1 word
- lu'aלוּעַto swallow, to gulp something all the way down the throat
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- to talk wildly: to let words out faster than thought can weigh them
- lu'aלוּעַto swallow, to gulp something all the way down the throat
swallowing1 word
swamp2 words
sware1 word
swarm4 words
- edahעֵדָהa swarm or herd of animals massed together
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- a body of people gathered as one group, joined by a shared bond or common purpose
- sheretsשֶׁרֶץswarming creatures: the small water, winged, and ground animals that breed and spread in overwhelming numbers
- sharatsשָׁרַץto swarm: to teem with dense, moving masses of small living creatures, or to breed and multiply in such swarming numbers
- arovעָרֹבthe swarm: the dense mass of pests God sent as the fourth plague on Egypt, filling houses and ruining the land
- edahעֵדָהa swarm or herd of animals massed together
swarming1 word
swarming things1 word
swarms of flies1 word
swarms of insects1 word
swarthy1 word
sway1 word
swaying1 word
swear3 words
- omnumiὄμνυμιto swear an oath: to make a solemn promise or statement binding by calling on God, or on something sacred, as its guarantor
- shavaשָׁבַעto bind yourself by a solemn oath, or to put someone else under one
- alahאָלָהto swear under a curse: to bind a promise or a claim with a curse on whoever breaks or defies it, or to lay such an oath on someone else.
sweat3 words
sweep2 words
sweep away7 words
- shataphשָׁטַףto flow over something with force: to flood and engulf, to sweep it away, or to rinse it clean under running water
- saphahסָפָהto sweep or scrape away to destruction; and so, in the passive, to be swept away and perish
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- to add or heap up, piling one thing on top of another (usually guilt or wrath)
- na'arנָעַרto shake something so that whatever is clinging to it comes loose and is thrown away
- 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
- suphסוּףto come to a complete end and be gone; and, with God acting, to finish something off entirely.
sweep through1 word
- 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
- ḥalaphחָלַףto pass: to move on past, sweep through a place, come to an end, or drive clean through
sweeping1 word
- raḥaphרָחַףto hover: to hold a place in the air above something, wings working, without moving on
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- to tremble: to shake with dread, said of a body or its bones
- raḥaphרָחַףto hover: to hold a place in the air above something, wings working, without moving on
sweet8 words
- niḥo'aḥנִיחֹחַsoothing, pleasing: the quality of a sacrifice that God finds acceptable and welcome.
- glukusγλυκύςsweetnot studied yet
- na'imנָעִיםlovely, sweet, delightful: pleasing to the senses and the heart, giving genuine delight
- matoqמָתוֹקsweet: tasting like honey, and so anything that is a pleasure to take in
- na'emנָעֵםto be delightful: to be lovely, sweet, or agreeable, giving real pleasure to the person who experiences it
sweet cane1 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.
sweet incense1 word
sweet smell1 word
sweet smoke1 word
sweet wine2 words
sweeter1 word
sweetness5 words
- matoqמָתוֹקsweet: tasting like honey, and so anything that is a pleasure to take in
- no'amנֹעַםthe perceptible delightfulness of favor: the gracious, pleasant quality of someone or something that is a delight to experience
- mamtaqמַמְתַֿקִּיםsweetnessnot studied yet
- meteqמֶתֶקsweetnessnot studied yet
- moteqמֹתֶקsweetnessnot studied yet
swell3 words
swell up1 word
swelling4 words
- ga'onגָּאוֹןmajesty: the towering greatness and splendor that belong to God.
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- splendor: the glory or grandeur of a land, a nation, or a thing in nature.
- arrogance: the swollen self-importance of a person or people who lift themselves up wrongly.
- ga'avahגַּאֲוָהa rising to a height: majestic grandeur when it belongs to God, but arrogant self-importance when a person or nation claims it
- se'etשְׂאֵתa being lifted up: depending on context, a raised mark on the skin, or raised rank and majesty
- ge'utגֵּאוּתa rising up high: the majesty God wears, the swollen pride of anyone who claims it, or the literal surge of sea and smoke
- ga'onגָּאוֹןmajesty: the towering greatness and splendor that belong to God.
swerve1 word
swift4 words
- susסוּסa horse: the swift, powerful animal harnessed for war, royal travel, and trade
+1 more meaning
- a swift: a small migratory bird known for its piping cry and its reliable seasonal return
- qalalקָלַלto be light in weight, and so to be swift, to die down, or to count for little
+3 more meanings
- to make something lighter: to ease a burden, or to lower a person's standing
- to declare someone worthless: to revile, or to curse
- to shake something to and fro, and so to work an edge onto a blade
- oxusὀξύςswift: quick to get somewhere, said of feet that hurry to do something
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- sharp: an edge keen enough to cut at a touch, said of a blade about to be used
- qalקַלfast-moving: swift, fleet, able to cover ground in a hurry
- susסוּסa horse: the swift, powerful animal harnessed for war, royal travel, and trade
swiftly2 words
swim3 words
swim out1 word
swimming1 word
swine2 words
swollen1 word
swoon1 word
- alaphעָלַףto cover something over: to overlay a surface, or to draw a covering close around a body
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- to grow faint: to be overcome until strength fails and the body gives way
- alaphעָלַףto cover something over: to overlay a surface, or to draw a covering close around a body
sword6 words
- ḥerevחֶרֶבa cutting blade of metal or stone: above all the sword, the ordinary weapon of close combat.
- rhomphaiaῥομφαίαa large sword: the long, heavy blade, and in the New Testament the sword of God's judgment or a wound that runs a person through
- machairaμάχαιραa sword, specifically a short sword or dagger: the physical weapon, and by extension the killing, the lawful force, the war, and the piercing power that a sword stands for
- kidonכִּידוֹןa soldier's hand blade, carried alongside the sword and the spear: most likely a short curved sword, though older translations call it a javelin
- shelaḥשֶׁלַחweapon: something sent or wielded against an enemy, of no one particular kind
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- shoots: the new growth a plant sends out
swords1 word
sycamine tree1 word
sycamore1 word
sycamore tree1 word
Sychar1 word
Syene2 words
symbols1 word
sympathetic1 word
sympathize1 word
synagogue1 word
synagogue leader1 word
Syntyche1 word
Syracuse1 word
syria2 words
- SuriaΣυρίαSyrianot studied yet
- aramאֲרָםAram: the Aramean people, the kingdoms they held to Israel's north and east, and the country itself, which many English Bibles call Syria
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- Aram: a man's name, carried by three different men, one of them the ancestor the Aramean people are named after
Syrian1 word
Syrophoenician1 word
Syrtis1 word
syrup1 word