Hebrew words starting with qof
278 words in the Bible begin with qof (ק), 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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- qaraקָרָאto raise the voice toward someone: to call, summon, invoke, name, proclaim, or read aloud
- qumקוּםto rise up, stand, and stay standing, and to raise up or make something stand, the whole arc from getting to one's feet to bringing a covenant or kingdom into lasting force
- qolקוֹלa sound that reaches the ear: most often a voice, but also any noise a thing makes, and the words a voice carries.
- qodeshקֹדֶשׁholiness: belonging to God, and so claimed by him and kept apart from ordinary use
- qaravקָרַבto come near, or to bring near: to close the distance to someone or something, and in worship to present an offering before God
- qerevקֶרֶבthe inside of something: its interior, whether a body's organs, a person's hidden self, or the space within a group or place
- qadashקָדַשׁto be set apart from ordinary use and brought into the sphere of the holy: to be holy, to make holy, to treat as holy
- qaraקָרָאto come up against someone or something: to meet, to confront, or (of an event) to befall
- qavarקָבַרto bury: to lay a dead body in the ground or a tomb
- qavatsקָבַץto gather: to bring scattered people or things together into one place
- qahalקָהָלan assembly: a body of people called together and gathered into one group
- qadoshקָדוֹשׁholy: belonging to God and so set within his realm rather than ordinary life
- qatarקָטַרto send an offering up in smoke on an altar: to burn a sacrifice or incense so it rises to a god
- qatanקָטָןsmall or lesser in comparison to something else, whether in physical size, age, or social standing
- qatsehקָצֶהthe end, edge, or outer limit of something: the point in space where a thing stops
- qedemקֶדֶםeast, or what lies in front: the direction of the sunrise, the eastern side of a place, and the lands and peoples that way
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- ancient time: the remote past, the days of old, the earliest times reaching back to the world's beginning
- qanahקָנָהto come into possession of something: to buy it, or otherwise get and hold it as your own
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- to bring into being: to create, form, or father, used of God making the world and a person and of bringing a child to birth
- qalalקָלַלto be light in weight, and so to be swift, to die down, or to count for little
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- to make something lighter: to ease a burden, or to lower a person's standing
- to declare someone worthless: to revile, or to curse
- to shake something to and fro, and so to work an edge onto a blade
- qorbanקׇרְבָּןan offering: anything a worshiper brings near and presents to God as a gift
- qarovקָרֹבnear: close by, whether in space, in time, in family, or in relationship
- qerenקֶרֶןhorn: an animal's horn, and by extension anything that projects outward as a sign of strength, from altar corners and oil flasks to kings, hilltops, and rays of light
- qeshetקֶשֶׁתa bow: the handheld weapon that shoots arrows, used in war and hunting
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- the bow as a picture of fighting strength, the power that war is won or lost by
- the rainbow: the arc of color God set in the clouds as the sign of his covenant
- arrow: in the phrase "son of the bow," a poetic name for the bow's missile
- qirקִירwall: the upright side of a building, room, or object
- qadimקָדִיםthe east wind: the hot, dry, violent wind that blows in off the desert and withers or destroys whatever it touches
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- the east: the eastern direction, side, or border of a place
- qeverקֶבֶרa grave: the place where a dead body is laid to rest
- qetsקֵץthe end: the point at which something stops, whether a stretch of time runs out, a quantity reaches its limit, or a decreed reckoning finally arrives
- qaraקָרַעto tear: to rip something apart, most often clothing torn as an outburst of grief or shock
- qanehקָנֶהa reed or stalk: the tall, hollow, jointed plant that grows in water, and any single cane-like stem.
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- a measuring rod: a fixed-length reed used as a surveyor's measuring tool, and the length itself as a unit.
- the shaft and branches of the golden lampstand in the tabernacle.
- the upper arm bone, the long bone running from shoulder to elbow.
- qetoretקְטֹרֶתincense: the sweet fragrant smoke of a burning offering, especially the sacred spice blend burned to God in worship
- qatsirקָצִירharvest: the reaping of a ripened crop, the season when it happens, or the crop itself
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- a green shoot or branch: the new growth a plant or tree sends out
- qereshקֶרֶשׁa board: a flat, upright plank of worked wood
- qavahקָוָהto wait, to hope, to look expectantly for someone or something: a tense, leaning-forward expectation, most often directed toward God.
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- to be gathered together, to collect into one place: said of waters drawn together, and of peoples drawn together to a center.
- qatsarקָצַרto reap, to harvest: to cut down standing grain at harvest time.
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- to be short, to be shortened: cut down in length, in time, or in patience and power.
- qashavקָשַׁבto pay close attention: to turn the ear toward someone and take in what they say
- qomahקוֹמָהheight: how tall something stands, measured straight up from the ground
- qasharקָשַׁרto tie one thing to another, and so to fasten a person's loyalty, learning, or love just as firmly
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- to conspire: to bind oneself together with others in a sworn plot, usually to seize a throne or break a treaty
- qinahקִנְאָהa burning, possessive intensity of feeling stirred when something one claims as one's own is threatened, rivaled, or surpassed
- qahalקָהַלto assemble: to gather people into one crowd, or to call them together into one.
- qiryat ye'arimקִרְיַת יְעָרִיםKiriath-jearimnot studied yet
- qoraḥקֹרַחKorahnot studied yet
- qashehקָשֶׁהhard in the sense of unyielding: a burden that will not let up, a manner that gives no ground, or a person who will not bend
- qatsahקָצָהthe end or outer edge of something: its farthest point, rim, or border
- qanaקָנָאto burn with feeling over an exclusive claim: to be jealous, zealous, or envious depending on whether the claim is rightful and how it is expressed
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- to provoke someone to jealousy: to stir up another's jealous anger, used of Israel goading God with rival worship
- qatsaphקָצַףto be angry: to flare up in wrath, usually with the intent to punish
- qelalahקְלָלָהa curse: words that call down harm, the doom they bring, and the disgrace of becoming a byword
- qehatקְהָתKohathnot studied yet
- qetsephקֶצֶףwrath that breaks out: fierce anger, nearly always God's, that bursts forth and lands on people because of a particular wrong
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- a snapped-off bit of wood: a twig or chip drifting on the surface of water
- qiryahקִרְיָהa town or city: a settled, inhabited place, named with an elevated, mostly poetic word
- qashahקָשָׁהto be or become hard: too difficult to manage, harsh or heavy in force, or (of the heart and neck) stubbornly unwilling to yield
- qarahקָרָהto meet or befall: for a person or an event to come to someone, whether by design or by chance
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- to lay beams; to roof a building by setting its wooden beams in place
- qadamקָדַםto get out in front of someone or something: to meet or confront them face to face, to go on ahead, or to act ahead of time
- qutsקִיץto wake up: to pass from sleep into wakefulness, or to rouse oneself to act
- qelaקֶלַעa sling: the leather-strap weapon that whirls a stone and hurls it at a target.
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- the hangings: lengths of woven linen hung between posts to fence in the tabernacle courtyard.
- qavקַוa measuring line: the taut cord a builder or surveyor stretches to mark out, size up, or apportion something
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- mocking nonsense syllables ("qav"): the babble drunken leaders throw at the prophet, which God then throws back as the sound of judgment
- a disputed word in Psalm 19:4: possibly the sound the heavens send out across the earth, though the text may instead mean "line" or be a copying slip for "voice"
- qishקִישׁKishnot studied yet
- qadesh barne'aקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַKadesh-barneanot studied yet
- qayitsקַיִץsummer: the hot, rainless half of the year, the season of gathering and storing food
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- summer fruit: the fruit that ripens and is gathered at the end of summer, chiefly figs
- qasamקָסַםto practice divination: to seek out or hand on hidden and future knowledge through mantic technique, rather than through a genuine word from God
- qayinקַיִןCain: the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the farmer who murdered his brother Abel and was sent out to wander under a curse.
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- Cain as the name of the Kenites: the same word used for a roaming desert clan, spoken of as though Cain were the ancestor whose name they bear.
- Kain: a town in the hill country of Judah.
- qadeshקָדֵשׁKadeshnot studied yet
- qinahקִינָהa dirge: a formal, sung poem of grief, mourning the dead, or mourning a doomed nation as if it were already dead
- qe'ilahקְעִילָהKeilahnot studied yet
- qiryat arbaקִרְיַת אַרְבַּעKiriath-arbanot studied yet
- qadarקָדַרto grow dark, and so to go about darkened and gloomy in mourning
- qalonקָלוֹןdisgrace: the public loss of honor and good standing, the opposite of glory
- qe'arahקְעָרָהa large flat serving dish or platter, a vessel of silver or gold used on the sacred table and in temple offerings
- qashקַשׁstubble: the dry, worthless stalks left in a field after harvest, the classic picture of what fire burns up or wind blows away
- qesherקֶשֶׁרa secret plot to seize power: a treasonous scheme, most often to kill or dethrone a reigning king
- qadadקָדַדto bow down: to bend the head and body low toward the ground as an act of reverence before God or a superior.
- qohatiקְהָתִיKohathitenot studied yet
- qavavקָבַבto curse: to pronounce a solemn, binding curse of harm against a person
- qevurahקְבֻרָהthe burying of a dead body, and the grave or ground where the body is laid
- qemaḥקֶמַחflour: grain ground down at the mill, the ordinary everyday grade a household bakes with rather than the finest sifted kind
- qatsatsקָצַץto cut off: to sever or chop a physical thing clean away, whether a limb, a piece of metal, or a cord
- qare'aḥקָרֵחַKareahnot studied yet
- qavalקָבַלto receive: to take into your hands, or onto yourself, what is handed over or set before you
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- to be set facing and matching each other, so that the two line up and can be joined
- qalקַלfast-moving: swift, fleet, able to cover ground in a hurry
- qenקֵןa nest: the sheltered spot a bird builds to lay its eggs and raise its young, and by extension a snug dwelling a person, clan, or nation makes its own
- qedarקֵדָרKedarnot studied yet
- qedeshקֶדֶשׁKedeshnot studied yet
- qotsקוֹץa thorn plant: any low, spiny weed of the sort that pierces bare skin and takes over unworked ground, named generally rather than by species
- qeniקֵינִיKenitenot studied yet
- qatsinקָצִיןcommander: the person put in charge of a group, whose decision settles what it does
- qarevקָרֵבcoming near: said of someone in the act of approaching, rather than someone who is already close by
- qodqodקׇדְקֹדthe crown of the head: the very top of the head, the highest point of a person's body.
- qidronקִדְרוֹןKidronnot studied yet
- qenazקְנַזKenaznot studied yet
- qesemקֶסֶםdivination: the attempt to obtain hidden or future knowledge by working a ritual procedure, and the answer such a procedure delivers
- qorḥahקׇרְחָהa bald patch on the head: hair shaved or torn away as a public sign of grief.
- qivrot hatta'avahקִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָהKibroth-hattaavahnot studied yet
- qadmoniקַדְמֹנִיeastern: on the side toward the sunrise, used above all of the east gate and of the eastern sea
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- former or ancient: belonging to the distant past, and so also the people who lived long ago
- qir ḥeresקִיר חֶרֶשׂKir-haresethnot studied yet
- qamahקָמָהstanding grain: a cereal crop grown to full height and still rooted in the field, not yet cut.
- qinyanקִנְיָןwhat someone has gotten hold of: acquired property, goods and wealth, and now and then the getting of it.
- qiryat sannahקִרְיַת־סֵפֶרKiriath-sannahnot studied yet
- qeresקֶרֶסa clasp: one of the metal fasteners that joined the tabernacle's curtain panels into a single covering
- qutsקוּץto be sick of someone or something: to feel a revulsion built up past the point of bearing it, whether it comes out as disgust or as dread
- qeravקְרָבbattle: the clash of armed fighting itself, whether between armies or aimed at a single person
- qadmi'elקַדְמִיאֵלKadmielnot studied yet
- qoקִיאto vomit: to bring back up and throw out what has been swallowed
- qunקִינֵןto chant a funeral dirge: to perform the composed song of grief over the dead, or over a nation mourned as though it were already dead
- qorḥiקׇרְחִיKorahitenot studied yet
- qarqaקַרְקַעthe floor: the flat lowest surface of a bounded space, whether a building's floor or the bed of the sea
- qasqesetקַשְׂקֶשֶׂתa scale: one of the small hard plates that overlap to cover a fish or a river beast, and the same shape in metal on a soldier's armored coat.
- qashashקָשַׁשׁto gather up what lies scattered, piece by piece: sticks, straw, or stubble picked off the ground, and once, a people told to gather itself.
- qoheletקֹהֶלֶתQoheleth: the title of the sage who speaks in Ecclesiastes, meaning roughly "one who has to do with an assembly"
- qalaקָלַעto sling: to send a stone flying from a sling, and so to fling a person away with that same force.
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- to carve: to cut figures into wood so that they stand out from the flat surface.
- qaphatsקָפַץto shut something tight, especially a hand or a mouth, so that nothing comes out of it.
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- to bound: to spring lightly across rough ground.
- qetsatקְצָתendnot studied yet
- qeraḥקֶרַחice: water frozen solid, the freezing cold that hardens it, and the clear gleam of a frozen surface
- qeriקְרִיhostile defiance: the crosswise stance of opposition that one party in a binding agreement takes toward the other, and that the other can take right back
- qiryatayimקִרְיָתַיִםKiriathaimnot studied yet
- qavaקָבַעto robnot studied yet
- qadmahקַדְמָהformernot studied yet
- qadeshקָדֵשׁmale cult prostitutenot studied yet
- qutקוּטto loathnot studied yet
- qurקוּרto dignot studied yet
- qenanקֵינָןKenan (Cainan in older English Bibles): a man's name most likely meaning "smith" or "metalworker", borne by the son of Enosh and father of Mahalalel, fourth in the line from Adam to Noah
- qishonקִישׁוֹןKishonnot studied yet
- qalahקָלָהto dishonornot studied yet
- qaliקָלִיroastednot studied yet
- qannaקַנָּאjealous: of God alone, fiercely unwilling to share his people's worship and devotion with any rival
- qa'atקָאַתpelicannot studied yet
- qadaḥקָדַחto kindlenot studied yet
- qedeshahקְדֵשָׁהa consecrated woman: a woman set apart for the service of a god at a shrine, a title the Bible also uses of a woman taken for a prostitute
- qorahקוֹרָהa roof beam: the heavy horizontal timber laid across the walls of a building to carry its roof or ceiling, and by extension the roof itself
- qataphקָטַףto plucknot studied yet
- qiqavonקִיקָיוֹןa broad-leaved bush that shoots up fast and casts shade, most likely the castor-oil plant
- qirקִירKirnot studied yet
- qananקִנֵּןto make a nestnot studied yet
- qatsahקָצָהto cut offnot studied yet
- qatserקָצֵרshortnot studied yet
- qardomקַרְדֹּםaxenot studied yet
- qarahקָרָהcoldnot studied yet
- qaraḥקָרַחto make bald: to leave a head stripped of its hair, usually by shaving or tearing the hair out as a public sign of grief.
- qaratsקָרַץto winknot studied yet
- qeretקֶרֶתtownnot studied yet
- qashshuvקַשֻּׁבattentivenot studied yet
- qiקִיאvomit: what a person or an animal has thrown up
- qidmahקִדְמָהeastnot studied yet
- qedemotקְדֵמוֹתKedemothnot studied yet
- qahahקָהָהbe bluntnot studied yet
- qav-qavקַוְקָוmightnot studied yet
- qeturahקְטוּרָהKeturahnot studied yet
- qatonקָטֹןbe smallnot studied yet
- qitorקִיטוֹרsmokenot studied yet
- qitsonקִיצוֹןoutermostnot studied yet
- qalahקָלָהto roastnot studied yet
- qalasקָלַסto mocknot studied yet
- qometsקֹמֶץhandfulnot studied yet
- qenizziקְנִזִּיKenizzitenot studied yet
- qapahקָפָאto congealnot studied yet
- qaraḥatקָרַחַתbaldnessnot studied yet
- qeriyyotקְרִיּוֹתKeriothnot studied yet
- qiryat ba'alקִרְיַת בַּעַלKiriath-baalnot studied yet
- qaranקָרַןto shinenot studied yet
- qeraקֶרַעragsnot studied yet
- qeshevקֶשֶׁבattentivenessnot studied yet
- qasahקַשְׂוָהjugnot studied yet
- qavtse'elקַבְצְאֵלKabzeelnot studied yet
- qoreקוֹרֵאKorenot studied yet
- qetevקֶטֶבdestructionnot studied yet
- qatalקָטַלto kill: a rare poetic word for putting a person to death
- qelitaקְלִיטָאKelitanot studied yet
- qelesקֶלֶסderisionnot studied yet
- qemu'elקְמוּאֵלKemuelnot studied yet
- qamatsקָמַץto graspnot studied yet
- qanahקָנָהthe Brook Kanah: a ravine and seasonal stream in the central hill country that helped mark the border between the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh
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- Kanah: a town in the northern territory of the tribe of Asher, lying toward the region of Sidon
- qinnamonקִנָּמוֹןcinnamonnot studied yet
- qesetקֶסֶתpotnot studied yet
- qippodקִפֹּדporcupinenot studied yet
- qetsevקֶצֶבshapenot studied yet
- qetsevקָצוּboundarynot studied yet
- qetsaḥקֶצַחdillnot studied yet
- qere'aḥקֵרֵחַbaldnot studied yet
- qesitahקְשִׂיטָהcoinnot studied yet
- qubba'atקֻבַּעַתdregnot studied yet
- qiddahקִדָּהcassianot studied yet
- qaddaḥatקַדַּחַתfevernot studied yet
- qedemahקֵדְמָהKedemahnot studied yet
- qehillahקְהִלָּהassemblynot studied yet
- qehelatahקְהֵלָתָהKehelathahnot studied yet
- qovaקוֹבַעhelmetnot studied yet
- qolayahקוֹלָיָהKolaiahnot studied yet
- qophקוֹףapenot studied yet
- qevutstsahקְוֻצּוֹתlocknot studied yet
- qurקוּרwebnot studied yet
- qotenקְטֹןlittle fingernot studied yet
- qerosקֵרֹסKerosnot studied yet
- qallaḥatקַלַּחַתcaldronnot studied yet
- qalalקָלָלburnishednot studied yet
- qimmoshקִמּוֹשׂnettlenot studied yet
- qamatקָמַטto seizenot studied yet
- qamalקָמֵלto decaynot studied yet
- qannoקַנּוֹאjealousnot studied yet
- qenatקְנָתKenathnot studied yet
- qatsavקָצַבto cut off: to sever a piece cleanly away with a blade, whether a stick from a tree or the wool from a sheep
- qatsaקָצַעto scrapenot studied yet
- qarקַרcoolnot studied yet
- qoreקֹרֵאpartridgenot studied yet