English Bible words starting with W

wadi1 word

• naḥalנַחַלa seasonal desert watercourse: the ravine that channels rushing water in the rainy season and lies dry the rest of the year, and the rushing water itself

wafer1 word

• raqiqרָקִיקa wafer: a very thin, flat cake of bread baked without yeast, oiled on its surface rather than in the dough, and made for Israel's offerings

wag the head1 word

• nudנוּדto move restlessly to and fro: to wander or flee as a homeless fugitive, and, by the shaking of the head over another's pain, to grieve with and console the suffering

wage2 words

• misthosμισθόςwages: the pay a worker earns for labor done
  +1 more meaning

  • reward: what God gives back in answer to how a person has lived
• maskoretמַשְׂכֹּרֶתwagenot studied yet

wage war3 words

• polemeōπολεμέωto make war on someone: to attack an enemy in open, sustained conflict, and so to be locked in hostility with them.
• strateuōστρατεύωto be a soldier on active duty: to serve in an army and keep up its campaign.
• tsavaצָבָאto serve in a mustered company: to march out to war, or to take a turn of organized duty at the sanctuary

wage war against1 word

• antistrateuomaiἀντιστρατεύομαιto wage war againstnot studied yet

wages7 words

• misthosμισθόςwages: the pay a worker earns for labor done
  +1 more meaning

  • reward: what God gives back in answer to how a person has lived
• po'alפֹּעַלwork or deed: what someone does, along with what that doing earns or produces
• sakharשָׂכָרpay owed for service rendered: the wages, hire, fare, or reward due for work done or loyalty shown
• meḥirמְחִירwhat something costs: the payment given in exchange for it, and so also the sum that measures its worth
• pe'ullahפְּעֻלָּהwhat work brings back: the pay, reward, or payback earned by labor, and at times the labor itself

wagon2 words

• agalahעֲגָלָהa cart or wagon: a wheeled vehicle pulled by cattle to haul loads or carry people, as distinct from a war chariot
• galgalגַּלְגַּלa wheel, named for its rolling: the round part that turns under a chariot or wagon, or over the mouth of a well
  +1 more meaning

  • something whirling before the wind: dry stuff tumbling along the ground, and the whirling storm that drives it

Waheb1 word

• vahevוָהֵבWahebnot studied yet

wail10 words

• klaiōκλαίωto weep aloud: to cry out in audible grief, mourning, or distress
• koptōκόπτωto mourn openly: to beat the breast and wail so that grief is seen and heard
  +1 more meaning

  • to cut off: to chop something free with a blow of a blade, as branches are cut from a tree
• yalalיָלַלto wail: to raise a loud, howling cry of grief or dread
• saphadסָפַדto wail in mourning: to perform the loud, public lament for the dead, chest-beating and crying aloud.
• ololuzōὀλολύζωto wailnot studied yet

wailing5 words

• klauthmosκλαυθμόςloud, audible weeping: grief cried out so it can be heard, not silent tears.
• mispedמִסְפֵּדloud, public wailing: the formal outcry of grief, with beating of the breast, that mourns a death or a disaster
• nehiנְהִיwailing: the loud, drawn-out cry of grief raised over the dead or over a ruined land, and the mourning song made out of that cry
• yelalahיְלָלָהwailingnot studied yet
• niנִיwailingnot studied yet

wailing women1 word

• qunקִינֵןto chant a funeral dirge: to perform the composed song of grief over the dead, or over a nation mourned as though it were already dead

waist3 words

• osphusὀσφῦςthe loins: the lower back and hips where a belt is fastened, and, in the same breath, the part of a man's body his children are said to come from.
• motenמׇתְנַיִםthe loins: the lower back and hips, the body's center of physical strength
• ḥalatsחָלָץthe loins: the lower back and hips, the place a belt is tied and the place a man's children are said to come from

waistband1 word

• ḥeshevחֵשֶׁבthe designed waistband of the high priest's ephod: a richly woven belt made in one piece with the vestment it holds in place.

wait7 words

• ḥulחוּלto wait, to wait longingly or in hope for someone
  +3 more meanings

  • to writhe: to twist and convulse with pain, terror, or grief, whether in the body, the heart, or the shaking ground
  • to bring forth: to give birth, or to be born, the labor-writhing carried through to the child it produces
  • to dance: to whirl in a circling festal dance
• qavahקָוָהto wait, to hope, to look expectantly for someone or something: a tense, leaning-forward expectation, most often directed toward God.
  +1 more meaning

  • to be gathered together, to collect into one place: said of waters drawn together, and of peoples drawn together to a center.
• yaḥalיָחַלto wait, to tarry: to let a set stretch of time pass before acting
  +1 more meaning

  • to wait expectantly, to hope: to lean toward a future you are confident is coming, most often toward God
• damamדָּמַםto fall still: to cease speaking or moving, and so to grow silent, stand motionless, or be brought to an end
• ḥakhahחָכָהto wait: to hold still in expectation, counting on someone or something to come or to act

wait for6 words

• prosdechomaiπροσδέχομαιto wait for or look for: to await something eagerly, ready to welcome it when it comes
  +1 more meaning

  • to welcome or accept: to receive a person or a circumstance to yourself willingly and gladly
• tsaphahצָפָהto keep watch: to fix one's eyes on something with alert, purposeful attention
• prosdokaōπροσδοκάωto wait for or expect something one is sure is coming: to look ahead to a person's arrival or an event's outcome
• ekdechomaiἐκδέχομαιto wait for someone or something, staying put in the settled expectation that what is awaited will actually come.
• ḥakhahחָכָהto wait: to hold still in expectation, counting on someone or something to come or to act

wait on2 words

• diakoneōδιακονέωto serve someone by meeting their needs: to wait on them, look after them, or carry out a task on their behalf.
• proskartereōπροσκαρτερέωto hold on tenaciously: to keep oneself strongly and steadily fixed on someone or something over time, without letting go

wait patiently1 word

• makrothumeōμακροθυμέωto be patient and long-tempered: to hold back anger toward a wrongdoer, or to keep waiting in hope for something delayed, rather than retaliate or give up

waiting1 word

• yaḥilיָחִילwaitingnot studied yet

wake2 words

• egeirōἐγείρωto wake someone up, or to get up oneself, from sleep
  +3 more meanings

  • to get up, or to lift someone up onto their feet
  • to bring someone or something onto the scene, to raise up or cause to appear
  • to raise the dead, or to be raised back to life
• diagrēgoreōδιαγρηγορέωto wakenot studied yet

wake up3 words

• qutsקִיץto wake up: to pass from sleep into wakefulness, or to rouse oneself to act
• yaqatsיָקַץto wake up: to come out of sleep, a dream, or a drunken haze into full awareness
• eknēphōἐκνήφωto wake upnot studied yet

waking1 word

• shemurahשְׁמֻרָהwakingnot studied yet

walk6 words

• halakhהָלַךְto go or walk: to move along on foot, and by extension to live a life headed in a particular direction.
• poreuōπορεύωto go, travel, or move from one place to another
  +1 more meaning

  • to conduct oneself, live according to a particular way
• peripateōπεριπατέωto walk: to move about on foot, and from that, to carry on one's life in a settled pattern of conduct
• tsa'adצָעַדto step, to stride: to move forward with deliberate, measured steps
• halikhahהֲלִיכָהwalknot studied yet

walk in1 word

• emperipateōἐμπεριπατέωto walk in/amongnot studied yet

wall16 words

• teichosτεῖχοςa city wall: the massive outer wall that rings a town, holds off an attacking army, and marks where the city begins
• ḥomahחוֹמָהthe fortified perimeter wall of a city or settlement, and by extension any barrier that stands between danger and those it shelters
• toichosτοῖχοςwallnot studied yet
• qirקִירwall: the upright side of a building, room, or object
• gaderגָּדֵרa wall: the low boundary of stacked stones that rings a vineyard, field, or courtyard and keeps safe whatever is inside it.

wall up1 word

• gadarגָּדַרto wall up: to stack stones into a barrier, whether to close a way shut or to close a gap in a wall that has fallen in.

walled1 word

• batsarבָּצַרmade inaccessible: fortified, walled off, or otherwise put beyond reach
  +2 more meanings

  • to gather grapes: to cut the ripe clusters from the vine at the vintage
  • to cut off, curb: to bring a proud spirit low

wallow5 words

• galalגָּלַלto roll: to move something heavy by turning it over, or to be turned over and over
• kuliōκυλίωto wallownot studied yet
• busבּוּסto trample down: to tread an enemy, a place, or a thing into the ground, crushing it in triumph or contempt
  +1 more meaning

  • to lie thrashing in one's own blood: of a newborn left to die, to sprawl and kick in the blood of birth
• saphaqסָפַקto strike sharply with the hand: to clap the palms together, slap the thigh, or land a blow
  +1 more meaning

  • to be enough: to go far enough to cover what is needed
• palashפָּלַשׁto wallownot studied yet

wallowing1 word

• kulismaκύλισμαwallowingnot studied yet

wander6 words

• planaōπλανάωto lead someone off the right path, or (when it happens to you) to stray from it: literally to wander, and almost always to be deceived away from the truth.
• ta'ahתָּעָהto stray from the right course: to wander off and lose the way, or to be led off it
• nu'aנוּעַto move unsteadily: to shake or quiver in place, to reel, or to roam with no settled place to rest.
• nadadנָדַדto move away in flight: to flee, roam as a fugitive, flutter off, or be driven from one's place
• nudנוּדto move restlessly to and fro: to wander or flee as a homeless fugitive, and, by the shaking of the head over another's pain, to grieve with and console the suffering

wander away1 word

• ektrepōἐκτρέπωto turn/wander awaynot studied yet

wandering3 words

• marudמָרוֹדwanderingnot studied yet
• planētēsπλανήτηςwanderingnot studied yet
• nodנוֹדwanderingnot studied yet

want7 words

• zēteōζητέωto seek: to go after something with effort, whether searching for it, striving to get it, or insisting on having it.
• thelōθέλωto will: to want, wish, or be disposed toward something, ranging from casual desire to deliberate purpose
• boulomaiβούλομαιto will, wish, or intend: to settle on what one wants, often as a considered choice or firm purpose.
• chreiaχρείαneed: the lack of something necessary, the thing lacked, or the matter that must be attended to
• ḥaserחָסֵרto be short of something needed, to lack or run low; and so to make something or someone fall short, to deprive

wanted1 word

• tsevaצְבָאto will, to want: to settle on what you want done, usually said of someone whose wanting is enough to make it happen.

wanting1 word

• leipōλείπωto be missing: for something needed to be absent, so that a person, a supply, or a piece of work falls short of complete

wantonness1 word

• alilahעֲלִילָהa deed or dealing: a weighty thing someone does, whether God's striking acts or a person's wanton practices

war5 words

• polemosπόλεμοςwar: open armed conflict between opposing forces, and by extension a single battle or even fierce fighting among people.
• milḥamahמִלְחָמָהarmed conflict between opposing forces: the condition of being at war, or a specific battle
• qeravקְרָבbattle: the clash of armed fighting itself, whether between armies or aimed at a single person
• laḥemלָחֶםwarnot studied yet
• qeravקְרָבwarnot studied yet

war-club2 words

• mephitsמֵפִיץwar-clubnot studied yet
• mappetsמַפֵּץwar-clubnot studied yet

ward3 words

• phulakēφυλακήprison: a place where people are held under guard
  +2 more meanings

  • a watch of the night: one of the set stretches into which the night was divided
  • the act of keeping watch: standing guard over something
• mishmeretמִשְׁמֶרֶתa charge: a duty or responsibility entrusted to someone to keep faithfully
  +2 more meanings

  • a watch: the post or duty of standing guard, and those who keep it
  • something kept in reserve: an object set aside and preserved for a later purpose
• mishmarמִשְׁמָרa keeping: guarding given concrete shape, whether as custody, a watch, or an observed charge

ware2 words

• izzavonעִזָּבוֹןwarenot studied yet
• maqqaḥahמַקָּחָהwarenot studied yet

wares2 words

• mimkarמִמְכָּרsomething sold: the property or goods that pass out of one person's hands in a sale, and by extension the sale itself and the money it brings.
• ma'aravמַעֲרָבexchange goods: the wares that change hands when traders barter with one another

warfare2 words

• tsavaצָבָאan army: a body of fighting men called up, counted, and drawn up under a commander
  +3 more meanings

  • the host of heaven: the ordered array above, whether the stars or the heavenly beings around God
  • service: an assigned term of duty, from being liable for war to a stretch of imposed hardship with a set end
  • the plural in the divine title "the LORD of hosts": God named as the one every marshaled force answers to
• strateiaστρατείαwarfarenot studied yet

warm3 words

• ḥamamחָמַםto be or become warm, to grow hot: heat rising in a body, an object, or a feeling, short of open flame
• thermainōθερμαίνωto warmnot studied yet
• ḥamחָםhot: having heat in it at the moment, as bread just out of the oven or clothing warmed by the air

warn5 words

• diastellōδιαστέλλωto give a strict, explicit order; to charge someone emphatically about what must or must not be done
• 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
  +1 more meaning

  • to hold up and restore: to sustain those who cannot hold themselves up, or to set the fallen back on their feet
• zaharזָהַרto warn: to alert someone to a danger or a duty so they can act on it, and so also to instruct them or to take the warning to heart
  +1 more meaning

  • to shine, to give off light or gleam brightly
• noutheteōνουθετέωto admonish: to correct someone with words, appealing to the mind so as to turn them from a wrong or harmful course, done out of care.

warned2 words

• proereōπροερέωto have said it beforehand: to have already put something into words ahead of time, so that the earlier statement still stands
• chrēmatizōχρηματίζωto hand a message down from God, or to be given one: to be warned, instructed, or told something by God
  +1 more meaning

  • to go by a name in public: to be called or known as something

warp1 word

• shetiשְׁתִיwarp: the lengthwise threads stretched on a loom, across which the crosswise threads are woven

warped1 word

• iqqeshעִקֵּשׁcrooked: bent away from what is straight and right, in a person's heart, conduct, or speech.

warrior2 words

• gibborגִּבּוֹרa mighty one: a man of outstanding strength and prowess, above all the warrior and the hero, and by extension God himself as the supreme champion.
• parazפֶּרֶזwarriornot studied yet

was2 words

• eimiεἰμίto be: the plain verb of being, used to link a subject to what is said about it, to say that something exists, and to say where someone is.
• ginomaiγίνομαιto come to be: to begin to exist, to happen, or to pass into a new state, as opposed to simply being

was at hand1 word

• ephistēmiἐφίστημιto come up and take a position right at a person, place, or moment: to arrive and stand by, or to come upon, often suddenly

was born1 word

• ginomaiγίνομαιto come to be: to begin to exist, to happen, or to pass into a new state, as opposed to simply being

was made1 word

• ginomaiγίνομαιto come to be: to begin to exist, to happen, or to pass into a new state, as opposed to simply being

was old1 word

• zaqenזָקֵןto grow old: to advance in years and become aged

was present1 word

• paraginomaiπαραγίνομαιto come and be there: to arrive at a place or reach a person, so as to be present on the scene

wash7 words

• baptizōβαπτίζωto plunge something fully into water, and from that picture, to wash in water as a religious act or to be wholly engulfed by something
• raḥatsרָחַץto wash with water: to rinse the body or a part of it clean
• louōλούωto washnot studied yet
• plunōπλύνωto washnot studied yet
• kavasכָּבַסto launder: to wash cloth or clothing clean by treading and scrubbing it.

wash away1 word

• shataphשָׁטַףto flow over something with force: to flood and engulf, to sweep it away, or to rinse it clean under running water

wash basin1 word

• niptērνιπτήρwash basinnot studied yet

wash off2 words

• aponiptōἀπονίπτωto wash offnot studied yet
• apolouōἀπολούωto wash offnot studied yet

washing3 words

• loutronλουτρόνa washing: a bath that cleanses the whole body, used in both its New Testament appearances as a picture of the spiritual cleansing that comes with salvation
• raḥatsרַחַץwashingnot studied yet
• raḥtsahרַחְצָהwashingnot studied yet

washpot1 word

• sirסִירa pot: a large open vessel for cooking, temple service, or washing
  +1 more meaning

  • a thorn or thornbush; also a thorn-shaped hook

waste15 words

• shaḥatשָׁחַתto ruin: to wreck something so it no longer works as it should, whether a thing, a people, or a person's own moral character
• apōleiaἀπώλειαruin, destruction, loss: the wrecking or wasting of something, and in most of the New Testament the final doom of the ungodly
• diaskorpizōδιασκορπίζωto scatter completely: to break up something gathered so that its parts are driven off in every direction
  +1 more meaning

  • to squander: to throw money or property away until nothing is left of it
• shemamahשְׁמָמָהdesolation: a land emptied of life and left a ruin, and the appalled horror that ruin provokes
• shammahשַׁמָּהa horrifying devastation: a place laid waste and abandoned, and the shudder of dread it provokes

waste away3 words

• masasמָסַסto melt away: to lose firm shape and dissolve, whether wax before fire, courage before terror, or a life dwindling to nothing
• amalאָמַלto lose vitality and waste away: to wither, droop, and grow feeble
• maqaqמָקַקto rot away: to decay from the inside until what was whole falls apart

waste places1 word

• ḥorbahחׇרְבָּהa ruin: a place laid waste, or the state of being laid waste

wasteland2 words

• yeshimonיְשִׁימוֹןa barren waste: empty, waterless country where nothing grows and no one lives
• meshammahמְשַׁמָּהwasteland: ground wrecked and emptied until nothing lives on it, and the horror of the people who look at it

wasting1 word

• raziרָזִיwastingnot studied yet

watch13 words

• shamarשָׁמַרto exercise watchful care over someone or something: to guard it, hold to it, and keep it safe
• phulakēφυλακήa watch of the night: one of the set stretches into which the night was divided
  +2 more meanings

  • prison: a place where people are held under guard
  • the act of keeping watch: standing guard over something
• theōreōθεωρέωto look at something attentively, and so to take it in: to watch, observe, and perceive
• mishmeretמִשְׁמֶרֶתa watch: the post or duty of standing guard, and those who keep it
  +2 more meanings

  • a charge: a duty or responsibility entrusted to someone to keep faithfully
  • something kept in reserve: an object set aside and preserved for a later purpose
• natsarנָצַרto keep close watch over something and guard it: to protect it, hold onto it faithfully, or keep it safe

watch out4 words

• horaōὁράωto see: to take something in, whether with the eyes or with the mind, so that it registers and is known
• blepōβλέπωto watch out: to keep your eyes open, whether against a danger or over something you are responsible for
  +3 more meanings

  • to see: to take something in with the eyes, or to have the power of sight at all
  • to perceive: to grasp, notice, or recognize something with the mind
  • to face toward: to be turned in a given direction, said of a place
• prosechōπροσέχωto direct one's attention to something and respond to it accordingly
• skopeōσκοπέωto watch outnot studied yet

watch over1 word

• shaqadשָׁקַדto keep wakeful watch: to stay awake and alert over something, refusing to let it go until it happens

watch with envy1 word

• ratsadרָצַדto watch with envynot studied yet

watcher1 word

• irעִירwatchernot studied yet

watches of the night1 word

• ashmurahאַשְׁמוּרָהa watch: one of the fixed stretches the night was divided into, and so a way of telling time in the dark

watchman1 word

• tsaphahצָפָהto keep watch: to fix one's eyes on something with alert, purposeful attention

watchtower2 words

• migdalמִגְדָּלtower: a tall, strong structure built up above its surroundings for defense, lookout, or sheer height
• baḥanבַּחַןwatchtowernot studied yet

water7 words

• hudōr, hudatosὕδωρwater: the physical substance and its extended uses as a purifying agent and a symbol of divine life
• mayimמַיwater: the substance itself and any quantity of it, from a cupful to a river to the sea
• potizōποτίζωto give a person, animal, or plant something to drink; to water or irrigate
• shaqahשָׁקָהto give something to drink: to water land, water animals, or hand a person a drink
• ravahרָוָהto saturate or be saturated with liquid: to drink one's fill, and to water something to overflowing

watercourse1 word

• te'alahתְּעָלָהa water channel made by cutting or digging: a conduit, a trench, or a watercourse
  +1 more meaning

  • healing: a wound closing over and mending

watered1 word

• ravehרָוֶהwaterednot studied yet

watering1 word

• nahalolנַהֲלֹלwateringnot studied yet

waterless1 word

• anudrosἄνυδροςwaterlessnot studied yet

waters1 word

• mayimמַיwater: the substance itself and any quantity of it, from a cupful to a river to the sea

wave2 words

• nuphנוּףto move something back and forth through the air: to wave, swing, wield, or brandish it.
  +1 more meaning

  • to sprinkle or scent something with fragrance: to perfume it.
• mishbarמִשְׁבָּרa breaker: a crashing, engulfing wave of the sea at its most overpowering

wave offering1 word

• tenuphahתְּנוּפָהa dedicatory offering: a gift formally presented to the LORD at the sanctuary before it is handed over for sacred use
  +1 more meaning

  • a brandishing of the hand: a threatening swing or shaking of the hand or arm against an enemy

waves3 words

• galגַּלa heap of stones piled up by hand: a mound raised as a marker
  +2 more meanings

  • a wave of the sea: the rolling, surging swell of open water
  • a spring or pool: an enclosed, welling source of water
• kludōnκλύδωνwavesnot studied yet
• mishbarמִשְׁבָּרa breaker: a crashing, engulfing wave of the sea at its most overpowering

wax1 word

• donagדּוֹנַגwaxnot studied yet

way7 words

• hodosὁδόςa way of living, or the path that leads to God
  +1 more meaning

  • a road, or the trip taken along it
• derekhדֶּרֶךְa way: the road you travel, and by extension the path your whole life takes
  +1 more meaning

  • possibly, dominion or power: rule or might, in a few disputed poetic lines
• troposτρόποςthe manner in which something is done or happens, and so also the manner in which a person lives
• oraḥאֹרַחa way or path: a track that is traveled, whether a literal road or the figurative course of a person's life and conduct
  +1 more meaning

  • a traveler or band of travelers: the people who walk a route, named by the road they keep
• netivahנְתִיבָהpath: a trail worn smooth by feet, a poetic word for a way

way of life1 word

• anastrophēἀναστροφήa person's whole way of life: the observable, settled pattern of how someone lives and carries themselves, not isolated acts

way out1 word

• ekbasisἔκβασιςway outnot studied yet

wayward1 word

• sararסָרַרto be stubborn: to dig in and refuse to submit to a rightful authority

waywardness1 word

• meshuvahמְשׁוּבָהa turning away from God: the disloyalty of a people who walk off from the one they belong to.

we4 words

• egōἐγώI/wenot studied yet
• anaḥnuאֲנַחְנוּwenot studied yet
• naḥnuנַחְנוּwenot studied yet
• anaḥnaאֲנַחְנָאwenot studied yet

weak10 words

• astheneōἀσθενέωto be weak: to lack strength, standing, or capacity, whether in faith, in conscience, in resources, or in power
  +1 more meaning

  • to be sick: to suffer bodily illness or disease
• ḥalahחָלָהto become sick, weak, or wounded: to lose strength, whether by illness, exhaustion, or injury
  +1 more meaning

  • to entreat someone's favor: to soften a superior's face, to plead and appease
• asthenēsἀσθενήςwithout strength: lacking the power, health, or standing that would make someone or something able and secure
• dalדַּלlow, weak, of little account: a person or group reduced in body, standing, or means, and so easily pushed aside
• astheneiaἀσθένειαweakness: a lack of strength, whether in a sick or failing body, in the frailty of human life, or in a position of no power

weak-willed woman1 word

• gunaikarionγυναικάριονa belittling word for a woman: "little woman," used to paint someone as weak, gullible, and easily led

weak-willed women1 word

• gunaikarionγυναικάριονa belittling word for a woman: "little woman," used to paint someone as weak, gullible, and easily led

weaken4 words

• raphahרָפָהto go slack: for a grip, a hand, or strength to loosen and give way, or to make it do so, ranging from losing heart to letting go to leaving alone
• amalאָמַלto lose vitality and waste away: to wither, droop, and grow feeble
• ḥalashחָלַשׁto weakennot studied yet
• mahalמָהַלto weakennot studied yet

weakness4 words

• astheneiaἀσθένειαweakness: a lack of strength, whether in a sick or failing body, in the frailty of human life, or in a position of no power
• asthenēmaἀσθένημαweaknessnot studied yet
• ḥalushahחֲלוּשָׁהweaknessnot studied yet
• morekhמֹרֶךְweaknessnot studied yet

wealth13 words

• ḥayilחַיִלwealth: the resources, property, and substance a person or nation has amassed
  +3 more meanings

  • strength: effective power, the capacity to act and to prevail
  • army: an armed force, the fighting men a ruler commands
  • worth: capability and strength of character that make a person able and admirable
• kavodכָּבוֹדweight that makes someone or something count: the visible greatness of God, the honor and standing of a person, or the wealth and splendor that command respect.
• ploutosπλοῦτοςriches: an abundant store of value, whether material wealth or a lavish supply of some good thing
• chrēmaχρῆμαmoney and property seen as usable resources: what a person has on hand to spend or hand over
• osherעֹשֶׁרriches: great material wealth, the abundance of money, goods, and prized possessions that marks a person as rich

wealthy3 words

• plousiosπλούσιοςrich: having far more than enough, whether in money and possessions or, by extension, in some good thing
• ashirעָשִׁירa rich person: someone who has an abundance of material goods, usually set opposite the poor
• shalevשָׁלֵוat ease: settled and undisturbed, comfortable enough that nothing feels threatening

wean1 word

• gamalגָּמַלto wean a child: to finish the nursing years and bring a child to the next stage
  +2 more meanings

  • to deal out to someone what an act has earned: to repay, reward, or requite, whether good or ill
  • to ripen: for a plant to bring its fruit or growth to full maturity

weapon7 words

• keliכְּלִיa manufactured object put to use: any article, vessel, tool, or implement made by human hands for a practical purpose
• hoplonὅπλονa fighter's gear: a weapon, and in the plural the whole kit of arms and armor someone carries into battle
• nesheqנֶשֶׁקarms and weaponry taken collectively: the equipment of war, and by extension the armory that stores it or the battle waged with it
• shelaḥשֶׁלַחweapon: something sent or wielded against an enemy, of no one particular kind
  +1 more meaning

  • shoots: the new growth a plant sends out
• azenאָזֵןweaponnot studied yet

weapons3 words

• hoplonὅπλονa fighter's gear: a weapon, and in the plural the whole kit of arms and armor someone carries into battle
• nesheqנֶשֶׁקarms and weaponry taken collectively: the equipment of war, and by extension the armory that stores it or the battle waged with it
• mekherahמְכֵרָהan unidentified word for whatever Simeon and Levi turned to violence, most likely a cutting weapon such as a blade or sword

wear4 words

• enduōἐνδύωto put on clothing; to dress someone or get dressed oneself, and by extension to take something on as if slipping into a garment.
• lavashלָבֵשׁto put a garment on a body: to get dressed, to wear, or to dress someone else
• phoreōφορέωto wearnot studied yet
• perikeimaiπερίκειμαιto lie all around someone or something: to surround, encircle, or be worn like a thing wrapped about the body