CAN YOU EXPLAIN THESE OLD ENGLISH WORDS?

 BIBLE TRANSLATIONS

It's important that you can communicate and explain God's Word to a lost world.

English language is constantly changing, there are new words in our dictionaries, and some words that are not commonly used any more.

Below are some old English words from the King James Version of the Bible.  

Imagine that you are talking to a person who had never read the Bible.  Can you define some of the following words? 

    APPERTAINETH ~ Leviticus 6:5

    BEWRAYETH ~ Matthew 26:73

    COUCHETH ~ Deuteronomy 33:13

    DEFERRETH ~ Proverbs 19:11

    ENFLAMING ~ Isaiah 57:5

    FORSWEAR ~ Matthew 5:33

    GAPED ~ Job 16:10

    HINDERMOST ~ Genesis 33:2

    INTREATIES ~ Proverbs 18:23

    JEOPARDED ~ Judges 5:18

    KNOP ~ Exodus 25:33

    LUNATICK ~ Matthew 4:24

    MALIGNITY ~ Romans 1:29

    NESSINGS ~ Job 41:18

    OBEISANCE ~ Genesis 37:7

    PRANSINGS ~ Judges 5:22

    QUIVERED ~ Habakkuk 3:16

    RINGSTRAKED ~ Genesis 31:12

    SURMISINGS ~ Titus 6:4

    TWAIN ~ Ephesians 2:15

    UNTOWARD ~ Acts 2:40

    VERILY ~ John 3:3

    WAXING ~ Philippians 1:14

    YOUWARD ~ 2 Corinthians 1:12

    ZEALOUSLY ~ Galatians 4:18

A Bible Dictionary can help you understand words too.  Vine's Dictionary and Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary are great resources for your library.

Even the King James Bible translation has been updated over the centuries changing words to modern English.  The New King James Version is a more recent update of the KJV.

Keep your favorite Bible translation that you enjoy reading and studying. 

Check out the Bible Gateway online and compare other translations too.