Every Greek and Hebrew word in the Bible, ranked by how often it is used. A small core of words carries most of the text, so learning them first pays off fastest. Open a word to see every verse that uses it, or practise them as flashcards.
5,386 words · “Cumulative” is the share of the New Testament text covered by this list down to that row.
| # | Word | Meaning | Type | Uses | CumulativeCum. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὁho | the/this/whousually “the” (76%) | Article | 19,812 | 14% |
| 2 | καίkai | and | Conjunction | 9,052 | 21% |
| 3 | αὐτόςautos | it/s/heusually “him” (24%) | Pronoun | 5,572 | 25% |
| 4 | σύsu | you | Pronoun | 2,982 | 27% |
| 5 | δέde | thenusually “now” (30%) | Conjunction | 2,773 | 29% |
| 6 | ἐνen | in/on/amongusually “in” (76%) | Preposition | 2,746 | 31% |
| 7 | εἰμίeimi | to beusually “is” (25%) | Verb | 2,336 | 33% |
| 8 | μέme | me | Pronoun | 1,942 | 34% |
| 9 | εἰςeis | towardusually “to” (32%) | Preposition | 1,760 | 36% |
| 10 | οὐou | nousually “not” (81%) | Particle | 1,668 | 37% |
| 11 | ὅςhos, hē | which | Pronoun | 1,408 | 38% |
| 12 | οὗτοςohutos | this/he/she/itusually “this” (50%) | Pronoun | 1,382 | 39% |
| 13 | λέγωlegō | to sayusually “saying” (29%) | Verb | 1,326 | 40% |
| 14 | θεόςtheos | God | Noun | 1,316 | 41% |
| 15 | ὅτιhoti | that/since: thatusually “that” (64%) | Conjunction | 1,294 | 42% |
| 16 | πᾶςpas | all | Adjective | 1,240 | 43% |
| 17 | μήmē | not | Particle | 1,068 | 43% |
| 18 | γάρgar | for | Conjunction | 1,041 | 44% |
| 19 | εἶπονeipon | to sayusually “said” (38%) | Verb | 926 | 45% |
| 20 | ἐκek | out fromusually “of” (27%) | Preposition | 913 | 45% |
| 21 | ἸησοῦςIēsous | Jesus | Name | 911 | 46% |
| 22 | ἐπίepi | upon/to/againstusually “upon” (27%) | Preposition | 885 | 47% |
| 23 | ἐγώegō | I/weusually “i myself” (40%) | Pronoun | 841 | 47% |
| 24 | κύριοςkurios | lord: Godusually “lord” (62%) | Noun | 714 | 48% |
| 25 | ἔχωechō | to have/beusually “having” (27%) | Verb | 707 | 48% |
| 26 | πρόςpros | to/withusually “to” (68%) | Preposition | 700 | 49% |
| 27 | γίνομαιginomai | to beusually “it came to pass” (9%) | Verb | 668 | 49% |
| 28 | ἵναhina | in order that/tousually “that” (57%) | Conjunction | 668 | 50% |
| 29 | διάdia | through/because ofusually “through” (56%) | Preposition | 666 | 50% |
| 30 | ἀπόapo | away fromusually “from” (79%) | Preposition | 644 | 51% |
| 31 | ἀλλάalla | but | Conjunction | 638 | 51% |
| 32 | ἔρχομαιerchomai | to come/gousually “having come” (13%) | Verb | 631 | 52% |
| 33 | ποιέωpoieō | to do/make: dousually “to do” (8%) | Verb | 569 | 52% |
| 34 | τίςtis | which?usually “what” (42%) | Pronoun | 557 | 53% |
| 35 | ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos | a humanusually “man” (27%) | Noun | 550 | 53% |
| 36 | τιςtis | oneusually “anyone” (26%) | Pronoun | 530 | 53% |
| 37 | ΧριστόςChristos | Christ | Name | 529 | 54% |
| 38 | εἰei | if | Particle | 508 | 54% |
| 39 | ὡςhōs | as/whenusually “as” (59%) | Preposition | 503 | 54% |
| 40 | οὖνoun | therefore/thenusually “therefore” (78%) | Conjunction | 497 | 55% |
| 41 | κατάkata | according to | Preposition | 472 | 55% |
| 42 | μετάmeta | with/afterusually “with” (71%) | Preposition | 465 | 56% |
| 43 | ἀκούωakouō | to hearusually “having heard” (18%) | Verb | 426 | 56% |
| 44 | δίδωμιdidōmi | to give | Verb | 415 | 56% |
| 45 | πατήρpatēr | father | Noun | 413 | 56% |
| 46 | ἡμέραhēmera | day | Noun | 389 | 57% |
| 47 | πνεῦμαpneuma | spirit/breath: spiritusually “spirit” (60%) | Noun | 379 | 57% |
| 48 | υἱόςuhios | son | Noun | 377 | 57% |
| 49 | εἴδωeidō | to perceive: understandusually “having seen” (24%) | Verb | 374 | 58% |
| 50 | πολύςpolus | muchusually “many” (49%) | Adjective | 367 | 58% |