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| Laban | "White", brother of Rebekah, Jacob's father in law. |
| labourer | Paid worker. |
| Lachish | Fortified city of Judah 30 miles SW of Jerusalem, taken by Joshua. |
| laded | Put or loaded goods on board a ship. |
| laden | Loaded. |
| Lahairoi | Beerlahairoi, the well where Hagar spoke to an Angel of God. |
| Laish | The early name of Dan. |
| lame | Unable to walk or run, crippled. |
| Lamech | Father of Noah, son of Methuselah, lived 777 years. |
| lamed | The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. |
| lament | Mourn or grieve. |
| Lamentations | Mourning or grieving, a book lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem. |
| languish | Become feeble, to lose vitality, or to become depressed. |
| Laodicea | A town in Phrygia, 7th of the 7 churches of Revelation. |
| lapwing | A migratory bird that spends the summer in the Holy Lands, often figured on Egyptian monuments. |
| lascivious | Expressing sexual lust. |
| lasciviousness | The sin of expressing sexual lust. |
| latchet | A string or leather strap for fastening a shoe to the foot. |
| Latin | The language of the Romans. |
| latter | Later, or last. |
| laud | Praise. |
| launch | Set forth by ship. |
| laver | "Wash", the pots or basins where the priest washed their hands and feet. |
| law | Usually refers to the law in the first 5 books of the old testament. |
| lawful | In agreement with the law. |
| lawyer | Expert in the law. |
| layedst | Laid. |
| Lazarus | 1. "Help of God", friend of Christ that was raised from the dead. 2. A poor leper that died and went to Abraham's bosom. |
| Leah | "Antelope", older daughter of Laban, that married Jacob, bore 6 sons, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulan and a daughter named Dinah. |
| learned | Taught. |
| leathern | Leather. |
| leaven | The substance added to dough that makes it rise while cooking. |
| Lebanon | "White", the highest mountain range of Syria, forming the northern boundary of Palestine, exploited for it's splendid timber. |
| leddest | Led. |
| leeks | An edible vegetable similar to an onion. |
| lees | The dredge at the bottom of wine jars. |
| legion | A division of the Roman army of 3000-6000 foot soldiers, and additional cavalry. |
| leisure | Idle time, freedom. |
| lent | Loaned. |
| lentiles | A plant whose seeds are eaten as a vegetable or made into a flour. |
| leper | Someone who has leprosy. |
| leprosy | A disease that affects the skin, can cause fingers, ears, etc to fall off. |
| leprous | Like a person who has leprosy. |
| lest | Unless, in order that something might not happen. |
| letters | Mail, or the letters of the alphabet that enable you to read and write. |
| Levi | 1. "Associated", 3rd of the 12 sons of Jacob, 3rd son of Leah. 2. Matthew, an apostle of Christ, son of Alphaeus. |
| leviathan | A huge sea monster, whale or ship, or even a crocodile. |
| Levites | Descendant of Levi, the priests of Israel. |
| Leviticus | Third book of the old testament that contains the rituals and laws. |
| lewdness | Indecent. |
| liberal | Giving or generous, or broad minded, tolerant of other ideals, nontraditional. |
| liberality | Giving. |
| Libertines | Freed slaves. |
| liberty | Freedom. |
| Libnah | A fortified town betwee Aijalon and Lachish, taken by Joshua. |
| Libya | The general term for the people west of Egypt. |
| lice | Small wingless blood sucking insects that attack warm blooded animals or people on the body or in the hair or feathers. |
| licence | Permission. |
| licentious | Disregarding moral laws regarding sex. |
| lien | Lay down with. |
| lign | Wood. |
| ligure | An unknown but probably yellow gemstone. |
| likewise | In similar manner. |
| lineage | A descendant. |
| lintel | The beam across the top of a doorway. |
| listed | Wished. |
| lo | Behold, or surprise. |
| Loammi | Not my people. |
| locust | A migrating family of grasshoppers that eat everything in their path. |
| lodge | Spend the night, or place to spend the night. |
| loins | The part of the body between the hip bones and ribs. |
| Lois | Godly grandmother of Timothy. |
| loosed | Set free. |
| lord | Master. |
| Loruhamah | No mercy. |
| Lot | "Covering", Abraham's nephew whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back. |
| lots | Casting lots, sticks, stones or pieces of bone thrown like dice to decide something. |
| love | An emotion of deep affection or devotion. |
| lowliness | Humbleness, modesty. |
| lowly | Humble. |
| lowring | Lowering. |
| lucre | Nastiness. |
| Luke | "Luminous", physician, author of the gospel Luke and the book of Acts. |
| lukewarm | Neither cold nor hot. |
| lunatick | Mad, insane. |
| lurk | Lie in wait. |
| lust | A passionate desire. |
| Luz | The previous name of Bethel. |
| Lycaonia | A district E of Pisidia, N of the Taurus mountains, and part of the Roman province of Galatia. |
| Lycia | A small district on the S coast of Asia Minor. |
| Lydda | Now called Lud, town 11 miles southeast of Joppa. |
| Lydia | A woman converted to Christianity by Paul at Thyatira. |
| lyre | A musical instrument with strings, similar to a harp, but smaller. |
| Lysias | The Roman centurian that arrested Paul in Jerusalem, stationed at the fortress of Antonia. |
| Lystra | A Roman colony 20 miles from Iconium, 130 miles from Antioch, where Paul healed a crippled man and was subsequently stoned and left for dead. |