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Hebrew words in the Greek Texts
By Jeff A. Benner

Contained with in the Greek text of the New Testament are many Hebrew words and phrases that have been transliterated from the Hebrew language into the Greek language. While many of these have been described as being "Aramaic," there is no textual evidence to suggest that these are Aramaic rather than Hebrew.

In the book of Matthew (27:46) is the phrase "Eli eli lema sabachthani" (eli eli lama sabachtani). This is a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew "אלי אלי למה שבקתני" (eli eli lama shabaqtani) meaning "my God my God why have you left me."

Below are additional Hebrew words found in the Greek New Testament.

Mat 12:1 sabbaton sabbaton 4521 שבתון shabbaton sabbath, rest 7676
Mat 23:7 Rabbi rabbi 4461 רבי rabbi master 7227
Mat 26:2 pasca pascha 3957 פסח pesach passover 6453
Mat 4:10 SatanaV satanos 4567 שטן satan adversary 4566
Mat 5:18 amhn amen 281 אמן amen amen 543
Mat 5:22 raka raka 4469 ריק reyq empty 7386
Mat 5:22 geenna gehenna 1067 גיא הנם gai hinom valley 1516/2011
Mat 6:19 shV ses 4597 סס sas moth 5580
Mark 7:11 korban korban 2878 קרבן qorban offering 7133
Mark 14:36 Abba abba 5 אבא abba father 1
Luke 1:15 oinoV oinos 3631 יין yayin wine 3196
Luke 1:15 sikera sikera 4608 שכר shekar strong drink 7941
Luke 10:13 sakkoV sakkos 4526 שק saq sackcloth 8242
Luke 13:21 saton saton 4568 סאה se'ah measure 5429
Luke 16:19 bussoV boosos 1040 בוץ buts fine linen 948
Luke 16:7 koroV koros 2884 כור kor measure 3734
John 6:31 manna manna 3131 מן man manna 4478
John 12:13 ¢wsannna hosanna 5614 הושעה נא hoshi'ah na save now 3467/4994
Rom 9:29 Sabawq sabaoth 4519 צבאות tsivot hosts 5467
2 Cor 1:22 arrabwn arrabon 728 ערבון erabon pledge 6162
2 Cor 11:33 sarganh sargane 4553 שרג sarag wrapped 8276
Rev 19:1 ¢Allhlouia halleluia 239 הללו יה halelu yah praise Yah 1984/3050


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