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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 |
