Word study
Destine
11 Hebrew and 2 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: destined, destine. 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 “destine” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- עִם imwithtranslated this way 2 times of its 940 uses · Strong’s H5973Preposition · Translated: with 246, with you 84, with him 61, against 39Full study and all 838 verses →
- מָוֶת mâvethdeathtranslated this way 2 times of its 153 uses · Strong’s H4194Noun · Translated: death 108, die 7, died 7, dies 6Full study and all 148 verses →
Jeremiah 15:2 If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
Jeremiah 43:11 He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
- חֶרֶב cherebswordtranslated this way 2 times of its 405 uses · Strong’s H2719Noun · Translated: sword 357, swords 27, knives 3, war 2Full study and all 368 verses →
Jeremiah 15:2 If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
Jeremiah 43:11 He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
- שְׁבִי shebîcaptivity, captivestranslated this way 2 times of its 49 uses · Strong’s H7628Noun · Translated: captivity 21, captives 8, exile 5, captive 3Full study and all 46 verses →
Jeremiah 15:2 If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
Jeremiah 43:11 He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
- עָתַד âthadbe readytranslated this way 1 time of its 2 uses · Strong’s H6257Verb · Translated: destined 1, prepare 1Full study and all 2 verses →
Job 15:28 he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
- לְמוֹ lemôto, fortranslated this way 1 time of its 4 uses · Strong’s H3926Preposition · Translated: destined 1, for 1, in 1, over 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Job 27:14 Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
- שָׁתַת shâthathset, appointtranslated this way 1 time of its 2 uses · Strong’s H8371Verb · Translated: destined 1, set 1Full study and all 2 verses →
Psalm 49:14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
- עֶבְרָה ebrâhoverflow, arrogance, furytranslated this way 1 time of its 34 uses · Strong’s H5678Noun · Translated: wrath 15, fury 10, anger 2, rage 2Full study and all 34 verses →
Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- יָסַד yâsadestablish, found, fixtranslated this way 1 time of its 43 uses · Strong’s H3245Verb · Translated: founded 6, laid 4, laid the foundations 3, established 3Full study and all 42 verses →
Isaiah 23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
- רָעָב rââbfamine, hungertranslated this way 1 time of its 100 uses · Strong’s H7458Noun · Translated: famine 89, hunger 4Full study and all 87 verses →
Jeremiah 15:2 If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
- מָנָה mânâhcount, number, reckon, assigntranslated this way 1 time of its 28 uses · Strong’s H4487Verb · Translated: count 6, appointed 6, numbered 3, counted 2Full study and all 27 verses →
Isaiah 65:12 I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
Greek words (New Testament)
- προορίζω proorízōI foreordain, predeterminetranslated this way 1 time of its 6 uses · Strong’s G4309Verb · Translated: predestined 4, decided beforehand 1, destined 1Full study and all 6 verses →
1 Corinthians 2:7 No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
- κεῖμαι keîmaiI lie, recline, am laidtranslated this way 1 time of its 23 uses · Strong’s G2749Verb · Translated: lying 5, lies ready 2, appointed 2, laid 2Full study and all 23 verses →
1 Thessalonians 3:3 so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
How to study a word well
- 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.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- 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.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- 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.