Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Paarai | opening, gaping; it is more likely that this name should be rendered "Naarai", as it is in 1 Chronicles 11:37, which means handmaid | 2 Samuel 23:35 |
| Pacatiana | in the subscription after this verse, dry, barren | 1 Timothy 6:21 |
| Padan | field | Genesis 48:7 |
| Padanaram | field, same as Padan | Genesis 25:20 |
| Padon | ransom | Ezra 2:44 |
| Pagiel | fortune of God | Numbers 1:13 |
| Pahathmoab | ruler of Moab, perhaps pit of Moab? | Ezra 2:6 |
| Pai | howling, bleating, same as Pau | 1 Chronicles 1:50 |
| Palal | judge | Nehemiah 3:25 |
| Palestina | land of wanderers | Exodus 15:14 |
| Palestine | same as Palestina and as Philistia | Joel 3:4 |
| Pallu | distinguished, same as Phallu | Exodus 6:14 |
| Palluites | descendants of Pallu | Numbers 26:5 |
| Palti | deliverance, same as Phalti | Numbers 13:9 |
| Paltiel | deliverance of God, same as Phaltiel | Numbers 34:26 |
| Paltite | descendant of Palti | 2 Samuel 23:26 |
| Pamphylia | made up of every tribe | Acts 2:10 |
| Pannag | a sweet pastry or cake | Ezekiel 27:17 |
| Paphos | which boils or is very hot | Acts 13:6 |
| Paradise | Persian word meaning a well-watered enclosed garden for hunting and pleasure | Luke 23:43 |
| Parah | village of heifers | Joshua 18:23 |
| Paran | abounding in foliage, or abounding in caves | Genesis 21:21 |
| Parbar | a suburb | 1 Chronicles 26:18 |
| Parmashta | strong-fisted | Esther 9:9 |
| Parmenas | steadfast | Acts 6:5 |
| Parnach | delicate | Numbers 34:25 |
| Parosh | a flea, same as Pharosh | Ezra 2:3 |
| Parshandatha | given by prayer | Esther 9:7 |
| Parthian | inhabitant of Parthia, a pledge | Acts 2:9 |
| Paruah | flourishing | 1 Kings 4:17 |
| Parvaim | oriental regions | 2 Chronicles 3:6 |
| Pasach | cut off | 1 Chronicles 7:33 |
| Pasdammim | portion or boundary of blood | 1 Chronicles 11:13 |
| Paseah | lame, limping, same as Phaseah | 1 Chronicles 4:12 |
| Pashur | freedom | 1 Chronicles 9:12 |
| Passover | sparing, immunity from penalty | Exodus 12:11 |
| Patara | scattering, place of an oracle of Apollo | Acts 21:1 |
| Pathros | region of the south, i.e. upper Egypt | Isaiah 11:11 |
| Pathrusim | inhabitants of Pathros | Genesis 10:14 |
| Patmos | mortal, killing | Revelation 1:9 |
| Patrobas | paternal | Romans 16:14 |
| Pau | howling, bleating, same as Pai | Genesis 36:39 |
| Paul | small, little | Acts 13:9 |
| Paulus | same as Paul | Acts 13:7 |
| Pedahel | ransomed by God | Numbers 34:28 |
| Pedahzur | whom the rock preserved or redeemed | Numbers 1:10 |
| Pedaiah | God has ransomed | 2 Kings 23:36 |
| Pekah | he that opens the eyes | 2 Kings 15:25 |
| Pekahiah | God sees or opens the eyes | 2 Kings 15:22 |
| Pekod | visitation | Jeremiah 50:21 |
| Pelaiah | whom God made distinguished | 1 Chronicles 3:24 |
| Pelaliah | God has judged | Nehemiah 11:12 |
| Pelatiah | whom God delivers | 1 Chronicles 3:21 |
| Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom | JPS for "Wonderful in counsel is God the Mighty, the everlasting Father, the Ruler of peace" | Isaiah 9:6 (9:5) |
| Peleg | division | Genesis 10:25 |
| Pelet | liberation | 1 Chronicles 2:47 |
| Peleth | swiftness | Numbers 16:1 |
| Pelethites | couriers, name for David's guards | 2 Samuel 8:18 |
| Pelonite | a certain one | 1 Chronicles 11:27 |
| Peniel | face of God | Genesis 32:30 |
| Peninnah | precious stone, jewel | 1 Samuel 1:2 |
| Pentateuch | Greek name for the five books of Moses | not used in the Bible |
| Pentecost | fiftieth day | Acts 2:1 |
| Penuel | face of God, same as Peniel | Genesis 32:31 |
| Peor | hiatus, opening, cleft | Numbers 23:28 |
| Perazim | rupture, breach | Isaiah 28:21 |
| Peres | to divide in two | Daniel 5:28 |
| Peresh | horseman, or dung? | 1 Chronicles 7:16 |
| Perez | breach, same as Pharez | 1 Chronicles 27:3 |
| Perezuzza | division or breach of Uzza | 1 Chronicles 13:11 |
| Perezuzzah | same as Perezuzza | 2 Samuel 6:8 |
| Perga | earthy | Acts 13:13 |
| Pergamos | height, elevation | Revelation 1:11 |
| Perida | grain, kernel, same as Peruda | Nehemiah 7:57 |
| Perizzite | belonging to a village | Genesis 13:7 |
| Persia | pure, splendid | 2 Chronicles 36:20 |
| Persian | inhabitant of the Persian empire | Nehemiah 12:22 |
| Persis | means a Persian woman, a Christian in Rome | Romans 16:12 |
| Peruda | grain, kernel, same as Perida | Ezra 2:55 |
| Peter | a small rock | Matthew 4:18 |
| Pethahiah | freed by God | 1 Chronicles 24:16 |
| Pethor | interpretation of dreams | Numbers 22:5 |
| Pethuel | mouth of God, vision of God | Joel 1:1 |
| Petra | Douay translation, a huge rock, rendered in the KJV as "Sela", the Hebrew for "rock" | Isaiah 16:1 |
| Peullethai | ASV, RSV, JPS, etc. for Peulthai | 1 Chronicles 26:5 |
| Peulthai | the wages of God, work | 1 Chronicles 26:5 |
| Phalec | division, same as Peleg | Luke 3:35 |
| Phallu | distinguished, same as Pallu | Genesis 46:9 |
| Phalti | deliverance, same as Palti | 1 Samuel 25:44 |
| Phaltiel | deliverance of God, same as Paltiel | 2 Samuel 3:15 |
| Phanuel | face of God | Luke 2:36 |
| Pharaoh | great house | Genesis 12:15 |
| Pharaohhophra | the great house - covering evil | Jeremiah 44:30 |
| Pharaohnecho | the great house - he is smitten | Jeremiah 46:2 |
| Pharaohnechoh | same as Pharaohnecho | 2 Kings 23:29 |
| Pharez | breach, same as Perez | Genesis 38:29 |
| Pharisees | separatists, those who set themselves apart | Matthew 3:7 |
| Pharosh | a flea, same as Parosh | Ezra 8:3 |
| Pharpar | rapid, swift | 2 Kings 5:12 |
| Pharzites | descendants of Pharez | Numbers 26:20 |
| Phaseah | lame, limping, same as Paseah | Nehemiah 7:51 |
| Phebe | shining, radiant | Romans 16:1 |
| Phenice | land of palm trees | Acts 11:19 |
| Phenicia | same as Phenice | Acts 21:2 |
| Phichol | the mouth of all, i.e. ruling all | Genesis 21:22 |
| Philadelphia | love of a brother | Revelation 1:11 |
| Philemon | one who kisses | Philemon 1:1 |
| Philetus | beloved | 2 Timothy 2:17 |
| Philip | a lover of horses | Matthew 10:3 |
| Philippi | lover of horses, same as Philip | Matthew 16:13 |
| Philistia | land of sojourners, same as Palestine | Psalm 60:8 |
| Philistim | same as Philistines | Genesis 10:14 |
| Philistines | immigrants | Genesis 21:32 |
| Philologus | a lover of the word | Romans 16:15 |
| Phinehas | mouth of brass | Exodus 6:25 |
| Phlegon | zealous, burning | Romans 16:14 |
| Phoebe | ASV, RSV, etc. for Phebe, shining, radiant | Romans 16:1 |
| Phoenicia | ASV, RSV, etc. for Phenicia | Acts 11:19 |
| Phoenix | ASV, RSV, palm tree | Acts 27:12 |
| Phrygia | dry, barren | Acts 2:10 |
| Phurah | that bears fruit, or grows | Judges 7:10 |
| Phut | a bow, same as Put | Genesis 10:6 |
| Phuvah | mouth, same as Puah | Genesis 46:13 |
| Phygellus | fugitive | 2 Timothy 1:15 |
| Phylacteries | a guard-case for wearing slips of Scripture texts | Matthew 23:5 |
| Pibeseth | mouth of loathing | Ezekiel 30:17 |
| Pihahiroth | Egyptian word, a place adorned with green grass | Exodus 14:2 |
| Pilate | armed with a spear | Matthew 27:2 |
| Pildash | flame of fire | Genesis 22:22 |
| Pileha | a slice | Nehemiah 10:24 |
| Piltai | deliverance | Nehemiah 12:17 |
| Pinon | darkness, obscurity | Genesis 36:41 |
| Piram | like a wild ass | Joshua 10:3 |
| Pirathon | prince, princely | Judges 12:15 |
| Pirathonite | inhabitant of Pirathon | Judges 12:13 |
| Pisgah | a part, a fragment | Numbers 21:20 |
| Pisidia | pitch, pitchy | Acts 13:14 |
| Pison | water poured forth, overflowing | Genesis 2:11 |
| Pispah | disappearance | 1 Chronicles 7:38 |
| Pithom | city of justice | Exodus 1:11 |
| Pithon | harmless | 1 Chronicles 8:35 |
| Pochereth of Zebaim | snaring gazelles in a net | Ezra 2:57 |
| Pocherethhazzebaim | RSV, ASV, etc. for Pochereth of Zebaim | Ezra 2:57 |
| Pontius | of the sea | Matthew 27:2 |
| Pontus | the sea | Acts 2:9 |
| Poratha | fruitfulness | Esther 9:8 |
| Porcius (Festus) | (festival) of pigs | Acts 24:27 |
| Potiphar | belonging to the sun | Genesis 37:36 |
| Potipherah | who belongs to the sun | Genesis 41:45 |
| Prisca | ancient, short form of Priscilla | 2 Timothy 4:19 |
| Priscilla | ancient | Acts 18:2 |
| Prochorus | he that presides over the chorus | Acts 6:5 |
| Ptolemais | warlike | Acts 21:7 |
| Pua | mouth | Numbers 26:23 |
| Puah | mouth, same as Pua | Exodus 1:15 |
| Publius | popular, common | Acts 28:7-8 |
| Pudens | modest | 2 Timothy 4:21 |
| Puhites | openness | 1 Chronicles 2:53 |
| Pul | distinguished | 2 Kings 15:19 |
| Punites | descendants of Puah | Numbers 26:23 |
| Punon | darkness, obscurity | Numbers 33:42 |
| Pur | casting a lot | Esther 3:7 |
| Purim | plural of Pur, casting lots | Esther 9:26 |
| Put | a bow, same as Phut | 1 Chronicles 1:8 |
| Puteoli | sulphurous wells | Acts 28:13 |
| Putiel | afflicted by God | Exodus 6:25 |