Words the Bible translates as lead
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 16 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- halakhהָלַךְto go or walk: to move along on foot, and by extension to live a life headed in a particular direction.
- pherōφέρωto bear: to carry someone or something to where it is going, in any sense from lifting a load to producing fruit to enduring a burden
- agōἄγωto lead or bring: to cause a person or thing to move from one place to another, going along with them
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- to be led or driven: to be guided, carried along, or controlled by an inward or unseen power
- let us go: to set off or move along, with no one being led but the speakers themselves
- to keep or reckon (of time): to observe a day, or of a period of time, to be counted as passing
- anagōἀνάγωto bring or lead someone or something up, from a lower place to a higher one
- eispherōεἰσφέρωto carry in: to bring a person or thing from outside to inside, or to put someone into a situation
- darakhדָּרַךְto tread: to press down on something with the foot, whether to walk over it, crush it, or bend it
- naḥahנָחָהto lead or guide someone along a way toward a destination.
- 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
- nahagנָהַגto drive or lead: to set someone or something in motion and keep it moving toward where you want it to go
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- to moan or wail: to make a low sound of grief, like a mourner
- yavalיָבַלto lead, conduct, or carry someone or something to a destination, often in solemn or ceremonial procession
- proistēmiπροΐστημιto be in charge of something and look after it: to lead, to manage, to take the lead in
- asharאָשַׁרto go straight ahead on a path, or to lead and direct others along one
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- to call someone happy, to publicly declare a person fortunate or blessed
- nahalנָהַלto lead those who cannot lead themselves: to conduct, guide, and provide for the dependent
- opheretעֹפֶרֶתlead: the soft, heavy, dull gray metal, the cheapest of the common metals and valued almost entirely for its weight
- anakhאֲנָךְa rare loanword for a metal, most likely tin, held up in Amos's vision as God's measure of Israel on the eve of judgment; long rendered "plumb line".
- shasahשִׁשֵּׁאto leadnot studied yet
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