English Bible words starting with T
706 meanings beginning with T, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 8. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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the syrians1 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 twelve1 word
the twin gods1 word
the two1 word
the uncircumcised1 word
theatre1 word
Thebes1 word
Thebez1 word
theft3 words
their own1 word
them both1 word
themself1 word
themselves1 word
then9 words
- deδέa small connecting word that signals what comes next is a new step, development, or shift in what the writer is saying
- ounοὖνa connector that tells the reader: what follows flows from what came before
- toteτότεthen: at that time, or as the next thing that happens
- azאָזthen: at that point in time, or in that case as a result.
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- from then on, of old, since: counting time from a point in the past forward.
- edayinאֱדַיִןthen, thereupon: the narrative word that marks what happens next, moving a story from one event to the following one.
thence1 word
Theophilus1 word
there6 words
- ekeiἐκεῖthere: in or to that place, pointing away from the speaker to a spot already in view
- shamשָׁםthere: the place already named, pointed at instead of named again
- yeshיֵשׁthere is, there are: the word that asserts something exists, is present, or is at hand
- autouαὐτοῦtherenot studied yet
- tammahתַּמָּהtherenot studied yet
there are1 word
there is4 words
there is no1 word
therefore10 words
- ounοὖνa connector that tells the reader: what follows flows from what came before
- kenכֵּןso, thus: pointing back to a manner, situation, or statement just named
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- right, honest, true: correct in fact or upright in character
- hōsteὥστεso then, therefore, accordingly: it opens a new sentence and draws a conclusion from the argument that has gone before
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- so that, with the result that: it attaches a consequence to what just happened, naming the effect that the action produced or was meant to produce
- araἄραa small word that draws a conclusion from what has just been said, like "so," "then," or "therefore," with a tone that ranges from cool logical consequence to startled realization.
- dioδιόtherefore, for this reason: a word that draws a firm inference from what has just been argued
therein1 word
thereupon2 words
these6 words
- ellehאֵלֶּהthesenot studied yet
- illekhאִלֵּךְthesenot studied yet
- elאֵלthesenot studied yet
- illenאִלֵּיןthesenot studied yet
- elאֵלthesenot studied yet
Thessalonian1 word
Thessalonica1 word
Theudas1 word
they4 words
thick boughs1 word
- avotעֲבֹתa braided cord: a rope of several strands twisted together, used to bind, harness, or fasten
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- interwoven foliage: the dense, tangled boughs at the crown of a great tree
- avotעֲבֹתa braided cord: a rope of several strands twisted together, used to bind, harness, or fasten
thick cloud2 words
- avעָבa dense, dark cloud, especially a heavy storm or rain cloud
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- a thicket: dense undergrowth or brushwood that offers cover
- araphelעֲרָפֶלthe dense, dark storm-cloud in which God draws near, present yet hidden from sight
- avעָבa dense, dark cloud, especially a heavy storm or rain cloud
thick darkness3 words
- araphelעֲרָפֶלthe dense, dark storm-cloud in which God draws near, present yet hidden from sight
- aphelahאֲפֵלָהthick darkness: dark heavy enough that a person cannot see the way, and the disaster that such dark stands for
- ophelאֹפֶלgloom: darkness, in a rare word Hebrew poets use for the dark of the grave, of hidden violence, and of disaster
thicken2 words
thicket6 words
- ya'arיַעַרa forest: a wild stretch of land thick with trees, and the trees that grow there
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- a honeycomb: the comb of wild honey
- avעָבa thicket: dense undergrowth or brushwood that offers cover
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- a dense, dark cloud, especially a heavy storm or rain cloud
- sevakhסְבַךְthicketnot studied yet
- sokhסֹךְa hidden den: a screen of woven cover that keeps whoever owns it out of sight
- sovekhסְבֹךְthicketnot studied yet
- ya'arיַעַרa forest: a wild stretch of land thick with trees, and the trees that grow there
thickly branched1 word
thickness2 words
thief3 words
thigh5 words
- mērosμηρόςthighnot studied yet
- yarekhיָרֵךְthe thigh: the fleshy upper part of the leg, and, by extension, the source of a person's children and the side or base of a structure
- shoqשׁוֹקthe leg: a person's lower leg between knee and foot, or an animal's hind leg, the cut set aside as an honored portion at a sacrifice
- yarkahיַרְכָאthighnot studied yet
- paḥadפַּחַדthighnot studied yet
thin4 words
- dalדַּלlow, weak, of little account: a person or group reduced in body, standing, or means, and so easily pushed aside
- daqדַּקthin or fine: reduced to almost nothing, whether in thickness, in the size of its particles, or in the strength of a sound
- dallahדַּלָּהthe poorest of a land: the lowest and least powerful layer of a population, and more broadly what is reduced and thin
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- hanging strands: the loose hair falling from a head, or the threads left dangling on a weaver's loom
- raqרַקthinnot studied yet
thin bread1 word
thin cake1 word
thing5 words
- davarדָּבָרa word, or the matter that word is about: anything said, and equally the affair, event, or thing being spoken of
- rhēmaῥῆμαa matter, thing, or event: the affair that an utterance is about, an extension carried over from Hebrew
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- a spoken word: an utterance, saying, or statement that has actually been said
- pragmaπρᾶγμαa matter or affair: a concrete thing that is done or has to be dealt with, whether a deed, an unspecified affair, a legal case, or the reality behind an appearance
- millahמִלָּהa spoken word, and by extension the matter it concerns or the command it carries
- tsevuצְבוּthingnot studied yet
thing made1 word
think7 words
- amarאָמַרto say: to speak words, and so to think them or to declare them
- logizomaiλογίζομαιto credit to an account: to enter something on a person's ledger, so that it officially counts for or against them.
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- to consider: to weigh something in the mind and arrive at a settled judgment about it.
- 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
- ḥashavחָשַׁבto think something over: to consider, weigh, and form a judgment in the mind
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- to reckon: to count something toward an account and treat it as having that value
- to devise: to plan or scheme toward an end, good or harmful
- to design: to invent and work out skilled craft or artistic plans
- phroneōφρονέωto have the mind set a certain way: to be leaning in one direction, so that what a person thinks, wants, and cares about all point the same way
thinking1 word
third5 words
- tritosτρίτοςthird: the one that comes third when things are counted in order, or the third part left when a whole is split into three
- shelishiשְׁלִישִׁיthird: the one that comes third in a counted order
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- a third part: one of three equal shares; one-third
- shilleshשִׁלֵּשׁthirdnot studied yet
- taltiתַּלְתִּיthirdnot studied yet
- telatתְּלַתthirdnot studied yet
third part1 word
- shelishiשְׁלִישִׁיa third part: one of three equal shares; one-third
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- third: the one that comes third in a counted order
- shelishiשְׁלִישִׁיa third part: one of three equal shares; one-third
third story1 word
thirst4 words
- dipsaōδιψάωto be thirsty: to feel the body's craving for water, and by extension to long for something as keenly as a parched person longs to drink
- dipsosδίψοςthirstnot studied yet
- tsamaצָמָאthirst: the painful craving for water when it is lacking, and the deadly deprivation behind that craving.
- tsameצָמֵאto be thirsty: to feel the body's urgent need for water
thirsty4 words
- dipsaōδιψάωto be thirsty: to feel the body's craving for water, and by extension to long for something as keenly as a parched person longs to drink
- ayephעָיֵףfaint: drained of strength and ready to collapse, usually from thirst, hunger, or hard travel
- tsameצָמֵאto be thirsty: to feel the body's urgent need for water
- tsameצָמֵאthirsty: in need of water and craving it, whether a person longing for a drink or ground parched for rain
thirty3 words
this16 words
- hoὁthe/this/whonot studied yet
- ohutosοὗτοςthis/he/she/itnot studied yet
- zehזֶהthisnot studied yet
- zotזֹאתthisnot studied yet
- hode, hēdeὅδεthisnot studied yet
this day1 word
this life1 word
this place1 word
this way and that1 word
thistle3 words
- ḥo'aḥחוֹחַa prickly wild plant: a thornbush, thistle, or bramble of the sort that overruns neglected ground
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- a hook or piercing ring: a metal barb driven through the jaw or nose to hold and lead a captive or a beast
- tribolosτρίβολοςthistlenot studied yet
- dardarדַּרְדַּרthistle: a spiny weed that overruns worked ground, and so a standing sign of land under a curse
- ḥo'aḥחוֹחַa prickly wild plant: a thornbush, thistle, or bramble of the sort that overruns neglected ground
thither1 word
Thomas1 word
thong1 word
thorn10 words
- sirסִירa thorn or thornbush; also a thorn-shaped hook
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- a pot: a large open vessel for cooking, temple service, or washing
- ḥo'aḥחוֹחַa prickly wild plant: a thornbush, thistle, or bramble of the sort that overruns neglected ground
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- a hook or piercing ring: a metal barb driven through the jaw or nose to hold and lead a captive or a beast
- qotsקוֹץa thorn plant: any low, spiny weed of the sort that pierces bare skin and takes over unworked ground, named generally rather than by species
- shamirשָׁמִירa thorny weed or brier: the wild, prickly scrub that overruns neglected ground
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- adamant: the hardest known stone, used for cutting and engraving and as an image of unbending hardness
- skolopsσκόλοψa sharp pointed object driven into flesh, anywhere from a thorn or splinter to a heavy impaling stake
- sirסִירa thorn or thornbush; also a thorn-shaped hook
thorn bush3 words
- batosβάτοςthorn bushnot studied yet
- ḥo'aḥחוֹחַa prickly wild plant: a thornbush, thistle, or bramble of the sort that overruns neglected ground
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- a hook or piercing ring: a metal barb driven through the jaw or nose to hold and lead a captive or a beast
- na'atsutsנַעֲצוּץthorn bushnot studied yet
thornbush2 words
thorns3 words
- akanthaἄκανθαa thorn plant: any prickly weed, thistle, or bramble, not one named species
- qotsקוֹץa thorn plant: any low, spiny weed of the sort that pierces bare skin and takes over unworked ground, named generally rather than by species
- shamirשָׁמִירa thorny weed or brier: the wild, prickly scrub that overruns neglected ground
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- adamant: the hardest known stone, used for cutting and engraving and as an image of unbending hardness
thorny1 word
thoroughfare1 word
those entrusted to you1 word
- klērosκλῆροςa lot: a small marked object thrown or drawn to settle a question, so that the outcome is nobody's choice
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- the share that falls to a person: the place, portion, or inheritance assigned to someone rather than earned or chosen
- klērosκλῆροςa lot: a small marked object thrown or drawn to settle a question, so that the outcome is nobody's choice
those who mourn1 word
though2 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
- kiכִּיbecause, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
thought13 words
- logismosλογισμόςthoughtnot studied yet
- maḥashavahמַחֲשָׁבָהa thought or plan: what the mind works out, whether an inner intention or a deliberate scheme
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- skilled design: an inventive work thought up and executed by a craftsman, including a clever device
- dialogismosδιαλογισμόςan inner reasoning of the heart: the thoughts, deliberations, and designs a person turns over privately, often futile or corrupt
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- a dispute: the quarreling and complaining that breaks out when people press competing views
- ennoiaἔννοιαthought/purposenot studied yet
- dianoēmaδιανόημαthoughtnot studied yet
thoughtful1 word
thoughts2 words
thousand4 words
- elephאֶלֶףthe number one thousand, the round figure used to count people, soldiers, animals, time, and value
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- a clan or troop: the subdivision of a tribe that supplied its fighting men, and the contingent it sent
- chiliasχιλιάςthousandnot studied yet
- chilioiχίλιοιthousandnot studied yet
- alaphאֲלַףthousandnot studied yet
- elephאֶלֶףthe number one thousand, the round figure used to count people, soldiers, animals, time, and value
thousands2 words
thousands upon thousands1 word
thread2 words
- patilפָּתִילa twisted cord: a thin strand of spun or braided fiber, used to tie, carry, mark, or measure
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- fastened tight: said of a covering sealed down onto a jar so that nothing can pass in or out
- ḥutחוּטa thread: one thin spun strand of wool or flax, and by extension a light cord or a measuring line
- patilפָּתִילa twisted cord: a thin strand of spun or braided fiber, used to tie, carry, mark, or measure
threat2 words
threaten1 word
threaten further1 word
three3 words
three days ago1 word
three hundred1 word
three months1 word
three stories1 word
three thousand1 word
three times1 word
three years1 word
three years old1 word
three-pronged fork1 word
threefold1 word
thresh3 words
threshed1 word
threshing1 word
threshing floor2 words
threshing instrument1 word
- ḥarutsחָרוּץsharp, cut: a sharp-toothed threshing sledge, or a body cut and mutilated
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- diligent: keen and industrious in effort, the opposite of the lazy
- gold: a poetic word for the precious metal
- decision: a sharp verdict handed down
- ḥarutsחָרוּץsharp, cut: a sharp-toothed threshing sledge, or a body cut and mutilated
threshing sled1 word
threshing-floor1 word
threshold3 words
- saphסַףa threshold: the sill of a doorway, and by extension the guarded point of entry to a building.
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- a basin or bowl: a wide, shallow open vessel for holding liquid.
- miphtanמִפְתָּןa threshold: the raised stone sill at the bottom of an entrance, the step you cross going in.
- avעָבthresholdnot studied yet
- saphסַףa threshold: the sill of a doorway, and by extension the guarded point of entry to a building.
thrive1 word