Bible Pronunciation Audio Guide
Free audio recordings for 857 biblical words and names — click to hear, no signup required
Why Audio Makes Pronunciation Stick
Phonetic spellings help, but hearing a word spoken is what makes it permanent. Language researchers call this “auditory encoding” — the brain stores spoken words in a different memory system than written words, and auditory memories are retrieved faster and more accurately during speech. Hear “Bartholomew” spoken once, say it twice, and you’ll have it. That’s the entire method BibleSpeak is built on.
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Sample Recordings — Click to Hear
The entries below include some of the most-searched and most-challenging words in our database, selected to give you a representative sample of what’s available. Every word in the full database has an audio recording.
a teacher; lofty; mountain of strength
Hear the pronunciation of Aaron
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a son that suspends the waters
Hear the pronunciation of Bartholomew
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Hear the pronunciation of Bethlehem
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the same as Caphtor, a sphere, buckle, or hand
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he that embraces; a wrestler
Hear the pronunciation of Habakkuk
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just people
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Hear the pronunciation of Miletus
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separated; crowned; sanctified
Hear the pronunciation of Nazareth
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Nebuchadrezzar, tears and groans of judgment
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a nation made up of every tribe
Hear the pronunciation of Pamphylia
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Hear the pronunciation of Thaddaeus
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victory against the Thessalians
Hear the pronunciation of Thessalonica
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