---
title: "Lexicon"
method: GET
path: "/api/words/{word}"
tags: ["Lexicon"]
---

# Lexicon

`GET /api/words/{word}`

Searches Sefaria lexicon entries (i.e. dictionaries) for the query string passed as `word` to the endpoint.

## Query parameters

- `lookup_ref` string
- `never_split` string
- `always_split` string
- `always_consonants` string

## Response `200`

An array of matching words.

- union[]
  - union
    - JastrowDictionaryEntry — A single dictionary entry on Sefaria.
      - `headword` string — The main word in the lexicon entry. The one you would look up in the book version.
      - `parent_lexicon` string — Name of the lexicon from which the entry comes from.
      - `parent_lexicon_details` object
    - StrongsDictionaryEntry — A single dictionary entry on Sefaria.
      - `headword` string — The main word in the lexicon entry. The one you would look up in the book version.
      - `parent_lexicon` string — Name of the lexicon from which the entry comes from.
      - `parent_lexicon_details` object
    - BDBDictionaryEntry — A single dictionary entry on Sefaria.
      - `headword` string — The main word in the lexicon entry. The one you would look up in the book version.
      - `parent_lexicon` string — Name of the lexicon from which the entry comes from.
      - `parent_lexicon_details` object
    - KleinDictionaryEntry — A single dictionary entry on Sefaria.
      - `headword` string — The main word in the lexicon entry. The one you would look up in the book version.
      - `parent_lexicon` string — Name of the lexicon from which the entry comes from.
      - `parent_lexicon_details` object
    - HebrewDictionaryEntry — A single dictionary entry on Sefaria.
      - `headword` string — The main word in the lexicon entry. The one you would look up in the book version.
      - `parent_lexicon` string — Name of the lexicon from which the entry comes from.
      - `parent_lexicon_details` object

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