Word study
Directly
6 Hebrew and 4 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “directly”. 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 “directly” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- פָּנִים pânîmface, beforetranslated this way 1 time of its 1,836 uses · Strong’s H6440Noun · Translated: before 448, face 222, presence 147, before you 123Full study and all 1,671 verses →
Exodus 14:2 “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
- יָכַח yâkachdecide, adjudge, provetranslated this way 1 time of its 56 uses · Strong’s H3198Verb · Translated: rebuke 13, rebukes 3, appointed 2, judge 2Full study and all 54 verses →
Leviticus 19:17 You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
- מִן minout of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that nottranslated this way 1 time of its 983 uses · Strong’s H4480Preposition · Translated: from 368, of 68, from me 36, some of 33Full study and all 917 verses →
Leviticus 25:12 For it is a Jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You may eat only the crops taken directly from the field.
- תָּאָה tââhmark off, designatetranslated this way 1 time of its 3 uses · Strong’s H8376Verb · Translated: crave 2, directly 1Full study and all 3 verses →
Numbers 34:7 Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
- עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 1 time of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb · Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42Full study and all 807 verses →
- הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 1 time of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb · Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
Greek words (New Testament)
- ἀτενίζω atenízōI direct my gaze, look steadilytranslated this way 3 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G816Verb · Translated: looked intently 4, looked directly 3Full study and all 14 verses →
Acts 3:4 Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.
Acts 13:9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas
- εὐθέως euthéōsimmediately, soontranslated this way 2 times of its 73 uses · Strong’s G2112Adverb · Translated: immediately 27, once 21, soon 9, quickly 4Full study and all 72 verses →
Matthew 26:49 Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
Mark 14:45 Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
- ἐμβλέπω emblépōI look into, look upontranslated this way 1 time of its 11 uses · Strong’s G1689Verb · Translated: looked 6, Look 1, see 1, looked directly 1Full study and all 11 verses →
Luke 20:17 But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
- εὐθυδρομέω euthydroméōI run a straight coursetranslated this way 1 time of its 2 uses · Strong’s G2113Verb · Translated: straight 1, directly 1Full study and all 2 verses →
Acts 21:1 After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
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.