English Bible words starting with U
194 meanings beginning with U, in alphabetical order. This is page 1 of 2. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Uel1 word
Ulai1 word
Ulam1 word
Ulla1 word
umbilical cord2 words
Ummah1 word
unable2 words
- adunatosἀδύνατοςpowerless: lacking the strength or ability to do something, said of a person
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- impossible: something that cannot be done or cannot happen
- la'ahלָאָהto be worn out: to spend one's strength or patience to the point of not being able to go on, or to wear another out that way
- adunatosἀδύνατοςpowerless: lacking the strength or ability to do something, said of a person
unacquainted1 word
unapproachable1 word
unashamed1 word
unaware1 word
unawares3 words
- pitomפִּתְאֹםsuddenly: happening all at once and without warning, catching people unprepared
- lanthanōλανθάνωto escape notice: to go unseen or unrecognized, so that something real slips past a person entirely.
- shegagahשְׁגָגָהan unintended wrong: something done by accident, oversight, or a slip rather than on purpose
unbelief2 words
- apistiaἀπιστίαunbelief: the failure or refusal to trust God or to receive his messenger and his promise
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- unfaithfulness: breaking faith with God, betraying the loyalty a covenant bond requires
- apeitheiaἀπείθειαdisobedience toward God: the refusal to be won over by what he has said, which is at once a refusal to obey it and a refusal to believe it
- apistiaἀπιστίαunbelief: the failure or refusal to trust God or to receive his messenger and his promise
unbeliever1 word
- apistosἄπιστοςwithout faith: not believing, whether of a person who fails to trust or, as a noun, of someone who stands outside the faith
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- incredible: not to be believed, too much for the hearer to accept
- apistosἄπιστοςwithout faith: not believing, whether of a person who fails to trust or, as a noun, of someone who stands outside the faith
unbelieving2 words
- apeitheōἀπειθέωto refuse to be persuaded, and so to withhold obedience: to disobey, or to reject a message by not believing it
- apistosἄπιστοςwithout faith: not believing, whether of a person who fails to trust or, as a noun, of someone who stands outside the faith
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- incredible: not to be believed, too much for the hearer to accept
unblemished2 words
- amōmosἄμωμοςwithout blemish; free of any flaw that would make an offering or a life unfit to be presented to God
- tamimתָּמִיםwithout blemish: physically whole and sound, with nothing missing, broken, or damaged
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- blameless: whole in character and conduct, undivided in loyalty to God, with nothing false or double held back
- Thummim: the sacred lot used with the Urim to seek God's answer
unceasing3 words
- adialeiptōsἀδιαλείπτωςwithout leaving a gap: constantly, on every appropriate occasion, never neglected
- sarahסָרָהrevolt against God: a turning away from him, and the talk that pushes others into it
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- a serious wrong charged in court: the damaging accusation a hostile witness brings against someone
- a letting up: the stopping of something that has been going on without pause
- akatapaustosἀκατάπαυστοςunceasingnot studied yet
unceasingly1 word
uncertainly1 word
uncertainty1 word
unchangeable1 word
unchastity1 word
- porneiaπορνείαsexual wrongdoing: sexual activity outside the bounds the Old Testament law sets for marriage
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- spiritual unfaithfulness: turning from God to idols, pictured as a wife's adultery or a prostitute's trade
- porneiaπορνείαsexual wrongdoing: sexual activity outside the bounds the Old Testament law sets for marriage
uncircumcise1 word
uncircumcised3 words
- aperitmētosἀπερίτμητοςuncircumcisednot studied yet
- arelעָרֵלuncircumcised: having the foreskin intact, and so outside the covenant sign; by extension, a body part left closed and a young tree's fruit left off-limits
- orlahעׇרְלָהforeskin: the fold of skin cut away in circumcision, and more broadly any natural covering that seals a thing off from the use it was made for
uncircumcision1 word
uncle1 word
- dodדּוֹדa father's brother: a man's paternal uncle, or by extension a near male relative on the father's side
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- a beloved man: the cherished one a woman loves, and in the plural the love-making between lovers
- dodדּוֹדa father's brother: a man's paternal uncle, or by extension a near male relative on the father's side
unclean5 words
- akathartosἀκάθαρτοςunclean: defiled and unfit to come near what is holy, the opposite of pure.
- tameטָמֵאto be or become ceremonially or morally unclean, or to make something or someone unclean
- tameטָמֵאritually unclean: in a condition that bars a person, animal, or object from the sphere of worship until it is set right
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- morally defiled: stained by grave sin, so that a person, a people, or the land itself is fouled before God
- koinosκοινόςshared: belonging to a whole group together rather than to one person
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- defiled: made unfit to touch what is holy, and so to be kept away from it
- sheqetsשֶׁקֶץa detestable creature: an animal the law puts off-limits, to be met with open disgust and not merely kept at a distance
uncleanness3 words
- akatharsiaἀκαθαρσίαfilth: the rot and refuse that makes something physically foul and defiling
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- moral impurity: a defiled condition of life, most often sexual, that is unfit for God's presence
- tumahטֻמְאָהuncleanness: a state of impurity, ritual or moral, that keeps a person or object away from what is holy and must be cleansed.
- niddahנִדָּהimpurity that defiles and must be kept apart, pictured most concretely by a woman during her monthly period
- akatharsiaἀκαθαρσίαfilth: the rot and refuse that makes something physically foul and defiling
unclear1 word
uncomely1 word
uncondemned1 word
uncover5 words
- galahגָּלָהto uncover what was hidden, so that it is seen or known: to lay bare, expose, or reveal
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- to go away into exile, or to drive a people away into exile: to be deported from one's land
- apokaluptōἀποκαλύπτωto take the covering off something hidden so it can be known: to reveal, disclose, or bring to light
- paraפָּרַעto let loose or set free from restraint: to unbind, release, or let go of what was being held in check
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- to lead, to take the lead (a contested sense resting on a single verse)
- arahעָרָהto lay bare: strip off whatever covers something, or drain out whatever fills it, leaving it exposed or empty
- ḥasaphחָשַׂףto strip something bare: to pull away what covers it so that it stands exposed
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- to draw off liquid: to scoop water or wine out of the vessel that holds it
- galahגָּלָהto uncover what was hidden, so that it is seen or known: to lay bare, expose, or reveal
uncovered1 word
undeniably1 word
under5 words
- hupoὑπόby/under: bynot studied yet
- taḥatתַּחַתunder, beneath: the lower position relative to something above
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- in place of, instead of, in exchange for: one thing standing where another would be
- because, in return for the fact that: a reason given as the price of an action
- hupokatōὑποκάτωundernot studied yet
- katōκάτωundernot studied yet
- teḥotתְּחוֹתundernot studied yet
under his head1 word
under law1 word
undergarment1 word
undergarments1 word
undergird1 word
undergo2 words
- paschōπάσχωto experience or undergo something, without saying whether it was good or bad
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- to suffer: to be on the receiving end of pain, hardship, harm, or death
- hupechōὑπέχωto undergonot studied yet
- paschōπάσχωto experience or undergo something, without saying whether it was good or bad
underneath1 word
- taḥatתַּחַתunder, beneath: the lower position relative to something above
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- in place of, instead of, in exchange for: one thing standing where another would be
- because, in return for the fact that: a reason given as the price of an action
- taḥatתַּחַתunder, beneath: the lower position relative to something above
understand9 words
- shamaשָׁמַעto hear: to take in what reaches the ear, and from there to listen, understand, heed, and answer.
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- to summon, to muster troops together for war.
- ginōskōγινώσκωto come to know: to learn, perceive, or grasp something so that it becomes part of what you know
- eidōεἴδωto see: to take something in through the eyes, and so to notice or realize it
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- to know: to have something firmly in mind, whether a fact, a person, or how to do something
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- suniēmiσυνίημιto understand: to put the pieces together in the mind and grasp what something means
- shamaשָׁמַעto hear: to take in what reaches the ear, and from there to listen, understand, heed, and answer.
understanding11 words
- levלֵבthe heart: the hidden inner center of a person, where one thinks, decides, feels, and stands answerable to God
- sunesisσύνεσιςunderstanding: the ability to see how things fit together and what they add up to, and the insight that comes with it
- da'atדַּעַתknowing: a firm grasp of how things really are, ranging from a craftsman's skill to moral good sense to knowing God personally
- dianoiaδιάνοιαthe mind: a person's power to understand and think, bound up with the heart rather than standing apart from it as pure intellect
- phronēsisφρόνησιςunderstandingnot studied yet
undertake3 words
- ya'alיָאַלto set the will on a course of action: to be willing, to consent, or to take something upon oneself
- epicheireōἐπιχειρέωto set about doing something: to take a task in hand and try to carry it out
- qavalקָבַלto receive: to take into your hands, or onto yourself, what is handed over or set before you
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- to be set facing and matching each other, so that the two line up and can be joined
undertaking2 words
- hupostasisὑπόστασιςan undertaking or venture being carried through: a concrete plan one has committed to
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- the real being or substance of something: what it actually is beneath how it appears
- a firm, settled confidence: assurance held onto without wavering
- mishlaḥמִשְׁלַחan act of sending forth: a hand put out to work or to seize, food sent to a neighbor, animals turned loose
- hupostasisὑπόστασιςan undertaking or venture being carried through: a concrete plan one has committed to
undiluted1 word
undistracted1 word
undo1 word
- natarנָתַרto leap or spring: to jump off the ground, or to jolt suddenly, and so to make something else jump
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- to loosen or untie what holds something fast, and so to let a person or thing go free
- natarנָתַרto leap or spring: to jump off the ground, or to jolt suddenly, and so to make something else jump
undone1 word
unequally yoked1 word
unexpectedly1 word
unfading2 words
unfaithfulness3 words
- ma'alמַעַלa treacherous breach of faith: a betrayal of a bond one was trusted to keep, toward God or toward another person
- apistiaἀπιστίαunfaithfulness: breaking faith with God, betraying the loyalty a covenant bond requires
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- unbelief: the failure or refusal to trust God or to receive his messenger and his promise
- zenutזְנוּתpromiscuous sexual immorality, used above all as a picture of unfaithfulness to God
unfathomable1 word
unfeeling1 word
unfeigned1 word
unfit1 word
unfruitful1 word
ungodliness1 word
ungodlinessness1 word
ungodly3 words
- rasahרָשָׁעthe one in the wrong: the guilty party a court rules against, and from there the wicked person whose whole life stands condemned, always the opposite of the righteous (צַדִּיק).
- asebēsἀσεβήςgodless: giving God none of the reverence he is owed, and living with no regard for his claim
- ḥanephחָנֵףto defile, or to be defiled: to spoil a land by bloodshed and unfaithfulness until it can no longer hold God's presence, and to turn a person godless
ungodly deeds1 word
ungrateful1 word
unholy2 words
unicorn1 word
unimpressive1 word
uninstructed1 word
unintentionally1 word
unique1 word
unite3 words
- kollaōκολλάωto be joined firmly to someone or something, as if glued on: to cling, unite, or attach oneself closely
- ḥavarחָבַרto join two things into one: to fasten objects together, or to bind oneself to others in alliance or company
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- to bind by spells: to work enchantment by tying magical knots, the practice of a charmer
- sugkerannumiσυγκεράννυμιto unitenot studied yet
unite under one head1 word
united3 words
- homothumadonὁμοθυμαδόνwith one accord: as a group whose members share one purpose and move as a single body
- sumbibazōσυμβιβάζωto hold separate parts together, so that what was apart works as one whole
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- to put facts side by side so that a conclusion follows from them
- to teach someone: to bring a person's mind together with something they did not grasp
- sumphutosσύμφυτοςunitednot studied yet
unity1 word
universe1 word
- kosmosκόσμοςthe universe, the whole ordered creation that God made and rules.
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- the earth where people live, and by extension all the people who live on it; the human world.
- human society as it has turned away from God: the whole order of life, values, and powers set against him.
- outward adornment, the things put on to make oneself attractive.
- kosmosκόσμοςthe universe, the whole ordered creation that God made and rules.
unjust2 words
unjust one1 word
unjust-gain1 word
unjustly1 word
unknown2 words
unlawful1 word
unlearned1 word
unleavened2 words
- azumosἄζυμοςunleavened: made or kept without yeast
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- the Festival of Unleavened Bread: the seven-day spring festival kept alongside Passover
- matstsahמַצָּהunleavened bread: flat bread baked without yeast, so it does not rise
- azumosἄζυμοςunleavened: made or kept without yeast
unleavened bread2 words
- azumosἄζυμοςthe Festival of Unleavened Bread: the seven-day spring festival kept alongside Passover
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- unleavened: made or kept without yeast
- matstsahמַצָּהunleavened bread: flat bread baked without yeast, so it does not rise
- azumosἄζυμοςthe Festival of Unleavened Bread: the seven-day spring festival kept alongside Passover
unleavened cakes1 word
unless3 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
- luleלוּלֵאunlessnot studied yet
- kiכִּיbecause, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
unload1 word
unloved1 word
- saneשָׂנֵאto hate: to be set against a person in active hostility, so that the one hating becomes an enemy
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- to detest: to judge something wrong and refuse to have any part in it
- to love less: to leave a person unfavored, second to someone who is preferred
- to repudiate: to break off a bond formally, whether a marriage or a covenant
- saneשָׂנֵאto hate: to be set against a person in active hostility, so that the one hating becomes an enemy
unmarried1 word
unnecessary1 word
- perissosπερισσόςmore than is needed: unnecessary, and so better left out
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- over 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
- perissosπερισσόςmore than is needed: unnecessary, and so better left out
Unni1 word
unprepared1 word
unpresentable1 word
unproductive2 words
- argosἀργόςnot working: either having no work to do, or avoiding the work that is yours
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- producing nothing: doing no good and yielding no result
- akarposἄκαρποςunfruitful: yielding none of the fruit that was due, whether on a tree or in a person's life, and so producing nothing of benefit
- argosἀργόςnot working: either having no work to do, or avoiding the work that is yours
unprofitable1 word
unpruned vine1 word
- nazirנָזִירan unpruned vine: a grapevine left untended and uncut during the fallow year
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- a Nazirite: a person consecrated to God by a vow of abstinence, marked by uncut hair and by staying away from wine and from the dead
- a distinguished one: a person singled out and set above his fellows, a prince or elect one
- nazirנָזִירan unpruned vine: a grapevine left untended and uncut during the fallow year
unpunished1 word
- naqahנָקָהto be clear in a legal sense: free, innocent, or unpunished, and (when someone declares it) to acquit or leave unpunished
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- to be emptied out or swept clean: stripped bare of inhabitants or contents
- naqahנָקָהto be clear in a legal sense: free, innocent, or unpunished, and (when someone declares it) to acquit or leave unpunished
unquenchable1 word
unreasonable1 word
unrepentant1 word