English Bible words starting with W
382 meanings beginning with W, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 4. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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wizard1 word
woe7 words
- ouaiοὐαίwoe!not studied yet
- hoyהוֹיthe prophet's death-cry hurled at the living: the wail raised over a corpse, now aimed at someone still standing to declare them, in God's word, as good as buried
- oyאוֹיwoe: a spontaneous cry of anguish, grief, or dread
- iאִיwoe!not studied yet
- allayאַלְלַיwoe!not studied yet
woeful1 word
wolf2 words
woman4 words
- gunēγυνήan adult woman, and, where a husband is in view, that man's wife: one word for both
- ishshahאִשָּׁהan adult female human being: a woman, and, when the sentence ties her to a man, his wife.
- neqevahנְקֵבָהfemale: the female one of a human or animal pair, the counterpart to the male.
- nashinנְשִׁיןwomannot studied yet
womb7 words
- koiliaκοιλίαthe womb: the part of a mother's body where a child is conceived and carried before birth
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- the stomach or belly: the part of the body that takes in and digests food
- the innermost being: the deep inner core of a person, the source of one's inner life
- gastērγαστήρthe womb: a woman's belly as the place where a child is conceived and carried, nearly always inside the everyday phrase for being pregnant
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- a belly in the sense of an appetite: a name thrown at people who live to be fed and will not work
- betenבֶּטֶןthe belly: the rounded inner cavity of the body, and by extension the womb, the appetite, and the deep inner self
- raḥamimרַחֲמִיםthe womb: the part of a woman's body where a child is carried
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- deep, tender compassion: the gut-level mercy a parent feels toward a child
- mētraμήτραwombnot studied yet
- koiliaκοιλίαthe womb: the part of a mother's body where a child is conceived and carried before birth
women1 word
wonder10 words
- sēmeionσημεῖονa sign: a perceptible mark or event that points beyond itself to a meaning, an identity, or the action of God
- thaumazōθαυμάζωto marvel: to be brought up short by something extraordinary, from awed amazement to bewildered surprise.
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- to show partiality: to flatter or defer to people for what you can get out of them.
- otאוֹתa sign: something tangible that points beyond itself so a person recognizes, remembers, or trusts what God has said or done
- palaפָּלָאto surpass the ordinary: what is too hard for a person and what is wondrous from God are two perspectives on the same crossing of a normal limit
- mophetמוֹפֵתa God-given sign or wonder: a striking act, event, or person meant to point beyond itself and demand attention
wonderful2 words
wonderfully1 word
- palahפָּלָהto set apart: God marking off one person, place, or people from all the rest and treating them differently
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- to be or to make wondrous: to stand out, or to make something stand out, as awe-inspiring and far past the ordinary
- palahפָּלָהto set apart: God marking off one person, place, or people from all the rest and treating them differently
wonders2 words
wondrous works1 word
wood4 words
- 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
- xulonξύλονwood: cut timber, and by extension almost anything made of wood, from a living tree to the cross
- 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
- aאָעwoodnot studied yet
- etsעֵץwood: what a tree yields once it is cut, whether as building timber, as fuel, or as the material a thing is made of
wooden1 word
woof1 word
- erevעֵרֶבwoof: the crosswise threads woven across the lengthwise warp in a piece of cloth
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- a mixed company: an assorted, largely foreign body of people mingled together with a nation
- erevעֵרֶבwoof: the crosswise threads woven across the lengthwise warp in a piece of cloth
wool3 words
word9 words
- logosλόγοςa word, statement, or message: anything that is said, whether a single saying, a whole teaching, or, in its loaded Christian use, the message of the gospel itself.
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- an account or reckoning: a settling of the books, the tally a person must hand over for what they have done.
- a reason, ground, or basis: the cause behind an action, or the case a person makes to defend or explain it.
- a matter, affair, or thing: the issue under discussion, the case at hand.
- davarדָּבָרa word, or the matter that word is about: anything said, and equally the affair, event, or thing being spoken of
- rhēmaῥῆμαa spoken word: an utterance, saying, or statement that has actually been said
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- a matter, thing, or event: the affair that an utterance is about, an extension carried over from Hebrew
- emerאֵמֶרa spoken word or saying: what someone puts into speech
- millahמִלָּהwords or speech: what a person says, whether a single utterance or a whole line of argument
- logosλόγοςa word, statement, or message: anything that is said, whether a single saying, a whole teaching, or, in its loaded Christian use, the message of the gospel itself.
wordiness1 word
wordless1 word
words1 word
work15 words
- ergonἔργονa work: something a person does and the result it produces, whether a single deed, a life's labor, or the thing made
- avadעָבַדto serve: to do directed labor on behalf of someone or something, whether working the soil, laboring for a master, or worshiping a god.
- ma'asehמַעֲשֶׂהwhat someone does or makes: a deed, a piece of work, or the thing produced by it
- melakhahמְלָאכָהcommissioned work: the task one has been sent to do, the skill it demands, the occupation it becomes, and the goods it produces
- ergazomaiἐργάζομαιto work: to put out sustained effort that produces a result, whether earning a living, doing a deed, or carrying on a trade
work out1 word
work with1 word
worker2 words
working2 words
workman2 words
workmanship1 word
workmen1 word
workout1 word
works2 words
world6 words
- aiōnαἰώνan age: a stretch of time, from a bounded era to unending duration, and the world seen as the present order running its course
- kosmosκόσμοςthe earth where people live, and by extension all the people who live on it; the human world.
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- the universe, the whole ordered creation that God made and rules.
- 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.
- oikoumenēοἰκουμένηthe inhabited world: the earth as the place where people live, along with its people and its governing order
- tevelתֵּבֵלthe world: the whole habitable, fruitful earth, seen as the ordered realm God founded and the peopled stage of human life
- ḥeledחֶלֶדlifetime/worldnot studied yet
world power1 word
worldly2 words
worm3 words
- tole'ahתּוֹלֵעָהa worm, grub, or maggot: a small soft creature that breeds in rot and eats away what it feeds on
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- scarlet: the crimson dye taken from a small insect, and the costly yarn or cloth colored with it
- skōlēxσκώληξwormnot studied yet
- rimmahרִמָּהmaggots: the small worms that breed in spoiled food or in a dead body
- tole'ahתּוֹלֵעָהa worm, grub, or maggot: a small soft creature that breeds in rot and eats away what it feeds on
worm-eated1 word
wormwood2 words
worn out1 word
worried1 word
worry3 words
- merimnaōμεριμνάωto worry, be anxious: to be gripped by fretful, distrustful concern about one's needs or circumstances
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- to care for, attend to: to give focused, active concern to someone or something, devoting attention to their interests
- merimnaμέριμναanxious care: the weight of worry a person carries, either over their own life or on behalf of people they are answerable for
- meteōrizōμετεωρίζωto worrynot studied yet
- merimnaōμεριμνάωto worry, be anxious: to be gripped by fretful, distrustful concern about one's needs or circumstances
worry beforehand1 word
worse2 words
worse than1 word
worship10 words
- avadעָבַדto serve: to do directed labor on behalf of someone or something, whether working the soil, laboring for a master, or worshiping a god.
- proskuneōπροσκυνέωto bow down before someone in reverent homage: to worship
- shaḥahשָׁחָהto bow down low before someone, lowering the body to the ground in homage or worship
- latreuōλατρεύωto render the religious service a creature owes to a god: to worship, to serve God
- therapeuōθεραπεύωto heal: to restore a sick or injured person to health
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- to serve: to wait on someone and attend to their needs
worshiper3 words
worth1 word
- shavahשָׁוָהto be or make even: to be equal or comparable to something, worth as much as it, or to level a thing out.
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- to set, place, or lay something in position, or lay it upon someone.
- shavahשָׁוָהto be or make even: to be equal or comparable to something, worth as much as it, or to level a thing out.
worthless13 words
- kenosκενόςempty: containing nothing, whether a hand with nothing in it, words with no truth in them, or effort that comes to nothing
- mataiosμάταιοςfutile: empty of any real result, so it cannot deliver what it seems to promise
- shavשָׁוְאthat which has no substance and so cannot be trusted: emptiness that shows up as futile effort, as lying speech, and as worthless idols
- beliyya'alבְּלִיַּעַלruinous worthlessness: the good-for-nothing quality that makes a person or a plan both useless and destructive
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- destruction: deadly ruin, pictured in poetry as a flood that engulfs a person and drags them toward death
- elilאֱלִילa contemptuous word for a false god or idol: a so-called god branded as a powerless nothing
worthy2 words
worthy of respect1 word
would1 word
- euchomaiεὔχομαιto pray: to speak to God in earnest petition, often on someone else's behalf
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- to wish: to long for something the speaker knows lies beyond their power to bring about
- euchomaiεὔχομαιto pray: to speak to God in earnest petition, often on someone else's behalf
would like1 word
would not2 words
wound14 words
- ḥalalחָלַלto pierce, wound, or run through, often fatally
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- to treat as common what is holy: to profane, defile, or strip of its sacred standing
- to begin, to make a start at something or do it for the first time
- to play on the pipe or flute
- plēgēπληγήa blow or beating, and the wound it leaves on the body
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- a plague: a crushing blow of calamity sent as divine judgment
- makkahמַכָּהa blow and what it leaves behind: a strike, the wound it makes, a crushing defeat in battle, or an affliction sent by God
- traumaτραῦμαwoundnot studied yet
- maḥatsמָחַץto strike a shattering blow: to smash or grievously wound with a forceful, targeted stroke
- ḥalalחָלַלto pierce, wound, or run through, often fatally
wounded3 words
- ḥalalחָלָלone fatally pierced; a person run through and killed or left dying, above all the battlefield dead
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- a profaned person; someone stripped of holy standing and treated as defiled
- ḥalahחָלָהto become sick, weak, or wounded: to lose strength, whether by illness, exhaustion, or injury
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- to entreat someone's favor: to soften a superior's face, to plead and appease
- daqarדָּקַרto run a person through with a blade or spear: the weapon thrust that is meant to kill
- ḥalalחָלָלone fatally pierced; a person run through and killed or left dying, above all the battlefield dead
woven1 word
woven material1 word
wrap6 words
- atahעָטָהto wrap oneself in a covering, or to drape a covering over: to enfold, cover, or clothe.
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- to grip or seize firmly: to take tight hold of.
- kanasכָּנַסto gather into one mass or one company: to pile up what is scattered, or to bring scattered people together in one place
- alaphעָלַףto cover something over: to overlay a surface, or to draw a covering close around a body
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- to grow faint: to be overcome until strength fails and the body gives way
- sparganoōσπαργανόωto wrapnot studied yet
- lutלוּטto wrapnot studied yet
- atahעָטָהto wrap oneself in a covering, or to drape a covering over: to enfold, cover, or clothe.
wrap around2 words
wrap up2 words
wrath11 words
- thumosθυμόςa hot, boiling burst of anger: rage that seethes up and spills over, whether in a person, a hostile power, or God's final judgment
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- intoxicating passion: the maddening, inflaming craving by which Babylon seduces the nations
- orgēὀργήthe wrath of God: his settled, personal opposition to evil and the judgment it brings
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- human anger: strong hostility in people, usually named as a fault to be put away
- aphאַףanger: hot, flaring displeasure, of God or of a person.
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- nose, nostril; by extension the face, especially in bowing low.
- ḥemahחֵמָהburning anger: hot, intense wrath that boils up and demands an outlet
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- venom or scorching heat: the burning poison of a snake, or the inflaming heat of strong drink
- ḥaronחָרוֹןburning anger: wrath pictured as a fierce, blazing heat, and in the Bible almost always God's.
- thumosθυμόςa hot, boiling burst of anger: rage that seethes up and spills over, whether in a person, a hostile power, or God's final judgment
wreath4 words
wreck1 word
wrestle2 words
wrestle against1 word
wrestled1 word
wrestling1 word
wretched1 word
wring out1 word
wrinkle1 word
write4 words
- graphōγράφωto write: to set words down in writing, and so to put something on lasting record
- katavכָּתַבto write: to set words or signs down on a surface so they last
- ketavכְּתַבto write: to set words down in lasting form, whether traced on a wall, sent in a letter, or entered in an official record
- prographōπρογράφωto write/designatenot studied yet
write in1 word
write on1 word
write to1 word
writen record1 word
writh in pain1 word
- ḥulחוּלto writhe: to twist and convulse with pain, terror, or grief, whether in the body, the heart, or the shaking ground
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- 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
- to wait, to wait longingly or in hope for someone
- ḥulחוּלto writhe: to twist and convulse with pain, terror, or grief, whether in the body, the heart, or the shaking ground
writhe1 word
- ḥulחוּלto writhe: to twist and convulse with pain, terror, or grief, whether in the body, the heart, or the shaking ground
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- 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
- to wait, to wait longingly or in hope for someone
- ḥulחוּלto writhe: to twist and convulse with pain, terror, or grief, whether in the body, the heart, or the shaking ground
writing3 words
- katavכְּתָבa writing: text set down in written form, especially an official record, list, or decree.
- ketavכְּתָבsomething written: an inscription, an official signed document, or what such a document lays down.
- mikhtavמִכְתָּבa piece of writing: the text that was actually set down, whether cut into stone, engraved on metal, or sent as a letter
writings1 word
- grammaγράμμαthe sacred Scriptures: the holy writings of Israel
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- a letter of the alphabet: a single written character or mark
- a written document: an account, record, or letter
- the letter: the written law as an outward code, set against the life-giving Spirit
- grammaγράμμαthe sacred Scriptures: the holy writings of Israel
written2 words
wrong14 words
- kakosκακόςbad: the ordinary, all-purpose opposite of good, covering a corrupt character, a wrongful act, and plain harm alike
- adikiaἀδικίαunrighteousness: wrongdoing measured against what is right, the opposite of righteousness
- adikeōἀδικέωto do wrong: to violate what is just by treating a person unfairly or by inflicting injury on someone or something.
- ḥamasחָמָסviolence: a flagrant wrong done to another by force or injustice, especially when it sheds blood or crushes the helpless
- avlahעַוְלָהinjustice: a wrong done against what is right, especially when fairness or honest dealing is owed
wrongdoing3 words
- 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
- kakopoiosκακοποιόςwrongdoingnot studied yet
- tiphlahתִּפְלָהsenseless impropriety: something so empty of good sense that it is also unfitting and offensive
- sarahסָרָהrevolt against God: a turning away from him, and the talk that pushes others into it
wrongly1 word
- kakōsκακῶςbadly off in body: sick, suffering severely, or brought to a wretched end
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- in a way that is wrong: improperly, out of bad motives, or abusively
- kakōsκακῶςbadly off in body: sick, suffering severely, or brought to a wretched end
wroth1 word