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The 100 most frequent Greek words

Learn these and you have covered a large share of every Greek sentence in the Bible.

• hoὁthe/this/whonot studied yet
• kaiκαίandnot studied yet
• autosαὐτόςthe everyday third person pronoun: him, her, it, them, and in the possessive his, her, its, their
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  • used to single someone or something out: himself, herself, itself, in person, the very one
  • the same: one and the same person, thing, or place as the one already named
• enἐνin/on/amongnot studied yet
• 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.
• kuriosκύριοςa person who holds authority over others or owns property: a master, owner, or (as polite address) sir
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  • the Lord: God himself, and in the New Testament the risen Jesus given that same title
• eisεἰςtowardnot studied yet
• epiἐπίupon/to/againstnot studied yet
• ouοὐnonot studied yet
• pasπᾶςall, every, the whole: the complete extent of whatever it modifies, with nothing left out
• deδέa small connecting word that signals what comes next is a new step, development, or shift in what the writer is saying
• souσοῦof you; yournot studied yet
• hos, hēὅςwhichnot studied yet
• egōἐγώI/wenot studied yet
• ohutosοὗτοςthis/he/she/itnot studied yet
• uhiosυἱόςson: a male child or descendant; and, by extension, anyone who belongs to or shares the character of a person, group, or thing.
• hotiὅτιthat/since: thatnot studied yet
• theosθεόςGod: the one true God, Maker and Judge of everything there is, named so consistently in the New Testament that the word works almost like a personal name
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  • a god: any being or power treated as divine, as distinct from the one true God
• eiponεἶπονsaid: to put something into words on a particular occasion, the simple past of "to say"
• prosπρόςto/withnot studied yet
• apoἀπόaway fromnot studied yet
• ekἐκout fromnot studied yet
• mouμουof me; minenot studied yet
• mēμήnotnot studied yet
• suσύyounot studied yet
• poieōποιέωto bring something about: to make a thing or to do a deed, so that something now exists or has happened that did not before.
• basileusβασιλεύςking: the supreme ruler of a people or realm, the one in whom final authority rests
• legōλέγωto say: to put something into words, whether spoken aloud or set down in writing
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  • to be called or named: to bear a name, title, or label that others apply to a person, place, or thing
• gēγῆthe earth: the physical world God made, from the soil underfoot to a named country to the whole created realm set against heaven.
• IsraēlἸσραήλIsraelnot studied yet
• metaμετάwith/afternot studied yet
• hēmeraἡμέραday: the stretch of daylight, a single dated day, or a span of time, including the appointed day when God acts in judgment and salvation.
• ginomaiγίνομαιto come to be: to begin to exist, to happen, or to pass into a new state, as opposed to simply being
• garγάρa small linking word that always comes second in its clause and tells the reader the words that follow support, ground, or back up what was just said.
• kataκατάaccording tonot studied yet
• hōsὡςas/whennot studied yet
• didōmiδίδωμιto give: to transfer something from one person to another, whether an object, a gift, a right, or a charge.
• laosλαόςa people: a body of people bound together as one, set apart from those around them
• oikosοἶκοςa house: the building a family lives in, and by extension the people who belong to it, from a single household to a whole family line
• anērἀνήρa man: an adult male human, as distinct from a woman or a child
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  • a husband: the male partner in a marriage
• cheirχείρthe hand: the body part, and by extension the power, agency, and ownership that a hand stands for
• diaδιάthrough/because ofnot studied yet
• tisτίςwhich?not studied yet
• anthrōposἄνθρωποςa human being; a person of either sex, as distinct from God, angels, or animals.
• patērπατήρfather: a male parent, an ancestor, or, supremely in the New Testament, God himself.
• polisπόλιςa city: a walled, settled population center, and by extension the community that lives in it
• seσέyounot studied yet
• erchomaiἔρχομαιto come or go: to move from one place to another and arrive there
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  • to come about: of a time or event, to arrive and become reality
• heōsἕωςuntilnot studied yet
• humōnὑμῶνyournot studied yet
• eanἐάνifnot studied yet
• lambanōλαμβάνωto take or receive: to get something into your hands or into your possession, whether by reaching for it or by accepting what someone gives you
• 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.
• horaōὁράωto see: to take something in, whether with the eyes or with the mind, so that it registers and is known
• akouōἀκούωto take in something with the ears: to hear it, and from there to understand it, heed and obey it, or learn of it by report
• hēmōnἡμῶνournot studied yet
• laleōλαλέωto speak: to open one's mouth and produce speech, with the focus on the act and activity of speaking itself
• soiσοίyounot studied yet
• poreuōπορεύωto go, travel, or move from one place to another
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  • to conduct oneself, live according to a particular way
• ehisεἷςone: the number one, and from it the idea of being a single thing, or being unified into one.
• prosōponπρόσωπονthe face, and by extension the presence a face conveys, the outward look of a thing, or the person the face stands for
• idouἰδούlook!not studied yet
• ēἤornot studied yet
• eiεἰifnot studied yet
• hinaἵναa subordinating conjunction that introduces a dependent clause, carrying a range of functions from purpose to result to content to command depending on context
• gunēγυνήan adult woman, and, where a husband is in view, that man's wife: one word for both
• onomaὄνομαa name: the word by which a person, place, or thing is identified, which in the New Testament regularly stands for the person's whole self, their authority, and their publicly known standing.
• adelphosἀδελφόςbrother: a male who shares your bond, from a born sibling out to a fellow member of God's family
• IēsousἸησοῦςJesus: a personal name, the Greek spelling of the Hebrew name Joshua and heard to mean "the LORD saves"; in the New Testament it is above all the name of the man from Nazareth.
• allaἀλλάa strong contrasting word that does not merely set two things side by side but cancels the first and puts the second in its place: but, rather, on the contrary
• echōἔχωto have: to hold something as one's own, on oneself, or within one's situation, whether a possession, a relationship, an inner reality, or a state one is in.
• polusπολύςlarge in number or amount: many, much, great
• periπερίaboutnot studied yet
• ethnosἔθνοςa people group bound together as a body: a nation; in the plural and from a Jewish vantage point, the other nations, that is, the Gentiles
• Daueid, Dauid, DabidΔαυείδ, Δαυίδ, ΔαβίδDavidnot studied yet
• megasμέγαςgreat: far above the ordinary measure of its kind, whether in size, force, amount, or importance
• kardiaκαρδίαthe heart: the hidden center of the whole inner person, where a human being thinks, decides, feels, and stands before God.
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  • the center or deep interior of a place or thing.
• psuchēψυχήlife: the individual life that animates a creature, the life a person can keep, lose, risk, or give up.
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  • the inner self: the whole person as the seat of feeling, desire, love, and will.
  • person: a human being counted as an individual, a living soul, somebody.
  • the self that outlasts the body: the life God can keep through death, save, or destroy.
• paraπαράfrom/with/besidenot studied yet
• ohutō, ohutōsοὕτωςin this way: pointing to a manner, and by extension a degree, just described or about to be described
• hagiosἅγιοςholy: belonging to God and set apart from common, everyday use, and so pure and worthy of reverence
• ekeinosἐκεῖνοςthatnot studied yet
• hodosὁδόςa road, or the trip taken along it
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  • a way of living, or the path that leads to God
• heautouἑαυτοῦthemselfnot studied yet
• ginōskōγινώσκωto come to know: to learn, perceive, or grasp something so that it becomes part of what you know
• moiμοιmenot studied yet
• exerchomaiἐξέρχομαιto go out: to move from inside a place to outside it, or to leave a place behind
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  • to come out of a person: said of an evil spirit driven out, or of healing power going out from someone
  • to spread abroad: said of a report, rumor, or message that travels out and reaches people
  • to proceed from: said of words and intentions coming out of the mouth or heart, and of a person coming forth from a source or origin
• ouranosοὐρανόςheaven: the realm above the earth, whether the visible sky overhead or the unseen place where God reigns.
• HierousalēmἹερουσαλήμJerusalemnot studied yet
• hiereusἱερεύςpriest: a person consecrated to serve at a sanctuary, offering the sacrifices and mediating between God (or a god) and the worshipers
• histēmiἵστημιto stand: to be on one's feet, to be positioned somewhere, or to hold one's ground
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  • to set, to place: to make someone or something stand in a position, and so to set up, present, appoint, or establish it
• Mōusēs, MōsēsΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMosesnot studied yet
• mesosμέσοςthe middle: the central point of a space, group, or stretch of time, and so the position of being surrounded on all sides
• eiserchomaiεἰσέρχομαιto go in, to enter a place
• ekeiἐκεῖthere: in or to that place, pointing away from the speaker to a spot already in view
• aiōnαἰώνan age: a stretch of time, from a bounded era to unending duration, and the world seen as the present order running its course
• tisτιςonenot studied yet
• nunνῦνnow: the present time, as opposed to the past or the future
• anἄνifnot studied yet
• duoδύοtwo: the cardinal number two, the count of a pair.