English Bible words starting with T
706 meanings beginning with T, in alphabetical order. This is page 5 of 8. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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throat4 words
- nepheshנֶפֶשׁthe living self: a person or creature as a breathing, needy, feeling whole, and so by extension their life, their longing, and their very self.
- larugxλάρυγξthroatnot studied yet
- garonגָּרוֹןthe throat: the front of the neck, both the passage inside that carries voice and drink and the outside that a necklace circles
- lo'aלֹעַthe throat as the passage food goes down: the gullet, the part of you that swallows
throb1 word
- saḥarסָחַרto move restlessly about; (of the heart) to pound or throb
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- to do business as a traveling trader, buying and selling goods; (as a participle) a merchant
- saḥarסָחַרto move restlessly about; (of the heart) to pound or throb
throne5 words
- thronosθρόνοςthrone: the formal seat that marks supreme authority, and by extension the reign exercised from it
- kisseכִּסֵּאan elevated seat of honor: the chair that marks who holds authority, above all a king's throne
- bēmaβῆμαa raised platform reached by a step, on which someone in authority stands to speak or to render a verdict
- korseכׇּרְסֵאthronenot studied yet
- kesכֵּסthronenot studied yet
throng5 words
through3 words
throw8 words
- ballōβάλλωto send something to a place by throwing it or by setting it down: cast, throw, or put
- shalakhשָׁלַךְto throw, cast, or fling something or someone with a decisive, often forceful action
- rhiptōῥίπτωto let something go from your hands in one quick, decisive motion: to fling, cast, or set it down
- zaraqזָרַקto throw a substance so it scatters as it lands: to dash liquid against something, or fling dust, ashes, or seed through the air
- tulטוּלto hurl or fling with force: to send something or someone flying, not merely to toss it or set it down.
throw away1 word
throw down6 words
- naphalנָפַלto fall: to go down from standing or from above, a picture Hebrew stretches to cover being killed, bowing to the ground, being overthrown, deserting to an enemy, and a share falling to someone by lot
- kataluōκαταλύωto take something apart so it no longer stands: to tear down, demolish, or do away with, whether a building, a law, or a plan
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- to stop for the night as a guest: to find lodging and rest at the end of a journey
- kataballōκαταβάλλωto lay/throw downnot studied yet
- 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
throw in1 word
throw off1 word
throw off the cliff1 word
throw on1 word
throw one's arms around1 word
throw violently1 word
- 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
- rhēgnumiῥήγνυμιto burst or rip apart: to make something come to pieces under sheer force
throwing1 word
thrust8 words
- taqaתָּקַעto drive or thrust something into a surface or a body with a sharp, forceful blow
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- to blow a trumpet or ram's horn by giving it a sharp burst of breath
- to strike or clap the hand, either as a binding pledge of surety or as applause
- to pitch a tent by driving its stakes into the ground
- nadaḥנָדַחto drive away: to push or force someone or something out of where it belongs.
- laḥatsלָחַץto bear down on with crushing pressure: to press or squeeze something physically, and so to oppress or afflict a person or a people
- hadaphהָדַףto push someone or something away by force, shoving it out of the place it held
- nagaḥנָגַחto strike and drive with the horns: to gore an animal or a person, and so to charge an opponent and force them back
- taqaתָּקַעto drive or thrust something into a surface or a body with a sharp, forceful blow
thrust away2 words
thrust through1 word
thumb1 word
Thummim1 word
thunder4 words
- qolקוֹלa sound that reaches the ear: most often a voice, but also any noise a thing makes, and the words a voice carries.
- brontēβροντήthunder: the deep crash of sound that rolls out of a storm sky, heard in the Bible as the noise of God arriving
- ra'amרָעַםto thunder or roar: to give out a loud, rolling, resonant sound, whether God thundering from the heavens or the sea roaring
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- to stir up inner turmoil: to provoke someone to fret and grieve, or for the face to be convulsed with distress
- ra'amרַעַםthundernot studied yet
thunderbolt1 word
- reshephרֶשֶׁףa burning flash: a flame, spark, or fiery bolt that flares up or flies through the air
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- burning plague: a lethal, fever-like scourge that consumes a person, sent as God's judgment
- reshephרֶשֶׁףa burning flash: a flame, spark, or fiery bolt that flares up or flies through the air
thundering1 word
thus8 words
- ohutō, ohutōsοὕτωςin this way: pointing to a manner, and by extension a degree, just described or about to be described
- 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
- kohכֹּהthus, in this way; also here and now: a pointing word that draws attention to a particular manner, place, or moment
- hennahהֵנָּהa pointing word for this place or this point: "here, to here" in space, and "until now" in time
- kakhahכָּכָהthus, so: a pointing word that singles out the exact manner (or, rarely, the degree) of something already in view
thus far1 word
thwart1 word
thwarting1 word
Thyatira1 word
Tiberias1 word
Tiberius1 word
Tibhath1 word
Tibni1 word
Tidal1 word
tidings3 words
- shemu'ahשְׁמוּעָהa report: news that is heard and carried from one person to another
- shemaשֵׁמַעa report: news of someone or something that reaches other people, and the reputation it builds
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- sound: audible noise that reaches the ear
- besvorahבְּשֹׂרָהgood news: the report a messenger carries, the kind of word a runner is sent to deliver
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- the reward paid to a messenger for bringing good news: a runner's fee
tie4 words
- deōδέωto bind or tie: to fasten one thing to another, or to hold a person or thing in place with cords, chains, or any binding tie
- asarאָסַרto make fast by tying: to bind, fasten, harness, or hold a person or thing in restraint
- qasharקָשַׁרto tie one thing to another, and so to fasten a person's loyalty, learning, or love just as firmly
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- to conspire: to bind oneself together with others in a sworn plot, usually to seize a throne or break a treaty
- ḥavashחָבַשׁto bind on: to fasten, wrap, or tie something firmly onto or around something else (a saddle onto a donkey, a bandage onto a wound, a turban onto the head)
tie around1 word
Tiglath-pileser1 word
tigris1 word
tikvah1 word
- tiqvahתִּקְוָהTikvah: the father of Shallum the keeper of the wardrobe, remembered only because his son's wife was Huldah the prophetess
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- Tikvah: the father of Jahzeiah, one of two men singled out at the assembly in Ezra that dealt with the foreign marriages
- tiqvahתִּקְוָהTikvah: the father of Shallum the keeper of the wardrobe, remembered only because his son's wife was Huldah the prophetess
tile1 word
till4 words
Tilon1 word
Timaeus1 word
timber1 word
- etsעֵץwood: what a tree yields once it is cut, whether as building timber, as fuel, or as the material a thing is made of
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- a tree: a living, growing woody plant, or trees taken together as a kind of vegetation
- the wooden pole, stake, or tree on which the body of a condemned person is hung up in public
- etsעֵץwood: what a tree yields once it is cut, whether as building timber, as fuel, or as the material a thing is made of
timbrel1 word
time13 words
- hēmeraἡμέραday: the stretch of daylight, a single dated day, or a span of time, including the appointed day when God acts in judgment and salvation.
- yomיוֹםday: a bounded stretch of time seen as a whole, whether the daylight hours, one date on the calendar, or a whole span of living
- kairosκαιρόςthe right moment: a stretch of time defined by what it is fit for
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- the appointed time: the moment God has set for a decisive event
- etעֵתthe right or appointed time: the particular moment when something is due, fitting, or destined to happen.
- chronosχρόνοςtime measured as a stretch: how much of it passes, how long something lasts
timely2 words
times3 words
- regelרֶגֶלthe foot: the lower limb a person or animal stands and walks on, and the many things that limb comes to stand for
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- a time, an occurrence: one instance counted off in a series
- iddanעִדָּןa set stretch of time: a period or moment with a fixed term, its length decided by the situation rather than by the word
- zemanזְמַןa set time: the point or stretch of time marked out for something to happen
- regelרֶגֶלthe foot: the lower limb a person or animal stands and walks on, and the many things that limb comes to stand for
timid1 word
timidity1 word
Timna1 word
Timnah1 word
Timnath-serah1 word
Timon1 word
Timothy1 word
tin2 words
- bedilבְּדִילtin: a cheap metal worth trading because bronze cannot be made without it, and so a stock image for what a refiner burns out of silver
- anakhאֲנָךְa rare loanword for a metal, most likely tin, held up in Amos's vision as God's measure of Israel on the eve of judgment; long rendered "plumb line".
tingle1 word
tinkle1 word
tip1 word
Tiphsah1 word
Tiras1 word
Tirathite1 word
tire2 words
Tirhakah1 word
Tirhanah1 word
Tiria1 word
Tirzah1 word
tithe4 words
- ma'aserמַעֲשֵׂרa tithe: a tenth of one's crops or livestock set apart for God, and given to support the priests and the temple.
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- a tenth part: one tenth as a fraction of a quantity or measure.
- apodekatoōἀποδεκατόωto pay a tithe of something: to hand over a tenth of one's produce or income as a sacred due
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- to collect a tithe from someone: to take a tenth from another person or their property as a required levy
- asarעָשַׂרto tithe: to hand over a tenth of a harvest or herd as a due, or to claim that tenth from someone else.
- dekatoōδεκατόωto tithenot studied yet
- ma'aserמַעֲשֵׂרa tithe: a tenth of one's crops or livestock set apart for God, and given to support the priests and the temple.
Titius1 word
title1 word
tittle1 word
Titus1 word
to be dismayed1 word
Toah1 word
Tob1 word
Tobadonijah1 word
Tobiah1 word
Tochen1 word
today2 words
toe1 word
Togarmah1 word
together8 words
- autosαὐτόςthe everyday third person pronoun: him, her, it, them, and in the possessive his, her, its, their
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- used to single someone or something out: himself, herself, itself, in person, the very one
- the same: one and the same person, thing, or place as the one already named
- allēlōnἀλλήλωνone another, each other: the members of a group acting reciprocally, each toward the others and back again.
- yaḥdavיָחְדָּוtogether, as one: people or things joined in the same place, the same action, or the same fate.
- hamaἅμαtogethernot studied yet
- homothumadonὁμοθυμαδόνwith one accord: as a group whose members share one purpose and move as a single body
- autosαὐτόςthe everyday third person pronoun: him, her, it, them, and in the possessive his, her, its, their
Tohu1 word
Toi1 word
toil12 words
- kopiaōκοπιάωto work to the point of exhaustion: to toil hard, and so to be worn out by the effort
- koposκόποςhard, wearying work; toil that costs real sweat, strength, and fatigue.
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- trouble or bother imposed on someone; the burden of being pestered or worn down.
- amalעָמָלwearing toil: hard work that drains a person, the misery that comes with it, and what such work finally yields
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- mischief: harm that one person deliberately schemes and works against another
- mochthosμόχθοςtoilnot studied yet
- yagaיָגֵעַto wear out with hard effort: to toil to the point of weariness, to grow weary, or to wear another out
token3 words
- otאוֹתa sign: something tangible that points beyond itself so a person recognizes, remembers, or trusts what God has said or done
- mophetמוֹפֵתa God-given sign or wonder: a striking act, event, or person meant to point beyond itself and demand attention
- arubbahעֲרֻבָּהsomething handed over as a guarantee: security put up to back a promise, or a token brought back as proof
token portion1 word
tokhath1 word
- tiqvahתִּקְוָהTikvah: the father of Shallum the keeper of the wardrobe, remembered only because his son's wife was Huldah the prophetess
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- Tikvah: the father of Jahzeiah, one of two men singled out at the assembly in Ezra that dealt with the foreign marriages
- tiqvahתִּקְוָהTikvah: the father of Shallum the keeper of the wardrobe, remembered only because his son's wife was Huldah the prophetess
tola1 word
Tolad1 word
told4 words
- eiponεἶπονsaid: to put something into words on a particular occasion, the simple past of "to say"
- apangellōἀπαγγέλλωto bring word to someone: to report what has happened or to announce a message, carrying it from its source to a listener
- chrēmatizōχρηματίζωto hand a message down from God, or to be given one: to be warned, instructed, or told something by God
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- to go by a name in public: to be called or known as something
- exēgeomaiἐξηγέομαιto recount in detail, to relate what happened
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- to make known, to reveal: to disclose what was hidden
told beforehand1 word
tolerance1 word
tolerate1 word
toll1 word
tomb5 words
- taphosτάφοςa grave: the place where a dead body is laid, named from the act of burying it
- qeverקֶבֶרa grave: the place where a dead body is laid to rest
- mnēmeionμνημεῖονa tomb: the place where a dead body is laid to rest
- mnēmaμνῆμαa tomb: a grave or rock-cut burial chamber, named as the lasting marker of the person laid there
- qevurahקְבֻרָהthe burying of a dead body, and the grave or ground where the body is laid
tomorrow2 words
tong1 word
tongue4 words
- glōssaγλῶσσαthe tongue: the bodily organ in the mouth, and by extension the speech it produces
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- a language: the tongue spoken by a particular people or nation
- a tongue-shaped object: something whose form resembles a tongue, here a flame
- the gift of tongues: Spirit-prompted speech in the early church, spoken in a tongue the speaker has not learned
- lashonלָשׁוֹןthe tongue: the organ in the mouth, and by extension the speech it produces
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- a language: the tongue a people speaks, and so the people marked off by it
- a tongue: something shaped like a tongue, such as a wedge of metal, an inlet of the sea, or a flame
- dialektosδιάλεκτοςlanguage: the spoken tongue of a particular nation or people
- lishshanלִשָּׁןa language, and so the people who speak it: one of the language groups an empire counts among its subjects
- glōssaγλῶσσαthe tongue: the bodily organ in the mouth, and by extension the speech it produces
tongues1 word
- glōssaγλῶσσαthe gift of tongues: Spirit-prompted speech in the early church, spoken in a tongue the speaker has not learned
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- the tongue: the bodily organ in the mouth, and by extension the speech it produces
- a language: the tongue spoken by a particular people or nation
- a tongue-shaped object: something whose form resembles a tongue, here a flame
- glōssaγλῶσσαthe gift of tongues: Spirit-prompted speech in the early church, spoken in a tongue the speaker has not learned