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40 words
anon
Immediately; at once.
Read Mark 1:30 · KJV ↗bowels
Deep affection or compassion here. The word can also refer literally to internal organs.
Read Philippians 1:8 · KJV ↗by and by
Immediately in this passage, rather than after a long wait.
Read Matthew 13:21 · KJV ↗charity
Love, shown in how a person treats others; more than giving money.
Read 1 Corinthians 13:4 · KJV ↗concupiscence
Strong, wrongful desire in this passage.
Read Colossians 3:5 · KJV ↗conversation
Conduct or way of life here, rather than merely talking.
Read Philippians 1:27 · KJV ↗corn
Grain; this passage does not specify modern sweetcorn.
Read Matthew 12:1 · KJV ↗durst
Dared.
Read John 21:12 · KJV ↗emulations
Jealous rivalry in this list of sinful behaviour.
Read Galatians 5:20 · KJV ↗fain
Gladly or eagerly; he longed to do it.
Read Luke 15:16 · KJV ↗halt
Lame; having difficulty walking.
Read Luke 14:21 · KJV ↗hither
To this place; here.
Read John 4:16 · KJV ↗leasing
Falsehood or lies, rather than renting property.
Read Psalm 4:2 · KJV ↗let
Hinder or hold back in this passage. Elsewhere, let can mean allow.
Read 2 Thessalonians 2:7 · KJV ↗meat
Food in this passage, not only animal flesh.
Read Genesis 1:29 · KJV ↗meet
Suitable or fitting, rather than an encounter.
Read Genesis 2:18 · KJV ↗peculiar
Belonging especially to someone; a people belonging to God here, rather than odd.
Read Titus 2:14 · KJV ↗prevent
Go before or precede here, rather than stop something happening.
Read 1 Thessalonians 4:15 · KJV ↗quick
Living or alive here, rather than fast.
Read Hebrews 4:12 · KJV ↗quicken
Give life; make alive.
Read Psalm 119:25 · KJV ↗reins
Literally kidneys; used here for a person’s inward thoughts and desires.
Read Psalm 26:2 · KJV ↗seditions
Divisions or dissensions in this list.
Read Galatians 5:20 · KJV ↗simplicity
Sincerity or singleness of purpose here, not a lack of intelligence.
Read 2 Corinthians 1:12 · KJV ↗strait
Narrow; not the same word as straight.
Read Matthew 7:13 · KJV ↗suffer
Allow or permit here, rather than endure pain.
Read Mark 10:14 · KJV ↗thee
You, addressing one person as the object of the action.
Read Matthew 6:6 · KJV ↗thine
Your or yours, referring to one person.
Read Proverbs 3:5 · KJV ↗thither
To that place; there.
Read John 7:34 · KJV ↗thou
You, addressing one person as the subject of the action.
Read Matthew 6:6 · KJV ↗thy
Your, referring to one person.
Read Matthew 6:6 · KJV ↗variance
Discord or quarrelling here.
Read Galatians 5:20 · KJV ↗want
Lack; to be without something needed.
Read Psalm 23:1 · KJV ↗wax
Grow or become, rather than the substance used in candles.
Read Matthew 24:12 · KJV ↗whence
From where.
Read John 3:8 · KJV ↗wherefore
Therefore or for that reason in this passage.
Read Ephesians 4:25 · KJV ↗wist
Knew.
Read Luke 2:49 · KJV ↗withal
At the same time; also in this passage.
Read Colossians 4:3 · KJV ↗wot
Know.
Read Acts 3:17 · KJV ↗ye
You, addressing more than one person as the subject.
Read Matthew 6:9 · KJV ↗you
In this verse, more than one person is addressed. Compare the singular thee in the next verse.
Read Luke 22:31–32 · KJV ↗For a longer historical reference, explore the Trinitarian Bible Society’s Bible word-list resources ↗. Our explanations are written for this site; they are not quotations from its word list.