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Every Hebrew and Greek lemma in Scripture — 13,665 words across 435,348 occurrences. Open Refine to search, filter, or jump by letter.
“to be”
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הָיָה
ha.yah
to be
3,575×
εἰμί
eimi
to be
2,456×
γίνομαι
ginomai
to be
667×
יָלַד
ya.lad
to beget
500×
נָחַם
na.cham
to be sorry: comfort
108×
γεννάω
gennaō
to beget
97×
חָרָה
cha.rah
to be incensed
90×
הֲוָא
ha.va
to be
71×
φέρω
pherō
to bear/lead
66×
חָתַת
cha.tat
to to be dismayed
51×
בָּשַׂר
ba.sar
to bear tidings
24×
בָּלָה
ba.lah
to become old
16×
חָלָה
cha.lah
to beg
16×
δέρω
derō
to beat up
15×
פָּאַר
pa.ar
to beautify
13×
אָרַשׂ
a.ra.s
to betroth
11×
רָקַע
ra.qa
to beat
11×
הָלַל
ha.lal
to be foolish
10×
סָבַל
sa.val
to bear
9×
καρποφορέω
karpophoreō
to bear fruit
8×
חָבַט
cha.vat
to beat
5×
הָוָה
ha.vah
to be
5×
הָבַל
ha.val
to become vain
5×
כָּפַף
ka.phaph
to bend
5×
κολαφίζω
kolaphizō
to beat
5×
שְׁבַק
she.vaq
to be left
5×
ἀποκεφαλίζω
apokephalizō
to behead
4×
בָּכַר
ba.khar
to be/bear firstborn
4×
κάμπτω
kamptō
to bend/bow
4×
נוּב
nuv
to bear fruit
4×
רָהַב
ra.hav
to be assertive
4×
שָׁחַק
sha.chaq
to beat
4×
דָּפַק
da.phaq
to beat
3×
גָּהַר
ga.har
to bend (down)
3×
ἀναγεννάω
anagennaō
to beget
2×
ἐνάρχομαι
enarchomai
to begin
2×
εὐνουχίζω
eunouchizō
to become a eunuch
2×
προενάρχομαι
proenarchomai
to begin beforehand
2×
רָשַׁשׁ
ra.shash
to beat
2×
ῥαβδίζω
rhabdizō
to beat with a rod
2×
תָּפַף
ta.phaph
to beat
2×
ἀπαλγέω
apalgeō
to become callous
1×
βασκαίνω
baskainō
to bewitch
1×
דּוּךְ
dukh
to beat
1×
נָוָה
na.vah
to beautify
1×
πελεκίζω
pelekizō
to behead
1×
φιλοπρωτεύω
philoprōteuō
to love to be first
1×
προσαιτέω
prosaiteō
to beg
1×
רַאיָּה
ra.a.vah
to behold
1×
רָעָה
ra.ah
to befriend
1×