1. An ETYMOLOGICAL Study of SIGNIFICANT words in SCRIPTURE
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2. Word Power
“A word is chosen for its particular meaning; inspiring and noble thoughts elevate our souls to a new level of understanding. We truly have expressions and examples of divine language. One word—just a single, simple word—can bring a variety of thoughts and influences. Words can get things done, fulfill commitments or accomplish miracles. We may, because of words, be moved to tears or to laughter, feel great or miserable, be exalted or condemned. Language is divine.” (Elder Charles Ditier, October 1979)

3. ABIDE
“Abide in me” is an understandable and beautiful, but “abide” is not a word we use much anymore. In Spanish that familiar phrase is rendered “permaneced en mi.” Permanecer means “to remain, to stay,” but even gringos like me can hear the root cognate there of “permanence.” The sense of this then is “stay—but stay forever.” That is the call of the gospel message to Chileans and everyone else in the world. Come, but come to remain. Come with conviction and endurance. Come permanently.” (Elder Holland, April 2004).

4. What have been the purposes of adversity in your life?
“To turn”; same root as verses.  Old English meaning “to become” or “to turn into”  

5. ADVERSITY
“Like the intense fire that transforms iron into steel, as we remain faithful during the fiery trial of our faith, we are spiritually transformed and strengthened.” (“The Trial of your Faith, Elder Neil L. Andersen, October 2012 CR)

6. Agony Who, in the scriptures, uses the word agony?
"And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground." (Luke 24:39)
Greek agonia. “A mental struggle for victory.” From agon "a contest," and agein "to lead or to wrestle.”

7. AGONY
“Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity.” (Elder Maxwell, April 1978).

8. Apostasy Why did the Apostasy occur? Did the Lord causes an apostasy?
APOSTASY: Literally "to stand off“; from apo- "away from" + stenai "to stand."
When people apo-stenai (when they don't take a stand for things or when they're standoff-ish about convictions), the Lord withdraws.

9. BLESS We hear this word twice each Sacrament meeting
It means “To consecrate and make holy.”
From Proto-Germanic blodison: “Hallow with blood or mark with blood”

10. Charity Try to guess this word:
Same roots as char (literally seared within one's soul), character, charisma
~People are often drawn others because of their goodness.

11. CHARITY
“"Real charity is not something you give away; it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself....Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt. Charity is accepting someone's differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn't handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another's weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other" (Ensign, May 1992, 18). Marvin J. Ashton

12. Comfort
Ephesians 6:10 - “Be ye comforted in the Lord.” 
1 Timothy 1:12 - “I do thanksgiving to him who comforted me.” 
Greek: Endunamoun (root word: dunamis, or ‘power’, from which the word dynamite comes)
“The Comforter comforts us with a power like spiritual dynamite.  The Holy Spirit does not simply come and wipe our tears away; he gives us a dynamic power to cope with life.” [Nielsen, Donna, Beloved Bridegroom, p ]

13. Compassion
This word means “to suffer together” (from com- "together" + pati "to suffer“)

14. Complain
Which word, used in 1 Nephi 5 to describe Nephi’s mother’s feelings about his father, originally meant “to beat one’s self”?
From Latin com- (with) + plangere (to strike or beat one’s self)

15. COMPLAIN
“Fourteen years ago the Lord took my wife beyond the veil. I love her with all my heart, but I have never complained because I know it was His will. I have never asked why but rather what is it that He wants me to learn from this experience. I believe that is a good way to face the unpleasant things in our lives, not complaining but thanking the Lord for the trust He places in us when He gives us the opportunity to overcome difficulties.” (Elder Scott, April 2009)

16. COMPLAIN
“Yes, life has its problems, and yes, there are negative things to face, but please accept one of Elder Holland’s maxims for living—no misfortune is so bad that complaining (whining) about it won’t make it worse.” (Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, April 2007)

17. CONTEMPLATE
From Latin templum, meaning “a place to meditate.” (it is the root from which the word temple comes)
If we contemplate (especially in the temple), sacred covenants will be better remembered and kept.

18. “To pass judgment on something”
Criticize
“To pass judgment on something”
From krinein “to separate”; same root as crisis. Crisis (Greek): The turning point in a disease.

19. CRITICIZE
“Murmurers make good conversational cloak holders. Though picking up no stones themselves, they provoke others to do so.” (Elder Neal A. Maxwell, October 1989)

20. DESIRE
Desire (v).  From Latin desiderare "long for, wish for; demand, expect, to look at closely"
What significant scripture account uses the word ‘desire’?

21. DESIRE Gensis 3:16 Cross-reference with Genesis 4:6-7
In this cross-reference verse, sin is described in animal terms—like a lion or tiger hiding by a door, ready to pounce.
In Genesis 3, the Lord tells Eve that her desire shall be for her husband. A woman’s desire shall be to dominate her husband (just like sin seeks to dominate all of us). In place of the family structure God calls us to, there would now be a power struggle - a struggle to dominate.  A woman’s desire for her husband shall be a desire to push him out of his place of leadership. It continues today: A wife struggles to submit to her (fallen) husband’s leadership; her submission means that she must sinlessly submit to a sinful fallen man.

22. Endow
Remain in Jerusalem “until ye be endued with power from on high.”  The English word endue “coincides nearly in signification with endow, that is, to put on, to put on something; to invest; to clothe.” Endue means “to put on as a garment; to clothe or cover.”  The Greek word enduo has two main meanings. The first is “to dress, to clothe someone,” or “to sink into a garment.”
Second, the word can also be used figuratively, meaning “to take on characteristics and virtues of another.”

23. Excruciate
From Latin excruciatus, meaning "to torture, torment, rack, plague;" from ex- "out, thoroughly" + cruciare "cause pain or anguish to," literally “to crucify” (crux “cross”).  

24. EXCRUTIATING
“His victory came through His excruciating pain (literally). He atoned for our sins if we repent. Luke described the intensity of the agony: “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling to the ground.” (President Faust, October 1999).

25. FORTY Quarantine comes from the French "qarante" for 40.
“A period of isolation”
Whenever a ship arriving in port was suspected of being infected it had to forego contact with the shore for a period of about 40 days.
Great Flood: 40 days (Gen. 7:17).
Children of Israel: 40 years in the wilderness (Num. 32:13)
Jesus (Matt. 4:1–11) and Moses (Ex. 34:28) fasted 40 days.

26. Think of scriptural passages that contain the word “glory”

27. GLORY
Hebrew Kavod.  
Psalm 24:8 - “The Lord is this king of kavod, mighty in battle."
In Psalm 3:3 the kavod of God is comparable with his shield; in Job 29:20 kavod is compared with a bow.
Kavod: “battle equipment”. Literally “heavy weapons and defenses for battle”.

28. GLORY
“You have help from both sides of the veil, and you must never forget that. When disappointment and discouragement strike--and they will--you remember that if our eyes could be opened, we would see horses and chariots of fire as far as the eye can see riding at reckless speed to come to our protection." (Elder Holland, BYU Speeches, 1980)

29. HELPMEET
Where is this word used?
Genesis 2:18

30. HELPMEET
In Hebrew, the two words that "help meet" are derived from are the words "ezer" and the word 'k’enegdo".  Ezer is a combination of two roots, one meaning “to rescue”, “to save,”  The root ezer also means “strength”.  
Eve was not intended to be just his helper or his companion, rather she was intended to be his savior, his deliverer.

31. HELPMEET
The word "k’enegdo" means  “exactly corresponding to,” like beholding oneself in a mirror."  Eve was not designed to be exactly like Adam. She was designed to be his mirror opposite, possessing the other half of the attributes which he lacked.
Genesis 2:18 could read: “It is not good that man should be alone. I will make him a companion of strength is equal with him and who has power to save him from himself.”

32. Infallable Proofs
In Acts, Luke told Theophilus that Jesus “presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days” (Acts 1:3). 
Tekmerion; “a sure sign,” “a mark,” “a token”. (All Things Restored, p. xiii, footnote #11. See also Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words and The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.)

33. MEDIOCRE
Mediocre: From Latin mediocris "of middling height or state."   Originally "halfway up a mountain," from medius "middle"+ ocris "jagged mountain"

34. MEDIOCRE
Alma 47
10 When it was night, Amalakiah sent a secret embassy … to Lehonti that he should come down to the foot of the mount.
 11 When Lehonti received the message he durst not go down. And it came to pass that Amalickiah sent again the second time, desiring him to come down. And it came to pass that Lehonti would not; and he sent again the third time.
 12 And it came to pass that when Amalickiah found that he could not get Lehonti to come down off from the mount, he went up into the mount, nearly to Lehonti’s camp; and he sent again the fourth time his message unto Lehonti, desiring that he would come down.
 13 And it came to pass that when Lehonti had come down …that Amalickiah caused that one of his servants should administer poison by degrees to Lehonti, that he died.

35. MEDIOCRE
“Half obedience will be rejected as readily as full violation, and maybe quicker, for half rejection and half acceptance is but a sham, an admission of lack of character, a lack of love for Him. It is actually an effort to live on both sides of the line” (Mark E. Petersen, in Conference Report, Apr. 1982, 21; orEnsign, May 1982, 16).

36. MEEK What is the only word that Jesus used to describe himself?
Greek: Controlled strength

37. MEEK
President Kimball:  ”Meekness is boldly denouncing evil, bravely advancing righteous works, courageously meeting every problem, becoming the master of himself and being near oblivious to personal credit. It is not weak, vacillating, nor servile submissiveness.”
Moroni: “None is acceptable before God, save the meek.” (Moroni 7:43–44)
Elder Maxwell:  “Meekness is the subtraction of self.”
“A meek man is like water, which when it meets an obstacle, rises slowly and patiently and ultimately runs over the obstruction and wears it away. The meek man is submissive only in the sense that he accepts the inevitable; because he submits to the will of God, he gains new strength, a new power.“ (Leland S. Monson, Look to the Mount)

38. MERIT/MERCY
"There is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah" (2 Nephi 2:8).
MERIT: From Greek meros "part, fraction“ and Hittite mark to divide a sacrifice.
MERCY: Latin "favor, pity", from mercis "merchandise" (same root as market)
“I am the vine, ye are the branches: . . . without me ye can do nothing” (John 15:5)

40. Offend (Greek): a stick for bait used in a trap.
OFFEND (offense)
Offend (Greek): a stick for bait used in a trap.
DON’T TAKE THE BAIT
“It ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. To be offended is a choice we make…You and I cannot control the intentions or behavior of other people. However, we do determine how we will act. Please remember that you and I are agents endowed with moral agency, and we can choose not to be offended” (“Nothing Shall Offend Them”, October 2006 CR)

41. ORDAIN “Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God...”
To confer holy orders upon.
To decree something officially.
“Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God...”

42. PERFECT
What word used in the Sermon on the Mount means “A person who has become fully initiated in the rituals of a religion.”
Greek Teleios: “To distinguish between initial teachings and the full instruction.” Literally “to put someone in the position in which he can come, or stand, before God.”
Hebrews 6:1 “…Let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works…”

43. PERVERT Pervert (n.): “One who has forsaken a true doctrine”
Which scripture accounts in the Book of Mormon uses this word?
Hint: There are 12!
Alma 31:1,11

44. PERVERT Pervert (n.): “One who has forsaken a true doctrine”
Now it came to pass that after the end of Korihor, Alma having received tidings that the Zoramites were perverting the ways of the Lord…his heart again began to sicken because  of the iniquity of the people.
Yea, in fine, they did pervert the ways of the Lord in very many instances; therefore Alma and his brethren went to preach the word unto them…

45. PITCH What did Noah use to keep the ark from sinking?
Gen 6:14 - Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.  
Pitch (kopher): “Price of a life, ransom.”  The root is kaphar and means, “to cover, make an atonement, make reconciliation.”
That ark (and our lives) is designed to float over the stormy seas because of being sealed through the atonement.

46. RECONCILIATION
“The word atonement appears only once in the New Testament (Rom. 5:11). The preferred word used in translation is reconciliation.  Reconciliation is a good word for atonement; it means literally to be seated again with someone (re-con-silio)—as Paul said: “He sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on High.”  (Hugh Nibley, Atonement and Reconciliation, July 1990 Ensign.)

47. RELIGION Same root as the word 'ligament.'
Ligaments connect muscles to bones.
Religion literally means, 'continuously tying together; to connect, to bind.'
Application: That which is supposed to help us tie it all together should not be used to tear us apart!

48. REMORSE Remorse means literally means 'to bite back’.
Why is remorse part of the repentance process?
Remorse means literally means 'to bite back’.

49. REMORSE
“Real remorse floods the soul. This is a ‘godly sorrow,’ not merely the ‘sorrow of the world’ (2 Cor. 7:10). False remorse is like “fondling our failings.” We mourn our mistakes but without mending them.” (Elder Maxwell, October 1991).

50. REPENT SHUBE (Hebrew): To turn from
MATANEOEO (Greek): A change of mind
POENITORE (Latin):
To punish, strip, cut, mutilate, disfigure, starve or torture
“Because of the Savior’s Atonement, repentance is a beautiful word” (“The Meaning of Repentance”, Elder Theodore Burton, August 1988 Ensign).

51. The word salary comes from the Latin salarium; the payment for salt.
In ancient times, salt was referred to as white gold. In Think of Latin languages: salud/salute, meaning health, a reminder that salt preserves.

52. Semaino
Revelation 1:1  "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and **signified** it by his angel unto his servant John:"
The Greek word for signify is “semaino:” to show by signs or tokens”. See D&C 129:4-5. 

53. SIN
What is sin?
Hebrew hhata . In Judges 20:16, every one could “sling stones and not miss”; the word translated as "miss" is hhata.
God provides us with the target, his teachings, and when we do not hit that target, we "miss the mark."

54. SINs
Matthew 3:6 – “[They] were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.”
1 John 1:7 – “…The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
“Sin” (singular) - nature of sin (the fallen natural man) within us.
“Sins” (plural) - acts of sinning as the fruits of our carnal nature
Sin is the disease and sins are the symptoms - and the atonement can take care of both!

55. SIN
“I cannot comprehend the burden it must have been for God in His heaven to witness the deep suffering and Crucifixion of His Beloved Son in such a manner. His every impulse and instinct must have been to stop it, to send angels to intervene—but He did not intervene. I am eternally grateful neither shrank from the bitter cup nor forsook the rest of us who are imperfect, who fall short and stumble, who too often miss the mark.” (Elder Holland April 1999).

56. SORCERY Is drug use mentioned in the scriptures?
The words "pharmacy" and "pharmaceutical" are derived from the Greek word, pharmakeia
“Now the deeds of the flesh are immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery (pharmakeia), enmities, strife, jealousy (Galatians 5:19-21).
“…For your merchants were the great men of the earth because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery (pharmakeia). (Revelation 18:23)

57. STIR Where is the word “stir” used in the scriptures? 3 Nephi 11:29
Greek storan "to scatter, destroy, disturb.” Probably from the root of storm.   

58. STIR
“The verb stir sounds like a recipe for disaster: Put tempers on medium heat, stir in a few choice words, and bring to a boil; continue stirring until thick; cool off; let feelings chill for several days; serve cold; lots of leftovers.” (Elder Lynn G. Robbins, April 1998)

59. Wisdom (Hebrew) ‘chakam’ “Expert or skillful.”
Exodus 28:3 “And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments…that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.”
Wise people are able to follow the Lord’s pattern with exactness.

60. Wisdom
(Greek) ‘sophia’: “Knowledge and practice for godly and upright living.”
James 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him as of God.”
Elder Cook: “I have learned that the command to “ask of God” is not merely to satisfy our curiosity. God wants us to seek more than facts; He wants us to be prepared to act. His desire is to give us not only the understanding or knowledge, but the opportunity to “practice” becoming like Him.” (Facebook.com/ElderQuintinLCook, January 2016)

61. Final Jeopardy!
Final Jeopardy

62. Final Jeopardy! Honesty Kind Confidence Profane Sarcasm Mortgage
Companion
Enthusiasm
Same root word as “honor”
Same root as “family” (kin)
“With faith”
“Not admitted into the temple with the initiates”
To “strip off the flesh”
“Death pledge”
“To eat bread together”
“Possessed by a god”

63. Goodbye www.biblehub.com www.etymonline.com www.scriptures.lds.org
1590s, from godbwye (1570s); a contraction of 
“God be with you”

64. An ETYMOLOGICAL Study of SIGNIFICANT words in SCRIPTURE
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