Hebrew and Greek words
The original words behind the English, with what they meant to the people who first read them.
- ἀγάπη agapē love as benevolence
- χάρις charis favour freely given
- Χριστός Christos anointed, the Messiah
- δικαιοσύνη dikaiosynē equity, righteousness
- ἐκκλησία ekklēsia a calling out, an assembly
- אֱלֹהִים Elohim gods, God
- εὐαγγέλιον euangelion a good message, the gospel
- ἁμαρτία hamartia a sin, an offence
- חֵסֵד hesed kindness, favour
- הֶבֶל hevel emptiness, vanity
- κόσμος kosmos orderly arrangement, world
- κύριος kyrios supreme in authority, Lord
- λόγος logos something said, a word
- μετάνοια metanoia repentance, reformation
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh a breathing creature
- φιλέω phileō to be a friend, fond of
- πίστις pistis persuasion, faith
- πνεῦμα pneuma breath, wind, spirit
- רוּחַ ruach wind, breath, spirit
- σάρξ sarx flesh, the body
- שָׂטָן satan an opponent, adversary
- שָׁלוֹם shalom safe, well, happy
- σωτηρία sōtēria rescue, safety, salvation
- תּוֹרָה torah a precept, law
- יְהֹוָה YHWH Jehovah, the Lord
Definitions from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, digitised by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA).