Greek words starting with pi
1,400 words in the Bible begin with pi (π), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 7. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- pasπᾶςall, every, the whole: the complete extent of whatever it modifies, with nothing left out
- prosπρόςto/withnot 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.
- 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
- poreuōπορεύωto go, travel, or move from one place to another
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- to conduct oneself, live according to a particular way
- prosōponπρόσωπονthe face, and by extension the presence a face conveys, the outward look of a thing, or the person the face stands for
- polusπολύςlarge in number or amount: many, much, great
- periπερίaboutnot studied yet
- paraπαράfrom/with/besidenot studied yet
- pneumaπνεῦμαmoving air: wind, or the breath that comes from a living body
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- the human spirit: a person's own inner life, the breath of life in them and the self that thinks, feels, and turns toward God
- a spirit-being other than God: an unclean or evil spirit, or another non-bodily creature such as an angel or a ghost
- the Spirit of God: God's own active presence and power, given to and at work in his people, and increasingly portrayed as a distinct personal agent
- purπῦρfire: the burning flame, with all its power to warm, consume, purify, and destroy
- piptōπίπτωto fall: to drop or go down from a higher place to a lower one, whether by accident, on purpose, or in ruin
- paisπαῖςa boy or girl: a young person still under a parent's care and authority
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- a servant or attendant: a dependent member of a household, and the title of honor for one who serves God
- prophētēsπροφήτηςa prophet: someone who speaks for God, delivering a message that comes from God rather than from themselves
- ponērosπονηρόςevil, wicked: bad in a way that actively works harm
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- the evil one: a title for Satan, the personal source of evil
- patassōπατάσσωto land a single decisive blow: to strike someone down, whether with a weapon, with the hand, or by an act of judgment
- polemosπόλεμοςwar: open armed conflict between opposing forces, and by extension a single battle or even fierce fighting among people.
- prōtosπρῶτοςahead of all others: the one that comes before the rest, whether in time, in order, or in rank
- paradidōmiπαραδίδωμιto hand over: to place a person or thing out of one's own keeping and into the power, custody, or care of someone else
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- to hand down: to pass on a teaching, account, or body of belief from one person or generation to the next
- pousπούςthe foot: the part of the body a person or animal stands and walks on
- pulēπύληa gate: the large, guarded opening set into the wall of a city, temple, or prison, together with the heavy barrier that closes it
- pinōπίνωto drink: to take liquid into the body by mouth
- probatonπρόβατονa sheep: the flock animal raised for wool, milk, meat, and sacrifice, and by extension people pictured as sheep in a shepherd's care
- parembolēπαρεμβολήa military encampment: the guarded quarters where an armed force is housed, and by extension the force camped there
- pisteuōπιστεύωto believe: to take a message as true and lean one's whole self on the person it is about, above all on God and on Jesus
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- to entrust something to someone, or (when the subject is the receiver) to be put in charge of it as a trust
- prostithēmiπροστίθημιto add: to put one thing together with what is already there, so the total grows
- plēthosπλῆθοςa large number: a great quantity of things, a crowd of people, or the whole assembled body of a community
- penteπέντεfive: the cardinal number 5
- pistisπίστιςtrust placed in God or in Christ: relying on someone proven worthy of reliance
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- faithfulness: being reliable and keeping faith, including God's own covenant constancy
- the faith: the body of Christian teaching that is believed and handed on
- a pledge or proof: a guarantee given that secures confidence
- proπρόbeforenot studied yet
- proskuneōπροσκυνέωto bow down before someone in reverent homage: to worship
- presbuterosπρεσβύτεροςolder in age, or belonging to an earlier generation: an older person, or the forebears who lived before.
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- an elder: a recognized leader holding a position of authority in a community.
- plēnπλήνbut, nevertheless, only: a word that sets aside what comes before and points the reader to what really matters
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- except, besides, save: marks an exception, the one thing left out of an otherwise complete statement
- potamosποταμόςa river: a natural channel of flowing water, whether a steady stream or a rushing flood
- parakaleōπαρακαλέωto call someone to one's side: to appeal to, urge, comfort, or invite a person, depending on why they are called near
- pēchusπῆχυςcubit/hournot studied yet
- plēsionπλησίονneighbor: any fellow human being one is called to love as oneself
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- near, close by: right next to a place
- peithōπείθωto work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
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- to rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
- to have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
- to let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
- pōsπῶςhow?!not studied yet
- paidarionπαιδάριονboynot studied yet
- palinπάλινagain: once more, a second (or further) time, repeating an action
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- back: returning to a place, person, or condition left earlier
- furthermore: a connecting word that adds a further point or, in turn, a contrasting one
- polemeōπολεμέωto make war on someone: to attack an enemy in open, sustained conflict, and so to be locked in hostility with them.
- plēthunōπληθύνωto increase in quantity: to become many or much, or to make something become many or much.
- paidionπαιδίονa young child: a baby or small child, from a newborn through the early years
- paraginomaiπαραγίνομαιto come and be there: to arrive at a place or reach a person, so as to be present on the scene
- prospherōπροσφέρωto bring to: to carry or lead a person or thing to someone, setting it before them
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- to offer: to present a sacrifice, gift, or offering to God
- to deal with: to treat or behave toward someone in a certain way
- prōiπρωΐearly in the morning: the opening stretch of the day, running from before first light through sunrise
- parektosπαρεκτόςexceptnot studied yet
- plēroōπληρόωto fill something up, so that it lacks nothing: a space with what occupies it, or a person with a quality that takes them over
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- to complete something so that it reaches its full extent: a stretch of time runs its course, a set number is reached, or a task is carried all the way through
- to fulfill: to bring a word, promise, prediction, or requirement to its full and intended reality
- proserchomaiπροσέρχομαιto come up to someone or something, to approach so as to be in its presence
- proseuchomaiπροσεύχομαιto pray: to speak to God, making requests of him and committing oneself to him in trust
- pantokratōrπαντοκράτωρruler of all: God as the one who actually holds every power and every event in his control
- parerchomaiπαρέρχομαιto go past someone or something in space; to pass by, come up to, or push past
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- to pass away, come to an end, cease to exist; (of time) to be over
- to pass by a duty or command, and so to neglect it or break it
- prosagōπροσάγωto bring nearnot studied yet
- patriaπατριάfamily linenot studied yet
- pedionπεδίονplainnot studied yet
- pouποῦwhere: the question word asking at what place someone or something is, or where it is going
- pentēkontaπεντήκονταfiftynot studied yet
- prostagmaπρόσταγμαordinancenot studied yet
- planaōπλανάωto lead someone off the right path, or (when it happens to you) to stray from it: literally to wander, and almost always to be deceived away from the truth.
- PaulosΠαῦλοςPaulnot studied yet
- PetrosΠέτροςPeter: the added name, meaning "a stone," that Jesus gave the fisherman Simon, who became the leading apostle
- ptōchosπτωχόςthe destitute poor: a person who has nothing and must depend on others to survive
- proseuchēπροσευχήprayer: the whole act of addressing God, gathering petition, thanksgiving, intercession, and praise into one word
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- a place of prayer: a spot or building where people gathered to pray
- prosechōπροσέχωto direct one's attention to something and respond to it accordingly
- prophēteuōπροφητεύωto prophesy: to speak a message that comes from God rather than from oneself, as God's inspired spokesperson
- pistosπιστόςfaithful, dependable: able to be relied on to keep faith and do what is required
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- believing: one who has put faith in God, a believer
- prōtotokosπρωτότοκοςfirstborn: the eldest child and heir, and by extension the one who holds the firstborn's rank of first place, inheritance, and family headship
- plēthō, pimplēmiπλήθω, πίμπλημιto make completely full: to fill a space, flood a person with something, or bring a set time to its full measure
- plērēsπλήρηςfull: holding all it can, so that nothing more will fit and nothing needed is missing
- peripateōπεριπατέωto walk: to move about on foot, and from that, to carry on one's life in a settled pattern of conduct
- pragmaπρᾶγμαa matter or affair: a concrete thing that is done or has to be dealt with, whether a deed, an unspecified affair, a legal case, or the reality behind an appearance
- paristēmiπαρίστημιto place someone or something at another's disposal: to present, offer, or provide
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- to stand beside: to be present, stand near, or come to another's side
- peranπέρανother sidenot studied yet
- pleiōn, pleionπλείων, πλεῖονmore, greater: the comparative of "much/many", used of number, amount, value, or extent
- ploutosπλοῦτοςriches: an abundant store of value, whether material wealth or a lavish supply of some good thing
- paideiaπαιδείαthe shaping of a person by someone responsible for them: teaching and correction together, aimed at forming character
- plēgēπληγήa blow or beating, and the wound it leaves on the body
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- a plague: a crushing blow of calamity sent as divine judgment
- petraπέτραrock: solid living rock, whether bedrock, a rock face, or a standing mass of stone, as distinct from a loose stone one could lift or throw
- pēgēπηγήa spring: a natural source of water rising from the ground, and by extension the source from which something flows
- paidiskēπαιδίσκηa female household slave: a serving girl who is owned rather than free
- ploionπλοῖονa boat: any vessel that travels on water, from a fishing boat to a seagoing ship
- paideuōπαιδεύωto form a person through training, whether by teaching, by corrective discipline, or by punishment
- pempōπέμπωto send: to dispatch a person, messenger, or thing toward a destination or purpose
- poimēnποιμήνshepherd: the person who feeds, leads, and guards a flock, and so the leader who is trusted with a people and answerable for them
- ponosπόνοςtravailnot studied yet
- parabolēπαραβολήa comparison: a saying or story that teaches by setting one thing beside another, from a one-line proverb to a full narrative
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- a symbol or foreshadowing: something visible that stands for and points ahead to a deeper reality
- peirazōπειράζωto test: to put a person, claim, or one's own faith to the proof to find out what it really is
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- to try: to make an attempt at something, to endeavor to do it
- periballōπεριβάλλωto clothe: to wrap or throw a garment around a body, whether dressing another person or being dressed oneself
- paralambanōπαραλαμβάνωto take someone or something to your side and bring them along with you
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- to receive a teaching or tradition handed down to you, taking it as your own
- pauōπαύωto stop, cease: to bring or come to a halt, leaving off an action or letting something run out
- purgosπύργοςtowernot studied yet
- prosēlutosπροσήλυτοςproselytenot studied yet
- pareimiπάρειμιto be present: to be here or on hand right now, whether a person who has arrived or a thing that is available in the moment
- plousiosπλούσιοςrich: having far more than enough, whether in money and possessions or, by extension, in some good thing
- pteruxπτέρυξwingnot studied yet
- parthenosπαρθένοςa young unmarried woman of marriageable age, expected by custom to be sexually untouched
- potizōποτίζωto give a person, animal, or plant something to drink; to water or irrigate
- penēsπένηςpoornot studied yet
- prassōπράσσωto do, carry out, or practice something: to perform an action or keep up a pattern of conduct.
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- to exact, collect, or demand money owed: taxes, interest, or a debt.
- to fare, to be in a certain condition: how things stand or go for someone.
- prostassōπροστάσσωto lay down what is to be done, on the authority to settle the matter: to direct a person, prescribe a requirement, or fix something in advance
- poimnionποίμνιονflocknot studied yet
- paratassōπαρατάσσωdeploy; arrangenot studied yet
- poiosποῖοςwhat?not studied yet
- ponēriaπονηρίαwickedness: badness as a settled quality in a person, with an edge of active ill will that means somebody harm
- pothenπόθενfrom where? whence?: a question word asking the origin, source, or cause of something
- peteinosπετεινόςa bird: any flying creature, treated as one class of animal
- porneiaπορνείαsexual wrongdoing: sexual activity outside the bounds the Old Testament law sets for marriage
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- spiritual unfaithfulness: turning from God to idols, pictured as a wife's adultery or a prostitute's trade
- peinaōπεινάωto be hungry: to feel the bodily need for food, and so to crave something as intensely as a starving person craves a meal
- pentheōπενθέωto mourn: to grieve a loss so deeply that the sorrow shows
- paroikeōπαροικέωbe a strangernot studied yet
- prinπρίνbeforenot studied yet
- paranomosπαράνομοςacting contrary to law; lawlessnot studied yet
- paschaπάσχαPassover: Israel's annual festival remembering the night God spared its firstborn and brought the people out of Egypt, together with the lamb and meal at its heart
- platusπλατύςwide: stretching far across, broad rather than narrow
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- a broad street: a town's wide main way or open public square
- parabainōπαραβαίνωto transgressnot studied yet
- proteronπρότερονpreviouslynot studied yet
- pagisπαγίςtrapnot studied yet
- PersēsΠέρσηςPersēs; Persisnot studied yet
- pathosπάθοςpassionnot studied yet
- pemptosπέμπτοςfifthnot studied yet
- pentakosioiπεντακόσιοιfive hundrednot studied yet
- poteπότεwhen?not studied yet
- potērionποτήριονcup: a vessel for drinking, and by extension the portion it holds that a person must drink
- paratithēmiπαρατίθημιto set before someone: to place food on the table for a guest, or lay a teaching out for a listener to consider
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- to entrust: to place something valuable into trustworthy hands to be guarded and given back or handed on
- poimainōποιμαίνωto act as a shepherd toward: to feed, guard, lead and govern those in one's charge
- perisporionπερισπόριονsurrounding land; that which surroundsnot studied yet
- perasπέραςendnot studied yet
- periaireōπεριαιρέωto take awaynot studied yet
- prosdechomaiπροσδέχομαιto welcome or accept: to receive a person or a circumstance to yourself willingly and gladly
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- to wait for or look for: to await something eagerly, ready to welcome it when it comes
- penthosπένθοςgriefnot studied yet
- peritithēmiπεριτίθημιto put something around or onto another thing, so that it wraps, covers, or sits in place on it.
- parorgizōπαροργίζωto angernot studied yet
- paschōπάσχωto suffer: to be on the receiving end of pain, hardship, harm, or death
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- to experience or undergo something, without saying whether it was good or bad
- parataxisπαράταξιςmarshallingnot studied yet
- platosπλάτοςwidthnot studied yet
- peritemnōπεριτέμνωto circumcise: to cut away the foreskin as the physical sign that a male belongs to God's covenant people
- pornēπόρνηa prostitute: a woman who is paid for sex, treated in the New Testament as a specific, recognizable figure rather than a loose label for any immoral woman.
- parangellōπαραγγέλλωto give an authoritative order: to direct someone to do or stop doing something, with the standing to require it
- PilatosΠιλᾶτοςPilatenot studied yet
- plunōπλύνωto washnot studied yet
- paroxunōπαροξύνωto be provoked: stirred, stung to a sharp feeling of anger or indignation
- plassōπλάσσωto moldnot studied yet
- pallakēπαλλακήmistressnot studied yet
- porphuraπορφύραpurple: the costly red-violet cloth dyed from sea snails, and the clothing made from it, worn as a mark of royal rank or great wealth
- poteποτέonce/whennot studied yet
- proskaleōπροσκαλέωto call someone to yourself: to summon a person to come into your presence
- presbutēsπρεσβύτηςold mannot studied yet
- proterosπρότεροςbeforenot studied yet
- PtolemaisΠτολεμαΐςPtolemaisnot studied yet
- polemistēsπολεμιστήςwarriornot studied yet
- perizōnnumiπεριζώννυμιto girdnot studied yet
- paradeisosπαράδεισοςparadise: the garden where God dwells, the blessed abode of his people
- perisseuōπερισσεύωto overflow: to be present beyond the measure that is needed, so that there is a surplus, growth, or plenty
- pulōnπυλώνgateway: a large gate structure, or the entrance-passage that runs through it
- plēmmeleiaπλημμέλειαmistake in music; false notenot studied yet
- peristeraπεριστεράa dove or pigeon: the common bird that Greek names with a single word
- paraklēsisπαράκλησιςa coming-alongside with words that move a person: comfort that steadies, encouragement that urges, or an earnest appeal.
- pantoteπάντοτεalways: at all times, on every occasion, without exception
- parapikrainōπαραπικραίνωto rebelnot studied yet
- paraptōmaπαράπτωμαa wrongdoing: a concrete act in which someone falls away from what is right and breaks faith with God or neighbor
- pronomēπρονομήforaging; foraging expeditionnot studied yet
- palaiosπαλαιόςold: having been around a long time and no longer new, whether worn out, left in the past, or long established
- paraporeuomaiπαραπορεύομαιto pass by/throughnot studied yet
- parrēsiaπαρρησίαfree and fearless openness: speaking out in the open, plainly, and with confidence, holding nothing back
- pososπόσοςhow much/many?not studied yet
- pronomeuōπρονομεύωgo out for foragingnot studied yet
- pēgnumiπήγνυμιto set upnot studied yet
- polemiosπολέμιοςbelonging to warnot studied yet
- pipraskōπιπράσκωto sell off: to part with property, or with a person, by handing it over for a price
- prokatalambanōπροκαταλαμβάνωseize beforehand; preoccupynot studied yet
- peritomēπεριτομήcircumcision: the covenant sign of cutting away the male foreskin, the bodily condition it leaves, and the inward change it came to picture
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- the circumcised as a group: the Jewish people, named by the mark that set them apart from the uncircumcised nations
- purosπυρόςwheatnot studied yet
- parachrēmaπαραχρῆμαat once, on the spot: at the very moment the word is spoken or the deed is done, with nothing in between.
- pikrosπικρόςbitternot studied yet
- ptoeōπτοέωto frightennot studied yet
- ptōsisπτῶσιςfallnot studied yet
- pēlosπηλόςwet earth worked into a paste: mud, or the soft clay a potter shapes
- pōleōπωλέωto sell: to hand over goods or property to someone else in exchange for money
- periechōπεριέχωto containnot studied yet
- plaxπλάξtabletnot studied yet
- pleonazōπλεονάζωto become more than there was: to increase, grow, or mount up in amount, and so to end up with more than was needed
- pleuraπλευράsidenot studied yet
- poikilosποικίλοςof many kinds: describing something that comes not in a single form but in an assortment of different sorts.
- potosπότοςcarousingnot studied yet
- proporeuōπροπορεύωto go beforenot studied yet
- peteinonπετεινόνbirdnot studied yet
- paroikosπάροικοςa resident alien: a long-term, tolerated outsider who lives among a people but never counts as a full member
- peirasmosπειρασμόςa testing or trial: pressure that reveals whether a person will stay faithful, whether as hardship that proves faith or as enticement that erodes it
- poreiaπορείαjourneynot studied yet
- prophēteiaπροφητείαprophecy: Spirit-inspired speech that declares God's message, whether as the gift, the spoken word, or the written record
- peripoieōπεριποιέωto gainnot studied yet
- puroōπυρόωto burnnot studied yet
- palaioōπαλαιόωto make oldnot studied yet
- plērōmaπλήρωμαfullness: that which fills something, or the state of being filled or complete
- proagōπροάγωto go on ahead, or to lead someone out to the front: motion to the front, whether going before others yourself or bringing another forward
- patrisπατρίςthe place a person belongs to because of their family: one's home, whether a hometown, a native country, or a homeland yet to come.
- perissosπερισσόςover and above: what goes past the ordinary measure, whether as an extra one side has that another does not or as a supply beyond what is needed
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- more than is needed: unnecessary, and so better left out
- parechōπαρέχωto make something available to someone: to furnish, provide, offer, or bring it about