Obsolete Or Obscure Words In The English Av Bible

Obsolete Or Obscure Words In The English Av Bible

Abjects,  Psalms 35:15—low, despised persons.

Abomination,  Deuteronomy 7:26—idol; polluted thing.

Addicted,  1 Corinthians 16:15—devoted; given to.

Affect,  Galatians 4:17—seek to win.

Aha,  Psalms 35:21—"hurrah."

Albeit,  Ezekiel 13:7—although it be.

Allow,  Luke 11:48—to praise; to approve.

All to brake,  Judges 9:53—brake to pieces.

Amerce,  Deuteronomy 22:19—punish by fire.

Ancients,  Isaiah 47:6—aged persons.

Anon,  Matthew 13:20—quickly at once.

Apothecary,  Exodus 30:25—not a druggist, but "a maker of perfumes."

Artillery,  1 Samuel 20:40—bows; arrows; sling.

Astonied,  Job 17:8—astonished.

At one,  Acts 7:26—in concord, or agreement.

Attent,  2 Chronicles 6:40—attentive.

Avoid,  1 Samuel 18:11—to withdraw.

Away with,  Isaiah 1:13—bear or endure.

Barbarian,  1 Corinthians 14:11—foreigner; not a Greek.

Beeves,  Leviticus 22:21—(plural of beef) oxen; cows.

Bestead,  Isaiah 8:21—placed.

Bewray,  Matthew 26:73—expose; betray.

Blains,  Exodus 9:9—blisters; pimples.

Boiled,  Exodus 9:31—gone to seed.

Bosses,  Job 15:26—stud; knob: buckle.

Botch,  Deuteronomy 28:27—swelling; boil.

Bravery,  Isaiah 3:18—fine dress; showy.

Bray,  Proverbs 27:22—to beat; pound.

Brigandine,  Jeremiah 46:4—coat of armor.

Bruit,  Jeremiah 10:22—report; fame.

By,  1 Corinthians 4:4—against.

By and by,  Matthew 13:21—at once; immediately.

Calker,  Ezekiel 27:9—one who stops leaks of a ship.

Camphire,  Song of Solomon 1:14—refers to cypress, or to "henna-flowers."

Careful,  Philippians 4:6—anxious.

Carriage,  1 Samuel 17:22.—baggage; what is carried.

Caul,  Isaiah 3:18—network for the head.

Champaign,  Deuteronomy 11:30—level place.

Chapiter,  Exodus 36:38—capital of a pillar.

Chapmen,  2 Chronicles 9:14—traders; merchants.

Chapt,  Jeremiah 14:4—cracked open.

Charger,  Matthew 14:8—large dish.

Charges, to be at,  Acts 21:24—to pay expenses.

Charity,  1 Corinthians 13:1-13—love to God and man.

Clouted,  Joshua 9:5—patched.

Cockle,  Job 31:40—refers to weed in grain.

Collops,  Job 15:27—slices of fat.

College,  2 Kings 22:14—refers to "second ward," or port.

Comfort,  1 Thessalonians 4:18—to strengthen.

Compass,  Acts 28:13—to make a circuit; surround.

Concision,  Philippians 3:2—cutting off.

Confection,  Exodus 30:35—compound of various things.

Conscience,  Hebrews 10:2—to have sense of.

Convenient,  Acts 24:25—seasonable; becoming.

Conversation—(never means "speech" in Scripture) but, (1)  Philippians 1:27—behavior; (2)  Philippians 3:20—citizenship; (3)  Hebrews 13:5—disposition.

Countervail,  Esther 7:4—to compensate.

Cracknels,  1 Kings 14:3—brittle cakes.

Crisping pins,  Isaiah 3:22—irons for curling the hair.

Cumber,  Luke 10:40—to burden uselessly.

Curious arts,  Acts 19:19—magic.

Damnation,  1 Corinthians 11:29—condemnation.

Daysman,  Job 9:33—umpire; arbiter.

Deal,  Exodus 29:40—portion, or part.

Delicates,  Jeremiah 51:34—choice dainties.

Deputy,  1 Kings 22:47—deputed to rule.

Disposition,  Acts 7:53—ordering.

Dote,  Jeremiah 50:36—become foolish.

Do you to wit,  2 Corinthians 8:1—make you to know.

Draught,  Matthew 15:17—drain.

Draught house,  2 Kings 10:27—cesspool.

Ear, to,  Isaiah 30:24—to plow.

Earing,  Genesis 45:6—plowing.

Earnest,  2 Corinthians 1:22—a pledge or token of what is to come.

Emerods,  1 Samuel 5:6—hemorrhoids; piles.

Enlarge,  2 Samuel 22:37—make free.

Ensample,  1 Corinthians 10:11—example.

Ensue,  1 Peter 3:11—to follow and overtake.

Eschew,  1 Peter 3:11—shun; flee from.

Exchangers,  Matthew 25:27—bankers; brokers.

Exorcists,  Acts 19:13—one who pretends to cast out evil spirits by magic.

Eyeservice,  Ephesians 6:6—work done when watched.

Fain,  Luke 15:16—glad; gladly.

Fats,  Joel 2:24—vats.

Fenced,  Numbers 32:17—walled (cities).

Flood,  Joshua 24:3—Euphrates river.

Fray,  Deuteronomy 28:26—scare; frighten.

Fritting,  Leviticus 13:51—corroding; eating as a moth.

Gainsay,  Luke 21:15—disprove; contradict.

Garner,  Matthew 3:12—storehouse for grain.

Gin,  Amos 3:5—trap or snare.

Glistering,  Luke 9:29—sparkling; glittering.

Greaves,  1 Samuel 17:6—armor-plates for legs.

Grudge,  James 5:9—grumble.

Habergeon,  Job 41:26—coat-of-mail.

Haft,  Judges 3:22—handle of knife; dagger.

Hale,  Luke 12:58—forcibly drag.

Halt,  Luke 14:21—lame; crippled.

Harness,  1 Kings 22:34—body-armor of a soldier.

Hoised,  Acts 27:40—hoisted.

Hold,  Judges 9:46—stronghold; prison.

Honest,  Romans 12:17—honorable.

Hosen,  Daniel 3:21—trowsers and stockings in one piece.

Hough,  Joshua 11:6—to hamstring.

Instant,  Romans 12:12—pressing; urgent.

Instantly,  Acts 26:7—earnestly; at once.

Jeopard,  Judges 5:18—hazard, or risk of life.

Kerchief,  Ezekiel 13:21—covering for the head.

Kine,  1 Samuel 6:7—cows; milch-kine = milking-cows.

Knop,  Exodus 25:33—knob; a bud-shaped carving.

Leasing,  Psalms 4:2—lying; falsehood.

Let,  2 Thessalonians 2:7—hinder; prevent.

Lewdness,  Acts 18:14—wickedness; crime.

Libertine,  Acts 6:9—child of a freed slave.

Listeth.  John 3:8—desireth; wills; chooseth; like.

Lust,  Exodus 15:9—desire of any kind.

Lusty,  Judges 3:29—healthy; vigorous; strong.

Magnifical,  1 Chronicles 22:5—grand; magnificent.

Marishes,  Ezekiel 47:11—marshes; swampy ground.

Maw,  Deuteronomy 18:3—stomach.

Meat,  Genesis 1:29—any kind of food.

Meet,  Matthew 3:8—suitable; fitting.

Mete,  Matthew 7:2—measure.

Meteyard,  Leviticus 19:35—measuring-rod; yard measure.

Mincing,  Isaiah 3:16—walking with short steps.

Minish,  Exodus 5:19—diminish; lessen.

Minister,  Luke 4:20—attendant; helper.

Munition,  Nahum 2:1—fortifications; ramparts.

Murrain,  Exodus 9:3—cattle-plague.

Naught,  Proverbs 20:14—bad; worthless.

Neesings,  Job 41:18—old form of "sneezing."

Nephew,  1 Timothy 6:4—grandchild.

Nether,  Deuteronomy 24:6—lower.

Noisome,  Psalms 91:3—noxious; hurtful.

Occupy,  Luke 19:13—trade with.

Offence,  Romans 9:33—that against which one stumbles.

Offend,  Matthew 18:9—stumble against; cause to stumble.

Or ever,  Daniel 6:24—before.

Ouches,  Exodus 28:11—sockets (of gold or silver).

Outlandish,  Nehemiah 13:26—foreign; strange.

Painful,  Psalms 73:16—hard to do.

Painfulness,  2 Corinthians 11:27—painstaking.

Peeled,  Isaiah 18:2;  Isaiah 18:7—robbed; plundered.

Pilled,  Genesis 30:37-38—peel; strip off bark.

Poll, to,  2 Samuel 14:26—lop; cut off, esp. hair.

Pommel,  2 Chronicles 4:12—globes; apple-shaped.

Potsherd,  Psalms 22:16—fragment of broken pottery.

Pressfat,  Haggai 2:16—vat to receive grape-juice from the winepress.

Prevent,  1 Thessalonians 4:15—come before; precede.

Proper,  Hebrews 11:23—fair; handsome.

Provoke,  2 Corinthians 9:2—stimulate; challenge to action.

Publican,  Luke 5:27—collector of public revenue.

Quick,  Psalms 124:3—living; lively.

Quicken,  Psalms 71:20—make alive.

Quit,  1 Corinthians 16:13—acquit; act.

Ravening,  Luke 11:39—greediness; rapacity.

Ravin, raven,  Genesis 49:27—plunder; capture; spoil.

Reins,  Psalms 7:9—kidneys, hence emotions; affections.

Rereward,  Isaiah 52:12;  Isaiah 58:8—rear-guard.

Ringstraked,  Genesis 30:35—marked with circular bands or rings.

Savour,  Matthew 16:23—taste; relish; relish in mind.

Scrabbled,  1 Samuel 21:13—scrawled; made unmeaning marks.

Scrip,  Luke 22:36—small bag or wallet.

Seethe,  Exodus 16:23—boil; perf. "sod," part. "sodden."

Servitor,  2 Kings 4:43—servant or attendant.

Sherd,  Isaiah 30:14—fragment; shred, as of pottery.

Shroud,  Ezekiel 31:3—shelter; covering, as of a tree.

Silverling,  Isaiah 7:23—small silver coin.

Sith,  Ezekiel 35:6—since; forasmuch as.

Sod, sodden,  Exodus 12:9—boiled; from the verb "seethe."

Sojourn,  Genesis 12:10—to dwell temporarily.

Sometimes,  Ephesians 2:13—once; formerly.

Speed,  Genesis 24:12—subst . success.

Steads,  1 Chronicles 5:22—(Sax. stede) places.

Straightway,  Luke 5:39—immediately; at once.

Strain at,  Matthew 23:24—as in swallowing, (probably a misprint for "strain out.")

Straitly,  Mark 1:4—strictly; closely.

Straitness,  Jeremiah 19:9—scarcity of food; famine.

Strake,  Genesis 30:37—a streak.

Strake,  Acts 27:17—past tense of the vent to "strike."

Strawed,  Matthew 21:8—strewed or scattered, Sundry,  Hebrews 1:1—several; various.

Tabering,  Nahum 2:7—beating, as on a taber-drum.

Taches,  Exodus 26:6—catches or clasps; any fastening.

Tale,  Exodus 5:8;  Exodus 5:18—reckoning; appointed number.

Target,  1 Samuel 17:6—light shield; buckler.

Temperance,  Galatians 5:23—moderation; sedateness; self-control.

Tempt,  Genesis 22:1—test; try.

Thought,  Matthew 6:25—worry; anxious care.

Tired,  2 Kings 9:30;  Isaiah 3:18—adorned, as the head.

Trow,  Luke 17:9—think; imagine; suppose.

Turtle, Sol.  Song of Solomon 2:12—a dove; the turtle-dove.

Twain,  Isaiah 6:2—two.

Undergird,  Acts 27:17—pass ropes round hull of a ship.

Undersetter,  1 Kings 7:30;  1 Kings 7:34—prop; support.

Vile,  James 2:2—plain; poor.

Ware,  Acts 14:6—aware; to know.

Wax,  Luke 1:80—grow or become.

Wench,  2 Samuel 17:17—maid-servant.

Whit,  2 Corinthians 11:5—(Sax. wihi) a bit; atom.

Wimple,  Isaiah 3:22—veil; covering of head and neck.

Winefat—wine vat.

Wist,  Mark 14:40—(Sax. wiste) knew.

Wit, to,  2 Corinthians 8:1—(Sax. witan) to know.

Withs,  Judges 16:7—young twigs of a willow; osier.

Withal,  Acts 25:27—with the same; therewith.

Wittingly,  Genesis 48:14—Intentionally; knowingly.

Woe worth,  Ezekiel 30:2—woe be or become.

Wont,  Matthew 27:15—accustomed.

Wot,  Genesis 39:8;  Exodus 32:1—know.

Wreathen.  Exodus 28:14—twisted; turned; "wreathen work."