Greek words starting with beta
550 words in the Bible begin with beta (β), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 3. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- basileusβασιλεύςking: the supreme ruler of a people or realm, the one in whom final authority rests
- basileiaβασιλείαkingship: the activity and authority of reigning as king, rather than the land ruled
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- realm: the domain, people, or organized state over which a king rules
- basileuōβασιλεύωto reign as king: to hold the throne and exercise royal power over others
- BabulōnΒαβυλώνBabylonnot studied yet
- blepōβλέπωto see: to take something in with the eyes, or to have the power of sight at all
+3 more meanings
- to watch out: to keep your eyes open, whether against a danger or over something you are responsible for
- 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
- BeniaminΒενιαμίνBenjaminnot studied yet
- biblionβιβλίονa written document: a scroll, book, or official paper set down to be read
- bousβοῦςan ox: one head of cattle, the heavy farm animal that pulls a plow, treads out grain, or is sold for the altar
- boulēβουλήa settled purpose reached by deliberation: a considered plan, counsel, or decision, whether God's or a person's
- ballōβάλλωto send something to a place by throwing it or by setting it down: cast, throw, or put
- borrasβορρᾶςthe northnot studied yet
- boaōβοάωto cry out: to raise the voice into a loud, carrying call that is meant to be heard.
- boulomaiβούλομαιto will, wish, or intend: to settle on what one wants, often as a considered choice or firm purpose.
- brachiōnβραχίωνarmnot studied yet
- bdelugmaβδέλυγμαsomething God finds utterly loathsome and will not have near him: above all an idol, or the filth that idol worship drags in
- boētheōβοηθέωto come to someone's aid in trouble: to help by rushing to the rescue, in time and to real effect
- bounosβουνόςhillnot studied yet
- brōmaβρῶμαfood: anything eaten to nourish the body
- bebēloōβεβηλόωto profanenot studied yet
- bouleuōβουλεύωto plannot studied yet
- 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
- BaalΒάαλBaalnot studied yet
- biosβίοςthe earthly life a person actually lives: its stretch of years, its course, and the way it is spent
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- the means of living: the property and resources a person has to live on
- BaithēlΒαιθηλBaithēl; Vethilnot studied yet
- boētheiaβοήθειαhelpnot studied yet
- badizōβαδίζωproceednot studied yet
- basisβάσιςfootnot studied yet
- BalaamΒαλαάμBalaamnot studied yet
- basanosβάσανοςtorment: severe, consciously felt suffering, whether the agony of disease or the punishment of the dead
- boēthosβοηθόςa helpernot studied yet
- BalakΒαλάκBalaknot studied yet
- barusβαρύςweightynot studied yet
- brōsisβρῶσιςeating: the taking of food, and by extension the food that is taken
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- eating away: the slow consuming that ruins what has been stored up
- bdelussomaiβδελύσσομαιto abhornot studied yet
- barunōβαρύνωweighty; weigh downnot studied yet
- basilikosβασιλικόςroyalnot studied yet
- bōmosβωμόςaltarnot studied yet
- basilissaβασίλισσαqueennot studied yet
- belosβέλοςarrownot studied yet
- bibrōskōβιβρώσκωto eatnot studied yet
- blasphēmeōβλασφημέωto blaspheme: to speak against God, his name, or sacred things in a way that assaults his honor
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- to revile: to slander, insult, or defame a person or their reputation
- basanizōβασανίζωto torment or be tormented; to inflict or undergo severe suffering in body, mind, or under judgment
- biblosβίβλοςa book: a whole written work, in practice a rolled scroll, named as a complete volume and usually identified by its author or its contents
- bussosβύσσοςfine linennot studied yet
- BanaiasΒαναιαςBanaias; Vaneasnot studied yet
- BasanΒασανBasan; Vasannot studied yet
- BērsabeeΒηρσαβεεBērsabee; Virsaveenot studied yet
- boskōβόσκωto put animals out to feed: to keep a grazing herd supplied with food, or, of the herd, to be out eating
- biaβίαforcenot studied yet
- bastazōβαστάζωto bear the weight of something: to carry, lift, or hold it up
- bathosβάθοςdepth: how far something reaches down, and so how far anything goes past the point where it can be measured
- BoozΒοόζBoaznot studied yet
- BaltasarΒαλτασαρBaltasar; Valtasarnot studied yet
- BēthleemΒηθλεέμBethlehemnot studied yet
- bathusβαθύςdeepnot studied yet
- BarakΒαράκBaraknot studied yet
- BarnabasΒαρνάβαςBarnabasnot studied yet
- BaithleemΒαιθλεεμBaithleem; Vethleemnot studied yet
- BēlΒηλBēl; Vilnot studied yet
- BarouchΒαρουχBarouch; Varukhnot studied yet
- blasphēmiaβλασφημίαinjurious speech that insults and tears down its target: blasphemy when aimed at God, slander when aimed at people.
- brachusβραχύςshort: there is only a little of something, whether a stretch of time, a distance, an amount, or a degree
- BaasaΒαασαBaasa; Vaasanot studied yet
- beltiōnβελτίωνbetternot studied yet
- basileionβασίλειονpalacenot studied yet
- brechōβρέχωto rain, or to make something wet with liquid falling on it
- baptōβάπτωto dipnot studied yet
- bussinosβύσσινοςfine linennot studied yet
- BaithsamusΒαιθσαμυςBaithsamys; Vethsamisnot studied yet
- bothrosβόθροςholenot studied yet
- baptismaβάπτισμαbaptism: the specific water rite of initiation, whether John's baptism of repentance or the Christian baptism that joins a person to Christ
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- an overwhelming ordeal that engulfs a person: Jesus's word for the flood of suffering and death he was about to undergo
- brontēβροντήthunder: the deep crash of sound that rolls out of a storm sky, heard in the Bible as the noise of God arriving
- BakchidēsΒακχίδηςBakchidēs; Vakkhithisnot studied yet
- BaalimΒααλιμBaalim; Vaalimnot studied yet
- BaitulouaΒαιτυλουαBaityloua; Vetiluanot studied yet
- barosβάροςweight: heaviness itself, whether it presses down on the person carrying it or simply gives a thing mass and substance
- bebēlosβέβηλοςprofanenot studied yet
- biazōβιάζωto forcenot studied yet
- bēmaβῆμαa raised platform reached by a step, on which someone in authority stands to speak or to render a verdict
- BaithōrōnΒαιθωρωνBaithōrōn; Vethoronnot studied yet
- boēβοήoutcrynot studied yet
- botanēβοτάνηcropnot studied yet
- BabulōniaΒαβυλωνίαBabylōnia; Vavilonianot studied yet
- boukolionβουκόλιονherdnot studied yet
- brotosβροτόςmortal mannot studied yet
- batrachosβάτραχοςfrognot studied yet
- bolisβολίςarrownot studied yet
- BaithsouraΒαιθσουραBaithsoura; Vethsuranot studied yet
- bothunosβόθυνοςpitnot studied yet
- Bosor, BeōrΒοσόρ, ΒεώρBeornot studied yet
- botrusβότρυςbunch of grapesnot studied yet
- bebaiosβέβαιοςfirm: not liable to give way, so it holds good and can be counted on
- BaanaΒαανάBaana; Vaananot studied yet
- barbarosβάρβαροςa non-Greek: someone from outside the Greek-speaking world, whose speech a Greek could not follow
- biaiosβίαιοςstrongnot studied yet
- blastanōβλαστάνωto sproutnot studied yet
- brephosβρέφοςa baby: a human being at the very start of life, whether still in the womb or newly born
- BasanitisΒασανῖτιςBasanitis; Vasanitisnot studied yet
- BaptistēsΒαπτιστήςone who baptizes; used in the New Testament only as the title of John, the man known for baptizing people in water.
- BarachiasΒαραχίαςBarachiahnot studied yet
- batosβάτοςthorn bushnot studied yet
- BēthaniaΒηθανίαBethanynot studied yet
- BathouēlΒαθουηλBathouēl; Vathoilnot studied yet
- blastosβλαστόςshootnot studied yet
- BarabbasΒαραββᾶςBarabbasnot studied yet
- blasphēmosβλάσφημοςblasphemousnot studied yet
- BanaiaΒαναιαBanaia; Vaneanot studied yet
- BarnēΒαρνηBarnē; Varninot studied yet
- BeōrΒεωρBeōr; Veornot studied yet
- bouturonβούτυρονbutternot studied yet
- bebaioōβεβαιόωto make firm: to back a thing or a person so that it will hold up when it is tested
- BaithsanΒαιθσανBaithsan; Vethsannot studied yet
- baktēriaβακτηρίαstaffnot studied yet
- BallaΒαλλαBalla; Vallanot studied yet
- BerzelliΒερζελλιBerzelli; Verzellinot studied yet
- brontaōβροντάωthundernot studied yet
- brouchosβροῦχοςlocustnot studied yet
- blaptōβλάπτωto hurtnot studied yet
- brugmosβρυγμόςthe grinding or gnashing of teeth: the noisy clenching of the teeth together, used in the New Testament only in the set phrase "weeping and gnashing of teeth" for the reaction of those shut out of God's kingdom
- BabulōniosΒαβυλώνιοςBabylōnios; Vaviloniosnot studied yet
- BamaΒαμαBama; Vamanot studied yet
- bedekβεδεκbreachnot studied yet
- blepharonβλέφαρονeyelidsnot studied yet
- bathmosβαθμόςstandingnot studied yet
- ballantionβαλλάντιονpursenot studied yet
- basanismosβασανισμόςtormentnot studied yet
- bioōβιόωto livenot studied yet
- buthosβυθόςthe deepnot studied yet
- bebēlōsisβεβήλωσιςprofanationnot studied yet
- BeseleēlΒεσελεηλBeseleēl; Veselilnot studied yet
- BochoriΒοχοριBochori; Vokhorinot studied yet
- bareōβαρέωto burdennot studied yet
- bareōsβαρέωςdifficultlynot studied yet
- BeelzeboulΒεελζεβούλBeelzebul: a name for the prince of the demons, used by Jesus's accusers
- BēthsaidaΒηθσαϊδάBethsaidanot studied yet
- balanosβάλανοςacornnot studied yet
- BaniΒανιBani; Vaninot studied yet
- BaradΒαραδBarad; Varathnot studied yet
- BasemmathΒασεμμαθBasemmath; Vasemmathnot studied yet
- bastagmaβάσταγμαthat which is borne; burdennot studied yet
- boskēmaβόσκημαthat which is fednot studied yet
- basileiosβασίλειοςkinglynot studied yet
- bradunōβραδύνωto delaynot studied yet
- bruchōβρύχωto gnashnot studied yet
- BagōasΒαγώαςBagōas; Vagoasnot studied yet
- BaldadΒαλδαδBaldad; Valthathnot studied yet
- BaleΒαλεBale; Valenot studied yet
- BanouiΒανουιBanoui; Vanoinot studied yet
- BeelphegōrΒεελφεγωρBeelphegōr; Veelfegornot studied yet
- belostasisβελόστασιςartillary emplacement; engines of warnot studied yet
- BērōthΒηρωθBērōth; Virothnot studied yet
- boulolionβουλόλιονherd of cattle; herdnot studied yet
- baptismosβαπτισμόςbaptismnot studied yet
- baskainōβασκαίνωto bewitchnot studied yet
- boulēmaβούλημαplannot studied yet
- brochosβρόχοςrestraintnot studied yet
- BabiΒαβιBabi; Vavinot studied yet
- bammaβάμμαthat in which a thing is dipped; dyenot studied yet
- basanistērionβασανιστήριονinstrument of torture; question chambernot studied yet
- baskanosβάσκανοςslanderous; enviousnot studied yet
- BēbaiΒηβαίBēbai; Vivenot studied yet
- bolbitonβόλβιτονdung; filthnot studied yet
- boraβοράeatage; meatnot studied yet
- bathunōβαθύνωto dig deepnot studied yet
- BartholomaiosΒαρθολομαῖοςBartholomewnot studied yet
- bebaiōsisβεβαίωσιςconfirmationnot studied yet
- bolēβολήthrowingnot studied yet
- bouleutēsβουλευτήςmember of a councilnot studied yet
- brochēβροχήrainnot studied yet
- brōsimosβρώσιμοςediblenot studied yet
- BagoiΒαγοιBagoi; Vayinot studied yet
- BaitharabaΒαιθαραβάBaitharaba; Vetharavanot studied yet
- BaithsourΒαιθσουρBaithsour; Vethsurnot studied yet
- bainōβαίνωwalk; stepnot studied yet
- BalaΒαλαBala; Valanot studied yet
- BalaanΒαλαανBalaan; Valaannot studied yet
- BalaennōnΒαλαεννωνBalaennōn; Valaennonnot studied yet
- BaourimΒαουριμBaourim; Vaurimnot studied yet
- BachirΒαχιρBachir; Vakhirnot studied yet
- BezekΒεζεκBezek; Vezeknot studied yet
- bombeōβομβέωmake a booming; humming noisenot studied yet
- bostruchosβόστρυχοςcurlnot studied yet
- bouleutērionβουλευτήριονcouncil-chamber; senate-housenot studied yet
- bracheōsβραχέωςfor a while; littlenot studied yet
- bromosβρόμοςnoisenot studied yet
- bursaβύρσαskin stripped off; hidenot studied yet
- bōlosβῶλοςclodnot studied yet
- bdeluktosβδελυκτόςabominablenot studied yet
- BernikēΒερνίκηBernicenot studied yet
- BeroiaΒέροιαBereanot studied yet
- BēthphagēΒηθφαγήBethphagenot studied yet
- biblaridionβιβλαρίδιονlittle scrollnot studied yet
- biōtikosβιωτικόςpertaining to everyday life: the ordinary, practical, day-to-day business of living
- borborosβόρβοροςmirenot studied yet
- bradusβραδύςslownot studied yet
- buthizōβυθίζωto sinknot studied yet
- burseusβυρσεύςtannernot studied yet
- baaltamβααλταμchancellornot studied yet
- baddinβαδδινfine linennot studied yet
- BaithenethΒαιθενεθBaitheneth; Vethenethnot studied yet