Word study
Still
19 Hebrew and 13 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: still, stilled. 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 “still” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- עוֹד ôda going round, continuancetranslated this way 65 times of its 390 uses · Strong’s H5750Adverb · Translated: longer 80, still 63, again 52, more 38Full study and all 372 verses →
Genesis 25:6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
Exodus 4:18 Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
- עָמַד âmadtake one's stand, standtranslated this way 10 times of its 508 uses · Strong’s H5975Verb · Translated: stood 99, stand 95, standing 50, stands 12Full study and all 485 verses →
Joshua 3:16 the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
Job 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
- דָּמַם dâmambe or grow dumb, silent, stilltranslated this way 6 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s H1826Verb · Translated: still 4, silenced 4, rest 3, perish 2Full study and all 29 verses →
Exodus 15:16 and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
Joshua 10:12 On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- לֹא lônottranslated this way 5 times of its 4,657 uses · Strong’s H3808Adverb · Translated: no 309, not 269, never 218, will not 156Full study and all 3,775 verses →
- דָבַר dâbarspeaktranslated this way 4 times of its 1,113 uses · Strong’s H1696Verb · Translated: speak 209, said 157, spoken 142, spoke 110Full study and all 1,025 verses →
Genesis 29:9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
- דָּם dâmbloodtranslated this way 4 times of its 347 uses · Strong’s H1818Noun · Translated: blood 267, bloodshed 35, bloodguilt 5, blood still 4Full study and all 292 verses →
Leviticus 19:26 You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
1 Samuel 14:32 So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.
- שָׁקַט shâqaṭbe quiet, undisturbedtranslated this way 4 times of its 40 uses · Strong’s H8252Verb · Translated: quiet 10, rest 8, peace 6, still 3Full study and all 40 verses →
Psalm 76:8 From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still
Isaiah 57:20 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
- כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 3 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 →
- הוּא hûhe, shetranslated this way 2 times of its 1,425 uses · Strong’s H1931Pronoun · Translated: he 269, it 151, that 114, on that 87Full study and all 1,320 verses →
Leviticus 13:40 Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.
Leviticus 13:41 Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.
- עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 2 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb · Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
- אַיִן ayinnothing, noughttranslated this way 2 times of its 744 uses · Strong’s H369Adverb · Translated: there is no 55, no 54, without 54, nothing 40Full study and all 660 verses →
Judges 3:25 So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors— and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.
- רָדַף râdaphpursue, chase, persecutetranslated this way 2 times of its 142 uses · Strong’s H7291Verb · Translated: pursued 36, pursue 35, pursues 9, pursuers 9Full study and all 135 verses →
Judges 8:4 Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
Judges 8:5 So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
- מָלַךְ mâlakbe or become king, or queen, reigntranslated this way 2 times of its 340 uses · Strong’s H4427Verb · Translated: reigned 132, became king 68, reign 36, king 32Full study and all 283 verses →
1 Kings 12:17 but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
2 Chronicles 10:17 but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
- מָצָא mâtsâattain to, findtranslated this way 2 times of its 436 uses · Strong’s H4672Verb · Translated: found 197, find 87, finds 13, present 7Full study and all 411 verses →
2 Kings 19:4 Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
Isaiah 37:4 Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- עִיר îrexcitementtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,034 uses · Strong’s H5892Noun · Translated: city 583, cities 344, towns 21, town 13Full study and all 925 verses →
- זֶה zehthis, thattranslated this way 2 times of its 984 uses · Strong’s H2088Pronoun · Translated: this 478, in this 42, these 39, of this 27Full study and all 913 verses →
- שָׁבַח shâbachsoothe, stilltranslated this way 2 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s H7623Verb · Translated: glory 2Full study and all 11 verses →
- קוּם qûmarise, stand up, standtranslated this way 2 times of its 594 uses · Strong’s H6965Verb · Translated: rise 68, got 61, set 44, Get 42Full study and all 570 verses →
- גַּם gamalso, moreover, yeatranslated this way 2 times of its 625 uses · Strong’s H1571Conjunction · Translated: even 107, and 100, also 64, too 43Full study and all 565 verses →
Greek words (New Testament)
- ἔτι étistill, yet, even nowtranslated this way 22 times of its 61 uses · Strong’s G2089Adverb · Translated: still 22, more 8, again 7, while 6Full study and all 57 verses →
- λαλέω laléōI speak, saytranslated this way 8 times of its 291 uses · Strong’s G2980Verb · Translated: speak 69, spoke 36, speaking 31, spoken 27Full study and all 268 verses →
- δέ début, on the other hand, andtranslated this way 7 times of its 1,642 uses · Strong’s G1161Conjunction · Translated: but 784, and 340, now 117, then 101Full study and all 1,541 verses →
- καί kaíand, even, also, namelytranslated this way 6 times of its 6,414 uses · Strong’s G2532Conjunction · Translated: and 5,245, then 262, also 157, even 101Full study and all 4,279 verses →
- ἄλλος állosother, another, differenttranslated this way 4 times of its 145 uses · Strong’s G243Adjective · Translated: another 42, other 33, others 33, someone else 6Full study and all 130 verses →
- ζάω záōI livetranslated this way 3 times of its 140 uses · Strong’s G2198Verb · Translated: live 51, living 28, alive 18, lives 15Full study and all 124 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 →
- νοιέω noiéōI understand, considertranslated this way 2 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G3539Verb · Translated: understand 8Full study and all 14 verses →
- οὔπω oúpōnot yettranslated this way 2 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G3768Adverb · Translated: not yet 12, still to come 2Full study and all 14 verses →
- καθεύδω katheúdōI sleep, am sleepingtranslated this way 2 times of its 22 uses · Strong’s G2518Verb · Translated: sleeping 8, asleep 6, sleep 3, still sleeping 2Full study and all 20 verses →
- ἔχω échōI have, hold, possesstranslated this way 2 times of its 624 uses · Strong’s G2192Verb · Translated: has 63, have 52, with 35, you have 29Full study and all 560 verses →
- ἵστημι hístēmiI cause to stand, standtranslated this way 2 times of its 152 uses · Strong’s G2476Verb · Translated: standing 39, stood 37, stand 29, set 4Full study and all 148 verses →
- μένω ménōI remain, abidetranslated this way 2 times of its 115 uses · Strong’s G3306Verb · Translated: remain 29, remains 20, stay 13, stayed 10Full study and all 101 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.
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.