Word study
Present
17 Hebrew and 10 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: present, presented, presents, presenting. 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.
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How often each original word is translated “present” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- קָרַב qârabcome near, approachtranslated this way 99 times of its 276 uses · Strong’s H7126Verb · Translated: present 65, bring 18, approached 16, presented 14Full study and all 258 verses →
Exodus 29:3 put them in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.
Leviticus 1:3 If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
- רוּם rûmbe high, exalted, risetranslated this way 10 times of its 185 uses · Strong’s H7311Verb · Translated: exalted 23, exalt 18, lift 14, raised 10Full study and all 180 verses →
Exodus 35:24 And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.
Leviticus 22:15 The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
- עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 10 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb · Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
Exodus 10:25 But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
- יָצַב yâtsabset or station oneself, take one's standtranslated this way 10 times of its 47 uses · Strong’s H3320Verb · Translated: stand 10, stood 7, present 7, able to stand 3Full study and all 44 verses →
Deuteronomy 31:14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.
Joshua 24:1 Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
- עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 10 times of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb · Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42Full study and all 807 verses →
- עָמַד âmadtake one's stand, standtranslated this way 9 times of its 508 uses · Strong’s H5975Verb · Translated: stood 99, stand 95, standing 50, stands 12Full study and all 485 verses →
Genesis 47:7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Leviticus 14:11 The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- נָגַשׁ nâgashdraw near, approachtranslated this way 7 times of its 123 uses · Strong’s H5066Verb · Translated: approached 24, approach 12, come near 9, Bring 9Full study and all 110 verses →
Exodus 32:6 So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.
Judges 6:19 So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.
- מָצָא mâtsâattain to, findtranslated this way 7 times of its 436 uses · Strong’s H4672Verb · Translated: found 197, find 87, finds 13, present 7Full study and all 411 verses →
- רָאָה rââhseetranslated this way 6 times of its 1,266 uses · Strong’s H7200Verb · Translated: see 354, saw 285, seen 124, look 45Full study and all 1,181 verses →
Genesis 46:29 Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
Leviticus 13:7 But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.
- נוּף nûphmove to and fro, wave, besprinkletranslated this way 5 times of its 37 uses · Strong’s H5130Verb · Translated: wave 15, waved 4, presented 3, use 2Full study and all 35 verses →
Exodus 35:22 So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
Numbers 8:11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
- נָתַן nâthangive, put, settranslated this way 5 times of its 1,957 uses · Strong’s H5414Verb · Translated: give 326, gave 206, given 187, put 135Full study and all 1,785 verses →
- בּוֹא bôcome in, come, go in, gotranslated this way 4 times of its 2,442 uses · Strong’s H935Verb · Translated: come 358, came 298, bring 209, brought 201Full study and all 2,217 verses →
Genesis 43:26 When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
- נָפַל nâphalfall, lietranslated this way 4 times of its 432 uses · Strong’s H5307Verb · Translated: fall 104, fell 77, fallen 54, falls 21Full study and all 403 verses →
- עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 3 times of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb · Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35Full study and all 487 verses →
Exodus 13:12 you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
1 Samuel 16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
- קָטַר qâṭarmake sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoketranslated this way 3 times of its 114 uses · Strong’s H6999Verb · Translated: burn 33, burned incense 21, burn incense 14, burning incense 13Full study and all 112 verses →
Exodus 30:20 Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
1 Chronicles 6:49 But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- עֵדוּת êdûthtestimonytranslated this way 2 times of its 61 uses · Strong’s H5715Noun · Translated: Testimony 42, testimonies 9, decrees 4, presented him with the testimony 2Full study and all 59 verses →
2 Kings 11:12 Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
2 Chronicles 23:11 Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”
- 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 →
Exodus 22:14 If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
Exodus 22:15 If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
Greek words (New Testament)
- παρίστημι parístēmiI bring, present, come up to and stand bytranslated this way 12 times of its 41 uses · Strong’s G3936Verb · Translated: present 9, standing nearby 6, stand 3, presented 3Full study and all 39 verses →
- νῦν nŷnnow, already, at presenttranslated this way 11 times of its 125 uses · Strong’s G3568Adverb · Translated: now 96, present 10, now on 7Full study and all 120 verses →
- πάρειμι páreimiI am present, am neartranslated this way 5 times of its 22 uses · Strong’s G3918Verb · Translated: present 5, come 5Full study and all 21 verses →
- ἐνίστημι enístēmiI place in or upon, am at hand, am present, threatentranslated this way 5 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s G1764Verb · Translated: present 5, already come 1, come 1Full study and all 7 verses →
- προσφέρω prosphérōI bring to, offertranslated this way 4 times of its 46 uses · Strong’s G4374Verb · Translated: brought 11, offered 11, offer 9, presented 2Full study and all 44 verses →
- ἵστημι hístēmiI cause to stand, standtranslated this way 3 times of its 152 uses · Strong’s G2476Verb · Translated: standing 39, stood 37, stand 29, set 4Full study and all 148 verses →
- ἐμφανίζω emphanízōI make visible, report against, appear beforetranslated this way 3 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s G1718Verb · Translated: reveal 2, presented their case 2Full study and all 10 verses →
- δίδωμι dídōmiI offer, givetranslated this way 2 times of its 403 uses · Strong’s G1325Verb · Translated: give 110, given 107, gave 72, gives 14Full study and all 370 verses →
- οὗτος hoûtosthis, he, she, ittranslated this way 2 times of its 1,042 uses · Strong’s G3778Demonstrative Pronoun · Translated: this 534, these 121, things 105, he 31Full study and all 976 verses →
- εἰμί eimíI am, existtranslated this way 2 times of its 2,236 uses · Strong’s G1510Verb · Translated: is 523, are 214, was 183, am 83Full study and all 1,922 verses →
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.
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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.