Arabic

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ARABIC LANGUAGE. ... For the geographical and ethnological background of the Arabic language, see ARABIA. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabic.htm - 17k

Ass (95 Occurrences)

... as (chamowr or chamor, compare Arabic chamar, apparently connected with Arabic root 'achmar, "red," but referred by some to root hamal, "to carry"; also, but ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ass.htm - 48k

Threshingfloor (18 Occurrences)

... The instruments of the threshing-floor referred to in 2 Samuel 24:22 were probably: (1) the wooden drag or sledge, charuts or moragh, Arabic lauch eddiras; (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/t/threshingfloor.htm - 15k

Threshing-floor (36 Occurrences)

... The instruments of the threshing-floor referred to in 2 Samuel 24:22 were probably: (1) the wooden drag or sledge, charuts or moragh, Arabic lauch eddiras; (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/t/threshing-floor.htm - 21k

Coal (7 Occurrences)

... kol (pecham, "charcoal"; compare Arabic fachm, "charcoal"; gacheleth, "burning coal" or "hot ember"; compare Arabic jacham, "to kindle"; shechor, "a black coal ... biblethesaurus.org/c/coal.htm - 14k

Locust (25 Occurrences)

... lo'-kust: The translation of a large number of Hebrew and Greek words: 1. Names: (1) 'arbeh from the root rabhah, "to increase" (compare Arabic raba', "to ... biblethesaurus.org/l/locust.htm - 34k

Deer (15 Occurrences)

... der ('ayyal, feminine 'ayyalah, and 'ayyeleth (compare Arabic, 'ayyal and 'iyal, "deer" and 'ayil, "ram," and Latin caper and capra, "goat," caprea, capreolus ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deer.htm - 17k

Acacia (28 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews shittim) Exodus 25:5, RV probably the Acacia seyal (the gum-arabic tree); called the "shittah" tree (Isaiah 41:19). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/acacia.htm - 16k

Beast (243 Occurrences)

... The commonest Hebrew words behemah and chai have their counterpart in the Arabic as do three others less often used, be`ir (Genesis 45:17 Exodus 22:5 Numbers 20 ... biblethesaurus.org/b/beast.htm - 50k

Mountain (298 Occurrences)

... gibh`ah = Gibeah (Judges 19:12); compare Geba, gebha` (1 Samuel 13:3); Gibeon, gib`on (Joshua 9:3), from root gabha`, "to be high"; compare Arabic qubbeh, "dome ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mountain.htm - 48k

Cattle (277 Occurrences)

... kat'-'-l (behemah, "a dumb beast"; miqneh, "a possession" from qanah, "to acquire" (compare Arabic qana', "to acquire," and Greek kienos, "beast," and plural ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cattle.htm - 52k

Lizard (3 Occurrences)

... the Revised Version (British and American) "land-crocodile" (which see); (6) leTa'ah, English Versions of the Bible "lizard"; compare Arabic laTa', "to cling ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lizard.htm - 16k

Lion (92 Occurrences)

... (4) layish, translated "old lion" or "lion" (Job 4:11 Proverbs 30:30 Isaiah 30:6). Compare Arabic laith, "lion": layish, "Laish," or "Leshem" (Joshua 19:47 ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lion.htm - 46k

Wood (226 Occurrences)

... A more probable explanation is that which connects gopher with the modern Arabic kufa, a name given to the boats made of interwoven willow branches and palm ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wood.htm - 42k

Reservoir (1 Occurrence)

... pool, pond, rez'-er-vwar, rez'-er-vwar ((1) berekhah, "pool"; compare Arabic birkat, "pool"; compare berakhah, "blessing," and Arabic barakat, "blessing"; (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/r/reservoir.htm - 12k

Mole (2 Occurrences)

... AD) talpa, "mole" (Leviticus 11:30); (2) choledh, English Versions of the Bible "weasel"; Septuagint gale, "weasel" or "pole-cat"; compare Arabic khuld, "mole ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mole.htm - 12k

Pond (2 Occurrences)

... pool, pond, rez'-er-vwar, rez'-er-vwar ((1) berekhah, "pool"; compare Arabic birkat, "pool"; compare berakhah, "blessing," and Arabic barakat, "blessing"; (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pond.htm - 12k

Porcupine (3 Occurrences)

... great owl," the English Revised Version "arrow-snake," the American Standard Revised Version "dart-snake"; Septuagint echinos; compare Arabic qunfud, or qunfudh ... biblethesaurus.org/p/porcupine.htm - 11k

Bee (1 Occurrence)

... be (debhorah; compare Arabic dabr, "a swarm of bees," also Arabic debbur, "a wasp," said to be a corruption of zunbur, "a wasp"; all are apparently from the ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bee.htm - 10k

Cave (40 Occurrences)

... kav ([me`arah] (compare Arabic magharah), chor (Job 30:6 the King James Version), mechilloth (Isaiah 2:19); ope (Hebrews 11:38), spelaion (John 11:38); chor ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cave.htm - 25k

Cord (47 Occurrences)

... CORD. kord (chebhet, yether, methar, `abhoth; schoinion): (1) The Arabic chab'l corresponds to the Hebrew chebhel and is still the common name for cord or rope ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cord.htm - 27k

Dog (19 Occurrences)

... kelebh; (compare Arabic kelb, "dog"); kuon; (and diminutive kunarion): References to the dog, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, are usually ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dog.htm - 20k

Horseleach (1 Occurrence)

... hors'-lech (`aluqah; compare Arabic `aluqah, "ghoul," and `alaqah, "leech," from root `aliq, "to cling"; Septuagint bdella, "leech"): The word occurs only once ... biblethesaurus.org/h/horseleach.htm - 7k

East (228 Occurrences)

... est, (mizrach, qedhem, qedhem, and other derivatives of the same root; anatole): Mizrach is the equivalent of the Arabic meshriq, "the orient" or "place of ... biblethesaurus.org/e/east.htm - 51k

Serpent (40 Occurrences)

... but miraculous. In Arabic there is a score or more of names of serpents, but very few of them are employed at all definitely. It ... biblethesaurus.org/s/serpent.htm - 46k

Goat (92 Occurrences)

... got: 1. Names: The common generic word for "goat" is `ez (compare Arabic `anz, "she-goat"; aix), used often for "she-goat" (Genesis 15:9 Numbers 15:27), also ... biblethesaurus.org/g/goat.htm - 48k

Thorn (30 Occurrences)

... In the following list the suggestions given of possinle species indicated, usually by comparison with the Arabic, are those of the late Professor Post, who ... biblethesaurus.org/t/thorn.htm - 35k

Nuts (2 Occurrences)

... nuts: (1) ('eghoz; karua; Arabic jauz, "the walnut" (Songs 6:11)): This is certainly the walnut tree, Juglans regia, a native of Persia and the Himalayas which ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nuts.htm - 8k

Lamb (124 Occurrences)

... lam: (1) The most used word is kebhes, "a young ram"; compare Arabic kebsh, "ram"; often of sacrifices; (feminine) kabhsah, or kibchsah, "ewe lamb" (2 Samuel 12 ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lamb.htm - 50k

Grass (92 Occurrences)

... gras: (1) chatsir, from a root meaning "greenness"; compare Arabic Khudra, which includes grasses and green vegetables (1 Kings 18:5 2 Kings 19:26 Job 40:15 ... biblethesaurus.org/g/grass.htm - 43k

Worm (22 Occurrences)

... wurm, skar'-let-wurm: (1) tola`, tole`ah, tola`ath, tola`ath, from tala`; compare Arabic tala, "to stretch the neck"; usually with shani, "bright" (of Arabic... biblethesaurus.org/w/worm.htm - 21k

Trees (179 Occurrences)

... The Arabic equivalent is the dom tree, Zizyphus lotus, a species of jujube tree (Natural Order Rhamneae); it has many spines and small globular fruit a little ... biblethesaurus.org/t/trees.htm - 45k

Tortoise (1 Occurrence)

... tor'-tus, tor'-tis, tor'-tois. (the King James Version) (tsabh, the Revised Version (British and American) "great lizard"; compare the Arabic word, dabb, the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tortoise.htm - 9k

Earth (10501 Occurrences)

... Genesis 7:4). The word most in use is 'erets, undoubtedly from a most ancient root occurring in many languages, as English "earth," German Erde, Arabic 'ard. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/earth.htm - 26k

Myrrh (22 Occurrences)

... It is probably correctly rendered by the Latin word ladanum, the Arabic ladan, an aromatic juice of a shrub called the Cistus or rock rose, which has the same ... biblethesaurus.org/m/myrrh.htm - 18k

Millet (1 Occurrence)

... mil'-et, mil'-it (dochan; kegchros): One of the ingredients of the prophet's bread (Ezekiel 4:9). The Arabic equivalent is dukhn, the common millet, Panicum ... biblethesaurus.org/m/millet.htm - 8k

Mice (5 Occurrences)

... mous, mis (`akhbar; Septuagint mus, "mouse"; compare Arabic `akbar, "jerboa" not 'akbar, "greater"; compare also proper noun, `akhbor, "Achbor" (Genesis 36:38 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mice.htm - 10k

Mouse (2 Occurrences)

... mous, mis (`akhbar; Septuagint mus, "mouse"; compare Arabic `akbar, "jerboa" not 'akbar, "greater"; compare also proper noun, `akhbor, "Achbor" (Genesis 36:38 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mouse.htm - 10k

Parched (37 Occurrences)

... Parched grain is not now so commonly met with as the pulse, which either roasted or unroasted is called chommoc (from Arabic "to roast" or "parch"). ... biblethesaurus.org/p/parched.htm - 20k

Pits (13 Occurrences)

... pits (chemar; Septuagint asphaltos; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 AD) bitumen; the Revised Version margin "bitumen"; compare Arabic chummar, "bitumen ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pits.htm - 13k

Bar-jesus (1 Occurrence)

... Son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Elymas is a word of Arabic origin meaning "wise.". Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bar-jesus.htm - 9k

Barjesus (1 Occurrence)

... Son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Elymas is a word of Arabic origin meaning "wise.". Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/barjesus.htm - 9k

Coast (70 Occurrences)

... kost (gebhul, etc., "boundary"; compare gebhal, "mountain" and Arabic jebel, "mountain"; chebhel, literally, "a rope"; compare Arabic chabl (Joshua 19:29 the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/coast.htm - 31k

Chaff (24 Occurrences)

... Compare "chashish," an Arabic word which, as commonly used, denotes grass either standing or cut, green or dry, although, strictly speaking, dry or cut grass ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaff.htm - 18k

Silkworm

... silk'-wurm ((1) meshi (Ezekiel 16:10, 13), perhaps from mashah, "to draw" "to extract" compare Arabic masa' of same meaning; Septuagint trichapton, "woven of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/silkworm.htm - 9k

Shittah (2 Occurrences)

... American) ACACIA WOOD (Exodus 25:5, 10, 13; Exodus 26:15, 26; 27:1, 6 Deuteronomy 10:3)): The word was originally shinTah, derived from the Arabic sanT, now a ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shittah.htm - 8k

Shittim (34 Occurrences)

... American) ACACIA WOOD (Exodus 25:5, 10, 13; Exodus 26:15, 26; 27:1, 6 Deuteronomy 10:3)): The word was originally shinTah, derived from the Arabic sanT, now a ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shittim.htm - 20k

Scarlet-worm

... wurm, skar'-let-wurm: (1) tola`, tole`ah, tola`ath, tola`ath, from tala`; compare Arabic tala, "to stretch the neck"; usually with shani, "bright" (of Arabic... biblethesaurus.org/s/scarlet-worm.htm - 11k

Scarletworm

... wurm, skar'-let-wurm: (1) tola`, tole`ah, tola`ath, tola`ath, from tala`; compare Arabic tala, "to stretch the neck"; usually with shani, "bright" (of Arabic... biblethesaurus.org/s/scarletworm.htm - 11k

Silk (4 Occurrences)

... silk'-wurm ((1) meshi (Ezekiel 16:10, 13), perhaps from mashah, "to draw" "to extract" compare Arabic masa' of same meaning; Septuagint trichapton, "woven of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/silk.htm - 12k

Slime (6 Occurrences)

... pits (chemar; Septuagint asphaltos; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 AD) bitumen; the Revised Version margin "bitumen"; compare Arabic chummar, "bitumen ... biblethesaurus.org/s/slime.htm - 11k

Capernaum (16 Occurrences)

... Kaniset el Kufry, was the reply, which may be freely rendered, "church of the infidels." This is just the Arabic equivalent of the Jewish "church of the minim ... biblethesaurus.org/c/capernaum.htm - 23k

Hyena

... hi-e'-na (tsabhua` (Jeremiah 12:9); Septuagint huaine (Jeremiah 12:9; Ecclesiasticus 13:18); compare Arabic dab` or dabu`, "hyaena"; compare tsebho`im, Zeboim ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hyena.htm - 9k

Jackal (3 Occurrences)

... jak'-ol: (1) tannim, "jackals," the King James Version "dragons"; compare Arabic tinan, "wolf"; and compare tannin, Arab tinnin, "sea monster" or "monster" the ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jackal.htm - 15k

Dyeing

... Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Lexicon); (d) gebha`, "dyed" is so translated in the American Standard Revised Version of Judges 5:30 (BDB); compare Arabic sabagh. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dyeing.htm - 14k

Bason (3 Occurrences)

... The Arabic Tisht, authorities tell us, is the exact rendering of nipter, and it comes from a root which means "to pour," or "rain slightly." (See Anton Tien ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bason.htm - 13k

Dye (1 Occurrence)

... Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Lexicon); (d) gebha`, "dyed" is so translated in the American Standard Revised Version of Judges 5:30 (BDB); compare Arabic sabagh. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dye.htm - 15k

Camel (13 Occurrences)

... There are many Arabic names for the camel, the commonest of which is jamal (in Egypt gamal), the root being common to Arabic, Hebrew and other Semitic languages ... biblethesaurus.org/c/camel.htm - 21k

Salt (45 Occurrences)

... Compare the Arabic expression, "There is salt between us"; "He has eaten of my salt," which means partaking of hospitality which cemented friendship; compare ... biblethesaurus.org/s/salt.htm - 34k

Languages (36 Occurrences)

... 1. Members of Semitic Family: The following list shows the chief members of this family: (1) South Semitic or Arabic: Including the language of the Sabean ... biblethesaurus.org/l/languages.htm - 49k

Nehelamite (4 Occurrences)

... 1. Members of Semitic Family: The following list shows the chief members of this family: (1) South Semitic or Arabic: Including the language of the Sabean ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nehelamite.htm - 89k

Tree (245 Occurrences)

... to the wild olive, but now belongs to quite another plant, the silver-berry, Eleagnus hortensis (Natural Order Elaeagnaceae), known in Arabic as Zeizafan. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tree.htm - 75k

Botany

... than the indigenous trees are the locust tree (Robinia pseudo-acacia), from America, the "Pride of India" (Melia Azedaracht) called in Arabic zinzilukt, a ... biblethesaurus.org/b/botany.htm - 38k

Potter (14 Occurrences)

... introduced, and still later the less artistic Roman types, and following these by several centuries came the crude glazed vessels of the Arabic or Saracenic ... biblethesaurus.org/p/potter.htm - 28k

Language (112 Occurrences)

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ARABIC LANGUAGE. ... For the geographical and ethnological background of the Arabic language, see ARABIA. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/language.htm - 101k

Wild (147 Occurrences)

... expression, ziz sadhay, translated "wild beasts of the field" (Psalm 50:11; Psalm 80:13); compare Targum to Psalm 80:13, ziza', "worm" (BDB); Arabic ziz, "worm ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wild.htm - 50k

Pottery (11 Occurrences)

... introduced, and still later the less artistic Roman types, and following these by several centuries came the crude glazed vessels of the Arabic or Saracenic ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pottery.htm - 27k

Basin (37 Occurrences)

... The Arabic Tisht, authorities tell us, is the exact rendering of nipter, and it comes from a root which means "to pour," or "rain slightly." (See Anton Tien ... biblethesaurus.org/b/basin.htm - 26k

Oak (22 Occurrences)

... The following species are widespread and distinctive: (1) The "Turkey oak," Quercus cerris, known in Arabic as Ballut, as its name implies, abounds all over ... biblethesaurus.org/o/oak.htm - 33k

Desert (322 Occurrences)

... Yeshimon is from yasham, "to be empty", chorbah (compare Arabic kharib, "to lie waste"; khirbah, "a ruin"; kharab, "devastation"), from charabh "to be dry ... biblethesaurus.org/d/desert.htm - 46k

Flesh (468 Occurrences)

... a measured portion." lachum, literally, "eaten," then food (compare lechem, "bread"), has been rarely specialized as flesh or meat (compare Arabic lachm, "meat ... biblethesaurus.org/f/flesh.htm - 69k

Semites

... most common, almost generally accepted, theory places their beginnings in Arabia because of the conservative and primitive Semitic of the Arabic language, the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semites.htm - 27k

Semitic

... most common, almost generally accepted, theory places their beginnings in Arabia because of the conservative and primitive Semitic of the Arabic language, the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semitic.htm - 28k

Oil (281 Occurrences)

... 6) In Religious Rites (a) Consecration (b) Offerings (c) Burials 4. Figurative Uses Shemen, literally, "fat," corresponds to the common Arabic senin of similar ... biblethesaurus.org/o/oil.htm - 60k

Village (21 Occurrences)

... vil'-aj (qaphar, chawwoth, qatserim, banoth, perazoth; kome): (1) The general term for a village, in common with Aramaic and Arabic is qaphar (Songs 7:11 1 ... biblethesaurus.org/v/village.htm - 16k

Zion (169 Occurrences)

... to be dry"; Delitzsch from tsiwwah, "to set up" and Wetzstein from tsin, "to protect." Gesenius finds a more hopeful suggestion in the Arabic equivalent cihw ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zion.htm - 49k

Zoheleth (1 Occurrence)

... Against this view, as far as ez-Zechweleh is concerned, we may note: (1) It is by no means certain that the modern Arabic name-which is used for similar rocky ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zoheleth.htm - 9k

Kine (24 Occurrences)

... kou, kin (baqar (compare Arabic baqar, "cow"); `eghlath baqar (Isaiah 7:21); parah (compare Arabic furar, "young of a sheep, goat, or cow"); paroth `aloth (1 ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kine.htm - 16k

Kedar (11 Occurrences)

... 42:11) as dwelling in chatserim ("villages"), from which it would appear that they were a somewhat settled tribe, corresponding to the Arabic chadariya or "town ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kedar.htm - 13k