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

H3968
Art | N-proper-fs 1 senses
the Tower of the Hundred, a tower on Jerusalem's wall
The proper name of a specific tower in Jerusalem's wall system, literally 'the Tower of the Hundred.' Appears in Nehemiah 3:1 and 12:39, bot...
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G1473
PPro-N1P 2,602× 2 senses
First person pronoun: 'I/me/my' (singular) and 'we/us/our' (plural), in all grammatical cases
First person singular pronoun ('I, me, my') in all cases. Central to self-disclosure and authority: Jesus's 'I am the one coming after me' (...
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G1004
N-GMS 1 senses
mud, mire; filth or foul matter
Mud or mire representing moral defilement (2 Pet 2:22). The pig wallowing in mud illustrates the tragic return to sin after apparent purific...
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H5782
V-Hifil-Imperf.Cohort-1cs 80× 6 senses
To rouse, awaken, stir up; in Qal, to wake from sleep; in Hifil, to cause awakening or incite action; in Piel, to rouse intensively.
Hifil causative: to awaken someone, stir up, incite — the most frequent sense at 38 occurrences. God is the typical agent, stirring up the s...
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H6932
Conj-w | N-proper-fs 1 senses
Kedemoth (place name, town in Reuben/Moab with associated wilderness)
Deuteronomy 2:26 references the 'Wilderness of Kedemoth' (מִדְבַּר קְדֵמוֹת) from which Moses sent envoys to Sihon. Joshua 13:18 lists Kedem...
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G1721
Adj-AMS 1 senses
implanted, inborn, innate; planted within or naturally inherent in someone
James 1:21 exhorts readers to receive with meekness 'the implanted word' capable of saving souls. This is agricultural and pedagogical langu...
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H0449
N-proper-ms 1 senses
Elidad, personal name (God has loved)
Tribal representative of Benjamin appointed to the land-division commission in Numbers 34:21. The name 'God has loved' reflects Israelite on...
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G3508
N-GMS 1 senses
Naphtali, son of Jacob, tribe of Israel, and the tribal territory
Naphtali, the son of Jacob and tribal ancestor, and by extension the tribe and territory bearing his name. Matthew 4:13, 15 cite Isaiah's pr...
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H2682a
Prep-k 19× 1 senses
Grass, herbage, green vegetation: plant growth used as fodder and as a biblical image of human transience.
Green grass, herbage, or vegetable growth, used literally for animal fodder and figuratively for the brevity of human life. As pasture and f...
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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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