Updates: words which have changed meaning over 400 years
KJV Word List
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
Last updated: Apr 22, 2007
A
abjects / the lowest, outcasts (Ps 35:15)
abroad / away from the house (1 Sam 9:26) over a wide area ((Mk 1:28)
adamant / a sharp, hard stone, diamond. (Ezek. 3:9, Zech. 7:12)
admiration / wonder, astonishment (Jude 16, Rev. 17:6)
admire / marvel at (2 Thess. 1:16)
adventure / venture, risk (Deut 28:56, Judg 9:17, Act 19:31)
adversary / opponent in a lawsuit (Mt 5:25, Luk 12:58)
advertise / tell, inform (Num 24:14, Ruth 4:4)
advisement / consideration, taking advice (1 Chr.12:19)
affect / cause pain (Lam 3:51) embitter (Act 14:2) desire, seek (Gal 4:17,18)
affinity / relationship by marriage (1 King 3:1, 2 Chr. 18:1, Ezra 9:14)
affrighted / frightened (Mk 16:5)
afore / before (Rom 1:2)
agone / ago (1 Sam 30:13)
algum / almug, sandalwood (2 Chr 2:8, 9:10,11)
alleging / bringing evidence (Act 17:3)
alleluia / praise the Lord (Rev 19:1,3,4,6)
allow / approve of (Luke 11:48, Rom 7:15)
allto / utterly (Judg 9:53)
almug / algum (above), sandalwood (1 King 10:11,12)
amazement / terror (Act 3:10, 1 Pet.3:6)
amazed / terrified, fearful (Mk 9:15, 14:33)
ambassage / ambassadors, a deputation (Luk 14:32)
amerce / fine (verb), impose a penalty (Deut.22:19)
amiable / lovely (Ps.84:1)
anathema/ under a curse (1 Cor.16:22)
ancients / elders (Isa 3:14)
anon / immediately (Mt 13:20, Mk 1:30)
apothecary / perfume and spice dealer (Exod 30:25)
apparently / openly, manifestly (Num 12:8)
apple of the eye / pupil of the eye (Deut. 32:10, Ps.17:8, Prov.7:2, Lam 2:18, Zech 2:8)
B
baken / baked (Lev. 2:4)
bank /mound of earth for seiges (2 Sam 20:15, 2 King 19:32, Isa. 37:33)
barbarian / foreigner (1 Cor 10:1)
barbarous / foreign (Act 28:2)
base / lowly, humble (1 Cor 1:28, 2 Cor 10:1)
bath / about 8 gallons or 36 litres (Isa 5:10)
beeves / cattle, oxen, bulls or cows (Lev 22:19)
beggarly / worthless (Gal 4:9)
behemoth / large animal unknown (Job 40:15)
bekah / half a shekel (money) about 7 grammes (Exod 38:26)
besom / broom (Isa. 14:23)
bestead / beset with difficulties (Isa 8:21)
betimes / early (Gen 26:31)
bewrayeth / betrays, reveals (Prov 27:16, 29:34, Isa 16:3, Mt 26:73)
bishop / overseer (Phil 1:1, 1 Pet.2:25)
bishoprick / oversight, office, charge (Act 1:20)
blains / boils (sores) (Exod 9:9-10)
bolled / full of seed-pods (Exod 9:31)
boss / knob at the centre of a shield (Job 15:26)
botch / ulcer or boil (Deut 28:27, 35)
bottom / valley (Zech 1:8)
bowels / affections (2 Cor 6:12) tender mercies (Phil 1:8, 2:1) heart (Philem 12)
bray / to pound something in a mortar (prov 27:32)
bridechamber / bridal room: "children of b." =wedding guests (Mt 9:15, Mk 2:19, Lu 5:34)
brigandine / coat of mail, or breastplate (Jer 46:4, 51:3)
brimstone / sulphur the mineral (Gen 19:24)
broided / braided or plaited (1 Tim 2:9 )
broidered / embroidered (Ezek 16:10)
bruit / rumour or report (Jer 10:22, Nah 3:19)
buckler / small shield (2 Sam 22:31)
bunches / humps (Isa. 30:6)
butler / cup-bearer, servant (Gen 14:21)
butlership / office of cup-bearer (Gen 14:28)
by / with reference to, or against (1 Cor 4:4)
C
cab / about 4 pints or 2 litres (2 Kings 6:25)
camphire / henna, Egyptian privet (Song of S. 1:14, 4:13)
canker / cancer, ulcerous disease (2 Tim. 2:17)
cankered / eaten away with rust (James 5:3)
cankerworm / a hopping locust (Joel 1:4)
carefulness / anxiety (1 Cor 7:32)
careless / free from care, secure (Judges 18:7)
carriage(s) / baggage, goods, burdens, (Judg.18:21, 1Sam 17:22, Isa 10:28 46:41, Act 21:15)
cast about / turn around, turn back (Jer. 41:14)
castaway / rejected (1 Cor 9:27)
caul / membrane over the upper liver (Exod 29:13) around the heart (Hos 13:8)
cauls / hair nets (Isa 3:18)
causeway / paved road (1 Chron 26:16,18)
ceiled / panelled, overlaid (2 Chron 3:5, Jer 22:14, Ezek.41:16 Hag.1:4)
chalkstones / pieces of chalk (Isa. 27:9)
chambering / sensual, wanton living (Rom 13:13)
chamberlain / manager of a household (Acts 12:20)
champaign / plain, flat countryside (Deut. 11:30)
chancellor / chief counsellor, governor (Ezra 4:8,9,17)
changeable / that can be changed, changes of dress being a sign of wealth (Isa 3:22)
chapiter / capital of a column (1 King 7:16)
chapmen / merchants (2 Chron 9:14)
chapt / cracked (Jer. 14:4)
charger / dish, large plate (Matt. 14:8)
charity / love (1 Cor 13)
check / rebuke, scold (Job 20:3)
chesnut / chestnut or plane tree (Gen 30:37, Ezek. 31:8)
chimney / window (Ec 12:3, Hos 13:3)
chode / complained (Gen 31:36, Num 20:3)
choler / anger (Dan 8:7, 11:11)
churl / mean, miserly person, (Isa. 32:5,7)
churlish / harsh, ill-tempered (1 Sam 25:3)
clave / split (Gen 22:3) clung (Ruth 1:14)
clift / cleft, hollow (Exod 33:22 Isa. 57:5)
closet / private room (Joel 2:16, Matt 6:6, Luke 12:3)
clouted / patched (Josh 9:5)
clouts / rags (Jer 38:11,12)
coasts / borders, region, country (Exod 10:14, Matt 2:16)
cockatrice / adder, cobra! (Isa 11:8, 14:29, 59:5 Jer.8:17)
cockle / weeds (Job 31:40)
coffer / box (1 sam 6:8,11,15)
collops / lumps (Job 15:27)
comeliness / beauty (Isa 53:2)
companied / accompanied (Acts 1:21)
compass (fetch a) / go round, turn around (Act 28:13)
compass / circumference (Exod 38:4) make a circuit surround (Josh 6:3 Judg 16:2)
conceit / opinion, conception (Prov.18:11)
concision / mutilation, circumcision (Phil 3:2)
concluded / included (Rom 11:32, Gal 3:22)
coney / hyrax, rock-badger, like a rabbit (Lev 11:5, Deut.14:7, Ps.104:18, Prov.30:26)
confectionaries / ointment-makers (1 Sam 8:13)
contemn / despise, or scorn (Ps 10:13)
convenient / suitable (Prov. 30:8, Eph 5:4)
conversant / dwelling with (Josh 8:35, 1Sam 25:15)
conversation / behaviour (Eph 4:22, 2Pet 2:7) citizenship (Phil 1:27, 3:20)
convince / convict (Jn 8:9, Jn 8:46)
convocation / assembly (Num 28:18)
coriander / plant with small white spicey seeds (Exod 16:31, Num 11:7)
couching place / place to lie down (Ezek 25:5)
coulter / blade, part of a plough (1 Sam 13:20)
countervail / counterbalance, compensate for (Esth 7:4)
cousin / kinsman, kinswoman (Luke 1:36,58)
covert / cover, shelter, hiding place (1 Sam 25:20)
creature / created thing (Rom 1:25, 1Tim 4:4)
crookbackt / hump-backed, hunchbacked (Lev 21:20)
cruse / small jar (1 King 14:3)
cubit / a measurement from elbow to fingertip (Deut 3:11)
cuckow / gull (Lev 11:16, Deut 14:15)
cumbered / distracted, worried (Luke 10:40)
cumbereth / waste, make worthless (Luke 13:7)
cumbrance / trouble, responsibility (Deut 1:12)
cummin / a plant like fennel with hot seeds /spice(Isa 28:25,27 Matt.23:23)
cunning / skill, art, skilful (1 Sam 16:16, 1 King 7:14)
curious / embroidered (Exod 28:8)
curious arts / magic, sorcery (Acts 19:19)
custom / tribute, tax, toll (Matt 9:9, Mark 2:14, Luke 5:27)
D
dam / mother-animal or bird (Exod 22:30, Lev.22:27, Deut.22:6,7)
damsel / young woman, girl, servant (Gen 24:14, Mark 5:39, Jn 18:17)
daysman / mediator (Job 9:33)
declare / explain (Gen 41:24, Judg 14:13)
decline / turn aside (Psalm 119:157, Prov 4:5)
delicately / daintily (1 Sam 15:32, Lam 4:5)
delicates / dainties (Jer. 51:34)
deliciously / luxuriously (Rev. 18:7,9)
describe / divide, mark out (Josh 18:4,6,8)
descry / spy out, make search (Judg 1:23)
desired / regretted, mourned (2 Chron 21:20)
despite / contempt (Ezek.25:26, Heb 10:29)
devotions / objects of worship, idols (Act 17:23)
diadem / head-dress (Job 29:14, Isa.28:5, 62:3, Ezek.21:26)
diet / daily allowance (Jer. 52:34)
discomfited / defeated, confused, routed (Judg. 4:15, Ps.18:14)
discover / uncover, disclose (Prov.25:9, Lam 4:22)
discovered / come in view of (Act 21:3, 27:39)
dispensation / administration, stewardship, distribution (1 Cor 9:17, Eph.1:10, Col 1:25)
disposition / ordinance, appointment (Act 7:53)
distaff / rod to hold wool for spinning (Prov.31:19)
divers / diverse, various, different (Deut.22:11 Mt 4:24)
divination / prediction by magic or supernaturally (Num 22:7, Deut 18:10)
diviner / predictor using magic (Deut. 18:14, Zech 10 :2)
doctor / teacher (Luke 2:46, 5:17, Act 5:34)
dragon / jackal (Job 30:29, Isa 13:22) sea beast,crocodile, serpent( Ps.74:13, 148:7, Rev.20:2)
drams / darics, drachmae, coins (Ezra 2:69, 8:27)
draught / drain, sewer (2 Kings 10:27, Matt15:17, Mk 7:19) netfull of fish (Luke 5:4,9)
drave / drove (Act 7:45, 18:16)
duke / chief (Exod. 15:15, Josh 13:21)
dureth / endures, goes on (Matt 13:21)
E
earing, eared / ploughing, ploughed (Gen 45:6, Exod 34:21, Deut 21:4)
Easter / passover, 'pascha' (Acts 12:4)
emerods / swellings, hemorrhoids (Deut 28:27, 1Sam 5:6)
endamage / damage, cause or suffer loss (Ezra 4:13)
endue / endow (Gen 30:20, James 3:13)
engines / machines, (2 Chron 26:15) battering rams (Ezek 26:9)
enlargement / freedom, relief (Esth 4:14)
ensue / follow after (1 Pet.3:11)
enterprise / purpose (Job 5:12)
entreated / treated (Gen 12:16, Luke 20:11)
ephah / about 8 gallons or 36 litres (Exod 16:36, Ezek 45:11)
ephod / embroidered cape worn by priest (Exod 39:2,5)
eschew / avoid, shun (Job 1:1,8, 2:3 1Pet 3:11)
espousals / time of betrothal (Jer 2:2 ) wedding (Song 3:11)
espy / see, perceive (Josh 14:7, Jer 48:19)
estate(s)/ chief estates - great men, (Mk 6:21) estate of the elders - holding office of elders (Acts 22:5)
evidently / plainly, clearly (Act 10:3, Gal 3:1)
evilfavouredness / ugliness, deformity (Deut 17:1)
exchanger / money-changer or banker (Matt 25:27)
expecting / waiting (Heb 10:13)
experiment / proving (2 Cor 9:13)
F
fain / gladly (Job 27:22 Luke 15:16)
familiars / intimate friends (Jer. 20:10)
fan / winnowing fan (Matt.3:12, Luk 3:17)
farthing / a small coin, Kodrantes = 2 Lepta ('mites' in Mk 12:42) Mt 5:26, Mk 12:42; Assarion = 8 Lepta (Matt 10:29, Luke 12:6)
felloes / curved sections of a wheel rim (1 King 7:33)
fetters / shackles, metal bands (Ps. 105:18)
fillets / ornamental bands (Exod 27:10)
finer / refiner (Prov. 25:4)
fining / refining (Prov. 17:3, 27:21)
firkin / about 9 gallons or 40 litres (Jn 2:6)
firstling / first offspring (Gen 4:4 Exod 13:12)
fitches / fennel, (Isa 28:25,27) a cereal like wheat (Ezek.4:9)
flags / reeds, papyrus (Exod 2:3,5 Job 8:11, Isa. 19:6)
flakes / folds (Job 41:23)
flay / remove the skin (Lev 1:6 Mic 3:3)
flux / flow of blood (Act 28:8)
forasmuch / as, since, because, seeing that (1 King 13:21, 14:7, Ezra 7:14, Luke 1:1, Act 15:24)
foreship / the bow or front of a ship (Act 27:30)
forum / market place (Act 28:15)
frame(d) / manage (Judg 12:6), form (Ps.103:14), make (Hos 5:4), fitted together (Eph 2:21), completed (Heb 11:3)
frankly / freely (Luke 7:42)
fray / frighten (Deut. 28:26, Jer 7:33, Zech 1:21)
fret / grieve, be angry (Ps. 37:1,8)
frontlets / headbands (Exod 13:16, Deut 6:8, 11:18)
froward / perverse, contrary, self-willed (Deut 32:20, Ps 18:26, 1Pet 2:18)
fuller / bleacher or cleaner of cloth (Mal.3:2, Mk 9:3)
furbish / polish, sharpen (Jer 46:4)
furniture / equipment, harness (Gen 31:34)
G
gainsay / contradict (Luke 21:15)
garner / barn, grain store (Ps.144:13, Matt 3:12, Luke 3:17)
gat / got (Ps. 116:3)
gazingstock / something to stare at in awe (Nah 3:6, Heb 10:33)
gender(eth) / produce, (Lev.19:19, Job 38:29, 2Tim 2:23), bear young (Job 21:10, Gal 4:24)
gerah / one twentieth of a shekel (Exod.30:13)
Ghost / Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit (Jn 14:26) gave up ghost - died (Luke 23:46 Act 5:5)
gier eagle / vulture (Lev 11:18 Deut.14:17)
gin / snare, trap (Job 18:9, Isa 8:14)
give place / make room for (Lu 14:9) give way/yield (Gal 2:5 Eph 4:27)
glede / vulture, kite (Deut 14:13)
glistering / shining (1 Chron 29:2, Luke 9:29)
goeth(going) about / endeavour, try(ing) (Jn 7:20 Rom 10:3)
good / property (1 Chron 29:3)
goodman / master of the house (Prov 7:19, Matt 20:11)
go to / come now! (Gen 11:3, Judg 7:3)
gotten / got, obtained (Gen 4:1 Isa 15:7)
graff, graffed / graft, grafted (Rom 11:17-24)
graving / engraving (Exod 32:4, Zech 3:9)
greaves / leg armour (1 Sam.17:6)
Grecians / Greek-speaking Israelites (Act 6:1 9:29, 11:20)
grisled / grey (Gen 31:10,12 Zech 6:3,6)
guilty of / worthy of (Matt 26:66)
gutter / channel, shaft, tunnel (2 Sam 5:8)
H
habergeon / linen undergarment (Exod 28:32, 39:23) coat of mail (2 Chron 26:14, Job 41:26)
haft / handle (Judg 3:22)
hap / (her hap was) it happened that she...(Ruth 2:3)
haply / perhaps, lest it should happen (Mk 11:13 Luke 14:29)
hardly / with difficulty (Matt 19:23, Mark 10:23)
hart / deer (Deut. 12:15, Ps 42:1)
heady / headstrong (2 Tim 3:4)
helve / axe-handle (Deut.19:5)
heretick / heretic, one with false belief, divisive (Titus 3:10)
heretofore / before, previously (Exod 5:7 2Cor 13:2)
highminded / puffed up, prideful (Rom 11:20 1Tim 6:17, 2Tim 3:4)
hin / about 1.5 gallons or 7 litres (Exod.30:24)
hither / here, to this place (Josh 3:9, Jn 4:15)
hitherto / until now, before (Jn 5:17 1Cor 3:2)
hoised / hoisted up, lifted (Act 27:40)
hold to / cleave to, cling to (Mt 6:24 Luke 16:13)
holden / held (Ps 18:35 Luke 24:16)
holpen / helped (Ps 86:17 Luke 1:54)
homer / 10 ephahs or baths, about 80 gallons/360 litres (Lev 27:16, Isa.5:10 Ezek.45:11)
honest / honourable, good (Rom 12:17 2Cor 13:7)
horn / symbol of strength/power (1Sam 2:1 Ps 18:2)
hosanna / 'save, we pray', a shout of praise (Mt 21:9 Mk 11:10 Jn 12:13)
hosen / trousers, leggings (Dan 3:21)
hough / cut the hamstring or hock (Josh 11:6,9 2Sam 8:4 1Chron 18:4)
hungred(an) / hungry (Mt 12:1, Mk 2:25)
husbandman / farmer, tiller, vinetender (Gen 9:20 James 5:7)
I
imagery / painted or carved images (Ezek 8:12)
implead / accuse, plead against (Act 19:38)
impotent / without strength, invalid (Jn 5:3,7 Act 4:9, 14:8)
inclose / enclose, surround, set (Exod 39:6, Judge 20:43 Ps.17:10)
incontinent / uncontrolled, unrestrained (2Tim 3:3) lack of self-control (1Cor 7:5)
inditing / overflowing (Ps 45:1)
infolding / flashing here and there (Ezek 1:4)
inkhorn / ink pot or ink-holder (Ezek 9:2,3,11)
inquisition / search,investigation (Deut.19:18, Esth 2:23 Ps.9:12)
instant / urgent, importunate (Luke 23:23 Rom 12:12) instantly=earnestly (Luke 7:4, Act 26:7)
J
jangling / foolish talk, gossip (1 Tim 1:6)
jeoparded / risked, placed in jeopardy (Judg 5:18)
Jewry / Judaea, a region (Dan 5:13 Luke 23:5 Jn 7:1)
jot / jod or yod, 'j' or 'y' the smallest Hebrew letter (Matt 5:18)
jubile / jubilee / year of release, announced with shofar (horn) (Lev 25:9)
K
kerchief / cloth, veil, head-scarf (Ezek 13:18, 21)
kine / cows (Gen 41:2)
knop / knob, model of flower-bud (Exod 25:33)
L
laded laden / loaded, burdened (Gen 42:26 Mt.11:28)
latchet / thong, lace (Mk 1:7 Luke 3:16 Jn 1:27)
laud / praise (Rom 15:11)
laver / basin, sink, bath (Exod 38:8 1King 7:38)
lay at / strike at (Job 41:26)
leasing / lying, falsehood (Ps.4:2 5:6)
leaven / yeast, fermented dough (Exod 12:15 Gal 5:9)
lees / dregs, sediment (removed by pouring jar to jar) (Isa 25:6 Jer 48:11 Zeph 1:12)
let / hinder, prevent (Rom 1:13, 2Thess 2:7)
leviathan / river creature or sea monster (hippo?, whale? Job 41:1 Ps 104:26)
lewd / vicious, ignorant (Ezek. 16:27, Act 17:5)
libertines / freed slaves (Acts 6:9)
lieutenants / provicial rulers, governors (Ezra 8:36 Esth 3:12 8:9 9:3)
lign-aloes / aromatic wood (Num 24:6)
ligure / a precious stone (Exod 28:19 39:12)
liking / 'good liking' = good condition (Job 39:4) worse liking = worse condition (Dan 1:10)
listed / chose, pleased (Matt 17:12 Mk 9:13 Jn 3:8 James 3:4)
listeth / chooses, pleases (as above)
litters/ covered wagons (Isa 66:20)
lively / living (Act 7:38 1Pet 1:3)
M
magnifical / magnificent (1 Chron 22:5)
mallows / salt-wort, an edible plant (Job 30:4)
mammon / riches, money personified (Mt. 6:24, Luke 16:9,11,13)
mandrakes / narcotic plant or root (Gen 30:14-16, Song 7:13)
manner / kind, sort (Rev. 18:12) custom, habit (Jn 19:40)
mansions / resting places, homes (Jn 14:2)
maran atha / our Lord is come (Aramaic: 1 Cor 16:22)
marishes / marshes, swamp (Ezek. 47:11)
mart / market place (Isa 23:3)
maschil / instruction (Ps 32 title)
matter / timber, forest, fuel (James 3:5)
mattock / pick-axe (1 Sam. 13:20 , 2 Chron 34:6)
maul / hammer, mallet (Prov. 25:18)
maw / animal's stomach (Deut. 18:3)
mean men/ obscure, low, inferiors (Prov 22:29, Isa 2:9)
meat / food of any kind (Gen 1:29,30, Jn 4:34)
meet / suitable, fit (Mt 3:8, Col 1:12)
mess / dish of food (Gen.43:34, 2 Sam 11:8)
Messiah, Messias / the Anointed One (Dan 9:25-6, Jn 1:41 4:25)
mete / to measure (Mt 7:2, Mk 4:24)
meteyard / measuring stick (Lev.19:35)
milch / giving milk (Gen 32:15, 1Sam 6:7,10)
mincing / with little steps (Isa 3:16)
mite / half a farthing (Greek letpon: Mk 12:42 Lu.12:59 21:2)
mitre / head-dress, turban (Exod. 28:4, Zech 3:5)
morrow/ morning (Josh 5:11)
mote / speck of dust (Mt 7:3-5, Lu.6:41-2)
motions / impulses (Rom 7:5)
mount / mound, bank of earth (Jer.6:6 Ezek 4:2)
muffler / scarf, veil (Isa 3:19)
munition / fortress, stronghold (Isa 29:7 33:16 Na 2:1)
murrain / cattle plague (Exod 9:3)
N
napkin / cloth, handkerchief (Luke 19:20 Jn 11:44 20:7)
naught, naughty / worthless, bad (2 King 2:19 Prov 6:12 17:4 20:14 Jer.24:2)
naughtiness / evil, wickedness (Prov 11:6 James 1:21)
naves / hubs (1 King 7:33)
neesings / sneezing (Job 41:18)
nephew / grandson (Judg 12:14, Job 18:19, Isa.14:22 1Tim 5:4)
nether / lower, beneath (Exod 19:17)
nethermost / lowest (1 King 6:6)
nitre / sodium (bi)carbonate (Prov 25:50 Jer.2:22)
noised abroad / widely reported (Luke 1:65 Act 2:6)
noisome / hurtful, deadly (Ps 91:3 Ezek.14:15,21 Rev.16:2
O
occupy / trade, do business (Luke 19:13)
occurant / happening, taking place (1 King 5:4)
offend / cause to stumble or sin (Matt 18:6,8,9)
omer / one tenth ofan ephah, about 6.5 pints or 3.5 litres (Exod 16:16-36)
onycha / shell used in perfume (Exod 30:34)
ossifrage / vulture which breaks bones of prey (Lef 11:13 Deut. 14:12)
ouches / sockets, settings (Exod 28:11-25 39:6-18)
outgoings / limits or boundaries (Josh 17:9 Ps 65:8)
outlandish / foreign (Neh 13:26)
overcharged / overburdened (Luke 21:34)
overlive / outlive, survive (Josh 24:31)
P
paddle / small spade or trowel (Deut. 23:13)
painful / laborious, difficult (Ps 73:16)
painfulness / toil, labour (2Cor 11:27)
palmerworm / destructive locust (Joel 1:4 2:25 Amos 4:9)
palsy / paralysis (Matt 4:24)
paper (reed) / papyrus (Isa 19:7 2John 12)
paps / breasts (Luke 11:27)
parcel / piece, portion (Gen 33:19 Jn 4:5)
parlour / upper room (Judg 3:20-25) room (1Sam 9:22 1Chron 28:11)
passage / mountain pass (1Sam 13:23 Isa.10:29) ford (Judg 12:6 Jer.51:32)
pate / head (Ps 7:16)
peculiar / one's own property (Exod 19:5 Deut 14:2)
peep / chirp, as a bird (Isa 8:19 10:14)
penny, pence / denarion, a day's wage (16 of the 'farthings', assaria in Mt 10:39) Mt 20:2, Luke 10:35 20:24
pentecost / fiftieth day after passover (Act 2:1 20:16 1Cor 16:8)
peradventure / perhaps (1King 18:27 Rom 5:7)
phylacteries / smal parchments with scripture in a leather case and bound to forehead or left arm (Matt 23:5)
pictures / images carved in relief (Num 33:52 Prov 25:11 Isa 2:16)
pilled / peeled, stripped off bark (Gen 30:37,38)
plat / plot of ground (1King 9:26)
platter / dish (Matt 23:25,26 Luke 11:39)
play / fence, swordfight (2 Sam 2:14)
polled / cut hair (2 Sam 14:26)
polls / heads (1 Chron 23:3)
pommels / bowl-shaped pillar ornaments (2Chron 4:12,13), ( the "golden bowl" in Eccl 12:6)
port / gate (Neh 2:13)
post / messenger, letter-carrier (Job 9:25 2Chron 30:6)
potsherd / piece of broken pottery (Ps 22:15 Isa 45:9)
pottage / soup, stew (Gen 25:29 2King4:38)
pound / mina (100 of the 'pennies' in Matt 20:2) Luke 19:13-25
pourtray / draw, carve (Ezek. 4:1 8:10 23:14)
prating / babbling, gossip (Prov 10:8,10 3John 10)
presently / immediately (Prov 12:16 Matt 26:53)
press / crowd (Mk 2:4 5:27 Luke 8:19 19:3)
pressfat / vat of a winepress (Hag 2:16)
prevent / go before, anticipate (Amos 9:10 1Thess 4:15)
prey / booty, spoil (Num 31:12,26)
pricks / goads, cattle prods (Num 33:55 Act 9:5 26:14)
printed / inscribed (Job 19:23)
prised / priced, value (Zech 11:13)
privily / secretly (Judg 9:31 Matt 1:19)
privy / secret , private (Ezek 21:14) knowing a secret (Act 5:2)
profane/ common, unholy (Ezek 42:20) to dishonour (Mal 2:11)
prognosticators / forecasters (Isa 47:13)
proper / personal (1Chron 29:3) one's own (Act 1:19, 1Cor 7:7) handsome, beautiful (Heb 11:23)
proselyte / a convert to Judaism (Matt 23:15 Act 2:10 6:5 13:43)
prove / test, try (Exod 16:4 1Tim 3:10)
provide / consider beforehand, take note of (Rom 12:17)
providence / forethought (Act 24:2)
psaltery / stringed instrument (Ps.33:2 Neh 12:27)
publican / tax collector (Matt 5:46 Luke 5:27)
pulse / vegetables, beans (2Sam 17:28 Dan 1:12,16)
purchase / obtain (1Tim 3:13)
purtenance / internal organs, inward parts (Exod 12:9)
put to / apply use (Ezra 6:12 Eccl 10:10)
pygarg / antelope (Deut. 14:5)
Q
quarternions / guard parties of four men (Acts 12:4)
quick / alive, living (Num 16:30, 1Pet.4:5)
quickened / brought to life (Eph 2:1 Col 2:13)
quit / behave, (1Sam 25:14 Mark 15:29) acquitted, free (Exod 21:19,28 Josh 2:20)
R
rail / insult, blaspheme (1 Sam 25:14 Mark 15:29)
railer / abusive person (1 Cor 5:11)
railing / abusive,reviling (1 Pet 3:9, 2 Pet 2:11)
ranges / pot-racks, (Lev 11:35) ranks of soldiers (2 King 11:8,15 2Chron 23:14)
ranging / roving (Prov 28:15)
rase / demolish (Ps 137:7)
ravening / plundering (Luke 11:39) tearing to pieces (Ezek.22:25)
ravin / tear to pieces, seize prey (Gen 49:27 Nah 2:12)
receipt of custom / tax office, toll-gate (Matt 9:9 Mk 2:14 Luk 5:27)
rehearse / report, declare (Exod.17:14 Act 14:27)
reins / mind, inmost being (literally kidneys) Ps 7:9 Rev 2:23)
reprobate / garbage, disapproved, unfit (Jer 6:30 2Cor 13:5 Titus 1:16)
rereward / rear ward, rear guard (Josh 6:9 Isa 52:12)
require / ask (2 Sam 12:20)
rid / clear away, remove (Lev 26:6)
rie / rye, spelt, cereal grains (Exod 9:32 Isa 28:25)
rifled / plundered (Zech 14:2)
ringstraked / streaked or striped (Gen30:35-40 31:8-12)
riot / dissolute behaviour (Titus 1:6)
riotous / dissolute (Luke 15:13)
road / raid (1 Sam 27:10)
room / space (Ps 31:8) place at table (Mt 23:6 Luk 14:7)
rude / inexpert, untrained (2 Cor 11:6)
rue / a garden herb (Luke 11:42)
S
sackbut / pipe or lyre of elderwood (Dan 3:5-15)
sardine / a red gem from Sardius (Rev.4:3)
sardius / a red gem, carnelian (Exod.28:17 39:10 Ezek 28:13 Rev 21:20)
satyr / male goat (Isa 13:21 34:14)
save / exepting (John 6:22, 46)
savour / taste (Exod 5:21 Matt 5:13)
scall / skin disease, sore (Lev 13:30-7 14:54)
scant / skimped, meagre (Mic 6:10)
scrip / bag (1 Sam 17:40) money note(?) (Matt 10:10)
seared / scorched (literally - cauterized: 1 Tim 4:2)
seatward / toward the Mercy Seat (Exod 37:9)
secure, securely / free from anxiety (Judg 8:11 Prov 3:29 Mic 2:8 Mt 28:14)
seethe / boil (Exod 23:19 Zech 14:21)
see to / look upon (Josh 22:10)
serjeant / officer carrying staff as authority (Act 16:35,38)
servitor / servant, attendant (2 King 4:43)
set forward / oversee (1Chron 23:4 2Chron 34:12)
set on / attack (Act 18:10)
settle / base, pedestal, ledge (Ezek 43:14 45:19)
set to his seal / affixed his seal (Jn 3:33)
severally / separately, individually (1 Cor 12:11)
shambles / meat market (1 Cor 10:25)
shamefacedness / a sense of shame (1 Tim 2:9)
sheepcote / pasture, sheep pens (1Sam 24:3 2Sam 7:8 1Chron17:7)
shekel / about .5 ounce or 14 grammes (Exod 38:24-25)
sherd / fragment (Isa 30:14 Ezek 23:34)
shipping / took ship, entered boats (Jn 6:24)
shittim,shittah / thorny acacia tree (Exod 25:5 Isa 41:19)
shroud / cover,shelter (Ezek 31:3)
silly / simple, foolish (Hos 7:11 2Tim 3:6)
silverlings / silver coins (Isa 7:23)
simple / ignorant, harmless, innocent (Prov 9:4 Rom 16:19)
sincere / pure (1 Pet 2:2)
sith / since (Ezek 35:6)
sixscore / 120 in number (1 King 9:14 Jonah 4:11)
skill (verb) / to know how, to be skilled (1King 5:6 2Chron2:8)
sleight / deceitfulness, slyness (Eph 4:14)
slime / mud, bitumen, tar (Gen 11:3 14:10 Exod 2:3)
snuff dishes / pans for wick-trimmings (Exod 25:38)
sod / boiled (Gen 25:29 2Chron35:13) sodden, boiled (Exod 12:9)
sodering / soldering (Isa 41:7)
sojourn / dwell for a time (Gen 12:10)
sometime(s) / formerly, at one time, once (Col 1:21 1Pet 3:20)
sort / manner (2 Cor 7:11 3Jn 6)
sottish / foolish (Jer 4:22)
spoken for / asked in marriage (Song 8:8)
spring / dawn (Judg 19:25 1Sam 9:26)
stacte / aromatic tree gum (Exod 30:34)
stand upon / attack (2Sam 1:9-10)
stay / support (Ps 18:18, Isa 3:1) stop, hold back (Lev 13:5 2Sam 24:16)
stead / place (Gen 30:2 2Cor 5:20)
stomacher / beautiful dress (Isa 3:24)
stout(ness) / hard(ness), bold(ness) (Isa 9:9 10:12)
strait / narrow (Mt 7:13 Lu 13:24) strict (Act 26:5)
straitened / limited, restricted (Job 18:7 2Cor 6:12)
straitly / strictly, closely (Gen 43:7 Mk 1:43)
straitness / distress (Deut.28:53)
strake sail / lowered the sail (Act 27:17)
strakes /streaks (Gen 30:37 Lev 14:37)
strawed / strewed, scattered (Exod. 32:20 Mt 21:8)
stricken / aged (Gen 18:11 Luk 1:7)
strike hands / shake hands in agreement (Job 17:3 Prov 17:18 2:26)
subtil, subtilty / cunning (Gen 3:1 Mt 26:4) insight (Prov 1:4)
suppliant / one praying or pleading (Zeph 3:10)
surfeiting / sick from gluttony, drunkeness (Luk 21:34)
sycamine / mulberry (Luke 17:6)
T
tabering / drum-beating (Nah 2:7)
tabernacle / tent, dwelling (Exod 39:32 Mt 17:4)
table / writing-tablet (Luk 1:63 2Cor 3:3)
tablet / necklace ornament (Exod 35:22 Num 31:50 Isa 3:20)
taches / clasps, fasteners (Exod 26:8)
take / trap, catch (Prov 6:2,25)
talent / O.T. 3,000 shekels (94 lbs/43 kg: Exod 38:24,25) N.T. (60 of the 'pounds' in Luke 19:13) Matt 18:24 25:15)
tares / weeds, darnel (Mt 13:25-40)
target / shield (1 King 10:16)
taxation / compulsory payment (2 King 23:35)
taxing / registration, census (Luk 2:2 Act 5:37)
teil tree / oak tree (Gen 35:4: Isa 6:13)
tell / count (Gen 22:1 Mt 4:7)
teraphim / images (Judg 17:5 Hos. 3:4)
tetrarch / ruler over one quarter of a country (Mt 14:1 Luk 3:1)
Thee-ward / toward Thee (1 Sam 19:4)
thought / anxiety (Mt 6:25)
thyine / sweet-smelling wood (Rev. 18 12)
tire / head-dress (Isa 3:18)
tithe / to give a tenth (Deut. 14:22 Luk 11:42)
tittle / a tip or pointing on Hebrew letters (Mt 5:18 Lu 16:17)
told / counted (2 King 12:10)
tormentor / torturer (Mt 18:34)
traffick / trade (Gen 42:34 1King 10:15)
translate / transfer, take up to heaven (2Sam 3:10 Col 1:13 Heb 11:5)
travail / labour (Gen 38:27 Isa 53:11)
trespass / sin, transgress (Gen 50:17 Mt 18:15)
trim / arrange carefully (Jer 2:33)
trow / think, suppose (Luke 17:9)
trump / trumpet (1Cor 15:32 1Thess 4:16)
turtle / turtle-dove, pigeon (Lev 12:8 Song 2:12, Jer 8:7)
tutor / guardian (Gal 4:2)
twain / two (Isa 6:2 Mt 5:41 Eph 2:15)
U
unawares / unexpectedly, surprised (Josh 20:9 Ps 35:8)
uncomely / unbecoming, unpresentable (1 Cor 7:36 12:23)
undergirding / passing ropes under a ship for strength (Act 17:17)
undertake / be surety for, secure bail (Isa 38:14)
unicorn / wild bull (Num 23:22 Job 39:10)
unperfect / imperfect, unformed (Ps 139:16)
upbraid / reproach (Judg 8:15 Mt 11:20 Mk 16:14 James 1:5)
usury / interest, loan for profit (Exod 22:25)
usward / toward us (Ps 40:5 Eph 1:19 2Pet 3:9)
utmost / outermost (Num 33:36,41)
uttermost / outermost (Exod 26:4) last (Mt 5:26)
V
vagabond / fugitive, wandering (Gen 4:12 Act 19:13)
vail, veil / curtain, (Exod 26:31) possibly lintel (Mt 27:51)
vanities / falsehoods, lying (Ps 31:6)
vaunt / boast (Judg 7:2 1Cor 13:4)
venture / at random (1 King 22:34, 2Chron 18:33)
verily / surely, indeed, truly (Mt 5:18 Act 19:4)
vestments / garments, robes (2 King 10:22)
vestry / store-room for robes (2 King 10:22)
vex / harrass, (Lev 19:33) crush (Isa 7:6) harm (Act 12:1)
vexation / distress, affliction (Deut.28:20 Eccl.4:6)
vial / flask (1Sam 10:1) shallow bowl/dish (Rev.5:8 16:2)
victuals / food (Josh 1:11 Mt 14:15 Lu 9:12)
vile / wicked (Rom 1:26) lowly, (Phil 3:21) filthy (James 2:2)
viol / lyre, stringed musical instrument (Isa 5:12 Amos 6:5)
virtue / power (Mk 5:30 Luk 6:19) goodness (Phili 4:8 2Pet 1:5)
volume / roll, scroll (Ps 40:7 Heb 10:7)
W
ward / under guard (Gen 40:3), on watch (Isa 21:8)
ware / merchandise (Neh 10:31) aware (Act 14:6) wore (Luk 8:27)
watch / loosely the 'hour' or time.
one scheme (N.T.) was:
1st watch : 6pm to 9pm (no occurance)
2nd watch : 9pm to 12midnight (Luke 12:38)
3rd watch : 12midnight to 3am (Luke 12:38)
4th watch : 3am to 6am (Matt 14:25)
* middle watch : 10pm to 2am (Judg 7:19, Mt 14:25)
* morning : 2am to 6am (Exod14:34)
note: in pre-Roman times the Israelites had 3 watches of 4 hours.
waymarks / guideposts (Jer 31:21)
what / why (Luke 22:71)
whelp / young lion (Gen 49:9) bear cub (Prov 17:12)
when as / when (Mt 1:18)
whether/ which of two (Mt 21:31)
which / who (Mt 6:9 Luke 11:2 Rom 3:30)
whit / every whit = everything (1Sam 3:18) completely (Jn 7:23) not in anything (2 Cor 11:5)
whither, no whither / where, nowhere (2 King 5:25)
will / wish, desire (Mt 11:27 Titus 3:8)
wimples / shawls, cloaks (Isa 3:22)
winefat / grape-vat, grape-press (Isa. 63:2 Mk 12:1)
winked at / overlooked (Act 17:30)
wist / knew (Exod 16:15 Mk 9:6 Luk 2:49)
(to) wit / to know (Gen 24:21 Exod 2:4) that is to say (Rom 8:23) I am letting you know (2 Cor 8:1)
withal / also, with (Act 25:27, Job 2:8)
without / outside (Mt 12:46 Mk 11:4)
withs / cords (Judg 16:7,8,9)
witty / clever,skilful (Prov 8:12)
woe forth the day / alas for the day (Ezek 30:2)
wont / accustomed (Exod 21:29 Mt 27:15 Act 16:13)
worship / have respect, honour (Luk 14:10)
wot, wotteth / know, knoweth (Exod 32:1 Gen 39:8 Act 3:17 Rom 11:2)
would (to) God / oh that ...! - I wish that (Num 11:29 2King 5:3 Act 26:29)
wreathen / twisted like cord (Exod 28:14)
wrest / twist, distort (Ps 56:5 2Pet 3:16)
wringed / wrung (Judg 6:38)
wroth / angry (Mt 18:34)
yesternight / last night (Gen 19:34 31:29,42)
you-ward / toward you (2 Cor 1:12 13:3 Eph 3:2)
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