Bible Dictionary
Understand the words of Scripture, without leaving the verse.
Look up a word in the passage you are reading and see what it means, how the Bible uses it and where it comes from, including the Greek or Hebrew behind it.
Words, explained
- Plain-language meaning
- How the Bible uses it
- Greek and Hebrew origins
- Other verses it appears in
What it shows
More than a definition.
Each word comes with three views and a trail to other verses, so you see what it meant to the people who first heard it.
Meaning
A clear definition and the pronunciation, so you can say the word as well as understand it.
Bible meaning
How Scripture itself uses the word, not only what a dictionary says.
Origin
The Greek or Hebrew behind the English word, such as Monogenes behind begotten.
Also used in
Jump to other verses where the same word appears, like John 1:14 and John 3:18.
Questions people ask first
- What does the Bible dictionary show?
- For a word in the passage you are reading: how to pronounce it, what it means, how the Bible uses it, where it comes from in Greek or Hebrew, and other verses where it appears.
- Do I need to know Greek or Hebrew?
- No. The origin is explained in plain language, with the original word shown alongside so you can see it if you want to.
- Does it help with words that are easy to misread?
- Short notes flag common mix-ups. For example, begotten does not mean biological generation, and the entry says so.
Know what the words really say.
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