Greek words starting with kappa
1,191 words in the Bible begin with kappa (κ), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 6. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- kaiκαίandnot studied yet
- 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
- kataκατάaccording tonot studied yet
- 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.
- katoikeōκατοικέωto live in a place as a settled resident; to settle down somewhere.
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- to take up residence within someone or something, of a presence that makes it its home; to indwell.
- kaleōκαλέωto give someone or something a name, or to address them by a name or title
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- to summon someone to come, or to invite them as a guest
- God's call: the act by which God summons a person into salvation, into belonging to him, and into a way of life
- kairosκαιρόςthe right moment: a stretch of time defined by what it is fit for
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- the appointed time: the moment God has set for a decisive event
- kephalēκεφαλήhead: the top part of the body, and by extension the topmost, foremost, or most prominent part of anything, including the leading member of a group
- kathōsκαθώςa conjunction that sets a frame of reference: "just as, even as, inasmuch as, when"
- kakosκακόςbad: the ordinary, all-purpose opposite of good, covering a corrupt character, a wrongful act, and plain harm alike
- katabainōκαταβαίνωto move downward, from a higher position to a lower one
- krinōκρίνωto judge: to weigh a person or matter and pass a verdict on it.
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- to decide, to resolve: to reach a firm decision or settled purpose about what to do.
- to consider, to regard: to form an opinion and hold that something is the case.
- to go to law, to be brought to trial: to be a party in legal proceedings.
- kalosκαλόςfine, good, and admirable: measuring up to what its kind should be, in a way that is often meant to be seen and honored
- krisisκρίσιςthe act of judging and the verdict it reaches: a decision handed down, often God's final sentence at the end
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- justice as a moral quality: doing what is right and fair, the standard a true verdict upholds
- kataleipōκαταλείπωto leave behind: to go away from someone or something, or to let it stay behind, remain, or be given up
- krimaκρίμαa verdict handed down by a judge: the decision, sentence, or ruling that comes out of judging, most often a sentence of condemnation
- kathēmaiκάθημαιto be seated: to be in a sitting position, or to stay settled in a place
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- to sit enthroned: to occupy a throne or seat of power, and so to rule or judge
- kathizōκαθίζωto sit down: to lower oneself onto a seat or mount, and so to take one's place
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- to seat someone, to set or install a person in a position
- to settle, to stay or remain in a place
- ktēnosκτῆνοςanimalnot studied yet
- kosmosκόσμοςthe universe, the whole ordered creation that God made and rules.
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- the earth where people live, and by extension all the people who live on it; the human world.
- 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.
- kuklōκύκλῳsurroundingnot studied yet
- klēronomiaκληρονομίαan inheritance: property or a possession received as one's rightful share, whether a family estate handed down or the possession God grants by promise
- kathistēmiκαθίστημιto appoint someone; to put a person in charge, installing them into a position of authority or responsibility
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- to cause a person or thing to become something; to render or bring into a settled condition or standing
- to conduct or escort someone; to bring a person safely to a destination
- kibōtosκιβωτόςa large wooden box built to God's instructions: either Noah's vessel or the gold covered chest that held the covenant
- koimaōκοιμάωto fall asleep; used for ordinary sleep and, as a gentle picture of death, for dying
- klaiōκλαίωto weep aloud: to cry out in audible grief, mourning, or distress
- klēronomeōκληρονομέωto inherit: to come into secure, rightful possession of something, as an heir receives what is set aside for them
- krateōκρατέωto take hold of: lay hands on a person or thing and grasp it
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- to hold fast: keep a firm grip on something so as not to let it go
- to hold in one's power: keep something in a grip it cannot break free of
- karposκαρπόςfruit: what something yields, whether the produce of a plant or the result a life, action, or work brings forth.
- kriosκριόςramnot studied yet
- katharosκαθαρόςclean or pure: free of anything that stains, defiles, or disqualifies, from literal dirt to inner corruption
- katesthiōκατεσθίωto eat up completely: to devour, consume, or swallow down until nothing is left
- kruptōκρύπτωto hide: to put someone or something out of sight, or to keep a thing from being seen, known, or noticed.
- klērosκλῆροςa lot: a small marked object thrown or drawn to settle a question, so that the outcome is nobody's choice
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- the share that falls to a person: the place, portion, or inheritance assigned to someone rather than earned or chosen
- krazōκράζωto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent voice that forces itself on those who hear it.
- katharizōκαθαρίζωto make clean: to remove what defiles a body, an object, or a person
- kakiaκακίαbadness inside a person: above all ill will toward others, and more broadly a corrupt character and the wrongs it produces.
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- trouble: the hardship or misfortune that a day brings with it.
- katalambanōκαταλαμβάνωto lay hold of and make your own: to reach and seize a goal you have been chasing.
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- to overtake and seize by force: to catch up with someone or something and take hold of it, often as an enemy or a disaster does.
- to grasp with the mind: to come to realize, perceive, or understand something.
- to catch someone in the act, especially of wrongdoing.
- kerasκέραςa horn: the pointed growth on a creature's head, and by extension the strength or the ruler that a horn stands for
- koiliaκοιλίαthe stomach or belly: the part of the body that takes in and digests food
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- the womb: the part of a mother's body where a child is conceived and carried before birth
- the innermost being: the deep inner core of a person, the source of one's inner life
- kōmēκώμηa village: a small rural settlement, smaller and less protected than a walled city
- kathaκαθάas/just asnot studied yet
- katakaiōκατακαίωto burn something up: to destroy it with fire until nothing of it is left.
- katischuōκατισχύωto prevailnot studied yet
- ktaomaiκτάομαιto get something for yourself: to come into possession of it, whether by paying, by earning, or by holding out
- kathaireōκαθαιρέωto bring something down by force: to take it down from where it stands or hangs, tear it down, or remove someone from a place of power
- kainosκαινόςnew in kind: fresh and unlike anything before it, not merely recent in time
- kritēsκριτήςa judge: one who hears a case and pronounces a binding verdict or decision
- kaiōκαίωto burn: to set something alight, or to be alight, whether as a lamp that gives light or a fire that takes hold of what it touches.
- kataloiposκατάλοιποςremainingnot studied yet
- koptōκόπτωto cut off: to chop something free with a blow of a blade, as branches are cut from a tree
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- to mourn openly: to beat the breast and wail so that grief is seen and heard
- kukloōκυκλόωto surroundnot studied yet
- kagōκἀγώand Inot studied yet
- kaluptōκαλύπτωto cover: to lay something over a thing so that what is underneath is shielded, swallowed from sight, or kept from being known.
- kathaperκαθάπερjust asnot studied yet
- kenosκενόςempty: containing nothing, whether a hand with nothing in it, words with no truth in them, or effort that comes to nothing
- kuklothenκυκλόθενaroundnot studied yet
- katenantiκατέναντιbeforenot studied yet
- kreasκρέαςmeatnot studied yet
- kērussōκηρύσσωto proclaim publicly like a herald: to announce a message openly and with authority, on behalf of the one who sent you
- katadiōkōκαταδιώκωto seeknot studied yet
- kataischunōκαταισχύνωto put to shame publicly: to disgrace someone before a watching community, or to be exposed and humiliated that way
- koitēκοίτηa bed or sleeping place: the mat, platform, or piece of furniture a person lies down on.
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- sexual intercourse, named indirectly through the image of the bed: the marriage act, illicit sex, or the pregnancy it produces.
- kreissōnκρείσσωνbetter: superior in worth, rank, or benefit when weighed against something else
- katagōκατάγωto bring or lead someone or something down, from a higher place to a lower one
- ktizōκτίζωto create, to bring into being; in the New Testament always God's act.
- kataluōκαταλύωto take something apart so it no longer stands: to tear down, demolish, or do away with, whether a building, a law, or a plan
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- to stop for the night as a guest: to find lodging and rest at the end of a journey
- kauchaomaiκαυχάομαιto boast: to speak with pride about whatever you are counting on, whether that is yourself or God
- kataraomaiκαταράομαιto curse someone: to call down ruin on a person or thing, normally by invoking God against them, as the exact opposite of blessing them
- kateuthunōκατευθύνωto guidenot studied yet
- kathotiκαθότιas/just asnot studied yet
- kopiaōκοπιάωto work to the point of exhaustion: to toil hard, and so to be worn out by the effort
- kakoōκακόωto harmnot studied yet
- kalōsκαλῶςwell: in a good, right, or fitting way
- katechōκατέχωto hold fast: to keep a firm, lasting grip on something you have received, so that you do not let it slip
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- to hold back: to keep a person or force in check, confined, or held down, whether by restraining it or by being caught in its grip
- to have and hold as your own: to possess or occupy something, keeping settled title to it
- to make for shore: to steer a ship toward land and head in to the beach
- kraugēκραυγήa loud outcry: the raised, carrying voice of someone shouting rather than speaking
- kamēlosκάμηλοςcamelnot studied yet
- katapauōκαταπαύωto keep fromnot studied yet
- kurieuōκυριεύωto be lord or master of; to hold dominion over someone or something
- kataschesisκατάσχεσιςpossessionnot studied yet
- krataiosκραταιόςmightynot studied yet
- klinōκλίνωto tip something out of upright: to bow it down, lay it down to rest, or make it give way, and of a day, to lean toward evening
- kataskēnoōκατασκηνόωto dwellnot studied yet
- kaminosκάμινοςa large industrial furnace or kiln: an enclosed, intensely hot fire for smelting metal or firing bricks, pottery, and lime
- krataioōκραταιόωto strengthennot studied yet
- kratosκράτοςprevailing might: strength as it actually wins out and shows itself in force
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- dominion: sovereign rule held and exercised, the right and power to reign
- kallosκάλλοςbeautynot studied yet
- kataklēronomeōκατακληρονομέωpossess; give possessionnot studied yet
- kineōκινέωto move something out of the position it holds: to budge it, shake it, carry it off, or set a crowd going.
- katapateōκαταπατέωto tramplenot studied yet
- karpōmaκάρπωμαburnt offeringnot studied yet
- katheudōκαθεύδωto sleep: to be asleep, or to fall asleep
- klinēκλίνηa bed or couch: the low, liftable frame a person stretches out on, whether to sleep, to lie ill, or to recline at a meal
- kōluōκωλύωto stop someone or something: to hinder, prevent, or forbid
- keleuōκελεύωto order that something be done: to give a spoken command, on the strength of one's authority
- koposκόποςhard, wearying work; toil that costs real sweat, strength, and fatigue.
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- trouble or bother imposed on someone; the burden of being pestered or worn down.
- koilasκοιλάςhollownot studied yet
- koruphēκορυφήtop; summitnot studied yet
- keimaiκεῖμαιto lie in a settled position: to be where someone has put it, and to stay there
- kataballōκαταβάλλωto lay/throw downnot studied yet
- klauthmosκλαυθμόςloud, audible weeping: grief cried out so it can be heard, not silent tears.
- kokkinosκόκκινοςscarletnot studied yet
- kollaōκολλάωto be joined firmly to someone or something, as if glued on: to cling, unite, or attach oneself closely
- katapinōκαταπίνωto swallow: to take something down so completely that it is gone, whether gulped as food, engulfed by sea or earth, or consumed and destroyed.
- kataraκατάραa curse: a pronouncement calling down ruin on someone, and the doomed condition that pronouncement creates
- KurosΚῦροςKyros; Kirosnot studied yet
- kleptōκλέπτωto steal: to take by stealth what belongs to someone else
- kolposκόλποςthe bosom: the sheltered space at the front of a person's body, between the chest and the arms, where someone or something is held close
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- a bay: a curve of coastline where the sea reaches in toward the land
- klitosκλίτοςclimenot studied yet
- kuōnκύωνdognot studied yet
- katastrephōκαταστρέφωto overturnnot studied yet
- katapetasmaκαταπέτασμαthe curtain hung inside the tabernacle or the temple to shut off a sanctuary room, above all the innermost room where God's presence dwelt.
- kleiōκλείωto shut, close: to move a door, gate, or other barrier into its closed position so that nothing can pass through
- KoreΚορέKorahnot studied yet
- kremaōκρεμάωto hang: to fasten something at one point and leave it dangling there, and so also to rest one thing's whole weight on another
- KaathΚααθKaathnot studied yet
- kedrosκέδροςcedarnot studied yet
- kapnosκαπνόςsmoke: the visible cloud of gas and fine particles given off by something burning
- katanoeōκατανοέωto fix full attention on something: to look at it closely or think it over carefully
- kladosκλάδοςa branch: a limb growing out from the trunk of a tree
- KadēsΚαδηςKadēs; Kathisnot studied yet
- kēposκῆποςgarden: an ordinary cultivated, usually enclosed plot of ground planted with vegetables, herbs, or fruit trees.
- kalamosκάλαμοςa reed: the tall marsh cane, and by extension the everyday things cut from its stalk: a light staff, a writing pen, or a measuring rod
- kataskeuazōκατασκευάζωto put something together and fit it out so that it stands finished and ready for use: to build, to furnish, to make ready in advance.
- koinosκοινόςshared: belonging to a whole group together rather than to one person
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- defiled: made unfit to touch what is holy, and so to be kept away from it
- komizōκομίζωto bring something along: to carry an object with you and deliver it where it is wanted.
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- to get what is coming to you: to collect for yourself what is owed, promised, or already yours.
- ktēsisκτῆσιςacquisition; propertynot studied yet
- katoikiaκατοικίαdwellingnot studied yet
- katōκάτωundernot studied yet
- katadunasteuōκαταδυναστεύωto oppressnot studied yet
- kataskaptōκατασκάπτωto ruinnot studied yet
- korasionκοράσιονa girl: a young female, anywhere from a child to a young unmarried woman
- krithēκριθήbarleynot studied yet
- kruptosκρυπτόςhidden, concealed, out of sight; by extension, done in secret or kept from view.
- katergazomaiκατεργάζομαιto bring something about by working at it: to produce a result, carry out a deed, or accomplish a task fully
- kauchēmaκαύχημαa boast: what a person can point to as a reason for pride, and the pride voiced in it
- ktisisκτίσιςcreation: God's act of creating, and the created world that act brings into being.
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- a human institution: an authority or social order established by people.
- katoikizōκατοικίζωsettlenot studied yet
- kathēkōκαθήκωbe fitnot studied yet
- klōthōκλώθωtwist by spinning; spinnot studied yet
- kleptēsκλέπτηςa thief: someone who takes what belongs to another secretly, by stealth rather than open force
- kathiēmiκαθίημιto lowernot studied yet
- kakopoieōκακοποιέωto do evil/harmnot studied yet
- kataphroneōκαταφρονέωto look down on: to judge that someone or something counts for little, and to act on that judgment
- kitharaκιθάραharpnot studied yet
- kosmeōκοσμέωto put something into the order that suits it, so that it also looks right: to arrange, adorn, or dress.
- kumaκῦμαa wavenot studied yet
- keratinēκερατίνηof horn; made of hornnot studied yet
- KaisarΚαῖσαρCaesarnot studied yet
- 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
- katargeōκαταργέωto make something inactive or ineffective: to strip it of its force so it no longer works, whether by nullifying it, abolishing it, or setting it aside
- klētosκλητόςcalled: marked out as the one to whom a call has gone out, whether an invitation offered or God's effective summons
- katartizōκαταρτίζωto put something into the sound, complete condition it ought to be in: to mend, restore, prepare, or fully equip
- kopazōκοπάζωto abatenot studied yet
- katakaluptōκατακαλύπτωto covernot studied yet
- krinonκρίνονlilynot studied yet
- kataigisκαταιγίςsquall descending from above; hurricanenot studied yet
- katakrateōκατακρατέωprevail overnot studied yet
- kataskeptomaiκατασκέπτομαιview closely; surveynot studied yet
- kataphtheirōκαταφθείρωto depravenot studied yet
- katēgoreōκατηγορέωto accuse: to bring a formal, public charge against someone before a court or ruling authority
- kataklusmosκατακλυσμόςfloodnot studied yet
- kōphosκωφόςunable to hear or speak: deaf, mute, or both
- katorthoōκατορθόωset uprightnot studied yet
- katakrinōκατακρίνωto condemn: to pass a verdict of guilt against someone and declare them deserving of punishment
- kataphileōκαταφιλέωto kiss someone warmly: to greet, welcome, or honor a person with a kiss, sometimes given again and again
- kataphugēκαταφυγήrefuge; place of refugenot studied yet
- kedrinosκέδρινοςof cedarnot studied yet
- katharismosκαθαρισμόςpurification: the act, or the required rite, that removes what makes a person or thing unfit and restores them to acceptable standing before God
- katagelaōκαταγελάωto laugh at someone with scorn; to jeer at, deride, or ridicule
- keirōκείρωto shearnot studied yet
- kephalisκεφαλίςscrollnot studied yet
- kaumaκαῦμαheatnot studied yet
- kolazōκολάζωto punishnot studied yet
- kataphuteuōκαταφυτεύωplantnot studied yet
- katopisthenκατόπισθενbehind; afternot studied yet
- kalummaκάλυμμαveilnot studied yet
- kamptōκάμπτωto bend/bownot studied yet
- katakoptōκατακόπτωto cutnot studied yet
- koniortosκονιορτόςdustnot studied yet
- KarmēlosΚάρμηλοςKarmēlos; Karmilosnot studied yet
- kataspaōκατασπάωpull downnot studied yet
- kloiosκλοιόςcollarnot studied yet
- katapausisκατάπαυσιςrest: work brought to a full stop and the settled state, or the place, that follows
- katapheugōκαταφεύγωto fleenot studied yet
- katerchomaiκατέρχομαιto come down: to travel or move from a higher place, region, or point down to a lower one
- katoikētērionκατοικητήριονdwelling placenot studied yet
- kauchēsisκαύχησιςboasting: the act of saying out loud what you are proud of and counting on, whether that is yourself or God
- kindunosκίνδυνοςdanger: a real threat of harm or loss that a person is exposed to
- koinōniaκοινωνίαa joint sharing in something held in common: having a real stake in the same thing, and the bond that creates
- kinuraκινύραstringed instrument; lyrenot studied yet
- KisΚίςKishnot studied yet
- klēronomosκληρονόμοςheir: the person with the legal right to receive an inheritance
- koinōneōκοινωνέωto share: to end up holding one thing jointly with someone, either by taking a part in what is theirs or by giving them a part of what is yours
- kopetosκοπετόςlamentationnot studied yet
- kumbalonκύμβαλονcymbalnot studied yet
- kataspeudōκατασπεύδωpress; urgenot studied yet
- KainΚάϊνCainnot studied yet
- katangellōκαταγγέλλωto proclaim openly in public: to announce a message, above all the gospel, so that it is made widely and formally known
- katakurieuōκατακυριεύωto take or hold complete mastery over someone or something: to bring fully under one's control, rule, or possession