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185 Greek words found.
labē
“a handle”
labis
“a tong”
labros
“fierce”
lachaneia
“vegetables”
lachanon
“plant”
laganon
“a pancake”
lagchanō
“to choose by lot”
lailaps
“storm”
lakkos
“a pit”
laktizō
“to kick”
lalēma
“a discussion”
laleō
“to speak”
lalētos
“power of speech”
lalia
“speech”
lama
“why?”
lambanō
“to take”
Lamech
“Lamech”
lampadion
“an oil lamp bowl”
lampas
“window”
lampēnē
“a covered royal chariot”
lampēnikos
“like a covered chariot”
lampō
“to shine”
lampros
“shining”
lamprōs
“magnificently”
lamprotēs
“brightness”
lamptēr
“a torch”
lanthanō
“be hidden”
Laodikeia
“Laodicea”
Laodikeus
“Laodicean”
laos
“a people”
laphura
“bounty”
laptō
“to lap”
laros
“gull”
larugx
“throat”
Lasaia
“Lasea”
laschō
“to burst”
lathra
“quietly”
lathraiōs
“clandestinely”
lathrios
“private”
latomeō
“to hew”
latomētos
“quarried”
latomos
“a quarrier”
latreia
“ministry”
latreuō
“to minister”
latreutos
“servile”
laxeuō
“to dress stone”
laxeutērion
“a stone chisel”
laxeutos
“engraved”
Lazaros
“Lazarus”
leaina
“lioness”
leainō
“to grind”
Lebbaios
“Lebbaeus”
lebēs
“a kettle”
legeōn
“Legion”
legō
“to say”
leichēn
“scabbed”
leichō
“to lick”
leimma
“remnant”
leios
“smooth”
leipō
“to lack”
leitourgēma
“ministration”
leitourgeō
“to minister”
leitourgēsimos
“ministration”
leitourgia
“ministry”
leitourgikos
“ministering”
leitourgos
“minister”
lekanē
“a pan”
lēmma
“a concern”
lēnos
“winepress”
lention
“towel”
leōn
“lion”
leōpetria
“a smooth rock”
lepis
“scale”
lepisma
“a peel”
lepizō
“to peel”
lepra
“leprosy”
lepraō
“to become leprous”
leproomai
“become leprous”
lepros
“leprous”
lēpsis
“receiving”
leptos
“coin”
leptunō
“to make fine”
lepuros
“rind”
lēros
“nonsense”
leschē
“intrigue”
lēstērion
“a band of robbers”
lēstēs
“robber/rebel”
lēthē
“forgetfulness”
Leui
“Levi”
Leuis
“Levi”
Leuitēs
“Levite”
Leuitikos
“Levitical”
leukainō
“to bleach”
leukanthizō
“be white”
leukē
“white poplar”
leukos
“white”
lexis
“form of speech”
lian
“greatly”
libanos
“frankincense”
libanōtos
“censer”
Libertinos
“Freedmen”
Libuē
“Libya”
ligurion
“amber”
likmaō
“to crush”
likmētōr
“a winnower”
likmos
“a winnowing shovel”
lima
“lima”
limagchoneō
“to cause to hunger”
limēn
“Havens”
limnē
“lake”
limoktoneō
“to famish”
limos
“hunger”
limōssō
“be famished”
lineos
“of flaxen linen”
linokalamē
“a stalk of flax”
linon
“linen/wick”
Linos
“Linus”
lipainō
“to anoint”
liparos
“rich”
lipasma
“fatness”
lips
“southwest”
lissomai
“to implore”
litaneuō
“to implore”
lithazō
“to stone”
lithinos
“stone”
lithoboleō
“to stone”
lithos
“stone”
lithostrōtos
“The Stone Pavement”
lithourgeō
“to cut stones”
lithourgikos
“stonecutting”
litos
“cheap”
litra
“pound”
lobos
“a lobe”
locheuō
“to give birth”
logchē
“spear”
logia
“collection”
logikos
“spiritual”
logion
“oracles”
logios
“learned”
logismos
“thought”
logizomai
“to count”
logomacheō
“to quarrel”
logomachia
“quarrel”
logos
“word”
loidoreō
“to revile”
loidorēsis
“reviling”
loidoria
“reviling”
loidoros
“reviler”
loimeuomai
“to injure”
loimos
“pestilence”
loipon
“henceforth”
loipos
“remaining”
loipou
“henceforth”
Lōis
“Lois”
lōma
“a hem”
lophia
“a ridge”
Lōt
“Lot”
Loukas
“Luke”
Loukios
“Lucius”
louō
“to wash”
loutēr
“a bathing tub”
loutron
“washing”
loutrōn
“a bathhouse”
luchnia
“lampstand”
luchnos
“lamp”
Ludda
“Lydda”
Ludia
“Lydia”
Lukaonia
“Lycaonia”
Lukaonisti
“Lycaonian”
Lukia
“Lycia”
lukos
“wolf”
lumainomai
“to ravage”
luō
“to loose”
lupē
“grief”
lupeō
“to grieve”
lupēros
“distressing”
Lusanias
“Lysanias”
Lusias
“Lysias”
lusis
“divorce”
lusitelei
“to profit”
Lustra
“Lystra”
lutron
“ransom”
lutroō
“to ransom”
lutrōsis
“redemption”
lutrōtēs
“redeemer”
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