The Daily Office
Word Index
Every Hebrew and Greek word the Daily Office has paused on. Each one opens the entry where it first shows up.
Hebrew
- עָלַזalaz
to exult, to triumph — joy with defiance in it
From Yet I will rejoice · Habakkuk 3:17–19
- בָּרָאbara
to create — but only ever with God as the subject
From In the beginning · Genesis 1:1–5
- חָלַףchalaph
to exchange, to renew by substitution
From They shall exchange their strength · Isaiah 40:28–31
- עֵתet
an appointed time, the right moment
From A time for everything · Ecclesiastes 3:1–8
- גֹּאֵלgo'el
kinsman-redeemer — the one with the right and duty to buy you back
From My redeemer lives · Job 19:25–27
- חֶסֶדhesed
steadfast love, covenant loyalty, lovingkindness
From The name God gives himself · Exodus 34:5–7
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice as the proper shape of a community
From What is good · Micah 6:8
- נָשָׂאnasa
to lift, carry, bear a burden
From The Suffering Servant · Isaiah 53:3–6
- קָדוֹשׁqadosh
holy — set apart, other, not like anything else
From Holy, holy, holy · Isaiah 6:1–5
- קוֹל דְּמָמָה דַקָּהqol demamah daqqah
the sound of a thin silence
From A low whisper · 1 Kings 19:11–13
- רָעָהra'ah
to shepherd — to lead, feed, and guard
From The LORD is my shepherd · Psalm 23:1–4
- רוּחַruach
spirit, breath, wind — one word for all three
From Create in me · Psalm 51:10–12
- שָׁלוֹםshalom
peace, but peace as wholeness, not quiet
From Plans for your welfare · Jeremiah 29:11–13
- שְׁמַעshema
hear — but with the weight of obey
From Hear, O Israel · Deuteronomy 6:4–9
- צֶלֶםtselem
image, statue, representation
From In our image · Genesis 1:26–28
- יָדַעyada'
to know — by experience, by contact, not by report
From You have searched me · Psalm 139:1–6
Greek
- ἀγάπηagape
a love that is a decision, not a feeling
From Love is patient · 1 Corinthians 13:4–7
- χάριςcharis
grace — a gift given with nothing owed in return
From By grace · Ephesians 2:8–10
- χωρίζωchorizo
to separate, to cut apart, to divorce
From Nothing can separate · Romans 8:31–39
- ἐλέησονeleēson
have mercy — the imperative of mercy
From Have mercy · Mark 10:46–52
- ὑπομονήhypomone
endurance — literally 'staying under' a weight
From Count it all joy · James 1:2–4
- ὑπόστασιςhypostasis
what stands under — foundation, substance, ground
From Now faith is · Hebrews 11:1
- καινόςkainos
new — not recent, but new in kind
From All things new · Revelation 21:1–5
- καρπόςkarpos
fruit — a single harvest, not a checklist
From The fruit of the Spirit · Galatians 5:22–23
- κενόωkenoo
to empty, to pour out completely
From He emptied himself · Philippians 2:5–8
- λόγοςlogos
word, reason, the ordering principle of reality
From The Word · John 1:1–5
- μακάριοςmakarios
blessed, flourishing, deeply well
From Blessed are · Matthew 5:3–10
- μένωmeno
to remain, abide, stay put
From Abide in me · John 15:4–5
- μεταμορφόωmetamorphoō
to be transformed — to change in form, not just in habit
From Be transformed · Romans 12:1–2
- σπλαγχνίζομαιsplagchnizomai
to be moved in the gut, to feel compassion physically
From While he was still far off · Luke 15:20–24