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INDEX OF BIBLE CITATIONS on this website  Acts 2:3—fire

Acts 2:19—fire

Acts 2:29-30—throne

Acts 2:36—house

Acts 5:30-31—hand

Acts 7:49—throne Acts 7:51—circumcise

Acts 8:22—pray

Acts 11:4-5—pray

Acts 11:21—hand

Acts 13:11—hand

Acts 13:50-51—feet Acts 15:1-2—circumcise

Acts 15:10—yoke

Acts 15:19-20—know

Acts 16:29—pray

Acts 21:39—pray

Acts 22:3—feet

Acts 26:29—pray

Amos 1:3-4—fire

Amos 4:1—poor

Amos 4:2—fish

Amos 5:11—poor

I Chronicles 15:15—yoke

Colossians 1:15-16—throne

I Corinthians 3:13—fire

I Corinthians 6:18—know I Corinthians 7:1-2─Magdalene I Corinthians 10:4─rock

II Corinthians 5:1—house

II Corinthians 5:20—ambassador, pray

II Corinthians 8:9—poor

II Corinthians 13:9—pray

Daniel 6:7—pray

Daniel 6:10—pray

Daniel 6:13—pray

Daniel 7:9—throne

Daniel 10:16—ambassador

Deuteronomy 4:24—fire

Deuteronomy 9:20—pray Deuteronomy 32:3-4─rock

Deuteronomy 14:26—pray

Deuteronomy 18:10-11—pray

Deuteronomy 22:23-24—know

Deuteronomy 24:14—poor

Deuteronomy 31:16—know

Deuteronomy 32:9-10—apple of the eye

Ecclesiastes 2:24—hand

Ecclesiastes 4:13—poor

Ecclesiastes 5:8—poor

Ecclesiastes 9:14-15—poor

Ephesians 3:13—pray

Ephesians 6:19-20—ambassador

Esther 1:2-3—throne

Esther 2:11—house

Esther 9:22—poor

Exodus 2:4—know

Exodus 2:25—know

Exodus 3:2—fire

Exodus 4:25—feet

Exodus 8:8—pray

Exodus 9:1-3—hand

Exodus 9:19-20—house

Exodus 10:7—know

Exodus 12:3—house

Exodus 12:8—fire

Exodus 12:29—house

Exodus 13:14—house

Exodus 13:21—fire

Exodus 15:9—hand

Exodus 19:18—fire

Exodus 22:16—know

Exodus 22:25—poor

Exodus 23:19—house

Exodus 23:6—poor

Exodus 25:17—propitiation

Exodus 34:9—pray

Exodus 40:38—house

Ezekiel 1:22, 26—throne

Ezekiel 8:11—pray

Ezekiel 16:49—poor

Ezekiel 16:52—pray

Ezekiel 17:15—ambassador Ezekiel 26:3-4─rock

Ezekiel 26:16—throne

Ezekiel 34:27—yoke

Ezekiel 44:5—house

Ezekiel 47:9-10—fish

Ezra 6:1—house

Ezra 6:4—house

Ezra 6:9-10—pray

Galatians 2:9—hand

Galatians 5:1—yoke

Galatians 6:4-5—yoke

Genesis 1:3—pray

Genesis 4:1—know

Genesis 14:19-20—hand Genesis 17:10-13—circumcise

Genesis 18:30—pray

Genesis 19:4-5—know

Genesis 19:24—fire Genesis 20:6─Magdalene

Genesis 20:7—pray

Genesis 24:16—know

Genesis 24:21—know

Genesis 25:21—pray

Genesis 26:12-13—poor

Genesis 27:40—yoke

Genesis 28:17—house

Genesis 30:14—pray

Genesis 32:1—pray

Genesis 32:29—pray Genesis 34:24-26—circumcise

Genesis 39:6-7—know

Genesis 41:39—know Habakkuk 1:12─rock

Habakkuk 1:14-15—fish

Haggai 2:21-22—throne

Hebrews 1:8—throne

Hebrews 2:6-8—feet

Hebrews 3:5—house

Hebrews 8:1—throne

Hebrews 10:26-27—fire

Hebrews 12:12-13—feet

Hebrews 12:29—fire

Hosea 7:6—fire Isaiah 2:10─rock Isaiah 2:20-21─rock

Isaiah 3:1-3—pray

Isaiah 3:14-15—poor

Isaiah 6:1-2—feet, throne

Isaiah 7:20—feet Isaiah 8:13-14─rock

Isaiah 9:7—throne

Isaiah 10:1-2—poor

Isaiah 14:25 —yoke

Isaiah 16:25—feet

Isaiah 18:1—ambassador

Isaiah 21:3—ambassador

Isaiah 25:9-10—hand

Isaiah 26:16—pray Isaiah 32:1-2─rock

Isaiah 39:2—house

Isaiah 41:19-20—hand

Isaiah 45:14—pray Isaiah 51:1─rock Isaiah 52:1—circumcise

Isaiah 53:12—pray

Isaiah 56:7—house Isaiah 57:8—hand

Isaiah 57:9—ambassador

Isaiah 58:6—yoke

Isaiah 59:16—pray

Isaiah 62:8—hand

James 2:2-4—feet

James 3:5-6—fire, poor

James 5:16—pray

Jeremiah 1:15-16—throne

Jeremiah 3:1—know

Jeremiah 13:16—feet

Jeremiah 16:15-16—fish

Jeremiah 17:12-13—throne

Jeremiah 18:22—feet

Jeremiah 27:2, 28:10—yoke

Jeremiah 28:13—yoke

Jeremiah 36:25—pray

Jeremiah 38:22—feet Jeremiah 48:28─rock Jeremiah 49:16─rock

Job 12:7-9—hand

Job 20:18-19—poor

Job 21:15—pray

Job 30:25—poor

Job 34:28—poor

Job 40:12-14—hand

Job 42:12—poor

John 2:16—house

John 4:47—pray

John 4:53—house

John 8:3-4—know

John 10:6—know

John 10:39—hand John 12:3─Magdalene

John 12:5-6—poor

John 13:5-10—feet

John 14:2—house

John 14:6—house

John 16:24—pray John 20:16-17─Magdalene John 20:18─Magdalene

John 21:5-6—fish

John 21:12-13—fish

I John 2:2—propitiation

I John  4:10—propitiation

I John 5:16—pray

III John 1:2—pray

Jonah 1:14—pray

Jonah 1:17—fish

Jonah 3:6—throne

Joshua 2:1—know

Joshua 4:23-24—hand Joshua 5:2-3─rock

Joshua 10:18-19—hand

Joshua 10:24—feet

Judges 3:24—feet

Judges 3:28—hand

Judges 4:17—house Judges 6:20-21─rock

Judges 6:21—fire

Judges 9:4—house

Judges 11:39—know

Judges 15:12—pray

Judges 16:21—house

Judges 17:5—house

Judges 19:22—know

Judges 19:25—know

I Kings 1:20—throne

I Kings 1:36—pray

I Kings 1:48—pray

I Kings 2:19—hand

I Kings 5:3—feet

I Kings 5:5—pray

I Kings 8:28—pray

I Kings 22:19—throne

II Kings 2:11—fire

II Kings 8:12—fire

II Kings 19:20—pray

II Kings 20:3—pray

Lamentations 2:18—apple of the eye

Lamentations 5:19—throne

Leviticus 1:7-8—fire

Leviticus 16:12-13—fire

Leviticus 21:9—know

Leviticus 25:9—propitiation

Leviticus 26:13—yoke Leviticus 26:41-42

Luke 1:13—pray

Luke 1:26-27—house

Luke 1:30-32—throne

Luke 1:34—know

Luke 1:52—throne

Luke 1:69-71—hand

Luke 1:78-79—feet

Luke 3:16-17—fire

Luke 4:18-19—poor

Luke 5:4-6—fish

Luke 5:12—pray

Luke 5:33—pray

Luke 6:20—poor Luke 7:37-38─Magdalene Luke 8:1-3─Magdalene Luke 8:5-6─rock

Luke 8:35—feet

Luke 10:11—feet

Luke 11:11-13—fish

Luke 11:24—house

Luke 11:37—pray

Luke 11:46—yoke

Luke 11:50-51—house

Luke 12:48—pray

Luke 14:18—pray

Luke 19:42—know

Luke 22:28-30—throne

Luke 22:55—fire Luke 24:8-10─Magdalene

Luke 24:41-43—fish

Malachi 3:2-3—fire

Malachi 4:3—feet

Mark 1:16-17—fish

Mark 1:35—pray

Mark 4:10—pray

Mark 6:11—feet

Mark 6:38—know

Mark 6:41-43—fish

Mark 9:31—hand

Mark 9:43—fire

Mark 10:29-30—poor

Mark 12:42-44—poor Mark 16:1, 5-8─Magdalene

Mark 16:19—hand

Matthew 1:24-25—know

Matthew 5:3—poor

Matthew 5:34-35—throne

Matthew 5:42—pray

Matthew 5:44—pray Matthew 7:24-25─rock

Matthew 9:37-38—pray

Matthew 10:14—feet

Matthew 11:29-30—yoke

Matthew 12:4—house

Matthew 13:40-42—fire

Matthew 13:47-48—fish

Matthew 15:19—know

Matthew 15:23—pray Matthew 16:18─rock

Matthew 17:14—fire

Matthew 17:24-27—fish

Matthew 19:21—poor

Matthew 19:28—throne

Matthew 21:45—know

Matthew 22:44—feet

Matthew 23:4—yoke

Matthew 25:31-32—throne

Matthew 26:64—hand Matthew 27:55-56─Magdalene Matthew 28:1, 9-10─Magdalene

Numbers 1:4—house

Numbers 5:12-13, 15—know

Numbers 12:6-7—house

Numbers 19:2—yoke

Numbers 21:1-2—hand

Numbers 25:1—know

Numbers 27:21—pray

Obadiah 1:1—ambassador

I Peter 1:6-7—fire

I Peter 2:5—house I Peter 2:7-8─rock

I Peter 5:6-7—hand

Philippians 1:9—pray

Proverbs 4:26—feet

Proverbs 5:3-5—feet

Proverbs 7:1-2—apple of the eye

Proverbs 9:13-14—throne

Proverbs 10:22—poor

Proverbs 13:23—poor

Proverbs 14:31—poor

Proverbs 16:27—fire

Proverbs 26:14—ambassador

Proverbs 26:21—fire

Proverbs 28:27—poor

Proverbs 29:14—throne

Psalm 9:7—throne

Psalm 11:4—throne

Psalm 16:8—hand

Psalm 16:11—hand

Psalm 17:7—hand

Psalm 17:8—apple of the eye Psalm 18:2─rock

Psalm 18:6, 8—fire

Psalm 19:1—hand

Psalm 22:26—poor

Psalm 31:2—house, rock Psalm 31:3─rock

Psalm 37:11—poor

Psalm 37:14-15—poor

Psalm 38:16—pray

Psalm 39:2-3—fire Psalm 40:1-2─rock

Psalm 41:1—poor Psalm 42:9─rock

Psalm 47:2-3—feet

Psalm 56:13—feet

Psalm 58:4-5—pray

Psalm 69:29—poor Psalm 71:3─rock

Psalm 73:22-23—hand Psalm 78:15-16─rock

Psalm 79:9—propitiation

Psalm 82:3-4—poor

Psalm 89:35-36—throne Psalm 95:1─rock

Psalm 106:10—hand

Psalm 109:10—pray

Psalm 116:4—pray

Psalm 118:11—fire

Psalm 118:25—pray

Psalm 119:105—feet

Psalm 142:4-5—hand

Revelation 1:4-5—throne

Revelation 2:12-13—throne Romans 2:28-29—circumcise

Revelation 4:2-4—throne Revelation 6:15-16─rock

Revelation 14:8—know

Revelation 19:12—fire

Revelation 20:10—fire

Romans 3:15-17—feet

Romans 3:24-25—propitiation Romans 3:30—circumcise

Romans 8:26—pray

Romans 8:34—hand

Romans 9:3—pray Romans 9:33─rock

Romans 10:1—pray

Romans 12:20—fire

Romans 16:20—feet

Ruth 2:22—pray

Ruth 3:4-7—feet

I Samuel 1:9—throne

I Samuel 1:19—know

I Samuel 2:1—pray

I Samuel 2:8—poor

I Samuel 5:11—hand

I Samuel 6:7—yoke I Samuel 14:6—circumcise

I Samuel 15:24-25—pray

I Samuel 24:3—feet

II Samuel 7:27—pray

II Samuel 11:11—know

II Samuel 12:19—pray

II Samuel 21:14—pray II Samuel 22:2-3─rock

II Samuel 22:28—poor

II Samuel 22:37—feet II Samuel 23:3-4─rock

Song of Solomon 8:6—fire

I Thessalonians 3:10—pray

I Thessalonians 5:12—pray

I Thessalonians 5:16-18—pray

II Thessalonians 1:6-8—fire

I Timothy 3:15—house

I Timothy 6:1—yoke

Titus 1:11—house

Zechariah 2:8—apple of the eye

Zechariah 10:1—pray

Zechariah 13:8-9—fire

Zephaniah 2:3—poor

Zephaniah 3:8—fire

Zephaniah 3:12—poor

INDEX TO THE HEBREW AND GREEK WORDS
on this website

Note: This is not a quick reference dictionary. The English words may not be the equivalents of the Hebrew and Greek words to which they are linked in the text.

HEBREW aheb—pray

amar—pray

anav—poor

ani—poor

anna—pray arel—circumcise

athar—pray

ba’u—pray

babah—apple of the eye

bat—apple of the eye berith—circumcise

beth—house bris—circumcise cela─rock

dag—fish

dal—poor

davvag—fish

ebyon—poor

esh—fire

ishown—apple of the eye

kapporeth—propitiation

kaphar—propitiation

kippur—propitiation

kisse—throne

lachash—pray

malak—ambassador

margelah—feet

micken—poor

motah—yoke mul—circumcise

na—pray

ol—yoke orla—circumcise

paga—pray

palal—pray

regel—feet

rush—poor

sha’al—pray

shakab—know

tephillah—pray

tsela—pray

tsemed—yoke

tsiyr—ambassador tsur─rock

yada—know

yad—hand

yamin—hand

zanah—know

GREEK aiteo—pray akrobustia—circumcise aperitmetos—circumcise

cheir—hand

christos—fish

deesis—pray

deomai—pray

dexios—hand diakoneo─Magdalene

erotao—pray

euchomai—pray

ginosko, gno—know

halieus—fish

hals—fish hapto─Magdalene

hilaos—propitiation

hilaros—propitiation

hilaskomai—propitiation

hilasmos—propitiation

hilasterion—propitiation

huios—fish

ichthus—fish

Iesous—fish

koimao—know

moicheia—know

oikia, oikos—house peritemno—circumcise petra─rock Petros─rock

phortion—yoke

podes—feet

porneia—know

presbeuo—ambassador

presbyteros—ambassador

proseuchomai—pray

ptochos—poor

pyr—fire

soter—fish

theou—fish

thronos—throne

thuo—fire

zygos—yoke

 

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