Dictionary of Archaic and Unfamiliar Words in the KJV
compiled by Scott Childs
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Abase – to be humble or to make humble
Abated – to lessen or go down
Abba – Aramaic word for father
Abhor – to hate or despise, reject as loathsome
Abjects ‑ worthless, despicable, low in estimation, without hope or regard.
Abode -to dwell, remain, sit, abide
Abomination (abominable) – a disgusting thing
Abroad ‑ scatter, disperse; outside, beyond the limits of a camp
Acceptation -reception, admission, a receiving with favour
Acquaintance – to know well, to be acquainted with
Acquit – to set free; to release or discharge from an obligation
Adamant ‑ a very hard or impenetrable stone
Adjure – to charge, bind or command on oath
Admiration ‑ wonder mingled with pleasing emotions, as approbation, esteem, love or veneration
Admire ‑ to wonder, wonder at, marvel
Admonish – to warn or notify of a fault; to reprove with mildness.
Ado – to make a noise or uproar, be turbulent
Adorn – (adorned) decorated, trimmed, garnished
Adventure ‑ attempt (De 28:56), throw down (Jud 9:17), to give (Ac 19:31)
Adversary ‑ enemy, foe, one who withstands, opponent in law‑suit
Advertise ‑ tell, reveal, inform, give counsel
Advisement ‑ advice, advisement, counsel
Advocate -one who pleads another’s cause with one
Affect ‑ to act severely, to oppress, afflict, harm
Affinity ‑ make oneself a daughter’s husband
Afflictions – a state of pain, distress, or grief
Affording – yielding; producing, furnishing
Afforetime – before
Affright – suddenly alarmed with fear; terrified
Affrighted ‑ frightened
Afoot -on foot (as opposed to riding)
Afore – in front of, before
Afresh – anew; again; recently; after intermission, Greek: to re-crucify (Heb 6:6)
Agar – another spelling of Hagar
Agone ‑ ago; past; since.
Ague – the cold fit which precedes a fever, a fever.
Alabaster – the oriental alabaster, translucent, with red, yellow, and gray streaks . . . wrought into boxes or vessels, to keep precious ointments from spoiling. Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Alamoth – properly, girls, i.e. the soprano or female voice
Albeit – be it so; admit all that; although; notwithstanding.
Algum ‑ in scripture, a tree or wood about which the learned are not agreed. Possibly an almug or sandalwood tree.
All to ‑ completely
Alleging ‑ (Ac 17:3) bringing evidence
Alleluia ‑ praise the Jehovah
Allow ‑ to approve together (Lu 11:48), look for (Ac 24:15), to know or understand (Ro 7:15)
Allowance – ration, meal
Alloweth (allowed) – to approve, that which passes the test
Alms – any thing given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing, otherwise called charity
Almug ‑ a type of wood, possibly sandalwood
Aloes – aloes wood, a fragrant tree
Aloof -at a distance, but within view, or at a small distance
Amazed ‑ disturbed or terrified (Ex 15:15, Jud 20:41), dismayed (Job 32:15), to appal, show horror (Eze 32:10), shocked, astonished, fearful (NT use)
Amazement ‑ astonished, bewildered (Ac 3:10), to be afraid of with terror (1Pe 3:6)
Ambassage ‑ ambassadors, an embassy
Ambushment – the state of lying concealed, for the purpose of attacking by surprise
Amen – to confirm, verify, so be it
Amerce ‑ fine, impose a penalty
Amiable ‑ lovely, beloved
Amiss – wrong; faulty; out of order; improper
Anathema ‑ under a curse
Ancients ‑ former, old, elders
Angel – messenger
Angle – fish hook
Anoint – to rub or pour on like oil
Anon ‑ immediately
Antichrist – an opponent of the Messiah (Strong’s)
Apace – to walk, to flee
Apostle – messenger, one sent forth with orders
Apothecary ‑ one who mixes or compounds spices
Apparel – clothing; garments; dress.
Apparently ‑ visibly
Appertain – to belong to or pertain to
Apple of the eye ‑ pupil of the eye
Apprehend ‑ lay hold of
Archangel – chief of the angels
Arcturus – a constellation
Ark – a small close vessel, chest or coffer; the large floating vessel
Armholes – joint of the arm, armpit
Arrayed – to throw around, to clothe, to put on
Art – are, second person singular present tense of “am”
Artificer – an artist; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind
Artillery ‑ weapon, equipment
Asp -a snake, venomous serpent
Assay ‑ (assayed) to test, try, prove, temp
Assent – mouth, speech
Asswage ‑ to withhold, restrain, hold back, keep in check, refrain
Astonied ‑ stunned, astonished, confused, startled
Asunder – to break in pieces, to divide
Atonement – satisfaction made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing or suffering that which is received in satisfaction for an offense or injury. In theology, the satisfactory payment for sin made by the obedience and personal sufferings of Christ.
Attent ‑ attentive; heedful; observant; mindful; regardful
Austere – harsh, rough, rigid, severe
Averse – returning, returned
Avoided ‑ to turn oneself, close round, turn round
Avouched ‑ to appeal to
Away with ‑ (Isa 1:13) endure, tolerate; (NT use) take away
Axletrees ‑ axle, bars connecting wheels
Babe – unborn child, new-born, infant, boy, lad, youth
Backbiters – evil speakers
Backbiteth – to slander
Backslider – one who turns away or turns back
Backsliding – to turn away, apostasy
Bade – to speak, to command, to invite, to bid
Bakemeats – baked foods
Baken ‑ baked
Balm – salve, as medicine
Bands – group or camp (Ge 32:7); pole (Le 26:13); bond, prison (Judg 15:14); troop (2Sa 4:2); cord, rope (Psa 119:61) [check the context for right definition].
Bank, a – a mount or military offense
Bank – brink, brim, side, edge, border;
Banqueting – wine
Baptize – to immerse, plunge under
Barbarian ‑ one who speaks a foreign or strange language which is not understood by another
Barbarous ‑ same as barbarian above
Base ‑ (when not referring to the foundation of something) lowly, humble
Bath ‑ about 8 gallons or 36 litres
Battlement – a low wall at the edge of a balcony
Bay – (colour) red brown
Became us – to be becoming, fit
Bedchamber – an inner room of a house, could be a bedroom
Bedstead – a bed
Beeves – cattle, herd, oxen, cows, bulls
Begat – to give birth to, to gender
Beggarly ‑ lowly, poor, that of a beggar
Begotten, only – only one of its kind
Begotten – to give birth to, to gender
Beguile – to cheat or deceive
Beheaded – to break the neck (Deu 21:6); to cut off the head
Beheld – to turn one’s eyes on, look at
Behemoth ‑ likely an extinct dinosaur
Behoved – to be necessary
Bekah ‑ half‑shekel, equal to 5 pennyweight
Belied – disappoint, deceive, deny
Bemoan – to shake, to show grief
Bereave – to make childless; (Ecc 4:8) to cause to lack
Beryl – a precious stone of a pale green colour
Beseech – to beg, to ask, to call
Besets, easily – (He 12:1) to encircle, surround, easily ensnare, easily entangle
Besom ‑ broom
Besought – to seek favour; to entreat, or beg; to seek
Bestead ‑ to be ill‑treated, to be hard pressed
Bestow – to give
Bethink – to cause to return, bring back, to turn back to (God)
Betimes ‑ to rise or start early
Betroth – espouse, engage
Betwixt – between
Bewail, (ed), (eth) – to weep, to cry, to beat the breast in grief, mourn, breathe hard, puff
Bewitched – to amaze, to astonish,
Bewray – to uncover
Bewrayeth ‑ to call out (Pr 27:16), to tell or declare (Pr 29:24), to make clear or evident (Mt 26:73)
Bier – a carriage or frame of wood for conveying dead human bodies to the grave. (Webster)
Billows – heap, spring, wave
Bishop ‑ overseer
Bishoprick ‑ the work of an overseer
Bit – past tense of bite or part of a bridle for animals
Blains – blisters, boils
Blasphemy – to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, slander
Bless (blessed) – to praise, to be happy
Bloody – blood, pertaining to blood, causing bloodshed
Blot – (verb) to wipe or wipe out; (noun) blemish, spot, defect
Boisterous – strong, mighty
Bolled ‑ budded, flowering, forming seeds
Bolster – placed at the head, pillow
Booty – valuables taken from an enemy in war; plunder
Bosom – the front of the body between the arms; dish or bowl (Pr 19:24, 26:15)
Bosses – convex surface, back, rounded protection of a shield
Botch ‑ ulcer or boil, inflamed spot
Bottom ‑ depth, the deep, valley, ravine, basin
Bound, the – border, territory
Bowels – inward parts, heart, seat of emotion, tender mercies
Bramble – a thorn or thorny bush
Bravery – (only in Isa 3:18) beauty, splendour, glory, honour
Brawler – a fighter
Bray ‑ cry of a donkey (Job 6:5), to pound in a mortar (Pr 27:22)
Brayed – cry out
Breach – gap, break, fracture, leak, split; division in the land, a port
Breastplate – that piece of ancient armour that protected the breast. An ornament covering the breast of the high priest,
Breeches – underwear, drawers, trousers, a priestly undergarment of linen
Bridechamber ‑ the room containing the bridal bed, or the room in which the marriage ceremonies are held
Brigandine ‑ armour
Brimstone – sulphur; a hard, brittle, inflammable substance, of a lemon yellow colour
Broided ‑ that which is woven, plaited, or twisted together
Broidered ‑ woven or checkered (Ex 28:4), embroidered (all other references)
Brood – nest of chicks
Bruit ‑ rumour, report, news
Brutish – stupid
Buckler – a kind of shield, or piece of defensive armour, anciently used in war.
Buffet – to strike with the fist, give one a blow with the fist
Bullock – young bull, steer; an ox or bull used for plowing, for food, or for sacrifice
Bulrush – a plant growing in marshy ground or by watercourses, and used for chair‑bottoms, baskets, mats, ropes, etc.
Bulwarks – siege‑enclosure, siege, entrenchment, fortress; (2Ch 26:15) corner
Bunches ‑ cluster; humps (Isa 30:6)
Bushel – a basket for carrying or measuring grain
Butler ‑ cup‑bearer, one who gives drink
Butlership ‑ the work of a butler
Buttocks – the seat of the body
By and by – right away, immediately
Byways – winding, devious, crooked
Byword – a word of speech, can be a sharp or cutting word, a proverb
Cab ‑ a dry measure, about 1.5 litres
Cabins – a vault or cell, a prison
Caldron – (Isa 9:14 only) a plant growing in marshy ground or by watercourses, and used for chair‑bottoms, baskets, mats, ropes, etc.
Calkers – one who reinforces or plugs seams, leaks, cracks
Camphire ‑ a shrub whose flowers grow in bunches having a very sweet smell. A powder made of the leaves and flowers is mixed with water and used by the women to colour the nails of their hands and feet. (Concise Bible Dictionary)
Candle – lamp more accurately represents the original than candle. (Fausset’s Bible dictionary)
Candlestick – a lamp-stand
Canker ‑ an ulcer, gangrene
Cankered ‑ to be covered with rust
Cankerworm ‑ young locust (early stage of development), caterpillar
Carbuncle – a gem, precious stone, emerald (Josephus)
Carefulness ‑ anxiety, anxious care, care
Careless ‑ in security, in safety; (careless women, careless ones) bold
Carnal – fleshly, governed by human nature not by the Spirit of God.
Carriage ‑ riches, wealth (Judg 18:21); article, vessel, implement, utensil, baggage, goods, burdens. Translations in the KJV of this Hebrew word include: armour, artillery, bag, furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, pot, psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon.
Casement – window‑lattice
Cast about ‑ turn round or about or back (OT); to throw around upon (NT)
Cast clouts – rags
Castaway ‑ not standing the test, not approved, unfit for, unproved
Caul ‑ the lobe or flap of the liver; (Ho 13:8) enclosure, encasement, fine gold
Cauls ‑ front band, a netting for the hair
Causeway ‑ highway, raised road
Censer – fire‑holder, fire pan,
Centurion – the captain of one hundred men, an officer in the roman army
Chalkstones ‑ chalk, lime
Chambering ‑ cohabitation, whether lawful or unlawful
Chamberlain ‑ official, eunuch (OT); officer who is over the bed chamber (Ac 12:20); manager of household affairs (Ro 16:23)
Chamois – the Hebrew word is zemer, is held to signify >leaper. (Concise Bible Dictionary), mountain sheep, mountain goat, moufflon, gazelle,
Champaign ‑ desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
Chancellor ‑ owner, lord
Changeable suits of apparel ‑ (change of raiment) festive dress, holy day clothes, robe of state
Channel – a flowing stream
Chapiter ‑ the upper part or capital of a column or pillar
Chapmen ‑ a man, merchantmen, a seller, a market-man.
Chapt ‑ shattered or broken
Charger ‑ dish, platter,
Charity ‑ love, agape love
Chaste – pure
Chasten – correct, discipline; (Dan 10:12) to humble, to put down
Check ‑ correction, chastening
Chesnut tree ‑ plane tree, a chestnut tree
Chide – strive, contend, quarrel
Children of the bridechamber ‑ friends of the bridegroom whose duty it was to provide and care for whatever pertained to the bridal chamber. “These were friends or companions of the bridegroom and were usually very numerous.” (International standard Bible encyclopaedia)
Chimney ‑ lattice opening where smoke escapes
Chode ‑ strive, contend, quarrel
Choler ‑ to be bitter, to be enraged
Chrysoprasus – a stone of green colour,
Churl ‑ a tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.
Churlish ‑ hard, cruel, severe, obstinate
Cieled ‑ to cover, overlay
Circumcise (ed, circumcision) – to cut off the foreskin of a male’s genital organ
Cistern – well, pit to collect water
Clamour – a crying, outcry
Clave ‑ to cleave, cut to pieces (Ge 22:3, Jud 15:19, 1Sa 6:14, Ps 78:15, Isa 48:21); to cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, glue together (all other references)
Cleanness of teeth – famine
Cleave (th) – (only Le 1:17, Ps 74:15, Hab 3:9, Zec 14:4) to split, to divide
Cleave (th) – to cling, stick, stay close, (Ac 11:23) to remain with, to continue with; (all other NT use) to glue to, cement together
Cleft ‑ hole, crevice
Clift ‑ hole, crevice
Cloke – a garment worn over a tunic by men of rank
Closet ‑ chamber, room, storage room, inner room, secret room
Clouted ‑ to patch, spot, be spotted, be coloured
Clouts ‑ rags
Cloven – split
Coast – beside the sea (NT usage)
Coasts ‑ border, territory, region, end, extremity (several Hebrew words, but this is the common meaning); seashore, coast, shore (Josh 9:1)
Coat of mail – breastplate of scales, body armour
Cock – rooster, male chicken
Cockatrice – poisonous snake
Cockle ‑ weeds
Coffer ‑ box, chest
Cogitations – thoughts
Collops ‑ a slice of fat
Comeliness ‑ ornament, splendour, honour, charm
Cometh – comes, is coming
Commotion – instability, disturbance, confusion, tumult
Communicate – to share, to fellowship, to give
Companied ‑ to come together, to accompany one
Compass ‑ circumference, (under the compass) edge, rim
Compass ‑ go round, turn round, walk around, (doth compass) surround; (fetch a compass) to go around something
Conceit ‑ imagination, view
Concision ‑ to cut up, mutilation. Barnes notes says, “referring, doubtless, also to the Jewish teachers”.
Concluded ‑ determine, to shut up together, enclose
Concord – agreement
Concourse – (OT) a place of noise; (NT) a conspiracy, a riot
Concubine – in old testament times, a female slave who functioned as a secondary wife and surrogate mother (baker’s evangelical dictionary of the Bible)
Concupiscence – desire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lust
Condescend – to yield to, submit to
Coney ‑ an animal similar to a rabbit that lives in the caves and clefts of the rocks.
Confection – spice-mixture, perfume, ointment
Confectionaries ‑ those who make confection
Conferred – to speak, to discuss, to consult
Confidences – those in whom you trust, trusted allies
Confound – to mix up, to scatter; (NT) to dishonour, disgrace, to put to shame
Confounded – to be put to shame; to disturb
Consecration (consecrate) – to set apart, to install to an office or position
Consort – to associate with
Constrain (ed, eth) – to prevail upon, to persuade, to press, to compel
Contemn ‑ to spurn or despise
Contempt – to despise; to fill with horror or disgust; (Isa 23:9) to treat with dishonour
Contemptible – to make of no account, despise utterly
Contentious – fond of strife
Contrite – crushed; (Isa 66:2) smitten
Convenient ‑ right, fit, just right; (Pr 30:8) prescribed, allotted
Conversant ‑ to walk about
Conversation ‑ way of life, manner of life, conduct, behaviour
Convince ‑ to convict, to prove to be in the wrong
Convocation ‑ an assembly called together
Cor – a measure holding about 250 L
Coriander ‑ an annual plant with seeds, which are in the form of a little ball of the size of a peppercorn. (Easton’s Revised Bible Dictionary)
Corn – grain (wheat, barley), in the Bible it does not refer to maize
Cornet – a ram’s horn, or an instrument that was of a winding shape like a horn
Cotes – a stall, a sheepfold
Couch – a bed
Couching ‑ to stretch oneself out, lie down
Coulter ‑ a ploughshare. “The fore iron of a plow, with a sharp edge, that cuts the earth or sod.” (Webster)
Countenance – face, appearance
Countervail ‑ to be like, equivalent, resemble, to agree with
Course, by – by lot, by division; (Ezr 3:11) in answer, when instructed
Cousin ‑ a relative by blood
Covert ‑ covered structure, shelter; (Job 40:21) a thicket; (Jer 25:38) lair, den
Covet (eth, ous) – to desire, to gain wrongfully, greedy
Covetousness (covet)
Cracknels – crumbs, crumbled biscuits
Creature ‑ a living being
Crib – manger, feeding trough
Crisping‑pin – bag, purse, pocket
Crookbackt ‑ hump‑backed, crook‑backed
Cruse ‑ jug, bottle, flask
Cubit ‑ a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (.5m).
Cuckow ‑ a ceremonially unclean bird, possible a gull or seagull
Cumbered ‑ to draw around, be distracted, be over-occupied, too busy
Cumbereth – to render idle, unemployed, inactivate
Cumbrance ‑ a burden
Cummin ‑ a seed used as a condiment or spice
Cunning ‑ to know, to be skilful
Curious arts ‑ magic arts
Curious ‑ carefully made, thoughtfully made
Custom ‑ (of women) a way, manner, habit; a statute or ordinance; a toll, duty, tribute, tax
Cut in sunder – to hew, chop, cut down
Dainties – delicacies, tasty or savoury food
Dale (the king’s) – valley, vale, lowland, open country
Dam ‑ a mother, female parent
Damnation – judgment; the sentence of a judge; the punishment with which one is sentenced; (2 Pe 2:3) destroying, utter destruction
Damsel ‑ girl, female servant, female slave, little girl, young woman, marriageable girl
Dandled – to be fondled, to take delight in
Darling – only one, unique one
Dash – to smite, to shatter, to strike against
Daub – to seal up, to smear, to coat, to overlay
Daysman – an umpire or arbiter; a mediator, a judge
Dayspring – dawn, rising
Deacon – a minister, to be a servant, attendant
Dearth – famine, hunger
Deck – to put on, to decorate, to make beautiful
Declare ‑ to make known, recount
Decline ‑ to stretch out, to bend, to turn aside
Defamed – to speak evil of, to revile
Defer – to delay, hesitate, tarry
Degenerate – to get worse, to decline in quality
Delectable – desirable, pleasant, delightful (Isa 44:9)
Delicately ‑ cheerfully, rich; (to live delicately) in luxury or softly
Delicates ‑ luxury, dainty, delight, finery; delight
Deliciously ‑ in luxury
Derided – to turn up the nose at, to sneer at, to scoff at
Derision – to mock, ridicule, laugh at
Describe ‑ to write down, describe in writing
Descry ‑ to make a search of, to make a reconnaissance
Desert place – wilderness, desolate place, uninhabited
Desired ‑ to covet, take pleasure in, delight in; to ask for, to enquire;
Desolation – a waste, ruin
Despise – to reject, distain, to care little for
Despite ‑ contempt; to insult
Destitute – lacking, needy, naked
Detest (detestable) – extremely hatful
Devotions ‑ an object of worship, that which is religiously honoured
Diadem ‑ (Job 29:14, Isa 62:3) turban, headdress; (Isa 28:5) crown; (Eze 21:26) turban of the high priest, mitre
Diet ‑ meal, allowance, ration
Dine – to eat a meal
Disallowed – to restrain, forbid; (NT) to disapprove, reject
Disannul – (Job 40:8, Isa 14:27) violate; (Isa 28:18) to cover over, to make atonement for; (NT) put away, abolish, render void, disregard
Discomfited ‑ to weaken, disable; to beat, crush to pieces; to cause to tremble; (Isa. 31:8) be forced to pay a tax or tribute
Discover (ed) ‑ uncover, to be naked
Disdained – to despise, reject
Dismayed (dismaying) – shattered, broken, afraid; worried
Dispensation ‑ stewardship, the management of a household, an administration
Disposition ‑ an arrangement, ordinance
Dissembled (ers, eth) – to deceive, to hide, to conceal
Distaff ‑ the staff that holds the bunch of flax or wool, which, with the spindle are implements of spinning by the hand. (Concise Bible Dictionary)
Divers – diverse, various, different, some, certain
Divination ‑ the act of divining; a foretelling future events, or discovering things secret or obscure, by the aid of superior beings, or by other than human means. (Webster)
Divine (divineth, diviners) ‑ see divination
Doctor of the law – a teacher and interpreter of the law
Doctrine – teaching
Doleful creatures – howling animal like a jackal or hyena
Doleful – wailing, lament, mourning song
Dost – the second person of do
Dote (ed) – (Jer) to be foolish; (Eze) to lust, to love sensually
Doted – to love sensually, to lust
Doth – to do, to produce
Doting – to be sick, to have a morbid fondness for
Dowry – a gift, purchase price for a wife, wedding money
Dragon ‑ serpent, sea monster, dinosaur; (NT) a great serpent, a name for Satan
Drams ‑ a gold coin current in Palestine in the period after the return from Babylon
Draught – a haul of fish, to catch fish (only in Luke)
Draught house – toilet
Draught ‑ human waste (other than in Luke)
Drave ‑ drove, past tense of drive
Dregs – the leftover substance in the bottom of a vessel
Dresser – vine dresser, gardener
Dromedary – a young female camel
Dropsy – a water retention disease, water accumulates in some part of the body
Dross – impurities that separate from a metal when it is heated to liquid
Drove – (when not meaning to drive or push) a herd or flock
Duke ‑ chief, governor, captain
Dumb – unable to speak
Dung – manure, offal; refuse
Dureth ‑ to last, third person singular of “to be”
Durst – to dare to do something, to be bold
Ear the ground – to work the ground
Earing, eared ‑ to plough (plow), to turn over the soil before planting
Earnest ‑ pledge, down payment, promise that the full amount will be paid
Earring – nose ring, earring
Easter ‑ Passover (Greek word pascha is translated Passover 28 times and Easter 1 time in the KJV)
Edify – to build up
Effectual – working, active
Elder – one who is older; a leader
Elias – Elijah
Eliseus – Elisha
Emerods ‑ tumours, haemorrhoids
Eminent – exalted, lofty, high, elevated
Emulation – zeal, jealousy, envy, strife
Enchantments – the act of producing certain wonderful effects by the invocation or aid of demons. (Webster)
Endamage ‑ to suffer injury
Endue ‑ to bestow upon, to confer; to know
Engines ‑ a warlike machine, invention; battering ram
Enjoin – to ratify, to confirm, to assign, to order
Enlargement ‑ space (deliverance)
Enmity – hatred
Ensample – example, mark, blow, pattern
Ensign – a signal; display
Ensue ‑ to run swiftly in order to catch something
Enterprise ‑ plans, undertaking
Entreated ‑ to treat something (good or evil)
Environ – to surround, compass
Ephah ‑ a dry measure equalling 22.986 L
Ephod ‑ priestly garment, shoulder‑cape or mantle, outer garment
Epistle – letter
Equity – uprightness, (Ec 2:21) success
Ere – before
Esaias – Isaiah
Eschew ‑ to turn away from, to shun
Espousals ‑ wedding (So 3:11); engagement (Jer 2:2);
Espoused – to be engaged for marriage
Espy ‑ to look about, to spy, to watch
Estate ‑ (estate of men) manner; royal power, dominion, kingdom; (low estate) condition; (former estate) former condition or situation; (stand up in his estate) pedestal, office
Estate of the elders ‑ body of elders
Estrange – to be a stranger, foreigner; (to estrange something) to profane it
Eunuch – a castrated male, often an officer
Eventide (eveningtide) – evening, night, sunset
Every several – every single
Every whit – the whole thing, completely, every word
Evidently ‑ plainly, openly, clearly
Evilfavouredness ‑ evil, bad characteristic
Exact (ed, eth) – to extract, demand payment; (2Ki 15:20) to bring out
Exaction – burden
Exchangers ‑ money‑changer, broker, banker
Execration – oath, curse
Exhortation – to beg, to call near, to comfort, to entreat
Expecting ‑ to look for, to wait for
Experiment ‑ proving, trial, to test the worth
Exploits – A deed or act; more especially, a heroic act Webster
Expound (ed) – to declare, publish, proclaim, explain
Extol – to lift up, to exalt
Extortion – (Ps 109:11) to lend; (Isa 16:4) to oppress; (NT) to rob, plunder
Eyesalve – eye medication or cream
Eyeservice – to work only while the boss is looking
Fain ‑ (OT) to go, to flee, to hasten, to come quickly; (NT) to turn upon a thing, to have a desire for, to lust after
Fairs – wares, goods
Fallow ground – freshly plowed, ground not yet planted, tillable, untilled
Familiar spirit – spirit of a dead one, ghost
Familiars ‑ peaceable men, intimate friends
Famished – to be hungry
Fan ‑ (a fan, the fan) a pitchfork, winnowing shovel; (to fan) to scatter, winnow, toss grain in the air to separate the chaff
Fare – (1Sa 17:18) welfare, how one is getting on; (Jon 1:3) passage money; (Ac 15:29) farewell, good-bye
Fared – to gladden, make joyful
Farthing – two different Roman brass coins are translated by this word: one of these, the assarion, (Mt 10:29, Lu 12:6), was worth less than a cent; the other, the kodrantes, (Mt 5:26), was probably nearly four mills. (American tract society Bible dictionary)
Fast – (fast close) to restrain, stop; (fast asleep) soundly; (bind fast) to tie; (fast by) close; (keep fast) stay close, follow closely; (to fast) to abstain from food; (stand fast) station oneself, stand still; (haste fast) to a great degree. (Check original word for exact definition).
Fat – grease, marrow; choicest best part; well-fed, plump
Fathoms – about 2 mitres
Fatling – well-fed cattle
Feign (ed) – to pretend, to simulate
Feller – one who cuts trees
Felloes ‑ Hebrew word means “the spoke of a wheel”
Fens – swamp, marsh
Fetters ‑ a fetter, metal shackle for the feet
Fillet (s) ‑ a band, that which binds two things together
Finer ‑ refiner, smelter, goldsmith
Fining pot – crucible, a melting pot
Firebrand – a burning stick taken out of the fire. (Nelson’s illustrated Bible dictionary)
Firkin ‑ about 9 gallons or 34 litres
Firmament – the region of the air; the sky or heavens. (Webster) air around the earth supporting a water canopy above.
Firstling ‑ firstborn offspring
Fitches ‑ a grain, perhaps black cummin or spelt
Flagon of wine – a raisin-cake
Flags ‑ reeds, water plant
Flakes ‑ refuse, hanging parts, folds
Flay ‑ remove the skin
Fleshhook – three-pronged fork
Flower – but, sprout; blossom; flower; (flower of their age) as men, or perhaps as young men; (flower of her age) overripe, prime of life
Flowers – (when speaking of a woman) her menstrual period
Flux ‑ dysentery, bowel ailment
Fodder – food or dry food for cattle, horses and sheep, as hay, straw and other kinds of vegetables. (Webster)
Fold – a place to lie down or stretch out; an abode; a meadow, a pasture, a paddock
Folden together – to interweave
Forasmuch ‑ in consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; followed by as. (Webster)
Forbad – to command not to do something; to hinder, prevent, forbid
Forbear (ance, ing) – to stop, cease; (Neh 9:30) to delay; to restrain; to be silent; to abstain. (Many original words. See lexicon for exact definition).
Forborn – to cease, stop, come to an end
Ford (s) – pass, passage way
Foresaw (foreseeth, foreseeing) – to see before
Foreship ‑ bow or front of a ship
Fornication – illicit sexual intercourse, primarily but not exclusively refers to those not married and adultery applying to those married.
Forsake (n) – to let something go, to send away, to leave
Forsomuch – for, because, in as much
Forsook – to let something go, to send away, to forsake
Forswear – to swear falsely,
Forthwith – speedily, immediately
Forward, to be – to be resolved or determined
Founder – smelter, refiner, goldsmith
Fourfold – four times as much
Fourscore – eighty (score is twenty)
Foursquare – to have four sides, to be square
Fowler – a hunter who pursues wild fowls for food.
Fowls – birds
Frame ‑ (Jud 12:6) form it right; (Ps 103:14) form; (Eze 40:2) structure; (Eph 2:21) fitted together; (He 11:3) thoroughly completed
Frankly ‑ openly, freely, without reserve
Fray ‑ to terrify, frighten, cause to tremble
Fret ‑ (Le 13:55) a boring or eating out, hole, hollow; (1Sa 1:6) to tremble; (Ps 37:1,7,8, Pr 24:19) to get all heated up; (Isa 8:21) to put oneself in a rage
Frontlets ‑ a brow band, band worn on the forehead
Froward ‑ a perverse thing; twisted; to turn, to go wrong; crookedness
Fuller ‑ a washer of garments
Furbish ‑ to scour, polish
Furlong – 185 metres, 606 feet (some claim 201 metres, 660 feet)
Furniture ‑ (Ge 31:34) an enclosed riding space erected on a camel’s saddle; (all other references) implements, tools, utensils
Furrow (s) – trench, groove; groove made by a plow; (Eze 17:7,10) garden terrace or bed; (Ho 10:10) eyes
Fury – heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison
Gaddest – to go to and fro
Gainsay ‑ to speak against, contradict, refute
Galbanum – a kind of resin or gum
Gall – venom, bitter, poisonous; anything extremely bitter
Gaped – to open wide the mouth
Garner – storehouse, granary
Garnish – to adorn, to decorate
Garrison – a body of troops or soldiers
Gat ‑ got
Gave up the ghost ‑ died, to breathe out, breathe out one’s life, breathe one’s last, expire
Gazingstock ‑ a sight, a spectacle; (NT) to expose to contempt
Gedeon – Gideon
Gender (gendereth) ‑ to breed; to produce
Gerahs ‑a 20th part of a shekel
Ghost ‑ spirit; (Holy Ghost) Holy Spirit
Gier eagle ‑ carrion vulture
Gin ‑ trap, snare, bird trap
Gird – to bind with a belt
Girdle – sash, waistband, belt
Girt – to wear a girdle or belt
Give place ‑ to yield; to give space
Glean – to gather the stalks and ears of grain which reapers leave behind them. (Webster)
Glede ‑ bird of prey; perhaps kite or hawk
Glistering ‑ (OT) fair colours; (NT) to shine, be radiant
Go to ‑ come!
Goad – a pointed instrument used to stimulate a beast to move faster. (Webster)
God forbid – far be it from, let it not be
God speed – to wish well, to greet
Goeth about – (OT) to walk about; (NT) to seek in order to find
Going about ‑ (OT) to compass, to go around; (NT) to seek in order to find
Goodly trees – ornamental, honourable
Goodman ‑ a husband or master of a house
Gospel – good tidings, good news
Gotten ‑ to get, to acquire, to collect property
Grace – unmerited favour, pleasure, good will
Graff – to graft, to insert a small shoot of a tree into a cut in another tree.
Graven image – an idol
Graving ‑ engraving tool, stylus, chisel
Gravity – the characteristic of a thing or person which entitles to reverence and respect, dignity, honour
Greaves ‑ leg armour
Grecians ‑ Greek‑speaking Jews
Grisled ‑ spotted or marked
Grove – (Ge 21:33) a tamarisk tree; sacred poles representing ashtoreth, a sensual Canaanitish goddess, set up near an altar, the supposed partner of Baal
Guestchamber – guest room, an inn, lodging place, an eating room,
Guile – deceit; (Ex 21:14) shrewdness
Guilty of ‑ liable of, worthy of punishment
Gutter ‑ pipe, spout, conduit, water conduit
Habergeon – a coat of mail or armour to defend the neck and breast. It was formed of little iron rings united, and descended from the neck to the middle of the body.
Habitation – dwelling place, abode
Haft ‑ the handle of an instrument
Hail – when not frozen rain it is a greeting of gladness
Hale ‑ to draw down, to pull down
Haling – to drag to trial or punishment
Hallow – to sanctify or set apart as holy
Halt ‑ (1Ki 18:21) to spring or pass over; lame, crippled, one who cannot walk
Handbreadth – a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not “span” of the fingers). (Strong’s)
Hap ‑ chance, fortune, fate
Haply ‑ (if haply) oh that!, if only!; perhaps; by any means
Hard by – beside or near
Hardly ‑ with difficulty, not easily; (deal hardly) to afflict or oppress
Harlot – a prostitute, a woman who sells her body for sexual uses
Harrow – an instrument of agriculture used to break the clods of dirt
Hart ‑ stag, deer
Hast – have
Hath – has
Haughty – high, to be haughty, be arrogant
Haunt – foot, place of the foot, dwelling
He ass – a male animal used to carry cargo similar to a donkey or mule
Headlong – hastily, to fall head first
Heady ‑ rash, reckless
Heaps – piles
Heath – nakedness, stripped; a dry tree
Heathen – people, nations, non-Jews
Held his peace (their peace) – to keep silent
Help meet – helper, aid, “literally, a helper, as over against him, i.e. corresponding to him” (Pulpit Commentary)
Helve ‑ wood, in context the handle of an axe
Henceforth – (many original words but all with similar meanings) still, again, besides, now, from now on
Heresy – a choosing, a choice, same word translated “sect.”
Heretick ‑ schismatic, factious, a follower of a false doctrine
Heretofore ‑ three days ago, day before yesterday; yesterday, recently
Herewith – on these conditions
Hewn – to cut, to cut out, to quarry
Highminded ‑ proud, puffed up with pride
Hin ‑ a Hebrew liquid measure of about 6 litres
Hind (s) – doe, deer
Hinder part, sea, end – the rear
Hireling – hired labourer
Hiss – to whistle, to pipe
Hither ‑ here, to this place, in this same spot
Hitherto ‑ until now, before; onward; not yet
Hoar; hoary – white, gray, old age
Hoised ‑ to lift up, to raise up
Hold to ‑ to hold firmly, cleave to
Holden ‑ done, made, observed; to hold, to support
Holpen ‑ (Ps 83:8) to help militarily; to help
Homer ‑ a dry measure, originally a donkey’s load, some estimate it to be about 230 litres
Honest ‑ good, excellent in its nature and characteristics, praiseworthy, honourable
Hook – (Job 41:2 only) a plant growing in marshy ground or by watercourses, and used for chair‑bottoms, baskets, mats, ropes, etc.
Horn ‑ bonelike substance growing from the head of an animal; horns were sometimes use for vessels; an emblem of power or strength
Horseleach – a leech, sucking worm
Hosanna ‑ oh save!, an exclamation of adoration (strong’s dictionary)
Hosen – a garment, no specifics known
Hosts – armies, many people
Hough ‑ cut the hamstring of an animal
Hungered ‑ to be hungry
Husbandman (husbandmen) – plowman, husbandman, farmer; working the land, yet not owning any of it; tiller of the soil, a vine dresser
Hyssop – a bitter herb
Ignominy – shame, disgrace, dishonour
Imagery ‑ image, idol, figure, picture, imagination.
Immortal – not able to corrupt or decay
Immutable – unchangeable
Impenitent – admitting no change of mind, unrepented
Imperious – Commanding; dictatorial; haughty; arrogant; overbearing; domineering Webster
Imperious – haughty, arrogant, domineering
Implacable – “one who cannot be persuaded to enter into a covenant” (Vine’s Dictionary)
Implead ‑ accuse, bring a charge against
Importunity – lack of feeling of shame, shamelessness
Impotent ‑ weak, feeble, disabled
Impudent – strong, stout, to prevail, mighty, hard, cruel, severe
Impute – to charge, reckon, regard, think
In any wise – (see original words in a lexicon as there are many with varied meanings)
Inclose ‑ enclose, surround; to shut up on all sides
Incontinent (incontinency) ‑ without self-control
Indignation – anger, wrath
Inditing ‑ to keep moving, stir
Infamy – defaming, evil report, slander
Infidel – unbeliever
Infolding ‑ to take hold of oneself, to flash about
Iniquity – sin, guilt, unrighteous, transgression, wickedness
Inkhorn ‑ inkwell, pot of ink
Inordinate – without restraint
Inquisition ‑ to seek, to search, to investigate
Instant ‑ urgent, pressing, to press upon
Instantly ‑ with haste, earnestly
Intercession – entreaty, to intercede for one, a prayer for someone else
Issue of blood – a flow of blood
Jangling ‑ vain talking, empty talk
Jeoparded ‑ to reproach, despise, endangered
Jephthae – Jephthah
Jeremy (Jeremias) – Jeremiah
Jesus – (Ac 7:45, He 4:8) Joshua
Jewry ‑ judaea, in a narrower sense, the southern portion of Palestine lying on this side of the Jordan and the dead sea, to distinguish it from Samaria, Galilee, Peraea, and Idumaea
Jonas – Jonah
Jot ‑ the smallest Hebrew letter
Jubile ‑ (Le 25:9) alarm; “the name of the great semi‑centennial festival of the Hebrews. It lasted for a year. During this year the land was to be fallow, and the Israelites were only permitted to gather the spontaneous produce of the fields (Le 25:11,12). All landed property during that year reverted to its original owner (Le 25:13‑34, 27:16‑24) and all who were slaves were set free (Le 25:39‑54) and all debts were remitted.” (Easton’s Revised Bible Dictionary)
Justification – the act of God declaring men free from guilt and acceptable to him
Kerchief ‑ long veil, a cloth that covered the head
Kin (kindred, kinsman) – a blood relative; (Nu 5:8 and book of Ruth) a kinsman-redeemer, a brother or near relative that was allowed to marry a widow and buy her land to carry on the name of the dead.
Kine ‑ a cow or heifer (young female cow)
Knop ‑ knob, flower bud
Lade (laded, laden, ladeth) ‑ to load
Lamentation – crying, wailing, mourning
Lamented – to mourn, to lament, of singers of dirges, to wail
Languish (ing, eth, ed) – to be weak, to droop, to be exhausted; (Ps 41:3) to be ill
Lascivious – uncontrolled lust
Latchet – the strap or tie that fastened on a shoe or sandal.
Laud ‑ to approve or to praise
Laughed him to scorn – to laugh at in contempt; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to treat with scorn by laughter. (Webster)
Laver ‑ a wash basin, a pot or a pan
Lawyer – in the NT an interpreter and teacher of the Mosaic law
Layeth at ‑ to reach at
Leasing ‑ lying, falsehood, deceit
Leathern – made from leather or hide
Leaven ‑ yeast, something that when added to another substance causes it to swell or grow
Lees ‑ dregs, sediment in a bottle
Left (doing something) – (Lu 5:4) to cease or stop, (not left hand, not to leave behind)
Legion – a legion, a body of soldiers whose number differed at different times, and in the time of Augustus seems to have consisted of 6826 men (Online Bible Lexicon)
Let (letteth) ‑ to hold back, detain, restrain
Leviathan ‑ sea monster, dragon, large aquatic animal, perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown
Lewd ‑ wicked, evil
Libertines ‑ freed slaves
Lien ‑ to lie down with
Lieutenants ‑ a governor of a Persian province
Lign‑aloes ‑ aloes wood, a fragrant tree
Ligure ‑ a precious stone, possibly jacinth
Liking ‑ (good liking) to be healthy, (worse liking) to fret, be sad, be angry
Lintel – the head-piece of a door-frame (Webster)
Listed (listeth) ‑ to desire, to love, to take delight in; to choose
Litters ‑ a carrying vehicle, a covered wagon
Lively ‑ vigorous; to be alive
Lo – behold, see
Loathsome – (Nu 11:20) nauseating; (Job 7:5) to flow, run; (Ps 38:7) burning; (Pr 13:5) to stink, smell bad
Loft ‑ a roof room, roof chamber
Log ‑ a liquid measure equal to about one half litre
Loins – the hip, thigh, flank; the body area of procreation
Look to ‑ to look at, to regard
Lop – to cut off
Lot, a – a portion of something
Lots – an object used in casting or drawing lots, which was either a pebble, or a potsherd, or a bit of wood. The lots of several persons concerned, inscribed with their names, were thrown together into a vase, which was then shaken, and he whose lot fell out first upon the ground was the one chosen.
Loweth (lowing) – the moo of cows
Lowring ‑ sad, sorrowful; cloudy skies
Lucre – profit, gain; greedy for money;
Lusty ‑ fat, rich, robust, stout
Made as though – to pretend
Magnifical ‑ great, magnificent
Maimed – disabled
Malefactors – a wrong-doer, i.e. criminal
Mallows ‑ a plant that grows in salt marshes
Mammon ‑ materialism, riches, money personified
Mandrakes ‑ an unknown fruit
Maneh – 60 shekels of silver
Manifest – to make know or visible
Manifold – many or varied
Manner ‑ (several original words used in many ways) way, path, way of living; speech, words, occupation; a judgment; kinds, types, sort
Mansions ‑ dwelling places, residences
Mantle – rug, blanket; a robe; a large over-garment
Maranatha ‑ the lord is coming
Marishes ‑ marshes, swamps, wetlands
Marrow – fat, choicest, best part
Mart ‑ a place to gain from merchandise
Maschil ‑ word occurring in the headings of several of the psalms, signifies instruction
Mastery, masteries – (OT) victory; (NT) a contest, to fight
Matrix – womb
Matter ‑ (Jas 3:5) a forest, a woodland
Mattock ‑ (1Sa 13:20) a plowshare; (Isa 7:25) a hoe
Maul ‑ a scattering club
Maw ‑ stomach
Mazzaroth – some noted constellation
Mean men ‑ obscure, insignificant, low
Meat ‑ food of any kind, sometimes the flesh of an animal
Meek – poor, humble, mild, gentle
Meet ‑ (not the word “to meet” something), right; fitting, useful, proper
Menstealers – a slave‑dealer, kidnapper
Mess ‑ portion
Messiah, messias ‑ the anointed one, Christ in the NT
Mete ‑ to measure, to measure out
Meteyard ‑ a measurement, act of measuring
Milch ‑ giving milk to its young
Mincing ‑ to skip, trip, take little steps
Minish (ed) – diminished
Ministration – service
Mire – mud, clay
Mirth – joy, gladness, rejoicing
Mite ‑ small brass coin, about 1/5 cent
Mitre ‑ turban, also called a diadem
Mollified – to be soften
Morrow ‑ tomorrow, the next day
Mote ‑ a dry stalk or twig, chaff
Motions ‑ afflictions, passions, misfortunes
Mount ‑ (usually a hill or mountain); a military mound, bank of earth, a rampart
Mufflers ‑ veils
Munition ‑ fortress, stronghold, hunting implement
Murrain ‑ cattle disease
Mustered (mustereth) – to go forth, wage war, fight; to cause to go forth
Napkin ‑ handkerchief
Naught, naughty, naughtiness ‑ worthless, bad, evil
Naves ‑ hubs of a wheel or the rims
Nay – no
Necromancer – one who seeks to talk to the dead
Neesings ‑ sneezing
Nephew ‑ (OT) son, grandson, child; offspring; (NT) a descendant, especially a grandchild
Nether ‑ lower, lower parts; (nethermost) lowest
Nigh – near
Nineve – Nineveh
Nitre ‑ carbonate of soda
Noe – Noah
Noised abroad ‑ talked about
Noisome ‑ destructive, ruinous, bad, unpleasant, malignant; of a bad nature
Nought – for nothing, without cause; to frustrate, make ineffectual
Nought, set at – to treat as a zero, to make of no account, despise utterly
Oblation – present, gift, offering
Obeisance – to bow down before
Obstinate – strong, stubborn
Occupy ‑ to exchange, trade, do business
Occurrent ‑ occurrence, happening, chance
Odious – (1Ch 19:6) to stink; (Pr 30:23) hateful
Offend ‑ to deal corruptly, deceitfully ; cause to stumble or fall
Offscouring – dirt rubbed off, scrapings
Oft – often
Omer ‑ a dry measure about 2 litres
Omnipotent – all powerful
Onycha ‑ supposed to be the odoriferous shell of the onyxfish (Webster)
Oracle – speech, word
Osee – Hosea
Ossifrage ‑ bird of prey, perhaps bearded vulture
Ouches ‑ settings
Ought against – something against
Outgoings ‑ border, a going out, extremity, end
Outlandish ‑ foreign, alien, unknown
Outwent – to go before, precede
Overcharged ‑ to weigh down
Overlive ‑ outlive, to live longer than
Paddle ‑ a stake or pin, used like a small shovel
Painful, painfulness ‑ labourious, troublesome, difficult
Palmerworm ‑ locust
Palsy ‑ paralysis
Pangs – to have great pain or suffering; torment, cramps
Paper reeds – (Hebrew) bare places
Paper – writing material
Paps ‑ breasts of a woman
Paramours – an adulterous lover
Parbar – a structure or building attached to the west side of Solomon’s temple
Parcel ‑ portion
Parlour ‑ room on the roof; (1Sa 9:22) a room
Passage, the ‑ a ford, a pass
Passion – Christ’s suffering on the cross
Pastors – (OT) shepherds, herdsmen, those who tend flocks
Pate ‑ head, crown of head, top of head
Pavilion – canopy, royal pavilion; thicket, booth
Peculiar ‑ a possession, one’s own property
Peeled – scoured, polished, smooth
Peep ‑ to chirp, chatter, whisper
Pence – see penny
Penny, pennyworth ‑ a roman silver coin in NT time. A day’s wage.
Pentecost ‑ fiftieth day, seventh week after Passover
Penury – extreme poverty
Peradventure ‑ perhaps, by chance, if
Perdition – destruction
Perfect – mature, complete
Perplexity – confusion, puzzled, in doubt
Phylacteries – short portions of the law written on strips of parchment, which were placed in a case made of calf skin, and worn upon the forehead and the left arm (Concise Bible Dictionary)
Pictures ‑ an image, idol, carved picture
Piety – to be reverent, worshipful
Pilled ‑ peeled bark
Pinnacle – a wing, extremity (top corner), part of a building elevated above the main building.
Piped – to play on the flute
Piss, pisseth – urine, urinate
Pitch – (verb) to cover, to encamp, (noun) asphalt, pitch
Plaiting – an interweaving, braiding, a knot
Plat ‑ portion of ground
Platted – braid, weave together
Platter ‑ dish, plate, side dish, dish of choice food
Play ‑ to laugh, mock, play; to make music; to act like something
Pleiades – a constellation of seven stars
Plummet – a piece of lead attached to a string used for levelling; a stone (Zech 4:10).
Polled ‑ to shave off
Polls ‑ skulls, heads
Pommels ‑ bowl‑shaped portion at the top of a pillar
Port ‑ a gate
Porter – gatekeeper, doorkeeper
Possess – (Lu 18:12, 21:19, 1Th 4:4) to gain, to acquire, to get, obtain, purchase (other verses use the normal sense of the word.)
Post (a person) – a swift runner
Potentate – royal minister of great authority
Potsherd ‑ clay pottery, often a broken piece
Pottage ‑ boiled food, soup, pottage
Pound ‑ in the ot money weighing about 570g; in the NT it is money or a weight of about 340g
Pourtray ‑ to engrave
Prating ‑ the Hebrew means lip, language, speech; implies talkative
Prayed him – asked, requested, begged
Presbytery – body of elders
Presently ‑ at this time, immediately
Press ‑ (verb) to squeeze, (noun)
Press, the – a crowd
Pressfat ‑ a wine vat or tank to collect the juice
Prevent ‑ to go before, to come before
Prey ‑ booty, spoil, plunder, things taken in battle
Pricks ‑ (OT) thorn; (NT) a sharp stick for urging an animal to go
Printed ‑ to be inscribed
Prised ‑ appraised, valued
Privily ‑ deceitfully, secretly, obscurely, hidden
Privy ‑ (privy member) male organ; (privy chamber) an enclosed room; (is privy, being privy) to know something
Procured – to make, to produce, “A generic verb with a wide application meaning to do something.” (Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible)
Profane ‑ polluted, defiled; unholy or common
Profound – deeply involved
Progenitors – those who conceived me
Prognosticators ‑ one who makes known
Proper good ‑ possession, valued property (1Ch 29:3)
Proper ‑ personal possession; (He 11:23) of polished manners
Propitiation – that which appeasing the anger of God
Proselyte ‑ one who has come over from a gentile religion to Judaism
Prospect – face
Prove ‑ test, try, to examine to see if genuine
Provender – food for animals
Provide ‑ to supply; (Ro 12:17, 1Ti 5:8) to take thought for, care for a thing
Providence ‑ to make provision for a thing, forethought
Psaltery ‑ stringed instrument
Publican ‑ tax collector for Rome
Pulse ‑ vegetables
Purchase ‑ to buy or obtain; (Ge 49:32) livestock; (Le 25:33) to redeem
Purloining – pilfering, to steal, embezzle
Purtenance ‑ inward parts
Put to ‑ add to, increase, send; to kill, to make silent, worse, ashamed, confused, etc.
Pygarg ‑ unknown animal, perhaps a mountain goat, antelope, or gazelle
Quaternions ‑ a guard consisting of four soldiers
Quick ‑ living
Quickened ‑ to cause to live
Quit ‑ unpunished; behave like
Rabbi – master, honourable teacher
Rabboni – master, chief, prince
Raca – a senseless, empty headed man
Raging – swelling, roaring, storming, savage
Rahel – Rachel
Rail ‑ (1Sa 25:14) to scream; to reproach
Railer ‑ one who rails
Railing ‑ slander
Raiment – clothing, garments, outer garment, i.e. the cloak or mantle and the tunic
Rampart – fortress, wall
Ranges ‑ (Le 11:35) cooking furnaces; (1Ki 11) rows or ranks of soldiers; (2Ch 23:14) houses
Ranging ‑to run about
Rank (s) – (1Ki 7:4-5) strokes; (Joe 2:7) paths; (Mr 6:40) rows
Rase ‑ to make bare or empty
Ravening ‑ to tear in pieces; to plunder
Ravin ‑ to be torn in pieces
Ravished – to stagger, to enjoy one sexually, to lay with sexually
Reared up – to raise or erect
Receipt of custom ‑ toll house or tax office
Recompense – compensate, give back
Redound – to abound
Rehearse ‑ to tell again
Reins ‑ kidney, seat of emotion or affection
Remission – to forgive, to release from bondage
Remit – to let go, to send away
Rend – tear, tear in pieces
Renown – name, reputation, fame
Rent – to tear, to break, to rend
Rentest – to tear, but in (Jer 4:30) to make wide the eye opening with paint.
Repent – (OT) to be sorry; (NT) to change one’s mind
Reprobate ‑ (OT) to reject, to despise; (NT) not standing the test, not approved
Reproof – rebuke; (NT) evidence, proof, conviction
Require ‑ to seek or ask
Requite – repay, restore
Rereward ‑ towards the rear; rear guard
Revellings – carousal, late night wild parties
Reverence – to fear, revere, be afraid; to bow down; a sense of shame or honour, modesty, bashfulness
Revile – to make light of, belittle, reproach
Ribband – twine, cord, thread
Rid ‑ to take away
Rie ‑ rye, spelt, a grain
Rifled ‑ spoiled, plundered, valuables taken
Ringstraked ‑ striped
Riot ‑ an abandoned dissolute life; (2Pe 2:13) luxurious living
Riotous ‑ worthless, desolate
Road ‑ invade, plunder, raid
Room ‑ normal definition except in (Ac 24:27) meaning to succeed, a successor
Rude ‑ unlearned, illiterate
Rue ‑ a garden herb
Rush – a plant growing in marshy ground or by watercourses, and used for chair‑bottoms, baskets, mats, ropes, etc.
Sabbath – a day of rest, usually Saturday but not always
Sackbut ‑ a triangular musical instrument with four strings, similar to a lyre
Sackcloth – a course cloth used for making bags, course cloth worn while mourning
Sacrilege – to rob a temple
Saint – a holy man, a true Christian
Salutation – greeting
Sanctification (sanctify) – to make holy
Sara – Sarah
Sardine ‑ a red gem stone
Sardius ‑ a precious stone of a blood‑red colour.
Sat at meat – to recline at a table, to eat together, to dine
Satiate – saturated, have or drink one’s fill
Satyr– a male goat, buck
Save that, save a ‑ if not, except, but (not the verb meaning to rescue or deliver)
Savour ‑ a smell either fragrant or foul; (Mt 5:13, Lu 14:34) taste
Scabbard – sheath for a sword
Scall ‑ scab
Scant ‑ lean, less than full
Scapegoat – refers to the goat used for sacrifice for the sins of the people
Scorn, laughed him to – to laugh at in contempt; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to treat with scorn by laughter. (Webster)
Scourge – to whip
Scrip ‑ a wallet, traveller’s bag
Sea molten – a large water basin in the temple court
Seared ‑ scorched; cauterized (Webster)
Seatward ‑ part of the phrase mercy seat
Sect – a choosing, a group following their own teachings
Secure, securely ‑ safe, to feel safe, free from worry
Sedition – insurrection, strife, a rising against civil or political authority
See to ‑ to see or to look at
Seeketh – is seeking
Seethe ‑ to boil, cook, bake, roast, ripen
Selvedge – end
Sepulchre – a tomb, a grave
Serjeants ‑ one who carried a rod and beat condemned criminals
Servile – labour, service
Servitor ‑ a minister, servant
Set forward ‑ to depart, start a trip; to oversee; to gain
Set on ‑ to place on; (Ac 18:10) to attack
Set to his seal ‑ to confirm, authenticate, to seal
Settle (a settle, the settle) ‑ an enclosure, ledge, border
Sevenfold – multiplied by seven
Several – separate, distinct, particular, single; different diverse
Severally ‑ pertaining to one’s self, individually
Shambles ‑ market place
Shamefacedness ‑ a sense of shame, modesty, bashfulness
Sheaf – bundle of grain stalks
Sheath – a case to cover the blade of a sword
Sheepcote ‑ paddock, pasture, abode of flocks
Shekel ‑ a weight and unit of money, about 12g
Sherd ‑ pottery, often a broken piece
Sheriffs – lawyer, judicial, magistrate
Shew – show
Shipping ‑ to travel by boat or ship
Shittim, shittah ‑ acacia tree or acacia wood
Shivers – to break in pieces
Shod – to bind under one’s feet, i.e. put on shoes or sandals
Shroud ‑ wooded area, forest
Signet – a seal, a seal ring
Silly ‑ open-minded, simple, naive
Silvanus – another name for Silas
Silverlings ‑ Silver Money
Similitude – image, likeness, form, pattern
Simple ‑ foolish, naive; (Ro 16:18) without fraud, harmless; (Ro 16:19) innocent, unmixed
Sincere ‑ pure, unmixed
Single – simple, whole, good, fulfilling its office
Sith ‑ since
Sixscore ‑ 120
Skill ‑ to know how, skilled
Slay – kill
Sleight ‑ dice playing, implies deception
Slew – to kill
Slime ‑ pitch, asphalt, bitumen
Sling – an instrument for throwing stones or other missiles; the act or motion of hurling as with a sling; to throw. (Webster)
Slips – branch, twig, shoot
Slow bellies – lazy gluttons
Sluices – wages
Smart – to be destroyed
Smite – hit, beat, slay, kill
Smote – past tense of smite
Snare – a trap
Snuffdishes ‑ fire-holder firepan, tray, censer
Snuffeth – to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily
Sobriety – soundness of mind, self-control
Sod (sodden) ‑ boiled
Sodering ‑ joining, soldering, riveting
Sojourn ‑ to abide, dwell, remain, continue; in the NT, a stranger, a foreigner, one who lives in a place without the right of citizenship
Solace – to delight oneself
Sometime (s) ‑ once, formerly, at one time
Soothsayer – A foreteller of the future by astrology. (Word Dictionary for Archaic Words)
Sop – a crumb, a morsel, a mouthful, a bit
Sort ‑ manner; word, abundance, (many meanings, check original word dictionary for exact word)
Sottish ‑ foolish, silly
Spake – to speak
Span – the distance from the extremity of the thumb to that of the little finger, when stretched apart; some nine inches. (American Tract Society Bible Dictionary)
Spindle – shank of a distaff, see distaff
Spikenard – a highly perfumed ointment prepared from a plant in India American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Spite – anger, provocation, grief
Spittle – spit, saliva
Spoil – booty, prey, goods taken by a victor
Spring, day began to ‑ to come up, dawn
Spue – to vomit out
Stablisheth – to make firm, establish
Stacte – an aromatic gum resin of a shrub
Stanched – to stop, to stand still
Standard – flag, banner
Stature – measure, size
Staves – a bar for carrying; a club or stick; a walking stick
Stay ‑ remain, relax, support; (many meanings, check original word dictionary for exact word)
Stayed him ‑ to hold back, detain, restrain
Stead ‑ in stead of, place, for the sake of
Stedfast – firm, trustworthy, immovable
Steel – copper, bronze
Steward – (Ge 15:2) heir; servant; (NT) manager of a household
Stirs – noise, shouting
Stock – family, offspring; stem or trunk of a tree
Stomacher ‑ rich or expensive robe
Stout (stoutness, stouthearted) ‑ mighty, valiant, great, strong
Straightway – now, right away, immediately
Strait (straitened) ‑ narrow spot, tight, small; distress, restricted
Straiten – to oppress
Straitly ‑ (Ge 43:7) enquiring; (Ex 13:19, 1Sa 14:28) with an oath; (Jos 6:1) to close; (NT) with a command, strongly; with a threat
Straitness ‑ distress
Strake sail ‑ to let down the sail of a ship
Strakes ‑ a peeled spot or a stripe
Strawed ‑ spread or scatter; to winnow grain
Strawed – to spread, to scatter
Stricken in age ‑ to enter the aged years
Strike hands ‑ to clap or clasp hands
Striker – quarrelsome person
Strowed – to scatter, sprinkle, toss
Suborned – to instruct privately, to induce to give false testimony
Subscribe – to write down
Subtil, subtilty ‑ shrewd, crafty, subtle
Succour – help
Suffer – to hold up; to allow, permit, let
Suffered – (when not used to mean feel pain) to allow, permit
Sumptuously – brilliantly
Sunday – in many portions, in many
ways
Sup – to eat the main meal, usually evening meal
Superfluity – an abundance
Superfluous – to extend, beyond necessary
Superscription – inscription, title
Supplant – to take by the heel, to trip up
Supple – to cleanse or wash
Suppliants ‑ worshippers
Supplication – to beg, to seek favour, to pray for
Surety – to become security for a loan
Surfeiting ‑ a head ache from drunkenness
Surmisings – suspicions
Swaddling clothes – a strip of cloth used to wrap an infant
Swine – pig
Swoon – faint, feeble
Sycamine ‑ tree, having the form and foliage of the mulberry, but fruit resembling the fig
Tabering ‑ sound the timbrel, beat, play upon
Tabernacle ‑ dwelling place, tent; sacred tent of the Jehovah
Table ‑ board, slab, tablet, plank; (not the flat surface with legs often used for placing meals on)
Tablets ‑ (Ex 35:22, Nu 31:50) golden ornament; (Isa 3:20) probably perfume boxes
Tabret – timbrel, tambourine
Taches ‑ hooks
Taken with – possessing, held with
Tale ‑ tally, number
Talent ‑ (OT) a round weight of gold, silver, bronze, iron, weights varied; (NT) a weight of money about 35 kg.
Tapestry – a spread, covering, or coverlet
Tares ‑ a weed that looked like wheat
Target ‑ shield, large shield
Taunt – sharp word, sharp (cutting) word
Taxation ‑ estimation, valuation
Taxing ‑ an enrolment or registration in the public records of persons together with their income and property, as the basis of a census or valuation,
Teachest – (teacheth) to teach, to learn
Teats – breasts, nipples
Teil tree ‑ oak tree or elm tree
Tell ‑ (Ge 15:5, Ps 22:17, 48:12) count, number
Temperance (temperate) – self-controlled
Tempered – mixed together
Tempest – windy storm
Tempt ‑ try, test, prove; (in some verses) to lure into sin (check original language)
Tenons – literally hands, a peg that sticks out
Teraphim ‑ a family idol or image
Tetrarch ‑ a governor of a region
Thee – singular of you, the objective case of thou
Thee‑ward ‑ toward thee, toward you singular
Thence – there
Thine – yours singular
Thitherward – there
Thou – you, second person singular
Thought, take no ‑ don’t be anxious or worried
Threescore – sixty
Thrice – three times
Thronged – to choke, to press round or throng one so as almost to suffocate him.
Thus – in this way
Thy – your singular
Thyine ‑ the citrus, an odoriferous North African tree used as incense,
Tillage – (1Ch 27:26, Ne 10:37) labour, service; (Pr 13:23) tillable or untilled or fallow ground
Tillage – work, service, tilled ground
Timotheus – Timothy
Tire ‑ head‑dress
Tirshatha – a title used by the Persian governor in Judea
Tithe ‑ ten percent of one’s gross income
Tittle ‑ little lines or small projection that made Hebrew letters differ
To wit – to know
Toiled – to labour or work hard
Told ‑ counted, numbered, reckoned (1Ki 8:5, 2Ki 12:10, 2Ch 5:6)
Tophet (Topheth) – place of fire, place SE of Jerusalem, so named because of the drums used to cover the cries of the children who were sacrificed in the fires to the idol Moloch.
Tormentors ‑ an inquisitor, torturer
Tow – strand of flax
Traffick ‑ to travel about in, to trade
Transgression – rebellion, an unfaithful or treacherous act, to violate God’s law
Translate (ed) ‑ to transpose, to transfer, to change, to go or pass over
Travail ‑ to give birth; hardship distress, weariness; labour
Traversing – to twist
Traversing – twist, entangle
Treachery, treacherous (ly) – to trick, cheat, or deceive
Trench – a row of sharp stakes between which earth, stones, trees, and timbers are heaped and packed together. This forms a type of fortification around a city in time of battle.
Trespass ‑ sin, rebellion, offence, wrong-doing, to miss the mark
Trimmest – to decorate, to make beautiful
Trimmest ‑ to be glad or joyful
Trodden (trode) – to trample, to walk on
Trow ‑ think, suppose, seem
Trump – trumpet
Tumultuous – roar, crash, uproar of revellers
Turtles, turtledoves ‑ doves
Tutors ‑ a steward, manager, guardian
Twain ‑ two
Unawares – to deceive the heart; (kill unawares) unintentionally; unexpectedly, suddenly
Uncomely ‑ (1Co 7:36) not pleasing; (1Co 12:23) deformed, indecent
Unction – anything smeared on, ointment, anoint
Undergirding ‑ to bind a ship together laterally: i.e. with girths or cables, to enable it to survive the force of waves and tempest
Undertake ‑ to give in pledge, become security for a loan
Unicorn ‑ possibly a wild bull, exact meaning unknown
Unlade – to lay down a load
Unperfect ‑ embryo, fetus
Unshod – barefoot
Untoward – crooked, perverse
Upbraid (ed) (eth) ‑ reproach, revile
Us-ward ‑ us
Usurp authority – to act on one’s own authority, to exercise dominion over another
Usury ‑ interest on something loaned
Utmost ‑ extremity, outskirts; to cut off (check original language)
Utter court ‑ outer, eternal, outward court
Uttermost ‑ extreme, end, border; (Ac 24:22) to know exactly; (1Th 2:16) end; (He 7:25) completely, perfectly
Vagabond ‑ to waver, to wander
Vail, Veil ‑ shawl, wrapper, curtain, covering
Vain – empty
Vale – valley
Valiant – mighty, strong
Vanities, lying ‑ empty breaths; perhaps worthless idols
Variance – (Mt 10:35) cut in two pieces, sever; (Ga 5:20) contention, strife
Vaunt ‑ to glorify self, to boast
Vehemently – (several meanings check original word for exact) hot, sultry; exceeding strong; to break against; terribly; forcibly
Veil, Vail ‑ shawl, wrapper, curtain, covering
Venture, at a ‑ without aiming
Verily ‑ truly, certainly, surely, indeed
Vermilion – a brilliant red colour
Vestments ‑ garments, clothing
Vestry (vesture) ‑ wardrobe, wearing apparel, clothing
Vex ‑ to oppress, suppress, treat violently, maltreat
Vexation ‑ a longing, striving; tumult, confusion (many words, check original)
Vial ‑ (OT) flask; (NT) a broad shallow bowl
Victuals ‑ food, nourishment
Vigilant – (1Ti 3:2) sober, temperate; (1Pe 5:8) to watch carefully
Vile (vilest) ‑ to disgrace, dishonour, be lightly esteemed; despised; unclean; worthless; offensive; low estate (many words, check original)
Villany – senselessness, folly
Viol ‑ harp, musical instrument
Viper – a snake
Virtue (virtuous) ‑ strength, power, ability
Visage – appearance, one’s face
Visitation – investigation, inspection
Vocation – one’s calling or invitation
Void – empty
Volume ‑ roll or scroll
Wag – to shake
Wallow – to roll, (Jer 48:26) to splash
Wanting – lacking, left behind
Wanton – (Isa 3:16) to look at with a luring look; (Jas 5:5) to live luxuriously, to live in pleasure; (1Ti 5:11) waxed wanton – to feel the impulses of sexual desire
Wantonness – unbridled lust
Ward ‑ prison, guard-house
Ware (s) ‑ merchandise, value, price
Ware – to put on, to be clothed
Warp – the threads, which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof Webster
Watch (es) – The Jews reckoned three military watches: the “first” or beginning of the watches, (La 2:19) from sunset to ten o’clock; the second or “middle watch” was from ten until two o’clock; (Jud 7:19) the third, “the morning watch,” from two to sunrise. (Ex 14:24, 1Sa 11:11) Afterward under the Romans they had four watches: (Mt 14:25, Lu 12:38), “even, midnight, cockcrowing, and morning;” (Mr 13:35) ending respectively at 9 p. m., midnight, 3 a. m., and 6 a. m. (Fasset’s Bible Dictionary)
Watchings – to be sleepless, watching
Waterspouts – pipe, spout, conduit
Wax (waxed) – to increase in size, numbers, strength, prosperity, or intensity (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary); to grow bigger; to pass from one stage to another
Way side – road or path
Wayfaring – to wander, journey
Wayfaring – travelling, on a journey
Waymarks ‑ signpost, monument, market
Wen – a running sore
Wench – maid-servant, slaver girl
Wert – were, was
Whelp ‑ cub, young
When as ‑ for
Whence – where
Wherefore – why? for what reason?
Whereinsoever – in whatever
Whereon – on or upon
Wherewith – with which
Whet – to sharpen
Whether ‑ which
Whilst – while, when
Whit, every whit ‑ all, completely; (not a whit) nothing
Whither ‑ to what place
Whore – to be or act like a prostitute
Whoremonger – a male prostitute
Wiles – cunning, craftiness, deceit
Will (my will, and similar) – choice, desire, pleasure
Wilt – will
Wimples – a cloak, veil, shawl
Winebibber – one given to wine, a drinker
Winefat – (Is 63:2) wine press; (Mr 12:1) a vessel placed under a press to receive the juice
Winked at ‑ to overlook, take no notice of
Winnoweth (ed) – to scatter, fan, or cast grain in the air to separate the chaff from the grain
Wist ‑ to know or perceive
Wit, (to wit) – to know
Withal ‑ the same, at the same time, together with
Without ‑ in some context it means outside
Withs ‑ cords, slender twigs twisted into a rope (Concise Bible Dictionary)
Witty ‑ skilful, wise
Woe worth ‑ alas!, expression of grief
Wont ‑ to have a habit
Woof – (see warp)
Wormwood – bitterness
Wormwood – bitterness; an intensely bitter and poisonous plant (American Tract Society Dictionary)
Worship, have ‑ (Lu 14:10) to be praised or honoured
Wot, wotteth ‑ to know, to perceive
Would (to) God ‑ if only!, oh that!; would indeed, wish
Wreathen ‑ cord, rope, cordage, foliage, interwoven foliage; lattice
Wrest ‑ to stretch, to bend, to pervert
Wringed ‑ to drain, to squeeze out
Wroth ‑ be angry
Wrought – to work, do, or accomplish
Ye – you plural
Yea – yes
Yesternight ‑ last night, yesterday
Yoke‑fellow – comrade, colleague, partner
Yoke – the beam to which two animals are fastened for any purpose of labour (Concise Bible Dictionary)
Yonder – out there, there, in that place
You‑ward ‑ you plural
The primary sources for definitions in this booklet are the Online Bible Lexicon, Strong’s Lexicon, and the Webster’s Dictionary. Other sources are listed after the definition.
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