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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

Abagtha (Avagta)
Servant of Ahasuerus

Abda ('Avda)
1. Father of Adoniram
2. Levite

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

Adoram (Adoram)
Rehoboam's tax collector

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

Belshazzar (Belshazzar)
Ruler of Babylon

Belteshazzar (Belteshazzar)
Daniel's Babylonian name

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 of Jesse; 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

Elazar (El'azar)
1. Son of Aaron
2. Son of Dodo (a warrior of David)

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

Elkanah (Elqana)
Son of Yerocham, Samuel's father

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)
Prophetess; Mother of the Samuel

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

Hiel (Hi'el)
Rebuilt the city of 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 (Ikhavod)
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

Jehosheba (Yehosheva)
Daughter of King Jehoram

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 (Yishai)
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

 
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