Hebrew words starting with bet
419 words in the Bible begin with bet (ב), 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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- benבֵּןa son: a male child, and by extension a descendant or a member of a group
- boבּוֹאto come, go, or enter: to arrive at a destination or move into it
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- to bring, lead in, or carry in: to cause a person or thing to come
- bayitבַּיִתhouse: a bounded, enclosed space and, by extension, the people, the family line, the temple, or the place it holds together.
- batבַּתdaughter: a female child in relation to her parents
- bayinבַּיִןbetweennot studied yet
- banahבָּנָהto build: to raise a structure out of parts and materials, and so to establish something meant to stand.
- barakhבָּרַךְto bless: to invoke or hand on God's favor and life-giving power for someone, and (of people toward God) to honor him as its source
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- to kneel: to go down on the knees, as in reverence before God or to make an animal lie down
- beritבְּרִיתcovenant: a solemn, binding agreement that ties two parties together with obligations, sealed by an oath and meant to hold.
- basarבָּשָׂרflesh: the soft tissue of a body, whether as the meat people eat or as the living skin and muscle of a person or animal
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- all flesh: every living creature, or all of humanity, taken together as one whole
- kin: a blood relative, the family bond named as shared flesh
- frail humanity: the human creature as weak, mortal, and small before God
- bavelבָּבֶל, בָּבֶלBabylon, printed "Babel" in Genesis: the great city in southern Mesopotamia and the empire it ruled, the power that destroyed Jerusalem and carried Judah into exile
- baqashבָּקַשׁto seek: to go after something or someone you want, whether by looking for it, working to get it, or asking for it
- begedבֶּגֶדa piece of clothing: any woven covering worn on the body, from an everyday robe to priestly vestments
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- treachery: faithless, deceitful dealing that breaks trust
- boqerבֹּקֶרmorning: the early part of the day, from first light through the hours just after sunrise.
- badבַּדby itself, apart from everything else: the idea of one thing standing separate, which gives the common phrase "alone"
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- a carrying pole: one of the long wooden bars slid through rings to lift and carry the ark, altar, or table
- a branch or shoot: a wooden limb growing out from a vine or stem
- a limb or part of the body: one of the members that make up a living frame
- behemahבְּהֵמָהlivestock: the land animals people keep and live among, and by extension the land animals as a whole
- baqarבָּקָרcattle: the herd of large livestock (oxen, cows, bulls, and calves), as opposed to the flock of sheep and goats
- baḥarבָּחַרto choose: to pick out one person, place, or thing from others because it is wanted or preferred
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- binyaminבִּנְיָמִיןBenjamin: the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons, and the tribe, the territory, and the city gate that carry his name.
- bet-elבֵּיתְ־אֵלBethel: a town in the hills north of Jerusalem whose name means "house of God," named by Jacob after God met him there, and later home to the northern kingdom's royal shrine that the prophets attacked
- bushבּוֹשׁto be ashamed: to be publicly let down and exposed when a hope or a trust collapses, and the felt disgrace that goes with it
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- to delay: to be long in coming, to tarry past the expected time
- bekhorבְּכוֹרthe firstborn: the first child or animal a mother bears, and the rank and rights that come with being first
- bataḥבָּטַחto put your confidence in someone or something, leaning on it for safety; and so to feel secure
- bakhahבָּכָהto weep: to shed tears aloud, the body's open response to grief, pain, longing, or relief.
- biltiבִּלְתִּיa negative word meaning not, except, or so that not; it cancels or limits whatever follows it
- be'adבַּעַדa preposition picturing one thing set around or behind another: through an opening, shut in behind a barrier, fenced about for protection, and so standing in front of someone on their behalf
- bamahבָּמָהan open-air place of sacrifice: a built platform, walled precinct, or small shrine where worship was carried out away from the central temple
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- the high ground a powerful figure walks or rides over: the back, ridge, or heights of the earth, sea, or sky in poetry
- ba'arבָּעַרto burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
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- to be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
- ba'alבַּעַלowner: the person to whom a thing, animal, property, or even a debt belongs and who answers for it
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- husband: a woman's married man, the one to whom she belongs in marriage
- the one marked by something: a person, or even a creature or object, defined by the thing, trait, or role named after this word
- the citizens or ruling men of a town: the property-holding men who belong to a place and hold its affairs
- bet leḥemבֵּית לֶחֶםBethlehemnot studied yet
- ba'alבַּעַלBaal: the Canaanite storm god, credited with rain and harvest, whose worship Israel is condemned for taking up again and again
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- the Baals: rival gods and their local shrines spoken of together in the plural, the whole tangle of worship Israel kept turning to instead of the LORD
- Baal: the same name used as a label on people and places, borne by Israelite men in the family records and attached to a southern town and to a ridge of hill shrines in Moab
- barzelבַּרְזֶלiron: the hard, dark metal, and the tools, weapons, and images of unbreakable strength made from it
- balבַּלnotnot studied yet
- betenבֶּטֶןthe belly: the rounded inner cavity of the body, and by extension the womb, the appetite, and the deep inner self
- berakhahבְּרָכָהblessing: good spoken over someone, the good it brings, and the gift that carries it
- be'er shevaבְּאֵר שֶׁבַעBeershebanot studied yet
- borבּוֹרa pit dug or hewn into the ground: a cistern for water, a hole that holds a person or traps an animal, and, in poetry, the grave.
- baraḥבָּרַחto flee: to break away and run, usually a deliberate escape from danger or from someone with power over you
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- to reach across, to pass straight through from one end to the other
- bilamבִּלְעָםBalaamnot studied yet
- bashanבָּשָׁןBashan: the high, well watered land east of the Jordan, known for its cattle, its oaks, and its pasture.
- beliבְּלִיa word that cancels what follows: without, not, for lack of
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- wearing away, decay, the ruin that consumes a thing
- baraבָּרָאto create, to bring something into being; in the Bible, always an act of God.
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- to clear away or cut down, as in clearing land of trees or striking people down.
- to grow fat, or to feed on rich food.
- baqaבָּקַעto split something open by force: to cleave, breach, or burst it apart
- ben-hadadבֶּן־הֲדַדBen-hadadnot studied yet
- betulahבְּתוּלָהa young woman past childhood and old enough to marry but not yet married, usually still in her father's household
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- a poetic title for a city or nation pictured as an unconquered young woman, as in "Virgin Daughter of Zion"
- bagadבָּגַדto act treacherously, to break faith with someone who trusted you.
- balaבָּלַעto swallow: to take something wholly in and make it disappear, from gulping food down to engulfing and destroying.
- bazahבָּזָהto despise: to treat someone or something as worthless and beneath respect.
- baḥurבָּחוּרa young man in his prime: past boyhood, strong, of fighting and marrying age
- bazazבָּזַזto plunder: to carry off the goods, livestock, and people of a defeated enemy as the spoils of war
- balalבָּלַלto mix or blend things into one another, especially flour worked together with oil
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- to give feed, to put out fodder for animals
- balaqבָּלָקBalaknot studied yet
- badalבָּדַלto draw a dividing line between two things: to part them, to tell them apart, or to set one of them aside for a purpose
- betaḥבֶּטַחsafety: the settled condition of being secure and unafraid
- bet shemeshבֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁBeth-shemeshnot studied yet
- benayahבְּנָיָהוּBenaiahnot studied yet
- beri'aḥבְּרִיחַa bar: the strong wooden or metal beam used to lock something shut or to bind parts firmly together.
- bahalבָּהַלto be overwhelmed by sudden terror, or to strike that terror into someone
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- to hurry, act in haste, or do something rashly
- be'erבְּאֵרa well or pit dug into the ground: most often a shaft sunk by hand to reach underground water
- binahבִּינָהunderstanding: the ability to tell things apart and grasp what they mean
- batsarבָּצַרmade inaccessible: fortified, walled off, or otherwise put beyond reach
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- to gather grapes: to cut the ripe clusters from the vine at the vintage
- to cut off, curb: to bring a proud spirit low
- bekhiבְּכִיweeping: the tears and the audible crying that pour out in deep sorrow
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- the trickling or flowing of water (a contested reading found only in Job 28:11)
- boshetבֹּשֶׁתshame: the public disgrace and humiliation of being defeated, exposed, or let down, together with the dishonor a person feels and carries because of it
- baḥanבָּחַןto examine something closely to find out whether it is genuine, the way an assayer tests metal
- baradבָּרָדhail: chunks of ice that fall from a storm sky, in the Bible almost always as a weapon God hurls in judgment
- besemבֶּשֶׂםaromatic spice: the sweet-smelling balsam and the costly perfume-resins prized as imported luxury goods
- bet ḥoronבֵּית חוֹרֹןBeth-horonnot studied yet
- basahבַּעְשָׁאBaashanot studied yet
- bashalבָּשַׁלto boil food in liquid until it is cooked; to seethe or stew, especially meat
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- to ripen: for grapes or a grain harvest to come to full maturity
- beliyya'alבְּלִיַּעַלruinous worthlessness: the good-for-nothing quality that makes a person or a plan both useless and destructive
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- destruction: deadly ruin, pictured in poetry as a flood that engulfs a person and drags them toward death
- barukhבָּרוּךְBaruchnot studied yet
- bazבַּזwar plunder: the goods or people seized and carried off by force from a defeated enemy
- berekhבֶּרֶךְthe knee: the joint in the middle of the leg, and the shelf a seated person's knees make
- bo'azבֹּעַזBoaznot studied yet
- basarבָּשַׂרto herald news, especially the kind of joyful news worth running to deliver: to announce, proclaim, bring glad tidings.
- badבַּדlinen: the plain, undyed white cloth of sacred clothing, worn by priests and by heavenly figures
- betsaבֶּצַעgain: the material advantage a person gets, most often profit seized by greed, fraud, or violence
- bat-shevaבַּת־שֶׁבַעBathshebanot studied yet
- baraqבָּרָקa sudden, dazzling flash of light: lightning, or the gleam of a polished weapon
- biqahבִּקְעָהa broad valley: the wide, flat floor of low open ground lying between higher hills or mountains
- beroshבְּרוֹשׁcypress: a tall evergreen conifer of Lebanon, prized with the cedar for its fragrant, durable timber.
- bet she'anבֵּית שְׁאָןBeth-sheannot studied yet
- bararבָּרַרto sift out the good from the bad, leaving what is pure, clean, or choice
- ba'ashבָּאַשׁto give off a foul stench, and so to become offensive and hated
- bikkurבִּכּוּרִיםfirstfruits: the first-ripened produce of the land, owed to God and given to the priests
- biladeבִּלְעֲדֵיbesidenot studied yet
- ben-yminiבֶּן־יְמִינִיBenjaminitenot studied yet
- berekhahבְּרֵכָהa pool: an open basin of standing water, in the Bible almost always built to gather and hold a town's or a garden's water supply.
- bohenבֹּהֶןthe thumb or big toe: the largest digit of the hand or the foot
- birahבִּירָהa fortified citadel or palace-complex: the walled royal and administrative stronghold at the center of a capital
- baniבָּנִיBaninot studied yet
- ba'atבָּעַתto overwhelm with sudden terror: to fall upon a person with dread that seizes from outside
- batsaבָּצַעto cut off: to sever a piece decisively from a whole, and so to bring a life or thing to an abrupt end
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- to bring to completion: to carry a work through to its decisive finish
- to gain unjustly: to grab dishonest profit at another's expense; to be greedy for gain
- balahבָּלָהto wear out: to become old and worn through use, or to use something up.
- ba'alבָּעַלto become someone's lord and owner: to take a woman as one's wife (and so be her husband), or to hold people under one's rule
- bet avenבֵּית אָוֶןBeth-avennot studied yet
- belaבֶּלַעBelanot studied yet
- barבַּרgrain: the threshed kernel of a cereal harvest, the clean part that is heaped up, measured, stored, and sold
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- the open country: unfenced, untilled land where wild animals live
- baḥirבָּחִירGod's chosen one: a person or people God has singled out and claimed as his own.
- bariבָּרִיאfat, well-fed: full-fleshed and thriving, whether an animal, a person, a body, or the grain
- baraqבָּרָקBaraknot studied yet
- batבַּתthe bath: the standard large measure for liquids, chiefly wine and oil, matching in size the ephah used for grain
- boheretבַּהֶרֶתa bright, shiny patch on the skin: one of the three marks a priest inspects when deciding whether a skin condition makes a person unclean
- buzבּוּזto treat as worthless: to weigh a person, idea, or thing and count it as of no value, looking down on it as beneath notice
- busבּוּסto trample down: to tread an enemy, a place, or a thing into the ground, crushing it in triumph or contempt
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- to lie thrashing in one's own blood: of a newborn left to die, to sprawl and kick in the blood of birth
- biבִּיpleasenot studied yet
- ba'al pe'orבַּעַל פְּעוֹרBaal of Peornot studied yet
- barzillayבַּרְזִלַּיBarzillainot studied yet
- badadבָּדָדalone: the state of standing apart from everyone else, whether that means being kept safe on one's own or being left desolate
- buzבּוּזcontempt: the verdict that a person or thing is worth nothing, and the disgrace of being treated that way
- bilhahבִּלְהָהBilhahnot studied yet
- beri'ahבְּרִיעָהBeriahnot studied yet
- berekhyahבֶּרֶכְיָהBerechiahnot studied yet
- bedeqבֶּדֶקthe broken or worn place in something built: the damage that repair work is meant to close
- bizzahבִּזָּהspoil: what is seized and carried off from a defeated enemy, whether the plundered goods themselves or the experience of being plundered
- bekhorahבְּכֹרָהthe birthright: the special standing and rights that belonged to the firstborn son.
- ballahahבַּלָּהָהterror: overwhelming horror that closes in on a doomed person or city and leaves nothing of them behind
- be'orבְּעוֹרBeornot studied yet
- ba'al ḥananבַּעַל חָנָןBaal-hanannot studied yet
- betu'elבְּתוּאֵלBethuelnot studied yet
- betulimבְּתוּלִיםyoung womanhood: the state of a girl old enough to marry but not yet married, together with the sexual innocence presumed to go with it
- be'er laḥay ro'iבְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִיBeer-lahai-roinot studied yet
- bemoבְּמוֹin/at/bynot studied yet
- ba'anahבַּעֲנָהBaanahnot studied yet
- betsalelבְּצַלְאֵלBezalelnot studied yet
- baqaqבָּקַקto empty out: to drain something completely, whether a country stripped of everything in it or a plan drained of all its force.
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- of a vine: luxuriant, spreading and running wild with growth.
- butsבּוּץfine linen: a costly, bright white cloth of flax, the luxury fabric of temple furnishings, royal dress, and foreign trade in the later Old Testament books
- bet hayshimotבֵּית הַיְשִׁימוֹתBeth-jeshimothnot studied yet
- bet hallaḥmiבֵּית הַלַּחְמִיBethlehemitenot studied yet
- bet milloבֵּית מִלּוֹאBeth-millonot studied yet
- bet pe'orבֵּית פְּעוֹרBeth-peornot studied yet
- bet tsurבֵּית־צוּרBeth-zurnot studied yet
- bikhriבִּכְרִיBichrinot studied yet
- ba'al zevuvבַּעַל זְבוּבBaal-zebubnot studied yet
- ba'al me'onבַּעַל מְעוֹןBaal-meonnot studied yet
- ba'al peratsimבַּעַל פְּרָצִיםBaal-perazimnot studied yet
- batsirבָּצִירthe grape harvest: the cutting of ripe grapes from the vines, the season when that is done, and the crop it brings in
- botsrahבׇּצְרָהBozrahnot studied yet
- baqqashahבַּקָּשָׁהa request laid before a king: the particular thing a petitioner is after, asked with the expectation that it will be granted.
- badבַּדbig empty talk: boasting or babble with nothing behind it, and in the plural the boasters and fortune tellers who trade in it
- binnuyבִּנּוּיBinnuinot studied yet
- binyanבִּנְיָןa built structure: something raised by construction, seen as a solid measurable object rather than as a home or a defense
- baqarבָּקַרto examine with discriminating attention: to look someone or something over closely enough to sort, weigh, or tell one thing from another
- barבַּרsifted clean: someone or something so refined of all that does not belong that it stands out as pure, sincere, choice, or shining
- bosmatבָּשְׂמַתBasemathnot studied yet
- be'erotבְּאֵרוֹתBeerothnot studied yet
- bevayבֵּבַיBebainot studied yet
- bigvayבִּגְוַיBigvainot studied yet
- bedilבְּדִילtin: a cheap metal worth trading because bronze cannot be made without it, and so a stock image for what a refiner burns out of silver
- betsahבֵּיצָהeggnot studied yet
- bet ha'aravahבֵּית הָעֲרָבָהBeth-arabahnot studied yet
- bet ḥoglahבֵּית חׇגְלָהBeth-hoglahnot studied yet
- bet anatבֵּית־עֲנָתBeth-anathnot studied yet
- bekhirahבְּכִירָהfirstbornnot studied yet
- bene ya'aqanבְּנֵי יַעֲקָןBene-jaakannot studied yet
- be'irבְּעִירcattlenot studied yet
- ba'al gadבַּעַל גָּדBaal-gadnot studied yet
- ba'alahבַּעֲלָהBaalahnot studied yet
- ba'al tsephonבַּעַל צְפוֹןBaal-zephonnot studied yet
- barahבָּרָהto eatnot studied yet
- besvorahבְּשֹׂרָהgood news: the report a messenger carries, the kind of word a runner is sent to deliver
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- the reward paid to a messenger for bringing good news: a runner's fee
- be'erotiבְּאֵרֹתִיBeerothitenot studied yet
- baḥurimבַּחֻרִיםBahurimnot studied yet
- bekherבֶּכֶרBechernot studied yet
- bildadבִּלְדַּדBildadnot studied yet
- balehבָּלֶהoldnot studied yet
- ba'ahבָּעָהto enquirenot studied yet
- ba'arבַּעַרstupidnot studied yet
- batseqבָּצֵקdoughnot studied yet
- betserבֶּצֶרBezernot studied yet
- buqqiבֻּקִּיBukkinot studied yet
- borבֹּרcleannessnot studied yet
- borבֹּארcisternnot studied yet
- behalahבֶּהָלָהdismaynot studied yet
- bushahבּוּשָׁהshamenot studied yet
- batahבָּטָהto speak rashlynot studied yet
- bet barahבֵּית בָּרָהBeth-barahnot studied yet
- bet-dagonבֵּית־דָּגוֹןBeth-dagonnot studied yet
- bet hakkeremבֵּית הַכֶּרֶםBeth-haccheremnot studied yet
- bet hammarkavotבֵּית מַרְכָּבוֹתBeth-marcabothnot studied yet
- bet hashshimshiבֵּית־הַשִּׁמְשִׁיBethshemitenot studied yet
- bet nimrahבֵּית נִמְרָהBeth-nimrahnot studied yet
- bet eqedבֵּית־עֵקֶדBeth-ekednot studied yet
- bet peletבֵּית פָּלֶטBeth-peletnot studied yet
- bet reḥovבֵּית־רְחוֹבBeth-rehobnot studied yet
- bakahבָּכָאbalsamnot studied yet
- bikkurahבַּכֻּרוֹתearly fignot studied yet
- bakharבָּכַרto be/bear firstbornnot studied yet
- balagבָּלַגto brighten one's face, to cheer up: to let a sad look lift into a cheerful one
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- to make something flash forth or burst out suddenly: to cause it to break out like a sudden blaze
- bilhanבִּלְהָןBilhannot studied yet
- bamotבָּמוֹתBamothnot studied yet
- boserבֹּסֶרunripe grapenot studied yet
- ba'al beritבַּעַל בְּרִיתBaal-berithnot studied yet
- ba'alahבַּעֲלָהmistressnot studied yet
- ba'al ḥermonבַּעַל חֶרְמוֹן(Mount) Baal-hermonnot studied yet
- barodבָּרֹדspottednot studied yet
- bari'aḥבָּרִיחַfleeingnot studied yet
- ba'arבָּאַרto make plainnot studied yet
- be'oshבְּאֹשׁstenchnot studied yet
- badadבָּדַדto be alone: to stand apart from one's own kind, whether left solitary or broken away from the group