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People of the Tanach

Not an exhaustive list - Names in ( ) are Hebrew Transliterations | Note: z is pronounced like ts (as in habits) h is pronounced like ch (as in Bach)

Aaron (Aharon)
Son of Amram and Jochebed, Brother of Moses and Miriam, Kohen, Father of Nadab, Abihu, and Elazar

Abed-nego ('Aved-nego) (aka Azariah)
Friend of Daniel, Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar

Abel (Avel)
Son of Adam and Eve, Killed by his brother Cain

Abi (Avi)
Mother of Hezekiah

Abiathar (Evyatar)
Son of Ahimelech, Kohen

Abigail (Avigayil)
1. Wife of Nabal, Provided provisions to David's army
2. Wife of David

Abihail (Avihayil)
1. Father of Zueriel
2. Wife of Abishur
3. Daughter-in-law of David
4. Father of Esther, Uncle of Mordechai

Abihu (Avihu)
Son of Aaron, Brother of Nadab and Elazar; Died in the Tabernacle

Abijah (Aviyya)
1. Son of Becher, Grandson of Benjamin
2. Wife of Hezron
3. Son of Samuel
4. Son of Jeroboam
5. Son of Rehoboam, King of Judah (aka Abijam)

Abijam (Aviyyam)
Son of Rehoboam, King of Judah (aka Abijah)

Abimelech (Avimelekh)
1. King of Gerar
2. Son of Gideon

Abinadab (Avinadav)
1. Hid the Ark of the Covenant, Father of Eleazar
2. Son of Jesse
3. Son of Saul

Abiner (Aviner)
Leader of Saul's army

Abiram (Aviram)
1. Rebel against Moses
2. Son of Hiel, Died at the battle for Jericho

Abishag (Avishag)
David's nurse, Part of David's royal harem

Abishai (Avishay)
Nephew of David, Commander in David's army

Abner (Aviner, Avner)
Son of Ner, Cousin of Saul, Commander in Saul's army

Abraham (Avraham) (aka Abram)
Prophet; Patriarch, Husband of Sarah; Father of Isaac and Ishmael; Grandfather of Jacob, Brother of Haran, Uncle of Lot

Abram (Avram) (aka Abraham)
Prophet; Patriarch, Husband of Sarah; Father of Isaac and Ishmael; Grandfather of Jacob, Brother of Haran, Uncle of Lot

Absalom (Avshalom)
Son of David, Killed after rebelling against David

Achan ('Akhan)
Stoned to death for taking loot from Jericho

Achish (Akhish)
King of Gath

Achsah ('Akhsa)
Daughter of Caleb, Wife of Othniel

Adalia (Adalya)
Son of Haman

Adam (Adam)
First man

Adoni-bezek (Adoni-bezeq)
King of Bezek

Adonijah (Adoniyyahu)
1. Son of David and Haggith
2. Teacher of Jehoshaphat
3. Sealer of the Covenant in Nehemiah's time

Adoni-zedek (Adoni-zedeq)
King of Jerusalem, Led a battle against Joshua and the Gibeonites

Adoraim (Adorayim)
Supervisor of forced labor

Adrammelech (Adrammelekh)
1. Babylonian deity
2. Son and assassin of Sennacherib, Brother of Sarezer

Adriel ('Adri'el)
Husband of Merab, Son-in-law of Saul

Agag (Agag)
1. King mentioned by Baalam
2. Amalekite King

Ahab (Ah'av)
1. King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
2. False Prophet

Ahasuerus (Ahashverosh) (aka Xerxes)
1. Father of Darius the Mede
2. Persian ruler who married Esther

Ahaz (Ahaz)
1. Son of Micah and father of Jehoaddah
2. Son of Jotham and Jerusha - King of Judah

Ahaziah (Ahazya, Ahazyahu)
1. Son of Ahab and Jezebel
2. Son of Joram and Athaliah - King of Judah

Ahiezer (Ahi'ezer)
1. Leader of the tribe of Dan
2. Military leader who defected from Saul to join David

Ahijah (Ahiyya)
1. Son of Jerahmeel
2. Son of Ahitub, Army priest
3. Soldier in David's army
4. Levite in charge of Temple treasures during David's rule
5. Solomon's secretary
6. Prophet who predicted the split of Israel
7. Father of King Baasha
8. Father of Ahitub

Ahilud (Ahilud)
Solomon's governor

Ahimelech (Ahimelekh)
1. Soldier who defected from Saul to join David
2. Priest who gave David and his soldiers provisions

Ahinoam (Ahino'am)
1. Wife of Saul, Daughter of Ahimaaz
2. Wife of David; Mother of Amnon

Ahisar (Ahishar)
Overseer of Solomon's palace

Ahitophel (Ahitofel)
Defector from David to Absalom

Amalek ('Amaleq)
Son of Eliphaz and Timna, Grandson of Esau

Amasa ('Amasa)
Son of Abigail; Defector from David to Absalom

Amaziah (Amazya, Amazyahu)
1. Temple musician under David's rule
2. King of Judah
3. Priest at Bet-el
4. Simeonite leader

Amminadab ('Amminadav)
1. Descendant of Kohath
2. Father of Nahshon
3. Head of Levite family who carried the Ark to Jerusalem

Amon (Amon)
1. Egyptian god of Thebes
2. Governor fo Samaria
3. King of Judah

Amos ('Amos)
Prophet

Amram ('Amram)
Father of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam

Amraphael (Amrafel)
King of Shinar

Araunah (Aravna) (aka Ornan)
Sold the threshing floor to David

Asa (Asa)
1. King of Judah
2. Descendant of Berechiah

Asahel ('Asa'el)
1. Brother of Joab, Nephew of David
2. Teacher sent by Jehoshaphat to Judah
3. Hezekiah's Temple treasurer
4. Opponent of Ezra

Asaph (Asaf)
1. Chief musician for David and Solomon
2. Descendant of Shemaiah
3. Father of Joah
4. King's forester - provided wood for Jerusalem

Asenath (Asenat)
Egyptian wife of Joseph

Asher (Asher)
Son of Jacob and Zilpah

Ashpenaz (Ashpenaz)
Nebuchadnezzar's supervisor over Daniel

Athaliah ('Atalya)
1. Son of Jeroham
2. Ruler of Judah
3. Father of Jeshaiah

Azariah ('Azarya)
1. Descendant of Judah
2. Descendant of Heman, Ancestor of Samuel
3. Son of Ahimaaz, Grandson of Zadok, Chief priest under Solomon
4. Son of Nathan, Official of Solomon
5. Son of Oded, Prophet
6. Son of Jehoshaphat
7. Son of Jeroham
8. Son of Obed, Army commander under Joash
9. Priest who opposed King Uzziah
10. Israelite
11. Father of Joel
12. Son of Jehallelel
13. Son of Hilkiah
14. Friend of Daniel (aka Abed-nego), Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar
15. Son of Hoshaiah
16. Son of Maaseiah
17. Teacher with Ezra
18. Sealer of the Covenant renewal under Nehemiah
19. Leader of Judah
20. Grandson of Hilkiah

Baaneh (Ba'ana)
1. Son of Ahilud
2. Son of Hushai
3. Father of Zadok

Baasha (Ba'sha)
Self-appointed king of the Kingdom of Israel; Father of Elah

Balaam (Bil'am)
Gentile prophet and soothsayer

Baladan (Bal'adan)
Father of King Berodach-baladan (aka Merodach-baladan)

Balak (Balaq)
King of Moab

Barak (Baraq)
Military leader under Judge Deborah

Baruch (Barukh)
1. Son of Neriah, Scribe of Jeremiah
2. Father of Maaseiah
3. Son of Zaccai, Helped rebuild the southern wall of Jerusalem
4. Kohen

Barzillai (Bzraillay)
1. Father of Adriel
2. Provided King David with supplies

Basemath (Base-mat)
1. Wife of Esau
2. Daughter of Ishmael
3. Daughter of Solomon

Bath-sheba (Bat-sheva)
Wife of David; Mother of Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon

Becher (Bekher)
Father of Eliezer

Belteshazzar (Belteshazzar)
Ruler of Babylon

Benaiah (Benayahu)
1. Father of Jehoiada
2. Son of Jehoiada; David and Solomon's military commander
3. David's warrior
4. Temple musician
5. Grandfather of Jahaziel
6. Simeonite clan leader
7. Temple money collector
8. Father of Pelatiah
9. Married and divorced foreign wives during the exile

Ben-hadad (Ben-hadad)
1. King of Aram
2. Son of Ben-hadad, Syrian king
3. Son of Hazael, Syrian king

Benjamin (Binyamin)
1. Son of Jacob and Rachel
2. Married and divorced foreign wife during the exile
3. Helped rebuild the southern wall of Jerusalem

Bera (Bera)
King of Sodom

Berodach-baladan (Berodakh-bal'adan) (aka Merodach-baladan)
Son of Baladan, King of Babylon

Bethuel (Betu'el)
Son of Nahor, Father of Rebecca and Laban

Bezalel (Bezal'el)
1. Constructed the Tabernacle
2. Married and divorced foreign wife during the exile

Bidkar (Bidqar)
Chariot officer of King Jehu

Bigthan (Bigtan)
Plotted death of King Ahasuerus

Bildad (Bildad)
Comfertor of Job

Bilhah (Bilha)
Rachel's maidservant; Jacob's concubine; Mother of Dan and Naphtali

Birsha (Birsha)
King of Gemorrah

Boaz (Bo'az)
Husband of Ruth; Father of Obed; Great-grandfather of David

Cain (Qayin)
Son of Adam and Eve; Killed his brother Cain

Caleb (Kalev)
1. Son of Hezron
2. Spy sent by Moses to Eretz Yisrael

Canaan (Kena'an)
Son of Ham; Grandson of Noah

Chedorlaomer (Kedorla'omer)
King of Elam

Chileab (Kil'av)
Son of David

Chilion (Kilyon)
Son of Elimelech and Naomi; Brother-in-law of Ruth

Cononiah (Konyahu)
1. In charge of Temple collections
2. Levite

Cozbi (Kozbi)
Midianite woman killed by Phineas

Cush (Kush)
Son of Ham

Cushan-rishathaim (Kushan-rish'atayim)
Mesopotamian king

Cyrus (Koresh)
King who freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity and encouraged them to rebuild the Holy Temple

Dalphon (Dalfon)
Son of Haman

Dan (Dan)
Son of Jacob and Rachel

Daniel (Daniyyel) (aka Belteshazzar)
Teacher; Jewish leader, Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar

Darius I (Daryavesh)
King of Persia

Darius II  (Daryavesh)
King of Persia

Darius the Mede  (Daryavesh haMadian)
King of Babylon

Dathan (Datan)
Son of Eliab; Rebel against Moses

David (David)
Son ofJesse; Grandson of Ruth and Boaz; Cousin of Goliath and Lahmi through Ruth; King over a unified Israel with Jerusalem as its capital

Deborah (Devora)
1. Nurse to Rebecca
2. Prophet, Judge

Delilah (Delila)
Philistine lover and betrayer of Samson

Dinah (Dina)
Daughter of Jacob and Leah

Doeg (Do'eg)
Edomite hired by Saul to kill the priests of Nob

Ebed-melech ('Eved-melekh)
Ethiopian who freed Jeremiah

Eber ('Ever)
1. Great-great-grandson of Shem, Ancestor of Abraham, Ancestor of Gad
2. Benjamite family leader

Edom (Edom) (aka Esau)
Son of Isaac and Rebecca, Twin brother of Jacob, Grandson of Abraham

Eglah ('Egla)
Wife of David, Mother of Ithream

Eglon ('Eglon)
King of Moab

Ehud (Ehud)
1. King of Moab
2. Descendant of Benjamin

Elah (Ela)
1. Chief of Edom
2. Son of Caleb
3. Son of Baasha, King of the Kingdom of Israel
4. Fatherof Hoshea
5. Descendant of Benjamin

Eleazar (El'azar)
1. Son of Aaron and  Elisheba, Priest
2. Great-grandson of Levi
3. Son of Abinadab
4. Warrior of David
5. Temple official in Ezra's day
6. Married and divorced foreign wife during the exile
7. Priest at the Jerusalem wall dedication

Elhanan (Elhanan)
Warrior of David, Killed Lahmi

Eli (Eli)
Priest, Father of Hophni and Phinehas

Eliab (Eli'av)
1. Reubenite whose sons rebelled against Moses
2. Zebulun tribal leader
3. Ancestor of Samuel
4. Son of Jesse, Brother of David
5. Gadite who joined David's army
6. Levite musician

Eliakim (Elyaqim)
1. Palace aide, Son of Hilkiah
2. Priest at the Jerusalem wall dedication

Eliashib (Elyashiv)
1. Priest
2. Levite, Married and divorced foreign wife during the exile
3. Descendent of Zattu, Married and divorced foreign wife during the exile
4. Descendent of Bani, Married and divorced foreign wife during the exile
5. Descendent of Zerubbabel

Eliezer (Eli'ezer)
1. Servant of Abraham
2. Son of Becher, Grandson of Benjamin
3. Son of Moses and Zipporah
4. Priest
5. Levite

Elihoreph (Elihoref)
Solomon's secretary

Elihu (Elihu)
1. Friend of Job
2. Ancestor of Samuel
3. Warrior of David
4. Gatekeeper
5. David's brother

Elijah (Eliyyahu)
1. Prophet
2. Descendent of Benjamin
3. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
4. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Elimelech (Elimelekh)
Husband of Naomi, Father of Chilion, Father-in-law of Ruth

Eliphaz (Elifaz)
1. Friend of Job
2. Son of Esau

Elisha (Elisha)
Prophet

Elishama (Elishama)
1. Grandfather of Joshua
2. Descendant of Judah
3. David's son
4. Priest
5.Grandfather of Ishmael
6. Jehoiakim's secretary

Elisheba (Elisheva)
Aaron's wife, Mother of Nadab, Abihu, and Elazar

Elkanah (Elqana)
1. Prophet
2. Grandson of Korah
3. Ancestor of Samuel
4. Husband of Peninnah; Husband of Hannah; Father of Samuel
5. Warrior of David
6. Levite
7. Second in command to Ahaz
8. Ancestor of Berekiah

Elon (Elon)
1. Father-in-law of Esau
2. Son of Zebulun
3. Judge

Enoch (Hanokh)
1. Son of Cain
2. Son of Jared

Enosh (Enosh)
Son of Seth

Ephraim (Efrayim)
Son of Joseph

Ephrath (Efrat)
Wife of Caleb

Ephron (Efron)
Hittite who sold Abraham a burial site for Sarah

Er (Er)
1. Son of Judah, Husband of Tamar
2. Descendant of Shelah and Judah

Esar-haddon (Esar-haddon)
Son of King Sargon, Ruler of Syria

Esau ('Esav) (aka Edom)
Son of Isaac and Rebecca, Twin brother of Jacob, Grandson of Abraham

Esther (Ester) (aka Hadassah)
Prophet, Cousin of Mordecahi, Wife of King Ahasuerus (aka Xerxes)

Eve (Havva)
First woman, Wife of Adam; Mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth

Evil-merodach (Evil-merodakh)
King of Babylon

Ezekiel (Yehezqel)
Prophet

Ezra ('Ezra)
Priest

Gaal (Ga'al)
Man of Shechem who rebelled against Abimelech

Gabriel (Gavri'el)
Angel

Gad (Gad)
Prophet

Gedaliah (Gedalyahu)
1. Musician at the Temple
2. Ancestor of Zephaniah
3. Governor of Judah during time of Jeremiah
4. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Gehazi (Gehazi)
Servant of Elisha

Gemariah (Gemaryahu)
Son of Hilkiah

Gershom (Gershom)
1. Son of Moses and Ziporrah
2. Descendant of Phineas

Gershon (Gershon)
Son of Levi

Gideon (Gid'on) (aka Jerubaal)
Judge

Gog (Gog)
1. Descendant of Reuben
2. Prince of Magog

Goliath (Golyat)
Phillistine Giant, Brother of Lehmi, Cousin of David through Orpah

Gomer (Gomer)
1. Son of Japheth
2. Wife of Hosea

Habakkuk (Havaqquq)
Prophet

Hadad (Hadad)
1. Son of Ishmael
2. Edomite king

Hadadezer (Hadad'ezer)
King of Zobah

Hadassah (Hadassa) (aka Esther)
Prophet, Cousin of Mordecahi, Wife of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes)

Hadoram (Hadoram)
1. Son of Joktan
2. Son of Tou

Hagar (Hagar) (aka Keturah)
Servant of Sarah, Mother of Ishmael

Haggai (Haggay)
Prophet

Haman (Haman)
Prime Minister of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes)

Hamutal (Hamutal)
Wife of Josiah, Mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah

Hanani (Hanani)
1 Son of Heman
2. Prophet
3. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
4. Brother of Nehemiah
5. Priest-Musician

Hananiah (Hananya)
1. Descendant of Benjamin
2. Son of Heman
3. Military commander under Uzziah
4. Grandfather of Irijah
5. Father of Zedekiah
6. False prophet
7. Descendant of Judah
8. Priest
9. Friend of Daniel (aka Shadrach), Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar

Hannah (Hanna)
Prophet

Haran (Haran)
1. Brother of Abraham, Father of Lot
2. Son of Levite and Ephah
3. Descendant of Gershon

Harbonah (Harvona)
Servant of King Ahasuerus

Hazael (Haza'el)
King of Syria

Hefzibah (Hefzi-va)
Mother of King Manasseh

Hegai (Hege)
Servant of King Ahasuerus

Hemam (Hemam)
1. Son of Lotan
2. Son of Zerah
3. Son of Mahol
4. Chief Temple musician

Hezekiah (Hizqiyyahu)
King of Judah

Hezion (Hezyon)
King of Aram, Grandfather of Ben-hadad

Hezron (Hezron)
1. Son of Reuben, Grandson of Jacob
2. Son of Perez, Grandson of Judah Hiel - Rebuilt Jericho

Hilkiah (Hilqiyyahu)
1. Ancestor of Ethan
2. Son of Hosah
3. Father of Eliakim
4. Chief priest
5. Priest of Anathoth
6. Fther of Gemariah
7. Ancestor of Baruch

Hiram (Hiram)
King of Tyre, Supplied goods and labor to help build the Temple of Solomon

Hoham (Hoham)
King of Hebron

Hophni (Hofni)
Son of Eli

Horam (Horam)
King of Gezer

Hosah (Hosa)
Father of Hilkiah, Gatekeeper under David's rule

Hosea (Hoshea)
Prophet

Hoshea (Hoshea)
1. King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
2. Sealer of the Covenant's renewal in Nehemiah's day

Huldah (Hulda)
Prophet

Huram (Huram)
Son of Belah, Grandon of Benjamin

Hushai (Hushay)
Warrior of David, Spy for David against Absalom

Ichabod (I-khavod)
Son of Phineas, Grandson of Eli

Iddo (Yiddo)
1. Descendant of Gershon
2. Officer over Manassite tribe
3. Father of Ahinadab
4. Prophet
5. Grandfather of Zechariah
6. Chief Priest
7. Leader of the Levites

Isaac (Yizhaq)
Prophet; Patriarch, Son of Abraham, Brother of Ishmael, Husband of Rebecca, Father of Jacob and Esau

Isaiah (Yesha'yahu)
Prophet

Ish-bosheth (Ish-boshet)
Son of Saul, King of Israel

Ishmael (Yishma'el)
1. Son of Abraham and Hagar
2. Father of Zebadiah
3. Military commander
4. Assassin of Gedaliah
5. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Ishvi (Yishvi)
Son of Asher

Israel (Yisra'el) (aka Jacob)
Prophet, Patriarch, Son of Isaac, Grandson of Abraham, Brother of Esau, Husband of Rachel and Leah, Father of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Joseph, Benjamin, Gad, Asher, Dan, and Naphtali

Issacher (Yissakhar)
1. Son of Jacob and Leah
2. Gatekeeper under David

Ithamar (Itamar)
Son of Aaron

Ithream (Yitre'am)
Son of David and Eglah

Ittai (Ittay)
1. Phillistine military leader
2. Warrior of David

Jaazaniah (Ya'azanyahu)
1. Son of Shaphan
2. Son of Azzur
3. Aide to Gedaliah
4. Rechabite

Jabez (Ya'bez)
Descendant of Judah

Jabin (Yavin)
King of Hazor

Jacob (Ya'aqov) (aka Israel)
Prophet, Patriarch, Son of Isaac, Grandson of Abraham, Brother of Esau, Husband of Rachel and Leah, Father of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Joseph, Benjamin, Gad, Asher, Dan, and Naphtali

Jael (Ya'el)
Killer of the Caananite military leader Sisera

Jahaziel (Yezi'el)
1. Warrior of David's
2. Priest
3. Levite
4. Prophet
5. Father of Shecaniah

Jahzeiah (Yahzeya)
Opposed Ezra's decree to divorce foreign wives

Jair (Ya'ir)
1. Descendant of Manasseh
2. Gileadite, Leader of Israel
3. Father of Mordechai

Japheth (Yefet)
Son of Noah

Japhia (Yafia)
1. King of Lachish
2. Son of David

Jecoliah (Yekholyahu)
Mother of Azariah

Jedidah (Yedida)
Mother of Josiah

Jeduthun (Yedutun)
Father of Obed-edom

Jehoaddan (Yeho'addan)
Mother of Amaziah

Jehoahaz (Yeho'ahaz)
1. King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
2. King of Judah

Jehoash (Yeho'ash)
King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)

Jehoiachin (Yehoyaqim)
Son of Jehoiakim, King of Judah

Jehoiada (Yehoyada)
1. Father of Benaiah
2. Descendant of Aaron
3. David's advisor
4. Temple priest

Jehoiakim (Yehoyaqim)
1. King of Judah
2. High Priest

Jehonadab (Yehonadav) (aka Jonadab)
Reformer and destroyer of Baal worship

Jehonathan (Yehonatan)
Levite

Jehoram (Yehoram)
1. King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
2. King of Judah
3. Priest

Jehoshabeath (Yehoshav'at)
Aunt of Joash

Jehoshaphat (Yehoshafat)
1. Historian for David and Solomon
2. Son of Paruah
3. King of Judah
4. Father of Jehu

Jehozabad (Yehozavad)
1. Son of Obed-edom
2. Benjaminte commander
3. Plotted to murder King Joash

Jehozadak (Yozadaq)
Father of Jeshua

Jehu (Yehu)
1. Descendant of Judah
2. Warrior of David
3. Son of Hanani, Prophet
4. Son of Jehoshaphat
5. Head of Simeonite family

Jephthah (Yiftah)
Son of Gilead

Jeremiah (Yishma'ya)
1. Warrior of David
2. Gadite warrior of David
3. A second Gadite warrior of David
4. Grandfather of Jehoahaz
5. Manassite family leader
6. Prophet
7. Father of Jaazaniah
8. Priest
9. Leader who rededicated Jerusalem wall

Jeroboam (Yarov'am)
First king of Israel (Northern Kingdom)

Jerubaal (Yeruba'al) (aka Gideon)
Judge

Jerusah (Yerusha)
Wife of King Uzziah

Jeshua (Yeshua)
1. Priestly leader under David
2. descendant of Pahath-moab
3. Priest who returned to Judah
4. Father of Jozabad
5. Ruler of Mizpah
6. Levite who sealed Covenant renewal

Jesse (Yishay)
Father of David

Jether (Yeter)
1. Descendant of Jerahmeel
2. Descendant of Judah
3. Descendant of Asher
4. Son of Gideon
5. Brother-in-law of David

Jethro (Yitro)
Father-in-law of Moses; Father of Zipporah

Jezebel (Izevel)
Wife of King Ahab

Jezreel (Yizre'el)
1. Descendant of Judah
2. Son of Hosea

Joab (Yo'av)
1. Military commander under David
2. Descendant of Judah
3. Descendant of Pahath-moab

Joah (Yo'ah)
1. Descendant of Levi
2. Son of Obed-edom
3. Levite who helped purify the Temple under Hezekiah
4. Official of Jerusalem
5. Official under Josiah

Joash (Yo'ash)
1. Son of Becher, Grandson of Benjamin
2. Descendant of Judah
3. Father of Gideon
4. Brother of Ahiezer, Warrior of David, Supervised David's olive supply
5. Son of Ahab
6. King of Judah

Job (Yov)
Gentile Prophet

Jobab (Yovav)
1. Son of Joktan
2. King of Edom
3. King of Madon
4. Descendant of Benjamin

Jochebed (Yokheved)
Wife of Amram, Mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam

Joel (Yo'el)
1. Descendant of Issacar
2. Descendant of Reuben
3.  Gadite chief
4. Ancestor of Samuel
5. Son of Samuel, Judge
6. Benjamite warrior of David
7. Son of Nathan
8. Levite under David
9. Temple treasurer
10. Manassite officer of David
11. Prophet
12. Levite who purified Temple under Hezekiah
13. Descendant of Nebo
14. Chief officer of Benjamites after exile

Johanan (Yohanan)
1. Relative of Saul who joined David
2. Gadite who joined David
3. Great-grandson of Zadok
4. Father of Azariah
5. Son of King Josiah (of Judah)
6. Ally of Gedaliah
7. Descendant of Azgad
8. Descendant of Zerubbabel
9. Son of Tobiah

Joiada (Yoyada)
1. Son of Paseah
2. Son of Eliashib

Joktan (Yoktan)
Grandon of Shem

Jonadab (Yonadav) (aka Jehonadab)
1. Nephew of David
2. Reformer and destroyer of Baal worship

Jonah (Yona)
Prophet

Jonathan (Yonatan)
1. Descendant of Judah
2. Descendant of Moses
3. Uncle of David
4. Son of Saul
5. Son of Abiathar
6. Warrior of David
7. Son of Shimea, Nephew of David
8. Son of Uzziah
9. Son of Zedekiah
10. Levite
11. Father of Ebed
12. Father of Zechariah
13. Son of Asahel
14. High priest

Joram (Yoram)
Ancestor of Shelomith

Joseph (Yosef)
1. Son of Jacob, Father of Manessah and Ephraim (aka Zaphenath-paneah)
2. Father of Igal
3. Son of Asaph
4. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Joshua (Yehoshua)
1. Prophet
2. Owner of field in Beth-shemesh
3. Governor of Jerusalem

Josiah (Yoshiyyahu)
1. King of Judah
2. Son of Zephaniah

Jotham (Yotam)
1. Descendant of Judah
2. Prophet
3. King of Judah

Jozabad (Yozavad)
1. Benjamite warrior of David
2. Manassite military commander of David
3. Military commander of David
4. Levite
5. Chief Levite
6. Levite who weighed sacred articles
7. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
8. Levite teacher
9. Chief Levite in Jerusalem

Jozacar (Yozakhar) (aka Zabad)
Conspirator to murder Joash

Judah (Yehuda)
1. Son of Jacob and Leah, Father of Er, Onan, and Shelah
2. Levite
3. Levite, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
4. Priest and musician

Keturah (Qetura) (aka Hagar)
Servant of Sarah, Mother of Ishmael, Wife of Abraham

Kish (Qish)
1. Son of Jeiel
2. Father of Saul
3. Levite
4. Ancestor of Mordechai

Kohath (Qehat)
Son of Levi

Korah (Qorah)
1. Son of Esau and Oholibamah
2. Grandson of Esau
3. Descendant of Judah
4. Levite

Kore (Qore)
1. Son of Asaph
2. Levite

Laban (Lavan)
Uncle of Jacob, Father of Rachel and Leah

Labben (Labben)
Enemy of David

Lahmi (Lahmi)
Phillistine giant, Brother of Goliath, Cousin of David through Orpah, Killed by Elhanan

Lamech (Lamekh)
1. Descendant of Cain
2. Father of Noah

Lappidoth (Lappidot)
Husband of Deborah

Leah (Le'a)
Prophet, Matriarch, Daughter of Laban, Wife of Jacob, Mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah

Lemuel (Lemo'el) (aka Solomon)
Son of David and Bath-sheba, King of Israel, Architect of the First Holy Temple

Levi (Levi)
Son of Jacob

Lo-ammi (Lo-'ammi)
Son of Hosea

Lo-ruhamah (Lo-ruhama)
Daughter of Hosea

Maacah (Ma'akha)
1. Son of Nahor
2. Concubine of Caleb
3. Wife of Makir
4. Wife of Jeiel
5. Father of Hanan
6. Mother of Absalom
7. Father of King Achish
8. Father of Shephatiah
9. Wife of Rehoboam

Maaseiah (Mahseya)
1. Musician
2. Military comander
3. Officer under King Uzziah
4. Son of King Ahab
5. Governor of Jerusalem
6. Father of Zephaniah
7. Father of Zedekiah
8. Doorkeeper of the Temple
9. Father of Azariah
10. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
11. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
12. Descendant of Pahath-moab
13. Aide to Ezra
14. Levite
15. Leader who sealed Covenant renewal
16. Priest and singer

Magog (Magog)
Son of Japheth

Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Maher-shalal-hash-baz)
Son of Isaiah

Mahlon (Mahlon)
Son of Elimelech and Naomi, First husband of Ruth

Malachi (Mal'akhi)
Prophet

Malchi-shua (Melki-shua)
Son of Saul

Malchizedek (Malki-zedek)
King of Salem

Manasseh (Menashshe)
1. Son of Joseph, Brother of Ephraim
2. King of Judah
3. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Manoah (Manoah)
Father of Samson

Mattan (Mattan)
1. Priest of Baal
2. Father of Shephatiah

Mattaniah (Mattanya)
1. Son of Heman
2. Descendant of Asaph
3. Levite
4. Last king of Judah
5. Grandfather of Hanan
6. Temple gatekeeper
7. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Mebunnai (Mevunnay) (aka Sibbecai)
Warrior of David

Mehseiah (Mehaseya)
Prophet, Father of Neriah

Mehuman (Mehuman)
Servant of King Ahasuerus

Memucan (Memukhan)
Noble of Persia, Advisor of King Ahasuerus

Menachem (Menahem)
King of Israel

Mephiboshet (Mefiboshet)
1. Son of Saul and Rizpah
2. Son of Jonathan, Grandson of Saul, Father of Mica, Adopted son of David

Merab (Merav)
Daughter of Saul

Merari (Merari)
Son of Levi

Merodach-baladan (Merodakh-bal'odan) (aka Berodach-baladan)
Son of Baladan, King of Babylon

Mesha (Mesha)
1. Son of Caleb
2. Descendant of Benjamin
3. King of Moab

Meshach (Meshakh) (aka Mishael)
Friend of Daniel, Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar

Meshullemeth (Meshullemet)
Wife of King Manasseh

Methuselah (Metushelah)
Son of Enoch

Methusael (Metusha'el)
Father of Lamech

Mica (Mikha)
Son of Mephiboshet

Micah (Mikha)
1. Levite
2. Descendant of Reuben
3. Prophet
4. Father of Abdon
5. Father of Uzziah

Micaiah (Mikhayehu)
1. Court prophet of Ahab
2. Priest and singer

Michael (Mikha'el)
1. Archangel
2. Son of Sether
3. Descendant of Issachar
4. Descendant of Gad
5. Music minister of David
6. Descendant of Benjamin
7. Manassite warrior fo David
8. Father of Omri
9. Son of King Jehoshaphat
10. Father of Zebediah

Michal (Mikhal)
Daughter of Saul, Wife of David

Milcah (Milka)
1. Niece of Abraham, Wife of Nahor, Mother of Rebecca
2. Daughter of Zelophehad

Miriam (Miryam)
Daughter of Amram and Jochebed, Sister of Aaron and Moses, Prophet

Mishael (Misha'el) (aka Meshach)
Friend of Daniel, Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar

Mithredath (Mitredat)
Treasurer of King Cyrus

Moab (Mo'av)
Son of Lot and Lot's oldest daughter

Mordechai (Mordekhay)
Prophet, Cousin and adoptive father of Esther

Moses (Moshe)
Son of Amram and Jochebed, Brother of Aaron and Miriam, Prophet, Father of Eliezer and Gershom, Husband of Zipporah

Naamah (Na'ama)
1. Daughter of Lamech and Zillah, Sister of Tubal-cain
2. Wife of Solomon, Mother of Rehoboam

Naaman (Na'aman)
1. Son of Bela, Grandson of Benjamin
2. Commander of the Syrian army

Nabal (Naval)
Provided protection for David and his warriors

Naboth (Navot)
Vineyard owner who was murdered by King Ahaz

Nadab (Nadav)
1. Son of Aaron, Brother of Abihu and Elazar, Died in the Tabernacle
2. Second king of Judah

Nahash (Nahash)
1. Ammonite king defeated by Saul
2. Father of Abigail and Zeruiah

Nahor (Nahor)
1. Ancestor of Abrham
2. Brother of Abraham, Husband of Milcah

Nahshon (Nahshon)
Brother-in-law of Aaron

Nahum (Nahum)
Prophet

Naomi (Na'omi)
Wife of Elimelech, Mother of Chilion, Mother-in-law of Ruth

Naphtali (Naftali)
Son of Jacob

Nathan (Natan)
1. Prophet
2. Son of David and Bath-sheba
3. Descendant of Shemaiah
4. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Nebuchadnezzar (Nevukhadnezar) (aka Nebuchadrezzar)
King of Babylon

Nebuchadrezzar (Nevukhadrezzar) (aka Nebuchadnezzar)
King of Babylon

Nebuzaradan (Nevuzar'adan)
Babylonian army commander

Nehemiah (Nehemya)
Governor of Jerusalem, Reformer and re-builder of Jerusalem

Neriah (Neriyya)
Prophet, Son of Mehseiah, Father of Baruch and Seraiah

Nethanel (Netan'el)
1. Leader of the tribe of Issachar
2. Son of Jesse, Brother of David
3. Priest and musician
4. Levite, Father of Shemaiah
5. Son of Obed-edom
6. Teacher
7. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Nimrod (Nimros)
Son of Cush

Noah (Noah)
Gentile prophet, Father of Shem, Ham, Japheth

Obadiah ('Ovadya)
1. Descendant of Issachar
2. Gadite commander of David
3. Father of Ishmaiah
4. Teacher
5. Follower of Elijah
6. Descendant of Saul
7. Levite
8. Gatekeeper in Joiakim's days
9. Prophet
10. Descendant of Zerubabel
11. Priest

Obed ('Oved)
1. Prophet
2. Son of Ruth and Boaz, Grandfather of David
3. Descendant of Judah
4. Warrior of David
5. Grandson of Obed-edom
6. Father of Azariah

Obed-edom ('Oved-'edom)
1. Offered his house to David to store the Ark of the Covenant
2. Son of Jeduthun
3. Temple treasurer under King Amaziah

Oded ('Oded)
Father of Azariah

Og ('Og)
Amorite king

Oholiab (Aholi'av)
Craftsman of the Tabernacle

On (On)
Reubenite leader who rebelled against Moses

Onan (Onan)
Son of Judah who was killed in the Tabernacle

Omri ('Omri)
1. Descendant of Benjamin
2. Leader of the tribe of Issachar
3. King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)

Oreb ('Orev)
Midianite leader killed by Gideon

Ornan (Ornan) (aka Araunah)
Sold the threshing floor to David

Orpah ('Orpa)
Wife of Kilion, Daughter-in-law of Naomi; Ancestor of Goliath and Lahmi

Othniel ('Otni'el)
Warrior, Judge, Husband of Achsah, Brother-in-law of Caleb

Palti (Palti)
Benjamite leader who explored Canaan

Paltiel (Palti'el)
Leader of the tribe of Issachar

Parmashta (Parmashta)
Son of Haman

Parshandatha (Parshandata)
Son of Haman

Paruah (Paru'ah)
Father of Jehoshaphat

Pashur (Pashhur)
1. Father of Gedaliah
2. Som of Immer, Chief officer of the Temple
3. Official of Zedekiah
4. Ancestor of Adaiah

Pekah (Peqah)
King of Israel

Pekahiah (Peqahya)
Son of Menachem, King of Israel

Pelatiah (Pelatya)
1. Leader of the Simeonites
2. Descendant of Zerubabel
3. Jewish leader who sealed Covenant renewal

Peleg (Peleg)
Descendant of Shem, Ancestor of Abraham

Peninnah (Peninna)
Wife of Elkanah

Perez (Perez)
Son of Judah and Tamar

Pharaoh (Par'o)
Ruler of Egypt, Human-god

Pharaoh-neco (P'aro-nekho)
King of Egypt who went to war against the king of Assyria

Phineas (Pinehas)
1. Son of Eleazar, Grandson of Aaron, Prophet
2. Son of Eli
3. Father of Eleazar

Ploni Almoni (Ploni Almoni)
Relative of Boaz

Poratha (Porata)
Son of Haman

Potiphar (Potifar)
Officer of the Egyptian Pharoah

Poti-phera (Poti-fera)
Father-in-law of Joseph

Puah (Pu'a)
1. Son of Issachar
2. Hebrew midwife in Egypt

Pul (Pul)
Assyrian king

Purah (Pura)
Servant of Gideon

Queen of Sheba (Queen of Sheva)
Queen who visited Solomon due to his wisdom

Raamiah (Ra'amya) (aka Reelaiah)
Israelite chief

Rabashakeh (Ravshaqe)
Officer of Sennacherib of Assyria

Rachel (Rahel)
Prophet, Matriarch, Daughter of Laban, Wife of Jacob, Mother of Joseph and Benjamin

Rahab (Rahav)
Prostitute of Jericho who assisted the spies sent by Joshua

Rebecca (Rivqa)
Prophet, Matriarch, Wife of Isaac, Mother of Jacob and Esau

Reelaiah (Re'elaya) (aka Raamiah)
Israelite chief

Regem-melech (Regem-melekh)
Delegate from Bet-El

Rehoboam (Rehav'am)
Son of Solomon and Naamah

Reuben (Re'uven)
Son of Jacob and Leah

Reuel (Re'u'el)
1. Son of Esau
2. Midianite priest, Father-in-law of Moses

Rezin (Rezin)
King of Syria

Rezon (Rezon)
King of Damascus

Rizpah (Rizpa)
Concubine of King Saul

Ruth (Rut)
Wife of Elimelech, Daughter-in-law of Naomi, Sister-in-law of Orpah and Kilion, Aunt of Goliath and Lahmi through Orpha, Ancestor of David, Wife of Boaz, Son of Obed, Grandmother of Jesse

Salmah (Salma)
Descendant of Caleb

Samson (Shimshon)
Son of Manoah, Nazirite, Warrior against the Phillistines

Samuel (Shemu'el)
Prophet

Sanballat (Sanvallat)
Governor of Samaria

Saph (Saf)
Descendants of Phillistine giants

Sarah (Sara) (aka Sarai)
Prophet, Matriarch, Wife of Abraham, Mother of Isaac, Grandmother of Jacob

Sarai (Saray) (aka Sarah)
Prophet, Matriarch, Wife of Abraham, Mother of Isaac, Grandmother of Jacob

Sarezer (Shar'ezer)
Son and assassin of Sennacherib, Brother of Adrammelech

Saul (Sha'ul)
King of Israel, Father of Jonathan, Father-in-law of David

Seir (Se'ir)
Ancestor of the Horites

Sennacherib (Sanheriv)
King of Assyria, Father of Sarezer and Adrammelech

Seraiah (Seraya)
1. Son of Kenaz, Brother of Othniel
2. Descendant of Simeon
3. Secretary of David (aka Shavsha)
4. High Priest; 5. Son of Neriah
6. Army officer allied with Gedaliah
7. Priest
8. Prophet

Seth (Shet)
Son of Adam and Eve, Ancestor of Enosh and Noah

Shaashgaz (Sha'ashgaz)
Servant of King Ahasuerus

Shadrach (Shaderakh) (aka Hananiah)
Friend of Daniel, Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar

Shallum (Shallum)
1. Son of Shaul, Grandson of Simeon
2. Descendant of Jerahmeel and Judah
3. Father of Jehizkiah
4. Son of Jabesh
5. Father of Hilkiah
6.Husband of Hulda
7.Uncle of Jeremiah
8. Father of Maaseiah
9.Ancestor of Jehoiakim
10. Temple gatekeeper
11. Decendant of Binnui, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
12. Helped repair Jerusalem wall

Shalmaneser (Shalman'eser) (aka Ululai)
King of Babylon

Shamgar (Shamgar)
Judge

Shammah (Shamma)
Son of Zophah

Shaphan (Shafan)
Scribe

Shavsha (Shavsha) (aka Seraiah)
Secretary of David

Shearjashub (She'aryashuv)
Son of Isaiah

Sheba (Sheva)
1. Son of Ramaah
2. Son of Joktan
3. Son of Jokshan
4. Benjamite warrior
5. Head of Gadite family

Shebna (Shevna)
Official of Hezekiah's court

Shecaniah (Shekhanyahu)
1. Priest
2. Ancestor of Hattush
3. Descendant of Zerubabbel
4. Father of Shemaia
5. Father-in-law of Tobiah

Shechem (Shekhem)
1. Son of Hamor
2. Descendant of Manasseh

Shelah (Shelah)
1. Father of Eber
2. Son of Judah and Shua

Shelomith (Shelomit)
1. Daughter of Divri
2. Levite descendant of Shelomoth
3. Son of Rehoboam and Maacah
4. Daughter of Zerubabbel

Shemaiah (Shema'ya)
1. Ancestor of Simeonites
2. Descendant of Reuben
3. Levite
4. Levite scribe
5. Son of Obed-edom;
6. Prophet
7. Father of Uriah
8. Father of Delaiah
9. Opponent of Jeremiah
10. Descendant of Asaph
11. Priest
12. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
13. Son of Shecaniah
14. False prophet
15. Leader who participated in Jerusalem wall dedication
16. Priest-singer
17. Descendant of Zerubabbel

Shemeber (Shem'ever)
King of Zeboiim

Shemer (Shemer)
1. Levite
2. Owner of hill where Samaria was built

Shemiramoth (Shemiramot)
1. Temple musician
2. Levite

Shephatiah (Shefatyahu)
1. Benjamite warrior of David
2. Son of David and Abital
3. Simeonite officer
4. Servant of Solomon
5. Son of Jehoshaphat
6. Officer who threw Jeremiah into the cistern
7. Father of Meshullam

Sheshbazzar (Sheshbazzar)
Prince of Judah who laid the foundation stone and governed the Temple treasures

Shethar-bozenai (Shetar-bozenay)
Opposed rebuilding the Temple

Shimea (Shim'a)
Son of David and Bath-sheba

Shimei (Shim'i)
1. Head of Levite clan
2. Descendant of Simeon
3. Descendant of Reuben
4. Descendant of Merari
5. Descendant of Heman
6. Descendant of Benjamin
7. Descendant of Gershon
8. Descendant of Kish, Ancestor of Mordecai
9. Benjamite enemy of David
10. Officer of David
11. Son of Jeduthun
12. Overseer of David's vineyards
13. Governor under Solomon
14. Helped with Temple treasury
15. Grandson of Jehoiachin
16 Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Shimshai (Shimshay)
Opponent of rebuilding Jerusalem wall

Shinab (Shin'av)
King of Admah

Shiphrah (Shifra)
Hebrew midwife in Egypt

Shobab (Shovav)
Son of David and Bath-sheba

Sibbecai (Sibbekhay) (aka Mebunnai)
Warrior of David

Sihon (Sihon)
Amorite king

Simeon (Shim'on)
Son of Jacob and Leah

Sisera (Sisera)
Canaanite commander defeated by Deborah and killed by Jael

Solomon (Shelomo) (aka Lemuel)
Prophet, Son of David and Bath-sheba, King of Israel, Architect of the First Holy Temple

Tabrimmon (Tavrimon)
King of Aram, Father of Ben-hadad

Tamar (Tamar)
Wife of Er, Wife of Onan, Daughter-in-law of Judah; Mother of Perez and Zerah

Tartan (Tartan)
Assyrian military commander

Tattenai (Tattenay)
Governor under Darius, Helped rebuild the Temple

Terah (Terah)
Father of Abraham, Nahor, and Haran

Teresh (Teresh)
Guard who plotted Ahasuerus's murder

Tibni (Tivni)
Challenger of Omri for the throne of Israel

Tiglath-pilneser (Tiglat-pilne'eser)
Assyrian king

Tirzah (Tirza)
Daughter of Zelophehad

Tob-adonijah (Tov-adoniyya)
Teacher of the Law

Tobiah (Tovya)
Oppossed rebuilding Jerusalem wall

Tobijah (Toviyyahu)
Levite

Toi (To'i) (aka Tou)
King of Hamath

Tola (Tola)
1. Son of Issachar
2. Judge

Tou (To'u) (aka Toi)
King of Hamath

Tubal-cain (Tuval-qayin)
Son of Lamech and Zillah, Brother of Naamah

Uri (Uri)
1. Father of Bezalel
2. Father of Geber
3. Levite gatekeeper, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Uriah (Uriyya)
Husband of Bath-sheba, Commander of David

Urijah (Uriyya)
Priest, Prophet

Uzzah (Uzza)
1. Descendant of Merari
2. Son of Adinadab

Uzziah ('Uzziyyahu)
1. Father of Jonathan
2. Descendant of Kohath
3. King of Judah
4. Father of Athaiah
5. Priest

Vaizatha (Vayzata)
Son of Haman

Vashti (Vashti)
Wife of King Ahasureus

Zabad (Zavad)
1. Descendant of Ephraim
2. Descendant of Jerahmeel
3. Warrior of David
4. Conspirator to murder Joash (aka Jozacan)
5. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Zabud (Zavud)
Priest, Advisor to Solomon

Zaccai (Zakkay)
Father of Baruch

Zadok (Zadoq)
Son of Ahitub, Priest

Zaphenath-paneah (Zafenat-pa'neah)
Name given to Joseph by Pharoah

Zebadiah (Zevadya)
1. Descendant of Benjamin
2. Son of Meshelemiah
3. Son of Asahel
4. Levite
5. Judge
6. Descendant of Shephatiah
7. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Zebulun (Zevulun)
Son of Jacob and Leah

Zechariah (Zekharya)
1. Descendant of Reuben
2. Son of Jeiel
3. Levite-musician
4. Priest-musician
5. Levite
6. Son of Meshelemiah
7. Son of Hosah
8. Manassite tribal officer
9. Father of Jahazeil
10. Son of Jehoiada
11. Grandfather of Hezekiah
12. Son of Jeroboam, King of Israel
13. Son of Jeberekiah
14. Levite
15. Levite who suprvised rebuilding of Temple
16. Temple administrator
17. Prophet, Son of Berechiah
18. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
19. Follower of Ezra
20. Descendant of Asaph

Zedekiah (Zidqiyya)
1. Son of Chenaanah, False prophet
2. Ancestor of Baruch
3. Official under King Jehoiakim
4. King of Judah
5. Priest

Zeeb (Ze'ev)
Midianite leader

Zelophehad (Zelofhad)
Father of Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tizrah

Zemah (Zemah)
Re-builder of the Temple

Zephaniah (Zefanya)
1. Ancestor of Heman
2. Prophet
3. Priest
4. Father of Josiah and Hen

Zerah (Zerah)
1. Grandson of Esau
2. Son of Judah and Tamar, Brother of Perez
3. Descendant of Simeon
4. Father of Bela
5. Ancestor of Asaph
6. Cushite king

Zeresh (Zeresh)
Wife of Haman

Zerubbabel (Zerubbavel)
Re-builder the Temple after the Exile

Ziba (Ziva)
Servant of King Saul

Zibiah (Zivya)
Mother of Joash

Zichri (Zikhri)
1. Levite
2. Descendant of Benjamin
3. Father of Shelomith
4. Father of Amasiah
5. Father of Elishaphat
6. Ephramite warrior who killed Maaseiah
7. Father of Joel

Zillah (Zilla)
Wife of Lamech, Mother of Naamah and Tubal-cain

Zilpah (Zilpa)
Leah's maidservant, Jacob's concubine, Mother of Gad and Asher

Zimri (Zimri)
1. Simeonite leader
2. Descendant of Saul
3. King of Israel

Zipporah (Zippora)
Wife of Moses, Mother of Eliezer and Gershom

Zophar (Zofar)
Friend of Job

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