Bible lexicon
The Bible lexicon explains each Greek and Hebrew word of the original text, with its meanings from classic lexicons: Abbott-Smith and Thayer for Greek, Brown, Driver and Briggs for Hebrew. Each word links to the verses where it appears in the interlinear Bible.
Greek
5,523 root words from the New Testament.
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Hebrew
8,674 root words from the Old Testament.
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- ἀγαπάω agapáō to love (in a social or moral sense)
- ἀγάπη agápē love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast
- πίστις pístis persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
- χάρις cháris graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
- λόγος lógos something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
- πνεῦμα pneûma a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
- ἐλπίς elpís expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
- אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- חֵסֵד chêçêd kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
- שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
- בָּרָא bârâʼ (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
- אָמַן ʼâman properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
- רוּחַ rûwach wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
Word numbers
Every Hebrew word in the Old Testament receives a number prefixed with H (e.g., H7225, reshit, "beginning"). Every Greek word in the New Testament receives a number prefixed with G (e.g., G25, agapaō, "to love").
The numbers come from Strong's Concordance (1890). They are what links each word of the lexicon to the interlinear Bible, in any translation.
Sources
Greek: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), and J. H. Thayer (1889). Hebrew: Brown, Driver and Briggs (1906), with markup by unfoldingWord (CC BY). All in the public domain. The word numbers follow Strong's Concordance, via OpenScriptures.