Lexicon of biblical Words

 



"And Jesus said to them, Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings our of his treasure what is new and what is old" (Matthew 13:52).

To assist in a better understanding of God's Word, you will find in this index a number of words of Hebraic, Aramaic, Arabic and Greek origin (used in the Bible and biblical literature). As far as possible, you will find the origin of the word, the inherent biblical references and the English translation.

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Israeli Independence Day " is the last word added below.

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Click to arrange Original names in alphabetical order.


A

Afikoman
Alleluia
Anonymous posters
Arab community of Israel
Assembly (judges)


Afikoman
Hallelujah
Pashkevils
Druzes
Sanhedrin

B

Bastard
Bible (Hebrew)
Blessing before the meal
Blue colour die
Books (five) of Moses
Bread (special) for Shabbat
Bread (unleavened)


Mamzer
Tanakh
B'rakhah
Tekhelet
Torah
Challah
Matzah

C

Calendar (Hebrew)
Candelabrum
Ceremony and meal of Pesach
Ceremony to avoid to marry a widow
Charity (Jewish)
Christians
Circumcision (covenant)
Code of Jewish law
Collection of statements
Commandment
Commentaries on the Talmud
Commentary of the Torah
Compilation of Oral Law
Compilation (second) of Oral Law
Completion of written Torah
Congratulations!
Consecrated
Cooperative (communities)
Corpus of the Jewish religious law
Curtain of the Temple


Calendar
Menorah
Seder
Chalitzah
Tzedaka
Notzrim
B'rit Milah
Shulchan Arukh
Tanya
Mitzvah
Tosafot
Talmud
Midrash
Tosefta
Gemara
Mazel tov
Nazirite
Moshav
Halakhah
Parokhet

D

Daughter of the commandment
Day of Atonement
Day of Independence (Israel)
Dietary laws (Jewish)
Doorpost


Bat Mitzvah
Yom Kippur
Yom Ha'atzmaut
Kashrut
Mezuzah

E

Ecclesiastes
Essenes
Exile (Jewish)
Exile


Qohelet
Essenoi
Galut
Diaspora

F

Father (dear)
Father (our)
Feast of Dedication
Feast of Tabernacles
Festival of Weeks
Festive holiday for Deliverance
Friends Church
Fringe on the corners of garments


Abba
Avinu
Chanukkah
Sukkot
Shavuot
Purim
Quakers
Tzitzit

G

Garden of Eden
Gentiles (non-Jews)
God-fearers
God's presence
Gossip (sin of)
Greeting


Gan-Eden
Goyim
Toshavim
Shekhinah
Lashon Hara
Shalom

H

Head of the month
Head of the year
Here I am
Holocaust
House of assembly
House of learning


Rosh Chodesh
Rosh Hashana
Hineni
Shoah
Beit Knesset
Beit Midrash

I

Illegitimate
Immigrant Jew
Immigration (Jewish)
Institute for advanced studies (Talmud)
Institution for Torah study
Israeli national anthem
Israeli (native-born Jew)


Mamzer
Olim
Aliyah
Kollel
Yeshiva
Hatikvah
Sabra

J

Jesus' name in Hebrew
Jewish hymn "Magnify O living God"
Jewish law (code)
Jewish Tradition
Jews forced to covert to Christianity
Jews from Ethiopia
Jews from Iberia Peninsula
Jews from Middle-East
Jews from Rhineland
Joy of the Torah
Judaism (Hasidic)
Judaism (Karaite)


Yeshua
Yigdal
Shulchan Arukh
Judaism
Anusim
Beta Israel
Sephardim
Mizrahim
Ashkenazi
Simchat Torah
Hasidism
Karaites

K

Kindred spirit


Zivug

L

Lac of Genneseret
Land of Israel
Language (Hebrew)
Language Judaeo-German
Language Judaeo-Spanish
Last day of the festival (Sukkot)
Laying on hands
Levirate marriage
Lord (our) come!
Lords (My)


Kinneret
Eretz Yisrael
Hebrew
Yiddish
Ladino
Hoshana Rabbah
Semichah
Yibbum
Maranatha
Adonai

M

Maccabees
Man of honour
Maranatha
Marranos
Marriage (levirat)
Masoretes
Master (My)
Mercy seat
Messiah
Mysticism (Jewish)


Makabim
Mensch
Maranatha
Anusim
Yibbum
Masoretes
Rabbani
Kapporet
Mashiach
Kabbalah

N

Name (the) of God
Nazirite
New year of the trees
Numerology of Hebrew


Hashem
Nazirite
Tu Bishva
Gematria

O

Old Testament (Aramaic)
Old Testament (Greek)
Old Testament (Hebrew)


Targumim
Septuagint
Tanakh

P

Paradise
Passover (Jewish)
Peace
Pentateuch
Perfume (biblical)
Period of grief and mourning
Pharisees
Phylacteries
Pilgrimage Festivals
Pious (Jewish)
Pool of purification
Prayer (blessing)
Prayer (most important in Judaism)
Prayer book (Jewish)
Prayer of praise
Prayer of Psalms 113-118
Prayer (standing)
Prayer shawl
"Preacher"
Prenuptial agreement (Jewish)
Pre-State of Israel
Priest (Jewish)
Printed Torah


Gan-Eden
Pesach
Shalom
Torah
Ketoret
Shiva
P'rushim
Tefillin
Regalim
Hasidim
Mikvah
Kiddush
Shema Yisrael
Siddur
Kaddish
Hallel
Amidah
Tallit
Qohelet
Ketubah
Yishuv
Cohanim
Chumash

Q

Quorum for a public prayer


Minyan

R

Rabbi
Ram's horn
Refuseniks
"Repairing the world"
Repentance (Jewish)
Righteous One
Ritual chanting
Riverbed (dry) in Israel


Rabbi
Shofar
Refuseniks
Tikkun Olam
Teshuva
Tzadik
Cantillation
Wadi

S

Sabbath day
Sabbatical year
Sacrifice (offering)
Sacrifice of atonement
Sadducees (sect of)
Sage (Jewish)
Samaritans
Save now!
School for the study of Hebrew
Scroll
Sea of Galilee
Semitic language
Servant (Menorah)
Sidelocks
Sin of gossip
Skullcap
Son of commandment
Son of commandment (ceremony)
Spirit (man's)
Spirit (Holy)
Square measure
Star of David
Storage of worn-out Hebrew writings
Study of religious laws
Synagogue
Synagogue janitor


Shabbat
Shmita
Corban
Kapparah
Tseddukim
Chakham
Shomronim
Hosanna
Ulpan
Megillah
Kinneret
Aramaic
Shamash
Payot
Lashon Hara
Kippah
Bar Mitzvah
Bar Mitzvah (Ceremony)
Ruach
Ruach HaKodesh
Dunam
Magen
Genizah
Mishnah
Beit Knesset
Shamash

T

Teacher (religious)
Teaching outside the Mishnah
Texts selected from the Prophets
Torah (joy of the)
Torah (weekly) reading texts
Tradition (Jewish)
Transmission of Tradition
Truly


Rabbi
Baraita
Haftarah
Simchat Torah
Parashah
Aggadah
Masoretes
Amen

U

Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Unit of land


Haredim
Dunam

W

Wedding canopy
Weed (poisonous)
Weekly Torah reading texts
Western Wall
World (this)
World to come


Chuppah
Zonin
Parashah
Kotel
Olam Hazeh
Olam Haba

Z

Zealots (religio-political sect)

Zealots

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Sources

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

  • Introduction to the Talmud and Midrashim – Günter Stemberger – T&T Clark Ltd Scotland

  • Complete Jewish Bible – David H. Stern – JNT Publications Inc Maryland

  • Jewish New Testament Commentary – David H. Stern – JNT Publications Inc Maryland

  • Israel Today Magazine – 9 Othoniel street Jerusalem 93503, Israel