Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Gaal | contempt, loathing | Judges 9:26 |
| Gaash | commotion, quaking | Joshua 24:30 |
| Gaba | a hill, same as Geba | Joshua 18:24 |
| Gabbai | my back | Nehemiah 11:8 |
| Gabbatha | high, elevated | John 19:13 |
| Gabriel | warrior of God | Daniel 8:16 |
| Gad | a troop | Genesis 30:11 |
| Gad | Darby translation, Young's translation and 21st Century KJV, this word refers to the Babylonian god of fortune. In the KJV this word is not translated. Most other versions (ASV, RSV, JPS, etc.) have translated it as "Fortune". This Hebrew word is used only in this verse. | Isaiah 65:11 |
| Gadarenes | men of Gadara, reward at the end | Mark 5:1 |
| Gaddi | fortunate | Numbers 13:11 |
| Gaddiel | God is my fortune | Numbers 13:10 |
| Gadi | my fortune | 2 Kings 15:14 |
| Gadite | one of the tribe of Gad | Deuteronomy 3:12 |
| Gaham | burning | Genesis 22:24 |
| Gahar | hiding place | Ezra 2:47 |
| Gaius | lord | Acts 19:29 |
| Galal | weighty, worthy, influential | 1 Chronicles 9:15 |
| Galatia | land of the Gauls | Acts 16:6 |
| Galatians | citizens of Galatia | Galatians 3:1 |
| Galeed | the heap of witness | Genesis 31:47 |
| Galilaean | native of Galilee | Mark 14:70 |
| Galilee | circuit, region | Joshua 20:7 |
| Gallim | springs | 1 Samuel 25:44 |
| Gallio | one who lives on milk | Acts 18:12 |
| Gamaliel | recompense of God | Numbers 1:10 |
| Gammadims | brave bold soldiers | Ezekiel 27:11 |
| Gamul | weaned | 1 Chronicles 24:17 |
| Gareb | a scab, scabby | 2 Samuel 23:38 |
| Garmites | bony | 1 Chronicles 4:19 |
| Gashmu | rain, same as Geshem | Nehemiah 6:6 |
| Gatam | a burnt valley | Genesis 36:11 |
| Gath | a winepress | Joshua 11:22 |
| Gathhepher | winepress of the well, digging, same as Gittahhepher | 2 Kings 14:25 |
| Gathrimmon | winepress of the pomegranate | Joshua 19:45 |
| Gaza | strong | Genesis 10:19 |
| Gazabar | Latin Vulgate word for "a treasurer" | Ezra 1:8 |
| Gazer | precipice, or portion | 2 Samuel 5:25 |
| Gazez | shearer | 1 Chronicles 2:46 |
| Gazzam | devouring | Ezra 2:48 |
| Geba | a hill, same as Gaba and Gibeah | Joshua 21:17 |
| Gebal | a boundary, mountain | Psalms 83:7 |
| Geber | mighty man, same as Bengeber in RSV, ASV, etc. | 1 Kings 4:13 |
| Gebim | cisterns, perhaps locusts? | Isaiah 10:31 |
| Gedaliah | God is great | 2 Kings 25:22 |
| Gedeon | same as Gideon | Hebrews 11:32 |
| Geder | a wall | Joshua 12:13 |
| Gederah | a wall | Joshua 15:36 |
| Gederathite | inhabitant of Gederah | 1 Chronicles 12:4 |
| Gederite | inhabitant of Geder | 1 Chronicles 27:28 |
| Gederoth | walls | Joshua 15:41 |
| Gederothaim | two walls | Joshua 15:36 |
| Gedor | wall | Joshua 15:58 |
| Geharashim | RSV, ASV, etc. for "Charashim" in KJV, valley of craftsmen | 1 Chronicles 4:14 |
| Gehazi | valley of vision | 2 Kings 4:12 |
| Geliloth | circuits | Joshua 18:17 |
| Gemalli | camel driver | Numbers 13:12 |
| Gemara | 2nd part of the Talmud, a commentary on the 1st part | |
| Gemariah | God has accomplished | Jeremiah 29:3 |
| Genesis | beginning, name of the first Book of the Bible, title taken from the first Hebrew word in this Book, "bereshith" which means "in beginning" | Genesis 1:1 |
| Gennesaret | a harp, the Sea of Galilee | Matthew 14:34 |
| Genubath | theft | 1 Kings 11:20 |
| Gera | a grain | Genesis 46:21 |
| Gerah | a weight, the 20th part of a shekel | Exodus 30:13 |
| Gerar | a lodging place | Genesis 10:19 |
| Gergesenes | perhaps means a stranger drawing near? | Matthew 8:28 |
| Gerizim | cutters, cuttings off | Deuteronomy 11:29 |
| Gershom | a stranger here, foreigner | Exodus 2:22 |
| Gershon | exile | Genesis 46:11 |
| Gershonite | descendant of Gershon | Numbers 3:21 |
| Geshan | lump | 1 Chronicles 2:47 |
| Geshem | rain, same as Gashmu | Nehemiah 2:19 |
| Geshur | bridge, proud beholder | 2 Samuel 3:3 |
| Geshuri | bridge, proud beholder | Deuteronomy 3:14 |
| Geshurites | inhabitant of Geshur | Joshua 12:5 |
| Gether | fear | Genesis 10:23 |
| Gethsemane | an oil press | Matthew 26:36 |
| Geuel | majesty of God | Numbers 13:15 |
| Gezer | dividing, a portion | Joshua 10:33 |
| Gezrites | inhabitants of Gezer | 1 Samuel 27:8 |
| Giah | to break forth | 2 Samuel 2:24 |
| Gibbar | strong, the valiant | Ezra 2:20 |
| Gibbethon | mound | Joshua 19:44 |
| Gibea | a hill | 1 Chronicles 2:49 |
| Gibeah | a hill | Joshua 15:57 |
| Gibeath | a hill | Joshua 18:28 |
| Gibeathite | inhabitant of Gibeah | 1 Chronicles 12:3 |
| Gibeon | hill city | Joshua 9:3 |
| Gibeonites | inhabitants of Gibeon | 2 Samuel 21:1 |
| Giblites | inhabitants of Gebal | Joshua 13:5 |
| Giddalti | I make great | 1 Chronicles 25:4 |
| Giddel | very great | Ezra 2:47 |
| Gideon | he that bruises or cuts down, hewer | Judges 6:11 |
| Gideoni | my hewer | Numbers 1:11 |
| Gidom | a cutting down | Judges 20:45 |
| Gihon | bursting forth | Genesis 2:13 |
| Gilalai | weighty, perhaps relating to dung? | Nehemiah 12:36 |
| Gilboa | bubbling fountain | 1 Samuel 28:4 |
| Gilead | rocky region | Genesis 31:21 |
| Gileadites | inhabitants of Gilead | Numbers 26:29 |
| Gilgal | wheel, rolling | Deuteronomy 11:30 |
| Giloh | exile | Joshua 15:51 |
| Gilonite | inhabitant of Giloh | 2 Samuel 15:12 |
| Gimzo | a place abounding with sycamore trees | 2 Chronicles 28:18 |
| Ginath | protection | 1 Kings 16:21 |
| Ginnetho | gardener | Nehemiah 12:4 |
| Ginnethon | gardener | Nehemiah 10:6 |
| Girgashite | dwelling on a soil of clay | 1 Chronicles 1:14 |
| Girgasite | same as Girgashite | Genesis 10:16 |
| Gispa | soothing | Nehemiah 11:21 |
| Gittahhepher | wine-press of the well, digging, same as Gathhepher | Joshua 19:13 |
| Gittaim | two winepresses | 2 Samuel 4:3 |
| Gittites | men of Gath | Joshua 13:3 |
| Gittith | a winepress, perhaps a musical instrument from Gath? | Psalm 8:1 |
| Gizonite | inhabitant of Gizon, shearer | 1 Chronicles 11:34 |
| Goath | lowing or bellowing of cattle | Jeremiah 31:39 |
| Gob | cistern | 2 Samuel 21:18 |
| Gog | mountain | 1 Chronicles 5:4 |
| Golan | exile, their captivity | Deuteronomy 4:43 |
| Golgotha | skull | Matthew 27:33 |
| Goliath | splendour | 1 Samuel 17:4 |
| Gomer | complete | Genesis 10:2 |
| Gomorrah | habitation, depression, submersion | Genesis 10:19 |
| Gomorrha | same as Gomorrah | Matthew 10:15 |
| Goshen | approaching, drawing near | Genesis 45:10 |
| Gozan | stone quarry, a cutting off | 2 Kings 17:6 |
| Gudgodah | the slashing place, perhaps thunder? | Deuteronomy 10:7 |
| Guni | painted with colours, perhaps my defender? | Genesis 46:24 |
| Gunites | members of the family of Guni | Numbers 26:48 |
| Gur | sojourning | 2 Kings 9:27 |
| Gurbaal | the dwelling of Baal | 2 Chronicles 26:7 |