Biblical Lexicon
Hebrew, Aramaic & Greek lexicon with multilingual glosses and semantic domains
14,884
Lemmas
20,311
Senses
348,858
Gloss Records
174,406
References
Some Random Lemmas
G3914
V-RPA-DNS 4× 1 senses
To spend the winter, overwinter; to stay at a location through the cold season.
To spend the winter season at a particular location, typically because sea travel was impossible or perilous during cold months. Every trans...
G0352
V-AIA-3S 4× 1 senses
to straighten up, stand erect; to lift one's head or body from a bent posture
To raise oneself from a bent or stooped posture, to stand erect or lift the head. Spanish 'enderezarse' (to straighten oneself) and French '...
G2840
V-PMA-2S 14× 3 senses
To defile or make ritually unclean; to declare profane or call common what God has cleansed.
To defile or make ritually and morally unclean — the dominant active sense in Jesus' purity discourse. What enters the mouth does not defile...
H7452
Prep-b | N-msc | 3ms 3× 1 senses
shouting, loud cry; roar (possibly thunder)
The term designates loud, forceful sound in three contested passages. Exodus 32:17 describes 'the sound of the people in its shouting' (or '...
H3405
Prep-b | N-proper-fs 57× 1 senses
Jericho -- the ancient Canaanite city in the Jordan Valley, first major conquest under Joshua
The ancient city in the Jordan Valley, appearing in three orthographic variants reflecting scribal tradition. Best known as the site of Josh...
H5385
V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fpc | 2mp 1× 1 senses
things carried, burdens; objects that were customarily borne in procession, especially idols
Objects that were carried or borne, specifically idols carried in religious processions. Isaiah 46:1 uses this term for Babylonian gods Bel...
G4951
V-IIA-3P 5× 1 senses
To drag, pull forcibly along the ground; to haul away by force, whether persons, objects, or figuratively.
To drag or haul forcibly, pulling something or someone along the ground or through space. The word carries connotations of violence or great...
G0643
V-APM-NMP 1× 1 senses
to pack up, prepare belongings, make ready for departure
To pack up one's belongings and make ready for travel. Acts 21:15 records that after Paul's stay in Caesarea, 'having made ready [our belong...
G4772
N-GFS 3× 1 senses
kindred, relatives, family; one's extended family or kinship group, ties of blood relationship
Languages converge: English 'kinfolk/relatives', Spanish 'familia/parentela', French 'parenté', German transliterations (συγγένειαν, συγγενε...
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...
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...
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...
H????
8,878× 94 senses
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...
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...
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...
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,...