Word study
Belong
19 Hebrew and 3 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: belong, belongs, belonged, belonging, belongings. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “belong” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 42 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb · Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
Genesis 38:9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
Genesis 47:26 So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
- אֲשֶׁר ăsherparticle of relationtranslated this way 10 times of its 3,225 uses · Strong’s H834Pronoun · Translated: that 886, who 451, as 247, which 160Full study and all 2,844 verses →
Genesis 19:12 Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here — a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
Genesis 20:7 Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die — you and all who belong to you.”
- יְהֹוָה YehôvâhYahwehtranslated this way 10 times of its 6,473 uses · Strong’s H3068Noun · Translated: lord 6,171, LORD's 127, surely as the lord 39, god 10Full study and all 5,509 verses →
- אֱלֹהִים ĕlôhîmGodtranslated this way 5 times of its 2,563 uses · Strong’s H430Noun · Translated: God 2,295, gods 202, God's 18, judges 4Full study and all 2,240 verses →
- כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 5 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun · Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196Full study and all 4,112 verses →
- בֵּן bênsontranslated this way 4 times of its 4,587 uses · Strong’s H1121Noun · Translated: son 1,843, sons 892, Israelites 422, descendants 358Full study and all 3,473 verses →
- אַהֲרוֹן AhărônAarontranslated this way 3 times of its 339 uses · Strong’s H175Noun · Translated: Aaron 293, Aaron's 35, belong to aaron 3, well as aaron 2Full study and all 323 verses →
Exodus 29:29 The holy garments that belong to Aaron will belong to his sons after him, so they can be anointed and ordained in them.
Leviticus 2:3 The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD.
- עִם imwithtranslated this way 3 times of its 940 uses · Strong’s H5973Preposition · Translated: with 246, with you 84, with him 61, against 39Full study and all 838 verses →
- כְּלִי kelîarticle, utensil, vesseltranslated this way 2 times of its 282 uses · Strong’s H3627Noun · Translated: articles 59, utensils 32, weapons 20, furnishings 15Full study and all 255 verses →
Genesis 31:37 You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
Genesis 45:20 But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
- הוּא hûhe, shetranslated this way 2 times of its 1,425 uses · Strong’s H1931Pronoun · Translated: he 269, it 151, that 114, on that 87Full study and all 1,320 verses →
Exodus 13:2 “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
- רֵעַ rêashouting, roartranslated this way 2 times of its 185 uses · Strong’s H7453Noun · Translated: neighbor 60, another 30, friend 26, neighbor's 22Full study and all 172 verses →
Exodus 20:17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Deuteronomy 5:21 You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
- אִישׁ îshmantranslated this way 2 times of its 1,399 uses · Strong’s H376Noun · Translated: man 650, men 198, one 79, each 79Full study and all 1,278 verses →
Leviticus 7:10 and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.
Numbers 17:5 The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
- כֹּהֵן kôhênpriesttranslated this way 2 times of its 726 uses · Strong’s H3548Noun · Translated: priest 387, priests 285, way the priest 8, priestly 5Full study and all 646 verses →
- אֵת êthwithtranslated this way 2 times of its 640 uses · Strong’s H854Preposition · Translated: with 144, with you 64, with him 62, with me 35Full study and all 585 verses →
- יְהוּדָה YehûdâhJudahtranslated this way 2 times of its 814 uses · Strong’s H3063Noun · Translated: Judah 774, Judah's 7, people of judah 5, men of judah 3Full study and all 750 verses →
- דּוֹד dôdbeloved, lovetranslated this way 2 times of its 57 uses · Strong’s H1730Noun · Translated: beloved 27, uncle 11, love 8, belong to my beloved 2Full study and all 50 verses →
- יוֹסֵף YôsêphJosephtranslated this way 2 times of its 207 uses · Strong’s H3130Noun · Translated: Joseph 174, Joseph's 20Full study and all 187 verses →
- יָרׇבְעָם YârobâmJeroboamtranslated this way 2 times of its 102 uses · Strong’s H3379Noun · Translated: Jeroboam 89, Jeroboam's 6, Anyone belonging to Jeroboam 1, belonging to jeroboam 1Full study and all 95 verses →
- אַחְאָב AchâbAhabtranslated this way 2 times of its 90 uses · Strong’s H256Noun · Translated: Ahab 78, Ahab's 3Full study and all 80 verses →
Greek words (New Testament)
- εἰμί eimíI am, existtranslated this way 24 times of its 2,236 uses · Strong’s G1510Verb · Translated: is 523, are 214, was 183, am 83Full study and all 1,922 verses →
- ὁ hothetranslated this way 7 times of its 9,898 uses · Strong’s G3588Article · Translated: the 6,410, of the 748, of 344, who 329Full study and all 5,117 verses →
- ἐκ ekfrom out, out from among, fromtranslated this way 5 times of its 791 uses · Strong’s G1537Preposition · Translated: from 344, of 168, out of 75, by 61Full study and all 670 verses →
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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.