Words the Bible translates as again
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shuvשׁוּבto turn back: to reverse a movement and retrace the way already taken, whether going home, sending something back, or turning toward or away from God
- odעוֹדstill, yet, again: a small word that marks something as continuing, repeating, or being added on
- deuterosδεύτεροςsecond: next after the first in order, rank, or time
- 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
- yasaphיָסַףto add: to join more onto what is already there, and so to increase it or do it once again
- sheniשֵׁנִיsecond: the one that comes next after the first in a sequence, in time, or in rank
- anablepōἀναβλέπωto look up: to lift the eyes and turn one's gaze upward
+1 more meaning
- to receive sight: for a blind person to come to see
- anōthenἄνωθενagain: over again, starting afresh from the top
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- from above: from a higher place, and so from heaven or from God
- from the beginning: from far back in time, from the start of a matter
- shanahשָׁנָהto do a second time: to repeat an act or a word, or to do it again
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- to change: to make or become different, or to stand apart from others as unlike them
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