Bible Word Search
This bible word search hides words like jesus, faith, gospel to find. Play it free online or print the PDF with the answer key, a handy bible vocabulary activity.
10 words · 11×11 grid · Medium · Answer key included · Free printable PDF
Tap the first and last letter of a word — or use arrow keys and Enter. Dragging works too.
- SALVATION
- SCRIPTURE
- DISCIPLE
- COVENANT
- BLESSING
- SHEPHERD
- PROPHET
- GOSPEL
- JESUS
- FAITH
Did you know?
- jesus
- The name Jesus is a Greek form of the Hebrew Yeshua, meaning the Lord saves, a common name in first-century Galilee.
- faith
- The Hebrew version of Esther never names God, despite belonging to the Bible; Greek versions add passages that mention divine help.
- gospel
- Gospel comes from the Old English god-spell, meaning good news, itself a translation of the Greek word euangelion.
- prophet
- The prophet Amos describes himself as a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs, not a professional prophet by trade.
- disciple
- Luke names women who supported Jesus and his disciples with their resources, placing financial help alongside the work of following and teaching.
- salvation
- The Hebrew word for salvation, yeshuah, shares its root with the name Joshua and with the name Jesus.
- scripture
- The Bible's chapter and verse numbers came later, so its earliest readers couldn't look up a passage by today's familiar address.
- covenant
- Numbers calls an enduring promise a covenant of salt, giving a table ingredient a place in the Bible's language of lasting agreements.
- blessing
- To bless originally meant to consecrate with blood; a blessing later came to mean any gift of divine favor.
- shepherd
- Isaiah calls the Persian ruler Cyrus God's shepherd, applying a pastoral title to a foreign king rather than an Israelite tending sheep.
- miracle
- All four Gospels describe five thousand people fed from five loaves and two fish, giving this miracle four places in the collection.
- redeemer
- In Ruth's redemption agreement, a man hands over his sandal to confirm the transaction, using footwear where readers might expect a signature.
- testament
- Protestant Old Testaments count thirty-nine books, while Hebrew Bibles group the same collection into twenty-four, changing the count without losing any material.
- creation
- Genesis describes light before the Sun and Moon appear, placing the first day's brightness before the fourth day's heavenly lights.
- righteous
- Job's story ends by naming his three daughters and giving them inheritances alongside their brothers, whose names the ending doesn't provide.
Trivia
How many books make up the Protestant Bible, divided between the Old and New Testaments?
Sixty-six: thirty-nine in the Old Testament and twenty-seven in the New.
Which is the shortest verse in most English Bibles, just two words long?
Jesus wept (John 11:35).
What collection of one hundred fifty songs and prayers sits at the center of the Hebrew Bible?
The Book of Psalms.
In what language was most of the New Testament originally written?
Koine Greek.
Whose 1455 printed Bible was the first major book made with movable type in Europe?
Johannes Gutenberg.
In their words
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Augustine of Hippo
There is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still.
Corrie ten Boom
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This bible word search is a free printable puzzle with 10 hidden words in an 11×11 grid. Find words like SALVATION, SCRIPTURE, DISCIPLE hidden across, down, and diagonally. You can play it right here in your browser — tap the first and last letter of a word — or download it as a printable PDF with the full answer key on page two. It's free for personal and classroom use, so teachers can print copies for a whole class with no sign-up and no account. Word searches like this one are a proven way to build vocabulary, spelling, and word-shape recognition, which is why they're a favourite with ESL learners, elementary classrooms, and anyone who likes a quiet puzzle with their coffee.
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Play →or printSources: Codex Sinaiticus, St. Catherine's Monastery · Dead Sea Scrolls, discovery and publication · Augustine quote (PassItOn / Lapham's) · Corrie ten Boom quote (Christian History Institute)
Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.