English Bible words starting with T
706 meanings beginning with T, in alphabetical order. This is page 6 of 8. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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tonight1 word
too1 word
too hard1 word
too high1 word
too narrow1 word
too poor1 word
took in1 word
- sunagōσυνάγωto gather, to bring together into one place
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- to take someone in, to welcome a stranger as a guest
- sunagōσυνάγωto gather, to bring together into one place
took pity1 word
took with him1 word
- paralambanōπαραλαμβάνωto take someone or something to your side and bring them along with you
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- to receive a teaching or tradition handed down to you, taking it as your own
- paralambanōπαραλαμβάνωto take someone or something to your side and bring them along with you
tool1 word
tooth5 words
top4 words
- roshרֹאשׁhead: the head on a body, and from that picture the top of a thing, the person in charge, the start of something, the choicest part, and the total of a count.
- gagגָּגthe flat top of a building or structure, above all the usable roof of a house
- amirאָמִירtopnot studied yet
- roshahרֹאשָׁהtopnot studied yet
top of the head1 word
topaz2 words
Tophel1 word
Topheth1 word
torah1 word
torch3 words
torches1 word
- ziqahזֵקchains: the metal restraints put on a prisoner or a captive
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- burning missiles: flaming shafts or brands that a person shoots or carries
- ziqahזֵקchains: the metal restraints put on a prisoner or a captive
torment10 words
- basanosβάσανοςtorment: severe, consciously felt suffering, whether the agony of disease or the punishment of the dead
- basanizōβασανίζωto torment or be tormented; to inflict or undergo severe suffering in body, mind, or under judgment
- kolasisκόλασιςpunishment: the penalty imposed on a wrongdoer, and above all the sentence God hands down at judgment
- ba'atבָּעַתto overwhelm with sudden terror: to fall upon a person with dread that seizes from outside
- odunaōὀδυνάωto be in intense pain or anguish, whether of body or of heart
tormentor1 word
torn animal1 word
torn by beasts1 word
torn flesh1 word
torn to pieces1 word
torrent1 word
torrents1 word
- saphi'aḥסָפִיחַaftergrowth: the grain that comes up on its own the year after a harvest, sprouted from seed that fell to the ground when the field was cut
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- a rush of water: the flooding that scours the soil off the ground
- saphi'aḥסָפִיחַaftergrowth: the grain that comes up on its own the year after a harvest, sprouted from seed that fell to the ground when the field was cut
tortuous1 word
torture3 words
torturer1 word
toss3 words
toss about1 word
tossing2 words
totter6 words
- kashalכָּשַׁלto stumble and so be brought down: to totter, lose one's footing, and fall, whether from weakness, in defeat, or into ruin
- nu'aנוּעַto move unsteadily: to shake or quiver in place, to reel, or to roam with no settled place to rest.
- motמוֹטto give way, to totter or slip out of a firm, fixed place; and so, of a person, to be shaken or brought down.
- daḥahדָּחָהto shove hard: to push a person or thing over so that it goes down
- ma'adמָעַדto slip: to lose one's footing, so that what was holding a person up gives way
tottering1 word
touch7 words
- nagaנָגַעto make contact: for one thing to reach another and touch it, whether lightly, harmfully, or all the way to a place or time
- haptōἅπτωto reach out and lay hold of a person or thing: purposeful physical contact, not an accidental brush
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- to kindle: to set a lamp or fire alight
- psēlaphaōψηλαφάωto touchnot studied yet
- ru'aḥרִיחַto smell: to take in a scent, and so, when God is the one smelling, to receive an offering with favor
- thinganōθιγγάνωto touchnot studied yet
tow1 word
toward2 words
towel1 word
tower3 words
tower of eder1 word
town6 words
- polisπόλιςa city: a walled, settled population center, and by extension the community that lives in it
- irעִירa settled place where people live together: the everyday word for a town of any size, marked off from open country and from lone farmsteads.
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- agitation: a rush of rage, panic, or anguish, in a rare word written with the same letters as the word for a town.
- kōmēκώμηa village: a small rural settlement, smaller and less protected than a walled city
- qiryahקִרְיָהa town or city: a settled, inhabited place, named with an elevated, mostly poetic word
- qiryahקִרְיָהa city or town: a single walled settlement, the whole inhabited place rather than the region around it or the fort inside it
town clerk1 word
- grammateusγραμματεύςa scribe: a Jewish expert in the Law of Moses, trained to read, copy, teach, and rule on Scripture
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- a city clerk: the chief civic official of a Greek city, who presided over the public assembly
- a scribe of the kingdom: a teacher trained in the things of God who draws out both old and new
- grammateusγραμματεύςa scribe: a Jewish expert in the Law of Moses, trained to read, copy, teach, and rule on Scripture
trace1 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
trace genealogy1 word
Trachonitis1 word
track4 words
- ichnosἴχνοςtracknot studied yet
- netivahנְתִיבָהpath: a trail worn smooth by feet, a poetic word for a way
- magalמַעְגָּלa well-worn track, and so the settled course a person's life takes
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- a circular army camp: the defensive ring drawn around encamped troops
- trochiaτροχιάtracknot studied yet
tracks1 word
- aqevעָקֵבfootprints: the tracks feet leave in the ground, and by extension the path a person has walked
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- the heel: the hard back of the foot on a person or an animal, the low point where the body is most easily caught or struck
- the rear: the back end of a moving or fighting force, the part that trails behind
- aqevעָקֵבfootprints: the tracks feet leave in the ground, and by extension the path a person has walked
trade7 words
- ergazomaiἐργάζομαιto work: to put out sustained effort that produces a result, whether earning a living, doing a deed, or carrying on a trade
- saḥarסָחַרto do business as a traveling trader, buying and selling goods; (as a participle) a merchant
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- to move restlessly about; (of the heart) to pound or throb
- rakhalרָכַלa traveling merchant: a trader or peddler who goes from place to place buying and selling goods
- emporiaἐμπορίαtrade/businessnot studied yet
- karahכָּרָהto tradenot studied yet
trader3 words
- kena'anכְּנַעַןa merchant: a dealer in goods, called by the name of the coast whose traders dominated the business
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- Canaan: the country west of the Jordan, and the ancestor whose name it carries
- emporosἔμποροςa merchant: a trader who deals in goods carried from far away, buying them to sell on at a profit
- rakhalרָכַלa traveling merchant: a trader or peddler who goes from place to place buying and selling goods
- kena'anכְּנַעַןa merchant: a dealer in goods, called by the name of the coast whose traders dominated the business
tradition1 word
traffic in1 word
trafficker1 word
tragacanth gum1 word
train3 words
trained1 word
training2 words
traitor1 word
trample7 words
- katapateōκαταπατέωto tramplenot studied yet
- pateōπατέωto tramplenot studied yet
- ramasרָמַסto trample: to bring the foot down on something, crushing, subduing, or spoiling what is trodden
- dushדּוּשׁto thresh: to tread out grain by driving animals or a sledge over it, and so to trample or crush
- sha'aphשָׁאַףto trample or crush: to grind the helpless underfoot
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- to pant or gasp for breath, and so to crave something so hard that one seems to pant after it
trampled down1 word
trampling1 word
trance2 words
- ekstasisἔκστασιςa trance: the state of someone whose ordinary awareness gives way while God shows them something
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- astonishment so strong that it knocks a person out of their normal composure
- tardemahתַּרְדֵּמָהa deep sleep that comes over a person from outside, sealing off the senses so that something is done to them while they lie helpless and unaware
- ekstasisἔκστασιςa trance: the state of someone whose ordinary awareness gives way while God shows them something
trans-euphrates2 words
transfigured1 word
transform2 words
transformed2 words
transgresor1 word
transgress5 words
- avarעָבַרto move across or past something: to cross over, pass by, pass through, or move on
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- to overstep what God commanded: to break a covenant, command, or oath
- to make something cross over: to bring across, hand over, remove, or send through
- to be furious or overbearing: anger that boils over its limits
- parerchomaiπαρέρχομαιto go past someone or something in space; to pass by, come up to, or push past
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- to pass away, come to an end, cease to exist; (of time) to be over
- to pass by a duty or command, and so to neglect it or break it
- parabainōπαραβαίνωto transgressnot studied yet
- pashahפָּשַׁעto revolt against a ruler: to throw off the authority of a king or overlord and break away.
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- to rebel against God: to break faith with the One you owe loyalty to, treating sin as defiance rather than mere failure.
- ma'alמָעַלto break faith: to betray a trust one is bound to keep, acting treacherously against the party owed loyalty
- avarעָבַרto move across or past something: to cross over, pass by, pass through, or move on
transgression5 words
- anomiaἀνομίαlawlessness: conduct or a condition set against God's law and rightful order
- peshahפֶּשַׁעrebellion: the deliberate breaking of a bond you were obligated to keep
- paraptōmaπαράπτωμαa wrongdoing: a concrete act in which someone falls away from what is right and breaks faith with God or neighbor
- ma'alמַעַלa treacherous breach of faith: a betrayal of a bond one was trusted to keep, toward God or toward another person
- parabasisπαράβασιςthe breaking of a command that was already given: stepping across a line someone had clearly drawn
transgressors1 word
- anomosἄνομοςoutside the law of Moses: not living under Israel's law, and so a Gentile
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- lawless: setting God's law aside, and so wicked or criminal
- anomosἄνομοςoutside the law of Moses: not living under Israel's law, and so a Gentile
translate2 words
translated1 word
translucent1 word
transplant1 word
transplanted1 word
transport1 word
trap7 words
- pagisπαγίςtrapnot studied yet
- thēraθήραtrapnot studied yet
- moqeshמוֹקֵשׁa snare: a baited trap that catches its prey, and so anything that lures a person or a people into sin, defeat, or death
- paḥפַּחa snare: a fowler's spring-trap that snaps shut on a bird, and by extension any hidden trap that catches a victim unawares
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- a thin sheet of hammered metal beaten out flat
- mashḥitמַשְׁחִיתdeliberate wrecking: the ruin one party brings down on another, and the destroying power that brings it
trappings1 word
travail5 words
- ponosπόνοςtravailnot studied yet
- 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
- ōdinὠδίνa birth pang: the gripping pain of labor, used in the New Testament as a picture of anguish that seizes suddenly and cannot be escaped
- ḥavalחָבַלto take or hold something as a pledge: to seize a borrower's property as security for a debt
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- to ruin or destroy: to do violent harm, spoil, or act corruptly
- to writhe in labor: to conceive or be gripped by the pangs of giving birth
- inyanעִנְיָןthe business that occupies a person: the task, affair, or activity that fills up someone's time and attention
travel2 words
- poreuōπορεύωto go, travel, or move from one place to another
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- to conduct oneself, live according to a particular way
- shurשׁוּרto travelnot studied yet
- poreuōπορεύωto go, travel, or move from one place to another
travel about1 word
travel with1 word
traveler1 word
- oraḥאֹרַחa traveler or band of travelers: the people who walk a route, named by the road they keep
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- a way or path: a track that is traveled, whether a literal road or the figurative course of a person's life and conduct
- oraḥאֹרַחa traveler or band of travelers: the people who walk a route, named by the road they keep
traveller1 word
tray1 word
treacherous2 words
- remiyyahרְמִיָּהdeceit: treacherous falsehood, whether spoken or acted out
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- slackness: laziness or negligent, half-hearted effort
- bagodבָּגוֹדtreacherousnot studied yet
- remiyyahרְמִיָּהdeceit: treacherous falsehood, whether spoken or acted out
treachery6 words
- begedבֶּגֶדtreachery: faithless, deceitful dealing that breaks trust
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- a piece of clothing: any woven covering worn on the body, from an everyday robe to priestly vestments
- dolosδόλοςtrickery aimed at a person: the cunning, treachery, or crooked speech by which someone is caught off guard and taken advantage of
- mirmahמִרְמָהdeceit: deliberate falsehood used to betray or cheat someone who trusts you
- ma'alמַעַלa treacherous breach of faith: a betrayal of a bond one was trusted to keep, toward God or toward another person
- tarmitתַּרְמִיתdeceit: treacherous dealing that betrays the trust of the person taken in
- begedבֶּגֶדtreachery: faithless, deceitful dealing that breaks trust
tread5 words
- darakhדָּרַךְto tread: to press down on something with the foot, whether to walk over it, crush it, or bend it
- dushדּוּשׁto thresh: to tread out grain by driving animals or a sledge over it, and so to trample or crush
- rephasרְפַסto treadnot studied yet
- dushדּוּשׁto treadnot studied yet
- sa'anסָאַןto treadnot studied yet
tread down4 words
- ramasרָמַסto trample: to bring the foot down on something, crushing, subduing, or spoiling what is trodden
- kavashכָּבַשׁto bring something under control by force; to tread down, subdue.
- busבּוּסto trample down: to tread an enemy, a place, or a thing into the ground, crushing it in triumph or contempt
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- to lie thrashing in one's own blood: of a newborn left to die, to sprawl and kick in the blood of birth
- hadakhהָדַךְto tread downnot studied yet
tread out1 word
tread underfoot1 word
treading1 word
treason1 word
treasure8 words
- thēsaurosθησαυρόςtreasure: valuable things gathered and kept safe, from earthly riches to the lasting reward stored up with God
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- storehouse or chest: the place or container in which valuables are kept and from which they are brought out
- otsarאוֹצָרa store of valuables, or the place that holds them: treasure, and the treasury or storehouse where treasure is kept
- tsaphanצָפַןto hide something away: to put a person or thing out of sight, whether to keep it safe, to keep it secret, or to lie in wait unseen.
- matmonמַטְמוֹןhidden treasure: valuables that have been concealed or buried for safekeeping.
- genazגְּנַזtreasurenot studied yet
- thēsaurosθησαυρόςtreasure: valuable things gathered and kept safe, from earthly riches to the lasting reward stored up with God
treasure up1 word
treasure-chest1 word
- thēsaurosθησαυρόςtreasure: valuable things gathered and kept safe, from earthly riches to the lasting reward stored up with God
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- storehouse or chest: the place or container in which valuables are kept and from which they are brought out
- thēsaurosθησαυρόςtreasure: valuable things gathered and kept safe, from earthly riches to the lasting reward stored up with God
treasured possession1 word
treasurer4 words
treasures1 word
treasury6 words
- otsarאוֹצָרa store of valuables, or the place that holds them: treasure, and the treasury or storehouse where treasure is kept
- gazophulakionγαζοφυλάκιονthe temple treasury: the guarded place where sacred money was handed in and kept, whether the collection chests themselves or the court and rooms around them
- gazaγάζαtreasurynot studied yet
- genezגְּנָזִיםtreasurynot studied yet
- korbanκορβᾶνa sacred dedication to God: property or a pledge declared off-limits to ordinary human use by a binding vow