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

G4919
V-PPA-NMP 1 senses
to break in pieces, crush, shatter (especially the heart or spirit)
Acts 21:13 records Paul's protest that the Ephesians' weeping is 'breaking his heart,' using imagery of physical shattering applied to emoti...
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G2998
V-RPM/P-NNS 1 senses
to cut out of rock, to hew from stone
Matthew 27:60 describes Joseph placing Jesus in 'his new tomb which he had cut (ἐλατόμησεν) in the rock.' Mark 15:46 describes 'a tomb which...
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G5360
N-AFS 1 senses
Brotherly love; the warm affection and mutual care shared among members of a spiritual or familial community.
Mutual love and affection among spiritual siblings—believers united in community. Unlike generic friendship, philadelphia carries the weight...
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H2638
Adj-msc 19× 1 senses
Lacking, in want of, deficient: one who is without something essential, especially sense or understanding.
Adjective describing one who is deficient, needy, or deprived of something, typically in construct with the thing lacking. The dominant bibl...
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G3922
V-AIA-3S 1 senses
to enter alongside, slip in secretly; to come in beside or be introduced
Romans 5:20 uses an aorist active ('came in alongside') for the law's historical entry into redemptive history, while Galatians 2:4 uses an...
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H5199
N-proper-fs 1 senses
Netophah; town in Judah meaning 'dripping' or 'dropping'
The twin references come from parallel post-exilic census lists recording those who returned from Babylonian exile. Ezra 2:22 and Nehemiah 7...
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G4254
V-PIA-3P 20× 3 senses
To go before or lead the way; also to bring someone forward, or to precede in time.
To go ahead spatially, leading the way or walking in front of others. The star over Bethlehem proegein the Magi (Matt 2:9); crowds go before...
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H5686
Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp | 3fs 1 senses
weave, wind together (metaphor for conspiracy)
The weaving together of corrupt schemes in Micah 7:3, where officials collaborate to pervert justice. 'The prince asks, the judge accepts br...
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H5180
N-proper-ms 1 senses
Nehushtan — the derogatory name King Hezekiah gave to the bronze serpent when he destroyed it
A name given to the bronze serpent in 2 Kings 18:4 when King Hezekiah destroyed it. The object Moses had made in the wilderness (Numbers 21:...
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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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