Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Aaron | lightbringer | Exodus 4:14 |
| Aaronites | descendants of Aaron | 1 Chronicles 12:27 |
| Abaddon | the one who will be driven away | Revelation 9:11 |
| Abagtha | God-given | Esther 1:10 |
| Abana | uncertain, perhaps "of stone" | 2 Kings 5:12 |
| Abarim | regions beyond | Numbers 27:12 |
| Abba | father | Mark 14:36 |
| Abda | servant of God | 1 Kings 4:6 |
| Abdeel | servant of God | Jeremiah 36:26 |
| Abdi | servant of God | 1 Chronicles 6:44 |
| Abdiel | servant of God | 1 Chronicles 5:15 |
| Abdon | servant, servile | Joshua 21:30 |
| Abednego | servant of Nebo | Daniel 1:7 |
| Abel | breath | Genesis 4:2 |
| Abel | a grassy plain, name of a city | 1 Samuel 6:18 |
| Abelbethmaachah | meadow of the house of Maachah | 1 Kings 15:20 |
| Abelmaim | meadow of waters | 2 Chronicles 16:4 |
| Abelmeholah | meadow of dancing | Judges 7:22 |
| Abelmizraim | meadow of Egypt | Genesis 50:11 |
| Abelshittim | meadow of acacia trees | Numbers 33:49 |
| Abez | I will make white or miry | Joshua 19:20 |
| Abi | my father | 2 Kings 18:2 |
| Abia | God is my father | 1 Chronicles 3:10 |
| Abiah | God is my father | 1 Samuel 8:2 |
| Abialbon | God is my father | 2 Samuel 23:31 |
| Abiasaph | my father has gathered | Exodus 6:24 |
| Abiathar | my father is great | 1 Samuel 22:20 |
| Abib | ears of corn or barley | Exodus 13:4 |
| Abida (or Abidah) | my father knows | Genesis 25:4 |
| Abidan | my father is judge | Numbers 1:11 |
| Abiel | God is my father | 1 Samuel 9:1 |
| Abiezer | my father is help | Joshua 17:2 |
| Abiezrite | my father is help | Judges 6:11 |
| Abigail | my father is joy | 1 Samuel 25:3 |
| Abihail | my father is strength | Numbers 3:35 |
| Abihu | he is my father | Exodus 6:23 |
| Abihud | my father is majesty | 1 Chronicles 8:3 |
| Abijah | God is my father | 1 Kings 14:1 |
| Abijam | my father is the sea, or Yah is my father | 1 Kings 14:31 |
| Abilene | grassy meadow | Luke 3:1 |
| Abimael | my father is God | Genesis 10:28 |
| Abimelech | my father is king, or Melek is father | Genesis 20:2 |
| Abinadab | my father is noble | 1 Samuel 7:1 |
| Abinoam | my father is delight | Judges 4:6 |
| Abiram | my father is exalted | Numbers 16:1 |
| Abishag | my father is a wanderer | 1 Kings 1:3 |
| Abishai | my father is a gift | 1 Samuel 26:6 |
| Abishalom | father of peace | 1 Kings 15:2 |
| Abishua | my father is safety | 1 Chronicles 6:4 |
| Abishur | my father is a wall | 1 Chronicles 2:28 |
| Abital | my father is the dew | 2 Samuel 3:4 |
| Abitub | father of goodness | 1 Chronicles 8:11 |
| Abiud | Greek for Abihud, my father is majesty | Matthew 1:13 |
| Abner | my father is a light | 1 Samuel 14:50 |
| Abraham | father of many nations | Genesis 17:5 |
| Abram | high father | Genesis 11:26 |
| Abronah | ASV, Ebronah in KJV, passage | Numbers 33:34-35 |
| Absalom | my father is peace | 2 Samuel 3:3 |
| Accad | subtle | Genesis 10:10 |
| Accho | close, his straitness, restricted | Judges 1:31 |
| Aceldama | field of blood | Acts 1:19 |
| Achab | brother of the father, same as Ahab | 1 Kings 16:28 |
| Achaia | grief; trouble | Acts 18:12 |
| Achaicus | belonging to Achaia | 1 Corinthians 16:17 |
| Achan | he that troubles | Joshua 7:1 |
| Achar | he that troubles | 1 Chronicles 2:7 |
| Achaz | Greek for Ahaz, possessor | Matthew 1:9 |
| Achbor | mouse | Genesis 36:38 |
| Achim | God will establish | Matthew 1:14 |
| Achish | I will terrify, or only a man | 1 Samuel 21:10 |
| Achmetha | Ecbatana in India, Persian summer capital | Ezra 6:2 |
| Achor | trouble, disturbance | Joshua 7:24 |
| Achsah | ankle chain | Joshua 15:16 |
| Achshaph | I shall be bewitched | Joshua 11:1 |
| Achzib | deceit | Joshua 15:44 |
| Adadah | boundary, festival | Joshua 15:22 |
| Adah | ornament | Genesis 4:19 |
| Adaiah | God has adorned Himself | 2 Kings 22:1 |
| Adalia | I shall be drawn up of God | Esther 9:8 |
| Adam | earthy, red | Genesis 2:19 |
| Adamah | red earth | Joshua 19:36 |
| Adami | man of Adar | Joshua 19:33 |
| Adar | exceeding glorious, same as Addar | Joshua 15:3 |
| Adbeel | chastened of God | Genesis 25:13 |
| Addan | strong, firm | Ezra 2:59 |
| Addar | exceeding glorious, same as Adar | 1 Chronicles 8:3 |
| Addi | ornament (Hebrew origin) | Luke 3:28 |
| Addin | spelling of Adin in the English translation of the Greek LXX, dainty, delicate | Ezra 2:15 |
| Addon | powerful | Nehemiah 7:61 |
| Adiel | ornament of God | 1 Chronicles 4:36 |
| Adin | dainty, delicate | Ezra 2:15 |
| Adithaim | double ornament | Joshua 15:36 |
| Adlai | justice of God | 1 Chronicles 27:29 |
| Admah | red earth | Genesis 10:19 |
| Admatha | a testimony to them | Esther 1:14 |
| Adna | pleasure, delight | Ezra 10:30 |
| Adnah | pleasure | 1 Chronicles 12:20 |
| Adonibezek | my lord is Bezek | Judges 1:5 |
| Adonijah | the Lord is my master | 2 Samuel 3:4 |
| Adonikam | my Lord arose | Ezra 2:13 |
| Adoniram | my Lord is exalted | 1 Kings 4:6 |
| Adonizedek | my Lord is righteous | Joshua 10:1 |
| Adoraim | double glory | 2 Chronicles 11:9 |
| Adoram | my Lord is exalted | 2 Samuel 20:24 |
| Adrammelech | honour of the king | 2 Kings 17:31 |
| Adramyttium | I shall abide in death | Acts 27:2 |
| Adria | without wood | Acts 27:27 |
| Adriel | the flock of God | 1 Samuel 18:19 |
| Adullam | justice of the people | Joshua 12:15 |
| Adummim | ruddy one | Joshua 15:7 |
| Aeneas | praiseworthy, laudable | Acts 9:33 |
| Aenon | fountain, springs | John 3:23 |
| Agabus | a locust | Acts 11:28 |
| Agag | I will rise above the top, I will be superior | Numbers 24:7 |
| Agagite | descendant of Agag | Esther 3:1 |
| Agar | flight, same as Hagar in Old Testament | Galatians 4:24 |
| Agee | I shall increase | 2 Samuel 23:11 |
| Agrippa | hero like | Acts 25:13 |
| Agur | gathered together | Proverbs 30:1 |
| Ahab | fathers brother, uncle | 1 Kings 16:28 |
| Aharah | a following brother | 1 Chronicles 8:1 |
| Aharhel | a following host | 1 Chronicles 4:8 |
| Ahasai | my holder, my protector | Nehemiah 11:13 |
| Ahasbai | brother of those who surround me | 2 Samuel 23:34 |
| Ahasuerus | I will be silent, a title | Ezra 4:6 |
| Ahava | I shall support | Ezra 8:15 |
| Ahaz | one that takes or possesses, he has grasped | 2 Kings 15:38 |
| Ahaziah | God possesses | 1 Kings 22:40 |
| Ahban | brother of an intelligent one | 1 Chronicles 2:29 |
| Aher | following | 1 Chronicles 7:12 |
| Ahi | my brother, my brethren | 1 Chronicles 5:15 |
| Ahiah | brother of the Lord, same as Ahijah | 1 Samuel 14:3 |
| Ahiam | mothers brother | 2 Samuel 23:33 |
| Ahian | brotherly, fraternal | 1 Chronicles 7:19 |
| Ahiezer | brother of assistance, my brother is help | Numbers 1:12 |
| Ahihud | brother of majesty | Numbers 34:27 |
| Ahijah | brother of the Lord, same as Ahiah | 1 Kings 11:29 |
| Ahikam | my brother has risen | 2 Kings 22:12 |
| Ahilud | childs brother | 2 Samuel 8:16 |
| Ahimaaz | my brother is anger | 1 Samuel 14:50 |
| Ahiman | my brother is a gift | Numbers 13:22 |
| Ahimelech | my brother is a king | 1 Samuel 21:1 |
| Ahimoth | brother of death | 1 Chronicles 6:25 |
| Ahinadab | my brother is noble | 1 Kings 4:14 |
| Ahinoam | my brother is delight | 1 Samuel 14:50 |
| Ahio | brotherly | 2 Samuel 6:3 |
| Ahira | my brother is evil | Numbers 1:15 |
| Ahiram | my brother is exalted | Numbers 26:38 |
| Ahiramites | one of the family of Ahiram | Numbers 26:38 |
| Ahisamach | brother of strength, my brother is support | Exodus 31:6 |
| Ahishahar | brother of the morning or dawn | 1 Chronicles 7:10 |
| Ahishar | brother of a song, my brother sang | 1 Kings 4:6 |
| Ahithophel | my brother is foolish | 2 Samuel 15:12 |
| Ahitub | brother of goodness | 1 Samuel 14:3 |
| Ahlab | fertile place | Judges 1:31 |
| Ahlai | beseeching, expecting | 1 Chronicles 2:31 |
| Ahoah | brother of rest | 1 Chronicles 8:4 |
| Ahohite | brother of rest | 2 Samuel 23:9 |
| Aholah | her own tent | Ezekiel 23:4 |
| Aholiab | the tent of the father | Exodus 31:6 |
| Aholibah | woman of the tent | Ezekiel 23:4 |
| Aholibamah | my tent is exalted, tent of the high place | Genesis 36:2 |
| Ahumai | a meadow of waters; a brother of waters | 1 Chronicles 4:2 |
| Ahuzam | possessor | 1 Chronicles 4:6 |
| Ahuzzath | possession | Genesis 26:26 |
| Ai | mass, heap of ruins, same as Hai | Joshua 7:2 |
| Aiah | falcon | 2 Samuel 3:7 |
| Aiath | same as Ai, heap of ruins | Isaiah 10:28 |
| Aija | same as Ai, heap of ruins | Nehemiah 11:31 |
| Aijalon | field of deer, same as Ajalon | Joshua 21:24 |
| Aijeleth Shahar | Aijeleth = doe, deer; Shahar = dawn, morning. Thus the phrase means "Hind of the Morning". This is either the name David gave to this psalm, or it is some kind of musical instruction for its performance | Psalms 22:1 |
| Ain | spring, fountain | Numbers 34:11 |
| Ajalon | field of deer, same as Aijalon | Joshua 10:12 |
| Akkub | insidious, supplant | 1 Chronicles 3:24 |
| Akrabbim | scorpions | Numbers 34:4 |
| Alameth | covering, same as Alemeth | 1 Chronicles 7:8 |
| Alammelech | oak of the king | Joshua 19:26 |
| Alemeth | covering, same as Alameth | 1 Chronicles 6:60 |
| Alexander | man defender, one who assists men | Mark 15:21 |
| Alexandria | city names after Alexander | Acts 27:6 |
| Aliah | evil, same as Alvah | 1 Chronicles 1:51 |
| Alian | high, tall, same as Alvan | 1 Chronicles 1:40 |
| Alleluia | praise the Lord | Revelation 19:1 |
| Allon | great tree, an oak | Joshua 19:33 |
| Allonbachuth | the oak of weeping | Genesis 35:8 |
| Almodad | not measured | Genesis 10:26 |
| Almon | hidden, concealed | Joshua 21:18 |
| Almondiblathaim | hidden in a cluster of fig trees | Numbers 33:46-47 |
| Alphaeus | changing | Matthew 10:3 |
| Alpheus | Websters spelling of Alphaeus | Matthew 10:3 |
| Altaschith | do not destroy | Psalm 57:1 |
| Alush | I will knead (bread) | Numbers 33:13-14 |
| Alvah | evil, same as Aliah | Genesis 36:40 |
| Alvan | tall, high, same as Alian | Genesis 36:23 |
| Amad | enduring | Joshua 19:26 |
| Amal | labour | 1 Chronicles 7:35 |
| Amalek | dweller in a valley | Genesis 36:12 |
| Amam | their mother | Joshua 15:26 |
| Amana | support | Song 4:8 |
| Amariah | the Lord says, God has promised | 1 Chronicles 6:7 |
| Amasa | burden | 2 Samuel 17:25 |
| Amasai | burdensome | 1 Chronicles 6:25 |
| Amashai | burdensome | Nehemiah 11:13 |
| Amasiah | God is strength | 2 Chronicles 17:16 |
| Amaziah | the strength of the Lord, God is mighty | 2 Kings 12:21 |
| Ami | bond-servant | Ezra 2:57 |
| Aminadab | same as Amminadab, my kinsman is noble | Matthew 1:4 |
| Amittai | my truth | 2 Kings 14:25 |
| Ammah | a cubit | 2 Samuel 2:24 |
| Ammi | my people | Hosea 2:1 |
| Ammiel | the people of God | Numbers 13:12 |
| Ammihud | my kinsman is majesty | Numbers 1:10 |
| Amminadab | my kinsman is noble | Exodus 6:23 |
| Ammishaddai | the people of the Almighty | Numbers 1:12 |
| Ammizabad | my people have bestowed | 1 Chronicles 27:6 |
| Ammon | of a tribe | Genesis 19:38 |
| Amnon | faithful | 2 Samuel 3:2 |
| Amok | a depth, to be deep | Nehemiah 12:7 |
| Amon | skilled workman | 1 Kings 22:26 |
| Amorite | a sayer, speaker | Genesis 10:16 |
| Amos | burden | Amos 1:1 |
| Amoz | strong, robust | 2 Kings 19:2 |
| Amphipolis | a city surrounded by the sea | Acts 17:1 |
| Amplias | large | Romans 16:8 |
| Amram | an exalted people, people of the Highest | Exodus 6:18 |
| Amraphel | one that speaks of secrets | Genesis 14:1 |
| Amzi | strong, my strength | 1 Chronicles 6:46 |
| Anab | fruit | Joshua 11:21 |
| Anah | answer, one who answers | Genesis 36:2 |
| Anaharath | the groaning of fear | Joshua 19:19 |
| Anak | neck, a collar | Numbers 13:22 |
| Anamim | affliction of the waters | Genesis 10:13 |
| Anammelech | image of the king | 2 Kings 17:31 |
| Anani | my cloud | 1 Chronicles 3:24 |
| Ananiah | the cloud of the Lord | Nehemiah 3:23 |
| Ananias | God has favoured (Hebrew is Hananiah) | Acts 5:1 |
| Anath | answer | Judges 3:31 |
| Anathema | accursed | 1 Corinthians 16:22 |
| Anathoth | answers to prayer | Joshua 21:18 |
| Andrew | manly, a strong man | Matthew 4:18 |
| Andronicus | man of victory | Romans 16:7 |
| Anem | fountains | 1 Chronicles 6:73 |
| Aner | boy | Genesis 14:13 |
| Aniam | I am the people, or groaning of the people | 1 Chronicles 7:19 |
| Anim | fountains | Joshua 15:50 |
| Anna | gracious | Luke 2:36 |
| Annas | humble | Luke 3:2 |
| Antichrist | an adversary to Christ | 1 John 2:18 |
| Antioch | speedy as a chariot, driven against | Acts 6:5 |
| Antipas | AGAINST "the pater" and FOR "the Father" | Revelation 2:13 |
| Antipatris | for the forefather | Acts 23:31 |
| Antothijah | Gods answer | 1 Chronicles 8:24 |
| Anub | confederate | 1 Chronicles 4:8 |
| Apelles | called | Romans 16:10 |
| Apharsachites | the causers of division | Ezra 5:6 |
| Apharsathchites | I will divide the deceivers | Ezra 4:9 |
| Apharsites | causers of division | Ezra 4:9 |
| Aphek | enclosure | Joshua 12:18 |
| Aphekah | enclosure | Joshua 15:53 |
| Aphiah | I will make to breathe | 1 Samuel 9:1 |
| Aphik | enclosure | Judges 1:31 |
| Aphses | dispersion, same as Happizzez in ASV, RSV | 1 Chronicles 24:15 |
| Apocalypse | from the Greek word for revelation | Revelation 1:1 |
| Apocrypha | hidden, i.e. uninspired books first included in the Greek LXX and the Latin Vulgate versions | not found in Scripture |
| Apollonia | belonging to Apollo | Acts 17:1 |
| Apollonius | variation of "Apollos" | not found in Scripture |
| Apollos | given by Apollo | Acts 18:24 |
| Apollyon | the one who will be driven away | Revelation 9:11 |
| Appaim | nostrils, face | 1 Chronicles 2:30-31 |
| Apphia | productive, fruitful | Philemon 1:2 |
| Appii | a town in Italy on the Appian Way | Acts 28:15 |
| Aquila | an eagle | Acts 18:2 |
| Ar | a city | Numbers 21:15 |
| Ara | lion | 1 Chronicles 7:38 |
| Arab | ambush | Joshua 15:52 |
| Arabia | evening, night, sunset | 1 Kings 10:15 |
| Arabians | inhabitants of Arabia | Acts 2:11 |
| Arad | a wild ass | Numbers 21:1 |
| Arah | traveler | 1 Chronicles 7:39 |
| Aram | highness, exalted | Genesis 10:22 |
| Aramitess | exalted, same as Syrian | 1 Chronicles 7:14 |
| Aramzobah | exalted conflict | Psalm 60:1 |
| Aran | joyous | Genesis 36:28 |
| Ararat | the curse reversed, same as Armenia | Genesis 8:4 |
| Araunah | I shall shout for joy | 2 Samuel 24:16 |
| Arba | fourth | Joshua 14:15 |
| Arbite | an ambush | 2 Samuel 23:35 |
| Archelaus | the prince of the people | Matthew 2:22 |
| Archevites | lengthy | Ezra 4:9 |
| Archi | lengthy | Joshua 16:2 |
| Archippus | a master of horses | Colossians 4:17 |
| Archite | lengthy | 2 Samuel 15:32 |
| Arcturus | gathering together, the Great Bear constellation | Job 9:9 |
| Ard | one that commands, I shall subdue | Genesis 46:21 |
| Ardites | I shall subdue | Numbers 26:40 |
| Ardon | subduer | 1 Chronicles 2:18 |
| Areli | lion of God | Genesis 46:16 |
| Arelites | lion of God | Numbers 26:17 |
| Areopagite | a member of the court on Mars Hill | Acts 17:34 |
| Areopagus | martial peak, Mars Hill | Acts 17:19 |
| Aretas | graver, engraver | 2 Corinthians 11:32 |
| Argob | a turf, heap of clods | Deuteronomy 3:4 |
| Aridai | the lion is enough | Esther 9:9 |
| Aridatha | the lion of the decree | Esther 9:8 |
| Arieh | lion | 2 Kings 15:25 |
| Ariel | lion of God | Ezra 8:16 |
| Arimathaea | heights | Matthew 27:57 |
| Arimathea | RSV, Webster, etc. spelling for Arimathaea | Matthew 27:57 |
| Arioch | lion-like | Genesis 14:1 |
| Arisai | lion of my banners | Esther 9:9 |
| Aristarchus | the best prince, the best ruler | Acts 19:29 |
| Aristobulus | the best counselor | Romans 16:10 |
| Armageddon | hill of Megiddo | Revelation 16:16 |
| Armenia | the curse reversed, same as Ararat | 2 Kings 19:37 |
| Armoni | one of the palace | 2 Samuel 21:8 |
| Arnan | nimble | 1 Chronicles 3:21 |
| Arnon | rushing stream | Numbers 21:13 |
| Arod | I shall roam, I shall subdue | Numbers 26:17 |
| Arodi | I shall roam, I shall subdue | Genesis 46:16 |
| Arodites | I shall roam, I shall subdue | Numbers 26:17 |
| Aroer | ruins | Numbers 32:34 |
| Arpad | I shall be spread out | 2 Kings 18:34 |
| Arphad | a prop, a support | Isaiah 36:19 |
| Arphaxad | a releaser | Genesis 10:22 |
| Artaxerxes | strong king, great warrior | Ezra 4:7 |
| Artemas | gift of Artemis | Titus 3:12 |
| Aruboth | windows | 1 Kings 4:10 |
| Arumah | high, I shall be exalted | Judges 9:41 |
| Arvad | I shall break loose | Ezekiel 27:8 |
| Arvadite | I shall break loose | Genesis 10:18 |
| Arza | earthy | 1 Kings 16:9 |
| Asa | physician, healer | 1 Kings 15:8 |
| Asahel | creature of God, God-made | 2 Samuel 2:18 |
| Asaiah | the Lord hath wrought, made by God | 1 Chronicles 4:36 |
| Asaph | who gathers together | 2 Kings 18:18 |
| Asareel | God holds | 1 Chronicles 4:16 |
| Asarelah | upright to God, God holds | 1 Chronicles 25:2 |
| Asenath | belonging to the goddess Neith | Genesis 41:45 |
| Aser | Greek form for Asher, blessed | Luke 2:36 |
| Ashan | smoke | Joshua 15:42 |
| Ashbea | I adjure, I make to swear | 1 Chronicles 4:21 |
| Ashbel | a man of Baal, a man of the Lord | Genesis 46:21 |
| Ashbelites | descendants of Ashbel | Numbers 26:38 |
| Ashchenaz | a fire that is scattered | 1 Chronicles 1:6 |
| Ashdod | powerful, a stronghold | Joshua 11:22 |
| Ashdothites | inhabitant of Ashdod | Joshua 13:3 |
| Ashdothpisgah | slopes of Pisgah | Deuteronomy 3:17 |
| Asher | happiness | Genesis 30:13 |
| Asherites | happy, people of the tribe of Asher | Judges 1:32 |
| Ashima | crime, guiltiness | 2 Kings 17:30 |
| Ashkelon | migration, or fire of infamy | Judges 14:19 |
| Ashkenaz | a fire that is scattered | Genesis 10:3 |
| Ashnah | I will cause change | Joshua 15:33 |
| Ashpenaz | I will make prominent the sprinkled | Daniel 1:3 |
| Ashriel | I shall be a prince of God, same as Asriel | 1 Chronicles 7:14 |
| Ashriel | same as Asriel | 1 Chronicles 7:14 |
| Ashtaroth | star | Joshua 9:10 |
| Ashterathite | inhabitant of Ashtaroth | 1 Chronicles 11:44 |
| Ashterothkarnaim | RSV, ASV, etc., Ashtoreth of the two horns | Genesis 14:5 |
| Ashtoreth | star | 1 Kings 11:5 |
| Ashur | black | 1 Chronicles 2:24 |
| Ashurites | guided, blessed | 2 Samuel 2:9 |
| Asia | orient, eastern | Acts 2:9 |
| Asiel | the work of God, made by God | 1 Chronicles 4:35 |
| Askelon | fire of infamy | Judges 1:18 |
| Asnah | I shall be hated | Ezra 2:50 |
| Asnappar | horned bull | Ezra 4:10 |
| Aspatha | the enticed gathered | Esher 9:7 |
| Asriel | I shall be a prince of God | Numbers 26:31 |
| Asrielites | the clan descended from Asriel | Numbers 26:31 |
| Asshur | guided, a step | Genesis 10:11 |
| Asshurim | guided, blessed | Genesis 25:3 |
| Assir | prisoner, fettered | Exodus 6:24 |
| Assos | approaching; coming near | Acts 20:13 |
| Assur | a step | Ezra 4:2 |
| Assyria | a step, country of Assur | Genesis 2:14 |
| Assyrian | of the country of Assyria | Isaiah 10:5 |
| Astaroth | star | Deuteronomy 1:4 |
| Asuppim | what is gathered, storehouse | 1 Chronicles 26:15 |
| Asyncritus | incomparable | Romans 16:14 |
| Atad | a thorn, bramble | Genesis 50:10 |
| Atarah | a crown | 1 Chronicles 2:26 |
| Ataroth | crowns | Numbers 32:3 |
| Atarothaddar | crowns of glory | Joshua 16:5 |
| Ater | binder | Ezra 2:16 |
| Athach | lodging place | 1 Samuel 30:30 |
| Athaiah | the Lord has helped | Nehemiah 11:4 |
| Athaliah | afflicted of the Lord | 2 Kings 8:26 |
| Athens | uncertainty | Acts 17:15 |
| Athlai | whom God afflicts | Ezra 10:28 |
| Atrothshophan | ASV, RSV, JPS, etc., crowns of Shophan, KJV reads "Shophan here; "Shophan" is formed from a word for "hidden treasure" | Numbers 32:35 |
| Attai | opportune | 1 Chronicles 2:35 |
| Attalia | Gods due season | Acts 14:25 |
| Attalus | increased, nourished; was an ally of Antiochus Epiphanes, but not mentioned in the Bible | not found in Scripture |
| Augustus | venerable | Luke 2:1 |
| Ava | ruin | 2 Kings 17:24 |
| Aven | vanity | Ezekiel 30:17 |
| Avim | ruins (same word = Avites in Joshua 13:3) | Joshua 18:23 |
| Avites | perverters | 2 Kings 17:31 |
| Avith | ruins | Genesis 36:35 |
| Azal (or Azel) | he has reserved | Zechariah 14:5 |
| Azaliah | God has set apart | 2 Kings 22:3 |
| Azaniah | God hears | Nehemiah 10:9 |
| Azareel | help of God, God has helped | 1 Chronicles 12:6 |
| Azariah | God has helped | 1 Kings 4:2 |
| Azaz | strong one, hardened one | 1 Chronicles 5:8 |
| Azazel | mistranslated as "scape-goat" which implies innocence; azazel is formed from the two words "azaz" (a strong and impudent one) and "azal" (to go away). Thus Azazel, referring to Satan, means "the strong and impudent one who will be taken away", and that is exactly what happens to that goat. | Leviticus 16:8, ASV |
| Azaziah | strength of the Lord, the Lord is mighty | 1 Chronicles 15:21 |
| Azekah | dug over | Joshua 10:10 |
| Azel (or Azal) | he has reserved | 1 Chronicles 8:37 |
| Azem | bone, same as Ezem | Joshua 15:29 |
| Azgad | Gad is mighty | Ezra 2:12 |
| Azmaveth | strong unto death | 2 Samuel 23:31 |
| Azmon | our strength | Numbers 34:4 |
| Aznothtabor | peaks of Tabor | Joshua 19:34 |
| Azor | a helper | Matthew 1:13-14 |
| Azotus | same as Ashdod, a stronghold | Acts 8:40 |
| Azriel | my help is God | 1 Chronicles 5:24 |
| Azrikam | help against the enemy | 1 Chronicles 3:23 |
| Azubah | forsaken | 1 Kings 22:42 |
| Azur | he that assists or is assisted | Jeremiah 28:1 |
| Azzan | their strength, very strong | Numbers 34:26 |
| Azzur | same as Azur, he that assists | Nehemiah 10:17 |