| Hebrew word |
Hebrew Definition |
Hebrew word |
Hebrew Definition |
| asah |
to do, make (applies to man or God — reworking
existing material) |
neqebah |
a female |
| adam |
a man, human being |
oklah |
what is eaten, food |
| badal |
to separate |
oph |
fowl |
| bara |
to prepare, form, fashion, create (applies only
to God. Fiat creation — a miracle) |
or |
light (Genesis 1:3, 4, 4, 5, 18) (See maor not
used here) |
| barak |
to declare blessed |
or |
to cause or give light (Genesis 1:15, 17) |
| behemah |
cattle, beast |
oth |
a sign |
| bohu |
emptiness |
panim |
face |
| boqer |
morning |
parah |
to be fruitful |
| chai |
living, alive, lively |
peri |
fruit (angiosperm, see zera) |
| chaiyah |
living being |
qadesh |
to separate, set apart |
| chaiyah, cheva |
a living creature |
qaton |
little, small, young |
| chamishshi, chamishi |
fifth |
qavah |
to be gathered, bound together |
| choshek |
darkness |
raah |
to be seen |
| dagah |
fish |
rabah |
to be many, abundant |
| dasha |
to cause to yield tender grass |
rachaph |
to move, shake |
| demuth |
likeness |
radah |
to rule (be responsible for) |
| deshe |
tender grass (lichen, algae, etc.) |
raqia |
expanse (interface — zone of change) |
| echad |
one, first |
rebii |
fourth |
| elohim |
God (plural — implies power of God) |
remes |
a creeping creature, close to the earth (sheep,
goats, smaller mammals — Jews could eat them) |
| ereb |
evening |
reshith |
first, former (absolute beginning point) |
| erets |
earth, land (refers to functional planet — 648
uses in O. T.) |
ruach |
Spirit, wind |
| eseb |
herb (naked seed — fern — gymnosperm) |
shabath |
to cease, rest, keep sabbath |
| ets |
a tree, wood, timber, stick |
shamayim |
heavens, (heaved up things referring to space) |
| gadol |
great |
shanah |
a year, repetition (identifiable cycles) |
| hinneh |
see |
sharats |
to swarm |
| kabash |
to subdue |
shebii |
seventh |
| kakab |
a star |
shelishi |
third |
| kalah |
to be completed, finished |
sheni |
second, other, again |
| kanaph |
a wing (as covering and protecting) |
sherets |
a teeming thing (implies a group of
animals — all kinds) |
| layelah, layil |
night |
shishshi |
sixth |
| male (Eng. fill) |
to fill, complete (not to refill) |
tachath |
under, beneath |
| male (Eng. replenish) |
to fill, be full |
tannin |
a great sea monster (implies any great sea
creature) |
| maor |
light giver (or light holder) |
tavek |
middle, midst |
| mashal |
to rule |
tehom |
deep place, the deep (sea) |
| maqom |
a place of standing (or bowl) |
tob |
good |
| mayim |
waters, water |
tohu |
a ruin, vacancy (implies there was some thing
to vacate) |
| melakah |
work |
tsaba |
host, warfare, service |
| memsheleth |
rule, dominion |
tselem |
image (likeness of some kind) |
| meod |
might, very |
uph |
to fly |
| min |
kind (broad term not equal to the scientific
word species. See 1 Corinthians 15:39 — same idea in Greek is broutht out in kind) |
yabbashah |
a dry place (as opposed to land that was not
dry — swampy, under water) |
| miqveh |
collection |
yam |
sea, lake, pool |
| moed |
an appointed time or season |
yereq |
green herb, greenness |
| nathan |
to give |
yom |
day (or time, forever, etc. See Deuteronomy 10:10) |
| nephesh (Eng. life) |
living (or life) breath |
zakar |
male |
| nephesh (Eng. creature) |
breathing creature |
zera |
seed, seed time, progeny (true seed plant — angiosperm) |
