King’s English
A glossary of terms used in the King James Bible
A
abase – humiliate or degrade someone (9x: Job 40:11; Isa. 31:4; Ezek. 21:26; Dan. 4:37; Matt. 23:12; Luke 14:11; 18:14; 2 Cor. 11:7; Phm. 4:12)
abate – subside or decrease (6x: Gen. 8:3,8,11; Lev. 27:18; Deut. 34:7; Judg. 8:3)
abhor – hate intensely, be disgusted with (43x)
abide – to live or dwell someplace, to remain (198x)
abjects – (verbal) assailants (Ps. 35:15)
abode – past tense of abide
abominable – see abomination (23x)
abominably – see abomination (1 Kings 21:26)
abomination – something that causes disgust or hatred (152x)
abroad – outside the house, out of the camp (19x); far and wide (61x)
acceptation – acceptance (1 Tim. 1:15; 4:9)
accursed – under a curse (4x: Rom. 9:3; 1 Cor. 12:3; Gal. 1:8–9)
adamant – a very hard mineral (Ezek. 3:9; Zech. 7:12)
adjure – solemnly urge someone to do something (7x: Josh. 6:26; 1 Sam. 14:24; 1 Kings 22:16; 2 Chron. 18:15; Matt. 26:63; Mark 5:7; Acts 19:13)
admonish – warn or reprimand someone strongly (9x: Eccl. 4:13; 12:12; Jer. 42:19; Acts 27:9; Rom. 15:14; Col. 3:16; 1 Thess. 5:12; 2 Thess. 3:15; Heb. 8:5)
ado – fuss, trouble (Mark 5:39)
adventure – venture, risk (3x: Deut. 28:56; Judg. 9:17; Acts 19:31)
advertise – inform or warn someone about something (Num. 24:14; Ruth 4:4)
advisement – careful consideration (1 Chron. 12:19)
advocate – someone who pleads on another’s behalf (1 John 2:1)
affinity – political alliance through marriage (3x: 1 Kings 3:1; 2 Chron. 18:1; Ezra 9:14)
afflictions – causes of suffering; cases of suffering (13x)
affording – supplying (Ps. 144:13)
affright – frighten (10x)
afoot – on foot (not travelling by horseback or boat) (Mark 6:33; Acts 20:13)
afore, aforetime, aforehand – before (15x)
afresh – again but in a different way (Heb. 6:6)
agone – ago (1 Sam. 30:13)
ague – illness involving fever (Lev. 26:16)
alamoth – a musical instruction, perhaps calling for falsetto or female voices (1 Chron. 15:20; Ps. 46)
albeit – although (Ezek. 13:7; Phm. 1:19)
algum – a type of tree (3x: 2 Chron. 2:8; 9:10–11)
all to – altogether, totally (Judg. 9:53)
allege – affirm on oath (Acts 17:3)
alleluia – the Greek (NT) equivalent of Hallelujah, “Praise ye the Lord” (4x: Rev. 19:1,3–4,6)
allow – approve, sanction (5x: Luke 11:48; Acts 24:15; Rom. 7:15; 14:22; 1 Thess. 2:4)
alms – a benevolent gift for poor people (13x)
almug – a type of tree (3x: 1 Kings 10:11–12)
aloes – a type of tree with fragrant resin (5x: Num. 24:6; Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17; SS. 4:14; John 19:39)
aloof – distant and unfriendly (Ps. 38:11)
Alpha – first letter of the Greek alphabet; symbolically, the first (4x: Rev. 1:8,11; 21:6; 22:13); cp. Omega
alway – always (23x)
amazed – terrified, appalled (6x: Exod. 15:15; Judg. 20:41; Job 32:15; Isa. 13:8; Ezek. 32:10; 1 Pet. 3:6); surprised, astonished (17x)
ambassage – diplomatic delegation (Luke 14:32)
ambushment – ambush (2 Chron. 13:13; 20:22)
amen – exclamation affirming truth (78x)
amerce – to fine (Deut. 22:19)
amiable – pleasant (Ps. 84:1)
amiss – wrong, inappropriate (4x: 2 Chron. 6:37; Dan. 3:29; Luke 23:41; James 4:3)
amongst – among (Gen. 3:8; 23:9)
anathema – curse effecting excommunication (1 Cor. 16:22)
angle – fishhook (Isa. 19:8; Hab. 1:15)
anon – soon, immediately (Matt. 13:20; Mark 1:30)
answerable – corresponding (Exod. 38:18)
apace – swiftly (3x: 2 Sam. 18:25; Ps. 68:12; Jer. 46:5)
apothecary – one who mixes medicines and perfumes (6x: Exod. 30:25,35; 37:29; 2 Chron. 16:14; Neh. 3:8; Eccl. 10:1)
apparel – clothing (30x)
apparently – openly, clearly (Num. 12:8)
apron – protective piece of clothing (Gen. 3:7; Acts 19:12)
Arcturus – a constellation (Job 9:9; 38:32); cp. Mazzaroth, Orion, Pleiades
Ariel – another name for Jerusalem, meaning either “lioness of God” or “altar hearth” (3x: Isa. 29:1,2,7)
ark – a chest or box, or a boat shaped like one (230x)
armhole – literally, “the joint of the arm/hand”; the armpit or wrist (Jer. 38:12; Ezek. 13:18)
artificer – skilled craftsman (4x: Gen. 4:22; 1 Chron. 29:5; 2 Chron. 34:11; Isa. 3:3)
artillery – weapons, military equipment (1 Sam. 20:40)
asp – small viper (5x: Deut. 32:33; Job 20:14,16; Isa. 11:8; Rom. 3:13)
ass – donkey (150x)
assay – attempt (6x: Deut. 4:34; 1 Sam. 17:39; Job 4:2; Acts 9:26; 16:7; Heb. 11:29)
asswage – assuage, cause to subside (3x: Gen. 8:1; Job 16:5,6)
astonied – astonished (10x: Ezra 9:3–4; Job 17:8; 18:20; Isa. 52:14; Jer. 14:9; Ezek. 4:17; Dan. 3:24; 4:19; 5:9)
astonish – stun, dismay (55x)
asunder – apart, into pieces (21x)
Asuppim – storehouses (1 Chron. 26:15,16)
athirst – thirsty (5x: Judg. 15:18; Ruth 2:9; Matt. 25:44; Rev. 21:6; 22:17); cp. hungred
atonement – reparation, compensation, expiation (82x)
attent – attentive (2 Chron. 6:40; 7:15)
audience – hearing range, earshot; “give audience” = listen (12x)
aul – awl (Exod. 21:6; Deut. 15:17)
avail – benefit (4x: Esther 5:13; Gal. 5:6; 6:15; James 5:16)
avouch – affirm (Deut. 26:17–18)
away with – tolerate, abide (Isa. 1:13); take away (5x: Luke 23:18; John 19:15; Acts 21:36; 22:22)
B
babe – baby (15x)
backbite – talk maliciously (4x: Ps. 15:3; Prov. 25:23; Rom. 1:30; 2 Cor. 12:20)
backslide – relapse into error (17x)
bakemeats – baked food (Gen. 40:17)
baken – baked (9x: Lev. 2:4–5,7; 6:17,21; 7:9; 23:17; 1 Kings 19:6)
balances – a scale (19x)
bald locust – locust of the genus Tryxalis with a long, smooth head (Lev. 11:22)
balm – soothing or healing ointment (6x: Gen. 37:25; 43:11; Jer. 8:22; 46:11; 51:8; Ezek. 27:17)
band – strip of metal or material, fetter (28x); group, troop, gang (37x)
barbarian – foreigner (5x: Acts 28:4; Rom. 1:14; 1 Cor. 14:11; Col. 3:11)
barbarous – foreign (Acts 28:2)
bare – past tense of bear (186x)
barren – unable to produce children (18x); unable to produce crops (2 Kings 2:19,21; Job 39:6; Joel 2:20; 2 Pet. 1:8)
base – pedestal, foundation (26x); lowly, humble (11x)
bason – basin (23x)
bath – Hebrew unit of measure roughly equivalent to 6 gallons (15x)
battlement – parapet on a wall (Deut. 22:8; Jer. 5:10)
beast – non-human animal (337x)
becometh – becomes, turns into (7x: Prov. 10:4; 17:18; Esther 4:14; Matt. 13:22,32; Mark 4:19,32); looks good, is suitable (8x: Ps. 93:5; Prov. 17:7; Matt. 3:15; Rom. 16:2; Eph. 5:3; Php. 1:27; 1 Tim. 2:10; Titus 2:3)
bedchamber – bedroom (6x: Exod. 8:3; 2 Sam. 4:7; 2 Kings 6:12; 11:2; 2 Chron. 22:11; Eccl. 10:20)
bedstead – bed frame (Deut. 3:11)
beeves – cattle raised for sacrifice or eating (7x: Lev. 22:19,21; Num. 31:28,30,33,38,44)
beget – give birth to, sire (264x)
beggarly – bankrupt (Gal. 4:9)
beguile – deceive (8x: Gen. 3:13; 29:25; Num. 25:18; Josh. 9:22; 2 Cor. 11:3; Col. 2:4,18; 2 Pet. 2:14)
behead – decapitate (7x: Deut. 21:6; 2 Sam. 4:7; Matt. 14:10; Mark 6:16,27; Luke 9:9; Rev. 20:4)
behemoth – large animal (Job 40:15)
behold – look, see (1402x); cp. lo
bekah – half-shekel in weight (Exod. 38:26)
Belial – name for the devil meaning “worthlessness” or “wickedness” (17x)
bereave – bring about the loss of a loved one (13x)
beseech – implore, entreat (114x)
beset – surround and threaten (6x: Judg. 19:22; 20:5; Ps. 22:12; 139:5; Hos. 7:2; Heb. 12:1)
besom – broom (Isa. 14:23)
besought – past tense of beseech
bestead – beset, assailed (Isa. 8:21)
bethink – reflect and come to a realization (1 Kings 8:47; 2 Chron. 6:37)
betimes – early, before the usual time (5x: Gen. 26:31; 2 Chron. 36:15; Job 8:5; 24:5; Prov. 13:24)
betroth – formally pledge to marry (13x)
betwixt – between (16x)
bewray – reveal, divulge (4x: Prov. 27:16; 29:24; Isa. 16:3; Matt. 26:73)
bier – conveyance for a coffin (2 Sam. 3:31; Luke 7:14)
billows – waves (Ps. 42:7; Jon. 2:3)
bishop – overseer of a church (5x: Php. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:1–2; Titus 1:7; 1 Pet. 2:25)
bishoprick – office or district of a bishop (Acts 1:20)
bit – mouthpiece used to control a horse (Ps. 32:9; James 3:3)
bittern – marsh bird of the heron family (Isa. 14:23; 34:11; Zeph. 2:14)
blain – inflamed sore, boil (Exod. 9:9,10)
blasphemy – speaking sacrilegiously about God (59x)
bloody flux – dysentery (Acts 28:8)
blot – a stain (Job 31:7; Prov. 9:7)
blot out – cover with a blot, obliterate (19x)
bolled – having seed pods (Exod. 9:31)
bolster – a pillow (6x: 1 Sam. 19:13,16; 26:7,11–12,16)
bondman/bondmaid – slave (27x)
booty – plunder or spoil of war (4x: Num. 31:32; Jer. 49:32; Hab. 2:7; Zeph. 1:13)
in the bosom – on the lap or embraced against the chest (41x)
boss – knob in the center of a shield (Job 15:26)
botch – a boil (Deut. 28:27,35)
bottom – base, lowest point (20x); valley (Zech. 1:8)
bowels – intestines; thought to be the source of inward affection, tender mercy (39x)
box – flask (6x: 2 Kings 9:1,3; Matt. 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37); the boxwood tree (Isa. 41:19; 60:13)
brake – past tense of break
bramble – prickly shrub (4x: Judg. 9:14–15; Isa. 34:13; Luke 6:44)
brasen – brazen, made of bronze or brass (29x)
bravery – splendid appearance (Isa. 3:18)
bray – make a sound like a donkey (Job 6:5; 30:7); pulverize (Prov. 27:22)
breach – break, gap (37x)
breastplate – sacred vestment (15x); military chest protector (6x: Judg. 9:14–15; Isa. 34:13; Luke 6:44)
breeches – undergarments (5x: Exod. 28:42; 39:28; Lev. 6:10; 16:4; Ezek. 44:18)
children of the bridechamber – wedding guests (3x: Matt. 9:15; Mark 2:19; Luke 5:34)
brigandine – coat of mail (Jer. 46:4; 51:3)
brimstone – sulfur (15x)
broided - braided (1 Tim. 2:9)
broidered – embroidered (8x: Exod. 28:4; Ezek. 16:10,13,18; 26:16; 27:7,16,24)
bruit – report, rumor (Jer. 10:22; Nah. 3:19)
buckler – small shield (16x)
bullock – a male of the cattle or oxen (152x)
bulrush – a water plant: sedge or papyrus (3x: Exod. 2:3; Isa. 18:2; 58:5)
bulwarks – defensive walls (5x: Deut. 20:20; 2 Chron. 26:15; Ps. 48:13; Eccl. 9:14; Isa. 26:1)
bunch – things in a group (3x: Exod. 12:22; 2 Sam. 16:1; 1 Chron. 12:40); hump (Isa. 30:6)
burden – load (74x); oracle (18x); a pun on the two meanings (9x: Isa. 30:6; Jer. 23:33–34,36,38)
butler – royal cupbearer (10x: Gen. 40:1–2,5,9,13,20–21,23; 41:9)
by and by – before long, eventually (4x: Matt. 13:21; Mark 6:25; Luke 17:7; 21:9)
byway – secondary road or path (Judg. 5:6)
byword – notorious example (6x: Deut. 28:37; 1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chron. 7:20; Job 17:6; 30:9; Ps. 44:14)
C
cab – Hebrew unit of measure roughly equivalent to a quart (2 Kings 6:25)
cabin – small room, cell (Jer. 37:16)
calamus – sweet flag, a water plant (3x: Exod. 30:23; SS. 4:14; Ezek. 27:19)
calker – one who repairs a ship by caulking (Ezek. 27:9,27)
calves of the lips – what comes out of the mouth: speech (Hos. 14:2)
camphire – henna (SS. 1:14; 4:13)
candlestick – lampstand, menorah (53x)
canker – something that eats away (2 Tim. 2:17; James 5:3)
cankerworm – voracious young locust (6x: Joel 1:4; 2:25; Nah. 3:15–16)
carbuncle – a red gem; garnet (4x: Exod. 28:17; 39:10; Isa. 54:12; Ezek. 28:13)
carcase – carcass (56x)
careful – anxious (12x); cautious, diligent (Deut. 15:5; Titus 3:8); expressing consideration (2 Kings 4:13)
careless – carefree, secure, confident (8x: Judg. 18:7; Isa. 32:9–11; 47:8; Ezek. 30:9; 39:6; Zeph. 2:15)
carnal – relating to physical gratification (15x)
carriage – baggage, what is being carried (6x: Judg. 18:21; 1 Sam. 17:22; Isa. 10:28; 46:1; Acts 21:15)
casement – window (Prov. 7:6)
cassia – tree producing fragrant spice (3x: Exod. 30:24; Ps. 45:8; Ezek. 27:19)
cast – throw, eject; mold (539x); miscarry (3x: Gen. 31:38; Exod. 23:26; Job 21:10)
cast in the teeth – taunt, insult (Matt. 27:44)
Castor and Pollux – mythical twin Roman gods (Acts 28:11)
caul – membrane covering the liver or heart (12x); headband (Isa. 3:18)
causeway – paved highway (1 Chron. 26:16,18)
censer – container for burning incense (20x)
centurion – Roman officer in charge of about 100 soldiers (24x)
certify – inform (7x: 2 Sam. 15:28; Ezra 4:14,16; 5:10; 7:24; Esther 2:22; Gal. 1:11)
chalcedony – onyx or jasper (Rev. 21:19)
chalkstone – soft limestone (Isa. 27:9)
chambering – sexual impurity (Rom. 13:13)
chamberlain – household manager (15x)
chamois – antelope (Deut. 14:5)
champaign – open, level plain (Deut. 11:30)
chancellor – deputy (3x: Ezra 4:8,9,17)
changeable – festive (having a second set of clothes was a sign of wealth) (Isa. 3:22)
chapiter – top or capital of a pillar (29x)
chapman – peddler, merchant (2 Chron. 9:14)
chapt – chapped, cracked (Jer. 14:4)
charge – command (154x)
charger – platter (19x)
charity – love of fellowman (28x)
check – rebuke (Job 20:3)
checker work – pattern of squares (1 Kings 7:17)
cheek teeth – fangs (Joel 1:6)
Chemosh – principle god of Moab (8x: Num. 21:29; Judg. 11:24; 1 Kings 11:7,33; 2 Kings 23:13; Jer. 48:7,13,46)
cherub – powerful, winged angelic being (95x)
cherubims – plural of cherub
chide – dispute, quarrel (8x: Gen. 31:36; Exod. 17:2,7; Num. 20:3; Judg. 8:1; Ps. 103:9)
chode – past tense of chide
choler – anger or irascibility (Dan. 8:7; 11:11)
churl – mean-spirited person (Isa. 32:5,7)
churlish – mean-spirited (1 Sam. 25:3)
ciel – to panel (a room) (4x: 2 Chron. 3:5; Jer. 22:14; Ezek. 41:16; Hag. 1:4)
clave – past tense of cleave
clean – free from dirt, ceremonially pure (125x); entirely (8x: Josh. 3:17; 4:1; 4:11; Ps. 77:8; Isa. 24:19; Joel 1:7; Zech. 11:17; 2 Pet. 2:18)
cleave – cling; split or sever (62x)
cleft – past tense of cleave
clefts – fissures (5x: SS. 2:14; Isa. 2:21; Jer. 49:16; Amos 6:11; Obad. 1:3)
clift – fissure (Exod. 33:32)
close place – fortification (2 Sam. 22:46; Ps. 18:45)
closet – private room (3x: Joel 2:16; Matt. 6:6; Luke 12:3)
clouted – patched (Josh. 9:5)
clouts – rags (Jer. 38:11–12)
coast – edge, border (113x)
cockatrice – viper (4x: Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17)
cockle – a weed: darnel (Job 31:40)
coffer – box, chest (3x: 1 Sam. 6:8,11,15)
cogitations – thoughts (Dan. 7:28)
college – community (2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chron. 34:22)
collops – slabs (Job 15:27)
colour – color (27x)
comely – attractive; suitable (21x)
comfortable – bringing sympathy or encouragement (7x: 2 Sam. 14:17; 19:7; 2 Chron. 30:22; 32:6; Isa. 40:2; Hos. 2:14; Zech. 1:13)
company – a group (102x); to accompany (Acts 1:21; 1 Cor. 5:9)
compass – go around, surround (92x: e.g., Gen. 19:4; Num. 21:4); cp. fetch
conceit – opinion, conception (7x: Prov. 18:11; 26:5,12,16; 28:11; Rom. 11:25; 12:16)
concision – those who cut; circumcisers (Php. 3:2)
conclude – arrive at a decision (Acts 21:25; Rom. 3:28); include, imprison (Rom. 11:32; Gal. 3:22)
concourse – crowd, assembly (Prov. 1:21; Acts 19:40)
concubine – wife of lower status (39x)
concupiscence – sexual lust (3x: Rom. 7:8; Col. 3:5; 1 Thess. 4:5)
coney – hyrax, a small herbivorous mammal (Lev. 11:5; Deut. 14:7)
confection – mixture, such as perfume (Exod. 30:35)
confectionary – one who mixes perfume (1 Sam. 8:13)
consecrate – set aside as sacred (41x)
constant – resolute (4x: 1 Chron. 28:7; Prov. 21:28; Acts 12:15; Titus 3:8)
consumption – wasting disease (Lev. 26:16; Deut. 28:22); annihilation, destruction (3x: Isa. 10:22–23; 28:22)
contemn – despise, show contempt (7x: Ps. 10:13; 15:4; 107:11; SS. 8:7; Isa. 16:14; Ezek. 21:10,13)
convenient – suitable, fitting, proper (10x)
conversant – dwelling with (Jos. 8:35; 1 Sam. 25:15)
conversation – behavior, way of life (20x)
convince – refute, convict (7x: Job 32:12; John 8:46; Acts 18:28; 1 Cor. 14:24; Titus 1:9; James 2:9; Jude 1:15)
convocation – formal assembly (19x)
coping – top of a masonry wall (1 Kings 7:9)
cor – Hebrew unit of measure roughly equivalent to 50 gallons (Ezek. 45:14)
Corban – sacred gift (Mark 7:11)
coriander – culinary herb (Exod. 16:31; Num. 11:7)
cormorant – coastal diving bird (4x: Lev. 11:17; Deut. 14:17; Isa. 34:11; Zeph. 2:14)
corn – grain (102x)
cornet – wind instrument, the ram’s horn (9x: 2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Chron. 15:28; 2 Chron. 15:14; Ps. 98:6; Dan. 3:5,7,10,15; Hos. 5:8)
cote – shelter for animals (2 Chron. 32:28)
couch – lie down (6x: Gen. 49:9,14; Num. 24:9; Deut. 33:13; Job 38:40; Ezek. 25:5)
coulter – cutting edge of a plowshare (1 Sam. 13:20,21)
countenance – face, expression (54x); favor, tolerate (Exod. 23:3)
countervail – counterbalance, cancel out (Esther 7:4)
covert – a shelter or hiding place (9x: 1 Sam. 25:20; 2 Kings 16:18; Job 38:40; 40:21; Ps. 61:4; Isa. 4:6; 16:4; 32:2; Jer. 25:38)
covet – desire earnestly to possess (41x)
cracknel – savory biscuit (1 Kings 14:3)
crave – desire strongly (Prov. 16:26); beg for (Mark 15:43)
creature – created thing (41x)
creeping thing – animal that crawls on the ground or swarms, such as bugs and reptiles (34x)
crisping pin – device for curling hair or crimping cloth (Isa. 3:22)
crookbackt – having a hunchback (Lev. 21:20)
cruse – small earthenware jar (9x: 1 Sam. 26:11–12,16; 1 Kings 14:3; 17:12,14,16; 19:6; 2 Kings 2:20)
cubit – Hebrew unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches (258x)
cuckow – gull, scavenging bird (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15)
cumber – distract, cause to worry, obstruct (Deut. 1:12; Luke 10:40; 13:7)
cumi – Aramaic word for “arise” (Mark 5:41)
cummin – cumin, a spice (4x: Isa. 28:25,27; Matt. 23:23)
cunning – skill; skillful (34x)
curious – artfully woven or embroidered (9x: Exod. 28:8,27–28; 29:5; 35:32; 39:5,20–21; Lev. 8:7)
curious arts – magic, sorcery (Acts 19:19)
cuttings – ritual scarring (3x: Lev. 19:28; 21:5; Jer. 48:37)
D
dale – broad valley (Gen. 14:17; 2 Sam. 18:18)
dam – animal mother (5x: Exod. 22:30; Lev. 22:27; Deut. 22:6–7)
damn – sentence to everlasting punishment (15x)
damsel – young, single woman (51x)
daysman – mediator, umpire (Job 9:33)
dayspring – dawn (Job 38:12; Luke 1:78)
deal – to engage in business (125x); a portion, amount (29x)
dearth – scarcity, lack (8x: Gen. 41:54; 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Chron. 6:28; Neh. 5:3; Jer. 14:1; Acts 7:11; 11:28)
decline – turn aside (11x)
deliciously – luxuriously (Rev. 18:7,9)
denounce – announce (Deut. 30:18)
descry – catch sight of, spy out (Judg. 1:23)
despite – contempt, insult (Ezek. 25:6; Heb. 10:29)
device – plan, scheme, plot (26x)
devil – Satan (31x); demon (86x)
devotions – objects of worship (Acts 17:23)
diadem – headband or crown signifying royalty (4x: Job 29:14; Isa. 28:5; 62:3; Ezek. 21:26)
diet – daily food allowance (Jer. 52:34)
disannul – cancel, annul, make void (6x: Job 40:8; Isa. 14:27; 28:18; Gal. 3:15,17; Heb. 7:18)
discomfit – rout, defeat by causing confusion (10x: Exod. 17:13; Num. 14:45; Josh. 10:10; Judg. 4:15; 8:12; 1 Sam. 7:10; 14:20; 2 Sam. 22:15; Ps. 18:14; Isa. 31:8)
discover – uncover, reveal, expose (12x)
dispensation – administration, stewardship (4x: 1 Cor. 9:17; Eph. 1:10; 3:2; Col. 1:25)
disposition – decree, ordinance (Acts 7:53)
dissemble – conceal one’s true motives (5x: Josh. 7:11; Ps. 26:4; Prov. 26:24; Jer. 42:20; Gal. 2:13)
dissimulation – concealing of true motives (Rom. 12:9; Gal. 2:13)
distaff – spindle for spinning thread (Prov. 31:19)
divers – diverse, of varying types, several (37x)
divine – discern something supernaturally (29x); sacred, Godly (Prov. 16:10; Heb. 9:1; 2 Pet. 1:3–4)
doctor – teacher (3x: Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34)
doleful – expressing sorrow, mourning (Isa. 13:21; Mic. 2:4)
dote – act foolishly (Jer. 50:36); display an unhealthy interest in (7x: Ezek. 23:5,7,9,12,16,20; 1 Tim. 6:4)
dowry – property brought by a bride into a marriage (Gen. 30:20); price paid for the wife (3x: Gen. 34:12; Exod. 22:17; 1 Sam. 18:25)
dragon – serpent (3x: Deut. 32:33; Neh. 2:13; Ps. 91:13); sea monster, whale, crocodile (6x: Ps. 74:13; 148:7; Isa. 27:1; 51:9; Jer. 51:34; Ezek. 29:3); jackal (13x); Satan (13x: Rev. 12–13; 16:13; 20:2)
dram – coin: daric or drachma (6x: 1 Chron. 29:7; Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Neh. 7:70–72)
draught – toilet, outhouse (3x: 2 Kings 10:27; Matt. 15:17; Mark 7:19); the fish taken in one drawing of a net (Luke 5:4,9)
drave – past tense of drive (13x)
dregs – last liquid in a container together with the sediment at the bottom (3x: Ps. 75:8; Isa. 51:17,22)
dress – prepare, tend to (19x)
dropsy – edema, swelling (Luke 14:2)
dross – worthless scum that separates from molten metal (8x: Ps. 119:119; Prov. 25:4; 26:23; Isa. 1:22,25; Ezek. 22:18–19)
duke – chief of a clan (58x)
dulcimer – musical instrument with strings (Dan. 3:5,10,15)
dumb – unable to speak (29x)
dure – endure (Matt. 13:21)
durst – past tense of dare (9x: Esther 7:5; Job 32:6; Matt. 22:46; Mark 12:34; Luke 20:40; John 21:12; Acts 5:13; 7:32; Jude 1:9)
E
ear – plow (3x: Gen. 45:6; Exod. 34:21; 1 Sam. 8:12)
earnest – sincere, intense (21x); token given in promise of future fulfillment (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5; Eph. 1:14)
Easter – passover (Acts 12:4)
emerods – hemorrhoids or some other kind of tumor (8x: Deut. 28:27; 1 Sam. 5:6,9,12; 6:4–5,11,17)
enchantment – occult practice, divination, spell (13x)
endamage – damage, cause loss (Ezra 4:13)
endue – give a quality or ability (5x: Gen. 30:20; 2 Chron. 2:12–13; Luke 24:49; James 3:13)
engine – device (Ezek. 26:9; 2 Chron. 20:15)
enlargement – liberation (Esther 4:14)
enmity – opposition, hostility (8x: Gen. 3:15; Num. 35:21–22; Luke 23:12; Rom. 8:7; Eph. 2:15–16; James 4:4)
ensample – example (6x: 1 Cor. 10:11; Php. 3:17; 1 Thess. 1:7; 2 Thess. 3:9; 1 Pet. 5:3; 2 Pet. 2:6)
ensign – banner, signal flag, standard (9x: Num. 2:2; Ps. 74:4; Isa. 5:26; 11:10,12; 18:3; 30:17; 31:9; Zech. 9:16)
ensue – follow, pursue (1 Pet. 3:11)
entreat – treat, deal with (12x)
environ – surround (Josh. 7:9)
ephah – Hebrew unit of measure roughly equivalent to 6 gallons (34x)
ephod – priestly garment, perhaps an apron or vest (52x)
ephphatha – Aramaic word for “be opened” (Mark 7:34)
epistle – personal letter (21x)
eschew – avoid, abstain from (4x: Job 1:1,8; 2:3; 1 Pet. 3:11)
espouse – promise or become engaged for marriage (7x: 2 Sam. 3:14; SS. 3:11; Jer. 2:2; Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:27; 2:5; 2 Cor. 11:2)
espy – catch sight of (4x: Gen. 42:27; Josh. 14:7; Jer. 48:19; Ezek. 20:6)
estate – position or condition in life (19x)
eunuch – castrated servant (27x)
Euroclydon – strong seasonal wind on the Mediterranean (Acts 27:14)
even – evening (76x: e.g., Gen. 19:1)
eventide – evening (5x: Gen. 24:63; Josh. 7:6; 8:29; Mark 11:11; Acts 4:3)
evilfavouredness – serious flaw (Deut. 17:1)
exactor – enforcer, ruler (Isa. 60:17)
exchanger – banker, money-changer (Matt. 25:27)
execration – a curse (Jer. 42:18; 44:12)
exorcist – one who attempts to expel evil spirits (Acts 19:13)
experiment – tentative action (2 Cor. 9:13)
extol – praise enthusiastically (5x: Ps. 30:1; 66:17; 68:4; 145:1; Isa. 52:13; Dan. 4:37)
eyeservice – working only while being watched (Col. 3:22; Eph. 6:6)
F
face – the front of the human head (e.g., Gen. 43:31); someone’s presence (e.g., Gen. 16:6); surface of land or water (e.g., Gen. 1:2; 2:6)
fain – willingly, gladly (Job 27:22; Luke 15:16)
fairs – merchandise (Ezek. 27:12,14,16,19,22,27)
fallow – plowed but not planted (Jer. 4:3; Hos. 10:12)
familiar – friend (Jer. 20:10)
familiar friend – trusted companion (Job 19:14; Ps. 41:9)
familiar spirit – demon who speaks through a medium (16x)
fan – a winnowing shovel (4x: Isa. 30:24; Jer. 15:17; Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17); to winnow (5x: Isa. 41:16; Jer. 4:11; 15:17; 51:2)
farthing – very small coin (4x: Matt. 5:26; 10:29; Mark 12:42; Luke 12:6)
fast – to abstain from food (76); close; firmly attached (46)
fatling – young animal fattened for slaughter (6x: 1 Sam. 15:9; 2 Sam. 6:13; Ps. 66:15; Isa. 11:6; Ezek. 39:18; Matt. 22:4)
feign – pretend; invent (9x: 1 Sam. 21:13; 2 Sam. 14:2; 1 Kings 14:5–6; Neh. 6:8; Ps. 17:1; Jer. 3:10; Luke 20:20; 2 Pet. 2:3)
feller – lumberjack (Isa. 14:8)
felloes – curved sections of a wheel rim (1 Kings 7:33)
fen – marsh (Job 40:21)
fetch a compass – travel in a circle (5x: Num. 34:5; Josh. 15:3; 2 Sam. 5:23; 2 Kings 3:9; Acts 28:13)
fetters – shackles, manacles (11x)
fillet – ornamental band around an object (12x)
finer – metalsmith, refiner (Prov. 25:4)
fining pot – crucible, smelter (Prov. 17:3; 27:21)
firebrand – piece of burning wood (5x: Judg. 15:4; Prov. 26:18; Isa. 7:4; Amos 4:11)
firepan – tray for carrying coals (4x: Exod. 27:3; 38:3; 2 Kings 25:15; Jer. 52:19)
firkin – unit of measure roughly equivalent to 10 gallons (John 2:6)
firmament – the sky; the heavens (17x)
firstling – first offspring (20x)
fitches – fennel (Isa. 28:25,27); spelt (Ezek. 4:9)
fixed – firmly established (5x: Ps. 57:7; 108:1; 112:7; Luke 16:26)
flag – aquatic reed (4x: Exod. 2:3,5; Job 8:11; Isa. 19:6)
flagon – large drinking container (5x: 2 Sam. 6:19; 1 Chron. 16:3; SS. 2:5; Isa. 22:24; Hos. 3:1)
flake – fold (Job 41:23)
flay – remove the skin from an animal (4x: Lev. 1:6; 2 Chron. 29:34; 35:11; Mic. 3:3)
flesh – meat; worldly human nature (424x)
fleshhook – large meat fork (7x: Exod. 27:3; 38:3; Num. 4:14; 1 Sam. 2:13–14; 1 Chron. 28:17; 2 Chron. 4:16)
flesh pot – large kettle with meat (Exod. 16:3)
floate – raft (2 Chron. 2:16)
flowers – menstrual blood (Lev. 15:24,33)
flux – flow (Acts 28:8)
fodder – animals’ food (Job 6:5)
fold – enclosure for livestock (13x)
footman – foot soldier (12x)
forasmuch as – since, because (43x)
forbad – past tense of forbid (5x)
forbear (past: forbare) – refrain from doing something (34x)
foreship – bow (Acts 27:30)
former rain – autumn precipitation (4x: Jer. 5:24; Hos. 6:3; Joel 2:23)
fornication – sexual intercourse outside of marriage (44x)
forswear – swear falsely, commit perjury (Matt. 5:33)
forthwith – immediately (10x: Ezra 6:8; Matt. 13:5; 26:49; Mark 1:29,43; 5:13; John 19:34; Acts 9:18; 12:10; 21:30)
forum – marketplace (Acts 28:15)
foul spirit – unclean demon (Mark 9:25; Rev. 18:2)
fourscore – eighty (36x)
foursquare – square (10x: Exod. 27:1; 28:16; 30:2; 37:25; 38:1; 39:9; 1 Kings 7:31; Ezek. 40:47; 48:20; Rev. 21:16)
fowl – birds (86x)
fowler – bird trapper (4x: Ps. 91:3; 124:7; Prov. 6:5; Hos. 9:8)
fray – frighten (3x: Deut. 28:26; Jer. 7:33; Zech. 1:21)
freckled spot – surface rash (Lev. 13:39)
fret – spread, erode (4x: Lev. 13:51–52,55; 14:44); be anxious or angry (8x: 1 Sam. 1:6; Ps. 37:1,7–8; Prov. 19:3; 24:19; Isa. 8:21; Ezek. 16:43)
fro – see to and fro
frontlet – ornament worn on the forehead, phylactery (3x: Exod. 13:16; Deut. 6:8; 11:18)
froward – difficult, contrary, rebellious (25x)
fuller – launderer (5x: 2 Kings 18:17; Isa. 7:3; 36:2; Mal. 3:2; Mark 9:3)
furbish – polish, brighten (6x: Jer. 46:4; Ezek. 21:9–11,28)
furlong – 1/8 mile (5x: Luke 24:13; John 6:19; 11:18; Rev. 14:20; 21:16)
furniture – equipment, utensils (8x: Gen. 31:34; Exod. 31:7–9; 35:14; 39:33; Nah. 2:9)
G
gad about – go from place to place in pursuit of pleasure (Jer. 2:36)
gainsay – deny, contradict (5x: Luke 21:15; Acts 10:29; Rom. 10:21; Titus 1:9; Jude 1:11)
galbanum – an aromatic gum resin (Exod. 30:34)
gall – bitterness or poison (14x)
galley – small ship (Isa. 33:21)
garner – storehouse, granary (4x: Ps. 144:13; Joel 1:17; Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17)
garnish – decorate, embellish (6x: 2 Chron. 3:6; Job 26:13; Matt. 12:44; 23:29; Luke 11:25; Rev. 21:19)
garrison – troops stationed to defend a place (20x)
gat – past tense of get (20x)
gay – cheerful (James 2:3)
gazingstock – spectacle, something to look at (Nah. 3:6; Heb. 10:33)
gender – breed, beget (5x: Lev. 19:19; Job 21:10; 38:29; Gal. 4:24; 2 Tim. 2:23)
gerah – 1/20 of a shekel (5x: Exod. 30:13; Lev. 27:25; Num. 3:47; 18:16; Ezek. 45:12)
ghost – spirit that imparts life to a person (19x)
Ghost – Holy Spirit (90x)
gier eagle – Egyptian vulture (Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:17)
gin – snare for catching game (5x: Job 18:9; Ps. 140:5; 141:9; Isa. 8:14; Amos 3:5)
gird – encircle or secure with a belt (67x)
girdle – belt (44x)
girt – past tense of gird (4x: 2 Kings 1:8; John 21:7; Eph. 6:14; Rev. 1:13)
give place – make room, clear out (6x: Judg. 20:36; Isa. 49:20; Matt. 9:24; Rom. 12:19; Gal. 2:5; Eph. 4:27)
glean – gather leftovers after harvest (16x)
gleaning – leftovers from harvest (6x: Lev. 19:9; 23:22; Judg. 8:2; Isa. 17:6; 24:13; Jer. 49:9)
glede – vulture, kite (Deut. 14:13)
glister – sparkle (1 Chron. 39:2; Luke 9:29)
goad – spiked stick for driving cattle (3x: Judg. 3:31; 1 Sam. 13:21; Eccl. 12:11)
goodly – attractive; admirable (33x)
goodman – male head of the household, husband (6x: Prov. 7:19; Matt. 20:11; 24:43; Mark 14:14; Luke 12:39; 22:11)
goods – possessions, merchandise (42x)
gospel – good news (104x)
go to – come now! get moving! (11x: Gen. 11:3–4,7; 38:16; Judg. 7:3; 2 Kings 5:5; Eccl. 2:1; Isa. 5:5; Jer. 18:11; James 4:13; 5:1)
graff – to graft, attach a shoot to a branch (6x: Rom. 11:17,19,23–24)
grave – tomb, place of interment (e.g., Gen. 35:20); engrave, carve (e.g., Exod. 28:9)
graven image – carved idol (46x); cp. molten
graving – engraving (4x: Exod. 32:4; 1 Kings 7:31; 2 Chron. 2:14; Zech. 3:9)
greaves – shin armor (1 Sam. 17:6)
Grecian – Greek (Joel 3:6; Acts 11:20); Hellenistic Jew (Acts 6:1; 9:29)
greyhound – animal of proud bearing (Prov. 30:31)
grievous – very severe or serious (47x)
grisled – streaked with gray (4x: Gen. 31:10,12; Zech. 6:3,6)
grove – plot of trees (Gen. 21:33); cultic pole set up to worship Asherah/Astarte (40x)
gutter – channel, tunnel (3x: Gen. 30:38,41; 2 Sam. 5:8)
H
habergeon – coat of mail or scale armor (5x: Exod. 28:32; 39:23; 2 Chron. 26:14; Neh. 4:16; Job 41:26)
haft – handle of a sword (Judg. 3:22)
hale – drag forcibly (Luke 12:58; Acts 8:3)
hallow – honor as holy; consecrate (37x)
halt – to be lame, to waver (7x: Gen. 32:31; 1 Kings 18:21; Ps. 38:17; Jer. 20:10; Mic. 4:6–7; Zeph. 3:19); lame, maimed (4x: Matt. 18:8; Mark 9:45; Luke 14:21; John 5:3)
handbreadth – width of the palm above the fingers: about 3 inches (3x: Exod. 37:12; 2 Chron. 4:5; 1 Kings 7:26)
handstaff – war club (Ezek. 39:9)
hap – fortune (Ruth 2:3)
haply – perhaps (6x: 1 Sam. 14:30; Mark 11:13; Luke 14:29; Acts 5:39; 17:27; 2 Cor. 9:4)
hardly – scarcely, with difficulty (5x: Exod. 13:15; Matt. 19:23; Mark 10:23; Luke 18:24; Acts 27:8); harshly (3x: Gen. 16:6; Isa. 8:21; Luke 9:39)
harlot – prostitute (50x)
harrow – farm implement; drag (2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chron. 20:3); to use a harrow (Job 39:10)
hart – male red deer (11x)
hasty fruit – crops ripe before normal season (Isa. 28:4)
haunt – frequent a place (Ezek. 26:17); a place frequently used (1 Sam. 23:22; 30:31)
havock – destruction, devastation (Acts 8:3)
heady – reckless (2 Tim. 3:4)
hearken – listen, pay attention (238x)
heath – evergreen shrub (Jer. 17:6; 48:6)
heathen – not a member of the true religion (150x)
heave offering – sacrifice that is lifted and waved before the Lord (24x)
heave shoulder – breast portion of the heave offering (4x: Lev. 7:34; 10:14–15; Num. 6:20)
helve – a handle (Deut. 19:5)
herb – plant (37x)
herdman – owner or keeper of domestic animals (9x: Gen. 13:7–8; 26:20; 1 Sam. 21:7; Amos 1:1; 7:14)
heretofore – previously (Exod. 4:10; 5:7–8,14; Josh. 3:4; Ruth 2:11; 1 Sam. 4:7; 2 Cor. 13:2)
hew – cut, chop (55x)
higgaion – Hebrew musical term of unknown meaning (Ps. 9:16)
highminded – arrogant (3x: Rom. 11:20; 1 Tim. 6:17; 2 Tim. 3:4)
hin – Hebrew unit of measure roughly equivalent to a gallon (22x)
hindmost – furthest back, last (3x: Num. 2:31; Deut. 25:18; Josh. 10:19)
hire – wages (21x); employ (37x)
hireling – person hired for menial labor (9x: Job 7:1–2; 14:6; Isa. 16:14; 21:16; Mal. 3:5; John 10:12–13)
hiss – make a noise expressing scorn (16x); whistle to summon (Job 27:23; Isa. 5:26; 7:18; Zech. 10:8)
hither – here, to this place (67x)
hitherto – up until now (19x)
ho – exclamation calling for attention (4x: Ruth 4:1; Isa. 55:1; Zech. 2:6); cp. lo
hoar – grayish-white (4x: Exod. 16:14; 1 Kings 2:6,9; Isa. 46:4)
hoary – grayish-white (4x: Lev. 19:32; Job 38:29; 41:32; Prov. 16:31)
hoise – hoist (Acts 27:40)
holden – held (12x)
holily – in a holy manner (1 Thess. 2:10)
holpen – past tense of help (5x: Ps. 83:8; 86:17; Isa. 31:3; Dan. 11:34; Luke 1:54)
homer – Hebrew unit of measure roughly equivalent to 50 gallons (12x)
horseleach – leech (Prov. 30:15)
Hosanna – save, we pray (6x: Matt. 21:9,15; Mark 11:9–10; John 12:13)
hosen – breeches, trousers (Dan. 3:21)
hough – disable by cutting the hamstring or hock (4x: Josh. 11:6,9; 2 Sam. 8:4; 1 Chron. 18:4)
house – household, extended family; dynasty; palace; temple; residence (2162x)
howbeit – however, nevertheless (64x)
hungerbitten – famished, depleted (Job 18:12)
an hungred – feeling hunger (9x: Matt. 4:2; 12:1,3; 25:35,37,42,44; Mark 2:25; Luke 6:3); cp. athirst
husbandman – crop farmer (28x)
husbandry – cultivation of crops (2 Chron. 26:10; 1 Cor. 3:9)
I
ill savour – bad odor (Joel 2:20)
implead – accuse, plead against (Acts 19:38)
importunity – persistence (Luke 11:8)
impute – ascribe something to someone by virtue of a similar quality in another (15x; e.g., Rom. 4:6)
inclose – enclose, confine, hold in (11x)
incontinent – lacking self-restraint (1 Cor. 7:5; 2 Tim. 3:3)
indite – write, compose (Ps. 45:1)
infidel – unbeliever (2 Cor. 6:15; 1 Tim. 5:8)
infold – turn back on itself (Ezek. 1:4)
inkhorn – portable ink container (3x: Ezek. 9:2–3,11)
innocency – innocence (5x: Gen. 20:5; Ps. 26:6; 73:13; Dan. 6:22; Hos. 8:5)
inquisition – investigation, inquiry (3x: Deut. 19:18; Esther 2:23; Ps. 9:12)
insomuch – to such an extent (20x)
instant – immediate (5x: Isa. 29:5; 30:13; Jer. 18:7,9; Luke 2:38); persistent, urgent (5x: Luke 7:4; 23:23; Acts 26:7; Rom. 12:12; 2 Tim. 4:2)
intercession – prayer on behalf of another (11x)
intreat – entreat, beg (35x)
inwards – internal organs (20x)
issue – something that comes out; flow; offspring (39x); to come out (10x)
it came to pass – translation of a Hebrew phrase that introduces a new event (453x)
J
jacinth – reddish-orange gem (Rev. 9:17; 21:20)
JAH – short form of Yahweh (Jehovah), the covenant name of the Lord (Ps. 68:4)
jangling – excessive talk (1 Tim. 1:6)
Jehovah – the covenant name of the Lord (Yahweh) (7x: Gen. 22:14; Exod. 6:3; 17:15; Judg. 6:24; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 12:2; 26:4)
jeopard – put in jeopardy, risk (Judg. 5:18)
jot – the smallest Hebrew letter (Matt. 5:18)
jubile – jubilee; year of emancipation and restoration, every 50 years (22x)
justify – declare or make righteous (64x)
K
kerchief – piece of cloth to cover the head (Ezek. 13:18,21)
kid – young goat (51x)
kin – relation, family (8x: Lev. 18:6; 20:19; 21:2; 25:25,49; Ruth 2:20; 2 Sam. 19:42; Mark 6:4)
kindred – relation, family (36x)
kine – cows (24x)
kinsman – relative (23x)
kite – bird of prey (Lev. 11:14; Deut. 14:13)
kneadingtrough – container for mixing bread (Exod. 8:3: 12:34)
knit – joined together (6x: Judg. 20:11; 1 Sam. 18:1; 1 Chron. 12:17; Acts 10:11; Col. 2:2,19)
knop – ornamental knob (19x)
know – have knowledge or information (e.g., Gen. 3:7); have intimate relations (e.g., Gen. 4:1) (1408x)
L
lade – load (16x)
lancet – small, two-edged knife (1 Kings 18:28)
lapwing – a bird, the green plover (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18)
lasciviousness – promiscuity (6x: Mark 7:22; 2 Cor. 12:21; Gal. 5:19; Eph. 4:19; 1 Pet. 4:3; Jude 1:4)
latchet – lace or thong (4x: Isa. 5:27; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; John 1:27)
latter rain – spring precipitation (9x: Deut. 11:14; Job 29:23; Prov. 16:15; Jer. 3:3; 5:24; Hos. 6:3; Joel 2:23; Zech. 10:1; James 5:7)
laud – praise (Rom. 15:11)
laver – basin for washing (20x)
leasing – lying (Ps. 4:2; 5:6)
leaven – yeast, fermentation (39x)
lees – dregs, sediment (4x: Isa. 25:6; Jer. 48:11; Zeph. 1:12)
legion – multitude; unit of 3,000–6,000 soldiers (4x: Matt. 26:53; Mark 5:9,15; Luke 8:30)
lentiles – lentils (4x: Gen. 25:34; 2 Sam. 17:28; 23:11; Ezek. 4:9)
leprosy – serious skin disease, such as Hansen’s; condition that causes spots (68x)
lest – in order that not (240x)
let – allow (1511x); hinder (4x: Isa. 43:13; Rom. 1:13; 2 Thess. 2:7)
leviathan – Hebrew word for a mythical sea monster or for a crocodile (5x: Job 41:1; Ps. 74:14; 104:26; Isa. 27:1)
lewd – indecent, shameful (21x)
Libertine – freed or emancipated person (Acts 6:9)
lien – past tense of lie (3x: Gen. 26:10; Ps. 68:13; Jer. 3:2)
lieutenant – provincial governor (4x: Ezra 8:36; Esther 3:12; 8:9; 9:3)
lign aloes – aromatic wood (Num. 24:6)
ligure – a precious stone, perhaps jacinth (Exod. 28:19; 39:12)
liking – health, condition (Job 39:4; Dan. 1:10)
lintel – top of a door frame (5x: Exod. 12:22–23; 1 Kings 6:31; Amos 9:1; Zeph. 2:14)
list – choose, will (4x: Matt. 17:12; Mark 9:13; John 3:8; James 3:4)
litter – seat enclosed by curtains carried on poles (Isa. 66:20)
lively – living, vigorous (5x: Exod. 1:19; Ps. 38:19; Acts 7:38; 1 Pet. 1:3; 2:5)
lo – exclamation drawing attention to something interesting or amazing (159x); cp. behold, ho
loathe – despise, detest, feel disgust (7x: Num. 11:20; 21:5; Job 7:5,16; Ps. 38:7; Prov. 13:5; 27:7)
loft – upper room (1 Kings 17:19; Acts 20:9)
log – Hebrew unit of measure roughly equivalent to 1/3 quart (5x: Lev. 14:10,12,15,21,24)
loins – the region of the body including the hips and sexual organs (63x)
longsuffering – patience (17x)
lot – object used to determine the will of God (or the gods); inheritance, share; destiny (100x); cp. Pur
lothe – loathe
lowring – lowering, looking dark and threatening (Matt. 16:3)
lucre – money (6x: 1 Sam. 8:3; 1 Tim. 3:3,8; Titus 1:7,11; 1 Pet. 5:2)
lunatick – lunatic; person who is apparently mentally ill or who has seizures (Matt. 4:24; 17:15)
lusty – strong, robust (Judg. 3:29)
M
magnifical – magnificent (1 Chron. 22:5)
mail – flexible body armor comprising joined pieces of metal (1 Sam. 17:5,38)
malefactor – criminal (4x: Luke 23:32,33,39; John 18:30)
mallow – plant whose fruit can be eaten in dire times (Job 30:4)
mammon – Aramaic word for “wealth” (4x: Matt. 6:24; Luke 16:9,11,13)
maneh – mina, a Hebrew unit of 60 shekels, about 1 1/4 pounds (Ezek. 45:12)
mandrake – plant whose roots were thought to enchant (6x: Gen. 30:14–16; SS. 7:13)
mantle – outer cloak (14x)
maranatha – Aramaic phrase meaning “O Lord, come!” (1 Cor. 16:22)
marish – marsh (Ezek. 47:11)
mark – pay attention, take notice, keep track (14x); symbol, target (16x); John Mark (5x)
mart – marketplace (Isa. 23:3)
maschil – Hebrew musical term of unknown meaning (13x)
matrix – womb (5x: Exod. 13:12,15; 34:19; Num. 3:12; 18:15)
mattock – metal tool for turning the soil (4x: 1 Sam. 13:20–21; 2 Chron. 34:6; Isa. 7:25)
maul – heavy club (Prov. 25:18)
maw – mouth or belly (Deut. 18:3)
Mazzeroth – Hebrew word meaning “constellations” (Job 38:32)
mean – of low estate, merely average, inferior (5x: Prov. 22:29; Isa. 2:9; 5:15; 31:8; Acts 21:39); to intend (13x)
meat – food (298x)
meat offering – grain offering (134x)
meet – encounter (156x); suitable, appropriate (28x)
mess – ration, meal (Gen. 43:34; 2 Sam. 11:8)
Messiah, Messias – anointed One, Christ (4x: Dan. 9:25–26; John 1:41; 4:25)
mete – measure (9x: Exod. 16:18; Ps. 60:6; 108:7; Isa. 18:2,7; 40:12; Matt. 7:2; Mark 4:24; Luke 6:38)
meteyard – measuring rod (Lev. 19:35)
michtam – Hebrew musical term of unknown meaning (6x: Ps. 16; 56; 57; 58; 59; 60)
midst – middle (364x)
milch – lactating, giving milk (3x: Gen. 32:15; 1 Sam. 6:7,10)
Milcom – another name for Molech (3x: 1 Kings 11:5,33; 2 Kings 23:13)
mince – walk with short steps (Isa. 3:16)
mingled people – persons of mixed race in Babylon (4x: Jer. 25:20,24; 50:37; Ezek. 30:5); cp. mixed multitude
minish – diminish, reduce (Exod. 5:19; Ps. 107:39)
mirth – amusement that provokes laughter (15x)
mischief – malicious harm or trouble (55x)
mite – very small coin (3x: Mark 12:42; Luke 12:59; 21:2)
mitre – head dress, turban (13x)
mixed multitude – persons of other races who mingled with the children of Israel (3x: Exod. 12:38; Num. 11:4; Neh. 13:3); cp. mingled people
Molech – Ammonite god to whom children were sacrificed (8x: Lev. 18:21; 20:2–5; 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 23:10; Jer. 32:35)
molten – cast from melted metal (39x); cp. graven image
morrow – next day (103x)
mortar – bowl in which a substance is ground with a pestle (Num. 11:8; Prov. 27:22)
morter – lime mixture used to bond stones or as plaster or whitewash (11x)
mote – speck (6x: Matt. 7:3–5; Luke 6:41–42)
motions – impulses, passions (Rom. 7:5)
muffler – scarf, veil (Isa. 3:19)
munition – fortification, defense (3x: Isa. 29:7; 33:16; Nah. 2:1)
murrain – plague, epidemic (Exod. 9:3)
musick – music (16x)
must needs – it is necessary to (12x)
myrrh – fragrant resin (17x)
N
napkin – piece of cloth (3x: Luke 19:20; John 11:44; 20:7)
naught – nothing, worthless (3x: 2 Kings 2:19; Prov. 20:14)
naughty – wicked, evil; worthless (6x: 1 Sam. 17:28; Prov. 6:12; 11:6; 17:4; Jer. 24:2; James 1:21)
nave – hub (1 Kings 7:33)
nay – no, on the contrary (55x)
necromancer – one who claims to communicate with the dead (Deut. 18:11)
neesing – sneezing (Job 41:18)
nether – lower (15x)
nethermost – lowest (1 Kings 6:6)
Nethinim – temple servants (18x)
nettle – plant whose leaves have stinging hairs (5x: Job 30:7; Prov. 24:31; Isa. 34:13; Hos. 9:6; Zeph. 2:9)
nigh – near (11x)
nitre – potassium nitrate or saltpeter (Prov. 25:20; Jer. 2:22)
noisome – disagreeable, bad; lit. foul smelling (4x: Ps. 91:3; Ezek. 14:15,21; Rev. 16:2)
notwithstanding – in spite of (36x)
nought – nothing (36x)
O
O – exclamation used in direct address (1065x)
obeisance – gesture expressing deferential respect (9x: Gen. 37:7,9; 43:28; Exod. 18:7; 2 Sam. 1:2; 14:4; 15:5; 1 Kings 1:16; 2 Chron. 24:17)
oblation – gift or offering to God (40x)
occupy – engage in business (11x)
occurrent – event (1 Kings 5:4)
offend – sin against; cause to sin; annoy (53x)
offscouring – refuse, filth, dregs (Lam. 3:45; 1 Cor. 4:13)
ofttimes – often, frequently (3x: Matt. 17:15; Mark 9:22; John 18:2)
oh – exclamation expressing vivid emotion (38x)
oh that – exclamation expressing a wish (34x)
oil tree – olive tree (Isa. 41:19)
Omega – last letter of the Greek alphabet; symbolically, the last (4x: Rev. 1:8,11; 21:6; 22:13); cp. Alpha
omer – Hebrew unit of measure roughly equivalent to 2 quarts (6x: Exod. 16:16,18,22,32–33,36)
onycha – plant resin or ground up shell used in perfume (Exod. 30:34)
onyx – a semi-precious agate (11x)
oracle – inner sanctuary (16x); message from God (5x: Acts 7:38; Rom. 3:2; Heb. 5:12; 1 Pet. 4:11); place where one can enquire of God (2 Sam. 16:23)
Orion – a constellation (3x: Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8); cp. Arcturus, Mazzaroth, Pleiades
ospray – fish-eating eagle (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12)
ossifrage – fish-eating vulture (Lev. 11:13; Deut. 14:12)
ouches – filigree settings, brocade (8x: Exod. 28:11,13–14,25; 39:6,13,16,18)
ought – modal verb expressing obligation, duty, or necessity (61x: e.g., John 4:20); anything at all (36x: e.g., John 4:33)
outgoings – edge, extent, end (8x: Josh. 17:9,18; 18:19; 19:14,22,29,33; Ps. 65:8)
outlandish – foreign (Neh. 13:26)
outwent – outpaced (Mark 6:33)
overcharge – weigh down (Luke 21:34; 2 Cor. 2:5)
overlive – outlive (Josh. 24:31)
overpass – pass beyond, exceed (Jer. 5:28)
overpast – pass, come to an end (Ps. 57:1; Isa. 26:20)
overplus – surplus (Lev. 25:27)
overrun – overtake, outrun (2 Sam. 18:23); overwhelm (Nah. 1:8)
P
paddle – digging tool (Deut. 23:13)
palmerworm – destructive locust (Joel 1:4; 2:25; Amos 4:9)
palsy – paralysis (14x)
paper – papyrus (Isa. 19:7; 2 John 1:12)
paps – breasts, chest (4x: Ezek. 23:21; Luke 11:27; 23:29; Rev. 1:13)
Parbar – portico or courtyard (1 Chron. 26:18)
parcel – piece of land (6x: Gen. 33:19; Josh. 24:32; Ruth 4:3; 1 Chron. 11:13–14; John 4:5)
passenger – traveler (5x: Prov. 9:15; Ezek. 39:11,14–15)
passion – suffering and death of Christ (Acts 1:3)
pate – head (Ps. 7:16)
peculiar – specially set apart as a possession (7x: Exod. 19:5; Deut. 14:2; 26:18; Ps. 135:4; Eccl. 2:8; Titus 2:14; 1 Pet. 2:9)
pence – plural of penny
penny – small coin (14x)
pennyworth – amount that can be bought for a penny (Mark 6:37; John 6:7)
Pentecost – feast held on the fiftieth day after Passover (3x: Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8)
penury – extreme poverty (Prov. 14:23; Luke 21:4)
peradventure – perhaps (32x)
perdition – state of eternal punishment (8x: John 17:12; Php. 1:28; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 6:9; Heb. 10:39; 2 Pet. 3:7; Rev. 17:8,11)
pestle – tool for crushing and grinding a substance in a mortar (Prov. 27:22)
phylactery – frontlet (Matt. 23:5)
pill – to peel (Gen. 30:37,38)
pitch – tar, asphalt (4x: Gen. 6:14; Exod. 2:3; Isa. 34:9); to apply tar (Gen. 6:14); to set up a tent, to set up camp (96x)
plaister – plaster (9x: Lev. 14:42–43,48; Deut. 27:2,4; Isa. 38:21; Dan. 5:5)
plait – braid, weave (1 Pet. 3:3)
plat – plot of land (2 Kings 9:26)
platted – wove, braided (3x: Matt. 27:29; Mark 15:17; John 19:2)
plead with – indict, bring a case against, judge (14x)
Pleiades – a constellation (Job 9:9; 38:31); cp. Arcturus, Mazzaroth, Orion
plenteous – plentiful, abundant (14x)
plumbline – tool for determining the vertical (4x: Amos 7:7–8)
plummet – tool for determining level or vertical (3x: 2 Kings 21:13; Isa. 28:17; Zech. 4:10)
poll – head, scalp (7x: Num. 1:2,18,20,22; 3:47; 1 Chron. 23:3,24); to cut hair (5x: 2 Sam. 14:26; Ezek. 44:20; Mic. 1:16)
Pollux – see Castor and Pollux
pomegranate – a fruit with many seeds (33x)
pommel – bowl-shaped ornament (3x: 2 Chron. 4:12–13)
porter – gatekeeper (39x)
post – courier, runner (8x: 2 Chron. 30:6,10; Esther 3:13,15; 8:10,14; Job 9:25; Jer. 51:31); vertical beam (45x)
potentate – sovereign ruler (1 Tim. 6:15)
potsherd – broken piece of pottery (5x: Job 2:8; Ps. 22:15; Prov. 26:23; Isa. 45:9)
pottage – soup, stew (7x: Gen. 25:29–30,34; 2 Kings 4:38–40; Hag. 2:12)
potter – person who makes clay vessels (22x)
pound – translation of Hebrew/Greek mina, about 20 ounces (4x: 1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:71–72; Luke 19:13,16,18,20,24–25); translation of Greek litra, about 12 ounces (John 12:3; 19:39)
pransing – galloping (3x: Judg. 5:22; Nah. 3:2)
prate – chatter, babble (3x: Prov. 10:8,10; 3 John 1:10)
prefer – promote to a higher position (8x: Esther 2:9; Ps. 137:6; Dan. 6:3; John 1:15,27,30; Rom. 12:10; 1 Tim. 5:21)
press – winepress (Joel 3:13; Hag. 2:16); crowd (6x: Mark 2:4; 5:27,30; Luke 8:19,45; 19:3)
pressfat – winepress, vat (Hag. 2:16)
prevent – meet, confront (15x: 2 Sam. 22:6,19; Job 3:12; 30:27; 41:11; Ps. 18:5,18; 21:3; 59:10; 79:8; 88:13; 119:147–148; Isa. 21:14; Amos 9:10); precede (Matt. 17:25; 1 Thess. 4:15)
prick – a goad, a pointed stick used to herd animals (3x: Num. 33:55; Acts 9:5; 26:14); to poke with a goad; figuratively, to cause discomfort with the intention to correct (3x: Ps. 73:21; Ezek. 28:24; Acts 2:37)
prise – be priced (Zech. 11:13)
privily – secretly (15x)
privy – hidden, secret; sharing the knowledge of something (4x: Deut. 23:1; 1 Kings 2:44; Ezek. 21:14; Acts 5:2)
profane – to cause to become unclean (37x); unclean, not holy (15x)
prognosticator – false prophet (Isa. 47:13)
propitiation – atonement, expiation; appeasing of the anger of an offended party (3x: Rom. 3:25; 1 John 2:2; 4:10)
proselyte – religious convert (4x: Matt. 23:15; Acts 2:10; 6:5; 13:43)
prove – test; demonstrate the truth of something through testing (41x)
provender – food for animals (7x: Gen. 24:25,32; 42:27; 43:24; Judg. 19:19,21; Isa. 30:24)
pruninghook – hook-bladed knife for trimming fruit trees (3x: Isa. 2:4; Joel 3:10; Mic. 4:3)
psaltery – a stringed instrument (27x)
publican – collector of Roman taxes (23x)
publish – announce, proclaim (32x)
puff at – scorn, threaten (Ps. 10:5; 12:5)
pulse – legumes, beans (3x: 2 Sam. 17:28; Dan. 1:12,16)
Pur, Purim – a lot, an object used to determine God’s will (8x: Esther 3:7; 9:24,26,28–29,31–32)
purloin – steal (Titus 2:10)
purtenance – internal organs (Exod. 12:9)
putrifying – festering (Isa. 1:6)
pygarg – antelope or ibex (Deut. 14:5)
Q
quarter – section (perhaps one of four) of a town or territory, region (16x); a fourth (Deut. 22:12)
quaternion – squad of four soldiers (Acts 12:4)
quick – alive, vital, lively (10x: Lev. 13:10,24; Num. 16:30; Ps. 55:15; 124:3; Isa. 11:3; Acts 10:42; 2 Tim. 4:1; Heb. 4:12; 1 Pet. 4:5)
quicken – make alive (26x)
quickly – fast; soon (39x)
quit – behave (3x: 1 Sam. 4:9; 1 Cor. 16:13); acquitted, free (3x: Exod. 21:19,28; Josh. 2:20)
R
rail – complain or protest strongly (10x: 1 Sam. 25:14; 2 Chron. 32:17; Mark 15:29; Luke 23:39; 1 Cor. 5:11; 1 Tim. 6:4; 1 Pet. 3:9; 2 Pet. 2:11; Jude 1:9)
raiment – clothing (57x)
rampart – defensive wall (Lam. 2:8; Nah. 3:8)
range – place to put pots (Lev. 11:35); rank of soldiers (3x: 2 Kings 11:8,15; 2 Chron. 23:14); area of open land (Job 39:8; Prov. 28:15)
rank – row or people or things (8x: Num. 2:16,24; 1 Kings 7:4–5; 1 Chron. 12:33,38; Joel 2:7; Mark 6:40); plump, sleek (Gen. 41:5,7)
rase – raze, tear down (Ps. 137:7)
ravening – violently seizing and mauling prey (5x: Ps. 22:13; Ezek. 22:25,27; Matt. 7:15; Luke 11:39)
ravin – violently seize and maul prey (Gen. 49:27; Nah. 2:12)
rear up – set up, erect (14x)
receipt of custom – tax office (3x: Matt. 9:9; Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27)
recompence – punishment or reward (22x)
recompense – punish or reward for an action (38x)
recorder – royal historian (9x: 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kings 4:3; 2 Kings 18:18,37; 1 Chron. 18:15; 2 Chron. 34:8; Isa. 36:3,22)
redound – contribute greatly to (2 Cor. 4:15)
rehearse – repeat, review (6x: Exod. 17:14; Judg. 5:11; 1 Sam. 8:21; 17:31; Acts 11:4; 14:27)
reins – kidneys (Job 16:13; Lam. 3:13); seat of emotions (13x)
remember – bring to mind, reflect on; make mention of; take action concerning (214x)
Remphan – astral god worshipped by Israel, perhaps the Egyptian name for Saturn (Acts 7:43)
rend – rip, tear (20x)
render – pay, provide, submit (40x)
rent – past tense of rend (67x)
reproach – censure, rebuke, disapproval (118x)
reprobate – disapproved, unfit (7x: Jer. 6:30; Rom. 1:28; 2 Cor. 13:5–7; 2 Tim. 3:8; Titus 1:16)
requite – pay back justly (12x)
rereward – rear guard (6x: Num. 10:25; Josh. 6:9,13; 1 Sam. 29:2; Isa. 52:12; 58:8)
residue – remainder, rest, remnant, survivors (34x)
retire – withdraw, retreat (4x: Judg. 20:39; 2 Sam. 11:15; 20:22; Jer. 4:6)
ribband – ribbon (Num. 15:38)
rie – rye (Exod. 9:32; Isa. 28:25)
ringstraked – streaked (7x: Gen. 30:35,39–40; 31:8,10,12)
road – raid (1 Sam. 27:10)
roe – a deer (12x)
roller – bandage (Ezek. 30:21)
chief/highest/uppermost room – best seat (4x: Matt. 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke 14:7; 20:46)
in the room of – in place of (14x)
lowest room – worst seat (Luke 14:9,10)
ruddy – having a healthy, red color (4x: 1 Sam. 16:12; 17:42; SS. 5:10; Lam. 4:7)
rude – uneducated, rough (2 Cor. 11:6)
rue – medicinal herb (Luke 11:42)
S
sabbath – weekly holy day, a day of rest; the seventh day, Saturday (172x)
sackbut – horn resembling a trombone (4x: Dan. 3:5,7,10,15)
sackcloth – rough cloth made from hemp or flax, worn as a sign of mourning (47x)
salute – greet (53x)
salutation – greeting (7x: Mark 12:38; Luke 1:29,41,44; 1 Cor. 16:21; Col. 4:18; 2 Thess. 3:17)
sanctify – set apart as holy, consecrate; cause to become holy (141x)
sardine – sardius, carnelian (Rev. 4:3)
sardius – a red stone, carnelian (4x: Exod. 28:17; 39:10; Ezek. 28:13; Rev. 21:20)
Satan – “Adversary,” a name for the devil (56x)
satyr – wild goat (Isa. 13:21; 34:14)
save – rescue from danger (298x); except (55x)
saviour – one who delivers another from danger or imminent destruction (39x)
savour – odor or flavor (61x); to taste, dwell on (Matt. 16:23; Mark 8:33)
scabbard – sheath for a sword (Jer. 47:6)
scall – scalp disease characterized by scales or scabs (14x: Lev. 13:30–37; 14:54)
scapegoat – goat that symbolically bears away the sins of the people (4x: Lev. 16:8,10,26)
score – twenty (“threescore” is sixty) (131x)
scourge – to punish, whip (13x); punishment, suffering; affliction, plague (6x: Josh. 23:13; Job 5:21; 9:23; Isa. 10:26; 28:15,18); a whip (John 2:15)
scrabble – scribble (1 Sam. 21:13)
scrip – traveler’s pouch (7x: 1 Sam. 17:40; Matt. 10:10; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; 10:4; 22:35–36)
scum – layer of rust or dirt (Ezek. 24:6,11,12)
scurvy – disease characterized by a rash or running sores (Lev. 21:20; 22:22)
seethe – to boil (12x)
selah – Hebrew musical term of unknown meaning (74x)
selfsame – same (15x)
selvedge – finished edge of a woven cloth (Exod. 26:4; 36:11)
sepulchre – small tomb (70x)
serjeant – policeman in the service of city officials (Acts 16:35,38)
servitor – attendant (2 Kings 4:43)
servitude – subjection, slavery (2 Chron. 10:4; Lam 1:3)
settle – to establish (4x: 1 Chron. 17:14; Ezek. 36:11; Luke 21:14; 1 Pet. 5:10); a ledge (6x: Ezek. 43:14,17,20; 45:19)
several – separate, respective (12x)
severally – individually (1 Cor. 12:11)
shall – will, must (9837x)
shambles – meat market (1 Cor. 10:25)
shamefacedness – modesty (1 Tim. 2:9)
sheaf – bundle of grain stalks (18x)
sheepcote – shelter, pen (3x: 1 Sam. 24:3; 2 Sam. 7:8; 1 Chron. 17:7)
shekel – Hebrew unit of measure roughly equivalent to 2/5 ounce (139x)
Sheminith – Hebrew musical term, literally “eighth” (3x: 1 Chron. 15:21; Ps. 6; 12)
sherd – broken piece of pottery (Isa. 30:14; Ezek. 23:34)
shew – show
shewbread – twelve loaves placed in the temple every week (18x)
Shibboleth – word used in determining nationality by testing pronunciation (Judg. 12:6)
Shiggion – Hebrew musical term (Ps. 7)
Shigionoth – plural of Shiggion (Hab. 3:1)
Shiloh – possibly “the one to whom it belongs” or “his tribute” (Gen. 49:10)
take shipping – embark, get in a boat (John 6:24)
shittah – acacia, a thorny shrub (Isa. 41:19)
shittim – plural of shittah (32x)
shivers – fragments, splinters (Rev. 2:27)
shoelatchet – sandal strap (Gen. 14:23)
shroud – cover (Ezek. 31:3)
signet – a seal, often set in a ring (12x)
silverling – silver coin (Isa. 7:23)
similitude – likeness (11x)
simple – inexperienced, ignorant (20x); innocent (5x: Rom. 12:8; 16:18–19; 2 Cor. 1:12; 11:3)
sith - since (Ezek. 35:6)
sixscore – 120 (1 Kings 9:14; Jon. 4:11)
slain – past participle of slay (183x)
slang – past tense of sling (1 Sam. 17:49)
slay – kill (117x)
sleight – deceitfulness, cunning (Eph. 4:14)
slew – past tense of slay (196x)
slime – tar, pitch, bitumen (3x: Gen. 11:3; 14:10; Exod. 2:3)
smite – hit, strike; defeat (209x)
smote – past tense of smite (231x)
snuff – inhale, sniff (3x: Jer. 2:24; 14:6; Mal. 1:13)
snuffdish – pan to hold wick trimmings (3x: Exod. 25:38; 37:23; Num. 4:9)
snuffer – device for extinguishing candles (1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chron. 4:22)
sod – boil (Gen. 25:29; 2 Chron. 35:13)
sodden – boiled (6x: Exod. 12:9; Lev. 6:28; Num. 6:19; 1 Sam. 2:15; Lam. 4:10)
sodering – soldering, welding (Isa. 41:7)
sodomite – male homosexual; in the Bible, a cult prostitute (5x: Deut. 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; 15:12; 22:46; 2 Kings 23:7)
soever – of any kind, to any extent (16x)
sojourn – stay temporarily in a place (74x)
solace – comfort (Prov. 7:18)
somewhat – to a moderate extent (13x); something (12x)
sometime(s) – formerly (5x: Eph. 2:13; 5:8; Col. 1:21; Titus 3:3; 1 Pet. 3:20)
soothsayer – one who purports to tell the future (8x: Josh. 13:22; Isa. 2:6; Dan. 2:27; 4:7; 5:7,11; Mic. 5:12; Acts 16:16)
sop – piece of bread dipped in sauce (4x: John 13:26–27,30)
sore – in pain (Gen. 34:25; Job 5:18); a raw wound (11x); severe(ly) (92x)
sottish – foolish (Jer. 4:22)
soul – the immortal, spiritual part of a human being; an individual; one’s self (537x)
spake – past tense of speak (598x)
span – a measurement: the width of the spread hand, or about 9 inches (8x: Exod. 28:16; 39:9; 1 Sam. 17:4; Isa. 40:12; Lam. 2:20; Ezek. 43:13)
spikenard – perfumed ointment (5x: SS. 1:12; 4:13–14; Mark 14:3; John 12:3)
spoil – to take by force; the goods thus taken, booty, loot (204x)
sport – fun, play, joking (8x: Gen. 26:8; Judg. 16:25,27; Prov. 10:23; 26:19; Isa. 57:4; 2 Pet. 2:13)
spue – spew, spit, expel (5x: Lev. 18:28; 20:22; Jer. 25:27; Rev. 3:16)
stablish – establish (18x)
stacte – aromatic gum resin (Exod. 30:34)
stanch – stop the flow of blood (Luke 8:44)
stay – remain (19x); stop (30x); support, lean on (20x)
stomacher – ornamental garment (Isa. 3:24)
store – a supply in reserve (25x)
straightway – immediately (42x)
strait – narrow, restricted, strict (13x)
straiten – restrict, hinder (10x: Job 12:23; 18:7; 37:10; Prov. 4:12; Jer. 19:9; Ezek. 42:6; Mic. 2:7; Luke 12:50; 2 Cor. 6:12)
straitly – sternly, strictly, firmly (11x)
straitness – restriction (5x: Deut. 28:53,55,57; Job 36:16; Jer. 19:9)
strake sail – lowered the sail (Acts 27:17)
strakes – stripes (Gen. 30:37; Lev. 14:37)
strawed – spread, scattered; past tense of strew (5x: Exod. 32:20; Matt. 21:8; 25:24,26; Mark 11:8)
strike hands – seal an agreement (4x: Job 17:3; Prov. 6:1; 17:18; 22:26)
stripling – young man (1 Sam. 17:56)
stuff – belongings, equipment, baggage (16x)
subscribe – sign (4x: Isa. 44:5; Jer. 32:10,12,44)
subtil – crafty, deceptive (12x)
suburbs – untilled open lands surrounding a city, to which flocks are driven during the day (115x)
suck – nurse; figuratively, gain nourishment from (21x)
suckling – nursing infant (7x: Deut. 32:25; 1 Sam. 15:3; 22:19; Ps. 8:2; Jer. 44:7; Lam. 2:11; Matt. 21:16)
suffer – experience something bad; tolerate, allow, permit
sunder – pieces (7x: Ps. 46:9; 107:14,16; Isa. 27:9; 45:2; Nah. 1:13; Luke 12:46); to break in pieces (Job 41:17)
supplant – supersede, replace, take the place of (Gen. 27:36; Jer. 9:4)
supple – cleanse (Ezek. 16:4)
suppliant – one who makes a plea to a superior (Zeph. 3:10)
surety – security deposit, guarantee (12x); certainty (4x: Gen. 15:13; 18:13; 26:9; Acts 12:11)
surfeit – consume too much (Luke 21:34)
sware – past tense of swear (83x)
sycamine – mulberry (Luke 17:6)
sycomore – a species of fig tree (8x: 1 Kings 10:27; 1 Chron. 27:28; 2 Chron. 1:15; 9:27; Ps. 78:47; Isa. 9:10; Amos 7:14; Luke 19:4)
T
taber – beat like a drum (Nah. 2:7)
tabernacle – tent, movable habitation (358x)
table – furniture (88x); writing tablet (41x)
tablet – necklace (Exod. 35:22; Num. 31:50)
tabret – tambourine (9x: Gen. 31:27; 1 Sam. 10:5; 18:6; Job 17:6; Isa. 5:12; 24:8; 30:32; Jer. 31:4; Ezek. 28:13)
tache – clasp (10x: Exod. 26:6,11,33; 35:11; 36:13,18; 39:33)
take thought – worry (11x: 1 Sam. 9:5; Matt. 6:25,28,31,34; 10:19; Mark 13:11; Luke 12:11,22,26)
tale – tally, amount (4x: Exod. 5:8,18; 1 Sam. 18:27; 1 Chron. 9:28)
talent – unit of weight: Hebrew 75 pounds, Greek 88 pounds; a coin with this value (65x)
tare – past tense of tear (4x: 2 Sam. 13:31; 2 Kings 2:24; Mark 9:20; Luke 9:42)
tares – weeds (8x: Matt. 13:25–40)
target – small, round shield (6x: 1 Sam. 17:6; 1 Kings 10:16; 2 Chron. 9:15; 14:8)
tarry – delay; stay longer than intended (88x)
teil – terebinth (Isa. 6:13)
tell – report (228x); count (9x: Gen. 15:5; 1 Kings 8:5; 2 Kings 12:10–11; 2 Chron. 5:6; Ps. 22:17; 48:12; 147:4; Jer. 33:13)
temper – mix, combine (4x: Exod. 29:2; 30:35; Ezek. 46:14; 1 Cor. 12:24)
tempest – storm (15x)
tempestuous – stormy (4x: Ps. 50:3; Jon. 1:11,13; Acts 27:14)
tempt – entice, lure (17x); test, try (32x)
tenor – general sense (Gen. 43:7; Exod. 34:27)
teraphim – household idols (6x: Judg. 17:5; 18:14,17–18,20; Hos. 3:4)
terrible – causing reactions of awe or terror (52x: e.g., Exod. 34:10; Deut. 7:21)
testament – covenant (14x)
testator – person who has made a will (Heb. 9:16–17)
tetrarch – one of four joint rulers (7x: Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1,19; 9:7; Acts 13:1)
thee – second person singular objective pronoun; cp. thou (3826x)
thence – from there (145x)
thenceforth – after that (4x: Lev. 22:27; 2 Chron. 32:23; Matt. 5:13; John 19:12)
thereabout – concerning that thing (Luke 2:24)
thereat – at that place (3x: Exod. 30:19; 40:31; Matt. 7:13)
thereby – through that means (21x)
therefrom – from that place (3x: Josh. 23:6; 2 Kings 3:3; 13:2)
therein – in that place, in that respect (230x)
thereinto – into that place (Luke 21:21)
thereof – of that, of the thing just mentioned (908x)
thereon – on that (66x)
thereout – from that (Lev. 2:2; Judg. 15:19)
thereto – to that, for that (20x)
thereunto – to that (9x: Exod. 32:8; 36:36; 37:11–12; Deut. 1:7; Eph. 6:18; 1 Thess. 3:3; Heb. 10:1; 1 Pet. 3:9)
thereupon – on that (5x: Exod. 31:7; Ezek. 16:16; Zeph. 2:7; 1 Cor. 3:10,14)
therewith – with that, by that means (36x)
thine – second person singular possessive pronoun (or determiner before a word beginning with a vowel); cp. thy (937x)
thither – toward there (95x)
thitherward – toward there (3x: Judg. 18:15; Jer. 50:5; Rom. 15:24)
thou – second person singular subjective pronoun; cp. thee, you (5474x)
threescore – sixty (93x)
thresh – beat or roll over sheaves in order to separate grain from chaff (18x); cp. winnow
threshingfloor – hard, flat surface where grain is threshed (19x)
throughly – thoroughly, completely, absolutely (12x)
thy – second person singular possessive determiner; cp. thine (4603x)
thyine – fragrant citron (Rev. 18:12)
tidings – news (46x)
tire – headband, turban (4x: 2 Kings 9:30; Isa. 3:18; Ezek. 24:17,23)
tithe – a tenth (36x); to pay a tenth (Deut. 14:22; 26:12; Luke 11:42)
tittle – small projection on a Hebrew letter (Matt. 5:18; Luke 16:17)
to and fro – back and forth, side to side, here and there (25x)
token – sign or symbol representing something greater (21x)
tongue – fleshy, muscular organ in the mouth; speech; language (165x)
touching – in regards to, concerning (30x)
tow – short, coarse flax fibers (Judg. 16:9; Isa. 1:31; 43:17)
to wit – to know, to find out (see wit) (3x: Gen. 24:21; Exod. 2:4; 2 Cor. 8:1); that is, specifically (18x)
traffick – trade, business (6x: Gen. 42:34; 1 Kings 10:15; Isa. 23:8; Ezek. 17:4; 28:5,18)
translate – transfer, convey to another place (5x: 2 Sam. 3:10; Col. 1:13; Heb. 11:5)
travail – painful effort; to engage in labor; to be in labor (47x)
trespass – sin, offense; commit a sin (111x)
tributary – one who pays tribute, as by supplying forced labor (5x: Deut. 20:11; Judg. 1:30,33,35; Lam 1:1)
trode – past tense of tread (8x: Judg. 9:27; 20:43; 2 Kings 7:17,20; 9:33; 14:9; 2 Chron. 25:18; Luke 12:1)
trow – think, believe (Luke 17:9)
trump – trumpet (1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thess. 4:16)
tumult – commotion, disorder, noisy disturbance (22x)
turtle – turtledove (SS. 2:12; Jer. 8:7)
tutor – guardian (Gal. 4:2)
twain – two (17x)
U
uncomely – improper, unpresentable (1 Cor. 7:36; 12:23)
unction – anointing (1 John 2:20)
undertake – guarantee, pledge (Isa. 38:14)
unicorn – wild ox or aurochs (9x: Num. 23:22; 24:8; Deut. 33:17; Job 39:9–10; Ps. 22:21; 29:6; 92:10; Isa. 34:7)
upbraid – scold, find fault (4x: Judg. 8:15; Matt. 11:20; Mark 16:14; James 1:5)
usury – excessive interest on a loan (25x)
us-ward – toward us (3x: Ps. 40:5; Eph. 1:19; 2 Pet. 3:9)
utmost – farthest, outermost (11x)
utter – speak (28x); outer (13x: Ezek. 40:31,37; 42:1,3,7–9,14; 44:19; 46:20–21; 47:2); extreme, complete (4x: 1 Kings 20:42; Nah. 1:8–9; Zech. 14:11)
uttermost – outermost, edge, extreme, last (28x)
V
vagabond – one who wanders without a home or a job (4x: Gen. 4:12,14; Ps. 109:10; Acts 19:13)
vail – cloak; head covering; curtain (46x)
vainglory – excessive vanity (Php. 2:3)
vale – valley (9x: Gen. 14:3,8,10; 37:14; Deut. 1:7; Josh. 10:40; 1 Kings 10:27; 2 Chron. 1:15; Jer. 33:13)
vanity – empty, worthless, futile thing (99x)
vaunt – boast about, praise (Judg. 7:2; 1 Cor. 13:4)
veil – see vail
at a venture – at random (1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chron. 18:33)
verily – truly, surely, certainly (140x)
verity – truth (Ps. 111:7; 1 Tim. 2:7)
vestment – ceremonial robe (2 Kings 10:22)
vestry – wardrobe chamber (2 Kings 10:22)
vex – cause to be distressed (52x)
vial – flask (1 Sam. 1:10); shallow bowl (12x)
victual – food (22x)
visage – face, appearance, expression (3x: Isa. 52:14; Lam. 4:8; Dan. 3:19)
visit – come to a person or place in order to evaluate the situation and act accordingly; bring reward or punishment (84x)
void – empty; not valid (24x)
void place – open place used for threshing grain (1 Kings 22:10; 2 Chron. 18:9)
W
wallow – roll around (7x: 2 Sam. 20:12; Jer. 6:26; 25:34; 48:26; Ezek. 27:30; Mark 9:20; 2 Pet. 2:22)
want – need or lack something desirable (51x)
wanton – immodest, promiscuous, indulgent (5x: Isa. 3:16; Rom. 13:13; 1 Tim. 5:11; James 5:5; 2 Pet. 2:18)
ward – in custody, under guard; guard duty, watch; guard post (25x)
ware – merchandise (8x: Neh. 10:31; 13:16,20; Jer. 10:17; Ezek. 27:16,18,33; Jon. 1:5); aware, wary (Acts 14:6; 2 Tim. 4:15); past tense of wear (Luke 8:27)
warp – lengthwise threads in weaving (9x: Lev. 13:48–49,51–53,56–59); cp. woof
wast – second person singular past tense of be (66x)
waste – devastated, destroyed, desolate; to devastate, destroy; to become destroyed, ruined (90x)
watch, middle – 10:00 pm – 2:00 am (Judg. 7:19)
watch, morning – 2:00 am – 6:00 am (Exod. 14:24; 1 Sam. 11:11)
watch, second – 9:00 pm – midnight (Luke 12:38)
watch, third – midnight – 3:00 am (Luke 12:38)
watch, fourth – 3:00 am – 6:00 am (Matt. 14:25; Mark 6:48)
watchings – sleepless nights (2 Cor. 6:5; 11:27)
wax – grow, become moreso (76x)
waymark – guiding pillar, road sign (Jer. 31:21)
wen – swelling or growth on the skin (Lev. 22:22)
wench – young woman (2 Sam. 17:17)
wheaten – made from wheat (Exod. 29:2)
whelp – cub, young of an animal (13x)
whence – from which place (72x)
whereabout – concerning which (1 Sam. 21:2)
whereas – while, although (33x)
whereby – how, by what means (39x)
wherefore – why (348x)
wherein – in which; in what place (167x)
whereinsoever – in whatever respect (2 Cor. 11:21)
whereinto – into which (3x: Lev. 11:33; Num. 14:24; John 6:22)
whereof – concerning what or which (71x)
whereon – on which (27x)
wheresoever – wherever, in or to whatever place (12x)
whereto – to which place (3x: Job 30:2; Isa. 55:11; Php. 3:16)
whereunto – to which place (27x)
whereupon – on which place (10x: Lev. 11:35; Judg. 16:26; 1 Kings 7:48; Job 38:6; Ezek. 9:3; 23:41; 24:25; 40:41–42; Amos 4:7); immediately after which; because of which (7x: 1 Kings 12:28; 2 Chron. 12:6; Matt. 14:7; Acts 24:18; 26:12,19; Heb. 9:18)
wherewith – with which, by which means (110x)
wherewithal – with what, by what means (Ps. 119:9; Matt. 6:31)
whet – sharpen (4x: Deut. 32:41; Ps. 7:12; 64:3; Eccl. 10:10)
whether – conjunction expressing a choice (161x); which [of two] (10x: Judg. 9:2; Matt. 9:5; 21:31; 23:17,19; 27:21; Mark 2:9; Luke 5:23; 22:27; Acts 1:24)
whiles – while (10x: Ezek. 21:29; 44:17; Dan. 5:2; 9:20–21; Hos. 7:6; Matt. 5:25; Acts 5:4; 2 Cor. 9:13)
whit – very small part (5x: Deut. 13:16; 1 Sam. 3:18; John 7:23; 13:10; 2 Cor. 11:5)
whither – to which place (124x)
whithersoever – wherever (29x)
whoredom – prostitution, promiscuity (54x)
whoremonger – person who has dealings with prostitutes (5x: Eph. 5:5; 1 Tim. 1:10; Heb. 13:4; Rev. 21:8; 22:15)
whoso – whoever (54x)
wiles – manipulative devices (Num. 25:18; Eph. 6:11)
wilily – by means of cunning (Josh. 9:4)
wimple – shawl, cloak (Isa. 3:22)
winefat – press or vat where grapes are crushed (Isa. 63:2; Mark 12:1)
wink – make a malicious gesture (3x: Ps. 35:19; Prov. 6:13; 10:10); overlook (Job 15:12; Acts 17:30)
winnow – expose grain to wind so the chaff blows away (Ruth 3:2; Isa. 30:24); cp. thresh
wise – showing good judgment (223x); way, manner (24x: e.g., Exod. 22:23)
wist – past tense of wit (13x)
wit – know (see to wit) (21x)
withal – with; also (33x)
without – (426x); in the absence of (e.g., Gen. 1:2); on the outside of (e.g., Gen. 6:14)
withs – cords, bowstrings (3x: Judg. 16:7–9)
wittingly – knowingly (Gen. 48:14)
wizard – spiritist, someone who claims to gain special knowledge through spirits (11x)
woe – expression of grief (108x)
wonderful – extraordinary, awesome, amazing (25x)
wont – accustomed (9x: Exod. 21:29; Num. 22:30; 1 Sam. 30:31; 2 Sam. 20:18; Dan. 3:19; Matt. 27:15; Mark 10:1; Luke 22:39; Acts 16:13)
woof – crosswise threads in weaving (9x: Lev. 13:48–49,51–53,56–59); cp. warp
wot – singular present of wit (10x)
wreathen – braided, entwined, twisted (10x: Exod. 28:14,22,24–25; 39:15,17–18; 2 Kings 25:17)
wrest – twist, pervert, distort (5x: Exod. 23:2,6; Deut. 16:19; Ps. 56:5; 2 Pet. 3:16)
wroth – angry (49x)
wrought – past tense of work (101x)
X
Y
ye – second person plural subjective pronoun; cp. thou, you (3985x)
yea – yes, indeed (340x)
yesternight – last night (3x: Gen. 19:34; 31:29,42)
yoke – a bar placed across the necks of a pair of animals so they can pull a plow or cart; a pair of animals thus connected; to subject animals to such a device (64x)
yokefellow – coworker (Php. 4:3)
yonder – over there; at a distant place (7x: Gen. 22:5; Num. 16:37; 23:15; 32:19; 2 Kings 4:25; Matt. 17:20; 26:36)
you – second person singular or plural objective pronoun; cp. thee, ye (2613x)
you-ward – toward you (3x: 2 Cor. 1:12; 13:3; Eph. 3:2)
Z
tares
whether