English Bible words starting with T
706 meanings beginning with T, in alphabetical order. This is page 2 of 8. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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tarry for1 word
Tarshish1 word
Tarsus1 word
Tartak1 word
Tartan1 word
Tartarus1 word
task1 word
taskmaster1 word
taskmasters1 word
taskworker1 word
tassel3 words
- kraspedonκράσπεδονthe tassel worn on the corner of the outer cloak, which the Law of Moses commanded Israelites to wear; more broadly, the edge or fringe of a garment
- tsitsitצִיצִתa hanging protrusion that catches the eye: a blossom-shaped tassel of threads worn at a garment's corner, or by extension a lock of hair
- gedilגְּדִלִיםtasselnot studied yet
taste5 words
- geuōγεύωto taste: to take something in by direct, personal contact, whether food by the mouth or a reality met firsthand
- te'emטְעֵםthe taste of food or drink; the act of tasting.
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- an official order handed down by a king or governing authority: a decree, command, or ruling that those under it must obey.
- good sense: the sound judgment and tact to say and do the fitting thing.
- ḥekhחֵךְthe palate: the roof of the mouth, named as the organ of both tasting and speaking
- ta'amטַעַםthe flavor of a food or drink: what it tastes like on the tongue.
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- good sense: the sound judgment a person shows in sizing up a situation and acting fittingly.
- an official order: the binding decision a king or governing authority hands down.
- ta'amטָעַםto taste: to take a little food or drink into the mouth and tell what it is like, and so to learn something firsthand
tasteless1 word
- taphelתָּפֵלtasteless: flat and flavorless food that salt has to rescue, and so anything with nothing in it
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- whitewash: the thin coat smeared over a wall to make it look finished and sound
- taphelתָּפֵלtasteless: flat and flavorless food that salt has to rescue, and so anything with nothing in it
Tattenai1 word
tattoo2 words
taught2 words
taunt5 words
- ḥerpahחֶרְפָּהpublic disgrace: the scorn others heap on you and the shame that then sticks to you in their eyes
- ḥaraphחָרַףto throw shaming words at someone, daring or despising them: to taunt, mock, or defy
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- to spend the cold season: to stay somewhere through the rainy winter months
- to be assigned or promised to a man: said of a slave woman set aside for a particular man
- neginahנְגִינָהstring music: the sound of a plucked instrument and the song set to it, whether played in worship or aimed at someone in mockery
- sheninahשְׁנִינָהtauntnot studied yet
- geduphahגְּדוּפָהtauntnot studied yet
Taverns1 word
tawny1 word
tax3 words
- telosτέλοςa tax or customs duty: a payment owed to a governing authority
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- the point a thing arrives at: where it stops, what it comes to, or the goal it was aiming for
- phorosφόροςtribute: the tax owed to a ruling power by the people under it, charged on persons and land rather than on goods in transit
- kēnsosκῆνσοςthe Roman tax: money a subject people owed the emperor, charged on persons and property rather than on goods in transit
- telosτέλοςa tax or customs duty: a payment owed to a governing authority
tax booth1 word
tax collector1 word
taxes1 word
teach10 words
- didaskōδιδάσκωto teach or instruct: to hand on understanding so that the hearer grasps it and lives by it, and at times simply to tell someone what they are to do
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- paideuōπαιδεύωto form a person through training, whether by teaching, by corrective discipline, or by punishment
- lamadלָמַדto learn or teach: to transmit knowledge, skill, or conduct through instruction and practice
- yarahיָרָהto teach, instruct, or point out the way someone should go
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- to throw, shoot, or cast something through the air toward a target
teach diligently1 word
- shananשָׁנַןto sharpen: to hone a blade, arrow, or weaponized speech to a cutting edge
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- to impress upon: to teach a child by driving words in deeply, again and again
- shananשָׁנַןto sharpen: to hone a blade, arrow, or weaponized speech to a cutting edge
teach heresy1 word
teacher5 words
- didaskalosδιδάσκαλοςa teacher: one who instructs others in what they should know and do
- rhabbiῥαββίa respectful way to address a teacher: my master, my teacher
- morehמוֹרֶהa teacher: the one who instructs another and points out the way he should go
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- the early rain: the first rains of autumn, which soften the baked ground so that plowing and sowing can begin
- qoheletקֹהֶלֶתQoheleth: the title of the sage who speaks in Ecclesiastes, meaning roughly "one who has to do with an assembly"
- kathēgētēsκαθηγητήςa master-teacher who goes before as a guide: the authoritative instructor a follower is trained by and looks to
teacher of the law3 words
- nomikosνομικόςan expert in the law: a scholar trained to interpret and rule on it
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- relating to the law: concerning legal matters
- sapherסָפִרa scribe: a royal official trained in writing, who handles a government's letters and records and can be its recognized expert in the law
- nomodidaskalosνομοδιδάσκαλοςteacher of the lawnot studied yet
- nomikosνομικόςan expert in the law: a scholar trained to interpret and rule on it
teaching4 words
- torahתּוֹרָהauthoritative instruction: binding teaching given by a recognized authority, and in time the whole body of God's teaching gathered into a written book
- didachēδιδαχήteaching: both the act of instructing others and the body of instruction that results.
- didaskaliaδιδασκαλίαteaching: both the act of instructing and the body of instruction that results
- leqaḥלֶקַחteaching thought of from the receiving end: the content a teacher hands over, and the store of understanding a hearer takes in and adds to
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- persuasive power in speech: the quality that makes words go down easily and win a hearer over
teaching good1 word
team up with1 word
tear12 words
- qaraקָרַעto tear: to rip something apart, most often clothing torn as an outburst of grief or shock
- dakru, dakruonδάκρυ, δάκρυονa tear: the drop that falls from a weeping eye, and so, in the plural, weeping made visible.
- rhēgnumiῥήγνυμιto burst or rip apart: to make something come to pieces under sheer force
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- to break forth: to let a cry burst out of someone who has been silent
- to hurl a person violently to the ground
- natatsנָתַץto tear down: to demolish something built, reducing a structure to rubble
- nataqנָתַקto pull something apart by force: to snap what binds, drag a person away, or wrench a thing loose
tear apart2 words
tear away1 word
tear down2 words
tear in pieces2 words
- taraphטָרַףto tear apart and kill, the way a lion or wolf seizes prey and rips it to pieces
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- to provide someone with food, giving them the portion they need to eat
- paraqפָּרַקto tear off or pull apart by force: to wrench something loose from what holds it
- taraphטָרַףto tear apart and kill, the way a lion or wolf seizes prey and rips it to pieces
tear off1 word
tear out1 word
- exaireōἐξαιρέωto take something out and be rid of it: to pull a part out of the place where it sits
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- to rescue someone by pulling them out: to get a person clear of the grip or the situation holding them
- exaireōἐξαιρέωto take something out and be rid of it: to pull a part out of the place where it sits
teardrop1 word
tears2 words
Tebah1 word
Tebaliah1 word
Tebeth1 word
teem1 word
teeming creatures1 word
Tehinnah1 word
tekel1 word
- teqelתְּקֵלshekel: a small standard weight of silver used as money
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- to be weighed: to be set on the scales and assessed, here for divine judgment
- teqelתְּקֵלshekel: a small standard weight of silver used as money
Tekoa1 word
Tel-abib1 word
Tel-harsha1 word
Tel-melah1 word
Telah1 word
Telaim1 word
Telassar1 word
Telem1 word
tell13 words
- amarאָמַרto say: to speak words, and so to think them or to declare them
- legōλέγωto say: to put something into words, whether spoken aloud or set down in writing
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- to be called or named: to bear a name, title, or label that others apply to a person, place, or thing
- davarדָבַרto speak: to put thought into words and aim them at a hearer
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- to subdue: to bring peoples under someone's rule
- erōἐρῶto say or speak: to put something into words, whether words still to come or words already spoken and standing on record
- nagadנָגַדto make something known by telling it: to report, declare, or disclose what another did not know
tell in detail1 word
Tema1 word
Temah1 word
Teman1 word
temperance1 word
tempest3 words
- seismosσεισμόςa violent shaking of the natural world: an earthquake, or a storm that convulses the sea.
- 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
tempestuous2 words
temple8 words
- bayitבַּיִתhouse: a bounded, enclosed space and, by extension, the people, the family line, the temple, or the place it holds together.
- naosναόςthe inner sanctuary where a god is held to live: the dwelling-place itself, not the surrounding grounds
- hierosἱερόνthe temple: the whole sacred building and its surrounding courts, the place set apart for God
- hekhalהֵיכָלthe great house of a sovereign: the grand residence of a king or a god, and the imposing main hall at its heart
- miqdashמִקְדָּשׁa sanctuary: a place set apart as holy, where a deity is approached and worshiped
temple courts1 word
temple courtyard1 word
- gizrahגִּזְרָהthe open ground marked off around Ezekiel's temple: a strip deliberately kept clear and off limits.
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- the shape of a person's body as the eye takes it in: their figure or build.
- gizrahגִּזְרָהthe open ground marked off around Ezekiel's temple: a strip deliberately kept clear and off limits.
temple guard1 word
temple prostitute1 word
temple robber1 word
temple servant2 words
temple servants1 word
temple treasury1 word
temporary1 word
tempt3 words
- peirazōπειράζωto test: to put a person, claim, or one's own faith to the proof to find out what it really is
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- to try: to make an attempt at something, to endeavor to do it
- nasahנָסָהto put to the test: to set up a trial that brings out what a person, a thing, or even God will actually do
- ekpeirazōἐκπειράζωto test/temptnot studied yet
- peirazōπειράζωto test: to put a person, claim, or one's own faith to the proof to find out what it really is
temptation2 words
- peirasmosπειρασμόςa testing or trial: pressure that reveals whether a person will stay faithful, whether as hardship that proves faith or as enticement that erodes it
- massahמַסָּהa testing, a trial: an ordeal that forces out into the open what someone or something is really made of
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- despair: hope draining away until a person has no courage left
ten5 words
ten days1 word
ten thousand3 words
- muriasμυριάςten thousand: the largest counting unit ancient Greek had, used both for that exact amount and, more often, for a crowd past counting
- revavahרְבָבָהten thousand: the largest amount Hebrew names with a single word, used both as an exact figure and, in poetry, for a crowd too great to count
- ribboרִבּוֹten thousandnot studied yet
ten-stringed1 word
tenants1 word
tend4 words
- ra'ahרָעָהto tend a flock: to lead grazing animals out, guard them, and bring them to food and water
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- to keep company with someone: to associate with a person as a friend or companion
- poimainōποιμαίνωto act as a shepherd toward: to feed, guard, lead and govern those in one's charge
- boskōβόσκωto put animals out to feed: to keep a grazing herd supplied with food, or, of the herd, to be out eating
- natarנָטַרto keep: hold on to something and not let it go, whether a vineyard you guard or anger you refuse to release
- ra'ahרָעָהto tend a flock: to lead grazing animals out, guard them, and bring them to food and water
tend figs1 word
tend vineyards1 word
tender3 words
tender care1 word
tender grape1 word
tender grass1 word
tender mercies2 words
- raḥamimרַחֲמִיםdeep, tender compassion: the gut-level mercy a parent feels toward a child
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- the womb: the part of a woman's body where a child is carried
- oiktirmosοἰκτιρμόςcompassion: deep, tender mercy felt in the gut, the kind God shows his people and calls them to show one another
- raḥamimרַחֲמִיםdeep, tender compassion: the gut-level mercy a parent feels toward a child
tenderly loving1 word
tenderness1 word
tendon1 word
tendril4 words
tent7 words
- skēnēσκηνήa tent or booth: a temporary shelter of cloth or animal skins that people pitch and later take down
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- the tabernacle: the portable tent-sanctuary where God lived among Israel in the wilderness, and the heavenly sanctuary it stood for
- a dwelling place: an enduring home, above all God's dwelling with his people and the eternal home of the redeemed
- ohelאֹהֶלa tent: the portable cloth-and-pole dwelling of a roaming people, by extension the household it shelters or the worship-tent where God met Israel
- mishkanמִשְׁכָּןa dwelling place: where someone or something resides, most often the LORD's tent-sanctuary in the wilderness
- skēnōmaσκήνωμαtentnot studied yet
- yeri'ahיְרִיעָהa tent-cloth: a single woven panel of fabric joined with others to roof or wall a tent
- skēnēσκηνήa tent or booth: a temporary shelter of cloth or animal skins that people pitch and later take down
tent of meeting1 word
tent-curtain1 word
tenth4 words
- dekatosδέκατοςtenthnot studied yet
- issaronעִשָּׂרוֹןa tenth of an ephah: a fixed dry measure of flour, roughly two quarts, used in the grain offerings
- asiriעֲשִׂירִיtenth: the ordinal that ranks something as number ten, and the one-in-ten portion that follows from it
- asvorעָשׂוֹרa group of ten, with the thing being counted left unsaid: the tenth day of a month, a run of ten days, or a ten-stringed instrument
tenth deal1 word
tenth of an ephah1 word
tenth part1 word
tentmaker1 word