| Text | Common Version | Modern Meaning |
| Gen 41:2 | Kine | Heifers |
| Exd 3:5 | Shoes | Sandals |
| Exd 3:22 | Borrow | Ask |
| Exd 4:24 | Inn | Lodging-place |
| Exd 5:4 | Let | Hinder |
| Exd 5:8 | Tale | Number |
| Exd 18:18 | Harnessed | In ranks |
| Exd 28:40 | Bonnets | Turbans |
| Exd 34:15 | Whoring | Astray |
| Exd 34:26 | Seethe | Boil |
| Exd 34:29 | Wish | Knew |
| Exd 35:11 | Taches | Clasps |
| Exd 37:29 | Apothecary | Perfumer |
| Exd 39:23 | Habergeon | Coat of Mail |
| Lev 2:1 | Meat-offerings | Wheat-offerings |
| Num 1:2 | Polls | One by one |
| Deu 12:30 | Champaign | Plain |
| Deu 16:1-4 | Coast | Districts |
| Jos 6:9 | Rereward | Rear |
| Jos 13:25 | Children of Ammon | Ammonites |
| Jos 20:3 | Unwittingly | Unintentionally |
| Jos 23:1 | Stricken in age | Advanced in years |
| Jdg 3:24 | Covereth his feet | Reposeth |
| Jdg 7:10 | Host | Camp army |
| Jdg 7:10 | Fellow | Comrade |
| Jdg 14:13 | Shirts | Sheets |
| Jdg 15:4 | Foxes | Jackals |
| Jdg 18:2 | Children of Dan | Danites |
| 1Sa 1:15 | Daughter of Belial | Worthless woman |
| 1Sa 2:5 | Seven | Many |
| 1Sa 2:12 | Sons of Belial | Worthless men |
| 1Sa 2:29 | Kick | Spurn |
| 1Sa 3:18 | Every whit | Everything |
| 1Sa 5:9 | Secret Parts | Inwardly |
| 1Sa 8:12 | Ear | Till |
| 1Sa 13:17 | Spoilers | Foragers |
| 1Sa 13:20 | Coultery | Spade |
| 1Sa 17:24 | Carriage | Baggage |
| 1Sa 17:24 | Sore | Exceedingly, greatly |
| 1Sa 17:39 | Assayed | Attempted |
| 1Sa 22:17 | Footman | Guard |
| 1Sa 26:5 | Pitched | Encamped |
| 1Sa 26:11 | Cruse | Jug |
| 1Sa 30:13 | Agone | Ago |
| 2Sa 3:12 | League | Covenant |
| 2Sa 17:10 | Utterly melt | Be utterly dismayed |
| 2Sa 22:6 | Prevented | Surrounded |
| 1Ki 2:8 | Cursed | Reviled |
| 1Ki 3:7 | Go out or come in | Conduct affairs |
| 1Ki 4:2 | Princes | Chief officers |
| 1Ki 6:18 | Knops | Knobs |
| 1Ki 7:16 | Chapiters | Capitals |
| 1Ki 9:22 | Rulers of chariots | Charioteers |
| 1Ki 10:26 | Bestowed | Stationed |
| 1Ki 11:22 | Howbeit | Notwithstanding |
| 1Ki 11:28 | Charge | Imposts |
| 1Ki 14:3 | Cracknels | Cakes |
| 1Ki 20:12, 16 | Pavilions | Booths |
| 2Ki 4:43 | Servitor | Servant |
| 2Ki 5:24 | Tower | Secret place |
| 2Ki 24:16 | Craftsmen | Carpenters |
| 1Ch 22:5 | Magnifical | Magnificient |
| 1Ch 30:1 | Provoked | Proved |
| 2Ch 26:14 | Habergeons | Breastplates |
| Job 1:1 | Perfect | Sincere |
| Job 1:1 | Eschewed | Avoided |
| Job 3:12 | Prevent | Receive |
| Job 9:33 | Daysman | Umpire |
| Job 12:26 | Habergeon | Javelin |
| Psa 4:2 | Leasing | Falsehood, lying |
| Psa 7:10 | Plate | Crown |
| Psa 16:10 | Soul in hell | Body in the grave |
| Psa 44:19 | Dragons | Serpents |
| Psa 59:10 | Prevent | Come before--i.e., give timely aid |
| Psa 79:8 | Prevent | Succor |
| Psa 107:3 | Minished | Diminished |
| Psa 119:148 | Prevent | Anticipate |
| Ecc 4:4 | Travail | Labor |
| Isa 3:22 | Wimples | Shawls |
| Isa 3:22 | Crisping-pins | Purses |
| Isa 7:23 | Silverlings | Pieces of silver |
| Isa 30:24 | Ear | Till |
| Isa 31:3 | Holpen | Helped |
| Isa 44:9 | Delectable | Delightful |
| Jer 4:30 | Rentest thy face | Distend thine eyes |
| Jer 7:23 | Fray | Scare |
| Jer 10:22 | Bruit | Rumor |
| Eze 13:18 | Sew pillows | Apply cushions |
| Dan 3:21 | Hosen | Turbans |
| Zec 13:6 | My fellows | United to me |
| Mat 3:12 | Fan | Winnowing-shovel |
| Mat 5:46 | Publicans | Tax-gatherers |
| Mat 6:24 | Mammon | Riches |
| Mat 12:29 | Garnished | Set in order |
| Mat 13:20 | Anon | Immediately |
| Mat 17:12 | Listed | Chose |
| Mar 11:13 | Haply | Perhaps |
| Luk 2:49 | Wish | Know |
| Luk 7:1 | Audience | Hearing |
| Luk 12:58 | Hale | Drag |
| Luk 17:9 | Trow | Think |
| Act 1:2 | Passion | Suffering |
| Act 7:45 | Jesus | Joshua |
| Act 9:5 | Pricks | Goads |
| Act 9:26 | Assayed | Attempted |
| Act 10:42 | Quick | Living |
| Rom 1:13 | Let | Hindered |
| Rom 7:8 | Concupiscence | Evil desires |
| Rom 8:13 | Mortify | To kill |
| Rom 15:11 | Laud | Celebrate |
| 1Cr 10:11 | Ensamples | Examples |
| 1Cr 11:29 | Unworthy | Irreverently |
| 1Cr 11:29 | Damnation | Condemnation |
| 1Cr 13:1 | Charity | Love |
| 2Cr 1:12 | Conversation | Behavior |
| 2Cr 5:21 | Sin | Sin-offering |
| 2Cr 8:1 | Do you to wit | Make known to you |
| 1Th 4:15 | Prevent | Go up before |
| Hbr 1:1 | Divers | Various |
| Hbr 1:3 | Person | Substance |
| Hbr 2:11 | Sanctifieth | Expiateth |
| Hbr 4:8 | Jesus | Joshua |
| Jam 3:13 | Good conversation | Consistent conduct |
| Jam 3:4 | Governor listeth | Pilot chooseth |
| 1Pe 2:2 | Sincere | Unadulterated |
| 1Pe 3:11 | Eschew | Avoid |
| 1Pe 3:11 | Ensue | Pursue |
| 2Pe 3:12 | Hastening unto | Earnestly desiring |
| 2Pe 3:9 | Slack | Slow |
| 1Jo 2:17 | Lust | Desire |
| 1Jo 2:20 | Unction | Anointing |
| 1Jo 5:6, 8-9 | Witness | Testimony |
| Rev 1:13 | Candlestick | Lamps |
| Rev 21:19 | Garnished | Adorned |
Bibliographic Information:
Author: Nevin, Alfred, Ed., et al.
Title: "Words of Scripture Requiring Explanation in the Old and New Testaments"
Work: The Parallel Bible
Date Added: 1 Aug 2002