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. 785 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, títhēmi, dâbar, ʻâbar, nûwach, martyréō, rûwm +11 more
• “thing” — 17 words: tìs, lógos, hágios, kôl, oudeís, tís, qôdesh, dâbâr +9 more
• “come” — 16 words: gínomai, érchomai, akoúō, nâthan, phérō, zâkar, parérchomai, hḗkō +8 more
• “make” — 16 words: poiéō, dídōmi, ʻâsâh, nâthan, títhēmi, ktízō, gennáō, yâdaʻ +8 more
• “one” — 15 words: tìs, heîs, hékastos, állos, héteros, ʼîysh, nephesh, ʼechâd +7 more
• “shew” — 15 words: légō, poiéō, dídōmi, lógos, ʻâsâh, nâthan, shâmaʻ, parístēmi +7 more
• “appoint” — 13 words: poiéō, ʻâsâh, nâthan, títhēmi, hístēmi, dâbar, yâdaʻ, bâchar +5 more
• “bring” — 13 words: poiéō, érchomai, lambánō, hístēmi, phérō, çûwr, apágō, qârâh +5 more
• “depart” — 13 words: exérchomai, poreúomai, hypágō, hâlak, apérchomai, ekporeúomai, çûwr, apolýō +5 more
• “work” — 13 words: poiéō, lógos, érgon, ʻâsâh, dâbâr, mᵉlâʼkâh, ʻăbôdâh, ergázomai +5 more
• “set” — 12 words: dídōmi, ʻâsâh, nâthan, títhēmi, hístēmi, apostéllō, kathízō, môwʻêd +4 more
• “commit” — 11 words: poiéō, dídōmi, pisteúō, ʻâsâh, nâthan, títhēmi, paradídōmi, châṭâʼ +3 more
• “deliver” — 11 words: dídōmi, nâthan, sōtēría, paradídōmi, katargéō, ʻâbar, mâtsâʼ, charízomai +3 more
• “forth” — 11 words: hístēmi, exérchomai, apostéllō, poreúomai, ekchéō, ʻâbar, hâlak, éxō +3 more
• “lay” — 11 words: hístēmi, phérō, bállō, logízomai, ʻâbar, nûwach, shîyth, nâtsab +3 more
• “man” — 11 words: ánthrōpos, heîs, oudeís, anḗr, ʼîysh, nephesh, rab, bîyn +3 more
• “mind” — 11 words: pneûma, méllō, psychḗ, nephesh, rûwach, noûs, lêb, lêbâb +3 more
• “out” — 11 words: exérchomai, apostéllō, ʻâbar, ekbállō, hâlak, apérchomai, mâtsâʼ, ekporeúomai +3 more
• “perceive” — 11 words: horáō, eídō, blépō, heurískō, shâmaʻ, theōréō, epiginṓskō, yâdaʻ +3 more
• “take” — 11 words: poiéō, dídōmi, ʻâsâh, ʻâbar, ekbállō, châzaq, prosdéchomai, ʼâbad +3 more
• “but” — 10 words: mónon, gam, ʻôwd, plḗn, ʼepheç, ʼak, ʼaph, dîy +2 more
• “put” — 10 words: poiéō, dídōmi, ʻâsâh, nâthan, títhēmi, bállō, tsâvâh, yâçaph +2 more
• “unto” — 10 words: hōs, tís, héōs, áchri, hypotássō, proséchō, engýs, méchri +2 more
• “consider” — 9 words: eídō, nâthan, shâmaʻ, theōréō, yâdaʻ, bîyn, shîyth, châshab +1 more
• “desire” — 9 words: thélō, thélēma, parakaléō, erōtáō, nephesh, zētéō, râtsôwn, châphêts +1 more
• “for” — 9 words: hōs, ʻôwlâm, áchri, zētéō, proseúchomai, ʼâz, min, ʻal +1 more
• “get” — 9 words: ʻâsâh, heurískō, hâlak, mâtsâʼ, çûwr, bîyn, kâbad, bâhal +1 more
• “great” — 9 words: ʻâsâh, mégas, ʼîysh, bâqâr, mᵉʼôd, pleíōn, hikanós, ʻâtsûwm +1 more
• “have” — 9 words: échō, gínomai, poiéō, lambánō, aphíēmi, epiginṓskō, yâdaʻ, nûwach +1 more
• “side” — 9 words: méros, dexiós, kôh, qedem, ʼâchôwr, pêʼâh, sâphâh, yâmîyn +1 more

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