Word studies

English translation sometimes collapses several different Hebrew or Greek words into one. These pages show what the original words were, where each appears, and which questions turn on the difference. 908 words, from the primary texts.

The widest flattenings

English words standing in for the most different Hebrew and Greek originals.

• “give” , 19 words: poiéō, dídōmi, dâbar, títhēmi, nûwach, apodídōmi, martyréō, ʻâbar +11 more
• “come” , 18 words: gínomai, érchomai, akoúō, nâthan, zâkar, prosérchomai, phérō, apérchomai +10 more
• “make” , 18 words: poiéō, dídōmi, ʻâsâh, nâthan, títhēmi, yâdaʻ, bârâʼ, ktízō +10 more
• “thing” , 18 words: tìs, kôl, lógos, hágios, tís, oudeís, nephesh, chay +10 more
• “one” , 15 words: tìs, heîs, hékastos, állos, nephesh, héteros, ʼîysh, gam +7 more
• “set” , 15 words: dídōmi, ʻâsâh, nâthan, hístēmi, títhēmi, kathízō, apostéllō, môwʻêd +7 more
• “shew” , 15 words: légō, poiéō, dídōmi, lógos, ʻâsâh, nâthan, yâdaʻ, deiknýō +7 more
• “take” , 15 words: poiéō, dídōmi, ʻâsâh, ekbállō, kratéō, yâshab, châzaq, ʼâbad +7 more
• “appoint” , 14 words: poiéō, ʻâsâh, nâthan, dâbar, hístēmi, títhēmi, yâdaʻ, bâchar +6 more
• “depart” , 14 words: exérchomai, poreúomai, ekporeúomai, apérchomai, hâlak, hypágō, aphístēmi, çûwr +6 more
• “work” , 14 words: poiéō, érgon, lógos, ʻâsâh, mᵉlâʼkâh, dâbâr, energéō, ergázomai +6 more
• “bring” , 13 words: poiéō, érchomai, lambánō, hístēmi, phérō, çûwr, gâlâh, apágō +5 more
• “lay” , 13 words: hístēmi, bállō, logízomai, phérō, nûwach, shâkan, ʻâbar, shîyth +5 more
• “man” , 12 words: ánthrōpos, heîs, oudeís, nephesh, anḗr, ʼîysh, raʻ, rab +4 more
• “unto” , 12 words: hōs, tís, héōs, áchri, prosérchomai, proskaléomai, proséchō, hypotássō +4 more
• “commit” , 11 words: poiéō, dídōmi, pisteúō, ʻâsâh, nâthan, títhēmi, prássō, paradídōmi +3 more
• “deliver” , 11 words: dídōmi, nâthan, sōtēría, paradídōmi, katargéō, mâtsâʼ, apodídōmi, ʻâbar +3 more
• “forth” , 11 words: hístēmi, exérchomai, poreúomai, apostéllō, hâlak, ekchéō, éxō, ʻâbar +3 more
• “mind” , 11 words: pneûma, nephesh, méllō, psychḗ, rûwach, lêb, noûs, lêbâb +3 more
• “out” , 11 words: exérchomai, apostéllō, ekporeúomai, ekbállō, apérchomai, hâlak, mâtsâʼ, ʻâbar +3 more
• “perceive” , 11 words: horáō, eídō, blépō, heurískō, yâdaʻ, theōréō, shâmaʻ, epiginṓskō +3 more
• “but” , 10 words: ʻôwd, gam, mónon, ʼak, plḗn, ʼâkên, ʼaph, ʼepheç +2 more
• “continue” , 10 words: gínomai, poiéō, ménō, hístēmi, kathízō, yâshab, châzaq, shâkan +2 more
• “desire” , 10 words: thélō, nephesh, parakaléō, erōtáō, thélēma, eperōtáō, zētéō, râtsôwn +2 more
• “get” , 10 words: ʻâsâh, heurískō, hâlak, mâtsâʼ, çûwr, bîyn, kâbad, bâhal +2 more
• “put” , 10 words: poiéō, dídōmi, ʻâsâh, nâthan, títhēmi, bállō, tsâvâh, yâçaph +2 more
• “surely” , 10 words: kên, ʼak, hâlak, ʼâkên, yâṭab, ʼâman, yâkach, raq +2 more
• “consider” , 9 words: eídō, nâthan, yâdaʻ, theōréō, shâmaʻ, châshab, bîyn, nâbaṭ +1 more
• “destroy” , 9 words: dâbar, apóllymi, lýō, katargéō, katalýō, phthorá, ʼâbad, shâdad +1 more
• “for” , 9 words: hōs, ʻôwlâm, áchri, proseúchomai, zētéō, ʼâz, min, ʻal +1 more

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