Word study

Bring

45 Hebrew and 15 Greek words behind this English word

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: brought, bring, brings, bringing. 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 “bring” or one of its forms.

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

  • בּוֹא bôcome in, come, go in, gotranslated this way 464 times of its 2,442 uses · Strong’s H935Verb  ·  Translated: come 358, came 298, bring 209, brought 201

    Genesis 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

    Exodus 2:10 When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”

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  • יָצָא yâtsâgo or come outtranslated this way 179 times of its 1,035 uses · Strong’s H3318Verb  ·  Translated: brought 108, went 103, go 82, came 78

    Genesis 1:24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

    Exodus 3:10 Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”

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  • עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 92 times of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb  ·  Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42

    Genesis 46:4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

    Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey— the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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  • שׁוּב shûbturn back, returntranslated this way 51 times of its 1,007 uses · Strong’s H7725Verb  ·  Translated: return 218, returned 105, restore 62, turn 56

    Genesis 28:15 Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

    Exodus 10:8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”

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  • לָקַח lâqachtaketranslated this way 47 times of its 938 uses · Strong’s H3947Verb  ·  Translated: take 247, took 245, taken 40, get 26

    Genesis 15:9 And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”

    Exodus 14:11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

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  • קָרַב qârabcome near, approachtranslated this way 39 times of its 276 uses · Strong’s H7126Verb  ·  Translated: present 65, bring 18, approached 16, presented 14

    Exodus 28:1 “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.

    Leviticus 1:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.

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  • יָרַד yâradcome or go down, descendtranslated this way 28 times of its 372 uses · Strong’s H3381Verb  ·  Translated: went 56, go 55, come 35, came 26

    Genesis 43:7 They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”

    Deuteronomy 21:4 bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

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  • עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 24 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb  ·  Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112

    Genesis 41:47 During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.

    Exodus 32:14 So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

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  • נָגַשׁ nâgashdraw near, approachtranslated this way 19 times of its 123 uses · Strong’s H5066Verb  ·  Translated: approached 24, approach 12, come near 9, Bring 9

    Genesis 27:25 “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.

    Exodus 21:6 then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

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  • נָתַן nâthangive, put, settranslated this way 18 times of its 1,957 uses · Strong’s H5414Verb  ·  Translated: give 326, gave 206, given 187, put 135

    Genesis 24:32 So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.

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  • נָשָׂא nâsâlift, take, carrytranslated this way 15 times of its 642 uses · Strong’s H5375Verb  ·  Translated: bear 49, lift 45, lifted 41, carried 38

    Genesis 45:19 You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.

    Exodus 10:13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

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  • הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 12 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151

    Exodus 9:3 then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field— on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

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  • רָעַע râabe evil, badtranslated this way 10 times of its 97 uses · Strong’s H7489Verb  ·  Translated: wicked 9, harm 8, evil 8, evildoers 8

    Genesis 43:6 “Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”

    Exodus 5:22 So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?

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  • עָכַר âkarstir up, disturb, troubletranslated this way 10 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s H5916Verb  ·  Translated: brought trouble 3, brings trouble 3

    Genesis 34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

    Joshua 6:18 But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

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  • שָׂמַח sâmachrejoice, be gladtranslated this way 9 times of its 152 uses · Strong’s H8055Verb  ·  Translated: rejoice 50, glad 27, rejoiced 20, gloat 6

    Deuteronomy 24:5 If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.

    Psalm 19:8 The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

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  • שָׁפֵל shâphêlbe or become low, be abasedtranslated this way 9 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s H8213Verb  ·  Translated: humbled 5, humbles 2, bring 2, bring him low 2

    2 Samuel 22:28 You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

    Job 22:29 When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

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  • שׂוּם sûmput, place, settranslated this way 8 times of its 560 uses · Strong’s H7760Verb  ·  Translated: put 84, set 71, make 45, made 39

    Exodus 8:12 After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

    Deuteronomy 22:8 If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

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  • אָתָה âthâhcometranslated this way 8 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s H858Verb  ·  Translated: brought 7

    Daniel 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,

    Daniel 5:2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

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  • אָסַף âsaphgather, removetranslated this way 7 times of its 193 uses · Strong’s H622Verb  ·  Translated: gathered 56, gather 27, assembled 13, assemble 8

    Exodus 9:19 So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”

    Numbers 11:16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

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  • עֲלַל ălalgo or come intranslated this way 7 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s H5954Verb  ·  Translated: brought 6, went 3, came 3, Bring 1

    Daniel 2:24 Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”

    Daniel 2:25 Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”

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  • חוּל chûlwhirl, dance, writhetranslated this way 7 times of its 58 uses · Strong’s H2342Verb  ·  Translated: brought forth 6, tremble 5, labor 3, waited 2

    Job 15:7 Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

    Psalm 51:5 Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

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  • נָפַל nâphalfall, lietranslated this way 6 times of its 432 uses · Strong’s H5307Verb  ·  Translated: fall 104, fell 77, fallen 54, falls 21

    Psalm 37:14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

    Proverbs 19:15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

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  • יָבַל yâbalconduct, bear alongtranslated this way 6 times of its 18 uses · Strong’s H2986Verb  ·  Translated: bring 5, led 4, carried 3

    Psalm 60:9 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

    Isaiah 18:7 At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts— from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers— to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.

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  • מָצָא mâtsâattain to, findtranslated this way 6 times of its 436 uses · Strong’s H4672Verb  ·  Translated: found 197, find 87, finds 13, present 7

    Leviticus 9:12 Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar.

    2 Kings 12:10 Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.

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  • שָׁחַח shâchachbow, be bowed down, crouchtranslated this way 6 times of its 21 uses · Strong’s H7817Verb  ·  Translated: brought low 5, downcast 3, humbled 2, bow 2

    Psalm 38:6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

    Isaiah 2:9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled — do not forgive them!

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  • יָלַד yâladbear, bring forth, begettranslated this way 5 times of its 484 uses · Strong’s H3205Verb  ·  Translated: father 111, born 57, bore 52, gave birth 44

    Genesis 3:16 To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

    Deuteronomy 32:18 You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

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  • הָלַךְ hâlakgo, come, walktranslated this way 5 times of its 1,461 uses · Strong’s H1980Verb  ·  Translated: go 338, went 173, walk 116, Come 84

    Deuteronomy 28:36 The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods— gods of wood and stone.

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  • סָבַב sâbabturn about, go around, surroundtranslated this way 5 times of its 153 uses · Strong’s H5437Verb  ·  Translated: turned 16, surrounded 13, surround 10, turn 8

    1 Samuel 5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”

    2 Samuel 3:12 Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

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  • בָּשַׂר bâsarbear tidingstranslated this way 5 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s H1319Verb  ·  Translated: proclaim 4, herald of good news 3, proclaim the news 2, brings good news 2

    2 Samuel 18:26 the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.

    Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

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  • אָרַר ârarcursetranslated this way 5 times of its 62 uses · Strong’s H779Verb  ·  Translated: Cursed 42, curse 9, brings a curse 5, put a curse 2

    Numbers 5:18 After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

    Numbers 5:19 And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

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  • רַע rabad, eviltranslated this way 4 times of its 651 uses · Strong’s H7451Adjective  ·  Translated: evil 263, disaster 72, harm 38, wicked 31

    Judges 2:15 Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.

    1 Samuel 20:13 But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.

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  • כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 4 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 →
  • יָשַׁע yâshadelivertranslated this way 4 times of its 203 uses · Strong’s H3467Verb  ·  Translated: save 98, saved 40, saves 13, Savior 12Full study and all 198 verses →
  • שֵׂיבָה sêbâhhoary head, old agetranslated this way 3 times of its 19 uses · Strong’s H7872Noun  ·  Translated: old age 5, gray hair 3, gray 2Full study and all 19 verses →
  • פָּקַד pâqadattend to, visit, muster, appointtranslated this way 3 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H6485Verb  ·  Translated: punish 41, numbered 26, appointed 15, counted 14Full study and all 267 verses →
  • מוּת mûthdietranslated this way 3 times of its 771 uses · Strong’s H4191Verb  ·  Translated: die 198, died 152, dead 89, put to death 47Full study and all 694 verses →
  • שִׁית shîthput, settranslated this way 3 times of its 80 uses · Strong’s H7896Verb  ·  Translated: set 13, make 7, put 6, placed 5Full study and all 78 verses →
  • דֶּרֶךְ derekway, road, distance, journey, mannertranslated this way 3 times of its 653 uses · Strong’s H1870Noun  ·  Translated: way 204, ways 166, road 54, journey 35Full study and all 595 verses →
  • שָׁלַח shâlachsendtranslated this way 3 times of its 829 uses · Strong’s H7971Verb  ·  Translated: sent 334, send 126, go 43, sending 19Full study and all 783 verses →
  • עַם ampeopletranslated this way 3 times of its 1,751 uses · Strong’s H5971Noun  ·  Translated: people 1,346, peoples 111, troops 89, nations 65Full study and all 1,601 verses →
  • יָהַב yâhabgivetranslated this way 2 times of its 33 uses · Strong’s H3051Verb  ·  Translated: Give 10, Ascribe 10, Come 5, bring 2Full study and all 29 verses →
  • בֵּן bênsontranslated this way 2 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 →
  • מַיִם mayimwater, juice, urinetranslated this way 2 times of its 533 uses · Strong’s H4325Noun  ·  Translated: water 298, waters 176, like water 15, flood 3Full study and all 497 verses →
  • עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 2 times of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb  ·  Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35Full study and all 487 verses →
  • מֶלֶךְ melekkingtranslated this way 2 times of its 2,416 uses · Strong’s H4428Noun  ·  Translated: king 1,810, kings 267, king's 134, royal 58Full study and all 1,901 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

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  1. Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
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  4. Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
  5. See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
  6. Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
  7. Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.

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.