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

H2338
V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp 1 senses
to join, repair (foundations), specifically used of rebuilding city walls
To join together or connect, specifically in building contexts. Ezra 4:12 uses this in an accusation: the Jews are 'joining the walls'—compl...
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H6408
N-proper-ms 1 senses
Piltai: a priestly family head during the high priesthood of Joiakim
A personal name in Nehemiah 12:17, identifying the head of a priestly family during the high priesthood of Joiakim in post-exilic Jerusalem....
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G2264
N-DMS 43× 1 senses
Herod — members of the Herodian dynasty: Herod the Great, Herod Antipas, and Herod Agrippa I
The dynastic name Herodes, applied to three NT rulers: Herod the Great at Jesus' birth (Matt 2:1-19), Herod Antipas who beheaded the Baptist...
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H0908
V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc | 3mp 1 senses
devise, invent; fabricate or originate (in negative sense)
Jeroboam 'devised' a feast on a date 'of his own heart'—an unauthorized religious innovation (1 Kings 12:33). Nehemiah accuses his opponents...
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H1101b
Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1 senses
to give fodder or provender to animals; denominative verb from the noun for mixed feed
To provide mixed grain fodder to animals, specifically donkeys in Judges 19:21. The bracketed portions in English, Spanish, French, and Germ...
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H0862a
Conj-w | N-mpc | 3fs 1 senses
galleries/porches (architectural features in Ezekiel's temple vision, ketiv form)
Architectural term in Ezekiel 41:15 (ketiv form) denoting structural features—possibly galleries, porches, or colonnaded spaces within the t...
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H8047
Conj-w 40× 3 senses
Desolation, devastation, or horror; a ruined place or an object that provokes dread
The objective sense of physical desolation: a place reduced to waste and ruin. Psalm 46:8 envisions God's cosmic 'desolations,' and Isaiah 5...
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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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G4362
V-APA-NMP 1 senses
to fasten or affix something to a surface, especially by nailing; to crucify
The single New Testament occurrence appears in Acts 2:23 where Peter declares that Jesus was nailed to the cross and killed. The Spanish and...
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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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