Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Jaakan | same as Beeroth Benejaakan, the wells of the sons of Jaakan | Deuteronomy 10:6 |
| Jaakobah | towards Jacob | 1 Chronicles 4:36 |
| Jaala | ascending | Nehemiah 7:58 |
| Jaalah | ascending, same as Jaala | Ezra 2:56 |
| Jaalam | hidden | Genesis 36:5 |
| Jaanai | whom God answers | 1 Chronicles 5:12 |
| Jaareoregim | forests of weaver | 2 Samuel 21:19 |
| Jaasau | doing, they will do | Ezra 10:37 |
| Jaasiel | God's work, same as Jasiel | 1 Chronicles 27:21 |
| Jaazaniah | God hears | 2 Kings 25:23 |
| Jaazer | helper, helped, same as Jazer | Numbers 21:32 |
| Jaaziah | made bold by God | 1 Chronicles 24:26 |
| Jaaziel | made bold by God | 1 Chronicles 15:18 |
| Jabal | stream of water | Genesis 4:20 |
| Jabbok | pouring out | Genesis 32:22 |
| Jabesh | dryness | 1 Samuel 11:1 |
| Jabeshgilead | dryness, a town in Gilead | Judges 21:8 |
| Jabez | sorrow | 1 Chronicles 2:55 |
| Jabin | whom God observes | Joshua 11:1 |
| Jabneel | God causes to build | Joshua 15:11 |
| Jabneh | building of God | 2 Chronicles 26:6 |
| Jachan | troublesome | 1 Chronicles 5:13 |
| Jachin | he will establish | Genesis 46:10 |
| Jachinites | descendants of Jachin | Numbers 26:12 |
| Jacob | supplanter | Genesis 25:26 |
| Jada | knowing | 1 Chronicles 2:28 |
| Jadau | loving | Ezra 10:43 |
| Jaddua | knowing | Nehemiah 10:21 |
| Jadon | thankful | Nehemiah 3:7 |
| Jael | a kid, mountain goat | Judges 4:17 |
| Jagur | stranger, he sojourns | Joshua 15:21 |
| JAH | the Everlasting, the Eternal | Psalms 68:4 |
| Jahath | he will snatch up | 1 Chronicles 4:2 |
| Jahaz | trodden down | Numbers 21:23 |
| Jahazah | trodden down, same as Jahaz | Joshua 13:18 |
| Jahaziah | the vision of God, God views | Ezra 10:15 |
| Jahaziel | seen of God | 1 Chronicles 12:4 |
| Jahdai | whom God directs | 1 Chronicles 2:47 |
| Jahdiel | my unity is God | 1 Chronicles 5:24 |
| Jahdo | his unity | 1 Chronicles 5:14 |
| Jahleel | God waits | Genesis 46:14 |
| Jahleelites | the hope of God, descendants of Jahleel | Numbers 26:26 |
| Jahmai | whom God guards | 1 Chronicles 7:2 |
| Jahzah | trodden down, same as Jahaz | 1 Chronicles 6:78 |
| Jahzeel | God divides | Genesis 46:24 |
| Jahzeelites | descendants of Jahzeel | Numbers 26:48 |
| Jahzerah | whom God leads back | 1 Chronicles 9:12 |
| Jahziel | God divides | 1 Chronicles 7:13 |
| Jair | forested | Numbers 32:41 |
| Jairite | descendant of Jair | 2 Samuel 20:26 |
| Jairus | whom he enlightens, same as Jair | Mark 5:22 |
| Jakan | let him oppress them | 1 Chronicles 1:42 |
| Jakeh | pious, blameless | Proverbs 30:1 |
| Jakim | rising, he will raise | 1 Chronicles 8:19 |
| Jalon | passing the night, God lodges | 1 Chronicles 4:17 |
| Jambres | sorcerer, foaming healer | 2 Timothy 3:8 |
| James | supplanter, same as Jacob | Matthew 4:21 |
| Jamin | right hand | Genesis 46:10 |
| Jaminites | descendants of Jamin | Numbers 26:12 |
| Jamlech | reigning, he will reign | 1 Chronicles 4:34 |
| Janna | flourishing | Luke 3:24 |
| Jannes | he vexed | 2 Timothy 3:8 |
| Janoah | resting | 2 Kings 15:29 |
| Janohah | resting, same as Janoah | Joshua 16:6 |
| Janum | sleeping | Joshua 15:53 |
| Japheth | enlarged, widely-extending, opened | Genesis 5:32 |
| Japhia | shining | Joshua 10:3 |
| Japhlet | he will deliver | 1 Chronicles 7:32 |
| Japhleti | let him escape | Joshua 16:3 |
| Japho | fairness, beautiful, same as Joppa | Joshua 19:46 |
| Jarah | a wood, forested | 1 Chronicles 9:42 |
| Jareb | contender, JPS reads for this verse "King Contentious" | Hosea 5:13 |
| Jared | descent, same as Jered | Genesis 5:15 |
| Jaresiah | whom God nourishes | 1 Chronicles 8:27 |
| Jarha | the month of sweeping away | 1 Chronicles 2:34 |
| Jarib | fighting, he contends | 1 Chronicles 4:24 |
| Jarmuth | heights | Joshua 10:3 |
| Jaroah | moon, new moon | 1 Chronicles 5:14 |
| Jashen | sleeping | 2 Samuel 23:32 |
| Jasher | righteous, upright | Joshua 10:13 |
| Jashobeam | the people will return | 1 Chronicles 11:11 |
| Jashub | a returning, he will return | Numbers 26:24 |
| Jashubilehem | returner of bread | 1 Chronicles 4:22 |
| Jashubites | descendants of Jashub | Numbers 26:24 |
| Jasiel | God's work, same as Jaasiel | 1 Chronicles 11:47 |
| Jason | he that cures | Acts 17:5 |
| Jathniel | whom God gives, God hires me | 1 Chronicles 26:2 |
| Jattir | height | Joshua 15:48 |
| Javan | Ionia or Greece, perhaps from the word for "wine"? | Genesis 10:2 |
| Jazer | helper, helped, same as Jaazer | Numbers 32:1 |
| Jaziz | he makes prominent | 1 Chronicles 27:31 |
| Jearim | woods, forests | Joshua 15:10 |
| Jeaterai | whom God leads | 1 Chronicles 6:21 |
| Jeberechiah | God speaks well, God blesses | Isaiah 8:2 |
| Jebus | threshing place | Judges 19:10 |
| Jebusi | descendants of Jebus | Joshua 18:16 |
| Jebusite | descendants of Jebus, same as Jebusi | Genesis 10:16 |
| Jecamiah | resurrection, God raises, same as Jekamiah | 1 Chronicles 3:18 |
| Jecholiah | God is able | 2 Kings 15:2 |
| Jecoliah | God is able, same as Jecholiah | 2 Chronicles 26:3 |
| Jeconiah | God will establish, also known as Jehoiachin | 1 Chronicles 3:16 |
| Jedaiah | praised of God | 1 Chronicles 4:37 |
| Jediael | knowledge of God, God makes known | 1 Chronicles 7:6 |
| Jedidah | well beloved | 2 Kings 22:1 |
| Jedidiah | beloved of God | 2 Samuel 12:25 |
| Jeduthun | giving praise, celebrating | 1 Chronicles 9:16 |
| Jeezer | no help | Numbers 26:30 |
| Jegarsahadutha | heap of witness | Genesis 31:47 |
| Jehaleleel | praising God | 1 Chronicles 4:16 |
| Jehalelel | praising God, same as Jehaleleel | 2 Chronicles 29:12 |
| Jehdeiah | God is unity | 1 Chronicles 24:20 |
| Jehezekel | God strengthens, same as Ezekiel | 1 Chronicles 24:16 |
| Jehiah | God lives | 1 Chronicles 15:24 |
| Jehiel | God sweeps away, same as Jeiel | 1 Chronicles 9:35 |
| Jehieli | God shall save alive | 1 Chronicles 26:21 |
| Jehizkiah | God has made strong, same as Hezekiah | 2 Chronicles 28:12 |
| Jehoadah | God has adorned | 1 Chronicles 8:36 |
| Jehoaddan | God delights, pleasure | 2 Kings 14:2 |
| Jehoahaz | possession of God, God has seized, same as Joahaz | 2 Kings 10:35 |
| Jehoash | given by God | 2 Kings 11:21 |
| Jehohanan | whom God gave, same as Johanan | 1 Chronicles 26:3 |
| Jehoiachin | God establishes, also known as Jeconiah | 2 Kings 24:6 |
| Jehoiada | knowledge of God, God knows, same as Joiada | 2 Samuel 8:18 |
| Jehoiakim | God raises up, same as Joiakim | 2 Kings 23:34 |
| Jehoiarib | fighting of God, God contends | 1 Chronicles 9:10 |
| Jehonadab | free giver, God is willing, same as Jonadab | 2 Kings 10:15 |
| Jehonathan | God has given, same as Jonathan | 1 Chronicles 27:25 |
| Jehoram | exaltation of God, same as Joram | 1 Kings 22:50 |
| Jehoshabeath | God is an oath | 2 Chronicles 22:11 |
| Jehoshaphat | God is judge, same as Joshaphat | 2 Samuel 8:16 |
| Jehosheba | oath of God | 2 Kings 11:2 |
| Jehoshua | God is salvation, same as Joshua | Numbers 13:16 |
| Jehovah | an incorrect transliteration of the Hebrew name "YHVH", which Hebrew name means "the Eternal". | Exodus 6:3 |
| Jehovah rophekah | This name means "the Healer God", and it is usually translated into English as "the LORD your healer", or words to this effect. This Hebrew name is not found in any English translation I have examined. | Exodus 15:26 |
| Jehovah shammah | This name is used only in the concluding verse of the Book of Ezekiel. The name means "God is there", and most translations have translated it into English as "the LORD is there", rather than retaining the transliterated name. | Ezekiel 48:35 |
| Jehovah tsidkenu | the Lord our righteousness, another Hebrew name which has not been retained in our English translations | Jeremiah 23:6 |
| Jehovahjireh | God sees | Genesis 22:14 |
| Jehovahnissi | God is my banner | Exodus 17:15 |
| Jehovahshalom | God is peace | Judges 6:24 |
| Jehozabad | God's dowry, whom God gave | 2 Kings 12:21 |
| Jehozadak | God is righteous, same as Josedech | 1 Chronicles 6:14 |
| Jehu | God is he | 1 Kings 16:1 |
| Jehubbah | hiding, hidden | 1 Chronicles 7:34 |
| Jehucal | God is able | Jeremiah 37:3 |
| Jehud | beauty | Joshua 19:45 |
| Jehudi | Jew | Jeremiah 36:14 |
| Jehudijah | Jewess | 1 Chronicles 4:18 |
| Jehush | he hurries to aid, same as Jeush | 1 Chronicles 8:39 |
| Jeiel | God sweeps away, same as Jehiel | 1 Chronicles 5:7 |
| Jekabzeel | God gathers | Nehemiah 11:25 |
| Jekameam | the people shall arise | 1 Chronicles 23:19 |
| Jekamiah | resurrection, God raises, same as Jecamiah | 1 Chronicles 2:41 |
| Jekuthiel | the fear of God | 1 Chronicles 4:18 |
| Jemima | day by day | Job 42:14 |
| Jemuel | God's day | Genesis 46:10 |
| Jephthah | whom God sets free, he opens, same as Jiphtah | Judges 11:1 |
| Jephunneh | for whom a way is prepared | Numbers 13:6 |
| Jerah | new moon | Genesis 10:26 |
| Jerahmeel | the mercy of God | 1 Chronicles 2:9 |
| Jerahmeelite | descendant of Jerahmeel | 1 Samuel 27:10 |
| Jered | descent, same as Jared | 1 Chronicles 1:2 |
| Jeremai | my height, my exaltations | Ezra 10:33 |
| Jeremiah | whom God has appointed | 2 Kings 23:31 |
| Jeremoth | He is Most High, same as Jerimoth | 1 Chronicles 8:14 |
| Jeriah | taught by God | 1 Chronicles 23:19 |
| Jeribai | fighting, my contentions | 1 Chronicles 11:46 |
| Jericho | his moon | Numbers 22:1 |
| Jeriel | taught by God | 1 Chronicles 7:2 |
| Jerijah | taught by God, same as Jeriah | 1 Chronicles 26:31 |
| Jerimoth | He is Most High, same as Jeremoth | 1 Chronicles 7:7 |
| Jerioth | curtains | 1 Chronicles 2:18 |
| Jeroboam | whose people are many | 1 Kings 11:26 |
| Jeroham | merciful, showing pity | 1 Samuel 1:1 |
| Jerubbaal | let Baal defend his cause | Judges 6:32 |
| Jerubbesheth | with whom the idol contends | 2 Samuel 11:21 |
| Jeruel | taught by God | 2 Chronicles 20:16 |
| Jerusalem | teaching of peace | Joshua 10:1 |
| Jerusha | possessed, as by a husband | 2 Kings 15:33 |
| Jerushah | possessed, as by a husband, same as Jerusha | 2 Chronicles 27:1 |
| Jesaiah | God has saved, same as Isaiah | 1 Chronicles 3:21 |
| Jeshaiah | God has saved, same as Isaiah | 1 Chronicles 25:3 |
| Jeshanah | old, storage | 2 Chronicles 13:19 |
| Jesharelah | right before God, these are upright | 1 Chronicles 25:14 |
| Jeshebeab | dwelling of the father | 1 Chronicles 24:13 |
| Jesher | upright | 1 Chronicles 2:18 |
| Jeshimon | desolation, a waste, a desert | Numbers 21:20 |
| Jeshishai | descended from an old man | 1 Chronicles 5:14 |
| Jeshohaiah | whom God casts down, God humbles | 1 Chronicles 4:36 |
| Jeshua | he is saved | 1 Chronicles 24:11 |
| Jeshurun | rectitude, uprightness, same as Jesurun | Deuteronomy 32:15 |
| Jesiah | whom God lends | 1 Chronicles 12:6 |
| Jesimiel | whom God creates | 1 Chronicles 4:36 |
| Jesse | I possess | Ruth 4:17 |
| Jesui | he resembles me | Numbers 26:44 |
| Jesuites | he will justify me, descendants of Jesui | Numbers 26:44 |
| Jesurun | rectitude, uprightness, same as Jeshurun | Isaiah 44:2 |
| Jesus | God is salvation, same as Joshua | Matthew 1:1 |
| Jether | abundance, same as Jethro | Judges 8:20 |
| Jetheth | a nail | Genesis 36:40 |
| Jethlah | hanging up, height, lofty place | Joshua 19:42 |
| Jethro | abundance, same as Jether | Exodus 3:1 |
| Jetur | an enclosure, an encampment | Genesis 25:15 |
| Jeuel | God hath taken away, perhaps treasure of God? | 1 Chronicles 9:6 |
| Jeush | he hurries to aid, same as Jehush | Genesis 36:18 |
| Jeush | assembler | Genesis 36:5 |
| Jeuz | counsellor | 1 Chronicles 8:10 |
| Jew | descendant of Judah | Esther 2:5 |
| Jewry | same word as Judah | Daniel 5:13 |
| Jezaniah | God has listened | Jeremiah 40:8 |
| Jezebel | without cohabitation, i.e. chaste and modest. Jezebel, the wife of Ahab, obviously didn't live up to this meaning, and so subsequently the meaning of "UNCHASTE" was attached to this name. | 1 Kings 16:31 |
| Jezer | formed, framed | Genesis 46:24 |
| Jezerites | descendants of Jezer | Numbers 26:49 |
| Jeziah | whom God sprinkles, whom God atones | Ezra 10:25 |
| Jeziel | the assembly of God | 1 Chronicles 12:3 |
| Jezliah | whom God will preserve | 1 Chronicles 8:18 |
| Jezoar | whiteness, same as Zohar | 1 Chronicles 4:7 |
| Jezrahiah | God will shine, the brightness of God | Nehemiah 12:42 |
| Jezreel | God will sow, God will scatter | Joshua 15:56 |
| Jezreelite | inhabitant of Jezreel | 1 Kings 21:1 |
| Jezreelitess | female inhabitant of Jezreel | 1 Samuel 27:3 |
| Jibsam | pleasant | 1 Chronicles 7:2 |
| Jidlaph | weeping | Genesis 22:22 |
| Jimnah | right hand, prosperity | Genesis 46:17 |
| Jimnites | descendants of Imnah | Numbers 26:44 |
| Jiphtah | whom God sets free, he opens, same as Jephthah | Joshua 15:43 |
| Jiphthahel | God opens | Joshua 19:14 |
| Joab | God is father | 1 Samuel 26:6 |
| Joah | brother of God | 2 Kings 18:18 |
| Joahaz | apprehending, God has grasped, same as Jehoahaz | 2 Chronicles 34:8 |
| Joanna | gift of God | Luke 3:27 |
| Joash | given by God | Judges 6:11 |
| Joatham | God is upright, same as Jotham | Matthew 1:9 |
| Job | persecuted | Genesis 46:13 |
| Jobab | a desert | Genesis 10:29 |
| Jochebed | God is glory | Exodus 6:20 |
| Joed | God is witness | Nehemiah 11:7 |
| Joel | the Eternal is God | 1 Samuel 8:2 |
| Joelah | God aids him, he helps | 1 Chronicles 12:7 |
| Joezer | whose help is God | 1 Chronicles 12:6 |
| Jogbehah | high, lofty | Numbers 32:35 |
| Jogli | led into exile | Numbers 34:22 |
| Joha | God gives life | 1 Chronicles 8:16 |
| Johanan | God has graced | 2 Kings 25:23 |
| John | God has graced, from the Hebrew Johanan | Matthew 3:1 |
| Joiada | God knows, same as Jehoiada | Nehemiah 12:10 |
| Joiakim | God raises up, same as Jehoiakim | Nehemiah 12:10 |
| Joiakim | God raises up | Nehemiah 12:10 |
| Joiarib | God contends | Ezra 8:16 |
| Jokdeam | burning of the people | Joshua 15:56 |
| Jokim | God raises up | 1 Chronicles 4:22 |
| Jokmeam | gathered by the people | 1 Chronicles 6:68 |
| Jokneam | gathered by the people, same as Jokmeam | 1 Kings 4:12 |
| Jokneam | possessed by the people, the people lament | Joshua 12:22 |
| Jokshan | fowler, snarer | Genesis 25:2 |
| Joktan | smallness | Genesis 10:25 |
| Joktheel | subdued by God | Joshua 15:38 |
| Jonadab | God is willing, same as Jehonadab | 2 Samuel 13:3 |
| Jonah | a dove | 2 Kings 14:25 |
| Jonan | God is a gracious giver | Luke 3:30 |
| Jonas | dove, same as Jonah | Matthew 12:39 |
| Jonathan | God has given, same as Jehonathan | Judges 18:30 |
| Jonathelemrechokim | dove of silence, perhaps a reference to the name of a melody? | Psalm 56:1 |
| Joppa | fairness, beautiful, same as Japho | 2 Chronicles 2:16 |
| Jorah | he instructs | Ezra 2:18 |
| Jorai | whom God teaches | 1 Chronicles 5:13 |
| Joram | God is exalted, same as Jehoram | 2 Samuel 8:10 |
| Jordan | to descend | Genesis 13:10 |
| Jorim | whom God has exalted | Luke 3:29 |
| Jorkoam | paleness of the people | 1 Chronicles 2:44 |
| Josabad | God has endowed, same as Jozabad | 1 Chronicles 12:4 |
| Josaphat | whom God judges, same as Jehoshaphat | Matthew 1:8 |
| Jose | he will be sustained by God | Luke 3:29 |
| Josedech | God is righteous, same as Jehozadak | Haggai 1:1 |
| Joseph | God has added, increase | Genesis 30:24 |
| Joses | exalted | Matthew 13:55 |
| Joshah | God makes equal, a form of Joshaviah | 1 Chronicles 4:34 |
| Joshaphat | God judges, same as Jehoshaphat | 1 Chronicles 11:43 |
| Joshaviah | God makes equal | 1 Chronicles 11:46 |
| Joshbekashah | a seat in a hard place | 1 Chronicles 25:4 |
| Joshebbasshebeth | RSV, ASV, etc., dwelling in rest or tranquility, in the KJV this is translated as "sat in the seat" | 2 Samuel 23:8 |
| Joshua | God is salvation, same as Jesus | Exodus 17:9 |
| Josiah | whom God heals | 1 Kings 13:2 |
| Josibiah | God causes to dwell | 1 Chronicles 4:35 |
| Josiphiah | increase of God, God adds | Ezra 8:10 |
| Jotbah | pleasing | 2 Kings 21:19 |
| Jotbath | pleasantness | Deuteronomy 10:7 |
| Jotbathah | pleasantness, same as Jotbath | Numbers 33:33 |
| Jotham | God is upright, God is perfect | Judges 9:5 |
| Jozabad | God has endowed, same as Josabad | 1 Chronicles 12:20 |
| Jozachar | whom God has remembered | 2 Kings 12:21 |
| Jozadak | God is righteous | Ezra 3:2 |
| Jubal | stream | Genesis 4:21 |
| Jucal | God is able | Jeremiah 38:1 |
| Judaea | territory of the tribe of Judah | Matthew 2:1 |
| Judah | the praise of God | Genesis 29:35 |
| Judas | he shall be praised, same as Judah | Matthew 1:2 |
| Jude | he shall be praised, same as Judah | Jude 1:1 |
| Judea | territory of the tribe of Judah | Ezra 5:8 |
| Judith | praised, later it came to mean Jewess | Genesis 26:34 |
| Julia | soft and tender hair | Romans 16:15 |
| Julius | soft-haired | Acts 27:1 |
| Junia | youthful | Romans 16:7 |
| Jupiter | the father that helps, Jupiter is the Roman name and Zeus is the Greek name for the same pagan god | Acts 14:12 |
| Jushabhesed | whose love is returned | 1 Chronicles 3:20 |
| Justus | just or upright | Acts 1:23 |
| Juttah | stretched out | Joshua 15:55 |