Old Words
Words of the King James Bible that are no longer used (236), or still used but not in the sense they have there (78), with what each meant in 1611.
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A
- abase archaic to bring low; to humble In the concordance: abase, abased, abasing
- abject archaic an outcast; a person of the lowest condition In the concordance: abjects
- adamant archaic the hardest stone; a diamond In the concordance: adamant
- afore archaic before In the concordance: afore
- aforetime archaic in former times In the concordance: aforetime
- agone archaic ago In the concordance: agone
- albeit archaic although In the concordance: albeit
- algum archaic a precious wood brought from Ophir In the concordance: algum
- allege changed meaning to show; to prove In the concordance: alleging
- almug archaic a precious wood (the same as algum) In the concordance: almug
- amerce archaic to punish with a fine In the concordance: amerce
- amiss archaic wrongly; faulty In the concordance: amiss
- anon archaic at once; immediately In the concordance: anon
- apace archaic quickly In the concordance: apace
- apothecary archaic a maker of perfumes and ointments In the concordance: apothecaries, apothecary
- artillery changed meaning weapons (bows and arrows) In the concordance: artillery
- assay archaic to try; to attempt In the concordance: assay, assayed, assaying
- asswage archaic to lessen; to abate In the concordance: asswage, asswaged
- astonied archaic astonished; stunned In the concordance: astonied
- athirst archaic thirsty In the concordance: athirst
- avouched archaic to declare openly; to acknowledge In the concordance: avouched
B
- backbite archaic to slander someone behind their back In the concordance: backbiteth, backbiting
- bakemeats archaic food baked in an oven In the concordance: bakemeats
- bason archaic a basin In the concordance: bason, basons
- beeves archaic cattle (plural of beef) In the concordance: beeves
- besom archaic a broom In the concordance: besom
- bestead archaic placed in difficulty; hard pressed In the concordance: bestead
- bethink archaic to recall; to consider In the concordance: bethink
- betimes archaic early; in good time In the concordance: betimes
- bewray archaic to betray; to reveal In the concordance: bewray, bewrayeth
- bier archaic a frame for carrying the dead In the concordance: bier
- blains archaic a blister; a sore In the concordance: blains
- bolled archaic swollen into seed pods (of flax) In the concordance: bolled
- botch archaic a boil; an ulcer In the concordance: botch
- bowels changed meaning the inner feelings; tender mercy, compassion In the concordance: bowels In this sense in Genesis 43:30, 1 Kings 3:26, Song of Solomon 5:4, Isaiah 16:11, Isaiah 63:15, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 31:20, Lamentations 1:20, Lamentations 2:11, 2 Corinthians 6:12, Philippians 1:8, Philippians 2:1, Colossians 3:12, Philemon 1:7, Philemon 1:12, Philemon 1:20, 1 John 3:17
- brasen archaic made of brass or bronze In the concordance: brasen
- brigandine archaic a coat of mail In the concordance: brigandine, brigandines
- brimstone archaic sulfur In the concordance: brimstone
- bruit archaic a report; a rumor In the concordance: bruit
- buckler archaic a small shield In the concordance: buckler, bucklers
- bulwark archaic a defensive wall In the concordance: bulwarks
- by changed meaning against ("I know nothing by myself": against myself) In the concordance: by In this sense in 1 Corinthians 4:4
C
- calve archaic to give birth to a calf In the concordance: calve, calved, calves, calveth
- carcase archaic a dead body In the concordance: carcase, carcases
- careful changed meaning anxious; full of care In the concordance: careful
- carriage changed meaning baggage; things carried In the concordance: carriage, carriages
- caul archaic a net for the hair; the membrane enclosing the heart or liver In the concordance: caul, cauls
- chambering archaic lewd behavior In the concordance: chambering
- champaign archaic flat, open country In the concordance: champaign
- chapiter archaic the capital, or top, of a pillar In the concordance: chapiter, chapiters
- chapmen archaic a trader; a merchant In the concordance: chapmen
- charity changed meaning love In the concordance: charity
- chide archaic to scold; to rebuke In the concordance: chide, chiding, chode
- churl archaic a miserly, ill-bred man In the concordance: churl
- cieled archaic paneled; lined with wood In the concordance: cieled
- clean changed meaning completely; wholly In the concordance: clean In this sense in Joshua 3:17, Joshua 4:1, Joshua 4:11, Psalms 77:8, Isaiah 24:19, Joel 1:7, Zechariah 11:17
- clouted archaic patched In the concordance: clouted
- coast changed meaning a border; a region or territory In the concordance: coast, coasts
- cockatrice archaic a deadly serpent In the concordance: cockatrice, cockatrices
- cockle archaic a weed that grows in grain In the concordance: cockle
- collops archaic a thick fold of flesh In the concordance: collops
- communicate changed meaning to share; to give In the concordance: communicate, communicated
- comprehend changed meaning to grasp; to overcome In the concordance: comprehend, comprehended In this sense in John 1:5
- concupiscence archaic evil desire; lust In the concordance: concupiscence
- coney archaic a small animal living among rocks; the rock badger In the concordance: coney
- conversation changed meaning conduct; way of life In the concordance: conversation
- corn changed meaning grain of any kind In the concordance: corn
- cousin changed meaning a relative In the concordance: cousin, cousins
- cracknels archaic a hard, brittle biscuit In the concordance: cracknels
- cruse archaic a small jar or flask In the concordance: cruse
- cubit archaic a measure of length, about eighteen inches In the concordance: cubit, cubits
- cumber archaic to burden; to occupy uselessly In the concordance: cumbered, cumbereth
- cunning changed meaning skillful; skilled In the concordance: cunning
- curious changed meaning skillfully made; elaborate In the concordance: curious
D
- dam archaic a mother (of animals) In the concordance: dam
- daysman archaic an umpire; a mediator In the concordance: daysman
- dayspring archaic the dawn In the concordance: dayspring
- dearth archaic scarcity; famine In the concordance: dearth
- discover changed meaning to uncover; to lay bare In the concordance: discover, discovered, discovereth, discovering
- dissolve changed meaning to solve; to explain In the concordance: dissolve, dissolved, dissolvest, dissolving In this sense in Daniel 5:12, Daniel 5:16
- divers archaic various; several In the concordance: divers
- dote archaic to be foolish; to love excessively In the concordance: dote, doted, doting
- draught archaic a catch of fish; a privy In the concordance: draught
- dropsy archaic a disease causing swelling with fluid In the concordance: dropsy
- dureth archaic lasts; endures In the concordance: dureth
- durst archaic dared In the concordance: durst
E
- ear changed meaning to plow In the concordance: ear, eared, earring, ears, earth In this sense in Deuteronomy 21:4, 1 Samuel 8:12, Isaiah 30:24
- earing archaic plowing In the concordance: earing
- emerods archaic tumors; hemorrhoids In the concordance: emerods
- ensample archaic an example; a pattern In the concordance: ensample, ensamples
- ensue archaic to pursue; to follow after In the concordance: ensue
- entreat changed meaning to treat ("evil entreated": mistreated); also to beg In the concordance: entreat, entreated, entreateth
- eschew archaic to shun; to avoid In the concordance: eschew, eschewed, escheweth
- espoused archaic to betroth; to promise in marriage In the concordance: espoused
- eventide archaic evening In the concordance: eventide
F
- fain archaic gladly; willingly In the concordance: fain
- fats changed meaning vats In the concordance: fats
- felloe archaic the rim of a wheel In the concordance: felloes
- fetch changed meaning "fetch a compass": to go around In the concordance: fetch, fetched, fetcheth In this sense in Numbers 34:5, Joshua 15:3, 2 Samuel 5:23, 2 Kings 3:9, Acts 28:13
- firmament archaic the expanse of the sky In the concordance: firmament
- fitches archaic a kind of grain or seed (spelt or fennel) In the concordance: fitches
- flagon archaic a cake of raisins; a large vessel In the concordance: flagon, flagons
- fleshhook archaic a fork for lifting meat In the concordance: fleshhook, fleshhooks
- forasmuch archaic since; because In the concordance: Forasmuch
- fowl changed meaning a bird In the concordance: fowl, fowls
- fowler archaic a bird catcher In the concordance: fowler, fowlers
- fray archaic to frighten away In the concordance: fray
- frontlets archaic a band worn on the forehead In the concordance: frontlets
- froward archaic perverse; stubborn; contrary In the concordance: froward
- fuller archaic one who cleans and thickens cloth In the concordance: fuller
G
- gainsay archaic to contradict; to oppose In the concordance: gainsay, gainsaying
- gall archaic bile; bitterness; a bitter herb In the concordance: gall
- gay changed meaning fine; bright (of clothing) In the concordance: gay
- gazingstock archaic an object of scorn, stared at In the concordance: gazingstock
- ghost changed meaning the spirit; the soul In the concordance: ghost
- gin archaic a trap; a snare In the concordance: gin
- gird archaic to bind on, as with a belt In the concordance: gird, girded, girdedst, girdeth, girding
- girdle archaic a belt In the concordance: girdle, girdles
- glede archaic a bird of prey; a kite In the concordance: glede
- glistering archaic to shine; to glitter In the concordance: glistering
- goodman archaic the master of a house In the concordance: goodman
- greaves archaic armor for the legs In the concordance: greaves
- grisled archaic spotted; streaked with gray In the concordance: grisled
H
- habergeon archaic a coat of mail In the concordance: habergeon, habergeons
- haft archaic a handle In the concordance: haft
- hale archaic to drag; to haul In the concordance: hale, haling
- haply archaic perhaps; by chance In the concordance: haply
- hardly changed meaning with difficulty In the concordance: hardly
- harness changed meaning armor In the concordance: harness, harnessed
- health changed meaning salvation; wholeness In the concordance: health In this sense in Psalms 42:11, Psalms 43:5, Psalms 67:2
- helve archaic the handle of an ax In the concordance: helve
- hind archaic a female deer In the concordance: hind
- hoar archaic white or gray with age In the concordance: hoar
- holpen archaic helped In the concordance: holpen
- honest changed meaning honorable; decent In the concordance: honest
- hosen archaic trousers; leggings In the concordance: hosen
- hough archaic to cut the hamstring of In the concordance: hough, houghed
- howbeit archaic nevertheless; however In the concordance: Howbeit
- husbandman archaic a farmer In the concordance: husbandman
I
- imagination changed meaning a plan; a scheme; a stubborn purpose In the concordance: imagination, imaginations
- implead archaic to sue at law; to accuse In the concordance: implead
- inasmuch archaic since; because In the concordance: inasmuch
- inkhorn archaic a small case for ink In the concordance: inkhorn
- instant changed meaning urgent; earnest; persistent In the concordance: instant
J
- jot archaic the smallest letter; the least part In the concordance: jot
K
L
- lade archaic to load In the concordance: lade, laded, laden, ladeth, lading, lads
- lattice archaic a window of crossed bars In the concordance: lattice
- laver archaic a large basin for washing In the concordance: laver, lavers
- leasing archaic lying; falsehood In the concordance: leasing
- leathern archaic made of leather In the concordance: leathern
- lees archaic dregs, the sediment of wine In the concordance: lees
- let changed meaning to hinder; to prevent In the concordance: Let, lettest, letteth, letting In this sense in Exodus 5:4, Isaiah 43:13, Romans 1:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:7
- lewd changed meaning wicked; base In the concordance: lewd In this sense in Acts 17:5
- lintel archaic the beam over a door In the concordance: lintel, lintels
- list changed meaning to wish; to choose In the concordance: listed, Listen, listeth
- loins archaic the hips and lower back In the concordance: loins
- lucre archaic gain; money In the concordance: lucre
- lunatick archaic (of a person) suffering seizures; epileptic In the concordance: lunatick
M
- mallows archaic a salt-marsh plant eaten in famine In the concordance: mallows
- mammon archaic riches; wealth as a master In the concordance: mammon
- manifold archaic many and various In the concordance: manifold
- mansion changed meaning a dwelling place In the concordance: mansions
- mattock archaic a tool for digging In the concordance: mattock, mattocks
- maw archaic the stomach In the concordance: maw
- mean changed meaning common; lowly; insignificant In the concordance: mean In this sense in Proverbs 22:29, Isaiah 2:9, Isaiah 5:15, Isaiah 31:8, Acts 21:39
- meat changed meaning food of any kind In the concordance: meat, meats
- mete archaic to measure In the concordance: mete, meted
- mincing archaic walking with affected little steps In the concordance: mincing
- minister changed meaning a servant; an attendant In the concordance: minister, ministered, ministereth, ministering, ministers
- mite archaic a very small coin In the concordance: mite, mites
- mollified archaic to soften In the concordance: mollified
- morrow archaic the next day; morning In the concordance: morrow
- mote archaic a speck; a particle of dust In the concordance: mote
- murrain archaic a plague among cattle In the concordance: murrain
N
O
- oblation archaic an offering In the concordance: oblation, oblations
- occupy changed meaning to trade; to do business In the concordance: occupied, occupieth, occupy
- ouches archaic settings for precious stones In the concordance: ouches
- outlandish changed meaning foreign In the concordance: outlandish
P
- paps archaic breasts In the concordance: paps
- pate archaic the top of the head In the concordance: pate
- peculiar changed meaning one's own special possession In the concordance: peculiar
- penury archaic poverty In the concordance: penury
- peradventure archaic perhaps; perchance In the concordance: Peradventure
- pilled archaic peeled In the concordance: pilled
- pitiful changed meaning full of pity; compassionate In the concordance: pitiful
- pommels archaic a round knob In the concordance: pommels
- potsherd archaic a piece of broken pottery In the concordance: potsherd, potsherds
- pottage archaic a thick soup or stew In the concordance: pottage
- prating archaic to chatter; to talk foolishly In the concordance: prating
- prefer changed meaning to put before; to promote In the concordance: prefer, preferred, preferring
- presently changed meaning immediately In the concordance: presently
- prevent changed meaning to go before; to come before In the concordance: prevent, prevented, preventest
- privily archaic privately; secretly In the concordance: privily
- provoke changed meaning to stir up; to incite (also to good) In the concordance: provoke, provoked, provokedst, provoketh, provoking In this sense in 2 Corinthians 9:2, Hebrews 10:24
- psaltery archaic a stringed instrument In the concordance: psalteries, psaltery
- publican changed meaning a collector of taxes In the concordance: publican, publicans
- pulse archaic beans, peas, and other seeds eaten as food In the concordance: pulse
- purtenance archaic the inner parts of an animal In the concordance: purtenance
Q
- quaternion archaic a squad of four soldiers In the concordance: quaternions
- quick changed meaning alive; living In the concordance: quick
- quicken archaic to make alive In the concordance: quicken, quickened, quickeneth, quickening
- quit changed meaning to acquit; to conduct oneself ("quit you like men") In the concordance: quit In this sense in Exodus 21:19, Exodus 21:28, Joshua 2:20, 1 Samuel 4:9, 1 Corinthians 16:13
R
- raiment archaic clothing In the concordance: raiment
- rampart archaic a defensive wall In the concordance: rampart
- reins changed meaning the kidneys; the inmost mind and heart In the concordance: reins
- rend archaic to tear In the concordance: rend, rending
- rent archaic torn; a tear In the concordance: rent
- requite archaic to repay In the concordance: requite, requited, requiting
- rereward archaic the rear guard In the concordance: rereward
- rid changed meaning to rescue; to deliver In the concordance: rid, ridden, rideth, riding In this sense in Genesis 37:22, Exodus 6:6, Psalms 82:4, Psalms 144:7, Psalms 144:11
- rie archaic rye; a grain In the concordance: rie
- ringstraked archaic marked with rings or stripes In the concordance: ringstraked
- road changed meaning a raid; an inroad In the concordance: road In this sense in 1 Samuel 27:10
- room changed meaning a place; a seat In the concordance: room, rooms In this sense in 1 Kings 2:35, 1 Kings 19:16, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 23:6, Mark 12:39, Luke 14:7, Luke 14:8, Luke 14:9, Luke 14:10, Luke 20:46
- rue archaic an herb In the concordance: rue, rust, Ruth
S
- sackbut archaic a stringed instrument In the concordance: sackbut
- sad changed meaning serious; grave In the concordance: sad
- scall archaic a scaly disease of the skin In the concordance: scall
- scrabble archaic to scratch; to scrawl In the concordance: scrabbled
- scrip archaic a small bag for food In the concordance: scrip
- seethe archaic to boil In the concordance: seethe, seething
- selvedge archaic the edge of woven cloth In the concordance: selvedge
- shambles archaic a meat market In the concordance: shambles
- sherd archaic a piece of broken pottery In the concordance: sherd, sherds
- shew archaic to show In the concordance: shew, shewed, shewedst, shewest, sheweth, shewing
- shewbread archaic the bread of the presence, set before the Lord In the concordance: shewbread
- shod archaic wearing shoes In the concordance: shod
- silly changed meaning simple; easily misled In the concordance: silly
- simple changed meaning naive; easily led In the concordance: simple
- sith archaic since In the concordance: sith
- sod archaic boiled (past tense of seethe) In the concordance: sod
- sodden archaic boiled In the concordance: sodden
- sojourn archaic to live for a time as a stranger In the concordance: sojourn, sojourned, sojourneth, sojourning
- sometime changed meaning formerly; once In the concordance: sometime
- sometimes changed meaning formerly; once In the concordance: sometimes
- sottish archaic dull; foolish In the concordance: sottish
- spake archaic spoke In the concordance: spake, spakest
- spikenard archaic a costly perfumed ointment In the concordance: spikenard
- stanched archaic to stop the flow of In the concordance: stanched
- stay changed meaning a support; to support In the concordance: stay, stayed, stayeth, stays In this sense in Exodus 17:12, 2 Samuel 22:19, Psalms 18:18, Isaiah 3:1, Isaiah 10:20, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 50:10
- still changed meaning always; continually In the concordance: still In this sense in Exodus 9:2, Numbers 14:38, Psalms 84:4, Psalms 139:18, Jeremiah 31:20
- stomacher archaic an ornamental covering for the breast In the concordance: stomacher
- straightway changed meaning immediately In the concordance: straightway
- strait archaic narrow; tight; a difficulty In the concordance: strait, straiten, straitest, straits
- straitly archaic strictly; closely In the concordance: straitly
- strake archaic lowered (sails); a stripe In the concordance: strake, strakes
- stripling archaic a youth In the concordance: stripling
- subtil archaic crafty; cunning In the concordance: subtil
- suffer changed meaning to allow; to permit (also to undergo) In the concordance: suffer, suffered, sufferest, suffereth, suffering
- sundry archaic various; several In the concordance: sundry
- sup archaic to eat supper In the concordance: sup, supped
- suretiship archaic becoming surety for another's debt In the concordance: suretiship
- surfeiting archaic overindulgence in eating and drinking In the concordance: surfeiting
- swaddling archaic wrapping in bands of cloth In the concordance: swaddling
T
- tabering archaic beating on a drum or the breast In the concordance: tabering
- tablet changed meaning an ornament; a pendant In the concordance: tablets In this sense in Exodus 35:22, Numbers 31:50, Isaiah 3:20
- tabret archaic a small drum; a tambourine In the concordance: tabret, tabrets
- taches archaic clasps; hooks In the concordance: taches
- tare archaic a weed resembling wheat In the concordance: tare, tares
- targets archaic a small shield In the concordance: targets
- teil archaic the lime or linden tree In the concordance: teil
- tell changed meaning to count In the concordance: tell, telleth, told In this sense in Genesis 15:5, 2 Chronicles 2:2, Psalms 22:17, Psalms 48:12, Psalms 147:4
- tempt changed meaning to test; to try In the concordance: tempt, tempted, tempteth, tempting
- tetrarch archaic a ruler of a fourth part of a province In the concordance: tetrarch
- thought changed meaning anxiety; worry In the concordance: thought, thoughtest, thoughts In this sense in 1 Samuel 9:5, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:27, Matthew 6:28, Matthew 6:31, Matthew 6:34, Matthew 10:19, Mark 13:11, Luke 12:11, Luke 12:22, Luke 12:25, Luke 12:26
- tire archaic a headdress In the concordance: tire, tired, tires
- tittle archaic a small mark in writing; the least part In the concordance: tittle
- translate changed meaning to carry over; to remove In the concordance: translate, translated
- travail archaic labor, especially in childbirth; toil In the concordance: travail, travailed, travailest, travaileth, travailing
- tribute changed meaning a tax In the concordance: tribute
- trow archaic to think; to suppose In the concordance: trow
- trump archaic a trumpet In the concordance: trump
- twain archaic two In the concordance: twain
U
- unction archaic an anointing In the concordance: unction
- unicorn changed meaning a wild ox In the concordance: unicorn, unicorns
- unwittingly archaic unknowingly; without meaning to In the concordance: unwittingly
- usurer changed meaning a moneylender charging interest In the concordance: usurer
- usury archaic interest on a loan In the concordance: usury
V
- vail archaic a veil In the concordance: vail, vails
- vaunt archaic to boast In the concordance: vaunt, vaunteth
- vesture archaic clothing In the concordance: vesture, vestures
- victuals archaic food; provisions In the concordance: victuals
- vile changed meaning lowly; humble; worthless In the concordance: vile, vilest In this sense in Philippians 3:21, James 2:2
- virtue changed meaning power; strength In the concordance: virtue In this sense in Mark 5:30, Luke 6:19, Luke 8:46
W
- wax archaic to grow; to become In the concordance: wax, waxed, waxen, waxeth, waxing
- wealth changed meaning well-being; welfare In the concordance: wealth In this sense in Ezra 9:12, Esther 10:3, 1 Corinthians 10:24
- wen archaic a swelling; a growth on the skin In the concordance: wen
- wench archaic a young woman; a maidservant In the concordance: wench
- whelp archaic the young of a lion or dog; a cub In the concordance: whelp, whelps
- wherefore archaic why; therefore In the concordance: wherefore
- whit archaic the least part; a bit In the concordance: whit, whited
- wimples archaic a covering for the head and neck In the concordance: wimples
- winefat archaic the vat of a winepress In the concordance: winefat
- wist archaic knew In the concordance: wist
- wit changed meaning to know ("to wit": that is to say) In the concordance: wit
- withal archaic with it; besides In the concordance: withal
- wittingly archaic knowingly In the concordance: wittingly
- witty changed meaning clever; inventive In the concordance: witty
- wont archaic accustomed; used to In the concordance: wont
- woof archaic the threads that cross the warp in weaving In the concordance: woof
- worship changed meaning honor; respect In the concordance: worship, worshipped, worshippeth, worshipping In this sense in Luke 14:10
- wot archaic to know In the concordance: wot, wotteth
- wroth archaic angry In the concordance: wroth
- wrought archaic made; worked In the concordance: wrought, wroughtest
Y
- yesternight archaic last night In the concordance: yesternight
- yokefellow archaic a companion in work In the concordance: yokefellow
- yonder archaic over there In the concordance: yonder
