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List Of Biblical Names Starting With B
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with ''B'' in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links. A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z B * Baal, ''"owner" or "lord", also "husband" (as possessor of the wife);'' ''possessor, controller'' Lockyer, p. 63 * Baalah * Baalath *Baalath-Beer *Baal-berith *Baal *Baal-gad * Baal-hamon *Baal-hermon *Ball-hanan, ''the Lord is gracious'' * Baali * Baalim * Baalis, ''lord of joy, rules'' *Baal-meon *Baal-peor * Baal-perazim *Baal-shalisha * Baal-tamar * Baal-zebub * Baal-zephon *Baana, ''affliction'' * Baanah, ''son of grief''Lockyer, p. 64 * Baara *Baaseiah, ''Jehovah is bold'' * Baasha, ''boldness, offensive, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Biblical Names Starting With A
This article includes a list of biblical proper names that start with ''A'' in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links. A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z A *Aaron, ''a teacher or lofty'', ''bright, shining'' (etymology doubtful) *Abba, ''father'' *Abaddon, see Apollyon ''a destroyer'', * Abagtha, ''God-given'' "etymology doubtful" * Abana, ''perennial, stony'' *Abarim, ''regions beyond'' *Abda, ''a servant'' * Abdeel, ''servant of God'' *Abdi, ''my servant'' *Abdiel, ''servant of God'' * Abdon, ''servile'' * Abednego, ''servant of Nego,'' perhaps the same as ''Nebo'' *Abel, ''breath, vapor, transitoriness;'' ''breath,'' or ''vanity'' *Abel-beth-maachah, ''meadow of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Biblical Names Starting With S
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with ''S'' in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links. A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z S *Sabaoth *Sabaeans * Sabtah * Sabtechah * Sacar * Sachia *Sadducees *Sadoc *Sakia *Salah * Salamis * Salathiel * Salcah * Salem *Salim * Sallai *Salma *Salmon * Salome *Samaria * Samlah *Samos * Samothracia *Samson *Samuel * Sanballat *Sanhedrin * Sansannah * Saph * Saphir * Sapphira *Sarah * Sarai *Sardis * Sardites *Sarepta * Sargon *Sarid *Saron * Sarsechim * Saruch *Satan *Saul * Sceva *Seba *Sebat * Sebia *Secacah * Sechu *Secundus *Segub *Seir * Sela * Sela-hammahlekoth *Selah * Seled *Seleucia * Sem * Semach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baal-hermon
Baal-Hermon (בַּעַל חֶרְמוֹן) is a biblical geographical locale of uncertain boundaries in northern Israel or southern Lebanon, perhaps on Mount Hermon. The area is mentioned in the Book of Judges () as not being involved in the invasion of Canaan by the Israelites. It is also mentioned in and 1 Chronicles () as an area occupied by the tribe of Manasseh. The name Baal-Hermon is suggested to have also been the name of the leader of the tribe of the area. ''"Baal Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied t ..."'' means ''"Lord"'', in this case of a region known as ''"Hermon"''. References {{Reflist Book of Judges Hebrew Bible places Tribal chiefs Mount Hermon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baal-hamon
Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Ḥammon or Baʿal Ḥamon ( Phoenician: ; Punic: ), meaning “Lord Hammon”, was the chief god of Carthage. He was a weather god A weather god or goddess, also frequently known as a storm god or goddess, is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, snow, lightning, rain, wind, storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Should they only be in charge of ... considered responsible for the fertility god, fertility of vegetation god, vegetation and esteemed as King of the Gods. He was depicted as a bearded older man with curling ram's horns. Baʿal Ḥammon's female cult partner was Tanit. Etymology He is clearly identified as one of the Phoenician deities covered under the name of Baal. However, the meaning of his second name is unclear. Frank Moore Cross argued for a connection to ''Hamōn'', the Ugaritic language, Ugaritic name for Mount Amanus, a peak in the Nur Mountains which separate Syria from Cilicia. In the 19th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baal-gad
A place in ancient Israel, Baal-Gad was a Canaanite town in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, near the source of Jordan River (Josh. 13:5; 11:17; 12:7). It was the most northern point to which Joshua's conquests extended. It probably derived its name from the worship of Baal. Identification Its exact location is uncertain, but it is generally considered to be Hasbaya in Wadi et-Teim or a site nearby. Easton's suggests that its modern representative is Banias. Some have supposed it to be the same as Baalbek. Others have suggested that it is the same location as Baal-hamon Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Ḥammon or Baʿal Ḥamon ( Phoenician: ; Punic: ), meaning “Lord Hammon”, was the chief god of Carthage. He was a weather god A weather god or goddess, also frequently known as a storm god or goddess, is a .... * Hebrew Bible cities Baal Phoenician mythology {{Phoenicia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baal-berith
Baʿal Berith ( he, בעל ברית, lit=Baʿal of the Covenant) and El Berith ( he, link=no, אל ברית, lit=God of the Covenant) are two gods, worshiped in Shechem, in ancient Canaan, according to the Bible. The term for "covenant" ( he, ברית, translit=bərīt, link=no) appears also in Ugaritic texts (second millennium BCE) as ''brt'' (), in connection with Baʿal, and perhaps as Beruth in Sanchuniathon's work. In the Bible Judges is the only Biblical book that mentions Baʿal Berith and El Berith.. It is not clear whether they are actually one god, nor whether they are separate forms of Baʿal and El. Scholars suppose that he or they may have been worshipped for connections to fertility and vegetation, based on another passage in Judges. Also unclear is what covenant or covenants are referred to by the name ''Berith''. Elsewhere, some of the Shechemites are called "men of Hamor";. this is compared to "sons of Hamor", which in the ancient Middle East referred to people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baalath-Beer
A town named Baalath-Beer is mentioned in the Masoretic Text of Joshua 19:8, which places near the end of a list of towns belonging to the Tribe of Simeon (19:1-9). Where the Masoretic Text reads "Baalath-beer Ramath-negeb", one version of the Septuagint The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond ... reads "Baalath as you come to Ramath-negeb." It is unclear which is the earlier reading. For Ramath-negeb, various biblical translations render the Hebrew ''rmt ngb'' as "Ramah of the South", "Ramah in the Negev", "Ramah of the Negev", and so on. Modern archaeologists have not agreed on whether the site of Baalath-Beer can be identified. The existing evidence is ambiguous as to whether or not Baalath-beer is the same town as Ramath-negeb, and Baalath-beer may be the same as the locati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baalath
Baalath is the name of either one or two towns in the Hebrew Bible.For the existence of one or two Balaaths, see Its name is the female form of Baal Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during Ancient Near East, antiquity. From its use among people, it cam .... Joshua 19:44 lists Baalath among Danite towns in the territory of the tribe of Dan. According to 1 Kings 9:17-19, Solomon either built or rebuilt several cities, including one named Baalath. References Externals Joshua 19:44 Hebrew Bible cities {{Hebrew-Bible-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baalah (other)
Baalah, properly Baʿalah ("Mistress" in the Northwest Semitic languages), is the feminine form of Baʿal ("Lord") and was applied to various Levantine goddesses. It was also the name of several places in ancient Palestine: * Another name of Kirjath-jearim * A city in Negev given to Simeon, also romanized as Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29) and Balah (Josh. 19:3) * A mount in Judah, between Jabneel and Shikkeron; maybe today's Mughar See also * Baal * Ba‘alat Gebal Baʻalat or Baʻalat Gebal ( phn, 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤕 𐤂𐤁𐤋 ''BʿLT GBL'', literally "Lady of Byblos"), was the goddess of the city of Byblos, Phoenicia in ancient times. She was sometimes known to the Greeks as Baaltis or Atargatis. Ba ... ("Lady of Byblos") {{disambiguation Baal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baal
Baal (), or Baal,; phn, , baʿl; hbo, , baʿal, ). ( ''baʿal'') was a title and honorific meaning "owner", "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during Ancient Near East, antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied to gods. Scholars previously associated the theonym with solar god, solar cults and with a variety of unrelated patron deity, patron deities but inscriptions have shown that the name Ba'al was particularly associated with the storm god, storm and fertility god Hadad and his local manifestations. The Hebrew Bible includes use of the term in reference to various Levantine mythology, Levantine deities, often with application towards Hadad, who was decried as a false god. That use was taken over into Christianity and Islam, sometimes under the form Beelzebub in demonology. Etymology The spelling of the English term "Baal" derives from the Koine Greek, Greek ''Báal'' ( which appears in the New Testament and Septuagint, and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Biblical Names Starting With Z
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with ''Z'' in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links. A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – X -- Y – Z Z * Zaanaim a., ''removings'' *Zaanannim * Zaavan, ''terror,'' * Zabad, ''gift'' *Zabbai, ''wanderer, pure'' ''pure'' * Zabbud, ''given,'' ''gift'' * Zabdi, ''Gift of Jehovah,'' ''my gift'' * Zabdiel, ''gift of God'' * Zaccai, ''pure'' *Zacchaeus, ''pure; clean; just'' * Zaccur, ''mindful'' * Zachariah, ''remembered by Jehovah,'' ''remembered by the Lord'' * Zacharias, ''the Lord has remembered,'' ''Greek form of Zechariah,'' * Zacher, ''memento; recollection; commemoration'' *Zadok, ''just'' ''righteous'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Biblical Names Starting With Y
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with ''Y'' in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links. A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – X - V – Y – Z Y * Yahweh * Yakob, Yacob - Jacob * Yasaf - Joseph * Yehezkel - Ezekiel * Yehoyada - Jehoida * Yehu * Yeshua - Jesus, a Hebrew Bible form of Joshua * Yoab - Joab * Yonah - Jonah * Yuval - Jubal References * Comay, Joan, ''Who's Who in the Old Testament'', Oxford University Press, 1971, * Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the men of the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958 * Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the women of the Bible'', Zondervan Publishing 1988, * Lockyer, Herbert, ''All the Div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
