Definitions Of The KJVersion Bible Old Words

In the King James Version Bible, the one that is said to be the closest English translation from the original Hebrew(Old Testament) and Greek(New Testament) texts, and the Bible that I began my journey into the real world according to GOD. Has quite a few old world(1500-1800) words that were used. Simply because that was the way in which people of that time spoke and wrote. These words can form a barrier of understanding to some people today. So here are the definitions of those words, so that reading and understanding The KJV Bible is possible for them.

Word – Definiition – Usage

1. Abated – Slowly reduced or Went away – ELOHIYM abated the flood for Noah.
2. Art – Are – For thou art my hope, O Lord God:
3. Asswage – Slowed or Ceased, Stopped – For Noah, GOD asswaged the Flood.
4. Aught – Any or Anything – If thou sell aught unto thy neighbor,
5. Bare/Bareth – Birthed or Take of ones burden – Bare a son. Bare someones bills.
6. Bear – Stand as, or Withstand – Don’t bear false witness. I can’t bear it.
7. Begat – Cause the birth of, to father – GOD begat JESUS. A’Dam begat Cain
8. Beguiled – Deceived – Eve said, the serpent beguiled me.
9. Behold – See, take notice – Behold I will do a new thing.
10. Bow – Rainbow or Bend over to – I do set my bow in the cloud.  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them
11. Brethren – Brothers under GOD – Brethren, be not weary in well doing.
12. Bring Forth – Deliver, to cause – They shall bring forth fruit in old age.
13. Builded – Built – Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
14. Canst – Can’t or Can not – Canst thou by searching find out God
15. Causeth – Causes – He that winketh causeth sorrow.
16. Charity – Love – Faith, hope, charity,  the greatest of these is charity.
17. Cherubim – Plural for Cherub, Praise Angel – The cherubims did lift up their wings.
18. Commanded – Ordered, warned – And HE Commanded the Man saying,
19. Compasseth – Surrounds – Compasseth them about as a chain.
20. Confound – Confuse – Let us confound their language.
21. Corrupt – GOD’S way changed – They are corrupt, and speak wickedly.
22. Countenance – Facial expression, apperance – Why is thy countenance fallen?
23. Covenant – Promise of allegence, agreement – God made a covenant with us.
24. Creepeth – Creeps, or To creep – God made everything that creepeth.
25. Crieth – To say loudly, to shed tears – Thy brother’s blood crieth unto me.
26. Daughters of Men – Women – Daughters of men, bare children.
27. Didst – Did – “Thou didst escape it well,” saith she
28. Disciples – Followers, Students of – CHRIST had 12 disciples.
29. Dishonoreth – No respect, evil acting – You dsihonoreth GOD with evil acts.
30. Door – CHRIST, Your heart, – . I am THE DOOR. Behold I stand at the door, and knock
31. Doeth or Doth – Do, or Dose – He that doeth good is of God: Doth the plowman plow all to sow?
32. Draweth – Draws – My life draweth nigh unto the grave.
33. Dread – Uneasy feeling, Fear of – Fear and dread shall fall upon them;
34. Dwell – Live, Abode – I will dwell in the house of the LORD
35. Dwelt – Lives in, lived before – Isaac dwelt in a place called Gerar:
36. Eatest – Eat, Eats or To eat – In the day thou eatest there of……………
37. Endureth – Endures – HIS mercy endureth for ever.
38. Enmity – Mistrust, Hate, Dislike –  I will put enmity between thee and the woman.
39. Entereth – Enters, To enter – When wisdom entereth into thine heart
40. Entreateth – Treated – He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not:
41. Entreat – Treat, Behave towards – If thou have a servant, entreat him as a brother:
42. Fair – Looked appealing, Looks – Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:
43. Fallen – No honor, Sad, Be Killed – How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer
44. Findeth – Finds, To find – Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing
45. Forth – Out from, Out To – Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth
46. Fugitive – Person with no home state, Fleeing the law –  A fugitive shalt thou be.
47. Gavest – Gave – Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them.
48. Goeth – Go or Goes – Pride goeth before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
49. Grace – Undeserved Love – By grace are ye saved through faith not of yourselves:
50. Grieved – Great Sorrow – Then I being grieved did weep, and in my sorrow prayed
51. Ground – Walkable Surface, Dirt –  God formed man of the dust of the ground
52. Hast – Have or Hasn’t – Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
53. Hath – Has – The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his anger.
54. Heareth – Hears or Lisstens – A wise son heareth his father’s instruction:
55. Hearken – Listen to, Hear – We will not hearken to the king, to go from our religion
56. Heavens – The areas above Earth – And God called the firmament Heaven.
57. Help meet – A Mate –  I will make him a help meet for him.
58. Henceforth – From now on – Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and forever
59. Her Seed – CHRIST’S Church – the dragon went to make war with the remnant of her seed.
60. I AM – YAHUAH/GOD – Moses, say unto the of children Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
61. Just – Follower of CHRIST   – As it is written, The just shall live by faith.
62. Keepeth – Keeps or Holds on to – He that keepeth the law, happy is he.
63. Knew – Intimate with – And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain.
64. Knoweth – Knows – If any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing
65. Lest – Or, Unless – Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
66. Lieth – Lies or Waits – If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door: 
67. Mark – Thinking or actions, 666 – And that no man might buy or sell, save he had the mark.
68. Mayest – May –  Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
69. Meet – At the same place, Good – So bring forth therefore fruits, meet for repentance.
70. Midst – Middle of or With – Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am in the midst of them.
71. Nay – No – My brethren, swear not, but let your yea be yea; and your nay be nay.
72. Nigh – Near – Lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
73. Ought – Should – Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had aught against me
74. Perpetual – Endless – And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, a perpetual shame.
75. Persecution – Authorities hostility – Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest.
76. Poor – Little Spirit and Money – The poor laboreth, when he leaveth off, he is still needy
77. Putteth – Puts – HE putteth forth his hand upon the rock
78. Remaineth – Still is, Remains – The gift of the Lord remaineth with the godly
79. Renown – Well Known – There were giants in the earth in those days, men of renown.
80. Repented – GODLY sorry – Be sorry in your heart to YAHUAH/GOD and does not do it again
81. Restrained – Held back – Sarai said unto Abram, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing
82. Righteous – Knowing, believing and doing the will/WORD of YAHUAH/THE CREATOR
83. Salvation – Saving Power – I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD
84. Savior – YAHUSHA/JESUS, One who saves – Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
85. Savour – Aroma, smell, flavor – For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ
86. Sayeth – Says – “ There is no peace,” sayeth the Lord , “for the wicked.”
87. Seed – Has 3 meanings 1. Planting Seed 2. Seed of Human Fertilization. 3. THE WORD OF GOD – Read The Parable of The Sower Matthew 13:3.
88. Sevenfold – Seven times more – If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold
89. Shall – Will – And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased
90. Shalt – Will forever – Thou shalt do no murder
91. Sheddeth – Sheds – Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed
92. Sheep – Followers of YAHUSHA – the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
93. Shouldest – Should – Better is it that thou shouldest not vow
94. Sin – Disobedience to YAH’S WORD, Death – by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin
95. Sinneth – Commits Sin, Act of disobedience – the soul that sinneth, it shall die
96. Slayeth – Slays, Kills – Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God?
97. Smiteth – To hit – He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death
98. Smitten – Destroyed – Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
99. Snare – An entrapment – And they served their idols: Which were a snare unto them
100. Sojourn – Temporarily stay – Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, That I dwell in the tents of Kedar
101. Sons of GOD – Heyl’el, The Angels, True Christians – And all the sons of God shouted for joy? Also, when HE(CHRIST) shall appear, we shall be like HIM
102. Spake – Spoke – And God spake unto Noah, saying,
103. Speaketh – Speaks – But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him.
104. Strive – Work along with – And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man
105. Thee – You – Fear thou not; for I am with thee
106. Thence – There – And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba
107. Therefore – From now on, So – Be not ye therefore partakers with them. Therefore the law is slacked,
108. Therein – The place where you are – The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.
109. Thereof – Of it – God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
110. Thither – There, Your way – Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.
111. Thou – You – Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in
112. Thus – This, So – Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
113. Thy – Your – In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.
114. Till – Until, Work the ground – Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. We brought him into the garden of Eden to till and keep it
115. Transgresseth – To Trangress, Sin, Disobey – Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law

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