Hebrew words starting with zayin
161 words in the Bible begin with zayin (ז), listed most frequent first. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- zehזֶהthisnot studied yet
- zotזֹאתthisnot studied yet
- zahavזָהָבgold: the bright, heavy metal that does not tarnish, and the wealth and worth measured by it
- zakharזָכַרto remember in a way that leads to action: to keep a person, a promise, or a duty so firmly in mind that it is acted on, spoken aloud, or formally honored
- zeraזֶרַעoffspring: the descendants a person leaves behind, held together as one ongoing line rather than counted as separate children.
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- seed: what a plant produces to reproduce itself, together with the sowing of it and the crop it yields.
- semen: the male emission from which a child is conceived.
- zaqenזָקֵןold: advanced in years, and so a senior whose age commands respect or authority
- zevaḥזֶבַחa sacrifice: an animal killed as an offering to God whose meat is then eaten in a shared meal of worship
- zavaḥזָבַחto slaughter an animal as an offering to a god; to sacrifice.
- zanahזָנָהto be sexually unfaithful: to have sex outside marriage or to be a prostitute, and by extension to betray God the way an unfaithful wife betrays her husband
- zero'aזְרוֹעַthe arm of a person or creature, the limb from shoulder to hand
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- the shoulder or foreleg of an animal given as a priestly portion
- strength or power, pictured as the arm that wields it; often military or political might
- the arm of the LORD: God's own power, especially to rescue and to judge
- zakharזָכָרmale: of the male sex, as opposed to female, whether of people or of animals
- zurזוּרto be an outsider: to stand on the wrong side of a line that matters here, whether a circle, a household, a nation, the covenant, or holy space
- za'aqזָעַקto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent shout wrung out by distress, danger, grief, or wrong
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- to call out so as to summon: to muster troops or rally people by a public call
- zaraזָרַעto sow: to scatter seed on prepared ground so that a crop will grow
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- to yield or produce seed, and so for a woman to conceive
- zevulunזְבוּלֻןZebulun: the sixth and last son Leah bore to Jacob, whose name says something like "prince" or "exalted one", along with the tribe descended from him and its inland stretch of Galilee
- zamarזָמַרto make music in praise of God, whether by singing or by playing an instrument.
- zekharyahזְכַרְיָהוּZechariahnot studied yet
- zuvזוּבto flow: to stream or gush out, said of any liquid pouring forth
- zarahזָרָהto throw something loose into the air so it spreads out: to winnow grain, and by extension to scatter people or strew objects far and wide
- zayitזַיִתolive: the olive tree and its fruit, one of the staple cultivated plants of the biblical world
- zaraqזָרַקto throw a substance so it scatters as it lands: to dash liquid against something, or fling dust, ashes, or seed through the air
- zimmahזִמָּהa scheme: a purpose someone deliberately works out, most often an evil plot
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- depravity: deliberate, shameless wickedness, most often sexual immorality
- zaqenזָקֵןto grow old: to advance in years and become aged
- zikhronזִכָּרוֹןa memorial: something set up or kept so that a person, event, or obligation is not forgotten
- zekherזֵכֶרremembrance: the memory, name, and renown that keep a person or thing present after they are gone
- zaharזָהַרto shine, to give off light or gleam brightly
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- to warn: to alert someone to a danger or a duty so they can act on it, and so also to instruct them or to take the warning to heart
- za'amזַעַםburning indignation: fierce anger that condemns its object, almost always God's, poured out in judgment.
- zerubbavelזְרֻבָּבֶלZerubbabelnot studied yet
- zeraḥזֶרַחZerahnot studied yet
- zanaḥזָנַחto reject: to cast off decisively, refusing to keep or accept
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- to become foul: (of standing water) to grow stagnant and rancid
- zaqanזָקָןthe beard: the hair on a man's chin and jaw, treated in the Bible as the public sign of his standing as a grown, free man.
- ze'aqahזְעָקָהa loud outcry: the piercing cry that pain, terror, or wrong forces out of a person, aimed at someone who can help
- zaraḥזָרַחto rise and shine forth: to break over the horizon and give light, as the sun does at dawn
- zulahזוּלָהexcept, besides: marking the one person or thing left out of what is said about all the rest
- zuזוּthisnot studied yet
- zimriזִמְרִיZimrinot studied yet
- zedזֵדa person whose pride has crossed into open defiance of God, treating his word, his messengers, or his people as something they can safely ignore
- zovזוֹבa discharge: fluid flowing from a person's sexual organs, the kind of flow that makes that person ceremonially unclean
- zamamזָמַםto settle the mind on a course of action and mean to carry it out: to purpose, resolve, deliberately intend.
- zevaḥזֶבַחZebah: one of the two Midianite kings Gideon chased down and put to death
- zikhriזִכְרִיZichrinot studied yet
- zanunזְנוּנִיםfaithless sexual conduct treated as a settled condition: harlotry used literally once, and far more often as a picture of breaking faith with God
- za'amזָעַםto condemn in anger: to burn with indignation against someone, and to voice that anger as a denunciation or curse.
- zadonזָדוֹןarrogant presumption: a deliberate, defiant overstepping of a boundary set by God or rightful authority, done knowingly and with contempt
- zohזֹהthisnot studied yet
- zakhזַךְpure in the sense of unmixed: containing nothing foreign, spoiling, or blameworthy
- zanavזָנָבa tail: the hindmost part of an animal, and so the trailing end or the lowest place of anything
- zudזִידto act presumptuously: to knowingly step past a limit God or lawful authority has set, and to do it with contempt
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- to boil: to cook something in a pot over heat
- ziphזִיףZiphnot studied yet
- zakkurזַכּוּרZaccurnot studied yet
- zerזֵרa molding: the narrow raised band of gold running around the edge of a piece of tabernacle furniture
- zevadyahזְבַדְיָהוּZebadiahnot studied yet
- zenutזְנוּתpromiscuous sexual immorality, used above all as a picture of unfaithfulness to God
- zeremזֶרֶםa driving rainstorm: a violent, flooding downpour of rain
- zavadזָבָדZabadnot studied yet
- zakhahזָכָהto be clear of guilt when the question is put, or to keep a heart or a life clear of it
- zalalזָלַלto treat what is precious as cheap: to squander it, or to be counted worthless
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- to quake or tremble, said of mountains shaking at God's coming
- ze'evזְאֵבwolf: the wild pack hunter of the region, the animal a shepherd feared most because it carries off sheep
- ziqahזֵקchains: the metal restraints put on a prisoner or a captive
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- burning missiles: flaming shafts or brands that a person shoots or carries
- zilpahזִלְפָּהZilpahnot studied yet
- za'avahזַעֲוָהshuddering horror: the sickened jolt that runs through anyone who looks, and the wrecked people who set it off
- zaqaqזָקַקto refine by drawing off what is impure: to bring gold, silver, wine, or water to a clean state by taking out of it whatever does not belong
- zeretזֶרֶתspannot studied yet
- ze'evזְאֵבZeeb: one of two Midianite commanders caught and killed in the collapse of Midian's army after Gideon's night attack, named with the everyday Hebrew word for a wolf
- zavdiזַבְדִּיZabdinot studied yet
- zevulזְבֻלZebulnot studied yet
- zamirזָמִירsongnot studied yet
- za'aphזַעַףragenot studied yet
- ziqnahזִקְנָהold agenot studied yet
- zarḥiזַרְחִיZerahitenot studied yet
- zevulזְבֻלelevationnot studied yet
- zemorahזְמוֹרָהbranchnot studied yet
- zano'aḥזָנוֹחַZanoahnot studied yet
- ze'erזְעֵירlittlenot studied yet
- za'aphזָעַףto enragenot studied yet
- zeraḥyahזְרַחְיָהZerahiahnot studied yet
- zattuזַתּוּאZattunot studied yet
- zakhurזָכוּרmalenot studied yet
- zakhakhזָכַךְbe cleannot studied yet
- zemanזְמָןa fixed or appointed time: a set date or period decided in advance, rather than time in general
- zimrahזִמְרָהmelodynot studied yet
- zaqunזְקֻנִיםextreme agenot studied yet
- zeredזֶרֶדZerednot studied yet
- zereshזֶרֶשׁZereshnot studied yet
- zevuloniזְבוּלֹנִיZebulunitenot studied yet
- zu'aזוּעַto tremblenot studied yet
- zurזוּרto crushnot studied yet
- zaḥalזָחַלto crawlnot studied yet
- zizזִיזcreaturenot studied yet
- ziphiזִיפִיZiphitenot studied yet
- zakkayזַכַּיZaccainot studied yet
- zalaphahזַלְעָפָהscorchingnot studied yet
- zimmahזִמָּהZimmahnot studied yet
- zamanזָמַןto appointnot studied yet
- zamarזָמַרto prunenot studied yet
- zimratזִמְרָתsongnot studied yet
- zanזַןkindnot studied yet
- zephetזֶפֶתpitchnot studied yet
- zavdi'elזַבְדִּיאֵלZabdielnot studied yet
- zevuvזְבוּבflynot studied yet
- zoharזֹהַרbrightnessnot studied yet
- zoזוֹthisnot studied yet
- zivזִוZivnot studied yet
- zavitזָוִיתcornernot studied yet
- zulזוּלto lavish/despisenot studied yet
- zaḥaḥזָחַחto removenot studied yet
- zizaזִיזָאZizanot studied yet
- zizahזִיזָהZizahnot studied yet
- zimranזִמְרָןZimrannot studied yet
- zanavזָנַבto cut off the tailnot studied yet
- za'avanזַעֲוָןZaavannot studied yet
- za'ephזָעֵףvexednot studied yet
- zaqaphזָקַףto raisenot studied yet
- zeru'aזֵרוּעַsowingnot studied yet
- zaramזָרַםto floodnot studied yet
- zirmahזִרְמָהdischargenot studied yet
- zero'aזֵרֹעַfood grown from seed: the plain plant diet (vegetables and grains) Daniel asked for in place of the king's rich food
- zetamזֵתָםZethamnot studied yet
- zavadזָבַדto endownot studied yet
- zevedזֶבֶדdowrynot studied yet
- zavudזָבוּדZabudnot studied yet
- zabbayזַבַּיZabbainot studied yet
- zevidahזְבוּדָהZebidahnot studied yet
- zevinaזְבִינָאZebinanot studied yet
- zavalזָבַלto honournot studied yet
- zagזָגskinnot studied yet
- zahamזָהַםto loathenot studied yet
- zahamזָהַםZahamnot studied yet
- zuzimזוּזִיםZuzimnot studied yet
- zoḥetזוֹחֵתZohethnot studied yet
- zunזוּןto feednot studied yet
- zeva'ahזְוָעָהtremblingnot studied yet
- zurehזוּרֶהcrushednot studied yet
- zazaזָזָאZazanot studied yet
- zoḥeletזֹחֶלֶתSerpent'snot studied yet
- zedonזֵידוֹןragingnot studied yet
- zi'aזִיעַZianot studied yet
- ziphahזִיפָהZiphahnot studied yet
- zetanזֵיתָןZethannot studied yet
- zekhukhitזְכוּכִיתglassnot studied yet
- zekherזֶכֶרZechernot studied yet
- zullutזֻלּוּתvilenessnot studied yet
- zalzalזַלְזַלtendrilnot studied yet
- zamzomזַמְזֻמִּיםZamzumminnot studied yet
- zamirזָמִירbranchnot studied yet
- zemirahזְמִירָהZemirahnot studied yet
- zamamזָמָםplannot studied yet
- zemerזֶמֶרmountain goatnot studied yet
- zimrahזִמְרָהbestnot studied yet
- zanaqזָנַקto leapnot studied yet
- ze'ahזֵעָהsweatnot studied yet
- za'akhזָעַךְto extinguishnot studied yet
- ziphronזִפְרֹןZiphronnot studied yet
- zoqenזֹקֶןold agenot studied yet
- zaraזָרָאloathsomenot studied yet
- zaravזָרַבto burnnot studied yet
- zarziphזַרְזִיףdripnot studied yet
- zarzirזַרְזִירgreyhoundnot studied yet
- zeraḥזֶרַחdawningnot studied yet
- zararזָרַרto sneezenot studied yet
- zetarזֵתַרZetharnot studied yet