Thing

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: things, thing. 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 “thing” or one of its forms.

• οὗτος hoûtos111
• πᾶς pâs62
• דָּבָר dâbâr61
• אֵלֶּה êl-leh40
• ὁ ho37
• קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh19
• טוֹב ṭôb16
• πολύς polýs14
• כֹּל kôl13
• ὅς hós13
• αὐτός autós8
• חֵרֶם chêrem7

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• דָּבָר dâbârspeech, wordtranslated this way 61 times of its 1,244 uses · Strong’s H1697Noun  ·  Translated: word 342, words 299, acts 51, Chronicles 42

  Genesis 18:25 Far be it from You to do such a thing — to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

  Exodus 2:14 But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

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• אֵלֶּה êl-lehthesetranslated this way 40 times of its 693 uses · Strong’s H428Pronoun  ·  Translated: these 377, things 36, of these 28, this 25

  Leviticus 10:19 But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”

  Leviticus 18:24 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

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• קֹדֶשׁ qôdeshsacred, sanctitytranslated this way 19 times of its 437 uses · Strong’s H6944Noun  ·  Translated: holy 192, sanctuary 42, sacred 31, according to the sanctuary 24

  Exodus 28:38 And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

  Leviticus 5:15 “If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.

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• טוֹב ṭôbpleasant, agreeable, goodtranslated this way 16 times of its 538 uses · Strong’s H2896Adjective  ·  Translated: good 249, better 72, prosperity 19, good things 12

  Exodus 18:9 And Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had rescued from the hand of the Egyptians.

  Numbers 10:32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

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• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 13 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196

  Genesis 9:3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

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• חֵרֶם chêremdevoted thingtranslated this way 7 times of its 35 uses · Strong’s H2764Noun  ·  Translated: devoted 5, set apart for destruction 4, things devoted to destruction 4, net 4

  Numbers 18:14 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.

  Joshua 6:18 But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

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• גָּדוֹל gâdôlgreattranslated this way 6 times of its 501 uses · Strong’s H1419Adjective  ·  Translated: great 262, large 33, high 20, loud 14Full study and all 477 verses →
• רִאשׁוֹן rishônformer, first, chieftranslated this way 6 times of its 171 uses · Strong’s H7223Adjective  ·  Translated: first 85, beginning 10, former 9, former things 6

  Isaiah 41:22 “Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.

  Isaiah 42:9 Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

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• חַי chayalive, livingtranslated this way 5 times of its 485 uses · Strong’s H2416Noun  ·  Translated: life 112, lives 62, living 59, live 53

  Genesis 9:10 and with every living creature that was with you — the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth— every living thing that came out of the ark.

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• כֵּן kênright, veritable, honesttranslated this way 5 times of its 461 uses · Strong’s H3651Adverb  ·  Translated: Therefore 159, so 111, this 24, way 13

  Genesis 34:7 When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter — a thing that should not be done.

  Exodus 7:11 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

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• כָּכָה kâkâhthustranslated this way 5 times of its 33 uses · Strong’s H3602Adverb  ·  Translated: this is how 6, this is what 4, this 4, thing 4

  Numbers 15:13 Everyone who is native-born shall prepare these things in this way when he presents a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

  Deuteronomy 29:24 So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

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• אֲשֶׁר ăsherparticle of relationtranslated this way 4 times of its 3,225 uses · Strong’s H834Pronoun  ·  Translated: that 886, who 451, as 247, which 160Full study and all 2,844 verses →
• תּוֹעֵבַה tôêbahabominationtranslated this way 4 times of its 116 uses · Strong’s H8441Noun  ·  Translated: abominations 52, detestable 30, abomination 14, detests 3

  Deuteronomy 7:26 And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

  Deuteronomy 14:3 You must not eat any detestable thing.

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• פָּלָא pâlâbe surpassing, extraordinarytranslated this way 4 times of its 70 uses · Strong’s H6381Verb  ·  Translated: wonders 31, difficult 5, wonderful 3, fulfill 2

  Judges 13:19 Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.

  Job 42:3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

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• טוּב ṭûbgood things, goods, goodnesstranslated this way 4 times of its 32 uses · Strong’s H2898Noun  ·  Translated: goodness 11, best 4, good things 3, prosperity 3

  Genesis 24:10 Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

  2 Kings 8:9 So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

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• שַׁעֲרוּרָה shaărûrâhhorror = horrible thingtranslated this way 4 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H8186Adjective  ·  Translated: horrible thing 2, shocking thing 1, terrible thing 1

  Jeremiah 5:30 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.

  Hosea 6:10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

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• מַעֲשֶׂה maăsehdeed, worktranslated this way 4 times of its 223 uses · Strong’s H4639Noun  ·  Translated: work 71, works 38, deeds 8, made 7

  Genesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”

  Numbers 16:28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:

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• יְקוּם yeqûmsubstance, existencetranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s H3351Noun  ·  Translated: living thing 3

  Genesis 7:4 For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

  Deuteronomy 11:6 and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

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• בָּשָׂר bâsârfleshtranslated this way 3 times of its 231 uses · Strong’s H1320Noun  ·  Translated: flesh 91, meat 59, body 22, himself 8

  Genesis 7:16 And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

  Leviticus 17:14 For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’

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• לֹא lônottranslated this way 3 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 →
• זֹאת zôththistranslated this way 3 times of its 559 uses · Strong’s H2063Pronoun  ·  Translated: this 333, of this 33, in this 26, and this 15Full study and all 534 verses →
• חָדָשׁ châdâshnewtranslated this way 3 times of its 53 uses · Strong’s H2319Adjective  ·  Translated: new 42, offering of new 2, new things 2Full study and all 48 verses →
• עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 3 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb  ·  Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
• שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôsha three, triadtranslated this way 3 times of its 383 uses · Strong’s H7969Number  ·  Translated: three 254, third 11, thirteenth 10, thirteen 10Full study and all 342 verses →
• עַל alheighttranslated this way 3 times of its 4,859 uses · Strong’s H5921Preposition  ·  Translated: on 777, over 297, in 218, against 216Full study and all 3,996 verses →
• גָּדַל gâdalgrow up, become greattranslated this way 3 times of its 115 uses · Strong’s H1431Verb  ·  Translated: great 14, grew 10, grown 7, greater 7Full study and all 114 verses →
• אָתָה âthâhcometranslated this way 3 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H857Verb  ·  Translated: come 5, came 2, Bring 2Full study and all 19 verses →
• רֶמֶשׂ remescreeping things, moving thingstranslated this way 2 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H7431Noun  ·  Translated: crawling creature 4, creature 2, crawling creatures 2Full study and all 16 verses →
• רָעַע râabe evil, badtranslated this way 2 times of its 97 uses · Strong’s H7489Verb  ·  Translated: wicked 9, harm 8, evil 8, evildoers 8Full study and all 97 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 →
• קָטֹן qâṭônbe small, insignificanttranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H6994Verb  ·  Translated: small thing 2, unworthy 1, reduce 1Full study and all 4 verses →
• גְּדוּלָה gedûlâhgreatnesstranslated this way 2 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s H1420Noun  ·  Translated: greatness 5, great thing 2, great 2, great promises 1Full study and all 11 verses →
• אֶחָד echâdonetranslated this way 2 times of its 855 uses · Strong’s H259Number  ·  Translated: one 278, first 43, and one 43, a 36Full study and all 688 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 →
• חֵקֶר chêqersearching, thing (to be) searched outtranslated this way 2 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s H2714Noun  ·  Translated: searching 2Full study and all 11 verses →
• 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 →
• שִׁקּוּץ shiqqûtsdetested thingtranslated this way 2 times of its 28 uses · Strong’s H8251Noun  ·  Translated: abominations 9, abomination 8, detestable idols 5, detestable things 2Full study and all 26 verses →
• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 2 times of its 79 uses · Strong’s H3606Noun  ·  Translated: all 19, any 8, and all 7, whole 5Full study and all 62 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• οὗτος hoûtosthis, he, she, ittranslated this way 111 times of its 1,042 uses · Strong’s G3778Demonstrative Pronoun  ·  Translated: this 534, these 121, things 105, he 31Full study and all 976 verses →
• πᾶς pâsall, the whole, every kind oftranslated this way 62 times of its 1,133 uses · Strong’s G3956Adjective  ·  Translated: all 462, everyone 131, every 116, everything 87Full study and all 998 verses →
• ὁ hothetranslated this way 37 times of its 9,898 uses · Strong’s G3588Article  ·  Translated: the 6,410, of the 748, of 344, who 329Full study and all 5,117 verses →
• πολύς polýsmuch, many, oftentranslated this way 14 times of its 338 uses · Strong’s G4183Adjective  ·  Translated: many 172, great 37, large 32, much 31Full study and all 307 verses →
• ὅς hóswho, which, what, thattranslated this way 13 times of its 866 uses · Strong’s G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun  ·  Translated: which 107, what 107, whom 100, who 94Full study and all 777 verses →
• αὐτός autóshe, she, it, they, them, sametranslated this way 8 times of its 4,051 uses · Strong’s G846Personal / Possessive Pronoun  ·  Translated: him 1,014, his 849, them 557, their 272Full study and all 2,999 verses →
• ἀγαθός agathósgoodtranslated this way 7 times of its 99 uses · Strong’s G18Adjective  ·  Translated: good 79, good things 7, clear 3, anything good 2Full study and all 88 verses →
• τοιοῦτος toioûtosof such a kind, suchtranslated this way 6 times of its 49 uses · Strong’s G5108Demonstrative Pronoun  ·  Translated: such 18, things 6, man 4, so 3Full study and all 48 verses →
• λόγος lógosa word, speech, divine utterance, analogytranslated this way 4 times of its 311 uses · Strong’s G3056Noun  ·  Translated: word 142, words 52, message 32, account 10Full study and all 298 verses →
• ὀλίγος olígossmall, brief, few, soontranslated this way 4 times of its 41 uses · Strong’s G3641Adjective  ·  Translated: few 13, little 10, short 4, few things 3Full study and all 40 verses →
• ὡσαύτως hōsaútōslikewisetranslated this way 3 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s G5615Adverb  ·  Translated: way 7, likewise 5, thing 3, the same 1Full study and all 16 verses →
• εἷς heîsonetranslated this way 3 times of its 312 uses · Strong’s G1520Adjective  ·  Translated: one 223, a 16, single 13, first 9Full study and all 267 verses →
• μέγας mégaslarge, greattranslated this way 3 times of its 218 uses · Strong’s G3173Adjective  ·  Translated: great 108, greater 29, loud 23, greatest 14Full study and all 206 verses →
• ῥῆμα rhēmaa thing spokentranslated this way 3 times of its 60 uses · Strong’s G4487Noun  ·  Translated: words 19, word 17, message 6, statement 4Full study and all 58 verses →
• ὁμοίως homoíōsin like mannertranslated this way 2 times of its 26 uses · Strong’s G3668Adverb  ·  Translated: way 9, likewise 6, the same 2Full study and all 26 verses →
• τὶς tìsany one, some onetranslated this way 2 times of its 449 uses · Strong’s G5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun  ·  Translated: some 96, anyone 96, a 65, anything 30Full study and all 420 verses →
• πρᾶγμα prâgmaa thing done, a mattertranslated this way 2 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s G4229Noun  ·  Translated: things 2Full study and all 8 verses →

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.