English search results for: bet

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. bet, stake
  2. pledge (security for debt), hostage, mortgage
  3. relict
  4. symbol
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. (2nd letter of Hebrew alphabet)
  2. (transliterate as B and V)
  3. bet
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: Near East
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: William Whitaker’s personal guess