English Bible words starting with T
706 meanings beginning with T, in alphabetical order. This is page 3 of 8. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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tepid1 word
terah2 words
- teraḥתֶּרַחTerah: the father of Abraham, who led his household out of Ur toward Canaan but settled and died at Haran.
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- Tarah: a stopping place on Israel's wilderness journey, listed between Tahath and Mithkah.
- TharaΘάραTerahnot studied yet
- teraḥתֶּרַחTerah: the father of Abraham, who led his household out of Ur toward Canaan but settled and died at Haran.
teraphim1 word
terebinth3 words
- elahאֵלָהElah: a man's name in Israel and Edom, borne by five unrelated men, and spelled exactly like the Hebrew word for a large tree.
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- the Valley of Elah: the valley in the low hills between the Philistine plain and the hill country of Judah where Israel faced the Philistines and David killed Goliath.
- elahאֵלָהa terebinth: a large, broad shade tree of the hills and the dry country, and in most places one particular tree that people knew and could walk to
- elonאֵלוֹןa great tree known by name: one particular landmark tree, and in most cases a holy place where God was met or an oracle sought
- elahאֵלָהElah: a man's name in Israel and Edom, borne by five unrelated men, and spelled exactly like the Hebrew word for a large tree.
Teresh1 word
terrible4 words
terribly1 word
terrified3 words
- ḥatatחָתַתto be broken, and so to be dismayed: to come apart under pressure, whether a thing that shatters or a person whose courage gives way; and to do this to someone else, to shatter or terrify them.
- ḥaradחָרַדto tremble with sudden fear: the involuntary shudder of a startled or terrified person, and (in causative form) to make someone tremble like that
- ekphobosἔκφοβοςterrifiednot studied yet
terrify4 words
- ba'atבָּעַתto overwhelm with sudden terror: to fall upon a person with dread that seizes from outside
- ekphobeōἐκφοβέωto terrifynot studied yet
- behalבְּהַלto alarm: to strike someone with sudden dread that throws the mind into fearful confusion
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- to act in alarmed haste: to move hurriedly under the press of urgency or fright
- qutsקוּץto be sick of someone or something: to feel a revulsion built up past the point of bearing it, whether it comes out as disgust or as dread
territories1 word
territory3 words
- sadehשָׂדֶהa field: the land outside the settlement, from a plowed plot somebody owns to the untamed open country.
- horionὅριονthe territory belonging to a town or a people: its district, the land lying inside its recognized limits
- gevulגְּבוּלborder: the marked line where one piece of land ends and the next begins, the stone that marks it, and the territory that line encloses
terror20 words
- phobosφόβοςa cause of fear: a person or thing that makes others afraid, a threat or terror
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- fear: the alarm or dread that grips a person in the face of danger, the supernatural, or overwhelming power
- reverence: the respect and submission owed to God, and the deference owed to people in authority
- paḥadפַּחַדdread: overwhelming fear that grips a person or sweeps over a people, and by extension the dreadful thing that causes it
- emahאֵימָהoverwhelming, paralyzing dread: a terror so heavy it can seem less like a feeling and more like a physical force that falls on a person or is sent against them.
- moraמוֹרָאthe fear a mighty figure inspires in others, and so also the one who is feared or the deed that produces the fear
- meḥittahמְחִתָּהruin: the shattering collapse that overtakes a person, a people, or a place, or the dread of one
- phobosφόβοςa cause of fear: a person or thing that makes others afraid, a threat or terror
Terror on every side1 word
terrors1 word
Tertius1 word
Tertullus1 word
test8 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
- dokimazōδοκιμάζωto put something to the test to find out whether it is genuine, and so to prove and approve 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
- tsaraphצָרַףto refine metal by fire: to melt down silver or gold and burn out its impurities, and by extension to test and prove something until only what is pure remains
- baḥanבָּחַןto examine something closely to find out whether it is genuine, the way an assayer tests metal
- peirazōπειράζωto test: to put a person, claim, or one's own faith to the proof to find out what it really is
testament2 words
- diathēkēδιαθήκηcovenant: a solemn, God-initiated bond that ties God and his people to one another with sworn promises and commitments
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- will: the legal arrangement a person makes for their estate, which takes effect only when they die
- beritבְּרִיתcovenant: a solemn, binding agreement that ties two parties together with obligations, sealed by an oath and meant to hold.
- diathēkēδιαθήκηcovenant: a solemn, God-initiated bond that ties God and his people to one another with sworn promises and commitments
testator1 word
- diatithēmiδιατίθημιto make a covenant: to put a binding covenant in place with someone, laying down its terms on your own authority
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- to grant or bequeath: to settle what is yours on someone else by a formal arrangement, the way a person makes a will
- diatithēmiδιατίθημιto make a covenant: to put a binding covenant in place with someone, laying down its terms on your own authority
tested1 word
testicle1 word
testify5 words
- anahעָנָהto answer: to respond to what someone has said, asked, or charged
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- to sing responsively: to lift up a song or chant, often as one group answering another
- martureōμαρτυρέωto bear witness: to declare, on one's own firsthand knowledge, that something is true
- diamarturomaiδιαμαρτύρομαιto declare something with solemn, God-invoking weight: to testify to the truth, or to lay a serious charge on someone
- udעוּדto bear solemn witness: to warn, testify, or call witnesses so a matter is put firmly on record
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- to hold up and restore: to sustain those who cannot hold themselves up, or to set the fallen back on their feet
- marturomaiμαρτύρομαιto testifynot studied yet
- anahעָנָהto answer: to respond to what someone has said, asked, or charged
testify against1 word
testify solemnly1 word
testify to1 word
testify with2 words
testimonies1 word
- edahעֵדָהthe LORD's testimonies: the terms of his covenant, solemnly declared and meant to be kept
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- a witness: an object or act set up to testify to an agreement or a fact
- edahעֵדָהthe LORD's testimonies: the terms of his covenant, solemnly declared and meant to be kept
testimony6 words
- marturionμαρτύριονthe thing that proves a point: evidence, attested testimony, the content or token of a witness rather than the act of witnessing
- edעֵדa witness: someone or something that confirms what is true, especially what happened or what was agreed
- edutעֵדוּתthe solemn, God-given charter of the covenant: the binding terms that also stand as a lasting witness to the bond between God and his people
- marturiaμαρτυρίαtestimony: the act of bearing witness, or the statement a witness gives.
- edahעֵדָהa witness: an object or act set up to testify to an agreement or a fact
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- the LORD's testimonies: the terms of his covenant, solemnly declared and meant to be kept
testing4 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
- dokimionδοκίμιονtestingnot studied yet
- 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
- boḥanבֹּחַןtestingnot studied yet
tetrarch1 word
Thaddaeus1 word
than1 word
thank1 word
thank offering1 word
thankful1 word
thankfulness1 word
thanks1 word
- charisχάριςthanks: the grateful return owed for kindness received
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- favor freely shown by someone who is free to give it, and that favor made real in a gift, a standing, or a power at work in the one who receives it
- graceful charm: the winning, attractive quality of speech
- charisχάριςthanks: the grateful return owed for kindness received
thanksgiving2 words
- todahתּוֹדָהthe public acknowledgment of what God has done: openly declaring his rescue before others, in word and in the offering that goes with it
- eucharistiaεὐχαριστίαthanksgiving: the grateful acknowledgment of a benefit received, felt in the heart and voiced in words; in the New Testament almost always offered to God.
that6 words
- hotiὅτιthat/since: thatnot studied yet
- kiכִּיthat: it introduces the content of what someone sees, knows, hears, or says
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- because, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
- 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
- hinaἵναa subordinating conjunction that introduces a dependent clause, carrying a range of functions from purpose to result to content to command depending on context
- ekeinosἐκεῖνοςthatnot studied yet
- diדִּיthatnot studied yet
that place1 word
that which is torn1 word
the1 word
the accused1 word
the almighty1 word
- elאֵלGod: the supreme divine being, or by extension any being treated as a god
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- power, ability: the strength one has to do something
- elאֵלGod: the supreme divine being, or by extension any being treated as a god
the ammonites1 word
the arabah1 word
the arameans1 word
- 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
- aramאֲרָםAram: the Aramean people, the kingdoms they held to Israel's north and east, and the country itself, which many English Bibles call Syria
the assyrian1 word
- ashshurאַשּׁוּרAssyria: the land on the upper Tigris, the people who lived there, and the empire that destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel
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- Asshur: a son of Shem in the list of nations, the ancestor from whom Assyria takes its name
- ashshurאַשּׁוּרAssyria: the land on the upper Tigris, the people who lived there, and the empire that destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel
the back1 word
the blessed one1 word
the children of ammon1 word
the dark2 words
the day after1 word
the dead man1 word
the deep5 words
- abussosἄβυσσοςthe abyss: the unfathomed depth beneath the earth, pictured as a sealed prison for evil spirits and, once, as the realm of the dead
- tehomתְּהוֹםthe deep: the vast cosmic body of water under and around the world, from the primeval ocean of creation to the springs beneath the ground and the unreachable depths of the sea
- bathosβάθοςdepth: how far something reaches down, and so how far anything goes past the point where it can be measured
- metsolahמְצוֹלָהthe deep: the deepest part of a body of water, the sea or river floor where things sink out of reach
- buthosβυθόςthe deepnot studied yet
the depths1 word
the devil2 words
- diabolosδιάβολοςthe Devil: the personal supernatural enemy of God who accuses and tempts human beings
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- slanderer: a person who damages others with false or malicious accusations and gossip
- BelialΒελιάρBeliar: a Jewish name for Satan, the ruler of evil, named as the exact opposite of Christ
- diabolosδιάβολοςthe Devil: the personal supernatural enemy of God who accuses and tempts human beings
the edomites1 word
the egyptians1 word
- mitsrayimמִצְרַיִםEgypt: the country along the Nile southwest of Canaan, together with its people and its kingdom
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- Mizraim: a son of Ham in the lists of the nations, the ancestor whose name is also the name of Egypt
- mitsrayimמִצְרַיִםEgypt: the country along the Nile southwest of Canaan, together with its people and its kingdom
the eldest1 word
- presbuterosπρεσβύτεροςolder in age, or belonging to an earlier generation: an older person, or the forebears who lived before.
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- an elder: a recognized leader holding a position of authority in a community.
- presbuterosπρεσβύτεροςolder in age, or belonging to an earlier generation: an older person, or the forebears who lived before.
the evil one1 word
- ponērosπονηρόςthe evil one: a title for Satan, the personal source of evil
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- evil, wicked: bad in a way that actively works harm
- ponērosπονηρόςthe evil one: a title for Satan, the personal source of evil
the faith1 word
- pistisπίστιςthe faith: the body of Christian teaching that is believed and handed on
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- trust placed in God or in Christ: relying on someone proven worthy of reliance
- faithfulness: being reliable and keeping faith, including God's own covenant constancy
- a pledge or proof: a guarantee given that secures confidence
- pistisπίστιςthe faith: the body of Christian teaching that is believed and handed on
the following day2 words
the full2 words
- 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
- sovaשֹׂבַעfullness that satisfies: as much as it takes to meet a need, whether food eaten to the full or joy at its fullest
- 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
the grave2 words
the greater part1 word
the heavens1 word
the heights2 words
the holiest of all1 word
the hundred1 word
the israelites1 word
the jordan1 word
the king's food1 word
the law1 word
the lord2 words
- yahwehיהוהthe personal name of the God of Israel: his own name, the name he gives himself, by which his people are to call on him and know him as the God who is with them.
- yahיָהּYah: the short form of God's personal name, the form Israel used in song and worship and the piece that gives us the word "hallelujah."
the lord forbid1 word
the lord’s1 word
the man1 word
- adamאָדָםAdam: the personal name of the first man, the human being God formed at the beginning and the head of the family lines the Bible traces.
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- Adam: a town beside the Jordan, near Zarethan and well upstream from Jericho, named as the point the stopped river backed up to.
- adamאָדָםAdam: the personal name of the first man, the human being God formed at the beginning and the head of the family lines the Bible traces.
the many1 word
the midianites1 word
the moabites1 word
the morrow2 words
the nations1 word
- goyגּוֹיthe nations: the peoples other than Israel, the gentiles, often pictured as hostile to God and his people
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- a nation: a people group seen as a political and territorial body, with its own land, government, and identity
- Goyim: used as a proper name, a place or political grouping called "Nations," not the common word for a people
- goyגּוֹיthe nations: the peoples other than Israel, the gentiles, often pictured as hostile to God and his people
the next day4 words
- aurionαὔριονtomorrow: the day right after the one now in view, and by extension the time ahead that nobody yet holds
- epaurionἐπαύριονon the next day: the day after the one the account has just described
- moḥoratמׇחֳרָתthe next day: the day immediately following a stated point in time
- deuteraiosδευτεραῖοςthe next daynot studied yet
the north1 word
the other side1 word
the people of ammon1 word
the pit1 word
the point of1 word
the realm of the dead2 words
the rest2 words
the richest parts1 word
the righteous1 word
the same2 words
- autosαὐτόςthe same: one and the same person, thing, or place as the one already named
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- the everyday third person pronoun: him, her, it, them, and in the possessive his, her, its, their
- used to single someone or something out: himself, herself, itself, in person, the very one
- isosἴσοςequal: the same as something else in measure, in worth, or in standing
- autosαὐτόςthe same: one and the same person, thing, or place as the one already named
the scriptures1 word
the south1 word
The stone pavement1 word
the stoutest1 word