This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with ''J'' 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.
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Jaakan, ''intelligent,''
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Jesus, ''God saves, saviour;''
[Lockyer, p. 164]
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Jaala, ''ascending, a little doe or goat;''
''wild goat;'
[Comay, p. 157]
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Jaalam, ''he will be hid,''
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Jaanai, ''Jehovah answers,''
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Jaasau, ''Jehovah makes,''
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Jaasiel, ''God is maker,''
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Jaasu, ''created;''
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Jaazaniah, ''Jehovah does hear,''
''may God hear
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Jaaziah, ''God consoles or determines,''
''may God strengthen,''
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Jaaziel, ''God is determining or consoling,''
''may God strengthen,''
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Jabal, ''a river, moving, or which glides away,''
[Lockyer, p. 165] ''stream,''
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Jabbok
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Jabesh, ''a dry place;''
''dry,''
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Jabez
Jabez or Jabes is a character in the biblical Books of Chronicles. Jabez may also refer to:
Mononym
* Eric Nicol (1919–2011), Canadian author, wrote under the pen-name "Jabez"
Given name People
*Jabez Balfour (1843–1916), British businessma ...
, ''he makes sorrow or height;
''sorrow;''
[Comay, p. 158]
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Jabin, Jabneh, ''God discerns or intelligent;''
''he understands,''
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Jabneel
This is a list of places mentioned in the Bible, which do not have their own Wikipedia articles. See also the list of biblical places for locations which do have their own article.
A Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "rive ...
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Jachan, ''afflicting or troublous;''
''affliction,''
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Jachin ''he does establish or founding;''
''established;''
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Jacob, ''he that supplants or follows after;''
[Lockyer, p. 166] ''supplanted;''
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Jada, ''wise''
[Lockyer, p. 167]
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Jadau
Kundan, meaning pure gold, is a traditional form of Indian gemstone jewellery involving a gem set with a gold foil between the stones and its mount, usually for elaborate necklaces and other jewellery.
History
Origins of Kundan jewelleries in ...
, ''favorite or friend''
[Lockyer, p. 167]
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Jadon, ''he that rules or abids,''
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Jaddua
Jaddua was a son of Jonathan and a high priest during the post-exilic period. However, according to Nehemiah 12:22 it is possible that a transcribing error has occurred in the rendering of Jaddua's father's name. A more likely translation is that ...
, ''very knowing,''
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Jael
Jael or Yael ( he, יָעֵל ''Yāʿēl'') is the name of the heroine who delivered Israel from the army of King Jabin of Canaan in the Book of Judges of the Hebrew Bible. After Barak demurred at the behest of the prophetess Deborah, God turned ...
, ''Ibex'' - Judges 4:17
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Jagur
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Jah
Jah or Yah ( he, , ''Yāh'') is a short form of (YHWH), the four letters that form the tetragrammaton, the personal name of God: Yahweh, which the ancient Israelites used. The conventional Christian English pronunciation of ''Jah'' is , even th ...
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Jahath, ''revival or grasping;''
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Jahaz
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Jahaziah, ''Jehovah reveals;''
''Jehovah sees;''
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Jahaziel, ''God sees or reveals,''
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Jahdai
Jahdai is a biblical figure that according to 1 Chron 2:47, is either a concubine or a descendant of Caleb
Caleb (), sometimes transliterated as Kaleb ( he, כָּלֵב, ''Kalev'', ; Tiberian vocalization: Kālēḇ; Hebrew Academy: Kalev), ...
, ''guide or he directs,''
[Lockyer, p. 168]
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Jahdiel, ''union of God or God makes glad;''
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Jahdo, ''union;''
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Jahleel, ''God waits or God does grievously afflict;''
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Jahmai, ''Jehovah protects;''
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Jahzeel, ''God apportions or distributes;''
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Jahzerah
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Jair, ''Jehovah enlightens, arouses or who diffuses light;''
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Jairus
The raising of Jairus' daughter is a reported miracle of Jesus that occurs in the synoptic Gospels, where it is interwoven with the account of the healing of a bleeding woman. The narratives can be found in Mark 5:21–43, Matthew 9:18–26 a ...
, ''He will enlighten or diffuse light;''
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Jakan
Jakobsberg is a suburban area (pop. 24,046) within Stockholm urban area, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden.
Jakobsberg, Järfälla's commercial and administrative centre, grew up around the railway. In th ...
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Jakeh, ''pious or hearkening;''
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Jakim
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Jalon
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Jambres
In Jewish and Christian traditions, Jannes and Jambres (Hebrew: יניס Yoḥanai, ימבריס ''Yambres'') are the names given to magicians mentioned in the Book of Exodus. This naming tradition is well-attested in ancient and medieval literatur ...
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James
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Jamin
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Jamlech
*Janna
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Janoah, ''rest''
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Janum
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Japhet
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Japheth
Japheth ( he, יֶפֶת ''Yép̄eṯ'', in pausa ''Yā́p̄eṯ''; el, Ἰάφεθ '; la, Iafeth, Iapheth, Iaphethus, Iapetus) is one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis, in which he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunk ...
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Japhia,
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Japhlet
This list contains tribes or other groups of people named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections.
A Accaba, descendants of
For the descendants of "Accaba" (1 Esd ...
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Japho
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Jarah
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Jareb
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Jared
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Jaresiah
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Jarib
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Jarmuth
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Jasher
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Jashobeam
Jashobeam (; he, יָשָׁבְעָם, ''Yāšoḇəʻām''; la, Iēsbaam, whence English Jesbaam or Jesbaham; 10th or 9th century BC), also called Josheb-Basshebeth (; יֹשֵׁב בַּשֶּׁבֶת, ''Yōšēḇ Baššeḇeṯ''; some Septu ...
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Jashub
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Jasiel
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Jason
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Jathniel
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Jattir
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Javan
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Jazer
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Jaziz
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Jearim
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Jeaterai
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Jeberechiah
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Jebus
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Jebusi
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Jecamiah
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Jecoliah
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Jeconiah,
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Jed
Jed or JED may refer to:
Places
* Jed River, New Zealand
* Jed Water, a river in Scotland
* Jed, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
People and fictional characters
* Jed (given name), a list of people and fictional charact ...
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Jedaiah
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Jediael
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Jedidah
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Jedidiah
Jedediah ( he, יְדִידְיָה) or Jedidiah is a Hebrew male given name, which is derived from the name ''Yedidyah'', meaning "beloved of Jah". In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah (''Jeddedi'' in Brenton's Septuagint Translation) was the second or ...
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Jeduthun Jeduthun - lauder; praising - the name of one or two men in the Bible.
* A Levite of the family of Merari, and one of the three masters of music appointed by David. (1 Chr. 16:41, 42; 25:1-6) His office was generally to preside over the music of th ...
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Jeezer
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Jegar-sahadutha
This is a list of places mentioned in the Bible, which do not have their own Wikipedia articles. See also the list of biblical places for locations which do have their own article.
A Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "riv ...
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Jehaleleel
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Jehdeiah
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Jehezekel
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Jehiah
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Jehizkiah
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Jehoadah
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Jehoaddan
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Jehoahaz
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Jehoash
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Jehohanan
Jehohanan (Yehohanan) was a man put to death by crucifixion in the 1st century CE, whose ossuary was found in 1968 when building contractors working in Giv'at ha-Mivtar, a Jewish neighborhood in northern East Jerusalem, accidentally uncovered a Je ...
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Jehoiachin
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Jehoiada
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Jehoiakim
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Jehoiarib
Jehoiarib ( ''Yehōyārîḇ'', "Yahweh contends") was the head of a family of priests, which was made the first of the twenty-four priestly divisions organized by King David (reigned c. 1000–962 BCE).()
In Jewish tradition, Jehoiarib was the ...
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Jehonadab
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Jehonathan
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Jehoram
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Jehoshaphat
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Jehosheba
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Jehoshua
Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَع ...
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Jehovah
Jehovah () is a Latinization of the Hebrew , one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament. The Tetragrammaton is considered one of the seven names of God in Judais ...
''to be, exist,'' ''I am who am, hath sent me;'' ''I am who am with you,''
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Jehovah-jireh
In the Book of Genesis, Jehovah-jireh or Yahweh Yireh was the location of the binding of Isaac, where Yahweh told Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering. Abraham named the place after God provided a ram to sacrifice in place of Isaac.
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Jehovah-nissi
According to in the Bible, Jehovah-nissi (Hebrew: ''Yahweh nissî'') is the name given by Moses to the altar which he built to celebrate the defeat of the Amalekites at Rephidim.
Translations
The first word of the phrase is the Tetragrammaton , ...
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Jehovah-shalom
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Jehovah-shammah Jehovah-shammah is a Christian transliteration of the Hebrew (''Yahweh šāmmāh'') meaning "Jehovah is there", the name given to the city in Ezekiel's vision in . These are the final words of the Book of Ezekiel. The first word of the phrase is th ...
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Jehovah-tsidkenu
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Jehozabad
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Jehozadak
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Jehu
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Jehubbah
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Jehucal
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Jehud
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Jehudijah
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Jehush
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Jekabzeel
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Jekameam
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Jekamiah
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Jekuthiel
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Jemima Jemima is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin (first written Jemimah, Hebrew: יְמִימָה, Yemimah) which may refer to:
People
* Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), Scottish painter
* Jemima Boone, daughter of Daniel Boone captured by Indians ...
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Jemuel
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Jephthah
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Jephunneh
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Jerah
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Jerahmeel
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Jered
Jared is a given name of Biblical derivation.
Origin
In the Book of Genesis, the biblical patriarch Jared (יֶרֶד) was the sixth in the ten pre- flood generations between Adam and Noah; he was the son of Mahalaleel and the father of Eno ...
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Jeremai
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Jeremiah
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Jeremoth
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Jeriah
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Jericho
Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Gove ...
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Jeriel
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Jerijah
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Jerimoth
Jerimoth ( he, ירִימוֹת, links=no, sometimes spelled Jeremoth) in the Hebrew Bible is the name of eight men:
*In 1 Chronicles 7:7, Jerimoth is a son of Bela.
*In 1 Chronicles 7:8, Jerimoth is a son of Becher.
*In 1 Chronicles 12:5, Jeri ...
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Jerioth
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Jeroboam
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Jeroham
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Jerubbaal
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Jerubbesheth
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Jeruel
This is a list of places mentioned in the Bible, which do not have their own Wikipedia articles. See also the list of biblical places for locations which do have their own article.
A Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "river ...
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Jerusalem
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Jerusha
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Jesaiah
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Jeshebeab
Jeshbab the Scribe (or Yeshbab the Scribe, he, יְשֵבָב הַסוֹפֵר, ''Yəšēḇāḇ haSōfēr'') was a third generation Jewish Tanna sage, at the beginning of the 2nd century. He was a disciple of Joshua ben Hananiah
Joshua ben ...
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Jesher
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Jeshimon
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Jeshishai
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Jeshohaia
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Jeshua
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Jeshurun
Jeshurun ( he, יְשֻׁרוּן ''Yəšurūn''; also ''Jesurun'' or ''Yeshurun'') is a poetic name for Israel used in the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible. It is generally thought to be derived from a root word meaning upright, just or straight, but may ...
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Jesiah Jesiah (also Ishiah, Ishijah, Isshiah, Isshijah, Jeshaiah) is a name found in the Bible. The Hebrew form of the name is ''yishshayah'' (in one case ''yishshayahu''), meaning "man of Jah." The Bible contains five figures by this name.
*Jesiah son of ...
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Jesimiel
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Jesse
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Jesui
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Jesus, Being interpreted the Christ, in Greek Iesous being pronounced Jesus ''saviour.''
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Jether
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Jetheth
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Jethlah
This is a list of places mentioned in the Bible, which do not have their own Wikipedia articles. See also the list of biblical places for locations which do have their own article.
A Abana
Abana, according to 2 Kings 5:12, was one of the "riv ...
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Jethro
Jethro is a male given name meaning "overflow". It is derived from the Hebrew word ''Yithrô''.
People named Jethro
* Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns (1920–1989), mandolin player in satirical country music duo Homer and Jethro
* Jethro Franklin ...
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Jetur
The Hagrites (also spelled Hagarite or Hagerite, and called Hagarenes, Agarenes, and sons of Agar) were associated with the Ishmaelites mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the inhabitants of the regions of Jetur, Naphish and Nodab lying east of Gilead. ...
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Jeuel
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Jeush
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Jew
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Jezaniah
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Jezebel
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Jezer
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Jeziah
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Jezoar
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Jezrahiah
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Jezreel
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Jibsam
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Jidlaph
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Jimnah
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Jiphtah
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Jiphtah-el
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Joab
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Joachim
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...
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Joah
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Joahaz
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Joanna
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Joash
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Job
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Jobab
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Jochebed
According to the Bible, Jochebed (; hbo, יוֹכֶבֶד, translit=Yōḵeḇeḏ, lit=YHWH is glory) was a daughter of Levi and mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. She was the wife of Amram, as well as his aunt. No details are given concerning h ...
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Joed
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Joel
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Joelah
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Joezer
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Jogbehah
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Jogli
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Joha
Nasreddin () or Nasreddin Hodja (other variants include: Mullah Nasreddin Hooja, Nasruddin Hodja, Mullah Nasruddin, Mullah Nasriddin, Khoja Nasriddin) (1208-1285) is a character in the folklore of the Muslim world from Arabia to Central Asi ...
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Johanan''Jehovah is or has been gracious.''
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John
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Joiarib
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Jokdeam
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Jokim
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Jokmeam
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Jokneam
Tel Yokneam, also spelled Yoqne'am or Jokneam ( he, תֵּל יָקְנְעָם), is an archaeological site located in the northern part of the modern city of Yokneam Illit. It was known in Arabic by a variant name, Tell Qamun ( ar, تل قامون ...
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Jokshan
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Joktan
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Jonadab
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Jonah
*Jonan
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Jonathan
Jonathan may refer to:
*Jonathan (name), a masculine given name
Media
* ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
* ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski
* ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...
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Joppa
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Jorah
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Joram
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Jordan, Some translate it as "the descender," from the Semitic ''yrd'', "to descend"
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Jorim
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Josabad
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Josaphat Josaphat can refer to:
People
* Jehoshaphat, in the Bible, fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah
* Josaphat, a Christian saint of India, appearing in the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat
* Giosafat Barbaro (1413–94), Venetian explorer and diplomat ...
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Jose
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Joseph, ''may God add''
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* Joses
* Joshah
* Joshaviah
* Joshbekashah
* Joshua
*Josiah
Josiah ( or ) or Yoshiyahu; la, Iosias was the 16th king of Judah (–609 BCE) who, according to the Hebrew Bible, instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh. Josiah is credited by most biblical s ...
* Josibiah
* Josiphiah
* Jotham
* Jozabad
* Jozachar
* Jubal
* Jucal
* Judah
* Judas
* Judaea
* Judith
*Jude
* Julia
* Julius
*Junia Junia may refer to:
*Three daughters of Servilia, mistress of Caesar, sisters or half sisters of Marcus Junius Brutus
*:Junia Prima
*: Junia Secunda
*:Junia Tertia
*Junia Calvina, Roman noblewoman of 1st century
*Junia Lepida, another Roman noble ...
* Jushab-hesed
* Justus
* Juttah
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
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