Hebrew and Greek KJV word study

From KJV wording to a verse-specific entry

Open a chapter and select a highlighted word. The panel can show an original Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek term, transliteration, lexical definition and meaning in the verse. English translation wording may express part of a wider construction rather than correspond to a separate original-language word.

• Study Genesis 1: Hebrew
• Study Daniel 2: Hebrew and Aramaic setting
• Study John 1: Greek
• Compare grace in Word Study

Compare occurrences before combining meanings

One English word can represent different original-language words. One original-language word can also be rendered by different English forms. Word Study lists recorded terms for a searched KJV word, while the chapter entry supplies the immediate context.

A transliteration represents a word in Roman letters; it is not a definition. Keep the term, its wider lexical range, and the meaning in the particular verse distinct.

A contextual example

2 Thessalonians 2:7 KJV

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

Letteth here concerns restraint. The word study explains why the same English spelling has other senses elsewhere.

Sources and limitations

The methodology page identifies the retained original-language textual and morphological sources. Individual entries do not yet all have citations to a published lexicon. Use the notes as study aids and investigate uncertain identifications rather than treating an unverified detail as settled.