Word of the Ages™
Lexicon
WOTA™
Work In Progress
A short list of divine names, words, phrases, and prominent people. Lemma and phrase studies are added when a common translation needs a clarification, correction, or explanation. Person names show where the English form comes from. Inside a Scripture quote, an unambiguous alias links here on its own. An ambiguous English word links only in the verses marked for it.
Divine Names
Words
Greek
- ἀΐδιος aidios Always-enduring as a quality: unfailing or unbreakable.
- αἰών aiōn An age; a period of time.
- αἰώνιος aiōnios Age-long, as in age-long life.
- ἀσύνετος asynetos Undiscerning: without understanding; failing to put things together when one will not use what one knows.
- κτίζω ktizō To create. The New Testament’s usual verb for God’s creating.
- κύριος kyrios Lord. The usual Greek noun for lord, master, or Sir, and for the Lord in divine address.
- μονογενής monogenēs Only born. One of a kind as the sole child of the parent.
- πλάσσω plassō To form or mold, as clay is shaped.
- πνεῦμα pneuma Wind, breath, or spirit. The Greek noun that answers Hebrew רוּחַ.
- ποιέω poieō To do or make. The ordinary Greek verb for making and doing.
- σαβαώθ Sabaoth Hosts. The Greek spelling of the Hebrew plural צְבָאוֹת, left untranslated in the New Testament title.
- σπέρμα sperma Seed. The singular is σπέρμα. Galatians 3:16 names the plural, seeds.
- θεῖος theios Divine. The Greek adjective for what belongs to God, not the noun θεός.
- θεός theos God. The usual Greek noun for God, and for a god when the setting is pagan or plural.
Hebrew
- עַד ad Perpetuity, enduring duration; also the preposition unto. Not the same noun as עוֹלָם.
- אֲדֹנָי adonai Lord. The Hebrew title of address for God, pointed as the divine form of אָדוֹן.
- עָשָׂה asah To do or make. The ordinary Hebrew verb for making, working, and carrying a deed through.
- בָּרָא bara To create. The Hebrew verb of Genesis 1:1, distinct from ordinary making.
- אֵל el God. A shorter Hebrew noun for God, and for power or the mighty when the setting is not divine.
- אֱלָהּ elah God. The Biblical Aramaic noun for God, and for gods in the plural setting.
- אֱלוֹהַּ eloah God. A singular Hebrew noun for God, common in Job.
- אֱלֹהִים elohim God. The usual Hebrew noun for God, and for gods when the setting is plural.
- עוֹלָם olam Long duration: a lifetime, an ancient time, or the furthest future in view.
- רָחַף rachaph To hold place in the air with steady wing-work; to flutter over what lies below.
- רוּחַ ruah Wind, breath, or spirit. One Hebrew noun for the moving air and for the life or mind it names.
- צָבָא tsava A company mustered under command. It can be an army, a term of service, or the host of heaven. This Bible prints the divine title with hosts.
- יָצַר yatsar To form or fashion, as a potter shapes clay.
- זֶרַע zera Seed. One singular noun for what is sown and for the line that comes from it.
Phrases
People
- Aaron
- Abigail
- Abijah
- Abiud
- Abraham aka: Abram
- Adam
- Addi
- Agrippa
- Ahab
- Ahaz
- Akim
- Amminadab
- Amon
- Amos
- Amos (Luke)
- Ananias
- Andrew
- Anna
- Annas
- Apollos
- Aquila
- Arphaxad
- Asa
- Asher
- Azor
- Barnabas aka: Joseph
- Bartholomew aka: Nathanael
- Bathsheba
- Benjamin
- Boaz
- Caiaphas
- Cainan
- Caleb
- Cornelius
- Cosam
- Dan
- Daniel
- David
- Deborah
- Eber
- Eleazar
- Eli
- Eliakim
- Eliakim (Luke)
- Eliezer (Luke)
- Elijah
- Elisha
- Eliud
- Elizabeth
- Elmodam
- Enoch
- Enosh
- Er (Luke)
- Esau aka: Edom
- Esli
- Esther aka: Hadassah
- Eve
- Ezekiel
- Ezra
- Felix
- Festus
- Gad
- Gamaliel
- Gideon aka: Jerubbaal
- Habakkuk
- Haggai
- Ham
- Hannah
- Heli
- Herod
- Herod Antipas
- Herodias
- Hezekiah
- Hezron
- Hosea
- Hoshea
- Isaac
- Isaiah
- Issachar
- Jacob aka: Israel
- Jacob (father of Joseph)
- James
- Jannai
- Japheth
- Jared
- Jeconiah aka: Coniah, Jehoiachin
- Jehoshaphat
- Jehu
- Jeremiah
- Jeroboam
- Jesse
- Jesus
- Jezebel
- Joanan
- Joash
- Job
- Joel
- John (apostle)
- John the Baptist
- Jonah
- Jonan
- Jonathan
- Joram
- Jorim
- Jose
- Joseph
- Joseph (husband of Mary)
- Joseph (Luke 3:24)
- Joseph (Luke 3:26)
- Joseph (Luke 3:30)
- Joshua
- Josiah
- Jotham
- Judah
- Judah (Luke 3:26)
- Judah (Luke 3:30)
- Judas Iscariot
- Kenan
- Lamech
- Lazarus
- Leah
- Levi
- Levi (Luke 3:24)
- Levi (Luke 3:29)
- Luke
- Lydia
- Maath
- Mahalalel
- Malachi
- Manasseh
- Mark aka: John Mark
- Martha
- Mary (mother of Yahshua)
- Mary Magdalene
- Mary of Bethany
- Mattatha
- Mattathias (Luke 3:25)
- Mattathias (Luke 3:26)
- Matthan
- Matthat (Luke 3:24)
- Matthat (Luke 3:29)
- Matthew aka: Levi
- Matthias
- Melchi (Luke 3:24)
- Melchi (Luke 3:28)
- Melea
- Menan
- Methuselah
- Micah
- Miriam
- Mordecai
- Moses
- Naggai
- Nahor
- Nahshon
- Nahum
- Nahum (Luke)
- Naomi aka: Mara
- Naphtali
- Nathan
- Nathan (son of David)
- Nehemiah
- Neri
- Nicodemus
- Noah
- Obadiah
- Obed
- Paul aka: Saul
- Peleg
- Perez
- Peter aka: Simon, Cephas, Simon Peter
- Philip
- Philip (the evangelist)
- Phoebe
- Pilate
- Priscilla aka: Prisca
- Rachel
- Rahab
- Ram
- Rebekah
- Rehoboam
- Reu
- Reuben
- Rhesa
- Ruth
- Salmon
- Samson
- Samuel
- Sarah aka: Sarai
- Saul
- Semein
- Serug
- Seth
- Shealtiel
- Shelah
- Shem
- Silas aka: Silvanus
- Simeon
- Simeon
- Simeon (Luke 3)
- Simon the Zealot
- Solomon aka: Jedidiah
- Stephen
- Tamar
- Terah
- Thaddaeus aka: Judas of Jacob, Lebbaeus
- Thomas aka: Didymus
- Timothy
- Titus
- Uzziah aka: Azariah
- Zadok
- Zebulun
- Zechariah
- Zechariah (priest)
- Zedekiah
- Zephaniah
- Zerubbabel