English Bible words starting with S
1,394 meanings beginning with S, in alphabetical order. This is page 8 of 14. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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singer1 word
singers1 word
singing3 words
single3 words
singleness2 words
sink8 words
- katapontizōκαταποντίζωto sinknot studied yet
- naḥatנָחֵתto go down, descend, and (when force is applied) to sink in, press down, or bring low.
- tavaטָבַעto sink: to go down into mire, water, or earth and be held fast, or to be driven and set firmly into a surface or place
- shaqaשָׁקַעto sinknot studied yet
- buthizōβυθίζωto sinknot studied yet
sink down1 word
sinless1 word
sinner2 words
sins1 word
- hamartiaἁμαρτίαsin: an offense against God, whether the wrong deed itself or the guilt it leaves behind
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- Sin as a ruling power: a force that masters, enslaves, and brings death to those under it
- a sin-offering: the sacrifice presented to deal with sin
- hamartiaἁμαρτίαsin: an offense against God, whether the wrong deed itself or the guilt it leaves behind
Siphmoth1 word
Sippai1 word
sir2 words
- kuriosκύριοςa person who holds authority over others or owns property: a master, owner, or (as polite address) sir
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- the Lord: God himself, and in the New Testament the risen Jesus given that same title
- adonאָדוֹןlord: the one who rightfully possesses, protects, and commands those under his care
- kuriosκύριοςa person who holds authority over others or owns property: a master, owner, or (as polite address) sir
Sirah1 word
Sirion2 words
Sisera1 word
Sismai1 word
sister2 words
- adelphēἀδελφήa sister: a female sibling, and by extension a woman who belongs to the same spiritual family
- aḥotאָחוֹתsister: a female relative by blood or kinship, from full sister to half-sister and broader female kin
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- a term of intimate address: beloved, or any entity spoken of with the closeness of a sister
- counterpart: used of paired inanimate objects aligned with or joined to each other
sister-in-law1 word
sit4 words
- yashavיָשַׁבto sit, to dwell, or to stay: to settle into a fixed place and remain there, whether for a moment, a lifetime, or a reign.
- kathēmaiκάθημαιto sit enthroned: to occupy a throne or seat of power, and so to rule or judge
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- to be seated: to be in a sitting position, or to stay settled in a place
- kataklinōκατακλίνωto sitnot studied yet
- kathezomaiκαθέζομαιto sit somewhere and keep that seat: the held posture of a person settled in one spot
sit by1 word
sit down3 words
- kathizōκαθίζωto sit down: to lower oneself onto a seat or mount, and so to take one's place
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- to seat someone, to set or install a person in a position
- to settle, to stay or remain in a place
- anapiptōἀναπίπτωto recline at a meal: to settle back into the propped-on-one-elbow posture people took at a formal ancient banquet
- kathezomaiκαθέζομαιto sit somewhere and keep that seat: the held posture of a person settled in one spot
- kathizōκαθίζωto sit down: to lower oneself onto a seat or mount, and so to take one's place
sit down with1 word
sit near1 word
sit on1 word
sit up1 word
sit with1 word
site1 word
- atarאֲתַרplace: the particular spot where something stands, belongs, or could still be found
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- after: what comes next, once the short word for "in" is joined to the front of the noun for "place"
- atarאֲתַרplace: the particular spot where something stands, belongs, or could still be found
Sithri1 word
Sitnah1 word
sitting at table1 word
Sivan1 word
six3 words
six hundred1 word
sixth3 words
sixty3 words
size2 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.
- godelגֹּדֶלgreatness as a quantity you can point to: how great someone or something is, whether God's displayed majesty, a towering tree, or a heart swollen with its own importance
- middahמִדָּהa measure: the measured size of something, or the standard by which size is measured.
sketch1 word
- hupodeigmaὑπόδειγμαan example: a particular case put on display so that others copy it or take warning from it
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- a copy: something built to stand in for a greater original it represents
- hupodeigmaὑπόδειγμαan example: a particular case put on display so that others copy it or take warning from it
skies1 word
- shaḥaqשַׁחַקclouds and skies: the lofty, cloud-covered heights of heaven, a poetic word for the sky
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- fine dust: the thin film of powder left when something is ground down
- shaḥaqשַׁחַקclouds and skies: the lofty, cloud-covered heights of heaven, a poetic word for the sky
skill6 words
- ḥokhmahחׇכְמָהskilled mastery: knowing how to do a thing well, from a craft to a whole life
- da'atדַּעַתknowing: a firm grasp of how things really are, ranging from a craftsman's skill to moral good sense to knowing God personally
- tavunahתְּבוּנָהdiscerning competence: the trained ability to tell things apart and put that judgment to work
- technēτέχνηskillnot studied yet
- kishronכִּשְׁרוֹןskillnot studied yet
skilled2 words
skillfully woven band1 word
skin4 words
skip2 words
- raqadרָקַדto leap: to move in quick, springing bounds, whether in dancing, in play, or in a violent charge
- qaphatsקָפַץto shut something tight, especially a hand or a mouth, so that nothing comes out of it.
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- to bound: to spring lightly across rough ground.
skip about1 word
skirt2 words
skirts1 word
skull2 words
sky3 words
- ouranosοὐρανόςheaven: the realm above the earth, whether the visible sky overhead or the unseen place where God reigns.
- shamayimשָׁמַיִםthe whole realm above the earth: the sky you can see and, beyond it, the place where God dwells
- shamayinשָׁמַיִןheaven: the expanse above the earth, both the visible sky and the dwelling and rule of God
slack1 word
- remiyyahרְמִיָּהslackness: laziness or negligent, half-hearted effort
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- deceit: treacherous falsehood, whether spoken or acted out
- remiyyahרְמִיָּהslackness: laziness or negligent, half-hearted effort
slacken1 word
slag1 word
slain2 words
- sphazōσφάζωto slaughter: to kill by cutting the throat, the way an animal is killed at an altar or for the table
- ḥalalחָלָלone fatally pierced; a person run through and killed or left dying, above all the battlefield dead
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- a profaned person; someone stripped of holy standing and treated as defiled
slander10 words
- blasphēmeōβλασφημέωto revile: to slander, insult, or defame a person or their reputation
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- to blaspheme: to speak against God, his name, or sacred things in a way that assaults his honor
- blasphēmiaβλασφημίαinjurious speech that insults and tears down its target: blasphemy when aimed at God, slander when aimed at people.
- ragalרָגַלto go about spreading damaging reports about someone; to slander
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- to spy out: to scout a land, city, or people secretly in order to gather military or strategic information
- katalaleōκαταλαλέωto slandernot studied yet
- dibbahדִּבָּהa damaging report spread about someone or something, told in a way meant to turn others against them.
- blasphēmeōβλασφημέωto revile: to slander, insult, or defame a person or their reputation
slanderer2 words
- diabolosδιάβολοςslanderer: a person who damages others with false or malicious accusations and gossip
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- the Devil: the personal supernatural enemy of God who accuses and tempts human beings
- loidorosλοίδοροςa reviler: a person who verbally abuses and insults others openly, to their face
- diabolosδιάβολοςslanderer: a person who damages others with false or malicious accusations and gossip
slanderous1 word
slap3 words
- 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
- rhapizōῥαπίζωto slapnot studied yet
- rhapismaῥάπισμαslapnot studied yet
- saphaqסָפַקto strike sharply with the hand: to clap the palms together, slap the thigh, or land a blow
slaughter18 words
- damדָּםblood: the red fluid of a body, which the Bible treats as the place where life is held, so that the one word reaches from a literal stain to a killing and the debt it leaves behind
- thuōθύωto slaughter an animal, whether as an offering to a god or for a meal
- zavaḥזָבַחto slaughter an animal as an offering to a god; to sacrifice.
- sphazōσφάζωto slaughter: to kill by cutting the throat, the way an animal is killed at an altar or for the table
- shaḥatשָׁחַטto slaughter: to kill an animal or a person by cutting the throat and draining the blood
slaughtered2 words
slaughtering1 word
slave5 words
- evedעֶבֶדa servant or slave: a person whose identity is defined by subordination to another, ranging from an owned slave to a royal official to a worshipper chosen by God.
- doulosδοῦλοςa slave: a person legally owned by another and wholly at that owner's disposal
- oiketēsοἰκέτηςslavenot studied yet
- amahאָמָהa female slave: a woman owned and serving in a household, often one who could be taken as a wife or who calls herself this in humble respect before a superior.
- avadעֲבַדa servant: a person who belongs to a master and answers to him, whether that master is a king or God
slave born in the house1 word
slave girl2 words
slave woman1 word
slave-trader1 word
slavery2 words
slaves1 word
- sōmaσῶμαslaves: human beings counted and traded as property.
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- the 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.
- the solid reality that casts a shadow: the thing itself, as against a mere outline of it.
- sōmaσῶμαslaves: human beings counted and traded as property.
slay9 words
- mutמוּתto die: for a living thing to lose its life and stop living.
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- to put to death, to kill: to be the cause of someone's death.
- apokteinōἀποκτείνωto kill: to put someone to death, or to destroy something so completely that it no longer has any life in it
- thanatoōθανατόωto put to death: to end a life on purpose, whether by a court's sentence, a betrayal, or a killing blow, and by extension to kill off whatever still holds power over a person
- haragהָרַגto kill: to put a person (or creature) to death by violence
- anaireōἀναιρέωto do away with entirely: to kill a person, or abolish an institution
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- to take up a child and raise it as one's own: to adopt
- mutמוּתto die: for a living thing to lose its life and stop living.
slayer1 word
sleep11 words
- koimaōκοιμάωto fall asleep; used for ordinary sleep and, as a gentle picture of death, for dying
- shakhavשָׁכַבto lie down: to put one's body flat, whether to rest, to sleep, to have sex, or in death
- hupnosὕπνοςsleepnot studied yet
- katheudōκαθεύδωto sleep: to be asleep, or to fall asleep
- shenahשֵׁנָהsleep: the natural rest in which a person lies still and unaware
sleeping1 word
sleeping mat1 word
sleeplessness1 word
slice1 word
slide1 word
sling3 words
- qelaקֶלַעa sling: the leather-strap weapon that whirls a stone and hurls it at a target.
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- the hangings: lengths of woven linen hung between posts to fence in the tabernacle courtyard.
- qalaקָלַעto sling: to send a stone flying from a sling, and so to fling a person away with that same force.
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- to carve: to cut figures into wood so that they stand out from the flat surface.
- margemahמַרְגֵּמָהslingnot studied yet
- qelaקֶלַעa sling: the leather-strap weapon that whirls a stone and hurls it at a target.
sling out1 word
- qalaקָלַעto sling: to send a stone flying from a sling, and so to fling a person away with that same force.
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- to carve: to cut figures into wood so that they stand out from the flat surface.
- qalaקָלַעto sling: to send a stone flying from a sling, and so to fling a person away with that same force.
slinger2 words
slip4 words
- motמוֹטto give way, to totter or slip out of a firm, fixed place; and so, of a person, to be shaken or brought down.
- ma'adמָעַדto slip: to lose one's footing, so that what was holding a person up gives way
- nashalנָשַׁלto come loose from whatever was holding it, or to work something loose: a sandal off a foot, an axe head off its handle, a settled people off their land
- motמוֹטa slipping: the moment a foot gives way under someone
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- a length of timber that bears weight: the pole two people carry a load on, and the crossbar of a yoke laid over a neck
slip away1 word
slope3 words
- katephכָּתֵףthe side, flank, or slope: the shoulder-like side of an object, a building, or a stretch of land
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- the shoulder: the upper back and the joint where the arm meets the body, the part that carries loads
- ashedahאֲשֵׁדָהslopenot studied yet
- eshedאֶשֶׁדslopenot studied yet
- katephכָּתֵףthe side, flank, or slope: the shoulder-like side of an object, a building, or a stretch of land
Slopes1 word
slothful2 words
slow2 words
- arekhאָרֵךְpatient: slow to grow angry, holding heat back over time rather than flaring up
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- long: extended in physical length
- bradusβραδύςslownot studied yet
- arekhאָרֵךְpatient: slow to grow angry, holding heat back over time rather than flaring up
slow to anger1 word
- arekhאָרֵךְpatient: slow to grow angry, holding heat back over time rather than flaring up
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- long: extended in physical length
- arekhאָרֵךְpatient: slow to grow angry, holding heat back over time rather than flaring up
slowness1 word
sluggard1 word
sluggish2 words
sluggishness2 words
slumber3 words
small4 words
- mikrosμικρόςsmall or little: low on any scale, whether in size, in standing, or in amount of time.
- qatanקָטָןsmall or lesser in comparison to something else, whether in physical size, age, or social standing
- tsa'irצָעִירsmall or lesser: the younger of a family, or the one lowest in rank, size, or importance.
- daqדַּקthin or fine: reduced to almost nothing, whether in thickness, in the size of its particles, or in the strength of a sound
small boat1 word
small cattle1 word
- tsonצֹאןsmall livestock collectively: sheep and goats kept together as a flock, the primary unit of pastoral wealth and sacrifice
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- God's people described as a flock: Israel vulnerable and dependent, cared for or scattered by their shepherd-leaders
- tsonצֹאןsmall livestock collectively: sheep and goats kept together as a flock, the primary unit of pastoral wealth and sacrifice
small copper coin2 words
- leptosλεπτόςa lepton: the smallest coin in circulation, a tiny thin scrap of bronze worth so little that two of them came to about six minutes of a day's wage
- kodrantēsκοδράντηςa quadrans: the smallest Roman coin still being struck, a quarter of the little copper piece called an as, worth about a sixty-fourth of a day's wage, and used as a byword for the least amount of money there is
small fish1 word
small island1 word
smallest1 word
smash1 word
smear1 word
smell3 words