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. '' there.

A

Abagtha

Abagtha (Hebrew אֲבַגְתָא) was a court official or

eunuch A eunuch ( , ) is a male who has been castration, castrated. Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2 ...

of king

Ahasuerus Ahasuerus ( ; , commonly ''Achashverosh''; , in the Septuagint; in the Vulgate) is a name applied in the Hebrew Bible to three rulers of Ancient Persia and to a Babylonian official (or Median king) first appearing in the Tanakh in the Book of ...

who was commanded along with 6 other officials to parade queen

Vashti Vashti (; ; ) was a queen of Achaemenid Empire, Persia and the first wife of Persian king Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, a book included within the Hebrew Bible, Tanakh and the Old Testament which is read on the Jewish holidays, Jewish holiday ...

to go before the king.
Esther 1:10

Abda

The name Abda (Hebrew עַבְדָּא) means ''servant,'' or perhaps is an abbreviated form of ''servant of YHWH''. There are two people by this name in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Solomon Solomon (), also called Jedidiah, was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ...

set Adoniram son of Abda in charge of forced labor for Solomon's building projects
1 Kings 4:6
. *A

Levite Levites ( ; ) or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew definite article "" ''Ha-' ...

of the family of Jeduthun
Nehemiah 11:17
, also called Obadiah
1 Chronicles 9:16
. He was the son of Shammua and served in

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

under

Nehemiah Nehemiah (; ''Nəḥemyā'', "Yahweh, Yah comforts") is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period as the governor of Yehud Medinata, Persian Judea under Artaxer ...

. Where the

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has ''Abda,'' the

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, depending on the location and manuscript, has names such as ''Abao, Ephra, Edram, Ioreb, Obeb,'' and ''Abdias.''

Abdeel

Abdeel (Hebrew עַבְדְּאֵל "servant of God"; akin to

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عبد الله '' Abdullah'') is mentioned i
Jeremiah 36:26
as the father of Shelemiah, one of three men who were commanded by King

Jehoiakim Jehoiakim, also sometimes spelled Jehoikim was the eighteenth and antepenultimate King of Judah from 609 to 598 BC. He was the second son of King Josiah () and Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. His birth name was Eliakim. Background Af ...

to seize the prophet

Jeremiah Jeremiah ( – ), also called Jeremias, was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored the Book of Jeremiah, book that bears his name, the Books of Kings, and the Book of Lamentations, with t ...

and his secretary Baruch. The

omits the phrase "and Shelemiah son of Abdeel", probably a scribal error due to

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Abdi

The name Abdi (Hebrew עַבְדִּי) is probably an abbreviation of Obediah, meaning "servant of

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", according to the '' International Standard Bible Encyclopedia''. ''Easton's Bible Encyclopedia'', on the other hand, holds that it means "my servant". The name "Abdi" appears three times in forms of the Bible that are in use among Jews, Protestants, and Roman Catholics. There is also one additional appearance in 1 Esdras, considered canonical in

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.
1 Chronicles 6:29
"And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch."Jewish Publication Society Bible of 1917. This verse, in the

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and some other Bibles, is verse 44 of chapter 6.
2 Chronicles 29:12
"Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah."

"And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah." # 1 Esdras 9:27, where the name appears in the Hellenized form ''Oabd os.'' "Of the sons of Elam: Matthanias and Zacharias and Iezrielos and Obadios and Ieremoth and Elias." According to Cheyne and Black (1899), the two occurrences in the

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refer to a single individual, and the references in

Ezra Ezra ( fl. fifth or fourth century BCE) is the main character of the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was an important Jewish scribe (''sofer'') and priest (''kohen'') in the early Second Temple period. In the Greek Septuagint, t ...

and

1 Esdras 1 Esdras (), also Esdras A, Greek Esdras, Greek Ezra, or 3 Esdras, is the ancient Greek Septuagint version of the biblical Book of Ezra in use within the early church and among many modern Christians with varying degrees of canonicity. 1 Esdra ...

are to a second individual.

Abdiel

Abdiel (Hebrew עַבְדִּיאֵל) was the son of Guni and the father of Ahi according t
1 Chronicles 5:15
He came from the tribe of Gad; A Gadite who lived in Gilead or in Bashan, and whose name was reckoned in genealogies of the time of Jotham, king of Judah, or of Jeroboam II king of

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Abdon

Abdon (Hebrew עַבְדּוֹן from עָבַד "to serve") is the name of four biblical individuals. It is a diminutive form of the name Ebed. # An Abdon in the book of Judges: see the article Abdon (Judges). # The first-born of Gibeon of the

tribe of Benjamin According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the ...

, mentioned only in passing in genealogies
1 Chronicles 8:30
. # Abdon the son of Micah. Josiah sent him, among others, to the prophetess Huldah, in order to discern the meaning of the recently rediscovered book of the law

. He is referred to as Achbor i

# Abdon son of Sashak. He is only mentioned as a name in a genealogy

. In addition to its use as a personal name, the proper name "Abdon" is used for a Levitical city mentioned i
Joshua 21:30
an

Abi

''See Abijah''

Abiah

''See Abijah''

Abialbon

See '' Abiel''

Abiasaph

Abiasaph (Hebrew אֲבִיאָסָף "my father has gathered") was a son of Korah of the

Tribe of Levi According to the Bible, the Tribe of Levi is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Levi, son of Jacob. The descendants of Aaron, who was the first High Priest of Israel, were designated as the priestly class, the Kohanim. ...

according t
Exodus 6:24
born in Egypt. Ebiasaph is a spelling variation of Abiasaph.

Abida

Abida, Abidah or Abeida (Hebrew אֲבִידָע "my father knows"), a son of

Midian Midian (; ; , ''Madiam''; Taymanitic: 𐪃𐪕𐪚𐪌 ''MDYN''; ''Mīḏyān'') is a geographical region in West Asia, located in northwestern Saudi Arabia. mentioned in the Tanakh and Quran. William G. Dever states that biblical Midian was ...

and descendant of

Abraham Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the Covenant (biblical), covenanta ...

and

Keturah Keturah (, ''Qəṭūrā'', possibly meaning "incense"; ) was a wife (1917 Jewish Publication Society of America translation). "And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah...." and a concubine (1917 Jewish Publication Society of A ...

, appears twice in the Bible, i
Genesis 25:4
an

The sons of Abraham's concubines were sent away to the east with gifts from Abraham. The father of Hudino, the great-grandfather of Jethro.

Abiel

Abiel (Hebrew אֲבִיאֵל "my father is God") was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible: * Son of Zeror, of the

, he was the grandfather of King

Saul Saul (; , ; , ; ) was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh c ...

and of his commander

Abner In the Hebrew Bible, Abner ( ) was the cousin of King Saul and the commander-in-chief of his army. His name also appears as "Abiner son of Ner", where the longer form Abiner means "my father is Ner". Biblical narrative Abner is initially men ...

1 Samuel 9
. * An Arbathite, one of King David's Warriors who was known for his bravery
1 Chronicles 11:32
.

Abiezer

Abiezer or Abie-ezer or Abieezer is the name of three

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characters. The name means "My father is help". The characters are: * The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of

Gilead Gilead or Gilad (, ; ''Gilʿāḏ'', , ''Jalʻād'') is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan.''Easton's Bible Dictionary'Galeed''/ref> The region is bounded in the west by the J ...

, also called Jeezer (). He was the grandson of

Manasseh Manasseh () is both a given name and a surname. Its variants include Manasses and Manasse. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh (died 1944), Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier * Jacob Manasseh ( ...

(). From his family Gideon sprang (; and ). In , Gideon describes his clan, the Abiezrites, as "the weakest in he tribe of

" . * One of King David's thirty warriors (; ) a Benjamite from Anathoth.

Abihail

Abihail (Hebrew אֲבִיחָ֑יִל, "my father is might") may refer to one of five different people mentioned in the Bible: * Abihail the

lived during the time of the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness. He was the head of the house of Merari and

Levi Levi ( ; ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelites, Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron ...

's youngest son. (Numbers 3:35) * Abihail was the wife of Abishur of the

tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah (son of Jacob), Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was one of the tribes to take its place in Canaan, occupying it ...

. (1 Chronicles 2:29) * Abihail, from

Bashan Bashan (; ; or ''Basanitis'') is the ancient, biblical name used for the northernmost region of Transjordan during the Iron Age. It is situated in modern-day Jordan and Syria. Its western part, nowadays known as the Golan Heights, was occupied b ...

, was head of the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:14) * Abihail was the daughter of

David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

's brother Eliab. She was married to David's son

Jerimoth Jerimoth (, sometimes spelled Jeremoth) in the Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. ''

and became mother of

Rehoboam Rehoboam (; , , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the Kingdom of Judah after the split of the united Kingdom of Israel. He was a son of and the successor to Solomon and a grandson of David. In the account of I Ki ...

's wife Mahalath. (2 Chronicles 11:18) * Abihail was the father of Queen

Esther Esther (; ), originally Hadassah (; ), is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and ma ...

and uncle of Mordecai. (Esther 2:15; Esther 9:29)

Abihud

Abihud (Hebrew אֲבִיהֽוּד, "my father is majesty") was a figure mentioned in as the son of Bela the son of

Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...

. He is also called Ahihud. Another individual named Abihud is mentioned in the

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as an ancestor of

Jesus Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

. But this Abihud is not listed in the

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Abijah

Abijah (Hebrew אֲבִיָּה "my father is YHWH") is the name of five minor biblical individuals: * Abijah, who married King

Ahaz Ahaz (; ''Akhaz''; ) an abbreviation of Jehoahaz II (of Judah), "Yahweh has held" (; ''Ya'úḫazi'' 'ia-ú-ḫa-zi'' Hayim Tadmor and Shigeo Yamada, ''The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726-722 BC), ...

of Judah. She is also called Abi. Her father's name was Zechariah; she was the mother of King

Hezekiah Hezekiah (; ), or Ezekias (born , sole ruler ), was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Kingdom of Judah, Judah according to the Hebrew Bible.Stephen L Harris, Harris, Stephen L., ''Understanding the Bible''. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985. "G ...

*A wife of Hezron, one of the grandchildren of Judah * A son of Becher, the son of

* The second son of

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. His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in

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, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a

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. * A descendant of

Eleazar Eleazar (; ) or Elazar was a priest in the Hebrew Bible, the second High Priest, succeeding his father Aaron after he died. He was a nephew of Moses. Biblical narrative Eleazar played a number of roles during the course of the Exodus, from ...

, the son of

Aaron According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Aaron ( or ) was an Israelite prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament ...

, a chief of the eighth of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by

and an ancestor of Zechariah, the priest who was the father of

John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...

. The order of Abijah is listed with the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Joshua. This name (possibly) appeared on the Gezer Calendar, a Paleo-Hebrew inscription dating to the 9th or 10th Century BC, making it one of the earliest if not the earliest Yahwistic theophoric names outside the Bible.

Abimael

In , Abimael (Hebrew אֲבִֽימָאֵ֖ל) is the ninth of the 13 sons of Joktan, a descendant of

Shem Shem (; ''Šēm''; ) is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible ( Genesis 5–11 and 1 Chronicles 1:4). The children of Shem are Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram, in addition to unnamed daughters. Abraham, the patriarch of Jews, Christ ...

. He is also mentioned in . Abimael means "God is a father."

Abinadab

Abinadab (Hebrew אֲבִינָדָב "my father apportions" or "the father 'i.e.'' god of the clanis munificent")Cheyne and Black (1899), ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' entry for "Abinadab" refers to four biblical characters. Where the Hebrew text reads ''Avinadav'', Greek manuscripts of the Septuagint read ''Am(e)inadab'' or ''Abin''. but Brenton's translation of the Septuagint reads "Abinadab". # A man of Kiriath-Jearim, in whose house on a hill the

Ark of the Covenant The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, was a religious storage chest and relic held to be the most sacred object by the Israelites. Religious tradition describes it as a wooden storage chest decorat ...

was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the

Philistines Philistines (; LXX: ; ) were ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age in a confederation of city-states generally referred to as Philistia. There is compelling evidence to suggest that the Philistines origi ...

. "It is most likely that this Abinadab was a

". The ark remained in his care for twenty years, guarded by his son

, until it was at length removed by

. # The second of the eight sons of Jesse. He was with

in the campaign against the

in which

Goliath Goliath ( ) was a Philistines, Philistine giant in the Book of Samuel. Descriptions of Goliath's giant, immense stature vary among biblical sources, with texts describing him as either or tall. According to the text, Goliath issued a challen ...

was slain. # One of

's sons, who perished with his father in the battle of Gilboa.

Abinoam

Abinoam (Hebrew אֲבִינֹעַם) was the father of Barak the partner of Deborah. He is mentioned in the following passages: and .

Abiram

Abiram (Hebrew אֲבִירָם) was the firstborn of Hiel the Beth-elite mentioned in .

Abishua

Abishua (Hebrew אֲבִישׁוּעַ) was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals found in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Abishua, a

High Priest of Israel In Judaism, the High Priest of Israel (, lit. ‘great priest’; Aramaic: ''Kahana Rabba'') was the head of the Israelite priesthood. He played a unique role in the worship conducted in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple in Jerusalem, ...

, being the son of

Phinehas According to the Hebrew Bible, Phinehas (also spelled Phineas, ; , ''Phinees'', ) was a priest during the Exodus. The grandson of Aaron and son of Eleazar, the High Priests (), he distinguished himself as a youth at Shittim with his zeal again ...

and the father of Bukki. He is attested in several extra-biblical sources such as

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who suggested that Abishua succeeded his father as High Priest of Israel. *A Benjaminite. The son of Bela and the grandson of Benjamin the eponymous founder of the

. ()

Abishur

According to the Hebrew Bible, Abishur or Abishur ben Shammai (Hebrew אֲבִישׁוּר) was the spouse of Abihail, and the father of Molin and Ahban. He was directly from the tribe of Judah as the son of Shammai the son of Onam the great-great-grandson of Judah. ()

Abital

In 2 Samuel 3:4, Abital ( ''’Ăḇîṭāl'') is minor biblical character in the book of Samuel and one of King

's wives. Abital gave birth to David's fifth son, Shephatiah, a minor biblical character.

Abitub

The name Abitub or Abitob (Hebrew אֲבִיטוּב) appears only once in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' 1 Chronicles 8:11
where it is used for a character said to be the son of Shaharaim, in a section on the descendants of

Achbor

Achbor (Hebrew עַכְבּוֹר) is the name of 2 biblical individuals. *In the King Lists in the books of Genesis and

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Achbor is the father of Baal-hanan, a king of

Edom Edom (; Edomite language, Edomite: ; , lit.: "red"; Akkadian language, Akkadian: , ; Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom that stretched across areas in the south of present-day Jordan and Israel. Edom and the Edomi ...

, but is not actually listed as being king himself although some commentaries assume that he was. Se
Genesis 36:38
In the

Books of Kings The Book of Kings (, ''Sefer (Hebrew), Sēfer Malik, Məlāḵīm'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of ancient Is ...

*Son of Michaiah, is one of

Josiah Josiah () or Yoshiyahu was the 16th king of Judah (–609 BCE). According to the Hebrew Bible, he instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh. Until the 1990s, the biblical description of Josiah’s ...

's officers, and one of the five men sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire regarding the book of the law newly discovered in the

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2 Kings 22:12
14). This Achbor is also called Abdon (Hebrew עַבְדּוֹן)i

This may be the same Achbor who is mentioned as the father of Elnathan (Hebrew אֶלְנָתָן) in th
Book of Jeremiah 26:20–23
and who lived in the reign of King

of Judah.

Achsa

Achsa or Achsah (Hebrew עַכְסָה), was the daughter of Caleb or Chelubai the son of Hezron of the

Tribe of Judah According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (, ''Shevet Yehudah'') was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah (son of Jacob), Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was one of the tribes to take its place in Canaan, occupying it ...

. () Though she is often identified as the Achsah the daughter of Caleb in the time of

Joshua Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...

Achsah

''See Achsa''

Adah

; ''adornment'' # the first wife of Lamech, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal. () # the first wife of

Esau Esau is the elder son of Isaac in the Hebrew Bible. He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis and by the minor prophet, prophets Obadiah and Malachi. The story of Jacob and Esau reflects the historical relationship between Israel and Edom, aiming ...

, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. It has been suggested by biblical scholars that she is the same person as " Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite", mentioned as a wife of Esau in Genesis 26. See Wives of Esau. She bore Esau's firstborn Eliphaz, and became the matriarch of the

Edomites Edom (; Edomite: ; , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom that stretched across areas in the south of present-day Jordan and Israel. Edom and the Edomites appear in several written sources relating to the ...

. () The

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considers Adah also to be the name of the daughter of

Jephthah Jephthah (pronounced ; , ''Yiftāḥ'') appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years (). According to Judges, he lived in Gilead. His father's name is also given as Gilead, and, as his mother is de ...

, although the Bible does not name her.

Adaiah

Adaiah (Hebrew עֲדָיָה, /əˈdeɪjə/) was the name of 8 biblical individuals: *The father of Queen Jedidah the wife of

, being the maternal grandfather of king

. () He was a native of Boscath of the lowlands of Judah. *A Levite of a Gershonite branch; he was the son of Ethan and father of Zerah making him an ancestor of Asaph. () In , he is called Iddo. *A Benjamite, being the son of Shimhi. () Apparently, he is the same with Shema in . *A priest listed in and . According to Cheyne and Black, it is possible that this same priest should appear in or 7, but has been removed by a scribal error that left the name " Jedaiah" in its place. *An ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada. () *One of the descendants of Bani who married foreign wives. () *A descendant of another Bani who also married a foreign wife. () *A son of Joiarib of the line of Pharez. ()

Adalia

Mentioned only in , Adalia (Hebrew אֲדַלְיָא) is the fifth of the

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n noble

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's ten sons.Cheyne and Black (1899), ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'', entry for "Adaliah.

Adalia was slain along with his nine siblings in

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. In various manuscripts of the Septuagint, his name is given as ''Barsa,'' ''Barel,'' or ''Barea.''

Adbeel

Adbeel (Hebrew אַדְבְּאֵל "disciplined by God") Nadbeel or Idiba'ilu, was the third son of

Ishmael In the Bible, biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) is the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137. Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs. Within Isla ...

out of twelve. () The name ''Adbeel'' is associated with the personal name and northwest tribe in

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known as ''Idiba'ilu''. (Kenneth A. Mathews, 2005, p. 361)

Addar

Addar (Hebrew אַדָּר), according to the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...

. He is briefly mentioned in .

Ader

''See Eder''

Adeel

Adeel (Hebrew עֲדִיאֵל) may refer to 3 people: # The father of Azmaveth, who was treasurer under

and

Solomon Solomon (), also called Jedidiah, was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ...

, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 27:25. # A family head of the tribe of Simeon, who participated in driving out the Meunim, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 4:36. # ''See Azareel''

Adin

Adin (Hebrew עָדִין) was the head of a family who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel i
Ezra 2:15
However, according t

his descendants were 655, that is, completely divergent from the descendants in Ezra as 454. He is also found i

as one who signed Nehemiah's covenant.

Adina

I

Adina (Hebrew עֲדִינָא lit. Slender) is listed as one of the "mighty men" of

's army. Adina was the son of a chief of the Reubenites named Shiza.

Adino

Adino (Hebrew עֲדִינוֹ) was an Eznite and one of

's mighty men found i
2 Samuel 23:8.
He is identified with Jashobeam and the name does not occur in other translations in the

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. Ginsburg offers a corrected form taken substantially from the parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 11:11: "Jashobeam a son of a Hachmonite, chief of the captains; he lifted up his spear." This is plausible, and is very generally accepted, and eliminates the names Adino and Eznite, which do not occur elsewhere in the Bible. Some of the facts are against this. The Septuagint has the names Adino and Eznite. The Latin finds no proper names in the passage, but so translates the words as to presuppose the Hebrew text as we have it. It may be a case for suspended judgment.

Adlai

Adlai is in Hebrew עַדְלָי, meaning "refuge". I
1 Chronicles 27:29
he is the father of Shaphat. He is mentioned only in this verse.

Admatha

Admatha (Hebrew אַדְמָ֣תָא) is an advisor to

, mentioned only i
Esther 1:14
Cheyne and Black (1899), ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'', entry for "Admatha. According to one theory, the verse has suffered from scribal error, and as it originally stood Admatha was instead Hamdatha, not an adviser to Ahaseurus but the father of

Adna

Adna (Hebrew עַדְנָא) is the name of two biblical characters.Cheyne and Black (1899), ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' entry for "Adna"
*One of the men of pahath-moav who took foreign wives. *A priest, named as the head of the priestly family Harim in the time of Joiakim.

Adnah

Adnah is the name of at least two individuals in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' # Adnah (Hebrew עַדְנָה) is found i
2 Chronicles 17:14
He is called ''Ednaas'' or ''Ednas'' in

manuscripts, is credited with being a commander of 300,000 soldiers in the army of

Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat (; alternatively spelled Jehosaphat, Josaphat, or Yehoshafat; ; ; ), according to the Hebrew Bible, was the son of Asa, and the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah, in succession to his father. His children included Jehoram, who ...

. His name is spelled with a final He, as opposed to Adna, above, whose named is spelled with an alef. # Adnah (Hebrew עַדְנַח) is found i
1 Chronicles 12:20
He is called ''Edna'' in the Septuagint, refers to a member of the

Tribe of Manasseh According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Manasseh (; Hebrew: ''Ševet Mənašše,'' Tiberian: ''Šēḇeṭ Mănašše'') was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. After the catastrophic Assyrian invasion of 720 BCE, it is counted as one ...

who deserted

to support

. His name is spelled with either a final He or else a

Heth Heth, sometimes written Chet or Ḥet, is the eighth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician ''ḥēt'' 𐤇, Hebrew ''ḥēt'' , Aramaic ''ḥēṯ'' 𐡇, Syriac ''ḥēṯ'' ܚ, and Arabic ''ḥāʾ'' . It is also related to ...

, depending on the manuscript.

Adonijah

Adonijah (Hebrew אֲדֹנִיָּה, "My God YHVH") is the name of 2 minor biblical figures. *A

sent by

to teach in the cities of Judah i
2 Chronicles 17:8
*A chief of the people. He sealed the covenant to keep God's Laws in the times of Nehemiah, found i

Adonikam

Adonikam (Hebrew אֲדֹנִיקָם, meaning, "My Lord is risen up."Cheyne and Black, ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' entry for "Adonikam."
) is a

figure, one of those "which came with

Zerubbabel Zerubbabel ( from ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a governor of the Achaemenid Empire's province of Yehud Medinata and the grandson of Jeconiah, penultimate king of Judah. He is not documented in extra-biblical documents, and is considered ...

"
Ezra 2:13
. His "children," or retainers, numbering 666, came to

Ezra 8:13
. In the Septuagint, depending on the manuscript and location, the name is given as ''Adon kam,'' ''Adonikan,'' ''Adeikam,'' ''Adenikam,'' ''Adaneikam'' or ''Adoniakaim.'' I
Nehemiah 7:18
his descendants were 667 instead of the previous number 666.

Adriel

Adriel (Hebrew עַדְרִיאֵל) was the son of Barzillai the Meholathite, whom

gave in marriage his own daughter, Merab. The five sons that sprang from this union were put to death by the Gibeonites. (; ). Here it is said that Michal bore these five children; either that she treated them as if she had been their own mother, or that for "Michal" we should read "Merab," in .

Agee

Agee (Hebrew אָגֵא) was the father of Shammah, who was one of

's mighty men
2 Samuel 23:11
. Based on interpretations o

an

Agee was either the grandfather of Jonathan or his brother. According to Cheyne and Black, his name is a scribal mistake, and should read "Ela"; he is the same as the Ela mentioned i
1 Kings 4:18

Ahab

Ahab (Hebrew: אָחאַב, which means "brother/father") is the name of at least one minor biblical figure: * Ahab, son of Koliah, who, according to

Jeremiah 29 Jeremiah 29 is the twenty-ninth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is numbered as Jeremiah 36 in the Septuagint. This book compiles prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, a ...

:21, was labeled a false prophet by YHVH

Aharah

''See Ehi''

Aharhel

In , Aharhel (Hebrew אֲחַרְחֵל "behind the rampart") is the son of Harum of the tribe of Judah.

Ahasai

''See Ahzai, and Meshullam''

Ahasbai

Ahasbai (Hebrew אֲחַסְבַּי), the son of the Maachathite, was the father of Eliphelet, one of King David's Warriors
2 Samuel 23:34
.

Ahaz

Ahaz (Hebrew אָחָז) was a son of Micah, and great-grandson of Jonathan. ()

Ahban

Ahban (Hebrew אַחְבָּן) was the first son of Abishur and Abihail. He was also the brother of Molid and a Jerahmeelite. He is mentioned in the following passage: .

Aher

Aher (Hebrew אַחֵר, translated as "other") was a Benjamite and the father of Hushim. () He might be the same as Ahiram and Aharah.

Ahi

(Hebrew אֲחִי "my brother") * Ahi is the son of Abdiel i
1 Chronicles 5:15
* Ahi is the son of Shomer i

Ahiah

''See

Ahijah Ahijah ( ''ʾĂḥīyyā'', "brother of Yahweh, Yah"; Latin and Douay–Rheims Bible, Douay–Rheims: Ahias) is a name of several biblical individuals: # Ahijah the Shilonite, the Biblical prophet who divided the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah. # One ...

Ahiam

Ahiam (Hebrew אֲחִיאָם) is one of David's thirty heroes. He was the son of Sharar () or according t
1 Chronicles 11:35
of Sacar, the Hararite.

Ahian

Ahian (Hebrew אַחְיָן) is the name given to a descendant of Manasseh in the tribal genealogies o

The name appears only in a single time in the Bible.

Ahiezer

Ahiezer (Hebrew אֲחִיעֶזֶר) is the name of 2 biblical figures: *The son of Ammishaddai was the leader of the

tribe of Dan The Tribe of Dan (, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe initially settled in the hill lands bordering Tribe of Ephraim, Ephraim and Tribe of Benjamin, Benjamin on the ...

and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel mentioned in several places in the

Book of Numbers The Book of Numbers (from Biblical Greek, Greek Ἀριθμοί, ''Arithmoi'', , ''Bəmīḏbar'', ; ) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and complex history; its final f ...

Number 1:12
. *One of

's mighty warriors which was chief of David's army; who joined him in war in Ziklag. He was the son of Shemaah.
1 Chronicles 12:3

Ahihud

''See Abihud'' Ahihud is the name of 3 or 2 biblical individuals # Ahihud (Hebrew אֲחִיחֻד). A son of Ehud, of the

. He may be the same as the first but the text might be corrupt.
1 Chronicles 8:6-7
#Ahihud (Hebrew אֲחִיהוּד), meaning brother of Judah. Chief of the tribe of Asher; one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the division of Canaan among the tribe

Ahijah

Ahijah (Hebrew אֲחִיָּה) is the name of 7 minor biblical individuals. # One of the sons of Ehud
1 Chr. 8:7
. # One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah
1 Chr. 2:25
. # A Pelonite, one of David's heroes

; called also Eliam
2 Sam. 23:34
. # A

having charge of the sacred treasury in the temple
1 Chr. 26:20
. # One of Solomon's secretaries

. # Son of Ahitub
1 Sam. 14:3-18
, Ichabod's brother; the same probably as Ahimelech, who was High Priest at Nob in the reign of

1 Sam. 22:11
and at Shiloh, where the

Tabernacle According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle (), also known as the Tent of the Congregation (, also Tent of Meeting), was the portable earthly dwelling of God used by the Israelites from the Exodus until the conquest of Canaan. Moses was instru ...

was set up. Some, however, suppose that Ahimelech was the brother of Ahijah, and that they both officiated as high priests, Ahijah at

Gibeah Gibeah (; ''Gīḇəʿā''; ''Gīḇəʿaṯ'') is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Tribe of Benjamin, Benjamin, Tribe of Judah, Judah, and Tribe of Ephraim, Ephraim respectively. Gibeah of Benjamin, als ...

or Kirjath-jearim, and Ahimelech at Nob. # Father of King Baasha of Israel
1 Kings 15:27

Ahikam

Ahikam (

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אחיקם, "My brother has risen") was one of the five whom, according to the

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. '' Josiah Josiah () or Yoshiyahu was the 16th king of Judah (–609 BCE). According to the Hebrew Bible, he instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh. Until the 1990s, the biblical description of Josiah’s ...

sent to consult the prophetess Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law.

Ahilud

Ahilud (Hebrew אֲחִילוּד) is the father of

, who serves as court recorder to

() and

(). In , Ahilud is the father of Baana, an official in Solomon's court sent to gather provisions in Taanach and

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, and Beth Shan.

Ahimaaz

Ahimaaz (Hebrew אֲחִימָעַץ) was the name of 2 or 1 biblical individuals. *The father of Ahinoam the wife of Saul.
1 Samuel 14:50
*Ahimaaz, in

Naphtali According to the Book of Genesis, Naphtali (; ) was the sixth son of Jacob, the second of his two sons with Bilhah. He was the founder of the Israelite tribe of Naphtali. Some biblical commentators have suggested that the name ''Naphtali'' ma ...

, was one of

's twelve commissary officers and married Basemath, Solomon's daughter. () It is possible that he is

Ahimaaz Ahimaaz ( ''ʾĂḥīmaʿaṣ'', "My Brother Is Counselor") was son of the high priest Zadok. Ahimaaz first appears in the reign of King David (reigned c. 1000-962 BCE). During Absalom's revolt he remained faithful to David, and, along with Jon ...

Zadok Zadok (), also spelled Ṣadok, Ṣadoc, Zadoq, Tzadok or Tsadoq (; lit. 'righteous, justified'), was a Kohen (priest), biblically recorded to be a descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron. He was the High Priest of Israel during the reigns of Dav ...

's son.

Ahiman

Ahiman (אֲחִימַן) is the name of 2 biblical individuals. *One of the three giant Anakim brothers whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron
Numbers 13:22
when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain

. *One of the guardians of the temple after the exile.

Ahimelech

Ahimelech the Hittite (אֲחִימֶלֶךְ הַחִתִּי) is the name of 1 minor biblical individual which is referred i

as a companion and friend of

, when he was hiding from

in the wilderness.

Ahimoth

See Mahath

Ahinadab

Ahinadab (Hebrew: אחינדב ''Akhinadav'' "my brother Is noble" or "my brother has devoted himself"), son of Iddo, is one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by

to districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household. He was appointed to the district of Mahanaim
1 Kings 4:14
, east of Jordan.

Ahinoam

There are two references in the

to people; who bear that name; *A daughter of Ahimaaz; who became a wife of

and the mother of his four sons and two daughters, one of whom is

Michal Michal (; ; ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel, a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel; the younger daughter of King Saul, she was the first wife of David (), who later became king, first of Judah, then of all Israel, maki ...

, David's first wife. *A woman from Jezreel, who became

's second wife, after he fled from Saul, leaving

, his first wife, behind, and the mother of

Amnon Amnon ( ''’Amnōn'', "faithful") was, in the Hebrew Bible, the oldest son of King David and his second wife, Ahinoam of Jezreel. He was born in Hebron during his father's reign in Judah. He was the heir apparent to the throne of Israel until ...

, David's first-born.

Ahio

Ahio is the name of 3 biblical individuals. *One of the sons of Beriah. () *One of the sons of Jehiel the Giebeonite. () *One of the sons of Abinadab the

. He helped carried the

with Uzzah, his brother, out of his father's house. (; )

Ahira

Ahira was the leader of the tribe of Naphtali mentioned in recording of the census, and was the "hereditary" prince of his tribe who made tribal sacrifices to

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, and commander of his tribe in the march. ()

Ahiram

Ahiram was a son of

according to Numbers 26:38.

Ahisamach

Ahisamach or Ahisamakh, also Ahis'amach (

: אחיסמך "brother of support"), of the

, was the father of Aholiab according to Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:34, and Exodus 38:23.

Ahishahar

Ahishahar is the name given to a third-generation descendant of

(the eponymous forefather of the

Tribe of Benjamin According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the ...

) in 1 Chronicles 7:10. This figure is mentioned nowhere else in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. ''

Ahishar

Ahishar (אחישר in Hebrew; meaning Brother of song, or singer), the officer who was "over the household" of Solomon ().

Ahitub

Ahitub is the name of several minor biblical figures: # Ahitub, son of

, grandson of

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, and brother of Ichabod. (, ) # Ahitub, son of Amariah and father of

. () # Ahitub, a descendant through the priestly line of the first

. He was an ancestor of later high priests who served during the fall of

and after the

exile Exile or banishment is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons ...

. () # Ahitub, a Benjamite. ()

Ahlai

Ahlai is a name given to two individuals in the

. In the opinion of

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, the name is probably derived from "Ahiel" or a similar name. * The first is either the son or daughter of a Jerahmeelite man named Sheshan. * The second is the father or mother of Zabad, who is listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors in 1 Chronicles 11:41.

Ahoah

Ahoah was the son of Bela son of

. ()

Aholibamah

Aholibamah was the name of 2 biblical individuals. *Was the daughter of

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and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, son of Seir the Horite. She was one of two Canaanite women who married

, the son of

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, when he was in his forties. Isaac and his wife

Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...

, however, were greatly opposed to this union. So, according to some Biblical scholars, Esau changed her name to the

name "Judith", as to pacify his parents. *A duke of

. ()

Ahumai

Ahumai was the son of Shobal or Jabath of the

. He was head of one of the families of the Zorahites. ()

Ahuzam

''See Ahuzzam''

Ahuzath

''See Ahuzzath''

Ahuzzah

''See Ahuzzath''

Ahuzzam

Ahuzzam or Ahuzam is the name of one of the sons of "Asshur, the father of Tekoa," in a genealogy describing the desceandants of the

. He is mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 4:6.

Ahuzzath

Ahuzzath or Ahuzzah is the name given to an associate of Abimelech, king of Gerar, in Genesis 26:26. According to the

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, Ahuzzath accompanied Abimelech when Abimelech went to make a treaty with

. He is mentioned nowhere else in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. ''

Ahzai

Ahzai (

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Ahasai) is a name which appears only in Nehemiah 11:13, where it is mentioned in passing. The verse refers to a priest, called " Amashsai son of Azarel son of Ahzai son of Meshillemoth son of Immer." In the parallel name in 1 Chronicles 9:12, the name "Jahzerah" replaces "Ahzai."

Aiah

Aiah (איה "Falcon") was the father of Rizpah, mentioned in

Ajah

In and , Ajah �יהis a son of Zibeon. ''Ajah'' means ''hawk''. Alternative spelling: ''Aiah''.

Akan

In Akan is a son of Ezer and grandson of Seir the Horite. In he is called Jaakan.

Akkub

Akkub was the name of 3 or 4 biblical individuals. *In , Akkub is the head of a family of

Nethinim Nethinim ( ''nəṯīnīm'', lit. "given ones", or "subjects"), or Nathinites or Nathineans, was the name given to the Solomon's Temple, Temple assistants in ancient Jerusalem. The term was applied originally in the Book of Joshua (where it is foun ...

. *In , Akkub is a son of Elionenai, a descendant of

living in the

Kingdom of Judah The Kingdom of Judah was an Israelites, Israelite kingdom of the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. Centered in the highlands to the west of the Dead Sea, the kingdom's capital was Jerusalem. It was ruled by the Davidic line for four centuries ...

. *In , , and , Akkub is listed as one of the

gatekeepers of

after the return from the

Babylonian captivity The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were forcibly relocated to Babylonia by the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The deportations occurred ...

. *A Levite who assisted

in expounding the law. ()

Alameth

Alameth is one of the sons of Becher the son of

. ()

Alemeth

Alemeth was the son of Jarah and the father of Azmaveth mentioned in 1 Chronicles 9:42.

Allon

In , Allon is the son of Jedaiah, of the family of the Simeonites, who expelled the Hamites from the valley of Gedor.

Almodad

Almodad is one of the sons of Joktan according to and . While the Bible has no further history regarding Almodad, this patriarch is considered to be the founder of an Arabian tribe in " Arabia Felix". This is based on the identification of Joktan's other sons, such as

Sheba Sheba, or Saba, was an ancient South Arabian kingdoms in pre-Islamic Arabia, South Arabian kingdom that existed in Yemen (region), Yemen from to . Its inhabitants were the Sabaeans, who, as a people, were indissociable from the kingdom itself f ...

and Havilah, who are both identified as coming from that region.

Alvah

In , Alvah is a chief of

and a descendant of

. In he is called Aliah.

Alvan

In , Alvan is the eldest son of Shobal and a descendant of Seir the Horite. In he is called Alian.

Amal

Amal was the son of Helem of the tribe of Asher. ()

Amariah

Amariah is the name of 8 or 9 biblical figures. *A Levite in the line of Aaron-Eleazar; a son of Meraioth and grandfather of

who lived in

's time. () *A Levite of the descent of Kohath at the time of the division of the courses of the

Levites Levites ( ; ) or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew definite article "" ''Ha-' ...

by David. () *A Levite in the line of

a son of Azariah who "executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built". () In he is listed as an ancestor of

. *Chief priest and judge "in all matters of Yahweh" appointed by

. () Could be the same as the previous Amariah. *A descendant of Judah in the line of Perez and an ancestor of Ataiah who lived in

after the

Babylonian Exile The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were forcibly relocated to Babylonia by the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The deportations occurre ...

. () May be the same as Imri in . *A Levite and an assistant of Kore appointed by king

for the "oblations of Yahweh" to their brethren. () *A son of Bani who married a foreign wife. () *A priest who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant; he had returned to Jerusalem with

and was the father of Jehohanan at the time of Joiakim. () *An ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah. ()

Amasa

In , Amasa is the son of Hadlai, and one of the leaders of

Ephraim Ephraim (; , in pausa: ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath, as well as the adopted son of his biological grandfather Jacob, making him the progenitor of the Tribe of Ephrai ...

() during the reign of the most wicked King

Amasai

Amasai was the name of 3 or 4 biblical figures. *A Kohathite, father of Mahath and ancestor of

() *Chief of the captains of Judah and Benjamin, who rushed to

while an outlaw in Ziklag (). *One of the priests who blew the trumpets before the

(). *Mentioned in , as the father of Mahath, one of the

who took a prominent part at the instance of

in the cleansing of the temple.

Amashai

''See Amashsai''

Amashsai

Amashsai (''Amashai'' in the

) son of Azareel, was appointed by

to reside at

and do the work of the temple. He merits only one mention in the whole

, i
Nehemiah 11:13

Amasiah

I
2 Chronicles 17:16
Amasiah (meaning burden of

Jehovah Jehovah () is a Romanization, Latinization of the Hebrew language, Hebrew , one Tiberian vocalization, vocalization of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH), the proper name of the God in Judaism, God of Israel in the Hebrew BibleOld Testament. The Tetr ...

) was the son of Zichri, a captain under King

Amaziah

Amaziah is the name of 3 minor biblical figures. *In , Amaziah is a priest of Bethel who confronts Amos and rejects his prophesying against king Jeroboam II. As a result, Amos is led to prophesy the doom of Amaziah's family, the loss of his land and his death in exile. Jonathan Magonet has described Amaziah as 'a spiritual leader who believed in his own power and could not risk hearing the word of God'. *A son of Hilkiah of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (). *The father of Joshah, the chief of the Simeonites in the time of

().

Ami

''See

Amon Amon may refer to: Mythology * Amun, an Ancient Egyptian deity, also known as Amon and Amon-Ra * Aamon, a Goetic demon People Mononym * Amon of Judah ( 664– 640 BC), king of Judah * Amon of Toul ( 375– 423 AD), second recorded Bishop of ...

Aminadab

''See

Amminadab Amminadab () is a minor character referred to in the Book of Exodus. He is the father-in-law of High Priest Aaron, brother of Moses. Amminadab is also mentioned in the Book of Ruth (and also in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke) as ...

Amittai

The father of

Jonah Jonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( , ) is a Jewish prophet from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the minor proph ...

the prophet, and a native of Gath-hepher (; ). Mentioned in Islam by Muhammad. When Muhammad was returning from preaching in Ta'if and decided to take shelter in the garden of two leaders, Addas, a lowly servant boy, was sent to offer grapes to Muhammad. When Addas came, Muhammad asked which land he came from. Addas replied he was from Nineveh. Upon receiving this answer, Muhammad exclaimed "The town of Jonah, son of Amittai!" Overjoyed, Muhammad then told Addas how Jonah and he (Muhammad) were prophetic brothers.

Ammiel

Ammiel was the name of 4 biblical individuals. *One of the spies

Moses In Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrews, Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the The Exodus, Exodus from ancient Egypt, Egypt. He is considered the most important Prophets in Judaism, prophet in Judaism and Samaritani ...

sent to the land of

Canaan CanaanThe current scholarly edition of the Septuagint, Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interprets. 2. ed. / recogn. et emendavit Robert Hanhart. Stuttgart : D ...

. He was also one of the people who perished for their unpleasant report (). *The father of Machir of Lo-debar in whose house Mephibosheth resided (). *''See Eliam'' *One of the sons of

Obed-edom Obed-Edom or Oved Edom ( hebr.: עֹבֵד אֱדֹם) is a biblical name which in Hebrew means "servant of Edom," and which appears in the books of 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Chronicles. The relationship between these passages has been the subject of ...

the Levite in .

Ammihud

Ammihud may refer to a quantity of 5 people in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Ephraimite. The son of Laadan (son of Tahan, son of Telah, son of Resheph, son of Rephah, son of Beriah, son of Joseph) and father of Elishama (father of Nun, father of

). He is mentioned in Joshua's genealogy in . *The father of Shemuel, a chief appointed by

at the time of the Exodus. () *The father of Pedahel, a chief appointed by Moses to rule over the tribe of

. () *The father of

Talmai Talmai (, ; 'my furrows') is a name in the Bible referring to a number of minor people. Its Aramaic version was associated with the Greek Ptolemy (see that article for the list of corresponding names and surnames), and is the origin of Bartholom ...

, king of Geshur, to whom

Absalom Absalom ( , ), according to the Hebrew Bible, was an Israelite prince. Born to David and Maacah, who was from Geshur, he was the only full sibling of Tamar. He is described in the Hebrew Bible as being exceptionally beautiful, as is his siste ...

fled for refuge after the murder of

. () *The son of Omri and father of Uthai, a descendant of Perez son of Judah. ()

Amminadab

Amminadab was the name of 3 biblical individuals. *The father of

Nahshon In the Hebrew Bible, Nahshon ( ''Naḥšon'') was a tribal leader of the Tribe of Judah, Judahites during the wilderness wanderings of the Book of Numbers. In the King James Version, the name is spelled Naashon, and is within modern Rabbinical c ...

the chief of the

. His daughter

Elisheba Elisheba (; (original) ) was the wife of Aaron, the older brother of Moses and the first High Priest of Israel. She was mentioned once in Exodus 6:23 in the Torah and the Old Testament. In the Torah In the book of Exodus, she was said to be ...

married

. He was also the ancestor of

and

. (; ) *''See Izhar'' *Chief of the 112 descendants of Uzziel the

. ()

Amminadib

A person mentioned in the

in , whose

chariot A chariot is a type of vehicle similar to a cart, driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid Propulsion, motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk O ...

s were famed for their swiftness. It is rendered in the margin "my willing people," and in the Revised Version "my princely people."

Ammishaddai

In the

, Ammishaddai ( ''‘Ammīšadāy'' "people of the Almighty") was the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the

Tribe of Dan The Tribe of Dan (, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe initially settled in the hill lands bordering Tribe of Ephraim, Ephraim and Tribe of Benjamin, Benjamin on the ...

at the time of

the Exodus The Exodus (Hebrew language, Hebrew: יציאת מצרים, ''Yəṣīʾat Mīṣrayīm'': ) is the Origin myth#Founding myth, founding myth of the Israelites whose narrative is spread over four of the five books of the Torah, Pentateuch (specif ...

(Numbers 1:12; 2:25). This is one of the few names compounded with the name of God, Shaddai.

Ammizabad

Ammizabad was the son of Benaiah, who was the third and chief captain of the host under

1 Chronicles 27:6
.

Amnon

Amnon was one of the sons of Shammai, of the children of

. ()

Amok

Amok was a chief priest who came to

with

and the ancestor of Eber who was priest in the day of Joiakim. ()

Amon

Amon was the name of 3 minor biblical individuals. *A city governor in the time of Kings

and

Ahab Ahab (; ; ; ; ) was a king of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), the son and successor of King Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible. He is depicted in the Bible as a Baal worshipper and is criticized for causi ...

, king of Judah. *The head of the "children of

's servants" who returned from captivity; reckoned along with the Nethinim, or temple slaves. Called also Ami. (; )

Amoz

Amoz (), also known as Amotz, was the father of the

prophet In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divinity, divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings ...

Isaiah Isaiah ( or ; , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "Yahweh is salvation"; also known as Isaias or Esaias from ) was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. The text of the Book of Isaiah refers to Isaiah as "the prophet" ...

, mentioned in

1:1; 2:1 and 13:1, and in 2 Kings 19:2, 20; 20:1. The word "amoz" means strong In Rabbinical Tradition, there is a Talmudic tradition that when the name of a prophet's father is given, the father was also a prophet, so that Amoz would have been a prophet like his son. The rabbis of the Talmud declared, based upon a rabbinic tradition, that Amoz was the brother of Amaziah (אמציה), the king of Judah at that time (and, as a result, that Isaiah himself was a member of the royal family). According to some traditions, Amoz is the "man of God" in 2 Chronicles 25:7–9 (Seder Olam Rabbah 20), who cautioned Amaziah to release the Israelite mercenaries that he had hired.

Amram

Amram is minor individual who was one of the sons of Bani that married a foreign wife in .

Amzi

Amzi ('am-tsee') is a masculine

name meaning "my strength" or "strong." Two individuals with this name are mentioned in the Bible: * indicates Amzi as a

man of the family of Merari. * A son of Zechariah was named Amzi. He was an ancestor to the

priest Adaiah (), who was one of the Israelite exiles under the direction of

when he returned to

to rebuild the city walls.

Anah

In the Book of Genesis, there are two men and one woman named Anah. * In , Anah is a daughter of Zibeon, and her daughter Aholibamah is a wife of

. * In and , Anah is a son of Seir and a brother of Zibeon chief of the Horites. * In and , Anah is a son of Zibeon, and is famed for discovering hot springs.

Anaiah

Anaiah, a name meaning "Yahweh has answered," appears only twice in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Nehemiah Nehemiah (; ''Nəḥemyā'', "Yahweh, Yah comforts") is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period as the governor of Yehud Medinata, Persian Judea under Artaxer ...

.On the etymology, see *

, a Jewish reformer, standing up to give a speech, with thirteen other people standing beside him. Anaiah is listed as one of those standing by. *The second appearance of the name is in a list of people who signed a covenant between God and the Jewish people.

Anak

Anak was the father of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai in Numbers 13:22

Anamim

Anamim (, ''‘Ănāmīm'') is, according to the

, either a son of Ham's son

Mizraim Mizraim (; cf. ) is the Hebrew and Aramaic name for the land of Egypt and its people. Mizraim - king of Egypt Linguistic analysis '' Mizraim'' is the Hebrew cognate of a common Semitic source word for the land now known as Egypt. It is similar t ...

or the name of a people descending from him. Biblical scholar Donald E. Gowan describes their identity as "completely unknown." The name should perhaps be attached to a people in

North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...

, probably in the surrounding area of

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

. Medieval biblical exegete,

Saadia Gaon Saʿadia ben Yosef Gaon (892–942) was a prominent rabbi, Geonim, gaon, Jews, Jewish philosopher, and exegesis, exegete who was active in the Abbasid Caliphate. Saadia is the first important rabbinic figure to write extensively in Judeo-Arabic ...

, identified the Anamim with the indigenous people of

Alexandria Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...

, in Egypt.

Anan

Anan was one of the Israelites who sealed the covenant after the return from Babylon (). While "Anan" (which means "Cloud") never became a very common name, a much later person so named – Anan Ben David (c. 715 – c. 795) is widely considered to be a major founder of the Karaite movement of

Judaism Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of o ...

Anani

Anani is a name which appears in a genealogy in Chronicles. It refers to a descendant of Zerubbabel. According to the

Anani was born six generations after

. For scholars, this six-generation span after Zerubbabel is the ''terminus a quo'' for the date of Chronicles—it implies that Chronicles could not have been written earlier than about 400 BCE. In the

, Anani is listed as eleven generations removed from Zerubbabel. For scholars who believe that the

reading for Anani's genealogy is correct, this places the earliest possible date for the writing of Chronicles at about 300 BCE.

Ananiah

Ananiah was the father of Maaseiah the father of Azariah was mentioned in the Book of

specifically .

Anath

Anath, being described in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Shamgar Shamgar, son of Anath ( ''Šamgar''), is the name of one or possibly two individuals named in the Book of Judges. The name occurs twice: #at the first mention, Shamgar is identified as a man who repelled Philistine incursions into Israelite regi ...

, a judge of Israel who slew the Philistines with just using an ox goad. He is mentioned Judges 3:31 and 5:6.

Anathoth

Anathoth was the son of Becher the son of Benjamin in .

Aner

Aner (; ''‘Ānêr '') refers, in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Abram Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the Covenant (biblical), covenanta ...

in the Hebron area, who joined his forces with those of

in pursuit of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:13, 24).

Aniam

Aniam according to , was one of the sons of Shemida, a Manassehite.

Antothijah

''See Anthothijah''

Anthothijah

Anthothijah is a name which appears only once in the

. It is most likely an adjective used to describe a female person from the town of Anathoth. Manuscripts of the Greek

give the name as ''Anothaith,'' ''Anathothia,'' ''Athein,'' or ''Anathotha.''

Anub

Anub a'-nub (`anubh, "ripe") was the son of Hakkoz or Coz ().

Aphiah

Aphiah, of the

, was an ancestor of King

and of his commander

. According to Saul, his family was the least of the tribe of Benjamin. A son of Shchorim, the son of Uzziel (descendant of Gera, son of Benjamin) and Matri (ancestor of Matrites and descendant of Belah, son of Benjamin).

Aphses

''See Happizzez''

Appaim

Appaim is a minor figure who appears in 1 Chronicles 2:30 and 31. He appears briefly in a genealogy of Jerahmeelites, in which he is the father Ishi, son of Appaim, son of Nadab, son of Shammai, son of Onam, son of Jerahmeel. In manuscripts of the

, he is called ''Ephraim,'' ''Aphphaim,'' or ''Opheim.''

Ara

Ara was one of the sons of Jether of the tribe of Asher ().

Arad

Arad was one of the sons of Beriah ().

Arah

Arah is the name of two minor biblical figures. The name may mean "wayfarer." * Arah the son of Ulla appears as a member of the Tribe of Asher in the part of the

devoted to outlining the genealogy of the twelve Tribes of Israel. * In the

Book of Ezra The Book of Ezra is a book of the Hebrew Bible which formerly included the Book of Nehemiah in a single book, commonly distinguished in scholarship as Ezra–Nehemiah. The two became separated with the first printed Mikraot Gedolot, rabbinic bib ...

and the

Book of Nehemiah The Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible largely takes the form of a first-person memoir by Nehemiah, a Hebrew prophet and high official at the Persian court, concerning the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and the ...

, the "sons of Arah" are a group listed among the returnees to Jerusalem in the time of

. Shechaniah, a "son of Shecaniah," was the father-in law of Tobiah the Ammonite.

Aram

Aram is the name of 3 biblical individuals. *''See

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'' *A son of Kemuel and grandson of Nahor and Milcah(). *An Tribe of Asher, Asherite and one of the sons of Shamer ().

Aran

Aran is a Horite, the son of Dishan and brother of Uz (; ).

Araunah

Araunah (

: ''ʾǍrawnā'') was a Jebusite mentioned in the Books of Samuel, Second Book of Samuel, who owned the threshing floor on Moriah, Mount Moriah which

purchased and used as the site for assembling an altar#Judaism, altar to Yahweh, God. The Books of Chronicles, First Book of Chronicles, a later text, renders his name as Ornan ( ''ʾOrnān'').

Arba

Arba ( - literally "Four") was a man mentioned in the Book of Joshua. In , he is called the "greatest man among the Anakites." Joshua 15:13 says that Arba was the father of Anak.

Ard

Ard (Hebrew ארד) was the tenth son of

in Genesis 46:21. It is relatively unusual among Hebrew names for ending in a cluster of two consonants instead of as a segholate. He is either directly or more remotely a son of Benjamin. Numbers 26:38-40 mentions five sons of Benjamin, together with Ard and Naaman, the sons of Bela, Benjamin's oldest son, counting all seven as ancestors of Benjamite families. In 1 Chronicles 8:1-3 Addar and Naaman are mentioned, with others, as sons of Bela, Addar and Ard being apparently the same name with the consonants transposed. In Genesis 46:21 ten sons of Benjamin are counted, including at least the three grandsons, Ard and Naaman and Gera.

Ardon

Ardon (ארדון "Bronze") a son of Caleb by Jerioth, 1st Chronicles 2:18

Areli

Areli was a son of Gad (son of Jacob), Gad according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:16 and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:17. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Argob

Argob was one of the men who came with Pekah to smite King Pekahiah mentioned in .

Aridai

Aridai was one of the children of

, all of their relatives were slain by the Jews and destroyed five hundred men.Nehemiah 9

Aridatha

Aridatha was a child of Haman executed by the Jews along with his siblings.

Arieh

Arieh was the name of one of the officers of King Pekahiah of the house of Manahen when Pekah the son of Remaliah went against the king.

Ariel

Ariel was one of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites for the sanctuary according to .

Arioch

Arioch was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals. *The king of Eliasar and served as an ally to king Chedorlaomer in his expedition in rebellious tributaries. The tablets recently discovered by Mr. Pinches show the true reading is Eri-Aku of Larsa. This Elamite name meant "servant of the moon-god." It was afterwards changed into Rimsin, "Have mercy, O moon-god."() *The captain of Nebuchadnezzar's body-guard. ()

Arisai

Arisai was one of the children of

in accordance to . The Jews would later slay them fearing for the rise of a new threat unto their people.

Armoni

Armoni was one of the two named sons of

by Rizpah. He was delivered by the Gibeonites by

and then hanged. ()

Arnan

Arnan was a descendant of David, father of List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z#Obadiah, Obadiah, and son of Rephaiah.

Arod

''See #Arodi, Arodi''

Arodi

Arodi or Arod was a son of Gad (son of Jacob), Gad according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:16 and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:17. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Arza

Arza ''Ar'za (Heb. Artsa', אִרצָא, an Aramaean form, the earth; Sept. ᾿Ωρσά v. r. Α᾿ρσᾶ)'' was a steward or prefect of the palace at Tirzah (ancient city), Tirzah to Elah (king), Elah king of Israel, whom Zimri (king), Zimri assassinated at his banquet. () The text is not quite clear, and Arza might have been a servant of Zimri.

Asa

Asa, not to be confused with King Asa, was a son of Elkanah a

, who dwelt in one of the villages of the Netophathites. ()

Asahel

Asahel was the name of 3 minor biblical individuals. *One of the Levites in the reign of

that went throughout all the cities of Judah instructing the people of the law. () *A Levite in the reign of

who was in charge of the tithes dedicated to the things of the temple. () *A priest and the father of Jonathan in

's time. ()

Asahiah

''See #Asaiah, Asaiah''

Asaiah

Asaiah was the name of 4 biblical individuals. *A Levite of the family of Merari and one of those who helped bring the ark from the house of

. () *A leading man of the tribe of Simeon. He was in the incursion which attacked and dispossessed the \MEUNIM\ (which see), or the shepherd people, in the valley of Gedor. () *An officer of

, also called Asahiah whom Huldah the prophetess sent for advice regarding the law book found by Hilkiah. () *''See List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, L–Z#Maaseiah, Maaseiah''

Asaph

Asaph is the name of 3 minor biblical individuals. *One of the Levites who led the choir () and the 50th chapter of Psalms is attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as skilled in music, and a "seer" (). His so-called 'sons' mentioned in 1 Chronicles 20:14 and Ezra 2:41 were probably his descendants that were poets and musicians who looked upon him as their leader. *

's recorder (). *The "keeper of the king's forest," to whom

willed from Artaxerxes I of Persia, Artaxerxes a letter that he may give him timber at the temple in

().

Asareel

Asareel, according to a genealogical passages in the Books of Chronicles, Book of Chronicles, was the son of a figure named Jehaleleel or Jehallelel. Asareel and Jehaleleel are mentioned only briefly, in a section of the genealogies adjacent to the descendants of Caleb, although the relationship between them and the descendants of Caleb is uncertain.

Asarelah

Asarelah, Asharelah or Jesharelah is one of the sons of Asaph, a musician. ()

Asharelah

''See #Asarelah, Asarelah''

Ashbel

Ashbel (Hebrew, אשבל) is the third of the ten sons of

named in Genesis. He founded the tribe of Ashbelites.

Ashpenaz

Ashpenaz was the chief of the

s serving Nebuchadnezzar II, King Nebuchadnezzar, named in and subsequently referred to later in Daniel 1 simply as "the chief of the eunuchs", who selected Daniel (biblical figure), Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, sons of the Jewish royal family and nobility, to be taken to Babylon to learn the language and literature of the Chaldeans. It was Ashpenaz who gave Daniel and his companions the names Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego.

Ashriel

''See #Asriel, Asriel''

Ashur

Ashur was the posthumous son of Hezron by his wife Abiah. He became the father or 'founder' of the town, Tekoa. ()

Ashvath

Ashvath was of the tribe of Asher, of the family of Japhlet. ()

Asiel

Asiel is listed as one of the descendants of Simeon in 1 Chronicles 4:35. In the deuterocanonical Tobit 1:1, Book of Tobit, Tobit's family are descendants of Asiel, of the tribe of Naphtali.

Asnah

Asnah was mentioned as the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon as temple servants. His descendants were among the Nethinim. ()

Aspatha

Aspatha was one of the ten sons of

executed by the Jews. ()

Asriel

Asriel was a son of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:31, :s:Bible (King James)/Joshua#Chapter 17, Joshua 17:2, and :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 7, 1 Chronicles 7:14.

Asshur

Asshur or Ashur was the son of

. He went from the land of Shinar and built Nineveh. He probably gave his name to Assyria, which is the usual translation of the word, although the form Asshur is sometimes retained. (; )

Asshurim

Asshurim is mentioned in , as one of the sons of #Dedan, Dedan. It is likely that this was the term that refers to the descendants of Dedan. Specific identification is not possible, but some north Arabian tribe is probably meant. They should not be confused, however, with the Assyrians who were descendants of Shem's son Asshur.

Assir

There are 2 biblical individuals named Assir: *A son of Korah of the house of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Exodus#Chapter 6, Exodus 6:24, born in Egypt. It was also the firstborn son of Jehoiachin, King of Judah. Perhaps there is enough ambiguity here to assume that "Assir" is actually an adjective. The text is too vague to be certain... i.e. 1 Chronicles 3:17. Jehoiachin was the last free king of Judah before being led off to captivity... "prisoner" could be a more descriptive use of "Assir" as opposed to the name of a son. Maybe. According to 1 Chronicles 6 he was the son of #Abiasaph, Abiasaph instead of being the son of Korah. *The firstborn of King Jehoiachin from the tribe of Tribe of Judah, Judah. He is mentioned briefly in :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 3, 1 Chronicles 3:17 at the time of the Babylonian exile in 587/6 BC.

Atarah

Atarah was the wife of Jerahmeel the son of Hezron according to :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 2, 1 Chronicles 2:26, and was the mother of Onam, and the step-mother of Jerahmeel's firstborns.

Ater

Ater was the name of 2 or possibly 1 biblical individual in the time of the Babylonian exile. *The head of his 98 descendants who came with Zerubbabel from Babylon. (; ) The

translates his name as ''Ater of Hezekiah'' while the Revised Edition of 1 Esdras 5:15 has Ater of Ezekias, margin, "Ater of Hezekiah." the King James Version has "Aterezias." The name also appears in (; (), possibly another Ater, but could be the same of number 1. Ater is further mentioned in , who signed the covenant of Nehemiah.

Athaiah

Athaiah the son of Uzziah is a person listed in

as a Tribe of Judah, Judahite inhabitant of Jerusalem. The meaning of the name is uncertain.

Athaliah

Athaliah was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals. *A Benjamite who dwelt at

. () *The father of Jeshaiah who returned with

in .

Athlai

Athlai, a descendant of Bebai, is listed in the book of Ezra as one of the men who married foreign women. The name is a contraction of "Athaliah." In the equivalent list in

, the name "Amatheis" or "Ematheis" appears in the same place.

Attai

Attai was the name of 2 biblical individuals: *The son of Jarha and one of the daughters of Sheshan who had no sons but had daughters. He was the father of Nathan the Prophet mentioned in . *One of the sons of Maacah the daughter of

mentioned in .

Azaliah

Azaliah is mentioned in passing as the father of the scribe Shaphan in 2 Kings 22:3 and the copy of the same verse found in 2 Chronicles 34:8. The name means "Yahweh has reserved."

Azaniah

Azaniah is mentioned in passing in Nehemiah 10:9 (10 in some Bibles) as the name the father of Levite who signed the covenant of

. The name means "Yahweh listened."

Azarael

''See Azarel''

Azarel

Azarel (Hebrew: עֲזַרְאֵל), Azareel, or Azarael was the name of 6 biblical individuals found in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

to Ziklag. He along with other warriors were described as having armed with arrows. () *A musician who played in the temple () *The son of Jeroham and the leader over the

of the hosts of David mentioned in *An individual who married "strange wives" (i.e. heathen women) and the son of Bani according to . *The father of Amashai a priest after the exile and the son Ahzai in *An associate of the priest who played the trumpets in the procession when the walls were dedicated. ()

Azareel

''See #Azarel, Azarel''

Azariah

Azariah (Hebrew – עזריהו ''azaryahu'' "God Helped"). There are 20 minor biblical figures named Azariah Uzziah driven out of the temple

* Azariah the father of Amariah and the son of Meraioth, could possibly be a High Priest since his father and sons are High Priests too. He is mentioned in and . * Azariah (prophet), a prophet () * Azariah (high priest) High Priest of Israel, high priest of Israel () * Azariah II, another high priest, in the reign of Uzziah () * Azariah the son of Nathan in charge of the district officers with Zabud one of the mighty soldiers of David, Solomon's father was the personal adviser of

. * A descendant of Zerah the son of Judah (son of Jacob) mentioned in as the son of Ethan the son of Zerah. * A prince of Judah who joined in the procession with Nehemiah in . * Azariah the son of Jehu and the father of Helez was a Jerahmeelite mentioned in . * Azariah IV was a descendant of

and the father of Seraiah which became the father of Jehozadak the father of Joshua the High Priest according to . * Azariah the son of Jehalelel one of the Levites who arose up mentioned in . * Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah who helped rebuilt the temple is mentioned in . * Azariah the son of Johanan and chief of the tribe of

mentioned in . * Azariah the son of Hoshaiah along with other men who spoke against

saying that his words were wrong to go to Egypt and settle there according to . Jeremiah describes them as being proud. * Azariah the son of Uzziah or Zephaniah and an ancestor of

. * One of the Israelites who returned with

in . He is also called Seraiah. * One of the sons of King

, he was probably one of the brothers that King Jehoram of Judah, Jehoram killed. * Another son of King

, he is also called Azariahu in the NIV

. He is mentioned in . * One of the Levites who instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing there. *Two "commanders of the hundreds" who formed part of Jehoiada's campaign to restore the kingship to Jehoash of Judah, Joash in 2 Chronicles 23: Azariah, son of Jeroham and Azariah son of Obed.

Azaz

Azaz was from the Tribe of Reuben. he was the father of Bela and son of Shema. ()

Azaziah

Azaziah was the name of 3 biblical individuals. *One of the Levitical harpers in the temple. () *The father of Hoshea who was made ruler over the Ephraimites. () *An individual in charge of the temple offerings. ()

Azbuk

Azbuk was the father of Nehemiah, the ruler of the half-district Beth Zur, and made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes. ()

Azel

Azel was the son of Eleasah and the father of 6 children: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan according to .

Azgad

Azgad is the name of a Levite who signed

's covenant. The name means "Gad (deity), Gad is strong."

Aziel

''See Jaaziel.''

Aziza

Aziza was a layman who is from the family of Zattu that married a foreign wife. () He is also called Zardeus in 1 Esdras 9:28.

Azmaveth

Azmaveth was the name of 4 biblical individuals. *One of

's mighty warriors and a native of Bahurim and possibly a Benjamite. (; ) *A descendant of Mephibosheth. () *The father of Jeziel and Pelet which were skilled Benjamite archers or slingers that joined

in Ziklag. () *Overseer of the treasures of David. ()

Azriel

Azriel was the name of 3 biblical individuals. *The head of a house of the half tribe of Manasseh in Jordan. He is a man of renown. () *A Tribe of Naphtali, Naphtalite and ancestor of Jerimoth the head of

's census. () *The father of Seraiah the officer of the time of

. ()

Azrikam

Azrikam was the name of 4 biblical individuals *A son of Neariah and a descendant of

. *One of the six sons of Azel in 1 Chronicles 8:38. *A

mentioned in . *Prefect of the house of

who slained by Zichri, in the successful attempt to evade Judah by Pekah. ()

Azubah

Azubah was the name of 2 biblical individuals. *The wife of Caleb son of Hezron. () *The wife of King Asa and mother of

. She was the daughter of Shilhi. (; )

Azur

See #Azzur, Azzur

Azzan

Azzan (Hebrew עַזָּן "strong") was the father of List of minor biblical figures, L–Z#Paltiel, Paltiel, a prince of the Tribe of Issachar. (:s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 34, Num. 34:26).

Azzur

Azzur was the name of 3 biblical individuals named in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

. () His name may also be translated as Azur in the King James Version.

B

Baal

Baal ( ''baal'') was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals. *A Benjamite, the son of Jehiel. () *A Reubenite and son of Reaiah and father of Beerah whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites. ()

Baal-hanan

Baal-hanan was the name of 2 biblical individuals. *A king of

, being the son of #Achbor, Achbor in . He is also mentioned in the king's list in and succeeded Saul, and he himself was succeeded by Hanan. His native city is not given. For this and other reasons, Joseph Marqaurt supposes that "son of Achbor" is a duplicate of "son of Beor" in Genesis 36:2, and that "Baal-hanan" in the original manuscripts is given as the name of the father of the next king, Hadar. *A gardener of "the olive trees and sycomore trees in the low plains" in the service of

. Of the city of Geder. ()

Baana

Baana was the name of 3 or 2 biblical figures: *A man who accompanied

from captivity (; ) Possibly the same as . *The father of

the builder ().

Baanah

(Hebrew: בַעֲנָא) * One of Ish-bosheth's army captains (2 Samuel 4:2) * Baanah the Netophathite was the father of Heleb, one of King David's Warriors (:s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel#Chapter 23, 2 Samuel 23:29, :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 11, 1 Chronicles 11:30). * Baanah the son of Ahilud, was one of

's twelve regional administrators, having jurisdiction over Taanach, Tel Megiddo, Meggido, and Beth-shean (1 Kings 4:12). * Baanah the son of Hushai, was one of Solomon's twelve regional administrators, having jurisdiction over Asher and Bealoth, Aloth (1 Kings 4:16).

Baara

Baara was one of the three wives of Shaharaim, according to :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 8, 1 Chronicles 8:8.

Baaseiah

Baaseiah (Hebrew Language, Hebrew:באשעיה Meaning: ''the Lord is bold'') was a Gershonite Levite as the son of Michael and the father of Malkijah according . He was also an ancestor of Asaph the seer or poet.

Bakbakkar

Bakbakkar, according to the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. ''

Bakbukiah

Bakbukiah was the name of 2 biblical figures. *A Levite who dwelt in

who returned from captivity (); perhaps the same in . *A porter keeping watch of the store house of the gates ().

Bakkuk

''See #Bakbuk, Bakbuk''

Bani

Bani was the name of 16 individuals in the

's mighty men (). *A Levite, whose son was appointed to service at the tabernacle at David's rule (). *A Judahite whose son lived in

after the exile (). *''See #Binnui, Binnui'' *One who took a strange wife, along with his brothers being the son of Bani (). *Son of Bani, a Levite and builder (). *Instructed the people in

's time (). *Three Levites mentioned in connection with temple worship at Ezra's time (). *A Levite who sealed the covenant (). *A leader of a people who also signed the covenant (). *The father of Uzzi who led as an overseer in Jerusalem ().

Barachel

Barachel was a Buzite, and was the father of Elihu (Job), Elihu, an antagonist of Job (Bible), Job, according to :s:Bible (King James)/Job#Chapter 32, Job 32:2.

Bariah

Bariah was a descendant of the royal family of Judah, being one of the three sons of Shemaiah ().

Barkos

Barkos was a painter who was the father of some of the

, according to :s:Bible (King James)/Ezra#Chapter 2, Ezra 2:53.

Baruch

Baruch was the name of 3 minor biblical individuals. *The son of Zabbai, who helped in rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem (). *A priest who signed the covenant with

(). *The son of Col-hozeh, a descendant of Pharez of the

().

Barzillai

Barzillai [ברזלי "Iron-like"] was the name of 2 biblical individuals. *The

ite of List of minor biblical places#Rogelim, Rogelim was 80 years old at the time of

's revolt against King

. Barzillai supplied provisions for David's army at Mahanaim (2 Samuel 17:27–29). After the death of Absalom, being an old man, he was unable to accompany the king back to Jerusalem, but brought Chimham to David for the return journey (2 Samuel 19:31–37). *Another figure who married one of Barzillai's daughters was called Barzellai as a result (

Ezra 2:61, 2:61;

Nehemiah 7, 7:63). In

5:38, he is called Zorzelleus.

Basemath

: ''Sweet-smelling'' or ''Sweet-smile'' # Basemath, wife of Esau, and daughter of Elon the Hittite (). She is thought to be identical to or a sister to Adhah, Adah who is mentioned in Genesis 36. # Basemath, another wife of Esau, daughter of

, sister to Nebajoth and mother of Reuel (). She is thought by some scholars to be the same as Mahalath of Genesis 28. # Basemath, the daughter of

; a wife of

. ()

Bavai

Bavai (bawway;

Codex Alexandrinus, Benei; Codex Vaticanus, Bedei; the

Bavai, "wisher"), was mentioned as one of those who helped rebuilt the wall of

Bazlith

Bazlith or Bazluth was the ancestor whose descendants were among the Nethinim, and returned with

(; )

Bazluth

''See #Bazlith, Bazlith''

Bealiah

Bealiah (בְּעַלְיָה, ''Be‘alyah'') or Baalyah, a Benjamite, was one of

's thirty heroes who went to Ziklag, mentioned in . The name derives from Baal and Jah, and according to the ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'' (1915) means "Yahweh is Lord."

Bebai

Bebai was the name of 3 biblical individuals. *Ancestor of those who returned with

, to

(). His descendants were 623 which returned with

to Jerusalem (). , gives the number of 628. Most of his descendants married foreign wives (). *Father of Zechariah and a descendant of Bebai (). *Chief of the people who signed the covenant ().

Becher

Becher was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible: * The second of ten sons of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:21 and :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 7, 1 Chronicles 7:6 * A son of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:35. His descendants were referred to as Bachrites.

Bechorath

Becorath, son of Aphiah, of the

, was an ancestor of King

and of his commander Abner. According to Saul, his family was the least of the tribe of Benjamin. (:s:Bible (King James)/1 Samuel#Chapter 9, 1 Samuel 9)

Becorath

''See #Bechorath, Bechorath''

Bedad

Bedad was the father of Hadad of

, (). In , either he, his son or both defeated the Midianites in Moab and their city was named Avith.

Bedan

Bedan was the name of 2 biblical figures. *One of the leaders of

, mentioned along with Gideon,

and

who was commemorated as one of the deliverers of the nation (). It is likely that the text refers to Barak in the

, Syriac language, Syriac and

. *One of the sons of Ulam of the tribe of Manasseh ().

Bedeiah

Bedeiah is a descendant of Bani who married a foreign wife ().

Beera

Beera was a son of Zophah and from the tribe of Asher ().

Beerah

Beerah was one of the princes of Tribe of Reuben, Reuben whom Tiglath-Pileser III carried away (). he was the son of Baal (son of Micah), Baal.

Beeri

Beeri was the name of 2 biblical individuals. *The father of the prophet Hosea (). Jewish tradition says that he only uttered a few words of prophecy, and as they were insufficient to be embodied in a book by themselves, they were incorporated in the Book of Isaiah, viz., verses 19 and 20 of the 8th chapter. As such, Beeri is considered a prophet in Judaism. *The father of Judith wife of

(Genesis 26:34).

Beker

See List of minor Old Testament figures, A-K#Becher, Becher.

Bela

Hebrew: בלע ''BeLa "Crooked" Bela was the name of three individuals mentioned in the Bible: * Bela ben Beor, an

ite king according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 36, Genesis 36:32 and :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 1, 1 Chronicles 1:43 * (also "Belah") The first of ten sons of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:21, Numbers 26:38, and :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 7, 1 Chronicles 7 and 8. * A son of Azaz according to :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 5, 1 Chronicles 5:8

Belah

''See #Bela, Bela''

Ben

''See #Jaaziel, Jaaziel''

Ben Abinadab

Ben Abinadab (Hebrew בנ אבינדב ''BeN ,'aḄYNaDaḄ'' "My Father is Liberal"), was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators; he was over Dor, and he was married to Taphath, a daughter of Solomon. 1 Kings 4:11 (RSV).

Ben-Ammi

Ben-Ammi (Hebrew בן־עמי for "son of my people") was the son of Lot (biblical person), Lot and his youngest daughter. He became the father of the Ammon (nation), Ammonites (see ).

Ben Deker

Ben Dekar (Hebrew בנ דקר ''BeN DeQeR'' "Son of Pick"), was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators; he was over Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan. 1 Kings 4:9 (RSV).

Ben Geber

Ben Geber (Hebrew בנ גבר ''BeN GeḄeR'' "Son of He-Man"), was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators; he was responsible for Ramoth-Gilead and Argob (1 Kings 4:13).

Ben-hail

Ben-hail (

: Ben-Cha'yil, בֶּןאּחִיַל, son of strength, i.e. warrior; Sept. translates οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν δυνατῶν), was one of the princes sent by king

throughout the

, as to fulfill the king's reformation.

Ben-hanan

Ben-hanan was the son of Shimon in the line of Judah ().

Ben Hesed

Ben Hesed (Hebrew בנ חסד ''ben hesed'' "Son of Grace"), was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators; he was over Aruboth, Sochoh, and Hepher. 1 Kings 4:10 (RSV).

Ben Hur

Ben Hur (Hebrew בנ חור ''Ben Hur'' "Son of Hur") was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators; he was over Ephraim. 1 Kings 4:8 (RSV).

Ben-Zoheth

Ben-Zoheth was a descendant of Judah (biblical figure), Judah being a descendant of Ishi ().

Benaiah

Benaiah was the name of 12 minor biblical individuals. *A Pirathonite, and one of

's mighty men who was chief of the course in the 11th month, numbering 24,000 (; ). *Chief over the house of Simeon (). *A Levite appointed as a singer with ''"psalteries set to Alamoth"'' (). *A priest who was appointed by

to blow the trumpet before the

(). *The father of Jehoiada (). Possibly the same as the prominent Benaiah. *An ancestor of Jahaziel of the house of Asaph (). *An overseer in the service of

(). *Four different men who married foreign wives (). *The father of Pelatiah seen in the visions of Ezekiel the prophet ().

Beninu

Beninu was a

who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah ().

Benjamin

Benjamin was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals. *A Benjamite being the son of Bilhan, and the head of the family of warriors (). *One of the sons of Harim, who married a foreign wife ().

Beno

Beno was the son of Merari and from Jaaziah :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 24, 1 Chronicles 24:26–27.

Beor

Beor was the name of 2 biblical figures. *The father of king Bela of

who was one of the kings of Edom who reigned "before there reigned any king over the children of Israel" (; ). *The father of Balaam who in Jewish Tradition is venerated as a prophet (; ). He and other men who were fathers of notable prophets is also mentioned and commemorated.

Berachah

Berachah was one of the Benjamite warriors who joined

in Ziklag ().

Beraiah

Beraiah was the son of Shimhi, chief man of Benjamin ().

Berechiah

Berechiah was the name of 7 biblical figures. *The father of the prophet Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), Zechariah and son of Iddo (). Also called Jeberechiah or Jeberekiah in Isaiah 8:2. *One of the sons of

(). *The father of Asaph the seer (). *An inhabitant of

and a

() *The doorkeeper for the ark in

's time (). *One of the heads of the tribe of Ephraim (). *The father of Meshullam the builder during

's time ().

Beriah

Beriah is the name of four different biblical individuals: * One of Asher's four sons, and father of #Heber, Heber and Malchiel. * A son of

(), born after the killing of Ephraim's sons Ezer and Elead, and so called by his father "because disaster had befallen his house." He was the father of Rephah, the ancestor of

son of Nun (biblical figure), Nun son of Elishama. * A Benjamite, son of Elpaal. He and his brother Shema expelled the Gittites, and were patriarchs to the inhabitants of Ajalon. His sons were Michael, Ishpah and Joha. () * A

, the son of Shimei. He was jointly patriarch of a clan with his brother Jeush. ()

Bered

Bered was the son of Shulethah, being the grandson of

().

Beri

Beri was the son of Zophah of the tribe of Asher ().

Besai

Besai was the ancestor of the Nethinim who returned with

(; ).

Besodeiah

Besodeiah was the father of another Meshullam, who was another builder ().

Beth-rapha

Beth-rapha was a descendant of Judah (biblical figure), Judah being the son of Eshton ().

Bethuel

Bethuel was the youngest son of Nahor, son of Terah, Nahor and Milcah. Nephew of

and father of

and Laban (Bible), Laban ().

Beth Zur

Beth Zur is mentioned in () as the son of Maon the son of Shammai. He is also a Jerahmeelite.

Bezai

Bezai was the name of 2 biblical individuals. *A chief who sealed the covenant (). *His 323 descendants () or 324 () returned with

Bezalel

Bezalel was an architect who constructed the ark in connection with the tabernacle in the wilderness, he was engaged principally in works of metal, wood, and stone; while Aholiab, who was associated with him and subordinate to him, had the charge of the textile fabrics ().

Bezaleel

Bezaleel was one of the descendants of Pahath-Moab guilty of intermarriage ().

Bezer

Bezer was from the tribe of Asher being the son of Zophah ().

Bichri

Bichri was a Benjamite being the father of Sheba who led an insurrection against king

; whom Joab and his army pursued and lob his head over the town's wall ().

Bidkar

Bidkar (Hebrew: בדקר) was an officer of the Israelite king Jehu. Jehu ordered Bidkar to throw the body of the king he usurped, Jehoram, into the field of Naboth, fulfilling prophecy. 2 Kings 9:25

Bigtha

''See #Biztha, Biztha''

Bigthana

Bigthana (

: בִּגְתָן, בִּגְתָנָא Bīgṯān, Bīgṯānāʾ) was a

of king

who in the Greek

translation of the

, they were known as Gabatha (Koine Greek: Γαβαθά καὶ Θαρρα). Bigthan's name is also spelled "Bigtan" or "Bigthana". It is a Persian name which means "Gift of God". He and Theresh were planning to kill the king whom Mordecai warned Ahasuerus of.

Bigvai

The name Bigvai occurs several times in Ezra-Nehemiah (Ezra 2:2, 14, 8:14, Nehemiah 7:7, 19 and 10:16).Wright, J. S
The Date of Ezra's Coming to Jerusalem
Biblical Studies, accessed 19 September 2020. That refers to 3 people. In the last of these he is one of the "leaders of the people". By 408 B.C. the Elephantine papyri show that Sanballat was the governor of Samaria, and Bigvai the governor of

but Wright says that "it is not suggested that any of these [referred to in Ezra-Nehemiah] is the man who later became governor.

Bilgah

Bilgah was allocated the fifteenth division of Priestly divisions, priestly service when lots were drawn in 1 Chronicles, 1 Chronicles 24.

Bilhan

Bilhan was the name of 2 biblical individuals. *A Horite chief dwelling in Mount Seir (; ). *A Benjamite being the son of Jediael and father of Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar ().

Bilshan

Bilshan, one of the important men who came with

from Babylon. (;) In 1 Esdras 5:8 he is called ''Beelsarus''. According to Rabbinical Literature, the name Bilshan is improper, but a surname to the preceding name Mordecai. The latter was given this epithet because of his linguistic attainments.

Bimhal

Bimhal was one of the sons of Japhlet in the tribe of Asher ().

Binea

Binea was the son of Moza and the father of Rephaiah or Rapha. He is mentioned in two passages: 1 Chronicles, 1 Chronicles 8:37 and 1 Chronicles, 1 Chronicles 9:43.

Binnui

Binnui was the name of 4 biblical individuals. *A Levite, father of Noadiah and living in the time of

(; ). *One of the descendants of Pahath-Moab guilty of intermarriage and Balnuus of 1 Esdras 9:31 (). He was also called Bani who was also mentioned being intermarried (). *The son of Henadad who built the part of wall of Jerusalem; he also sealed the covenant with

(). He is identical with Bavvai son of Henadad mentioned in which is either a corrupt version of Binnui. Or is a Levitical house which Bavvai was a chief. Nehemiah 10:9 supports this theory as Binnui is a leader and besides, the names in these verses are obviously of priests and Levites. *One of the heads who went with

(; ).

Birsha

Birsha is the king of Sodom and Gomorrah, Gomorrah in :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 14, Genesis 14 who joins other Canaanite city kings in rebelling against Chedorlaomer.

Bishlam

Bishlam was one of the three foreign colonists who wrote a complaint letter against the Jews to Artaxerxes I of Persia#Portrayal in the Book of Ezra and Nehemiah, Artaxerxes (). Septuagint, The Septuagint renders Bishlam as en eirene, "in peace," as though it were a phrase rather than a proper name; this is clearly or possibly an error.

Biztha

Biztha was the second of the seven eunuchs of Artaxerxes I of Persia#Portrayal in the Book of Ezra and Nehemiah, Artaxerxes; it may be possible that the name is derived from the Persian besteh, "bound," hence, "eunuch" ().

Bocheru

Bocheru was one of the 6 sons of Azel. He is mentioned two times in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' tribe of Dan The Tribe of Dan (, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe initially settled in the hill lands bordering Tribe of Ephraim, Ephraim and Tribe of Benjamin, Benjamin on the ...

; one of those appointed by

to superintend the division of

amongst the tribe (:s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 34, Num. 34:22). *A son of Abishua, father of Uzzi, and a priest from the line of

(; ).

Bukkiah

Bukkiah was a Kohathite Levite being one of the sons of Heman one of the musicians of the first temple ().

Bunah

Bunah is mentioned in :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 2, 1 Chronicles 2:25 as a son of Jerahmeel.

Bunni

Bunni was the name of 2 biblical individuals. *A Levite living in the time of described as "Standing on the stairs of the Levites were" (). *The father of Hashabiah whose descendant, Shemaiah the Levite inhabited the newly recovered city

().

Buz

Buz was the name of 2 biblical individuals. *The second son of Nahor, son of Terah, Nahor and Milcah (). Elihu, the Book of Job's antagonist was his prominent descendant (). *One of the chiefs of the tribe of Gad ().

Buzi

Buzi (

: בּוּזִי, ''Būzī'') was the father of Ezekiel and priest of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 1:3). Ezekiel, like

, is said to have been a descendant of

by his marriage with the proselyte Rahab (Talmud Meg. 14b; Midrash Sifre, Num. 78).

C

Calcol

See #Chalcol, Chalcol

Caleb

''This is about the Caleb mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 2:18. For the better-known Caleb son of Jephunneh, see Caleb.''

Canaanitish Woman

The Canaanitish Woman can refer to one unnamed biblical individual. *The mother of Shaul, son of Simeon. She was a Canaanite of

whom Simeon was married to, it is unclear whether she was the mother of the other sons of Simeon (; ).

Carkas

Carkas or Carcas is one of the seven eunuchs whom

summoned to parade queen

().

Carmi

Carmi refers to two individuals mentioned in the Bible: * The fourth son of Reuben (son of Jacob), Reuben according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:9, :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:6, and :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 5, 1 Chronicles 5:3. * The son of Zabdi, grandson of Zerah of the

, and the father of Achan (biblical figure), Achan, according to :s:Bible (King James)/Joshua#Chapter 7, Joshua 7:1. He was present at the Battle of Jericho.

Carshena

Carshena or Karshena is a name which appears in a list of high-ranking officials in the court of king Ahasuerus in Esther 1:14. It is derived from the Persian ''warkačīnā'', meaning "wolfish".

Chalcol

Chalcol, the brother of Darda (Hebrew כלכל ''kalkol'' – the same consonants with different vowel points (''kilkayl'') mean "maintain") is listed in 1 Kings 4:31 as an example of a very wise man who is, nevertheless, not as wise as

. Another person with the same Hebrew name (though spelled Calcol in the

) is listed in 1 Chronicles as the son of Zerah, the son of Judah (son of Jacob).

Chelal

See Kelal.

Chelluh

Chelluh, Cheluhi, or Cheluhu is the name given in Ezra 10:35 for one of the men who married foreign women.

Chelub

Two individuals by the name of Chelub are mentioned in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Caleb. * An Ezri son of Chelub was an overseer of agricultural work in the time of king

according to 1 Chronicles 27:26.

Chelubai

''See #Caleb''

Chesed

See #Kesed, Kesed

Chenaanah

Chenaanah is the name of two biblical figures. * In a genealogical section of Chronicles concerned with the

, a Chenaanah son of Bilhan is mentioned.1 Chronicles 7:10. * The false prophet Zedekiah is called "son of Chenaanah".

Chenani

Chenani was one of the men mentioned in , in connection with the constitution of "congregation." If the names represent houses or families, eight Levitical houses probably sang some well-known psalm on this occasion.

Chenaniah

Chenaniah, according to Chronicles, was a

leader in the time of

. The Hebrew text is unclear as to whether he was in charge of something to do with singing or with the carrying of the ark.

Cheran

Cheran or Keran was the son of Dishon the Horite (; ).

Chileab

Chileab (, ''Ḵīləʾāḇ'') also known as Daniel, was the second son of

, Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), King of Israel, according to the

. He was David's son with his third wife Abigail, widow of Nabal, Nabal the Carmelite, and is mentioned in , and . Unlike the other of David's three elder sons,

, and Adonijah who were important characters in 2 Samuel, Chileab is only named in the list of David's sons and no further mention is made of him. Though being the second son,...

Chimham

Chimham, Chimhan or Kimham was a servant nominated by Barzillai to accompany King

to Gilgal during his return to Jerusalem after the death of

. (:s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel#Chapter 19, 2 Samuel 19:37–40) The name also refers to a place near Bethlehem where Johanan regrouped before departing to

Chislon

Chislon was the father of Elidad, a prince of the

. (:s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 34, Num. 34:21)

Col-hozeh

Col-hozeh was the father of Shallum (), who was the official of Mizpah in Benjamin, Mizpah at the time, and head of the repairs to certain walls and fountains. He is further mentioned as the father of Baruch though it is not explicitly mentioned that Baruch's brother was Shallum, distinguishing this Col-hozeh from the previous ().

Conaniah

Conaniah also called Konaniah may be the name of 2 individuals: *A Levite, placed over the tithes (. *A Levite, appointed with his brother, Shimei, by

and Azariah the priest, to be the overseer to the tithes to the temple ().

Concubine, Aramitess

The ''concubine, Aramitess'' was the mother of Machir, the father of Gilead, she was the concubine of Ashriel ().

Coz

Coz or Koz was the son of Helah and father of Anub and Hazzobebah ().

Cushi

Cushi was the name of 2 biblical individuals found in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Jeremiah Jeremiah ( – ), also called Jeremias, was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored the Book of Jeremiah, book that bears his name, the Books of Kings, and the Book of Lamentations, with t ...

to the Jehoikim, king's direct advisors. Some point afterwards, Jehoiachim demolishes the scroll by casting it to a pit of fire. () *The father of the Prophet Zephaniah in ; he was also the son of #Gedaliah, Gedaliah which was the son of #Amariah, Amariah the son of

. Another unnamed biblical figure called "the Cushite" is found in as a messenger from Joab who brought tidings to

, after the death of

whom Joab killed. Shortly after David mourns for his beloved son. () The

translates his name as Cushi as a term for an Ethiopian descent.

D

Dalaiah

''See #Delaiah, Delaiah''

Dalphon

Dalphon (Hebrew דַּלְפוֹן "to weep") was one of the ten sons of Haman, killed along with Haman by the Jews of Persia, according to :s:Bible (King James)/Esther, Chapter 9, Esther 9:7.

Dara

''See #Darda, Darda''

Darda

Darda (Hebrew דַּרְדַּע) was one of the exemplars of wisdom than whom Solomon was wiser. In 1 Chronicles 2:6, his name is misspelled as "Dara."

Darkon

Darkon was the ancestor of his descendants who were among the servants of

who returned with

(; ).

Dathan

Dathan along with Korah and Abiram, being the son of Eliab rebelled against

(). He was sent to Sheol by

cause of his disobedience ().

Daughter of Machir

The Daughter of Machir was an unnamed biblical figure mentioned in , she was the daughter of Machir the son of

and one of the wives of Hezron who bore him Segub which became the father of Jair.

Daughter of Meshullam

The Daughter of Meshullam is an unnamed biblical individual whom Johanan, Tobiah's son married; her father was Meshullam ().

Daughter of Putiel

The Daughter of Putiel is an unnamed biblical individual whom

the son of

married and bore him

().

Daughter of Shechaniah

The Daughter of Shechaniah is a biblical figure unnamed and married to Tobiah, she was daughter to Shechaniah son of Arah, whom her father was widely respected; affecting her husband as feared ().

Daughter of Shuah

The Daughter of Shuah is an unnamed figure married to Judah, son of Jacob; she was the daughter of Shuah who bore Judah, Er, Onan and Shelah (). The reference to Judah's wife in Genesis 38:12 refers to her as the "daughter of Shuah", or "bat-Shuah" in Hebrew. This has led some to take Bat-Shuah (and variants) as her actual name. A midrashic tradition says her name was Aliyath. Bat-Shuah is also an alternative name for Bathsheba, wife of Judah's descendant, King

Debir

Debir was a king of Eglon, slain by

and his valiant men, he camped before Gibeon and warred against it with the other kings, they hid in a cave and was hunged later ().

Deborah

Deborah appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wet nurse of Rebecca (Genesis 35:8). She is first mentioned by name in the Torah when she dies in a place called Alon Bachot (אלון בכות), "Tree of Weepings" (Genesis 35:8), and is buried by Jacob, who is returning with his large family to Canaan. According to Rashi, Deborah was sent by Laban to care for his sister Rebecca when the latter went to marry Isaac (Genesis 24:59).

Dedan

Dedan (

:דְּדָן) may refer to 2 biblical characters. *A son of Raamah, son of Cush the son of Ham (; ). His descendants is further mentioned in Isaiah 21:13, Ezekiel 27:15. They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the northwest coast of the Persian Gulf (aka Arabian Gulf) and their descendants are likely among the Arabs of today. *The son of Jokshan, the son of

through

and his sons, Leummim, Letushim and Asshurim (; ).

Delaiah

Delaiah ( "drawn out by YHWH"). is the name of several biblical persons: * Kohenic family, one of the Twenty-four Priestly divisions * Son of Shemaiah (prophet), Shemaiah, and officer to King

of Judah. He was one of the officers present at the delivery of a scroll sent by Jeremiah, () and one of those who asked the king not to burn the scroll. (ibid. ) * The head of a family that came up from the Babylonian exile with

, that was unable to give its ancestral genealogy. (, ) *One of the sons of Elioenai, a descendant of the royal Davidic line through Jeconiah. (). He lived after the exile and was a descendant of

as a 3x great-grandson. * Son of Mehetabel and father of Shemaiah. () He is probably identical to the previous entry.

Deuel

Deuel (Hebrew דְּעוּאֵל) was the father of Eliasaph the leader of the Tribe of Gad, as noted in four verses in the

: :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 1, Numbers 1:14; 7:42,47; 10:20. However, in Numbers 2:14 this Eliasaph is called "the son of Reuel."

Diblaim

Diblaim (Hebrew דִּבְלָיִם "cakes of pressed figs") was the father of the prophet Hosea's wife, Gomer. His name means 'doubled cakes'. (Book of Hosea, Hosea 1:3)

Dibri

Dibri, a Tribe of Dan, Danite, was the father of Shelomith bat Dibri, Shelomith, according to :s:Bible (King James)/Leviticus#Chapter 24, Leviticus 24:11. Shelomith's son was Stoning, stoned to death by the people of Israel for blasphemy following Moses, Moses' issue of a ruling on the penalty to be applied for blasphemy.

Diklah

Diklah was a son of Joktan according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 10, Genesis 10:27, :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 1, 1 Chronicles 1:21.

Dishan

Dishan (Hebrew דִּישׁוֹן ''dishon'') was the youngest son of Seir the Horite. ( Genesis 36:21)

Dishon

Dishon may refer to 2 biblical individuals. *The fifth son of Seir (; ). In the original of Ge 36:26, where his four sons are mentioned, the name is, by some transposition, DISHAN, which our translators (following the Sept. and the parallel passage 1Ch 1:41) have correctly changed to "Dishon." *A child of Anah (; ).

Dodavahu

Dodavahu or Dodavah, according to Chronicles, was the father of #Eliezer, son of Dodavahu, Eliezer, a prophet.

Dodo

Dodo (Hebrew דּוֹדוֹ ''dodo'' "his beloved" or "his uncle" from דּוֹד ''dod'' meaning "beloved" or "father's brother") is a name given to three persons in the

: * A descendant of Issachar (Book of Judges, Judges 10:1). * An Ahohite, father of Eleazar (son of Dodo), Eleazar, who was one of

's three mighty men who were over the thirty. (Books of Samuel, 2 Samuel 23:9; Books of Chronicles, 1 Chronicles 11:12) * A man from Bethlehem, and father of Elhanan son of Dodo, Elhanan, who was one of David's thirty heroes (2 Samuel 23:24).

Dumah

Dumah was one of the sons of

(; ). Some scholars identify Dumah with the ancient city of Dumat al-Jandal, Duma in modern Saudi Arabia.

E

Ebal

Ebal may refer to 2 biblical figures: *A son of Shobal, a descendant of Seir the Horite, he was a relative to the Esauites in . *''See'' List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, L–Z#Obal, Obal

Ebed

* The father of Gaal (biblical figure), Gaal, mentioned in Judges 9. * The son of Jonathan, one of the heads of household who returned from the Babylonian exile in the

(Ezra 1:6).

Ebed-melech

Ebed-melech (Hebrew: עבד-מלך "servant of a king"), an Ethiopian eunuch, intervened with king Zedekiah on behalf of Jeremiah

Eber

Eber was the name of 5 biblical individuals of the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Shem Shem (; ''Šēm''; ) is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible ( Genesis 5–11 and 1 Chronicles 1:4). The children of Shem are Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram, in addition to unnamed daughters. Abraham, the patriarch of Jews, Christ ...

and the founder of the Hebrew race. The son of Salah and the father of Peleg. His named can be derived from the term Hebrews, Hebrew. () *One of the seven heads of the descendants of Gad (son of Jacob), Gad in . *A benjaminite and the oldest of the three sons of Elpaal mentioned in . *A benjaminite and one of the heads of the families of the tribe in

. v.22 *A head of the family of Amok after the exile. ()

Ebiasaph

See #Abiasaph, Abiasaph

Eden

Eden may refer to the Garden of Eden or the singular person named ''Eden'' described in as the son of Joah and one of the Levites who sanctified the Temple of the Lord by assisting in reforming the public worship of the sanctuary in the time of

. In (), Eden along with other people appointed, helped assisted Kore faithfully in the towns of the priests, distributing to their fellow priests according to their divisions, old and young alike.

Eder

Eder was a Benjaminite chief (Ader in the King James Version) (1 Chronicles 8:15)

Eglah

Eglah was one of

's David#Family, wives and the mother of Ithream, according to :s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel#Chapter 3, 2 Samuel 3:4.

Ehi

In , Ehi is the third son of

. In he is called Aharah, and in he is called Ahiram.

Ehud

Ehud was one of the sons of Bilhan in a Benjamite clan ().

Eker

Eker was one of the sons of Ram the firstborn son of Jerahmeel the brother of

. He is mentioned in ().

Eladah

Eladah was the son of Tahath and father of another Tahath, a descendant of Ephraim ().

Elah

Elah is the name of 5 minor biblical individuals. * Elah was the father of King Hoshea of Israel (2 Kings 17:1, 18:1) * Elah was the name of an

ite clan mentioned in Genesis 36:31–43. *Elah was the second son of Caleb the son of Jephunneh (). *Elah was the father of Shimei comissary of Solomon (). *Elah was a Benjamite and son of one of the chiefs, Uzzi () Of the tribes where the country was settled.

Elasah

Elasah or Eleasah (Hebrew: אלעשה meaning 'made by God') was the name of four individuals mentioned in the Bible: * The son of Shaphan, who was chosen by King Zedekiah of Judah to be one of the two messengers to take Jeremiah's letter to Nebuchadnezzar (Book of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 29:3) He was probably the brother of Ahikam, who had taken Jermiah's part at the time of his arrest after the temple sermon The Interpreter's Bible, 1951, volume V, p. 1017. * One of the sons of Pashur who was rebuked for marrying a foreign woman (

10:18–19) * The son of Helez, a Jerahmeelite (1 Chronicles 2:39–40). He is called "Eleasah" in the King James Bible. * A descendant of Saul according to 1 Chronicles 8:37. He is called "Eleasah" in the King James Bible.

Eldaah

Eldaah appears as one of the sons of Midian (son of Abraham) in Genesis 25:4 and 1 Chronicles 1:33.

Elead

Elead appears in 1 Chronicles 7:21 as the name of a man who, along with his brother Ezer, is killed by farmers near Philistine the city of Gath. It is unclear whether Elead is intended by the Chronicler as the son or a later descendant of Ephraim, and it is likewise uncertain whether this Elead is the same figure as the Eleadah mentioned in the previous verse.

Eleasah

See Elasah.

Eliada

Eliada (rendered once as Eliadah by the King James Bible) is the name of three individuals in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * A Tribe of Benjamin, Benjamite captain in the time of king Jehoshaphat. * The father of Rezon the Syrian, spelled "Eliadah" in the King James Version.

Eliadah

''See Eliada.''

Eliezer

Eliezer, son of Dodavahu

See #Dodavahu, Dodavahu

Eliphal

Eliphal son of Ur is listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors in 1 Chronicles 11:35. In the corresponding place in Samuel's version of the list (2 Samuel 23:34), he is called "Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maachathite." According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' the name "Eliphal" (Hebrew ''lypl'' ) is copyist's error for "Eliphelet" ( ''lyplt'' ) caused by dropping the final letter in the name.

Eliphelet

Eliphelet is a Hebrew name meaning "God is a deliverance." It is the name of several figures in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * Eliphelet is the name given to a son of David in 2 Samuel 5:16, and 1 Chronicles 3:8 and 14:7. Due to a textual error, Chronicles records Eliphelet twice, as if it were the name of two different sons of David. * Eliphal, son of Ur (2 Samuel 23:34) or Ahasbai (1 Chronicles 11:35), is listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors. The ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' claims that "Eliphal" is likely a scribal error for "Eliphelet." * Eliphal son of Eshek appears in a genealogy of the

(1 Chronicles 8:39). * An Eliphelet is named among the "descendants of Adonikam," one of the groups that returned with Ezra from the

according to Ezra 8:13. * An Eliphelet, one of the "descendants of Hashum," is listed as one of the men who married foreign women according to Ezra 10:33.

Eliasaph

Eliasaph was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible: * The son of #Deuel, Deuel, the prince of the Tribe of Gad and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 1, Numbers 1:14 and Numbers 10:20. * The son of List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z#Lael, Lael and the chief of the house of Gershon according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 3, Numbers 3:24.

Eliathah

Eliathah is the name given in 1 Chronicles 25:4 to one of the "fourteen sons" of Heman. According to 25:27, he gave his name to one of the twenty-four classes of temple singers.

Elidad

Elidad was a prince of the

; one of those appointed by

to superintend the division of

amongst the tribe (:s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 34, Numbers 34: 21).

Elienai

Elienai, one of the nine sons of Shimei, appears in a genealogical passage as a descendant of

in 1 Chronicles 8:20. The consonants which make up the Hebrew name are only in this one passage read as ''Elienai''; elsewhere the pronunciation is ''Elioenai.''

Elihoreph

Elihoreph (Hebrew אליחרף) was a scribe in King Solomon's court. He was a son of Shisha and brother of Ahiah. (1 Kings: 4:3) The name means "'my God repays,' or 'my God is the giver of the autumn harvest.'"Holman Bible Dictionary.

Elijah

Elijah (Hebrew: אליה) was the name of three minor biblical individuals beside from the famous prophet Elijah. *One of the sons of Jeroham according to . *One of the descendants of the Harim, of the tribe of Levi who had married strange wives in the guiltiness of intermarriage. () *A descendant of Elam, of the priestly line who is also listed as being guilty of intermarriage in Ezra 10:26.

Elimelech

Elimelech was the husband of Naomi (biblical figure), Naomi. Together they had two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. He was originally a resident of Bethlehem before moving to Moab with his family, where he died (see ). All of his property was later purchased by Boaz (see ).

Elioenai

Elioenai is the name of several minor persons found in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Tribe of Benjamin According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the ...

according 1 Chronicles 7:8. * A descendant of Pashhur, one of the priests listed as having married foreign women (Ezra 10:22). * A descendant of Zattu, also listed with those who had foreign wives (Ezra 10:27). * A priest involved in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem according to Nehemiah 12:41. This may be the same as the descendant of Passhur (above). * Elioenai or Elihoenai, son of Meshelemiah, son of Korah (1 Chronicles 26:3). * Elioenai or Elionenai was a descendant of David. He was the father of Akkub, and son of Neariah.

Elishama

Elishama (Hebrew: אלישמע ''my God heard'') was the name of several biblical characters, including: * Elishama, a son of List of minor biblical figures, A–K, Ammihud, a prince of the house of

and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 1, Numbers 1:10. * Elishama the scribe (Jeremiah 36:12) * Elishama, son of David, born in Jerusalem, mentioned in the second Book of Samuel ()

Elishaphat

Elishaphat, son of Zichri, was one of the "captains of hundreds" associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne .

Elisheba

Elisheba ("God is my oath", cognate to the name Elizabeth (biblical figure), Elizabeth) is the wife of

and sister-in-law of

. Her sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazer and Ithamar. (Exodus 6:23).

Elizaphan

Elizaphan was a prince of the tribe of Zebulun; one of those appointed by

to superintend the division of

amongst the tribe (:s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 34, Num. 34:25).

Elizur

Elizur was a son of Shedeur (Bible), Shedeur and a prince of the Tribe of Reuben, House of Reuben according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 1, Numbers 1:5, and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel. He appears only in the Book of Numbers, in five verses (1:5; 2:10; 7:30, 35; 10:18).

Elnaam

Elnaam, according to 1 Chronicles 11:46, was the father of Jeribai and Joshaviah, two of David's Mighty Warriors.

Elnathan

Elnathan (Hebrew אלנתן ''Elnathan'' "God gave") is a Hebrew name found in 2 Kings, Jeremiah and Ezra. According to , Elnathan of Jerusalem was the father of Nehushta. Nehushta was the mother of Kings of Judah, King Jeconiah, whose father was King

. Despite this close relationship to the king, Elnathan was one of those who, according to opposed Jehoiakim when he cut up and burnt a scroll that had been brought to him, containing

's prophesies of the forthcoming destruction of Judah. Elnathan's father Achbor was a strong supporter of the earlier reforms of King

, which may have influenced Elnathan's behavior, although according to he had earlier been closely involved in the persecution of the prophet Uriah ben Shemaiah. In , the name Elnathan occurs three times: :''Then sent I for #Eliezer, Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for #Jarib, Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, which were teachers.'' (Revised Version) Donna Laird proposes that the repetition of "Elnathan", and the similarity between the names "Jarib" and "Joiarib", indicate a copyist's accidental repetition.

Elon

Elon () was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible: * A son of Zebulun according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:14 and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:26. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob. * Elon (Judges), Elon, one of the judges of Israel.

Elpaal

Elpaal is a name mentioned briefly in 1 Chronicles 8, in a genealogy of the

. He is recorded as the son of a woman named Hushim, the wife of a man named Shaharaim. The relationship between Shaharaim and Benjamin is not spelled out by the Chronicler. Elpaal is recorded as the father of people who included the builders or ancestors of the towns of Ono, Lod, and Ajalon.

Elpalet

''See Eliphelet (biblical figure)''

Elpelet

''See Elpelet''

Eluzai

Eluzai, in 1 Chronicles 12:6, is the name of a Benjamite warrior who joined the forces of

at Ziklag. The name may have meant "God is my refuge."

Elzabad

Elzabad is the name of two biblical figures. * Elzabad appears ninth in a list of eleven warriors from the Tribe of Gad who, according to 1 Chronicles 12:12, joined forces with

"at the stronghold in the wilderness." * Elzabad, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Obed-edom, is listed as a Korahite porter in 1 Chronicles 26:7.

Elzaphan

Elzaphan was a son of Uzziel of the house of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Exodus#Chapter 6, Exodus 6:22, born in Egypt. He was a nephew of Amram and a cousin of

, Miriam, and

. He and List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z#Mishael, Mishael were asked by Moses to carry away Nadab and Abihu, Nadab's and Nadab and Abihu, Abihu's bodies to a place outside the camp. (:s:Bible (King James)/Leviticus#Chapter 10, Leviticus 10:4). In the wilderness of Biblical Mount Sinai, Sinai he was named chief of the house of Kohath (:s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 3, Numbers 3:30).

Enan

Enan is mentioned several by way of reference to his son, "Ahira the son of Enan," who according to the

was the tribal leader of the Tribe of Naphtali in the time of the wilderness wanderings following the Exodus.

Enoch

In , Enoch is the firstborn son of Cain and the father of #Irad, Irad. Cain named the city of Enoch after his son.

Enan

''For the place-name containing Enan, see Hazar Enan.'' Enan was a member of the house of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 1, Numbers 1:15. He was the father of Ahira.

Ephlal

Ephlal is the name given to a Jerahmeelite found a genealogy in 1 Chronicles. He is identified as the son of Zabad, the son of Nathan, the son of Attai, the son of Jarha, the son-in-law of Sheshan, the son of Ishi, the son of Appaim, the son of Nadab, the son of Shammai, the son of Onam, the son of Jerahmeel. In various manuscripts of the Greek

, the name is found in the forms ''Aphamel,'' ''Aphamed,'' and ''Ophlad.'' Stanley Arthur Cook (1899) suggested that the name might originally have been either an abbreviated form of Eliphelet (biblical figure), Eliphelet, or else the name "Elpaal."

Ephod

Ephod was the father of Hanniel, a prince of the

. (:s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 34, Num. 34:23).

Ephron

Ephron the Hittite, son of Zohar, lived in Mamre among the Biblical Hittites, children of Heth.

comes to the Hittites, which are strangers to him, and asks them to sell him a property that he can use as a burial site. The Hittites, flattering Abraham by calling him a mighty prince says that he can choose whichever tomb he wants (). Abraham then asks them to contact Ephron son of Zohar who owns the Cave of the Patriarchs, cave of Machpelah which he is offering to buy for "the full price". Ephron slyly replies that he is prepared to give Abraham the field and the cave within, knowing that that would not result in Abraham having a permanent claim on it. Abraham politely refuses the offer and insists on paying for the field. Ephron replies that the field is worth four hundred shekels of silver and Abraham agrees to the price without any further bargaining. He then proceeded to bury his dead wife Sarah there ().

Er

Er (Hebrew: אה ''Observant'') was the name of several biblical characters, including: * A descendant of Shelah (son of Judah), Shelah, son of Judah (son of Jacob) in 1 Chronicles 4:21. * The son of #Joshua, son of Eliezer, Joshua and father of #Eliadah, Eliadah.

Eran

Eran () was a son of List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z#Shuthelah, Shuthelah of the Tribe of Ephraim, according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:36.

Eri

In Eri (עֵרי "watchful") is the son of Gad (son of Jacob), Gad. He was the progenitor of the Erites. ()

Eshek

Eshek is a name which appears only once in the

.1 Chronicles 8:39. The text of Chronicles identifies him as the brother of Azel.

Ethnan

Ethnan, the son of Ashur the father of Tekoa, is a figure who appears in a genealogy of the

in 1 Chronicles 4:7. He may be included in the genealogy to represent Ithnan, a Judahite city mentioned in Joshua 15:23.

Ethni

''See Ethni.''

Evi

Evi (אֱוִי "my desire") was one of five

ite kings killed during the time of Moses by an Israelite expedition led by

, son of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 31, Numbers 31:8 and :s:Bible (King James)/Joshua#Chapter 13, Joshua 13:21.

Ezbon

Ezbon is the name of two people mentioned in the Bible: * A son of Gad (son of Jacob), Gad (). In his name is given as Ozni, whose descendants constitute the Oznite clan. * A son of

().

Ezrah

Ezrah is the father of Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon, grandfather (through Mered) of Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah, and great-grandfather (through Ishbah) of Eshtemoa ()

G

Gad

Gad, is mentioned as a prophet of

in Samuel 22 and 24. In 1 Chronicles 21 he is a seer who kept a chronicle of David's acts. 2 Chronicles 29:25 mentions Nathan_(prophet), Nathan as David's prophet and Gad as his seer.

Gaddi

Gaddi, the son of List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z#Susi, Susi of the Tribe of Manasseh, House of Manasseh, was a scout sent to

prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 13, Numbers 13:11.

Gaddiel

Gaddiel, the son of List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z#Sodi, Sodi of the house of Zebulun, was a scout sent to

prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 13, Numbers 13:10.

Gaham

Gaham, was the second son of Nahor, son of Terah, Nahor through his concubine, Reumah. Nothing else is known about this individual except for a certain genealogy in .

Gamaliel

Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur was leader of the tribe of Manasseh, one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, mentioned several times in the

Gamul

Gamul (; "rewarded" or "recompense") was head of the twentieth of twenty-four priestly divisions instituted by King David.

Gatam

Gatam is a name which appears in Genesis and Chronicles in a genealogy of the

ites. In Genesis 36:11 and 1 Chronicles 1:36, Gatam is described the "son" of Eliphaz, the son of

(who is according to the Bible the forefather of the Edomites). In the passages which describe Gatam as a "son" of Eliphaz, he is listed alongside his "brothers": Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Kenaz according to Genesis; a similar but slightly larger list of brothers in Chronicles (Chronicles includes Amalek as a brother of Gatam). However, in Genesis 36:16, Gatam and Amalek (along with a previously unmentioned Korah) are described not as individual sons but as "clans" of Eliphaz.

Gazez

In the

of the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' 1. Gazez was the son of #Haran, Haran, grandson of Caleb, a descendant of Jacob. His paternal grandmother was Ephah, wife of Caleb. () 2. Gazez was a brother of Caleb, and uncle of 1. Gazez. ()

Geber

Geber (Hebrew: גבר, ''geber''), son of Uri, was one of King Solomon's regional administrators; his territory was Gilead. (First Kings 4:19)

Gemalli

Gemalli of the house of Dan (biblical figure), Dan was the father of Ammiel, a scout sent to

prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 13, Numbers 13:4.

Gemariah

Gemariah (Hebrew: גמריה) is the name of at least two biblical characters: * Gemariah son of Shaphan in chapter 36 of Book of Jeremiah, Jeremiah. His own son Micaiah hears Jeremiah's secretary Baruch read Jeremiah's prophecies against the nation, and reports to a meeting of the court officials, including his father, nearby. This leads to the scroll being read before king

, who cuts it up and burns it despite the protestations of Gemariah and Elnathan ben Achbor. * Gemariah son of Hilkiah, one of the envoys whom King Zedekiah sent to Babylonia (Jeremiah 29:3) Nothing else is known of him; he was hardly the brother of Jeremiah, whose father was also named Hilkiah.

Genubath

Genubath (Hebrew: גנבת ''genubat'' "Stolen" ) is mentioned in 1 Kings 11:20 as the son born to Hadad the Edomite and the sister of Queen Tahpenes, Pharaoh's wife.

Gera

Hebrew: גרא ''Gera''' * In Gera is the fourth of ten sons of

. * Gera is also the name of the father of Shimei (2 Samuel 19:16) * Gera is also the name of two of the sons of Bela (see above), making both nephews of the earlier Gera. () * Gera is also the name of the father of Ehud, a "Benjamite, a man left-handed" – Book of Judges, 3:15.

Geuel

Geuel, the son of List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z#Machi, Machi of the Tribe of Gad, was a scout sent to

prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 13, Numbers 13:16.

Ginath

Ginath is a name which is mentioned only in passing in a narrative describing the struggle for kingship between Omri and Tibni. Tibni is referred to in 1 Kings 16:21 and 22 as "son of Ginath," which taken literally, could be read as implying that a person named Ginath was Tibni's father. However, the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' suggests that the term "Ginath" is a place-name or clan-name, so that "Tibni son of Ginath" has the meaning "Tibni of Ginath."

Gideoni

Gideoni (Hebrew: גִּדְעֹנִי) was a member of the tribe of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 1, Numbers 1:11. He was the father of Abidan, a tribal chief. He is mentioned five times in the

, with each reference stating his relation to Abidan (, , , , .) His name is variously understood as meaning "one with a disabled hand," "a youth," or "one who cuts down trees."

Giddalti

Giddalti was one of the sons of Heman the Levite (), and chief of the twenty-two division of the temple musicians 1 Chronicles 25:29. He was also a Kohathite Levi.

Gilalai

Gilalai is the name of a priest who participated as a musician in a procession led by

Ginnethoi

Ginnethoi or Ginnethon (Hebrew גִּנְּתוֹן 'Ginnĕtôi' Meaning: ''gardener'') was one of the priests who sealed the covenant according to and perhaps the same as in .

Gishpa

Gishpa, (

Gispa) was one of two leaders of the

who lived in Ophel, according to Nehemiah 11:21. There are no other mentions of the name anywhere else in the Bible.

Gog

Gog (Hebrew: גּ֥וֹג) the Reubenite (separate from Gog and Magog), is the son of Shema (son of Joel), Shema, father of Shimei (son of Gog), Shimei]
1 Chronicles 5:4.

Guni

Guni was a son of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:24 and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:48. He was one of the 70 people to migrate to Egypt with Jacob according to the narrative.

H

Haahashtari

Haahashtari or Ahashtari was one of the sons of Naarah, one of the two wives of Asshur (

4:6). Because the name is used to refer to a family of Judahites who descend from Judah via Ashhur,

believed that the name "Haahashtari" arose from a confusion between ''Ha-Ashhuri'' ("the Ashhurite") with the obscure term ''ahashtranim'' which appears in Esther 8:10.

Habaiah

Habaiah (also called Hobaiah or Obdia) was the name given to a priestly family mentioned in Ezra 2:61: the ''b'ne habayah'' (literally "sons/descendants of Habaiah"). Along with the families Hakkoz and Barzillai, the Habaiah family were priests whose names were not registered in the official genealogical records. As a result,

ruled that their rights to serve as priests would be restricted until such time as a high priest could decide, using the oracular Urim and Thummim, whether they had divine approval to serve as priests. The name "Habaiah" means "Yahweh hides" or "Yahweh protects," and appears in manuscripts of the Greek

in the forms ''Labeia,'' ''Obaia,'' ''Odogia,'' ''Ebeia,'' ''Ab(e)ia,'' ''Obbeia,'' and ''Obdia.''

Habazziniah

Habazziniah or Habaziniah was either the head of a family of Rechabites (Book of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 35:3), or else a place name for the location that a Rechabite lived. According to Cheyne and Black, it may have been a scribal error where the name "Kabzeel," a place in the territory of Judah, was originally intended."

Hachmoni

Hachmoni or Hakmoni is mentioned in passing in 1 Chronicles 27:32, which records that his son Yechiel, a scribe, tutored

's sons.

Hadadezer

According to I Kings 11:23, Hadadezer (Hebrew: הדדעזר ''hadad'ezer'' "Hadad helps") was king of Zobah.

Haddad

Haddad the

ite was an adversary of

(1 Kings 10:14).

Hadlai

Hadlai is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 28:12 as an

ite, and the father of Amasa (son of Hadlai), Amasa. In manuscripts of the Greek

, his name is given as ''Choab,'' ''Addi,'' or ''Adli.''

Hagab

Hagab (also Agaba, Accaba) is identified as the ancestor of a family of

, or temple assistants, who returned from the Babylonian exile. They appear in a list with other returnees in Ezra 2:46, but are omitted in the corresponding place in Nehemiah 7:48. A Hellenized version of this name appears in a similar context in 1 Esdras 5:30. In the New Testament, a prophet who appears in Acts 11:28 and 21:10 is named Agabus, a variant on the name Hagab. Hagab is a different character from Hagabah, which appears in the preceding verse.

Hagabah

Hagabah (also Hagaba, Graba, or Aggaba) is identified as the ancestor of a family of

, or temple assistants, who returned from the

. They appear in a list with other returnees in Ezra 2:45, Nehemiah 7:48, and 1 Esdras 5:29.

Haggiah

Haggiah, of the tribe of Levi through Merari, is described in being the son of Shimea and the father of Asaiah, one of the last contemporaries of

Haggi

Haggi was a son of Gad (son of Jacob), Gad according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:16 and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:15. He was one of the 70 persons to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Hajehudijah

''See Jehudijah.''

Hakkatan

Hakkatan (also Acatan, Akatan), meaning "the small one," is listed as the father of Johanan, a leader of the descendants of Azgad in Ezra 8:12 and 1 Esdras 8:38. Other than these two verses, the name Hakkatan appears nowhere in the Bible.

Hakkoz

Hakkoz is the name of two or three biblical individuals: * Head of the seventh of twenty-four priestly divisions created by King David. () * Head of a family of priests after the Babylonian exile. Unable to prove their lineage, the family lost its priesthood status. (, ) * Father of Uriah and grandfather of Meremoth, who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. (, ) He is probably identical to the previous entry.

Hallohesh

Hallohesh or Halohesh is a name which is used twice in the Bible. In a list of workers building the wall of

, a man named "Shallum son of Hallohesh" is mentioned as having a leadership role. Also in the

, a person named Hallohesh is recorded as affixing his seal (an ancient form of signature) to Ezra's covenant (biblical), covenant between God and the people living around Jerusalem. Thomas Kelly Cheyne believed that the name Hallohesh was a miswritten version of the name ''Hash-shilhi,'' (Shilhi).

Hammedatha

Hammedatha was an Agagite and the father of Haman (biblical figure), Haman (see ).

Hammoleketh

Hammoleketh or Hammolecheth is the sister of Machir, the eponymous ancestor of the tribe or clan of Machir (biblical region) Machir, which is reckoned as a part of the tribe of Manasseh in 1 Chronicles 7. The name appears to mean "she who reigns" if it is not a scribal error for some other name, such as Beth-Milcah.

Hammelech

Hammelech, in the

is the name of the father of Jerahmeel (Jeremiah 36:26), and it is the name of the father of Malkijah (Jeremiah 38:6). In a number of more recent translations, the Hebrew ''ha-melekh'' is taken as the common noun "the king" instead of the proper noun "Hammelech."

Hamor

Hamor was the father of Shechem (biblical figure), Shechem. Shechem defiled Dinah, according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 34, Genesis 34

Hamul

Hamul was a son of Pharez of the

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:12 and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:21. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Hamutal

Hamutal was the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah and, the wife of King

who bore him Jehoahaz of Judah, Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. She is mentioned in the following passages: , and .

Hanameel

Hanameel or Hanamel (Hebrew: חנמאל, which means "Grace From God"),Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Hanameel'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names", New York, N.Y., 1869. a cousin of

from whom the latter bought a field at Anathoth in Jeremiah 32, Jeremiah 32:5–16.

Hananiah

Hananiah (Hebrew: חנניה, which means "My Grace is the Lord") is the name of several biblical characters: * Hananiah son of

, the father of Jeshaiah, was a descendant of David. * Hananiah son of Azur, a prophet in the time of king Zedekiah. He prophesied a return from the exile in Babylon within two years and was denounced by Jeremiah as a false prophet as a result. He died within a year of the denunciation. * Hananiah, appointed by

, jointly with Hanani, to be responsible for the security of

after its Walls of Jerusalem, walls had been rebuilt. Nehemiah described him as "a faithful man [who] Fear of God, feared God more than many".

Hanniel

Hanniel Prince of the tribe of Manasseh; one of those appointed by

to superintend the division of

amongst the tribe (:s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 34, Num. 34:23).

Hanoch

Hanoch is the name of two biblical figures: # A son of Midian, the eponymous forefather of the

ites.Genesis 25:4, 1 Chronicles 1:33. # A son of Reuben, the eponymous forefather of the Tribe of Reuben. According to Cheyne and Black, the presence of this clan name in the genealogies of Reuben and Midian may indicate that the clan Hanoch was considered a part of the Tribe of Reuben but had a Midianite origin.

Happizzez

Happizzez or Aphses was a priest who fell on the eighteenth lot out of the twenty-four lots ordained by

for the temple service. ()

Haran

Haran or Aran refers to three minor characters in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Milcah and Iscah. () # Haran ( – ''Ḥārān''), son of Caleb, a descendant of Jacob, and Ephah his mother. Father of #Gazez, 1.Gazez, and brother of #Gazez, 2.Gazez. () # Haran ( – ''Hārān''), son of Shimei, a

who lived in the age of David, King David and played one of the important religious or political roles set out in .

Harbona

Harbona or Harbonah is the name given for one of the eunuchs of king Ahasuerus in Esther 1:10 and 7:9.

Hareph

Hareph, according to 1 Chronicles 2:51, was a descendant of Caleb and the father of Beth-gader. The name "Hareph" in this case may refer to a group of people otherwise referred to by the term Hariphite.

Harhaiah

Harhaiah, in the

of Nehemiah 3:8, is mentioned in passing, as being the father of Uzziel, a man responsible for the repair of part of the wall of Jerusalem. The awkward phrasing of the verse suggested to Stanley A. Cook (1899) that there had been some scribal mishandling of the verse, and that the verse originally did not contain the name "Harhaiah."

Harhas

Harhas, according to 2 Kings 22:14 and 2 Chronicles 34:22, was an ancestor of Shallum, the husband of the prophetess Huldah. However, where the Books of Kings, Book of Kings has "Harhas," the Book of Chronicles reads "Hasrah."

Harim

Harim (; "destroyed" or "dedicated to God") was the name of three biblical patriarchs: * Head of the third of twenty-four priestly divisions instituted by King David. () * Head of a non-priestly family, with 320 members, which returned with

. (, ) Eight members of this family were found to have married gentile women, whom they divorced. () Harim's son Malchijah was one of those who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem, including the Tower of the Furnaces. () His seal was on the renewed covenant with God made by the Babylonian returnees. () * Head of a priestly family, with 1017 members, which returned with

. (, ) Five members of this family were found to have married gentile women, whom they divorced. () His seal was also on the renewed covenant. () The head of his family at the time of the return was Adna. ()

Harnepher

Harnepher appears only once in the Bible, in 1 Chronicles 7:36, in a passage which surveys the Tribe of Asher, descendants of Asher. The name may be of Egyptian origin, meaning "Horus is good."

Harum

Harum is recorded as the father of Aharhel in 1 Chronicles 4:8, which lists him as an ancestor of several clans in the

Harumaph

Harumaph is listed as the father of Jedaiah, a man responsible for making repairs to a part of

's wall. He is only mentioned once in the Bible, in Nehemiah 3:10.

Haruz

Haruz (Hebrew: חרוז) was the father of Queen Meshullemeth. According to he was a citizen who dwelt in the land of Jotbah.

Hasadiah

Hasadiah is listed as one of the sons of Zerubabel in 1 Chronicles 3:20, and is therefore a member of the royal lineage of the Judahite kings.

Hashabiah

Hashabiah is a biblical name which appears frequently for individuals mentioned both before and after the

. Because the name often appears in lists without any detailed description, it is sometimes difficult to tell whether different verses that use the name are referring to the same Hashabiah or to distinct persons. The following list of nine individuals is the number listed in the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'', although the encyclopedia does not claim that precisely nine people of this name are mentioned: # A

of the Merarites, Merarite group, mentioned 1 Chronicles 6:45 (verse 30 in some Bibles). # Hashabiah son of Bunni, a Merarite Levite listed as living in Jerusalem in 1 Chronicles 9:14 and Nehemiah 11:15. # A leader of a large group of people in the time of

. # A musician, one of the musicians appointed by David for the musical service of the Temple. # Hashabiah son of Kemuel, identified as the leader of the Levites in the time of

. # A Levite leader in the time of

. # A Levite identified as having signed the covenant between Ezra and God. # A ruler listed as one of the people responsible for repairing the wall of Jerusalem in Nehemiah 3:17. # The ruler of the clan of Hilkiah, according to Nehemiah 12:21.

Hashabnah

Hashabnah is the name given for one of the men who signed the covenant between the people of Yehud Medinata, Judah and God in Nehemiah 10:25 (verse 26 in some Bibles). According to Cheyne and Black, the name is likely a miswritten form of "Hashabniah."

Hashub

Hashub is mentioned in passing as the father of Shemaiah, a Levite who is listed among those living in Jerusalem after the end of the

Hashubah

Hashubah is listed as one of the children of Zerubabel, the governor of Yehud Medinata.

Hasrah

Hasrah, according to 2 Chronicles 34:22, is the name of an ancestor of Shallum, the husband of the prophetess Huldah. However, where the Book of Chronicles has "Hasrah", 2 Kings 22:14 has "Harhas".

Hassenaah

The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate during the reconstruction of the walls of Jerusalem under the repair programme led by

Hasupha

Hasupha (Hashupha in the

) is the name of a clan or family of

(temple assistants) listed in Nehemiah 7:46 and Ezra 2:43.

Hathach

Hathach or Hatach is the name of one of the eunuchs of

in the Book of Esther. He acts as a messenger between

and Mordecai.

Hathath

Hathath is only mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:13, in a genealogical passage where he is the son of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.

Hattil

The descendants of Hattil (also called Agia or Hagia) are listed in Ezra 2:57 and Nehemiah 7:59 as a group of people returning from the

(see Ezra–Nehemiah). They are categorized by Ezra as being descendants of "Solomon's servants" (see

). In the Greek text of 1 Esdras 5:34, a closely related work, Hattil is referred to as ''Agia'' or ''Hagia''.

Hazaiah

Hazaiah is a figure mentioned in passing in Nehemiah 11:5 as an ancestor Maaseiah, a notable leader of the

in Yehud Medinata.

Hazo

Hazo was the fifth son of Nahor, son of Terah, Nahor and Milcah ().

Heber

Heber or Chéver () is a name referring to two persons. *The Kenite husband of Jael, the biblical heroine who killed Sisera (''Book of Judges ''4:11, 4:17–22). , *The grandson of the patriarch Asher mentioned at and in . Heber probably should not be confused with the Eber who was

's ancestor.

Hebron

Hebron (biblical figure), Hebron: see

Hel

Hel was a son of

of the

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:30 and :s:Bible (King James)/Joshua#Chapter 17, Joshua 17:2.

Helah

Helah was one of the two wives of Ashur the son of Hezron mentioned in . Ashur's sons through Helah his wife were: Zereth, Jezoar and Ethnan.

Heldai

Heldai is the name of two biblical figures. According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' it should most likely be given alternate vowels as ''Holdai'' or ''Huldai.'' # Heldai son of Baanah the Netophathite is listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors, and also in a list of military leaders given in 1 Chronicles 27:15. He is called "Heled" in 1 Chronicles 11:30, and "Heleb" in 2 Samuel 23:29. # A Jew living in Babylonia, mentioned in Zechariah 6#Verse 10, Zechariah 6:10. He is called ''Helem'' in Zechariah 6:14.

Helez

There are two biblical figures named Helez: *A Jerahmeelite; the father of Eleasah and the son of Azariah mentioned in ( :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 2, 1 Chronicles 2:39). *A captain in the seventh week mentioned in ( :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 27, 1 Chronicles 27:10).

Helkai

Helkai is a name used in Nehemiah 12:15, in a list of priestly clan leaders in the "days of Joiakim (high priest), Joiakim." The text refers to Helkai as leading a clan named Meraioth. According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' the name is an abbreviated form of "Hilkiah."

Helon

Helon was a member of the house of Zebulun according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 1, Numbers 1:9. He was the father of #Eliab, Eliab.

Hemam

Hemam or Homam is the name of the son of Lotan and grandson of Seir the Horite, according to Genesis 36:22 and 1 Chronicles 1:39.

Henadad

Henadad is a biblical name which appears only in Ezra–Nehemiah. In a passage which describes the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem, two "sons of Henadad", Bavai and Binnui, are named as taking responsibility for portions of the wall. Binnui reappears later, where he is described as a Levite and as one of the signatories of the covenant between Ezra, God, and the people of Judah. The "sons of Henadad," though without any specific individuals named, are mentioned in also in Ezra 3:9, a "difficult passage".

Hepher

Hepher was a son of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:32 and :s:Bible (King James)/Joshua#Chapter 17, Joshua 17:2. See List of minor biblical places#Hepher, List of minor biblical places § Hepher.

Heresh

Heresh, along with Galal, Mattaniah and Bakbakkar, was a Levite and a descendant of Asaph described in as one who returned from Babylon.

Hezekiah

Hezekiah is the name of three minor figures in the

mentioned in the royal genealogy of 1 Chronicles 3. * A figure mentioned in passing in Ezra 2:16 and Nehemiah 7:21, as the ancestor of some of the exiles who returned from the

. * An ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah.

Hezir

Hezir is the name of 2 biblical individuals in the

. () *An individual who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. ()

Hezron

Hezron or Hetzron () is the name of two men in Genesis. * In , Hezron is a son of Reuben (Bible), Reuben and the founder of the Hezronites. * In , Hezron is grandson of Judah (biblical figure), Judah and the son of Pharez.

Hiel

Hiel the Bethelite (Heb. אֲחִיאֵל, חִיאֵל; "the [divine] brother, or kinsman, is God")) rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab. (1 Kings 16:34)

Hillel of Pirathon

* The father of Abdon (Judges), Abdon, in the Book of Judges (Judges 12:13–15).

Hiram

Hiram (Hebrew: חירם ''Ḥiram'') of Tyre, son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali whose father was a craftsman in bronze, was given the metal work of King Soloman's temple. 1 Kings 7:13–14. According to The Interpreter's Bible, Hiram is a shortened form of אחירם (aḥîrām, "brother of Ram [the lofty one].")

Hobab

Hobab was

' brother-in-law () and the son of Moses's father-in-law (), Jethro. The relevant part of Numbers 10:29 reads: "And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law". Reuel (or Raguel) and Jethro (Bible), Jethro may have been different persons from different narratives. That of Judges 4:11 reads: "Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses". Moses invited Hobab to take part in the The Exodus, Exodus journey into the Promised Land, wanting to make use of his local knowledge, but Hobab preferred to return home to

(). Briefly, Hobab, Reuel/Raguel, and Jethro were all Moses' father-in-law, due to different traditions (and possibly corruptions of the text) which were syncretized in the interpretations of later commentators.

Hod

Hod is a biblical name which appears only in 1 Chronicles 7:37. He appears as one character in a genealogy of the Tribe of Asher.

Hodaviah

Hodaviah is the name of three individuals in the Bible. The Revised Version and

of the Bible sometimes spell it as Hodaiah, Hodevah, or Hodeiah. * Hodaviah, a clan leader in the

, according to 1 Chronicles 5:24. * Hodaviah son of Hassenuah appears as the ancestor of a Tribe of Benjamin, Benjamite man living in Jerusalem after the

. This Hodaviah is called "Judah son of Hassenuah" in Nehemian 11:9. * Hodaviah son of Elioenai is described as a descendant of

in 1 Chronicles 3:24

Hodesh

Hodesh is a figure who appears in a genealogy of the

in Chronicles. The name might mean "born at the feast of the new moon," or else it may be a misspelling of Ahishahar.

Hoham

Hoham, according to the Book of Joshua, was the king of Hebron, defeated in Joshua's conquest.

Homam

''See Hemam.''

Hon

See On (biblical figure)

Hori

Hori is the personal name of two biblical individuals, as well as being the Hebrew term for a Horites, Horite. * Hori of the house of Simeon (Hebrew Bible), Simeon was the father of List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z#Shaphat, Shaphat, a scout sent to

prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 13, Numbers 13:5. * Hori is recorded as the name of Lotan, the son of Seir the Horite, according to Genesis 36:22.

Hoshama

Hoshama is the name of one of the seven sons of Jeconiah, according to 1 Chronicles 3:18, the only place in the Bible that refers to him. It is a shortened version of the name "Jehoshama."

Hotham

Hotham is the name for two individuals found in the BIble. A Hotham appears in a genealogy of the Tribe of Asher in 1 Chronicles 7:32, but this individual is referred to as "Helem" in verse 35. Another Hotham, though the

calls him Hothan, can be found in 1 Chronicles 11:44, where his sons Shama and Jeiel are listed among David's Mighty Warriors. This second Hotham is called an Aroerite.

Hothir

Hothir is listed as a son of David's "seer" Heman the Ezrahite, Heman in 1 Chronicles 25:4 and 28.

Hubbah

''See Jehubbah.''

Huppah

Huppah was a priest who was in charge of the 13th lot out of the twenty-four lots ordained by

. ()

Huppim

Huppim (חופים) or Hupham (חופם) was the ninth son of

in Genesis 46:21 and Numbers 26:39.

Hushim

Hushim, according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:23, was the name of the sons of Dan, listed among the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob. Numbers 26:42 calls Dan's son Shuham, and his descendants the Shuhamites. The Talmud names him as the murderer of

Huzzab

Huzzab is either a name or a word which appears in Nahum 2:7 (verse 8 in some Bibles). In a passage in which Nahum is predicting the fall of Nineveh, the prophet says, "Huzzab shall be led away captive" in the

. However, a number of more contemporary versions since the late nineteenth century have interpreted the word as a verb, meaning "and it has been decreed."

I

Ibhar

Ibhar was one of the sons of

. The name Ibhar means "Chosen".

Ibneiah

Ibneiah is the name given in Chronicles to a leader of a clan in the

which returned to Yehud Medinata after the

. The same character is referred to as "Gabbai" in the parallel passage in

Ibnijah

Ibnijah is a figure who is mentioned indirectly in 1 Chronicles 9:8, by way of his descendant "Meshullam, son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah." He was a Benjamite.

Ibsam

According to Chronicles, Ibsam was the son of Tola (son of Issachar), Tola, who in turn was the son of Issachar. He is called Jibsam in the

Idbash

Idbash, according to 1 Chronicles 4:3, was one of the sons of Etham (biblical figure), Etham, a figure who appears in the Chronicler's genealogy of the

Igal

Igal (יגאל) is the name of three biblical figures. * Igal son of Joseph of Issachar, a scout sent to

prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 13, Numbers 13:7. * Igal son of Nathan of Zobah is mentioned only in 2 Samuel 23:36 in a list of David's Mighty Warriors. * Igal son of Shemaiah is listed as a descendant of Zerubbabel in 1 Chronicles 3:22. This last figure is called Igeal in the

, although his name in Hebrew is the same as the other two Igals.

Igdaliah

Igdaliah (Hebrew ''yigdalyahu'') is mentioned in passing as the father of a man named Hanan in Jeremiah 35:3. According to the Book of Jeremiah, the sons or descendants of Hanan son of Igdaliah had their own chamber in the temple at Jerusalem, which was the site of the famous object-lesson concerning Jeremiah and the Rechabites. The ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' claimed that the name Igdaliah was most likely a mistaken form of the name Gedaliah.

Ikkesh

Ikkesh the Tekoa (ancient town), Tekoite was the father of Ira, one of King David's Warriors (:s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel#Chapter 23, 2 Samuel 23:26, :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 11, 1 Chronicles 11:28).

Ilai

''See Zalmon (biblical figure).''

Imla

Imla (Hebrew – ימלא, "whom God will fill up" Smith's Bible Dictionary), the father of Micaiah, which latter was the prophet who foretold the defeat of the allied kings of Judah and Israel against Ramoth-gilead (2 Chron 18:7–8). In the parallel passage (1 Kings 22:8–9) his name is written ''Imlah''.

Immer

Immer was a member of the priestly family whose sons, Hanani and Zebadiah, had both taken pagan wives but repented during the communal confession instigated by the biblical priest

Imna

Imna is a biblical name which appears only in 1 Chronicles 7:35, in a genealogy of the Tribe of Asher.

Imnah

Imnah was a levite, the father of Kore, who was responsible for distributing the freewill offerings of the Temple in the time of King Hezekiah ().

Imrah

Imrah is a biblical name which appears only in 1 Chronicles 7:36, in a genealogy of the Tribe of Asher.

Imri

Imri is the name of two individuals mentioned in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * An Imri is mentioned in passing in the ancestry of a man named Uthai, who according to 1 Chronicles 9:4 lived in Jerusalem after the return from the

. * A man named "Zakkur son of Imri" is recorded as taking responsibility for a section of the wall in the project of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem, according to Nehemiah 3:2.

Iphdeiah

Iphdeiah (

Iphediah) is a name which appears very briefly as that of "Iphdeiah son of Shashak," mentioned only in a genealogy of the Tribe of Asher according to Chronicles.

Ir

''See Iri (biblical figure).''

Ira the Jairite

Ira the Jairite was David's chief minister or priest after Sheba son of Bichri, Sheba's rebellion. While described as David's priest by the English Standard Version and New International Version, other translations describe Ira as David's chief ruler (

) or his chief minister (New King James Version). The Hebrew word "כֹּהֵן" literally means "one officiating".

Irad

In , Irad ( – ''Īrāḏ''), is the son of Enoch (son of Cain), Enoch, the grandson of Cain and the father of Mehujael. According to the Book of Moses (an the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, LDS text), Irad discovers and publicises his great-grandson Lamech's (descendant of Cain) Master Mahan, covenant with the Devil. As a result, Lamech kills Irad and subsequently suffers ostracization.

Iram

Iram is a name which appears in Genesis 36:43. In the

as it now stands, Iram is identified as a "tribal leader" (Hebrew ''alluph'') of

. However, Thomas Kelly suggests that originally the text may have identified Iram and the other "tribal leaders" as the names not of individuals, but of clans, using the Hebrew word ''eleph'' to mean "clan."

Iri

Iri, according to 1 Chronicles 7:7, was one of the sons of Bela, who was the son of

, eponymous founder of the

. In verse 12, he is referred to simply as Ir.

Irijah

Irijah (Hebrew יראייה ''yiriyyah'') is an official who arrests Jeremiah on suspicion of desertion.

Iru

Iru is a name mentioned only once in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' In 1 Chronicles 4:15, Iru is listed as one of the sons of Caleb. The other two were Elah and Naam.

Iscah

Iscah or Jesca (Jessica (given name), Jessica) was a daughter of Haran, sister of Lot (Bible), Lot and Milcah according to Genesis 11:29.

Ishbah

''For the "Ishbah, father of Eshtemoa" mentioned in 1 Chronicles, see List of minor biblical tribes#Ishbah, List of minor biblical tribes § Ishbah.''

Ishbi-benob

Ishbi-benob is a name which appears in the Qere and Ketiv, Qere of the

at 2 Samuel 21:16. ''Qere'' is the term for the version of the text traditionally read aloud in synagogues. The Qere and Ketiv, Ketiv, the version written but not read aloud, reads somewhat differently, in a manner that suggested to

that the opening words of the verse were not the name of the giant, but words that indicated that David and his soldiers stayed in (the city of) Nob. Whatever the case with the Ketiv, the Qere as it now stands asserts that Ishbi-benob was the name of a Philistine giant, who was killed by Abishai son of Zeruiah. Wilhelm Gesenius, Gesenius interprets his name as meaning "dweller upon the height". In Brenton's

Translation, his name is given as Jesbi, the progeny of List of minor biblical figures, L–Z#Rapha, Rapha.

Ishhod

Ishhod (

Ishod) is a figure mentioned only once in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' 1 Chronicles 7:18 lists Ishod as a son of Hammoleketh in a genealogy of the

Ishi

Ishi is mentioned in Chronicles several times.

Ishiah

Ishijah

Ishmael

Ishmael was the name of 6 biblical individuals in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Ishmael In the Bible, biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) is the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137. Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs. Within Isla ...

the firstborn of

through Hagar and mentioned many times in the Hebrew Bible. *Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah who assassinated Gedaliah at the time of Nebuchadnezzar II. *One of the 6 sons of #Azel, Azel mentioned in . *A son of Jehohanan mentioned in . *The father of Zebadiah mentioned in . *One of the sons of Pashur which was Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad and Eleasah.

Ishmaiah

Ishmaiah (

Ismaiah) is the name of two biblical figures. * Ishmaiah son of Obadiah was the leader of the Tribe of Zebulun in the time of

, according to 1 Chronicles 27:19. He is called ''Samaias'' in the

. * Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, according to 1 Chronicles 12:4, was one of David's Mighty Warriors.

Ishmerai

Ishmerai is a biblical figure mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 8:18, where he is called "the son of Elpaal" in a genealogy of the

. He may be the same character as the "Shemer" or "Shemed" mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8:12.

Ishod

''See Ishhod.''

Ishpah

Ishpah (

Ispah) is a name which appears in a genealogy of the

. According to 1 Chronicles 8, Ishpah was the son of Beriah, the son of Elpaal, the son of Shaharaim.

Ishpan

Ishpan is a figure who appears only once in the

. 1 Chronicles 8 calls him the son of Shashak, the son of Elpaal, the son of Shaharaim.

Ishuah

''See Ishvah.''

Ishuai

''See Ishvah.''

Ishui

''See Ishvi.''

Ishvah

Ishvah (

Ishuah and Isuah) was one of the sons of Asher according to Genesis 46:17 and 1 Chronicles 7:30, although he is missing from the list of the sons of Asher found in Numbers 26:44.

Ishvi

Ishvi (

Ishui, Isui, Jesui, and Ishuai) is the name of two figures in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * Ishvi is the name given to a son of Asher, eponymous founder of the Tribe of Asher, in Genesis 46:17, Numbers 26:44, and 1 Chronicles 7:30. His descendants are called Ishvites in Numbers 24:44. Genesis 46 places him in the list of 70 persons who went down into Egypt with Jacob, the father of Asher and the other eleven Twelve Tribes of Israel, Tribes of Israel. * Ishvi is the name of a son of

in 1 Samuel 14:49.

Ismaiah

''See Ishmaiah.''

Ispah

''See Ishpah.''

Isshiah

Isshijah

Isui

''See Ishvi.''

Ithai

''See #Ittai, Ittai.''

Ithmah

Ithmah is a name which appears only once in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' David's Mighty Warriors.

Ithran

Ithran is the name given for two figures in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * Ithran, son of Dishon, son of Anah, son of Zibeon, son of Seir the Horites, Horite. This Ithran represents the name of a Horite clan. * Ithran, son of Zophah, son of Helem appears in a genealogy of the Tribe of Asher. The ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' identifies the "Jether" of 1 Chronicles 7:38 as probably being identical to this Ithran.

Ithream

Ithream (יתרעם, "abundant people") was the son of

and Eglah, David's sixth son, according to :s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel#Chapter 3, 2 Samuel 3:5.

Ittai

Ittai (and once in Chronicles, Ithai) is the name given one or two biblical figures: * Ittai the Gath (city), Gittite appears alongside 600 soldiers as a Philistine ally of David in the time leading up to

's rebellion. Having only recently arrived in

, David gives him an option to return home to Gath, but Ittai confirms his loyalty to David and helps him evacuate the city. During the rebellion itself, he serves as commander of a third of David's army. * Ittai "son of Ribai, from Gibeah, of the children of Benjamin" is listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors. His association with

and the

"probably" distinguish him from the Gittite Ittai, according to Stanley Arthur Cook. This Benjamite Ittai is once called Ithai in 1 Chronicles 11:31.

Izhar

''For the Levitical clan, see Izhar.'' Izhar son of Hela is a figure who appears in a genealogy of the

, in 1 Chronicles 4:7. He is called Izhar according to the variant reading known as Qere and Ketiv, Qere. According to the Qere and Ketiv, Ketiv his name is Zohar. The

calls him Jezoar.

Izrahiah

Izrahiah (Jezrahiah) is the name of two biblical figures. * Izrahiah son of Uzzi, son of Tola, son of Issachar appears in a genealogy of the Tribe of Issachar. * Izrahiah (

Jezrahiah) is, according to Nehemiah 12:42, a leader of singers in a procession headed by

Izri

Izri (Zeri) appears in a list of persons responsible for liturgical music in the time of

, according to 1 Chronicles 25:11. In 1 Chronicles 25:3, he is called Zeri.

Izziah

Izziah (

Jeziah), a descendant of Parosh, is listed as one of the men who married foreign wives in the time of

J

Jaanai

''See Janai (biblical figure). See Djenné, Djenne'.''

Jaareshiah

Jaareshiah (

Jaresiah) is a name which appears only , where Jaaresiah is identified as one of the sons of Jeroham. The text does not identify any information about Jeroham's parentage, but the passage is part of a genealogy of the

Jaasai

''See Jaasu.''

Jaasau

''See Jaasu.''

Jaasiel

Jaasiel (Jasiel) is the name of one of David's Mighty Warriors. He is referred to in Hebrew as ''hammitsovayah'', which has been variously translated as "the Mezobaite," "the Mesobaite," or "from Zobah." A "Jaasiel son of Abner" is listed as a Benjamite leader in 1 Chronicles 27:21, who may be the same person.

Jaasu

Jaasu (also called Jaasau, Jaasai) is a name which appears in a list of men alleged to have married foreign women in the time of

Jaaziah

Jaaziah is listed as one of the sons of Merari in a passage discussing the various divisions of

Jaaziel

Jaaziel is the name of a

musician who appears in 1 Chronicles 15:18. He reappears as "Aziel" in 15:20.

Jacan

Jacan (or Jachan) is a name which appears once in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. ''

Jachin

Jachin was the fourth son of Simeon (Hebrew Bible), Simeon according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:10, :s:Bible (King James)/Exodus#Chapter 6, Exodus 6:15, and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:12, one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Jada

Jada was one of the sons of Onam mentioned in :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 2, 1 Chronicles 2:28, he had two sons Jonathan and Jether, and his brother was named Shammai. He was a descendant of Hezron.

Jahath

Jahath is the name of several individuals in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * Jahath son of Reaiah, son of Shobal, descendant of Judah is mentioned in , in a genealogical passage describing the

. * Jahath is a name applied to various

s in 1 Chronicles 6:20 (verse 5 in some Bibles), 6:43 (verse 28 in some Bibles), 23:10, 24:22; and 2 Chronicles 34:12.

Jahaziah

''See List of minor biblical figures, A–K#Jahzeiah, Jahzeiah.''

Jahleel

Jahleel was a son of Zebulun according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:14 and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:26. He was one of the 70 persons to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Jahmai

''For the Jahmai of 1 Chronicles 7:2, see List of minor biblical tribes#Jahmai, List of minor biblical tribes § Jahmai.''

Jahzeel

Jahzeel was a son of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:24 and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:48. He was one of the 70 persons to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Jahzeiah

Jahzeiah (

Jahaziah) son of Tikvah is one of the figures listed in the

as opposing Ezra's prohibition on marriages with foreign women.

Jahzerah

Jahzerah is a name which appears only in 1 Chronicles 9:12. See Ahzai.

Jair

Jair, see Yair.

Jakeh

Jakeh is a name that appears only in Proverbs 30:1, where part of the Book of Proverbs is ascribed to a man called "Agur, Agur son of Jakeh". Franz Delitzsch proposed that the name "Jakeh" means "scrupulously pious".

Janai

Janai (Jaanai) is a name that appears only 1 Chronicles 5:12, where Janai is listed as a descendant of Gad. According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'', the name represents the name of a clan within the Tribe of Gad.

Jakim

Jakim is the name of one individual mentioned in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Gospel of Matthew The Gospel of Matthew is the first book of the New Testament of the Bible and one of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells the story of who the author believes is Israel's messiah (Christ (title), Christ), Jesus, resurrection of Jesus, his res ...

. In a genealogy of the

, in 1 Chronicles 24:12, a Jakim appears, as the son of Shimei (who is referred to as Shema in verse 13). In some Greek manuscripts of Matthew, a Jakim appears between Josiah and Jechoniah in a genealogy of Jesus.

Jalon

Jalon was one of four sons of Ezrah, and the uncle of Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah (father of Eshtemoa). ()

Jamin

The name Jamin means right hand. There are four different Jamins in the Bible: # The second son of Simeon (Hebrew Bible), Simeon according to , , and . He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob. # Man of Judah, see # Post exile Levite who interpreted the law, see # The son of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel according to the book of

Jamlech

Jamlech is a figure who appears once in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Hezekiah Hezekiah (; ), or Ezekias (born , sole ruler ), was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Kingdom of Judah, Judah according to the Hebrew Bible.Stephen L Harris, Harris, Stephen L., ''Understanding the Bible''. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985. "G ...

and exterminated the Meunim.

Japhia

Japhia was the king of Lachish, one of the five kings of the Amorites whose battle against the settling Israelites led by

is reported in . Along with the other four kings, he was subsequently found in a cave at Makkedah, where he was killed and buried by Joshua and his forces (). Not to be confused with the ancient Jewish town of Yafi'a, Japhia/Japha.

Jarah

''See Jehoaddah.'' meaning: honey, god gives honey, honeycomb, honeysuckle

Jareb

Jareb is a name which appears in Hosea 5:13 and 10:6 in some translations of the Bible. In both passages, the Hebrew text refers to a ''mlk yrb'' (

"King Jareb") in a way that implies that ''mlk yrb'' is the king of Assyria.Albright, W. F. "The Archaeological Background of the Hebrew Prophets of the Eighth Century". ''Journal of Bible and Religion'', vol. 8, no. 3, 1940, p. 134.
However, no Assyrian king by the name of "Jareb" is known to history, which has led to a variety of conjectures about what the phrase refers to. According to W. F. Albright, the "definitive solution" to the problem is that the text should read ''mlk rb'' or ''mlky rb'', meaning "the great king", a Hebrew translation of the common Assyrian royal title ''sharru rabu''. The proposed emendation to "great king" has been accepted in a number of biblical translations.

Jarib

Jarib is the name of three individuals in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * A Jarib appears in a list of leaders recruited by Ezra to find Levites for the resettlement of Jerusalem. * A priest by the name of Jarib is mentioned in a list of men who married foreign women in Ezra 10:18. * In 1 Maccabees 2:1 and 14:29, Mattathias and his son Simon Thassi, Simon are described as being "of the posterity of Jarib". The ''New English Translation of the Septuagint'' transliterates the name as ''Ioarib,'' while the New American Bible reads ''Joarib'' and the Good News Translation reads ''Jehoiarib''.

Jaresiah

''See Jaareshiah.''

Jarha

Jarha was an Egyptian slave of Sheshan who was married to Sheshan's daughter according to :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 2, 1 Chronicles 2:34–35.

Jasiel

''See Jaasiel.''

Jasub/Jashub

1. ''See List of minor Old Testament figures, A–K#Job, Job, son of Issachar'' 2. ''See List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z#Shearjashub, Shearjashub'' 3. A son of List of minor Old Testament figures, A-K#Bani, Bani in :s:Bible (King James)/Ezra#Chapter 10, Ezra 10:29.

Jathniel

Jathniel is a minor biblical figure who appears only in 1 Chronicles 26:2, in a list of Korahite porters.

Jaziz

Jaziz the Hagrite, according to 1 Chronicles 27:31, was in charge of king

's flocks of sheep and goats.

Jeatherai

''See Ethni.''

Jecamiah

''See Jekamiah.''

Jecholiah

Jecholiah (Hebrew: יכליהו, ''yekhalyahu'') of Jerusalem was the wife of the King of Judah, Amaziah, and the mother of King Azariah. Depending on translation used, her name may also be spelled Jechiliah, Jecoliah, or Jekoliah. Also 2 Chronicles 26:3

Jediael

There are three individuals in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * Jediael son of Shimri is listed as one of

's warriors in 1 Chronicles 11:45. * Jediael, a man from the

, appears in a list of warriors said to have deserted

when he went to Ziklag. * Jediael son of Meshelemiah appears in a list of Korahite porters in the time of David.

Jeezer

Jeezer was a son of

of the

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:30.

Jehallelel

Jehallelel (

Jehaleleel or Jehalelel) is the name of two individuals in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * A Jehallelel appears in 1 Chronicles 4:16, in a genealogy of the

. * Another Jehallelel appears in a list of Levites in 2 Chronicles 29:12.

Jehdeiah

Jehdeiah is the name of two individuals in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * A Levite mentioned in 1 Chronicles 24:20. * Jehdeiah the Meronothite, who according to 1 Chronicles 27:30 was in charge of king

's donkeys.

Jehezkel

Jehezkel was the head of the twentieth lot out of the twenty-four lots ordained by

for the temple service in 1 Chronicles 24:16.

Jehiah

Jehiah is a figure who is only mentioned once in the Bible, in 1 Chronicles 15:24, which describes him as a gatekeeper for the

in the time of

Jehiel

''This entry contains close paraphrases and borrowing of wording found in entries entitled "Jehiel" in the Encyclopaedia Biblica, a work which is now in the public domain.'' Jehiel is the name of fourteen figures in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' For eleven of these the English spelling "Jehiel" reflects the Hebrew name יחיאל: * A Levite musician in the time of David (1 Chronicles 15:18, 20; 16:5). * The leader of a family of Gershonite Levites in the time of David, custodian of "the Temple treasury, treasury of the house of the Lord" (1 Chronicles 23:8; 29:8). * Jehiel the son of Hachmoni, who was with David's sons (1 Chronicles 27:32). * Jehiel the son of king Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 21:2). * A Hemanite Levite in the time of Hezekiah, called Jehuel in the Revised Version (2 Chronicles 29:14). * A Levitical or priestly overseer of the temple in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:13). * A person referred to as "ruler of the house of God" in the time of Josiah (2 Chronicles 35:8). * The father of Obadiah in a post-exilic list of kin groups (Ezra 8:9). * The father of Shechaniah (Ezra 10:2). * Jehiel the son of Harim, a priest (Ezra 10:21). * Jehiel the son of Elam, a layman (Ezra 10:26). For the other three, the name Jehiel (or Jeiel) reflects the Hebrew spelling יעיאל: * One of the sons of Elam (Ezra 10:2). * A Gibeonite described as the "father of Gibeon" in 1 Chronicles 9:35. * A son of Hothan the Aroerite, who along with his brother Shama was listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors in 1 Chronicles 11:44.

Jehizkiah

Jehizkiah son of Shallum is mentioned in a list of Ephraimite leaders who, according to 2 Chronicles 28, intervened along with the prophet Oded to prevent the enslavement of 200,000 people from the

during the time of the king

Jehoaddah

Joehoaddah (or Jehoadah, Jarah) was one of the descendants of King

, according to 1 Chronicles 8:33–36. In 1 Chronicles 9:42, which contains a copy of the same genealogy of Saul, his name is given as "Jarah."

Jehoaddan

Jehoaddan (Hebrew: יהועדן, Yehōaddān; "YHWH delights") was a native of Jerusalem, the wife of King Joash of Judah, and mother of his successor, King Amaziah. 2 Kings 14:2

Jehoiada

Jehoiada (Hebrew: יהוידע,''Yehoyada'' "The LORD Knows") was the name of at least three people in the Hebrew Bible: * Jehoiada, a priest during the reigns of Ahaziah, Athaliah, and Joash (q.v.) * Jehoiada, father of Benaiah (cf. Benaiah) * Jehoiada, a priest in the time of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 29:26)

Jehoshaphat

Jehoshaphat (Hebrew: יהושפט, ''yehoshaphat,'' God Judges), son of Paruah, was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators: his jurisdiction was Issachar (1 Kings 4:17). Jehosphaphat, son of Ahilud, was King Solomon's recorder (1 Kings 4:3).

Jehozabad

Jehozabad (Hebrew: יהוזבד, ''yehozabad'') is the name of three figures in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * Jehozabad son of Shomer was one of the assassinators of King Joash of Judah. 2 Kings 12:21. "This person is called ''Zabad'', in 2 Chron. xxiv.26..." * Jehozabad, according 2 Chronicles 17:18, was a leader of 180,000 Benjamite warriors in the time of king

. * Jehozabad is listed as one of the sons of Obed-edom according to 1 Chronicles 26:4.

Jehubbah

Jehubbah (or Hubbah) is the name of an individual who appears in a genealogy of the Tribe of Asher. His name depends on which variant reading (see Qere and Ketiv) of the

one follows: the Ketiv reads ''yhbh'' ("Jehubbah") the Qere reads ''whbh'' ("and Hubbah").

Jehudi

Jehudi (Hebrew יהודי "Judahite") "the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi" (Jeremiah 36:14) was one of the delegates the princes sent to fetch Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, to read his scroll.

Jehudijah

Jehudijah (), mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:18, is the name given to the wife of Mered, and is listed as the mother of his children. Some Rabbinic sources claim that Jehudijah, a feminine form of the Hebrew ''yehudi'' (), meaning "Jew," is to be used as a noun rather than a given name, interpreting the passage as "his wife, the Jewess" rather than "his wife, Jehudijah," and that it is referring to Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus), Pharaoh's daughter, Bithiah, who is mentioned in the same passage and is said to have converted to Judaism. As Bithiah was an Egyptian, it would have been worth noting that she was a Jewess, especially given the importance of matrilineality in Judaism, though this was not the case in the Biblical era.

Jehush

''See Jeush.''

Jeiel

Jeiel is the name of ten individuals in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * Jeiel, according to 1 Chronicles 5:7, was a leader in the Tribe of Reuben. * Jeiel, referred to as the "father of Gibeon (ancient city), Gibeon", was an ancestor of King Saul. The

calls him "Jehiel." This figure's name is affected by variant readings preserved through the Qere and Ketiv system in the

: the Ketiv calls him "Jeuel," while the Qere calls him "Jeiel." * Jeiel son of Hotham the Aroerite is listed as one of David's warriors in 1 Chronicles 11:44. The King James Version calls him "Jehiel." This figure's name is affected by variant readings preserved through the Qere and Ketiv system in the

: the Ketiv calls him "Jeuel," while the Qere calls him "Jeiel." * A Jeiel is mentioned in passing in a list of gatekeepers for the

in 1 Chronicles 15:18. * A Jeiel is listed as one of the ancestors of a Levite named Jahaziel in 2 Chronicles 20:14. * A Jeiel was one of the scribes of Uzziah according to 2 Chronicles 26:11. This figure's name is affected by variant readings preserved through the Qere and Ketiv system in the

: the Ketiv calls him "Jeuel," while the Qere calls him "Jeiel." * A Jeiel is recorded as a Levite in the time of

. This figure's name is affected by variant readings preserved through the Qere and Ketiv system in the

: the Ketiv calls him "Jeuel," while the Qere calls him "Jeiel." The Revised Version calls him Jeuel, following the Ketiv. * A Jeiel is recorded as a leader in the

in time of Uzziah according to 2 Chronicles 35:9. * In a list of returnees to Yehud Medinata after the end of the

, a Jeiel is recorded as being the head of a group of relatives according to Ezra 8:13. The Revised Version calls him Jeuel. * A Jeiel, of the "descendants of Nebo," is listed as one of the people opposing marriage to foreign women in the time of

Jekameam

Jekameam son of Hebron is mentioned in passing in two genealogical passages.

Jekamiah

Jekamiah (

spelling Jecamiah) is the name of two individuals in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * Jekamiah son of Shallum, son of Sismai, son of Eleasah, son of Helez, son of Azariah, son of Jehu, son of Obed, son of Ephlal, son of Zabad, son of Nathan, son of Attai, son of Jarha, the son-in-law and slave of Sheshan, son of Ishi, son of Appaim, son of Nadab, son of Shammai, son of Onam, son of Jerahmeel, the alleged ancestor of the Jerahmeelites. * Jekamiah, a son of Jeconiah, the last king of Judah, who was taken captive by the Babylonians.

Jekoliah

''See Jecholiah.''

Jekuthiel

Jekuthiel, father of Zanoah, appears in 1 Chronicles 4:18, in a genealogical passage concerning the

Jemima

Jemimah, meaning "Dove" was a daughter of Job (biblical figure), Job according to Job 42:14.

Jemuel

Jemuel was the first son of Simeon (Hebrew Bible), Simeon according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:10, :s:Bible (King James)/Exodus#Chapter 6, Exodus 6:15, and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:12. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Jephunneh

Jephunneh (יְפֻנֶּה) is a biblical name which means "for whom a way is prepared", and was the name of two biblical figures: * A descendant of Judah, and father of Kenaz and Caleb the The Twelve Spies, spy, who is also called a Kenezite. See (Book of Numbers, Numbers 13:6 etc.; Numbers 32:12 etc.; Joshua 14:14 etc.; 1 Chronicles 4:15). * A descendant of Asher, eldest of the three sons of Jether (1 Chronicles 7:38).

Jerah

Jerah was a son of Joktan according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 10, Genesis 10:26, :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 1, 1 Chronicles 1:20.

Jeremai

Jeremai, one of the "descendants of Hashum," is a figure who appears only in Ezra 10:33, where he is listed among the men who married foreign women.

Jeriah

''See Jerijah.''

Jerioth

Jerioth ירעות "Tent Curtains" was a wife of Caleb, son of Hezron, Caleb according to 1 Chronicles 2:18.

Jeriel

Jeriel, son of Tola, son of Issachar, is found in a genealogy of the Tribe of Issachar in 1 Chronicles 7:2.

Jerijah

Jerijah (sometimes Jeriah) is listed is one of the sons of Hebron in genealogical passages in 1 Chronicles 23:19, 24:23, 26:31.

Jeroham

There are 5 people in the

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. '' 1 Samuel 1:1
#The father of Azareel, the "captain" of the

— i
1 Chronicles 27:22
#A Benjamite mentioned i
1 Chronicles 12:7
an

#The father of Azariah, one of the "commanders of the hundreds" who formed part of Jehoiada's campaign to restore the kingship to Jehoash of Judah, Joash in #A priest mentioned i
1 Chronicles 9:12
(perhaps the same as i

.

Jerusha

Jerusha (or Jerushah) the daughter of Zadok was, according to the 2 Kings 15:33 and 2 Chronicles 27:1, the mother of king Jotham.

Jesbi

See List of minor biblical figures, A-K#Ishbi-benob, Ishbi-benob

Jeshaiah

Jeshaiah may refer to multiple figures in the Bible: # A descendant of David, the father of Rephaiah, and the son of Hananiah, son of Zerubbabel, Hananiah in :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 3, 1 Chronicles 3:21. # One of eight sons of Jeduthun in :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 25, 1 Chronicles 25:3. # For the man in 1 Chronicles 24 and 26 who is sometimes called Jeshaiah, see Jesiah.

Jeshebeab

Jeshebeab was a descendant of

, who was assigned priestly duties by

. Out of the twenty-four, Jeshebeab was the head of the fourteenth lot according to .

Jesher

Jesher the son of Caleb is mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 2:18.

Jeshishai

Jeshishai is a figure mentioned only once, in passing, in a genealogy of Gad.

Jeshohaiah

Jeshohaiah appears in a list of names of Tribe of Simeon, Simeonites. According to Chronicles these Simeonites took pasture-land from descendants of Ham and the Meunim during the time of king Hezekiah.The narrative is recorded in 1 Chronicles 4:34–43, with Jeshohaiah himself mentioned in verse 36. According to Thomas Kelly Cheyne, the name is a corruption of Maaseiah.

Jesimiel

Jesimiel appears in a list of names of Tribe of Simeon, Simeonites. According to Chronicles these Simeonites took pasture-land from descendants of Ham and the Meunim during the time of king Hezekiah. According to Thomas Kelly Cheyne, the name is a corruption of Maaseel.

Jesui

''See Ishvi.''

Jether

Jether was the name of 5 biblical individuals: * Gideon's firstborn mentioned in out of all the 70 children he had. *A father of Amasa which was the "captain" of the host of Judah. *A Jerahmeelite mentioned in who had no children and ends up dying. *The son of Ezrah mentioned in . *The father of Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.

Jetheth

Jetheth is listed as one of the "chiefs" of

, in Genesis 36:41.

Jeuel

Jeuel son of Zerah appears in a list of people living in Jerusalem after the end of the Babylonian exile. For four other individuals who are sometimes called "Jeuel" and sometimes "Jeiel," see Jeiel.

Jeush

Jeush is the name of four or five individuals mentioned in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' * Jeush son of Esau. A variant manuscript reading, known as Qere and Ketiv, Ketiv, calls him Jeish. * Jeush son of Bilhan, son of Jediael, the son of

, mentioned in a genealogy which describes the people of the

. * Jeush son of Eshek, who is mentioned in a genealogy of the Tribe of Benjamin. According to the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' this is likely a reference to the same person called Jeush son of Bilhan. The

calls him Jehush. * Jeush son of Shimei represented a division of Levites according to 1 Chronicles 23:10–11. * Jeush, the first listed son of king

in 2 Chronicles 11:19.

Jezer

Jezer was a son of

according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:24 and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:49. He was one of the 70 persons to migrate to Egypt with Jacob. According to Numbers he was the progenitor of the Jezerites.

Jeziah

''See Izziah.''

Jezoar

Jezoar was one of the sons of Helah and Ashur mentioned in .

Jezrahiah

''See Izrahiah''.

Jezreel

One of the sons of the father of Etam (biblical figure), Etam according to

Jibsam

''See Ibsam.''

Jidlaph

Jidlaph was the seventh son of Nahor, son of Terah, Nahor and Milcah ().

Jimnah

Jimnah or Jimna was a son of Asher according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:17 and :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:44. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Jishui

Jishui was the second son of King Saul, mentioned in Saul's genealogy in . He is called Abinadab in 1 Chronicles 8:33 and 9:39.

Joahaz

''For either of the biblical kings names Jehoahaz or Joahaz, see Jehoahaz of Israel or Jehoahaz of Judah.'' Joahaz, according 2 Chronicles 34:8, was the name of the father of

's scribe Joah.

Joarib

See Jarib

Joash

''This entry is about the four minor biblical characters named Joash. For the kings named Joash or Jehoash, see Jehoash of Israel and Jehoash of Judah.'' Joash, an abbreviated name of Jehoash, is the name of several figures in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Abiezrite of the

, was the father of Gideon according to Book of Judges, Judges 6–8. His family was poor and lived in Ophrah. After Gideon tore down the altar of Baal and cut down the grove, the men of Ophrah sought to kill Gideon. Joash stood against them, saying, "He that will plead for [Baal], let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar." * A Joash is described as "the king's son" in the time of

. According to Stanley Arthur Cook, it is uncertain whether he was the son of king Ahab, or whether "king's son" was a title used by high officers. * Joash is described as one of the descendants of Shelah, son of Judah (son of Jacob) in a genealogy of the

. * A Joash is named as one of the Benjamite warriors to came to the aid of

when he went to Ziklag.

Job

Job or Jashub was a son of Issachar according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 46, Genesis 46:13, :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 26, Numbers 26:24 and :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 7, 1 Chronicles 7:1. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Jobab

Jobab is the name of at least five men in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Joktan according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 10, Genesis 10:29 and :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 1, 1 Chronicles 1:23. * Jobab ben Zerah, a King of Edom according to :s:Bible (King James)/Genesis#Chapter 36, Genesis 36:33 and :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 1, 1 Chronicles 1:44. * King of Madon, one of the kings who fought against Israel in :s:Bible (King James)/Joshua#Chapter 11, Joshua 11. * A son of Shaharaim and Hodesh according to :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 8, 1 Chronicles 8:9. * A son of Elpaal according to :s:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles#Chapter 8, 1 Chronicles 8:18.

Joed

Joed is the name of a man mentioned in passing as being an ancestor of Sallu, a Benjamite in the time of

Joel

Joel is the name of several men in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Abijah were appointed by Samuel to be Biblical judges, judges in

, in the Negev, south of Israel, while he continued to judge in Ramathaim-Zophim, Ramah. However, Joel and Abijah "walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribery, bribes, and perverted judgment", prompting the Israelites to demand that Samuel give them a King of Israel, king. Josephus says that "resigning his office to his sons, he divided the people between them, and placed them in Bethel and Beer-sheba", a statement which the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges suggests "is probably his own conjecture". * An ancestor of Samuel (mentioned in ). * A Tribe of Simeon, Simeonite prince (). * A Reubenite; father of Shemaiah (). * A Gadite chief (). * A chief of Tribe of Issachar, Issachar (). * One of

's mighty men, indicated as the brother of Nathan (). * A Gershonite, a prince in the time of David ( Chronicles ; ; ). * Son of Pedaiah; a Manassites, Manassite chief in the time of David (). * A Kohathite in the time of

(). * One of those who married foreign wives (). * Son of Zichri; a Benjamite overseer after the Exile ().

Joelah

Joelah, in 1 Chronicles 12:7, is listed as one of the Benjamite warriors who went to

at Ziklag.

Joezer

Joezer, according to 1 Chronicles 12:6, is the name of one of the Benjamite warriors who came to the aid of

when he went to Ziklag in Philistine territory due to the hostility of king

Jogli

Jogli was the father of Bukki, a prince of the

. (:s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 34, Num. 34:22)

Johanan

Johanan (Hebrew: יוחנן "God is merciful") was the name of 6 minor biblical figures in the

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. '' Ezra Ezra ( fl. fifth or fourth century BCE) is the main character of the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was an important Jewish scribe (''sofer'') and priest (''kohen'') in the early Second Temple period. In the Greek Septuagint, t ...

to Iddo in order to procure men to minister in the Temple. () His son was Jedaiah, one of the priests to resettle Jerusalem. () The head of the family at the time of Joiakim was Mattenai. ()

Jokim

Jokim is listed as one of the descendants of Shelah (son of Judah), Shelah, son of Judah (son of Jacob) in 1 Chronicles 4:22.

Jonathan

Jonathan son of Kareah

Jonathan (Hebrew: יונתן "God gave") son of Kareah was among the officers who survived the destruction of Jerusalem and exile of Judeans by the king of Babylon; he was brother to Johanan q.v. – Jeremiah 40:8

Josedech

See Jehozadak, Jehozadok

Joseph

Joseph, father of Igal

Joseph of the house of Issachar was the father of #Igal, Igal, a scout sent to

prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 13, Numbers 13:7.

Joshah

Joshah son of Amaziah is mentioned only once in the Bible, where is listed among Benjamite leaders in 1 Chronicles 4:34. He is one of several clan leaders who, according to Chronicles, were involved in exterminating the descendants of Ham and the Meunim, and taking their pasture-lands.

Joshaviah

Joshaviah son of Elnaam is a biblical figure who appears only in 1 Chronicles 11:46, in a listing of David's Mighty Warriors.

Joshbekashah

Joshbekashah appears as one of the sons of Heman in a passage which describes the musicians of the Jerusalem Temple in the time of

Joshibiah

Joshibiah (

spelling Josibiah) is given in 1 Chronicles 4:35 as the father of Jehu, one of the Benjamite clan leaders in the time of Hezekiah who exterminated the descendants of Ham and the Meunim and took their farmland.

Joshua

Joshua the Bethshemite

Joshua the Bethshemite was the owner of the field in which the

came to rest when the Philistines sent it away on a driverless ox-drawn cart. (:s:Bible (King James)/1 Samuel#Chapter 6, 1 Samuel 6:14)

Joshua the governor of the city

Joshua (Hebrew: יהושע ''yehoshua'' "God saves") was a city governor in the time of King Josiah of Judah. 2 Kings 23:8

Josibiah

''See Joshibiah.''

Josiphiah

Josiphiah is a name which appears in a list of returnees from the

, where "Shelomith son of Josiphiah" is listed as the leader of the 160 men of the "descendants of Bani" who returned to Yehud Medinata in the time of

Jozabad

Jozabad is the name of several individuals mentioned in the

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. '' Tribe of Manasseh According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Manasseh (; Hebrew: ''Ševet Mənašše,'' Tiberian: ''Šēḇeṭ Mănašše'') was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. After the catastrophic Assyrian invasion of 720 BCE, it is counted as one ...

are listed as warriors of David in 1 Chronicles 12:20. * Jozabad, according to 2 Chronicle 31:13, was an overseer in the Temple at Jerusalem in the time of

. * A Jozabad is described as a Levite leader in 2 Chronicles 35:9. This may be the same individual overseeing the Temple in the time of Hezekiah. * Jozabad son of Joshua is listed as a Levite in the time of

in the time of Ezra 8:33. * A Levite Jozabad is listed in Ezra 10:22 as having taken a foreign wife. * A Levite Jozabad is listed as having a foreign wife in Ezra 10:23. This man may be the same as Joshua son of Joshua mentioned above, and/or the same as the two individuals below. * A Jozabad is listed in Nehemiah 8:7 as one of those who helped explain the law to the people of Yehud Medinata. * A Jozabad is listed as one of the inhabitants of Jerusalem in Nehemiah 11:16.

Jozachar

Jozachar (Hebrew: יוֹזָכָר, ''yozakhar'', "God Remembered") or Jozacar, son of Shimeath, was one of the assassins of king Joash of Judah. In 2 Kings 12:21 the Hebrew is יוזבד, ''yozabad''.

Jushab-hesed

Jushab-hesed is a name which appears in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Zerubbabel Zerubbabel ( from ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a governor of the Achaemenid Empire's province of Yehud Medinata and the grandson of Jeconiah, penultimate king of Judah. He is not documented in extra-biblical documents, and is considered ...

K

Kallai

Kallai is named as ancestral head of the priestly house of Sallai in the time of

, according to Nehemiah 12:20.

Karshena

See Carshena.

Kedar

''Kedar (Qedar): see Qedarites#Biblical, Qedarites: Biblical''

Kelal

Kelal or Chelal is a person listed in Ezra as among those who married foreign women.Ezra 10:30.

Kelita

Kelita ("maiming") was a

who assisted

in expounding the law to the people. (,) He was also known as Kelaiah. ()

Kesed

Kesed was the fourth son of Nahor, son of Terah, Nahor and Milcah mentioned in . The KJV calls him Chesed instead of Kesed.

Kemuel

Kemuel was the name of 2 biblical individuals. *The third son of Nahor, son of Terah, Nahor and Milcah (). *Prince of the tribe of Ephraim; one of those appointed by

to superintend the division of

amongst the tribe (:s:Bible (King James)/Numbers#Chapter 34, Num. 34:24).

Keren-happuch

Keren-happuch, sometimes spelled Kerenhappuch, is the name of Job (biblical figure), Job's third daughter () who was born after prosperity had returned to him.

Keziah

Keziah ("Cassia") is the name of Job (biblical figure), Job's second daughter.

Kimham

See List of minor biblical figures, A–K#Chimham, Chimham

Kolaiah

Kolaiah ("voice of Jehovah") is the father of the false prophet

(). It is also the name of an ancestor of Sallu that settled in Jerusalem after returning from the Babylonian exile ().

Kore

Kore was responsible for distributing the freewill offerings of the Temple in the time of King Hezekiah ().

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