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
H6296
V-Piel-Perf-3cp 2× 1 senses
To be exhausted, faint, or too weary to continue; used of physical collapse from fatigue
A Piel perfect verb meaning to be exhausted or faint beyond the point of continuing. The consistent context 'were too exhausted to...' ('est...
G2518
V-PPA-NMP 22× 2 senses
To sleep physically; figuratively, to be spiritually lethargic, morally inattentive, or dead.
To be in a state of natural, physical sleep or slumber. Matthew 8:24 describes Jesus sleeping during the storm; Matthew 26:40-43 shows the d...
G4450
Adj-NMS 3× 1 senses
fiery red, flame-colored; reddish color like fire
Describes fiery red coloring, both in a personal name and apocalyptic imagery. Acts 20:4 mentions 'Sopater of Berea, son of Pyrrhus'—likely...
H6844
Art | N-fs 1× 1 senses
carpet, rug (spread out for reclining); possibly watchtower
Likely refers to a carpet or rug spread for dining, used in Isaiah 21:5 in the description of Babylonian leaders preparing a feast. The phra...
G4477
N-GFS 1× 1 senses
Rahab, the Canaanite woman of Jericho who protected the Israelite spies
Matthew 1:5 records in Jesus' genealogy: 'and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth.' Rahab's inclusion is...
H4438
Art | N-fs 91× 3 senses
Royalty, royal power, reign, or kingdom; the domain, exercise, or dignity of kingly rule (chiefly late Hebrew).
The most frequent sense (about two-thirds of occurrences) designates a kingdom as a political entity or territorial domain—the realm over wh...
G0167
N-NFS 10× 1 senses
Impurity, uncleanness — moral defilement, especially sexual immorality and spiritual corruption
Moral or spiritual impurity, filthiness, or corruption, used predominantly for sexual immorality and ethical defilement in the Pauline epist...
H6991
V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 3× 1 senses
to slay, kill; poetic/late term for taking life, used of human violence and divine judgment
Three Joban and Psalmic uses present killing in different lights: Job's trust despite mortal threat (13:15), the wicked murderer's predatory...
H2859a
N-msc 22× 2 senses
Father-in-law (wife's father); also once as mother-in-law (wife's mother) in the feminine form.
The masculine construct form ḥoten, occurring 21 times, always meaning 'wife's father' or 'father-in-law.' Overwhelmingly tied to Moses' fat...
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,...