Word study
Display
8 Hebrew and 4 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: display, displayed, displaying, displays. 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 “display” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- רָאָה rââhseetranslated this way 3 times of its 1,266 uses · Strong’s H7200Verb · Translated: see 354, saw 285, seen 124, look 45Full study and all 1,181 verses →
Exodus 9:16 But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
- פָּלָא pâlâbe surpassing, extraordinarytranslated this way 1 time of its 70 uses · Strong’s H6381Verb · Translated: wonders 31, difficult 5, wonderful 3, fulfill 2Full study and all 68 verses →
Job 10:16 Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
- יָדַע yâdaknowtranslated this way 1 time of its 914 uses · Strong’s H3045Verb · Translated: know 453, known 53, knows 48, knew 38Full study and all 863 verses →
Psalm 77:14 You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
- פָּאַר pâarbeautify, glorifytranslated this way 1 time of its 14 uses · Strong’s H6286Verb · Translated: glorified 3, honor 2, adorn 2Full study and all 14 verses →
Isaiah 49:3 He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”
- כָּבַד kâbadbe heavy, weighty, burdensome, honouredtranslated this way 1 time of its 109 uses · Strong’s H3513Verb · Translated: honor 19, honored 11, heavy 10, hardened 6Full study and all 105 verses →
Ezekiel 39:13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD.
- נָתַן nâthangive, put, settranslated this way 1 time of its 1,957 uses · Strong’s H5414Verb · Translated: give 326, gave 206, given 187, put 135Full study and all 1,785 verses →
- מַעֲרֶכֶת maăreketharrangement, piletranslated this way 1 time of its 9 uses · Strong’s H4635Noun · Translated: rows 2, showbread 2Full study and all 8 verses →
2 Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.
- פָּרַשׂ pârasspread out, spreadtranslated this way 1 time of its 65 uses · Strong’s H6566Verb · Translated: spread 44, spreading 3, scattered 3, spreads 3Full study and all 64 verses →
Proverbs 13:16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
Greek words (New Testament)
- ἐνδείκνυμι endeíknymiI show forthtranslated this way 3 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s G1731Verb · Translated: show 4, display 3, showing 2, did 1Full study and all 11 verses →
Romans 9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Ephesians 2:7 in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
- πρόκειμαι prókeimaiI am set beforetranslated this way 1 time of its 5 uses · Strong’s G4295Verb · Translated: set 3, is there 1, display 1Full study and all 5 verses →
Jude 1:7 In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
- φανερόω phaneróōI make clear, visible, or manifesttranslated this way 1 time of its 49 uses · Strong’s G5319Verb · Translated: revealed 17, appeared 6, appears 4, made 3Full study and all 43 verses →
John 9:3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
- ἀποδείκνυμι apodeíknymiI show by proof, demonstrate, set forthtranslated this way 1 time of its 4 uses · Strong’s G584Verb · Translated: certified 1, prove 1, displayed 1, proclaiming 1Full study and all 4 verses →
1 Corinthians 4:9 For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession , like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
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.