Army

"band (of raiders); marauding band; raiding party; army; units (of an army); troops; bandits; raid." The 33 occurrence of this noun are distributed th…

Baal

"master; baal." In Akkadian, the noun belu ("lord") gave rise to the verb belu ("to rule"). In other northwest Semitic languages, the noun ba‘al diffe…

Band

"band (of raiders); marauding band; raiding party; army; units (of an army); troops; bandits; raid." The 33 occurrence of this noun are distributed th…

Be (To)

"to become, occur, come to pass, be." This verb occurs only in Hebrew and Aramaic. The Old Testament attests hayâ about 3,560 times, in both Hebrew an…

Be Willing

"to will, be willing, consent." Common throughout the history of the Hebrew language, this word occurs in the Hebrew Bible just over 50 times. It is f…

Bless (To)

"to kneel, bless, be blessed, curse." The root of this word is found in other Semitic languages which, like Hebrew, use it most frequently with a deit…

Blood

"blood." This is a common Semitic word with cognates in all the Semitic languages. Biblical Hebrew attests it about 360 times and in all periods.Dam i…

Boundary

"boundary; limit; territory; closed area." This word has cognates in Phoenician and Arabic. It occurs about 240 times in biblical Hebrew and in all pe…

Breath

"breath; vanity; idol." Cognates of this noun occur in Syriac, late Aramaic, and Arabic. All but 4 of its 72 occurrences are in poetry (37 in Ecclesia…

Build (To)

"to build, establish, construct, rebuild." This root appears in all the Semitic languages except Ethiopic and in all periods of Hebrew. In biblical He…

Cleave (To) 1

"to cleave, split, break open, break through." This word occurs in all the periods of the Hebrew language and is also found in ancient Ugaritic or Can…

Cleave (To) 2

"to cling, cleave, keep close." Used in modern Hebrew in the sense of "to stick to, adhere to," dabaq yields the noun form for "glue" and also the mor…

Cling

"to cling, cleave, keep close." Used in modern Hebrew in the sense of "to stick to, adhere to," dabaq yields the noun form for "glue" and also the mor…

Covenant

"covenant; league; confederacy." This word is most probably derived from an Akkadian root meaning "to fetter"; it has parallels in Hittite, Egyptian, …

Create (To)

"to create, make." This verb is of profound theological significance, since it has only God as its subject. Only God can "create" in the sense implied…

Deal Out (To)

"to deal out, deal with, wean, ripen." Found in both biblical and modern Hebrew, this word occurs 35 times in the Hebrew Old Testament. While the basi…

Deal With

"to deal out, deal with, wean, ripen." Found in both biblical and modern Hebrew, this word occurs 35 times in the Hebrew Old Testament. While the basi…

Dwell

"to dwell as a client, sojourn." This verb occurs only in Northwest Semitic and outside Hebrew only as a noun. In biblical Hebrew the verb gûr occurs …

Firstborn

"firstborn." Bekôr appears about 122 times in biblical Hebrew and in all periods. The word represents the "firstborn" individual in a family (Gen 25:1…

Flee (To)

"to flee, pass through." Some scholars See this word, which is used throughout the history of the Hebrew language, reflected in ancient Ugaritic as we…

Flesh

"flesh; meat; male sex organ." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic, Arabic, and Aramaic. Biblical Hebrew attests it about 270 times and in all pe…

Fool

"fool." This word appears primarily in the wisdom literature. A person described by ’ewîl generally lacks wisdom; indeed, wisdom is beyond his grasp (…

Generation

"generation." This noun belongs to a common Semitic root, which signifies "duration" in East Semitic and "generation" in West Semitic. The Akkadian wo…

Go Away (To)

"to leave, depart, uncover, reveal." This verb occurs in Ugaritic, Phoenician, Arabic, imperial Aramaic, biblical Aramaic, and Ethiopic. Biblical Hebr…

Herd

"herd; cattle." This noun has cognates in Arabic and Aramaic. It appears about 180 times in biblical Hebrew and in all periods.One meaning of the word…

Hero

"hero." This word appears 159 times in the Old Testament. The first occurrence of gibbôr is in Gen 6:4: "There were giants in the earth in those days;…

High

"high; exalted." This adjective occurs about 24 times. The root seen in this adjective, in the verb gabah and in the noun gobah, occurs in every perio…

High Place

"high place." This noun occurs in other Semitic languages, meaning the "back" of an animal or of a man (Ugaritic), the incline or "back" of a mountain…

Honor (To)

"to honor." This verb occurs about 114 times and in all periods of biblical Hebrew. Its cognates appear in the same languages as those of the noun kab…

House

"house or building; home; household; land." The noun has cognates in most other Semitic languages including biblical Aramaic. Bayit appears about 2,04…

Idol

"idol; household idol; cultic mask; divine symbol." This word is a loanword from Hittite-Hurrian (tarpis) which in West Semitic assumes the basic form…

Know (To)

"to know, regard, recognize, pay attention to, be acquainted with." This verb, which is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, occurs approximately …

Land

"ground; land; earth." This noun also occurs in Arabic. Hebrew occurrences number about 224 and cover every period of biblical Hebrew.Initially this n…

Leave

"to leave, depart, uncover, reveal." This verb occurs in Ugaritic, Phoenician, Arabic, imperial Aramaic, biblical Aramaic, and Ethiopic. Biblical Hebr…

Likeness

"to be like, resemble, be or act like, liken or compare, devise, balance or ponder." This verb appears in biblical Hebrew about 28 times. Cognates of …

Lord

or ’adonayUsage Number: 2Strong's Number: H136Usage Notes: "lord; master; Lord." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic and Phoenician. The form ’ad…

Lot

"lot." This word is attested 77 times and in all periods of the language (if a traditional view of the formation of the canon is accepted).Usage Numbe…

Love (To)

"to love; like." This verb occurs in Moabite and Ugaritic. It appears in all periods of Hebrew and around 250 times in the Bible.Basically this verb i…

Magnify (To)

"to become strong, grow up, be great or wealthy, evidence oneself as great (magnified), be powerful, significant, or valuable." This verb occurs elsew…

Maiden

"maiden, virgin." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic and Akkadian. Its 50 biblical occurrences are distributed throughout every period of Old Te…

Man

"man; mankind; people; someone (indefinite); Adam (the first man)." This noun appears in Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Punic. A word with the same radical…

Master

"master; baal." In Akkadian, the noun belu ("lord") gave rise to the verb belu ("to rule"). In other northwest Semitic languages, the noun ba‘al diffe…

Meditate (To)

"to meditate, moan, growl, utter, speak." This word is common to both ancient and modern Hebrew. Found only 25 times in the Hebrew Old Testament, it s…

Might

"might." This noun is found 61 times in the Hebrew Old Testament, predominantly in poetic books and in Isaiah and Jeremiah. The first occurrence is in…

Morning

"morning." This word occurs about 214 times and in every period of biblical Hebrew.This word means "morning," though not the period of time before noo…

Multitude

"multitude; lively commotion; agitation; tumult; uproar; commotion; turmoil; noise; crowd; abundance." This noun appears 85 times in biblical Hebrew a…

Nation

"nation; people; heathen." Outside the Bible, this noun appears only in the Mari texts (Akkadian) and perhaps in Phoenician-Punic. This word occurs ab…

Necromancer

"spirit (of the dead); necromancer; pit." This word has cognates in Sumerian, Akkadian, and Ugaritic, where the meanings "pit" and "spirit of one who …

Needy (Person)

"needy (person)." This word also occurs in Ugaritic and Ethiopic. Biblical Hebrew attests it about 60 times (33 times in the Psalms alone) and in all …

Noble

"noble; principal; stately one." As a noun, ’addîr is paralleled to "mighty" in Judg 5:13: "Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nob…

Peradventure

"peradventure; perhaps; suppose; if; less." The 43 occurrences of this word appear in every period of biblical Hebrew.This word meaning "peradventure …

Pestilence

"pestilence." The meaning of the cognate word varies in other Semitic languages from the Hebrew. In Ugaritic, dbr probably signifies "death." The Arab…

Poor (person)

"poor; weak; afflicted; humble." This word, which also appears in early Aramaic and post-biblical Hebrew, occurs in biblical Hebrew about 76 times and…

Praise (To)

"to praise, celebrate, glory, sing (praise), boast." The meaning "to praise" is actually the meaning of the intensive form of the Hebrew verb halal, w…

Pride

"to be proud, be exalted." This verb appears 7 times in biblical Hebrew. The word appears in Exod 15:1 in the sense of "to be exalted": "I will sing t…

Redeem (To)

"to redeem, deliver, avenge, act as a kinsman." This word group is used 90 times, chiefly in the Pentateuch, Psalms, Isaiah, and Ruth. The root appear…

Seek (To)

"to seek, search, consult." This verb occurs only in Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Hebrew (both biblical and post-biblical). It appears in the Bible about…

Shame

"to be ashamed, feel ashamed." This verb, which occurs 129 times in biblical Hebrew, has cognates in Ugaritic, Akkadian, and Arabic. The word has over…

Sojourn (To)

"to dwell as a client, sojourn." This verb occurs only in Northwest Semitic and outside Hebrew only as a noun. In biblical Hebrew the verb gûr occurs …

Speak (To)

"to speak, say." This verb occurs in all periods of Hebrew, in Phoenician (starting from around 900 b.c.), and in imperial Aramaic (starting from abou…

Spirit (of the Dead)

"spirit (of the dead); necromancer; pit." This word has cognates in Sumerian, Akkadian, and Ugaritic, where the meanings "pit" and "spirit of one who …

Splendor

"splendor; majesty; authority." A possible cognate of this word appears in Arabic. All but 4 of its 24 biblical appearances occur in poetry.The basic …

Split

"to cleave, split, break open, break through." This word occurs in all the periods of the Hebrew language and is also found in ancient Ugaritic or Can…

Suburbs

"suburbs; pasture land; open land." This noun occurs about 100 times, mainly in Joshua an First Chronicles. It denotes the untilled ground outside a c…

Sufficiency

"sufficiency; the required; enough." Cognates of this word appear in late Aramaic, Syriac, and Phoenician. Its 42 biblical occurrences appear in all p…

Swallow (To)

"to swallow, engulf." Commonly used throughout the history of the Hebrew language, this word is also found in ancient Akkadian, as well as several oth…

Temple

"palace; temple." This word is indirectly derived from the Sumerian egal, "large house, palace," and more directly from the Akkadian ekallu, "large ho…

Tent

"tent; home; dwelling; habitation." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Arabic. It appears about 343 times in biblical Hebrew an…

Virgin

"maiden, virgin." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic and Akkadian. Its 50 biblical occurrences are distributed throughout every period of Old Te…

Walk (To)

"to go, walk, behave." This verb appears in most Semitic languages (although it has a different meaning in Arabic). It is attested in all periods of H…

Way

"way (path, road, highway); distance; journey; manner, conduct; condition; destiny." This noun has cognates in Akkadian, Ugaritic (where it sometimes …

Weak (Person)

"poor; weak; afflicted; humble." This word, which also appears in early Aramaic and post-biblical Hebrew, occurs in biblical Hebrew about 76 times and…

Wealth

"wealth; substance; riches; possessions; enough." The 26 occurrences of this word are almost wholly in wisdom literature, with 17 of them in the Book …

Wickedness

"wickedness; wicked; destruction." The 27 occurrences of this noun are scattered throughout the periods of biblical Hebrew. The basic meaning of this …

Will (To)

"to will, be willing, consent." Common throughout the history of the Hebrew language, this word occurs in the Hebrew Bible just over 50 times. It is f…