Biblical Lexicon

Hebrew, Aramaic & Greek lexicon with multilingual glosses and semantic domains

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14,884
Lemmas
20,311
Senses
348,858
Gloss Records
174,406
References

Some Random Lemmas

G3779
Adv 209× 1 senses
Thus, so, in this way -- adverb of manner pointing to how something is done or occurs.
Demonstrative adverb of manner meaning 'in this way,' 'thus,' or 'so,' derived from the pronoun houtos. Functions both anaphorically (pointi...
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H8532
Conj-w | Number-ms 11× 1 senses
Three (Aramaic) — the cardinal numeral 'three,' used exclusively in the Aramaic portions of Daniel and Ezra
The Aramaic cardinal numeral 'three,' covering both masculine and feminine forms and pronominal constructions ('the three of them'). Key occ...
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G2712
Adj-AFS 1 senses
full of idols, wholly given to idolatry
Luke notes that Athens was κατείδωλος—thoroughly saturated with idols, not just having some temples but filled with images of gods everywher...
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H0435
Prep-l | N-proper-fs 1 senses
of Elul, sixth month name (August-September)
Temporal designation marking the completion of Jerusalem's wall reconstruction in Nehemiah 6:15, achieved remarkably in fifty-two days. The...
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H8397
N-ms 1 senses
perversion, confusion, violation of natural/divine order (sexual abomination)
The consistent translation across languages—'perversion' in English, Spanish, French, and German—reflects the term's technical legal-moral s...
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H7237
N-proper-fs 15× 1 senses
Rabbah — 'the great city,' capital of Ammon (modern Amman, Jordan); also a town in Judah
The fortified capital of the Ammonites, situated about 28 miles east of the Jordan River. Its fuller designation רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן appea...
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G1729
Adj-NMS 1 senses
needy, lacking, in want; deficient or deprived of necessary resources
Acts 4:34 celebrates the economic miracle of the early church: 'There was not a needy person among them.' This echoes Deuteronomy 15:4's vis...
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H7039
Conj-w | N-ms 1 senses
Roasted or parched grain, a common ancient Near Eastern food prepared from fresh ears of wheat or barley.
Roasted or parched grain — fresh ears of wheat or barley dried and roasted over fire as a ready-to-eat food. Spanish 'grano tostado' and Fre...
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G0132
N-VMS 1 senses
Aeneas, a paralyzed man healed by Peter in Lydda
Cross-linguistic glosses preserve the Greek name with slight case variations—vocative Αἰνέα (direct address in 9:33) and accusative Αἰνέαν (...
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Most Frequent Lemmas

G3588
Art-DNS 20,036× 6 senses
The definite article; also substantivizer, connective, and comparative marker across all cases and genders
The basic definite article marking a noun as known, specific, or previously mentioned. With over 18,000 occurrences, this is the default fun...
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H0853
Conj-w | Pro 10,977× 2 senses
Direct object marker for definite nouns; also a homographic preposition meaning 'with, beside, near'
The definite direct object marker, prefixed to nouns that are determined (by article, construct, proper name, or suffix). Untranslatable in...
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G2532
Conj 9,083× 2 senses
Conjunction 'and'; also adverbial 'also, even, likewise' for emphasis or addition
The copulative conjunction 'and,' joining words, phrases, and clauses in sequence. This is the default connective of Greek prose and narrati...
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H????
8,878× 94 senses
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H3068
Prep-k | N-proper-ms 6,522× 1 senses
Yahweh -- the covenantal personal name of the God of Israel, the Tetragrammaton YHWH
The divine personal name Yahweh, revealed at the burning bush (Exod 3:14-15) and used throughout Scripture as the covenantal name binding Go...
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H5921a
Prep 5,769× 9 senses
upon, on, over; against; beside, by, at; because of, therefore; concerning, about; for, on behalf of; to, unto; according to, in addition to
Core spatial sense of surface contact or vertical superiority: literally 'on top of' or 'upon.' Arabic consistently renders עַל as عَلَى, Ko...
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G0846
PPro-AN3P 5,611× 3 senses
He, she, it; self; the same — third-person pronoun with intensive and identity uses
The default and overwhelmingly dominant use: a personal pronoun for the third person in every grammatical case, gender, and number. Across a...
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H0413
Prep 5,516× 7 senses
to, toward; into; upon, on; against; for, concerning; with, among
Primary directional sense: 'to' or 'toward' a person, place, or thing. With over 5,300 occurrences, this dominates Hebrew prose. Spanish 'a,...
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