Bible Dictionary
What a word, person, or place actually means in Scripture, and every passage where it carries that sense. 1129 entries, each one sourced.
When two people or places share a name, each gets its own entry. Israel the man is not filed with Israel the nation.
A
- Aaron 321
- Abarim 4
- Abel 9
- Abiathar 20
- Abib 4
- Abidan 5
- Abigail 12
- Abihu 8
- Abijah 15
- Abimelech 60
- Abinoam 4
- Abiram 6
- Abishag 5
- Abishai 24
- Abner 49
- Abraham 220
- Abram 40
- Absalom 77
- Acacia 27
- Achaia 8
- Achan 6
- Achish 18
- Adam 20
- Adar 9
- Adjure 4
- Adonijah 20
- Adoption 4
- Adullam 8
- Adultery 12
- Advocate 5
- Affection 6
- Agag 5
- Agrippa 11
- Ahab 74
- Ahaz 33
- Ahaziah 27
- Ahiezer 5
- Ahijah 11
- Ahikam 11
- Ahimaaz 13
- Ahimelech 8
- Ahira 5
- Ahithophel 15
- Ahitub 9
- Ahohite 4
- Ai 30
- Aijalon 9
- Ain 4
- Air 9
- Aloes 5
- Altar 249
- Amalek 12
- Amalekites 7
- Amasa 9
- Amaziah 33
- Amen 51
- Ammihud 6
- Amminadab 11
- Ammishaddai 5
- Ammon 8
- Ammonite 5
- Ammonites 46
- Amnon 20
- Amon 14
- Amorite 6
- Amorites 69
- Amos 6
- Amoz 11
- Amram 11
- Anah 5
- Anak 5
- Anakim 4
- Ananias 5
- Anathoth 14
- Andrew 11
- Angel 151
- Angels 80
- Anger 8
- Annas 4
- Anoint 24
- Antichrist 4
- Antioch 16
- Apollos 10
- Apostle 10
- Aquila 5
- Ar 6
- Arabah 19
- Arabia 5
- Arad 4
- Araunah 6
- Arioch 4
- Aristarchus 4
- Ark 150
- Arms 18
- Arnon 19
- Aroer 13
- Arpad 6
- Arrows 36
- Artaxerxes 12
- Artemis 5
- Asa 50
- Asahel 9
- Asaph 17
- Ashdod 17
- Asherah 37
- Ashes 22
- Ashkelon 11
- Asia 15
- Assyria 119
- Athaliah 13
- Athens 5
- Atonement 71
- Azekah 4
B
- Baal 52
- Baanah 4
- Baasha 24
- Babylon 241
- Bahurim 5
- Bake 4
- Balaam 56
- Balak 36
- Balm 6
- Banner 12
- Banquet 8
- Baptism 16
- Barabbas 10
- Barak 12
- Barley 30
- Barnabas 28
- Baruch 19
- Barzillai 6
- Bashan 40
- Basket 12
- Bathsheba 10
- Beam 7
- Bear 9
- Beard 9
- Beast 39
- Bed 26
- Beelzebul 7
- Beeroth 4
- Beersheba 29
- Bela 11
- Bells 4
- Belshazzar 8
- Benaiah 22
- Benjamin 16
- Beor 6
- Beryl 7
- Bethany 12
- Bethel 61
- Bethlehem 41
- Bethsaida 7
- Bethuel 7
- Beyond 11
- Bezalel 8
- Bezer 4
- Bichri 5
- Bildad 5
- Bilhah 10
- Bird 20
- Birds 14
- Birth 5
- Birthright 7
- Black 5
- Bless 97
- Blind 65
- Blood 292
- Blue 43
- Boaz 22
- Boil 6
- Book 93
- Booth 4
- Bowl 7
- Bozrah 5
- Branch 5
- Bread 129
- Bricks 7
- Bride 17
- Brook 25
- Brother 204
- Building 6
- Bull 79
- Burden 27
- Burial 6
C
- Caesar 22
- Caesarea 15
- Caiaphas 9
- Cain 15
- Cake 4
- Caleb 35
- Calf 25
- Call 97
- Camel 4
- Camp 18
- Canaan 78
- Canaanites 23
- Capernaum 16
- Captivity 18
- Carmel 18
- Cart 10
- Cave 21
- Cedar 37
- Centurion 16
- Chaff 10
- Chain 4
- Chains 10
- Chaldea 9
- Chaldeans 53
- Chedorlaomer 4
- Chemosh 7
- Chenaanah 4
- Chephirah 4
- Cherethites 4
- Chest 5
- Child 22
- Chosen 13
- Chronicles 36
- Church 54
- Cilicia 7
- Cinnamon 4
- Circumcision 19
- Cistern 9
- Cities 242
- Clean 40
- Cloak 13
- Clothes 65
- Cloud 74
- Colors 4
- Concubine 11
- Congregation 94
- Conscience 22
- Corinth 5
- Cornelius 9
- Cornerstone 6
- Covenant 206
- Covet 5
- Creation 15
- Crete 5
- Cross 22
- Crown 15
- Cup 49
- Cupbearer 10
- Cush 25
- Cushite 9
- Cyprus 12
- Cyrene 4
- Cyrus 16
D
- Dagon 7
- Damascus 52
- Dan 50
- Daniel 68
- Darius 23
- Darkness 101
- Darling 9
- Dathan 7
- Daughter 118
- David 844
- Dead 98
- Death 200
- Debir 9
- Deborah 9
- Dedan 5
- Dedication 5
- Delilah 6
- Den 11
- Denarius 8
- Desert 4
- Desolation 10
- Deuel 5
- Devil 30
- Dew 29
- Dibon 9
- Dinah 8
- Disciple 20
- Diseases 8
- Divination 6
- Divorce 6
- Doeg 4
- Dog 12
- Doors 37
- Dor 6
- Dough 5
- Dove 17
- Dragon 12
- Drink 11
- Drunk 18
- Dust 76
- Dwellings 8
E
- Eagle 19
- Ear 37
- Earthquake 5
- East 5
- Eating 25
- Ebal 5
- Ebed 5
- Eber 11
- Eden 13
- Edom 80
- Edrei 4
- Eglon 9
- Egypt 534
- Ehud 8
- Ekron 17
- Elah 8
- Elam 18
- Elders 143
- Eleazar 54
- Elect 12
- Eli 26
- Eliab 9
- Eliakim 9
- Eliasaph 5
- Eliashib 4
- Eliezer 4
- Elihu 6
- Elijah 88
- Elim 4
- Elimelech 6
- Eliphaz 13
- Elisha 53
- Elishama 6
- Elizabeth 7
- Elizur 5
- Elkanah 10
- Enan 5
- Engrave 4
- Enoch 10
- Enosh 8
- Ephesus 16
- Ephraim 9
- Ephron 7
- Er 6
- Esau 79
- Eshcol 4
- Eshtaol 7
- Esther 43
- Eternal 62
- Etham 4
- Eunuch 8
- Euphrates 43
- Eve 4
- Evening 102
- Exile 17
- Eye 26
- Ezekiel 2
- Ezer 4
- Ezra 21
F
- Face 220
- Faith 192
- Faithful 42
- Famine 71
- Fast 10
- Fat 55
- Fear 60
- Feast 14
- Feet 183
- Felix 8
- Fellowship 9
- Festus 12
- Fever 8
- Field 140
- Fig 32
- Firstborn 7
- Flax 4
- Fleece 4
- Flesh 72
- Flint 4
- Flour 48
- Flute 6
- Folly 20
- Foot 43
- Footstool 6
- Foreigner 56
- Forest 40
- Forgiveness 15
- Fountain 13
- Frankincense 17
- Friend 4
- Fruit 79
- Fulfilled 20
- Fullness 9
- Furniture 5
G
- Gaal 8
- Gaash 4
- Gabriel 4
- Gad 16
- Galatia 4
- Galilean 5
- Galilee 57
- Gamaliel 4
- Garden 34
- Gardens 8
- Gate 128
- Gath 24
- Gaza 20
- Geba 14
- Gedaliah 19
- Gehazi 12
- Genealogy 4
- Generation 46
- Gentiles 81
- Gerar 7
- Gerizim 4
- Gershom 6
- Gershon 9
- Geshem 4
- Geshur 6
- Gezer 13
- Gibeah 43
- Gibeon 27
- Gibeonites 5
- Gideon 37
- Gideoni 5
- Gift 17
- Gihon 5
- Gilboa 5
- Gilead 76
- Gilgal 33
- Girgashites 5
- Glory 224
- Glutton 4
- Goat 19
- Gods 160
- Gog 8
- Gold 269
- Goliath 6
- Gomer 5
- Gomorrah 18
- Goshen 9
- Gospel 68
- Governor 12
- Grace 93
- Grass 26
- Grave 15
- Greece 5
- Greek 8
- Grind 4
H
- Hadad 9
- Hadadezer 17
- Hades 10
- Hagar 12
- Haggai 10
- Hail 22
- Hallelujah 4
- Ham 10
- Haman 44
- Hamath 30
- Hammedatha 5
- Hamor 11
- Hanani 5
- Hananiah 13
- Hannah 11
- Hanoch 4
- Hanun 8
- Haran 15
- Harim 5
- Harlot 10
- Harvest 32
- Hashabiah 4
- Hate 74
- Hathach 4
- Hazael 19
- Hazeroth 4
- Hazor 9
- Heber 4
- Hebrew 14
- Hebrews 17
- Hebron 49
- Heifer 9
- Heir 8
- Hell 12
- Helon 5
- Heman 11
- Hepher 4
- Hermon 4
- Herod 38
- Herodias 5
- Heshbon 31
- Hezekiah 106
- Hezron 11
- Highway 8
- Hilkiah 23
- Hill 49
- Hiram 23
- Hittites 5
- Hivites 17
- Holiness 7
- Honey 46
- Hope 44
- Hor 11
- Horeb 16
- Hormah 9
- Horn 26
- Horse 26
- Hosanna 5
- Hoshea 8
- Host 17
- Hour 71
- Humility 7
- Hur 9
- Husband 78
- Hushai 11
- Husham 4
- Hyssop 12
I
J
- Jabbok 5
- Jabesh 18
- Jabin 5
- Jacob 258
- Jael 6
- Jahaz 7
- Jair 4
- James 34
- Jamin 4
- Japheth 5
- Jared 7
- Jarmuth 4
- Jason 5
- Jasper 6
- Jazer 12
- Jealousy 19
- Jebusites 15
- Jedaiah 4
- Jeduthun 6
- Jehoahaz 19
- Jehoiachin 9
- Jehoiada 41
- Jehoiakim 31
- Jehoram 15
- Jehoshaphat 66
- Jehu 48
- Jephthah 24
- Jephunneh 12
- Jerahmeel 6
- Jeremiah 115
- Jericho 55
- Jeroboam 89
- Jerusalem 720
- Jeshua 12
- Jeshurun 4
- Jesse 40
- Jesus 880
- Jethro 9
- Jew 13
- Jews 160
- Jezebel 20
- Jezreel 24
- Joab 110
- Joash 27
- Job 49
- Jobab 4
- Joel 4
- Johanan 13
- John 120
- Joktan 4
- Jonadab 11
- Jonah 24
- Jonathan 81
- Joppa 13
- Joram 14
- Jordan 165
- Joseph 208
- Joshua 188
- Josiah 43
- Jotham 20
- Joy 95
- Jubilee 19
- Judah 25
- Judas 21
- Judea 42
- Judge 77
- Judges 35
- Justice 104
K
L
- Laban 44
- Lachish 18
- Laish 4
- Lamech 6
- Lamentation 4
- Lamp 19
- Laodicea 5
- Lazarus 14
- Lead 9
- Leaf 6
- Leah 30
- Leaven 10
- Lebanon 59
- Leopard 4
- Leprosy 4
- Levi 5
- Leviathan 5
- Levite 25
- Levites 148
- Libnah 10
- Libni 4
- Lie 5
- Light 51
- Lightning 25
- Lily 5
- Linen 4
- Lion 48
- Lions 11
- Lips 97
- Liver 13
- Locust 7
- Log 5
- LORD 777
- Lot 33
- Lotan 5
- Lots 19
- Love 61
- Luke 2
- Luz 5
- Lystra 6
M
- Maacah 7
- Macedonia 20
- Machir 12
- Machpelah 6
- Madness 4
- Magdalene 8
- Mahalalel 6
- Mahanaim 9
- Mahli 8
- Makkedah 8
- Malachi 1
- Mamre 7
- Manasseh 31
- Manna 15
- Manoah 13
- Manslayer 11
- Mareshah 6
- Mark 8
- Marketplaces 6
- Martha 11
- Mary 37
- Massah 5
- Matthew 2
- Measure 8
- Medeba 4
- Media 8
- Mediator 5
- Megiddo 6
- Melchizedek 10
- Memphis 6
- Menahem 8
- Mephaath 4
- Mephibosheth 11
- Meraioth 4
- Merari 23
- Merarites 5
- Mercy 38
- Meremoth 5
- Meribah 6
- Meshach 13
- Meshech 5
- Meshelemiah 4
- Methuselah 7
- Micah 23
- Micaiah 18
- Michael 5
- Michal 15
- Michmash 10
- Midian 34
- Midianite 5
- Migdol 6
- Milcah 6
- Milk 43
- Miracles 13
- Miriam 9
- Mishael 5
- Mizpah 27
- Moab 116
- Moladah 4
- Molech 8
- Money 45
- Month 118
- Moon 26
- Mordecai 49
- Moses 757
- Moth 8
- Mother 141
- Mount 58
- Mourn 10
- Mushi 8
- Mustard 4
- Myrrh 11
- Myrtle 5
- Mystery 20
N
- Naaman 11
- Nabal 15
- Naboth 17
- Nadab 14
- Nahor 14
- Nahshon 9
- Naked 22
- Names 48
- Naomi 20
- Nathan 27
- Nathanael 6
- Nazareth 26
- Nebaioth 4
- Nebat 24
- Nebo 5
- Nebuchadnezzar 83
- Nebuzaradan 14
- Neck 22
- Neco 8
- Nehemiah 5
- Neighbor 16
- Ner 8
- Neriah 8
- Nethanel 5
- Nethaniah 9
- Nicodemus 5
- Night 213
- Nile 30
- Nimrod 4
- Nimshi 4
- Nineveh 17
- Noah 47
- Nob 5
- Nun 24
- Nurse 9
O
P
- Paddan 9
- Pagiel 5
- Palace 62
- Pallu 5
- Pamphylia 4
- Parable 30
- Paran 7
- Pashhur 4
- Passover 70
- Patience 12
- Paul 156
- Peace 185
- Pedahzur 4
- Pekah 10
- Peleg 8
- Peor 4
- Perez 12
- Perfume 9
- Perizzites 21
- Persia 23
- Peter 151
- Pharaoh 207
- Pharisee 12
- Pharisees 69
- Philip 27
- Philistia 6
- Philistines 141
- Phinehas 19
- Pieces 4
- Pilate 52
- Pisgah 7
- Plain 7
- Pomegranate 4
- Pool 10
- Poor 30
- Praetorium 5
- Praise 45
- Pray 42
- Prayer 20
- Preparation 6
- Presents 10
- Prison 37
- Promise 26
- Prophecy 16
- Prophet 86
- Prophetess 5
- Proverb 10
- Psalms 5
- Purim 4
- Purple 35
R
- Rabbah 9
- Rabbi 15
- Rabshakeh 12
- Raca 1
- Rachel 45
- Rahab 11
- Rain 32
- Ram 4
- Ramah 18
- Rameses 4
- Ramoth 20
- Ransom 10
- Rapha 6
- Raven 6
- Rebekah 27
- Rechab 11
- Redeemer 22
- Redemption 8
- Reed 9
- Rehoboam 42
- Rehum 4
- Remaliah 11
- Repentance 17
- Rephaim 13
- Rephidim 5
- Resurrection 34
- Reu 6
- Reuben 12
- Reuel 4
- Rezin 7
- Riblah 9
- Riddle 10
- Righteousness 183
- Ring 7
- River 8
- Rizpah 4
- Road 57
- Rock 58
- Rod 25
- Rome 6
- Rubies 6
- Ruth 12
S
- Sabbath 114
- Sackcloth 37
- Sacrifice 46
- Sadducees 14
- Saints 53
- Salecah 4
- Salem 4
- Salmon 4
- Salt 19
- Salvation 105
- Samaria 99
- Samaritans 5
- Samlah 4
- Samson 37
- Samuel 119
- Sanballat 10
- Sanctify 7
- Sanctuary 64
- Sand 23
- Sandal 5
- Sandals 4
- Sapphire 7
- Sarah 33
- Satan 47
- Saul 298
- Scarlet 21
- Scorpions 9
- Scribe 17
- Scribes 58
- Scripture 28
- Sea 264
- Seal 11
- Seasons 4
- Sect 4
- Seir 22
- Sela 4
- Selah 74
- Senir 4
- Sennacherib 11
- Sepharvaim 4
- Seraiah 8
- Serug 6
- Seth 9
- Seven 215
- Shallum 5
- Shaphan 16
- Sharon 6
- Shaul 4
- Shealtiel 10
- Sheba 21
- Shebna 7
- Shechem 51
- Shedeur 5
- Sheep 119
- Shelah 14
- Shelumiel 5
- Shem 17
- Shemaiah 9
- Sheol 64
- Shepherd 52
- Shield 35
- Shiloh 28
- Shimei 19
- Shimshai 4
- Shinar 5
- Ship 16
- Ships 14
- Shishak 4
- Shittim 4
- Shobal 5
- Shur 6
- Sibbecai 4
- Sibmah 5
- Sidon 27
- Signs 33
- Sihon 32
- Silas 11
- Silver 205
- Simeon 9
- Simon 9
- Sin 241
- Sinai 36
- Sisera 15
- Sisters 7
- Sitting 18
- Slave 17
- Snow 15
- Sodom 45
- Solomon 251
- Soul 23
- Spices 23
- Spies 9
- Star 12
- Stars 47
- Stephen 6
- Stones 71
- Stork 6
- Stranger 8
- Succoth 16
- Sun 83
- Susa 18
- Swelling 6
- Sword 292
- Sycamore 7
- Synagogue 26
- Syria 8
T
- Taanach 6
- Tabernacle 103
- Tabernacles 10
- Table 51
- Tables 4
- Tabor 6
- Tahpanhes 5
- Talent 10
- Talmon 4
- Tamar 19
- Tappuah 4
- Tarshish 19
- Tarsus 5
- Tattenai 4
- Tears 19
- Tekoa 8
- Teman 11
- Temple 180
- Temptation 9
- Tent 193
- Terah 10
- Testimony 40
- Thebes 5
- Theophilus 2
- Thessalonica 5
- Thieves 10
- Thigh 11
- Thomas 9
- Thorns 9
- Thresholds 5
- Throne 101
- Thummim 5
- Thunder 5
- Timna 4
- Timnah 8
- Timothy 22
- Tin 4
- Tirzah 11
- Tithe 9
- Tithes 13
- Titus 11
- Tob 4
- Tobiah 12
- Tola 4
- Tomb 28
- Tombs 5
- Tooth 5
- Topaz 4
- Topheth 9
- Towers 13
- Tradition 10
- Treasury 4
- Tribe 17
- Tribes 7
- Tribulation 7
- Troas 6
- Truth 83
- Tychicus 4
- Tyre 51
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Common questions
Is this Bible dictionary free?
Yes. All 1,129 entries are free to read here, with no account and no email. The same definitions sit on the verse you are reading in the Protos app, where reading, notes and highlights cost nothing, and premium adds the full study library.
What is a Bible dictionary?
A reference for what a word, person or place means in Scripture rather than what it means in modern English. Each entry here also lists every passage where the term carries that sense, so you can check the definition against the text.
Where do these definitions come from?
The definitions are from STEPBible, published by Tyndale House Cambridge under CC BY 4.0, lightly edited for length and formatting. Protos compiles the verse list for each entry and keeps names apart when they belong to more than one person or place. Israel the man has his own entry. So does Israel the nation.
