English Bible words starting with Y
46 meanings beginning with Y, in alphabetical order. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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yah1 word
yahweh1 word
yard1 word
- gizrahגִּזְרָהthe open ground marked off around Ezekiel's temple: a strip deliberately kept clear and off limits.
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- the shape of a person's body as the eye takes it in: their figure or build.
- gizrahגִּזְרָהthe open ground marked off around Ezekiel's temple: a strip deliberately kept clear and off limits.
yarn1 word
yea2 words
year6 words
- 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
- shanehשָׁנָהa year: one full turn of the seasons, the standard unit for counting time, age, and reigns
- etosἔτοςa year: one full cycle of twelve months as a unit for measuring time
- eniautosἐνιαυτόςa year: a full twelve-month period, thought of as a complete annual cycle
- iddanעִדָּןa set stretch of time: a period or moment with a fixed term, its length decided by the situation rather than by the word
yearling1 word
yearly1 word
yearn1 word
yearn for1 word
years2 words
- shanehשָׁנָהa year: one full turn of the seasons, the standard unit for counting time, age, and reigns
- hēlikiaἡλικίαage: the point a person has reached in life, counted in years, and so the stretch of life that person has been given
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- stature: how tall a person stands, and so how far a body has grown toward its full size
yeast2 words
- zumēζύμηleaven: a lump of fermenting sourdough kept from an earlier baking and worked into fresh dough to make it rise, used in the New Testament as a picture of a small, hidden influence that spreads through and changes a whole mass.
- se'orשְׂאֹרsourdough starter: the lump of already fermented dough held back from one baking to make the next batch rise
yell1 word
yellow1 word
yes1 word
yesterday2 words
yet5 words
- etiἔτιstill, yet: a situation is going on now (or was going on then) and has not ended
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- further, in addition, besides: one more item, degree, or step beyond what is already there
- odעוֹדstill, yet, again: a small word that marks something as continuing, repeating, or being added on
- oupōοὔπωnot yet: a thing has not happened up to this point, while it is still left open that it may happen later
- ulamאוּלָםbut, however: a weighty turn that sets what follows squarely against what was just said
- mentoiμέντοιyetnot studied yet
- etiἔτιstill, yet: a situation is going on now (or was going on then) and has not ended
Yhwh1 word
yield7 words
- asahעָשָׂהto do or make: to bring something about by acting, whether shaping a thing or carrying out a deed
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- to press or squeeze: a separate, rare word that happens to share this spelling
- didōmiδίδωμιto give: to transfer something from one person to another, whether an object, a gift, a right, or a charge.
- paristēmiπαρίστημιto place someone or something at another's disposal: to present, offer, or provide
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- to stand beside: to be present, stand near, or come to another's side
- tevu'ahתְּבוּאָהthe yield that comes in from land or labor: a harvest of crops, or income and gain more broadly
- yehavיְהַבto give: to hand something over to another, whether as a gift granted, a charge delivered into someone's power, a foundation laid, or a payment made
- asahעָשָׂהto do or make: to bring something about by acting, whether shaping a thing or carrying out a deed
Yiron1 word
Yob1 word
yogurt1 word
yoke5 words
- zugosζυγόςa yoke: the wooden bar laid across the neck to bind someone to a load or a master, and so a picture of being placed under an authority, from crushing servitude to willing service
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- a pair of scales: the balance beam from which two weighing pans hang, used to measure out goods by weight
- olעֹלyoke: the wooden bar fastened over the neck of a draft animal, and by extension the burden of subjection it pictures
- tsemedצֶמֶדa matched pair: two animals or riders taken together, especially a team of oxen joined at a single yoke
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- an acre: a measure of farmland, as much ground as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day
- motahמוֹטָהthe wooden crossbar borne on the neck or shoulders: nearly always the bar of a yoke, and so the Bible's standing picture of forced servitude
- motמוֹטa length of timber that bears weight: the pole two people carry a load on, and the crossbar of a yoke laid over a neck
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- a slipping: the moment a foot gives way under someone
- zugosζυγόςa yoke: the wooden bar laid across the neck to bind someone to a load or a master, and so a picture of being placed under an authority, from crushing servitude to willing service
yoke a mismatch1 word
yoked together with1 word
yokefellow1 word
you4 words
young4 words
- neosνέοςyoung: in the early stage of life, or younger than another
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- new: recently come into being, fresh, as opposed to what is old or former
- gurגּוּרcub: the young of a wild animal, still fed by its mother and not yet hunting, and in nearly every use the cub of a lion
- ephro'aḥאֶפְרֹחַyoungnot studied yet
- ashterahעַשְׁתָּרוֹתyoungnot studied yet
- neosνέοςyoung: in the early stage of life, or younger than another
young bird1 word
young bull3 words
young camel2 words
young children1 word
young cow1 word
- eglahעֶגְלָהa heifer: a young cow, grown past calfhood but not yet bred and usually never put to work
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- Eglath: the opening word of the Moabite place name Eglath-shelishiyah
- eglahעֶגְלָהa heifer: a young cow, grown past calfhood but not yet bred and usually never put to work
young donkey3 words
young goat1 word
young hart1 word
young lion1 word
- kephirכְּפִירa young lion in its prime: past the helpless cub stage, strong enough to hunt and roar on its own.
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- a village, an unwalled rural settlement (or, read as a name, the place Chephirim).
- kephirכְּפִירa young lion in its prime: past the helpless cub stage, strong enough to hunt and roar on its own.
young locust1 word
young man4 words
- na'arנַעַרa boy, youth, or young man; also a personal attendant or servant, often of junior standing
- neaniskosνεανίσκοςa young man: a male past boyhood, in the strength and promise of early adulthood
- baḥurבָּחוּרa young man in his prime: past boyhood, strong, of fighting and marrying age
- neaniasνεανίαςyoung mannot studied yet
young stag1 word
young woman5 words
- batבַּתdaughter: a female child in relation to her parents
- parthenosπαρθένοςa young unmarried woman of marriageable age, expected by custom to be sexually untouched
- na'arahנַעֲרָהa girl or young woman: a female past childhood but not yet settled as a wife or mother, often one of marriageable age
- betulahבְּתוּלָהa young woman past childhood and old enough to marry but not yet married, usually still in her father's household
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- a poetic title for a city or nation pictured as an unconquered young woman, as in "Virgin Daughter of Zion"
- almahעַלְמָהa young woman who has reached the age to marry and bear children
younger2 words
- neosνέοςyoung: in the early stage of life, or younger than another
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- new: recently come into being, fresh, as opposed to what is old or former
- tsa'irצָעִירsmall or lesser: the younger of a family, or the one lowest in rank, size, or importance.
- neosνέοςyoung: in the early stage of life, or younger than another
youngest2 words
your excellency1 word
youth12 words
- na'arנַעַרa boy, youth, or young man; also a personal attendant or servant, often of junior standing
- neaniskosνεανίσκοςa young man: a male past boyhood, in the strength and promise of early adulthood
- yeledיֶלֶדa child or young person: one who has been born, from a newborn infant to a young man
- neotēsνεότηςyouthnot studied yet
- na'urנְעוּרִיםyouth: the early stretch of a life, from childhood into young adulthood, seen as a whole season
youthful1 word