Obsolete or Obscure Words in the English A.V. Bible
Obsolete or Obscure Words in the English A.V. Bible
Abjects, Psa 35:15low, despised persons.
Abomination, Deu 7:26idol; polluted thing.
Addicted, 1Co 16:15devoted; given to.
Affect, Gal 4:17seek to win.
Aha, Psa 35:21″hurrah.”
Albeit, Eze 13:7although it be.
Allow, Luk 11:48to praise; to approve.
All to brake, Jdg 9:53brake to pieces.
Amerce, Deu 22:19punish by fire.
Ancients, Isa 47:6aged persons.
Anon, Mat 13:20quickly at once.
Apothecary, Exo 30:25not a druggist, but “a maker of perfumes.”
Artillery, 1Sa 20:40bows; arrows; sling.
Astonied, Job 17:8astonished.
At one, Act 7:26in concord, or agreement.
Attent, 2Ch 6:40attentive.
Avoid, 1Sa 18:11to withdraw.
Away with, Isa 1:13bear or endure.
Barbarian, 1Co 14:11foreigner; not a Greek.
Beeves, Lev 22:21(plural of beef) oxen; cows.
Bestead, Isa 8:21placed.
Bewray, Mat 26:73expose; betray.
Blains, Exo 9:9blisters; pimples.
Boiled, Exo 9:31gone to seed.
Bosses, Job 15:26stud; knob: buckle.
Botch, Deu 28:27swelling; boil.
Bravery, Isa 3:18fine dress; showy.
Bray, Pro 27:22to beat; pound.
Brigandine, Jer 46:4coat of armor.
Bruit, Jer 10:22report; fame.
By, 1Co 4:4against.
By and by, Mat 13:21at once; immediately.
Calker, Eze 27:9one who stops leaks of a ship.
Camphire, Son 1:14refers to cypress, or to “henna-flowers.”
Careful, Php 4:6anxious.
Carriage, 1Sa 17:22.baggage; what is carried.
Caul, Isa 3:18network for the head.
Champaign, Deu 11:30level place.
Chapiter, Exo 36:38capital of a pillar.
Chapmen, 2Ch 9:14traders; merchants.
Chapt, Jer 14:4cracked open.
Charger, Mat 14:8large dish.
Charges, to be at, Act 21:24to pay expenses.
Charity, 1Co 13:1-13love to God and man.
Clouted, Jos 9:5patched.
Cockle, Job 31:40refers to weed in grain.
Collops, Job 15:27slices of fat.
College, 2Ki 22:14refers to “second ward,” or port.
Comfort, 1Th 4:18to strengthen.
Compass, Act 28:13to make a circuit; surround.
Concision, Php 3:2cutting off.
Confection, Exo 30:35compound of various things.
Conscience, Heb 10:2to have sense of.
Convenient, Act 24:25seasonable; becoming.
Conversation(never means “speech” in Scripture) but, (1) Php 1:27behavior; (2) Php 3:20citizenship; (3) Heb 13:5disposition.
Countervail, Est 7:4to compensate.
Cracknels, 1Ki 14:3brittle cakes.
Crisping pins, Isa 3:22irons for curling the hair.
Cumber, Luk 10:40to burden uselessly.
Curious arts, Act 19:19magic.
Damnation, 1Co 11:29condemnation.
Daysman, Job 9:33umpire; arbiter.
Deal, Exo 29:40portion, or part.
Delicates, Jer 51:34choice dainties.
Deputy, 1Ki 22:47deputed to rule.
Disposition, Act 7:53ordering.
Dote, Jer 50:36become foolish.
Do you to wit, 2Co 8:1make you to know.
Draught, Mat 15:17drain.
Draught house, 2Ki 10:27cesspool.
Ear, to, Isa 30:24to plow.
Earing, Gen 45:6plowing.
Earnest, 2Co 1:22a pledge or token of what is to come.
Emerods, 1Sa 5:6hemorrhoids; piles.
Enlarge, 2Sa 22:37make free.
Ensample, 1Co 10:11example.
Ensue, 1Pe 3:11to follow and overtake.
Eschew, 1Pe 3:11shun; flee from.
Exchangers, Mat 25:27bankers; brokers.
Exorcists, Act 19:13one who pretends to cast out evil spirits by magic.
Eyeservice, Eph 6:6work done when watched.
Fain, Luk 15:16glad; gladly.
Fats, Joe 2:24vats.
Fenced, Num 32:17walled (cities).
Flood, Jos 24:3Euphrates river.
Fray, Deu 28:26scare; frighten.
Fritting, Lev 13:51corroding; eating as a moth.
Gainsay, Luk 21:15disprove; contradict.
Garner, Mat 3:12storehouse for grain.
Gin, Amo 3:5trap or snare.
Glistering, Luk 9:29sparkling; glittering.
Greaves, 1Sa 17:6armor-plates for legs.
Grudge, Jam 5:9grumble.
Habergeon, Job 41:26coat-of-mail.
Haft, Jdg 3:22handle of knife; dagger.
Hale, Luk 12:58forcibly drag.
Halt, Luk 14:21lame; crippled.
Harness, 1Ki 22:34body-armor of a soldier.
Hoised, Act 27:40hoisted.
Hold, Jdg 9:46stronghold; prison.
Honest, Rom 12:17honorable.
Hosen, Dan 3:21trowsers and stockings in one piece.
Hough, Jos 11:6to hamstring.
Instant, Rom 12:12pressing; urgent.
Instantly, Act 26:7earnestly; at once.
Jeopard, Jdg 5:18hazard, or risk of life.
Kerchief, Eze 13:21covering for the head.
Kine, 1Sa 6:7cows; milch-kine = milking-cows.
Knop, Exo 25:33knob; a bud-shaped carving.
Leasing, Psa 4:2lying; falsehood.
Let, 2Th 2:7hinder; prevent.
Lewdness, Act 18:14wickedness; crime.
Libertine, Act 6:9child of a freed slave.
Listeth. Joh 3:8desireth; wills; chooseth; like.
Lust, Exo 15:9desire of any kind.
Lusty, Jdg 3:29healthy; vigorous; strong.
Magnifical, 1Ch 22:5grand; magnificent.
Marishes, Eze 47:11marshes; swampy ground.
Maw, Deu 18:3stomach.
Meat, Gen 1:29any kind of food.
Meet, Mat 3:8suitable; fitting.
Mete, Mat 7:2measure.
Meteyard, Lev 19:35measuring-rod; yard measure.
Mincing, Isa 3:16walking with short steps.
Minish, Exo 5:19diminish; lessen.
Minister, Luk 4:20attendant; helper.
Munition, Nah 2:1fortifications; ramparts.
Murrain, Exo 9:3cattle-plague.
Naught, Pro 20:14bad; worthless.
Neesings, Job 41:18old form of “sneezing.”
Nephew, 1Ti 6:4grandchild.
Nether, Deu 24:6lower.
Noisome, Psa 91:3noxious; hurtful.
Occupy, Luk 19:13trade with.
Offence, Rom 9:33that against which one stumbles.
Offend, Mat 18:9stumble against; cause to stumble.
Or ever, Dan 6:24before.
Ouches, Exo 28:11sockets (of gold or silver).
Outlandish, Neh 13:26foreign; strange.
Painful, Psa 73:16hard to do.
Painfulness, 2Co 11:27painstaking.
Peeled, Isa 18:2; Isa 18:7robbed; plundered.
Pilled, Gen 30:37-38peel; strip off bark.
Poll, to, 2Sa 14:26lop; cut off, esp. hair.
Pommel, 2Ch 4:12globes; apple-shaped.
Potsherd, Psa 22:16fragment of broken pottery.
Pressfat, Hag 2:16vat to receive grape-juice from the winepress.
Prevent, 1Th 4:15come before; precede.
Proper, Heb 11:23fair; handsome.
Provoke, 2Co 9:2stimulate; challenge to action.
Publican, Luk 5:27collector of public revenue.
Quick, Psa 124:3living; lively.
Quicken, Psa 71:20make alive.
Quit, 1Co 16:13acquit; act.
Ravening, Luk 11:39greediness; rapacity.
Ravin, raven, Gen 49:27plunder; capture; spoil.
Reins, Psa 7:9kidneys, hence emotions; affections.
Rereward, Isa 52:12; Isa 58:8rear-guard.
Ringstraked, Gen 30:35marked with circular bands or rings.
Savour, Mat 16:23taste; relish; relish in mind.
Scrabbled, 1Sa 21:13scrawled; made unmeaning marks.
Scrip, Luk 22:36small bag or wallet.
Seethe, Exo 16:23boil; perf. “sod,” part. “sodden.”
Servitor, 2Ki 4:43servant or attendant.
Sherd, Isa 30:14fragment; shred, as of pottery.
Shroud, Eze 31:3shelter; covering, as of a tree.
Silverling, Isa 7:23small silver coin.
Sith, Eze 35:6since; forasmuch as.
Sod, sodden, Exo 12:9boiled; from the verb “seethe.”
Sojourn, Gen 12:10to dwell temporarily.
Sometimes, Eph 2:13once; formerly.
Speed, Gen 24:12subst. success.
Steads, 1Ch 5:22(Sax. stede) places.
Straightway, Luk 5:39immediately; at once.
Strain at, Mat 23:24as in swallowing, (probably a misprint for “strain out.”)
Straitly, Mar 1:4strictly; closely.
Straitness, Jer 19:9scarcity of food; famine.
Strake, Gen 30:37a streak.
Strake, Act 27:17past tense of the vent to “strike.”
Strawed, Mat 21:8strewed or scattered, Sundry, Heb 1:1several; various.
Tabering, Nah 2:7beating, as on a taber-drum.
Taches, Exo 26:6catches or clasps; any fastening.
Tale, Exo 5:8; Exo 5:18reckoning; appointed number.
Target, 1Sa 17:6light shield; buckler.
Temperance, Gal 5:23moderation; sedateness; self-control.
Tempt, Gen 22:1test; try.
Thought, Mat 6:25worry; anxious care.
Tired, 2Ki 9:30; Isa 3:18adorned, as the head.
Trow, Luk 17:9think; imagine; suppose.
Turtle, Sol. Son 2:12a dove; the turtle-dove.
Twain, Isa 6:2two.
Undergird, Act 27:17pass ropes round hull of a ship.
Undersetter, 1Ki 7:30; 1Ki 7:34prop; support.
Vile, Jam 2:2plain; poor.
Ware, Act 14:6aware; to know.
Wax, Luk 1:80grow or become.
Wench, 2Sa 17:17maid-servant.
Whit, 2Co 11:5(Sax. wihi) a bit; atom.
Wimple, Isa 3:22veil; covering of head and neck.
Winefatwine vat.
Wist, Mar 14:40(Sax. wiste) knew.
Wit, to, 2Co 8:1(Sax. witan) to know.
Withs, Jdg 16:7young twigs of a willow; osier.
Withal, Act 25:27with the same; therewith.
Wittingly, Gen 48:14Intentionally; knowingly.
Woe worth, Eze 30:2woe be or become.
Wont, Mat 27:15accustomed.
Wot, Gen 39:8; Exo 32:1know.
Wreathen. Exo 28:14twisted; turned; “wreathen work.”