Greek words starting with nu
319 words in the Bible begin with nu (ν), 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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- nunνῦνnow: the present time, as opposed to the past or the future
- nomosνόμοςthe Law: God's revealed will given to Israel through Moses, the whole body of commands at the heart of the covenant.
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- Scripture: the written holy books, whether the five books of Moses or the Hebrew Bible as a whole.
- a principle or governing force: a steady rule that operates in a person or situation, not the law of Moses.
- nuxνύξnight: the dark part of the day, and by extension the spiritual darkness of the present age before God's coming day
- nekrosνεκρόςdead: having died, no longer alive; used as a noun for dead persons, and above all in the phrase "from the dead" as the fixed idiom for resurrection.
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- dead in a figurative sense: spiritually lifeless or cut off from God, or lacking any active power to produce results.
- naosναόςthe inner sanctuary where a god is held to live: the dwelling-place itself, not the surrounding grounds
- nephelēνεφέληa cloud: in the New Testament, almost always the visible sign that God is present and on the move
- neosνέοςnew: recently come into being, fresh, as opposed to what is old or former
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- young: in the early stage of life, or younger than another
- NabouchodonosorΝαβουχοδονοσόρNabouchodonosor; Navukhothonosornot studied yet
- neaniskosνεανίσκοςa young man: a male past boyhood, in the strength and promise of early adulthood
- notosνότοςsouth: the wind that blows up from the south, and the direction or region it blows from
- NephthaleimΝεφθαλείμNaphtalinot studied yet
- nomimosνόμιμοςlegalitiesnot studied yet
- neotēsνεότηςyouthnot studied yet
- nēpiosνήπιοςa young child or infant, viewed as immature and not yet grown up; also, figuratively, a person who is immature, untaught, or childlike in simplicity
- NōeΝῶεNoahnot studied yet
- nikaōνικάωto conquer, to overcome, to win out: to come through a struggle as the victor.
- numphēνύμφηthe young married woman a wedding brings into a family: the bride beside her husband, or a son's wife in his parents' household
- nousνοῦςthe mind: a person's capacity to think, understand, and weigh things, together with the settled outlook and judgments that capacity produces
- NineuiΝινευΐNineuΐ; Nineinot studied yet
- NathanΝαθάνNathannot studied yet
- nēsosνῆσοςisland: a piece of land with sea all around it, whether one particular island a traveler lands on or the world's islands taken together
- nēsteuōνηστεύωto fast: to go without food for a set time as an act of devotion to God
- nōtonνῶτονbacknot studied yet
- noeōνοέωto grasp something with the mind: to perceive its meaning, understand it, or think it over
- NikanōrΝικάνωρNicanornot studied yet
- niptōνίπτωto wash a part of the body: the hands, feet, face, or eyes
- naiναίyes: the plain word of agreement, confirming that what has just been said or asked is so
- nēsteiaνηστείαa fast: a stretch of time with no food taken, normally chosen as an act of devotion to God alongside prayer, sometimes simply food gone without
- nomēνομήpasture: the grazing ground where a flock is fed and kept
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- spreading: the way a wound or rot eats outward through living flesh
- nuniνυνίan emphatic "now": what is in fact the case at present, set over against what was before or what was only supposed
- neanisνεᾶνιςgirlnot studied yet
- noumēniaνουμηνίαnew moon: the first day of a lunar month, and the monthly holy day Israel kept on it
- neaniasνεανίαςyoung mannot studied yet
- nephrosνεφρόςmindnot studied yet
- NauēΝαυηNauē; Nainot studied yet
- nomizōνομίζωto suppose or think: to hold a view as probably true, often an assumption drawn from appearances that can turn out to be wrong
- numphiosνυμφίοςbridegroom: the man who is being married, the groom at a wedding
- NabatΝαβατNabat; Navatnot studied yet
- nephosνέφοςa cloud, used figuratively for a vast, dense throng of people
- NadabΝαδαβNadab; Nathavnot studied yet
- nososνόσοςdisease: a bodily illness that has settled on a person and calls for healing
- NōeminΝωεμινNōemin; Noeminnot studied yet
- neossosνεοσσόςnestlingnot studied yet
- NathanaēlΝαθαναήλNathanaelnot studied yet
- noutheteōνουθετέωto admonish: to correct someone with words, appealing to the mind so as to turn them from a wrong or harmful course, done out of care.
- NabalΝαβαλNabal; Navalnot studied yet
- NachōrΝαχώρNahornot studied yet
- nemōνέμωgrazenot studied yet
- nossiaνοσσιάchicknot studied yet
- NabouthaiΝαβουθαιNabouthai; Navuthenot studied yet
- nausναῦςshipnot studied yet
- NērΝηρNēr; Nirnot studied yet
- nablaνάβλαharp; stringed instrumentnot studied yet
- NaimanΝαιμάνNaiman; Nemannot studied yet
- nustazōνυστάζωto dozenot studied yet
- neikosνεῖκοςquarrel; wranglenot studied yet
- NaassōnΝαασσώνNahshonnot studied yet
- NazōraiosΝαζωραῖοςNazarethnot studied yet
- nomotheteōνομοθετέωto give lawsnot studied yet
- NeemiasΝεεμιαςNeemiasnot studied yet
- NechaōΝεχαωNechaō; Nekhaonot studied yet
- Nazareth, NazaraΝαζαρέθ, ΝαζαράNazarethnot studied yet
- nēthōνήθωto spin: to draw raw wool or flax out into a strand and twist it by hand into thread
- NaasΝααςNaasnot studied yet
- nikēνίκηvictorynot studied yet
- nathinimναθινιμtemple servantsnot studied yet
- neuronνεῦρονsinewnot studied yet
- nomikosνομικόςan expert in the law: a scholar trained to interpret and rule on it
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- relating to the law: concerning legal matters
- NabauΝαβαυNabau; Navavnot studied yet
- NagebΝαγεβNageb; Nayevnot studied yet
- noēmōnνοήμωνthoughtful; intelligentnot studied yet
- nomasνομάςroaming about for pasturenot studied yet
- nikosνῖκοςvictorynot studied yet
- noēmaνόημαwhat a person has in mind: the thoughts someone forms, and so also the thinking mind that forms them.
- NathaniasΝαθανιαςNathaniasnot studied yet
- napēνάπηwooded vale; dellnot studied yet
- numphōnνυμφώνbridegroomnot studied yet
- neuraνευράstringnot studied yet
- neōsνεώςtemplenot studied yet
- NazarēnosΝαζαρηνόςNazarethnot studied yet
- neophutosνεόφυτοςnew convertnot studied yet
- nēphōνήφωto keep a clear head: to stay unclouded and self-possessed, the way a person who has not been drinking still sees straight
- nussōνύσσωto piercenot studied yet
- NabouzardanΝαβουζαρδανNabouzardan; Navuzarthannot studied yet
- NauathΝαυαθNauath; Navathnot studied yet
- nosseuōνοσσεύωnestnot studied yet
- nukterinosνυκτερινόςby night; nightlynot studied yet
- nardosνάρδοςnardnot studied yet
- NikodēmosΝικόδημοςNicodemusnot studied yet
- nosphizōνοσφίζωto embezzlenot studied yet
- nōthrosνωθρόςsluggish: a blameworthy dullness and slackness that leaves a person slow to take in what is taught and slow to follow through on it
- NabaiōthΝαβαιωθNabaiōth; Naveothnot studied yet
- naziraiosναζιραῖοςNazarite; consecrated by Nazarite vowsnot studied yet
- narkaōναρκάωgrow numbnot studied yet
- NasibΝασιβNasib; Nasivnot studied yet
- nebrosνεβρόςyoung of the deer; fawnnot studied yet
- neurokopeōνευροκοπέωhamstringnot studied yet
- NēriouΝηριουNēriou; Niriunot studied yet
- niphetosνιφετόςfalling snow; snowstormnot studied yet
- NouaΝουαNoua; Nuanot studied yet
- NōadiaΝωαδιαNōadia; Noathianot studied yet
- NaoumΝαούμNahumnot studied yet
- neuōνεύωto motionnot studied yet
- NineuitēsΝινευΐτηςNinevitenot studied yet
- nomothesiaνομοθεσίαlawnot studied yet
- nouthesiaνουθεσίαadmonitionnot studied yet
- NamessiΝαμεσσιNamessinot studied yet
- NebrōdΝεβρωδNebrōd; Nevrothnot studied yet
- NeemiaΝεεμιαNeemianot studied yet
- NekōdaΝεκωδαNekōda; Nekothanot studied yet
- nēpiotēsνηπιότηςchildhood; childishnessnot studied yet
- NombaΝομβαNomba; Nomvanot studied yet
- nomisteonνομιστέονone must account; deemnot studied yet
- NoumēniosΝουμήνιοςNoumēnios; Numiniosnot studied yet
- nukterisνυκτερίςbatnot studied yet
- nuktikoraxνυκτικόραξnight-ravennot studied yet
- nuktōrνύκτωρby nightnot studied yet
- numphagōgosνυμφαγωγόςfriendnot studied yet
- nustagmosνυσταγμόςdrowsiness; dozingnot studied yet
- nautēsναύτηςsailornot studied yet
- nekroōνεκρόωto put to deathnot studied yet
- nēνήas surely asnot studied yet
- nēstisνῆστιςfastingnot studied yet
- nēphaleosνηφαλέοςsobernot studied yet
- nomimōsνομίμωςlawfullynot studied yet
- nomismaνόμισμαcoinnot studied yet
- nomodidaskalosνομοδιδάσκαλοςteacher of the lawnot studied yet
- noseōνοσέωbe sicknot studied yet
- NabdeēlΝαβδεηλNabdeēl; Navthilnot studied yet
- NamouēlΝαμουηλNamouēl; Namoilnot studied yet
- NaphekΝαφεκNaphek; Nafeknot studied yet
- NetōphathiΝετωφαθιNetōphathi; Netofathinot studied yet
- NetōphathitēsΝετωφαθίτηςNetōphathitēs; Netofathitisnot studied yet
- NetōphatiΝετωφατιNetōphati; Netofatinot studied yet
- NēriosΝηριοςNērios; Niriosnot studied yet
- NoemanΝοεμανNoemannot studied yet
- NoomaΝοομαNoomanot studied yet
- nauageōναυαγέωbe shipwreckednot studied yet
- nekrōsisνέκρωσιςdeathnot studied yet
- neōterikosνεωτερικόςyouthfulnot studied yet
- NikolaitēsΝικολαΐτηςNicolaitannot studied yet
- NikopolisΝικόπολιςNicopolisnot studied yet
- nothosνόθοςillegitimatenot studied yet
- nomothetēsνομοθέτηςlawgivernot studied yet
- nossionνοσσίονchicknot studied yet
- NaaliēlΝααλιηλNaaliēl; Naalilnot studied yet
- NabouΝαβουNabou; Navunot studied yet
- NageΝαγεNage; Nayenot studied yet
- nathinaioiναθιναῖοιtemple servantsnot studied yet
- NanaiaΝαναίαNanaia; Naneanot studied yet
- nautikosναυτικόςmarinernot studied yet
- NaphagΝαφαγNaphag; Nafagnot studied yet
- NapheddōrΝαφεδδωρNapheddōr; Nafeththornot studied yet
- NaphesΝαφεςNaphes; Nafesnot studied yet
- naphthaνάφθαnaphthanot studied yet
- NaphthōΝαφθωNaphthō; Nafthonot studied yet
- NachothΝαχοθNachoth; Nakhothnot studied yet
- nebelνεβελvessel; wine jarnot studied yet
- NeemeiasΝεεμείαςNeemeias; Neemiasnot studied yet
- NelamitēsΝελαμίτηςNelamitēs; Nelamitisnot studied yet
- neognosνεογνόςnewbornnot studied yet
- NetōphaΝετωφαNetōpha; Netofanot studied yet
- neumaνεῦμαnodnot studied yet
- nechōthaνεχωθαtreasure?not studied yet
- NēriasΝηριαςNērias; Niriasnot studied yet
- NisaΝισαNisanot studied yet
- NisanΝισανNisannot studied yet
- noerosνοερόςintellectualnot studied yet
- nomosνομόςfeeding-placenot studied yet
- noserosνοσερόςof sicknessnot studied yet
- nouthetēsisνουθέτησιςadmonition; warningnot studied yet
- nōtophorosνωτοφόροςcarrying on the backnot studied yet
- NangaiΝαγγαίNaggainot studied yet
- NainΝαΐνNainnot studied yet
- NarkissosΝάρκισσοςNarcissusnot studied yet
- nauklērosναύκληροςcaptainnot studied yet
- Neeman, NaimanΝεεμάν, ΝαιμάνNaamannot studied yet
- NerōnΝέρωνNeronot studied yet
- neōkorosνεωκόροςtemple guardnot studied yet
- nēpiazōνηπιάζωbe childlikenot studied yet
- NēreusΝηρεύςNereusnot studied yet
- NēriΝηρίNerinot studied yet
- nēsionνησίονsmall islandnot studied yet
- NigerΝίγερNigernot studied yet
- NikolaosΝικόλαοςNicolausnot studied yet
- niptērνιπτήρwash basinnot studied yet
- nosēmaνόσημαdiseasenot studied yet
- nounechōsνουνεχῶςwiselynot studied yet
- NumphasΝυμφᾶςNymphanot studied yet
- nuchthēmeronνυχθήμερονa night and a daynot studied yet
- NaathΝααθNaathnot studied yet
- NaathosΝααθοςNaathosnot studied yet
- NaalōlΝααλωλNaalōl; Naalolnot studied yet
- NaamaΝααμαNaamanot studied yet
- NaanaΝααναNaananot studied yet
- NaananΝαανανNaanannot studied yet
- NaaraiΝααραιNaarai; Naarenot studied yet
- NaaranΝααρανNaarannot studied yet
- NabaalΝαβααλNabaal; Navaalnot studied yet
- NabadΝαβαδNabad; Navathnot studied yet