Greek words starting with lambda
291 words in the Bible begin with lambda (λ), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 2. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- 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
- laosλαόςa people: a body of people bound together as one, set apart from those around them
- 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.
- laleōλαλέωto speak: to open one's mouth and produce speech, with the focus on the act and activity of speaking itself
- lithosλίθοςa stone: a discrete piece of rock, from one small enough to throw to a shaped building block or a cut gem, as opposed to solid bedrock
- LeuitēsΛευΐτηςLevitenot studied yet
- leōnλέωνthe lion, the large predatory cat, used both for the animal itself and as a vivid image of overpowering strength.
- logizomaiλογίζομαιto credit to an account: to enter something on a person's ledger, so that it officially counts for or against them.
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- to consider: to weigh something in the mind and arrive at a settled judgment about it.
- loiposλοιπόςthe rest: the remaining part of a group once part of it has already been named or set apart
- latreuōλατρεύωto render the religious service a creature owes to a god: to worship, to serve God
- limosλιμόςthe want of food: not having enough to eat, whether one person is starving or a whole region's food supply has failed
- logismosλογισμόςthoughtnot studied yet
- lutroōλυτρόωto ransomnot studied yet
- leitourgeōλειτουργέωto ministernot studied yet
- lakkosλάκκοςpitnot studied yet
- lupeōλυπέωto grieve: to cause someone sorrow or pain, or to feel that sorrow oneself
- LeuiΛευΐLevinot studied yet
- LibanosΛίβανοςLibanos; Livanosnot studied yet
- luōλύωto loose: to undo something that is tied, fastened, held, or bound together, whether a literal knot or a thing that holds people captive or in place.
- lupēλύπηinward pain: the ache of grief, sorrow, or distress felt in the heart, at times reaching into bodily hardship
- luchnosλύχνοςa small oil lamp: the hand-sized clay bowl, fed with olive oil through a wick, that lit an ordinary home
- leukosλευκόςwhite: the color white, at times intensified to a gleaming or radiant brightness
- LabanΛαβανLaban; Lavannot studied yet
- louōλούωto washnot studied yet
- leitourgiaλειτουργίαappointed service offered to God, above all the formal work of a priest in worship, and by extension gifts or lives presented to him like a sacrifice
- lipsλίψsouthwestnot studied yet
- luchniaλυχνίαa lampstand: the raised stand that holds an oil lamp so its light reaches the whole room
- lepraλέπραa scaling, flaking, or discoloring skin condition that made a person ritually unclean and shut out of the community.
- loiponλοιπόνas for what is left: a signpost word that turns the sentence toward whatever remains, whether the time still ahead, the last thing left to say, or one more point to add
- LōtΛώτLotnot studied yet
- logionλόγιονoraclesnot studied yet
- LeiaΛειαLeia; Lianot studied yet
- lithoboleōλιθοβολέωto stone someone: to kill, or try to kill, a person by throwing stones at them, the public execution the Law of Moses prescribed
- lianλίανgreatlynot studied yet
- lebēsλέβηςkettlenot studied yet
- lampasλαμπάςa burning light carried or set out to shine: chiefly a torch of open flame, and sometimes an oil lamp
- loimosλοιμόςpestilencenot studied yet
- lēnosληνόςwinepressnot studied yet
- leptosλεπτόςthinnot studied yet
- lithinosλίθινοςstonenot studied yet
- LusiasΛυσίαςLysiasnot studied yet
- laliaλαλιάspeechnot studied yet
- libanosλίβανοςfrankincensenot studied yet
- LachisΛαχιςLachis; Lakhisnot studied yet
- lēstēsλῃστήςa robber who takes by open force: a violent bandit or highwayman, and by extension an armed rebel.
- lanthanōλανθάνωto escape notice: to go unseen or unrecognized, so that something real slips past a person entirely.
- leprosλεπρόςdescribing a person whose skin was flaking, scaling, or turning patchy in a way that made them ritually unclean; used on its own as a noun for such a person.
- lutronλύτρονransomnot studied yet
- lobosλοβόςlobe of the earnot studied yet
- likmaōλικμάωto crushnot studied yet
- logeionλογεῖονspeaking-placenot studied yet
- leitourgosλειτουργόςministernot studied yet
- leptunōλεπτύνωthreshnot studied yet
- larugxλάρυγξthroatnot studied yet
- lumainomaiλυμαίνομαιto ravagenot studied yet
- lutrōsisλύτρωσιςredemptionnot studied yet
- lēmmaλῆμμαreceiptnot studied yet
- lamprosλαμπρόςgleaming: bright enough to catch the eye, and so also showy, fine, and expensive
- limnēλίμνηa lake: still inland water ringed by land, large enough to sail across but not the open sea
- linousλινοῦςlinennot studied yet
- LazarosΛάζαροςLazarusnot studied yet
- lukosλύκοςwolf: the predator that carries off sheep, and so the standing picture of whoever preys on a defenseless flock
- loutērλουτήρwashing tub; basinnot studied yet
- latreiaλατρείαthe religious service owed to God: whether the whole worship he appointed for his people or a single act of devotion rendered to him
- leipōλείπωto be missing: for something needed to be absent, so that a person, a supply, or a piece of work falls short of complete
- lathraλάθραquietlynot studied yet
- lampōλάμπωto shine out: to give off light bright enough to catch the eye
- logchēλόγχηspearnot studied yet
- loidoreōλοιδορέωto revilenot studied yet
- latreutosλατρευτόςservilenot studied yet
- LamechΛάμεχLamechnot studied yet
- latomeōλατομέωto hewnot studied yet
- lēthēλήθηforgetfulnessnot studied yet
- limēnλιμήνHavensnot studied yet
- laxeuōλαξεύωhew in stonenot studied yet
- lailapsλαῖλαψstormnot studied yet
- lithazōλιθάζωto stone someone: to throw stones at a person in order to kill them
- linonλίνονlinen/wicknot studied yet
- loidoriaλοιδορίαrevilingnot studied yet
- leukōmaλεύκωμαtablet covered with gypsumnot studied yet
- LouzaΛουζαLouza; Luzanot studied yet
- lachanonλάχανονa cultivated edible garden plant; a vegetable or pot-herb grown for food
- laganonλάγανονcakenot studied yet
- lipainōλιπαίνωoil; get richnot studied yet
- LaisΛαιςLais; Lesnot studied yet
- laptōλάπτωlap with the tonguenot studied yet
- lexisλέξιςspeaking; sayingnot studied yet
- LibuesΛίβυεςLibyes; Liviesnot studied yet
- lamprotēsλαμπρότηςbrightnessnot studied yet
- LaodikeiaΛαοδίκειαLaodiceanot studied yet
- leiosλεῖοςsmoothnot studied yet
- leitourgikosλειτουργικόςministeringnot studied yet
- lepisλεπίςscalenot studied yet
- leukainōλευκαίνωto bleachnot studied yet
- lusiteleiλυσιτελεῖto profitnot studied yet
- latomosλατόμοςstone-cutternot studied yet
- LobeniΛοβενιLobeni; Loveninot studied yet
- LusimachosΛυσίμαχοςLysimachos; Lisimakhosnot studied yet
- lōmaλῶμαborder of a robenot studied yet
- lagchanōλαγχάνωto choose by lotnot studied yet
- LustraΛύστραLystranot studied yet
- LebnaΛεβναLebna; Levnanot studied yet
- lepizōλεπίζωpeel offnot studied yet
- lēgōλήγωstay; abatenot studied yet
- lupērosλυπηρόςpainfulnot studied yet
- LōtanΛωτανLōtan; Lotannot studied yet
- lēpsisλῆψιςreceivingnot studied yet
- loidorosλοίδοροςa reviler: a person who verbally abuses and insults others openly, to their face
- loutronλουτρόνa washing: a bath that cleanses the whole body, used in both its New Testament appearances as a picture of the spiritual cleansing that comes with salvation
- lutrōtēsλυτρωτήςredeemernot studied yet
- lampadionλαμπάδιονbowlnot studied yet
- leichōλείχωlick upnot studied yet
- legeōnλεγεώνa Roman legion: the largest unit of the Roman army, roughly six thousand soldiers, used in the Gospels as an image of an overwhelming host.
- libanōtosλιβανωτόςcensernot studied yet
- lithostrōtosλιθόστρωτοςThe Stone Pavementnot studied yet
- liparosλιπαρόςrichnot studied yet
- LoukasΛουκᾶςLukenot studied yet
- LuddaΛύδδαLyddanot studied yet
- lusisλύσιςdivorcenot studied yet
- labisλαβίςtongs; snuffersnot studied yet
- labrosλάβροςfurious; boisterousnot studied yet
- lalēmaλάλημαtalk; prattlenot studied yet
- lampēnēλαμπήνηcovered chariotnot studied yet
- lamptērλαμπτήρstandnot studied yet
- lekanēλεκάνηhodnot studied yet
- leōpetriaλεωπετρίαsmooth rock; bare rocknot studied yet
- litaneiaλιτανείαprayer; entreatynot studied yet
- leimmaλεῖμμαremnantnot studied yet
- leptosλεπτόςa lepton: the smallest coin in circulation, a tiny thin scrap of bronze worth so little that two of them came to about six minutes of a day's wage
- LudiaΛυδίαLydianot studied yet
- LadanΛαδανLadan; Lathannot studied yet
- laphuronλάφυρονspoil; bootynot studied yet
- leainaλέαιναlionessnot studied yet
- leainōλεαίνωsmoothnot studied yet
- LemnaΛεμναLemnanot studied yet
- lepraōλεπράωhave leprosynot studied yet
- leproōλεπρόωbecome leprousnot studied yet
- lēstērionλῃστήριονband of robbersnot studied yet
- ligurionλιγύριονstone of Ligurianot studied yet
- LobenaΛοβεναLobena; Lovenanot studied yet
- LodΛοδLod; Lothnot studied yet
- LomnaΛομναLomnanot studied yet
- LoudΛουδLoud; Luthnot studied yet
- lophiaλοφιάmanenot studied yet
- laktizōλακτίζωto kicknot studied yet
- lamaλαμάwhy?not studied yet
- laxeutosλαξευτόςengravednot studied yet
- lentionλέντιονtowelnot studied yet
- LeuisΛευΐςLeuΐs; Leisnot studied yet
- lērosλῆροςnonsensenot studied yet
- litraλίτραpoundnot studied yet
- logiaλογίαcollectionnot studied yet
- logikosλογικόςbelonging to reason and to the word: engaging a person's thinking mind rather than mere outward ceremony or literal physical substance
- loipouλοιποῦhenceforthnot studied yet
- LoukiosΛούκιοςLuciusnot studied yet
- LukiaΛυκίαLycianot studied yet
- LaadanΛααδανLaadan; Laathannot studied yet
- LabanaΛαβαναLabana; Lavananot studied yet
- LabanathΛαβαναθLabanath; Lavanathnot studied yet
- LabdōnΛαβδωνLabdōn; Lavthonnot studied yet
- labēλαβήpart intended for grasping; handlenot studied yet
- LadabarΛαδαβαρLadabar; Lathavarnot studied yet
- lathraiōsλαθραίωςsecretlynot studied yet
- larosλάροςcormorantnot studied yet
- LasthenēsΛασθενήςLasthenēs; Lasthenisnot studied yet
- latomētosλατόμητοςhewn outnot studied yet
- LaphidōthΛαφιδωθLaphidōth; Lafithothnot studied yet
- LebōnaΛεβωναLebōna; Levonanot studied yet
- leitourgēmaλειτούργημαperformance of anot studied yet
- leichēnλειχήνtree-moss; lichennot studied yet
- lelēthotōsλεληθότωςimperceptiblynot studied yet
- LemōnaΛεμωναLemōna; Lemonanot studied yet
- lepuronλέπυρονshell; husknot studied yet
- leukathizōλευκαθίζωwhitenot studied yet
- lithourgikosλιθουργικόςof a stone carvernot studied yet
- limōssōλιμώσσωfamished; hungrynot studied yet
- lipasmaλίπασμαfattening substancenot studied yet
- litaneuōλιτανεύωpray; entreatnot studied yet
- locheuōλοχεύωbearnot studied yet
- LudoiΛυδοίLydoi; Lithinot studied yet
- lumeōnλυμεώνdestroyer; spoilernot studied yet
- lamprōsλαμπρῶςmagnificentlynot studied yet
- LaodikeusΛαοδικεύςLaodiceannot studied yet
- LasaiaΛασαίαLaseanot studied yet
- laschōλάσχωto burstnot studied yet
- LebbaiosΛεββαῖοςLebbaeusnot studied yet
- LeuitikosΛευϊτικόςLeviticalnot studied yet
- LibertinosΛιβερτῖνοςFreedmennot studied yet
- LibuēΛιβύηLibyanot studied yet
- LinosΛίνοςLinusnot studied yet
- logiosλόγιοςlearnednot studied yet
- logomacheōλογομαχέωto quarrelnot studied yet
- logomachiaλογομαχίαquarrelnot studied yet
- LukaoniaΛυκαονίαLycaonianot studied yet
- LukaonistiΛυκαονιστίLycaoniannot studied yet
- LusaniasΛυσανίαςLysaniasnot studied yet
- LōisΛωΐςLoisnot studied yet
- LaadΛααδLaad; Laathnot studied yet
- LaadaΛααδαLaada; Laathanot studied yet