Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Zaanaim | removings | Judges 4:11 |
| Zaanan | place of flocks | Micah 1:11 |
| Zaanannim | removings, same as Zaanaim | Joshua 19:33 |
| Zaavan | disturbed, troubled, same as Zavan | Genesis 36:27 |
| Zabad | giver | 1 Chronicles 2:36 |
| Zabbai | pure, innocent, same as Zaccai | Ezra 10:28 |
| Zabbud | given, a spelling variation of Zabud | Ezra 8:14 |
| Zabdi | the gift of God | Joshua 7:1 |
| Zabdiel | the gift of God | 1 Chronicles 27:2 |
| Zabud | given | 1 Kings 4:5 |
| Zabulon | habitation, same as Zebulun | Matthew 4:13 |
| Zaccai | pure, innocent, same as Zabbai | Ezra 2:9 |
| Zacchaeus | pure, in nocent, same as Zaccai | Luke 19:2 |
| Zacchur | mindful | 1 Chronicles 4:26 |
| Zaccur | mindful, same as Zacchur | Numbers 13:4 |
| Zachariah | whom God remembers | 2 Kings 14:29 |
| Zacharias | God remembers, same as Zechariah | Matthew 23:35 |
| Zacher | remembrance | 1 Chronicles 8:31 |
| Zadok | just, righteous | 2 Samuel 8:17 |
| Zaham | loathing | 2 Chronicles 11:19 |
| Zair | little, small | 2 Kings 8:21 |
| Zalaph | fracture, wound | Nehemiah 3:30 |
| Zalmon | shady, same as Salmon | Judges 9:48 |
| Zalmonah | the shade | Numbers 33:41 |
| Zalmunna | to whom shadow (protection) is denied | Judges 8:5 |
| Zamzummims | tribes making a noise, plotters | Deuteronomy 2:20 |
| Zanoah | a marshy place | Joshua 15:34 |
| Zaphnathpaaneah | This is an Egyptian name given to Joseph by Pharaoh. Thus it is pointless to seek a Hebrew language meaning in this name. Speculated meanings for this name range from "saviour of the age" to "revealer of a secret" to "treasury of the glorious rest", etc. It may in fact have been a title rather than a name that Pharaoh gave to Joseph? | Genesis 41:45 |
| Zaphon | the north | Joshua 13:27 |
| Zara | a rising of light, same as Zarah | Matthew 1:3 |
| Zarah | a rising of light, same as Zerah | Genesis 38:30 |
| Zareah | hornet, same as Zorah and Zoreah | Nehemiah 11:29 |
| Zareathites | inhabitants of Zorah, same as Zorathites and Zorites | 1 Chronicles 2:53 |
| Zared | brook of willows, same as Zered | Numbers 21:12 |
| Zarephath | workshop for refining metals | 1 Kings 17:9 |
| Zaretan | their distress, same as Zarthan and Zartanah | Joshua 3:16 |
| Zarethshahar | splendour of the morning | Joshua 13:19 |
| Zarhites | descendants of Zarah | Numbers 26:13 |
| Zartanah | their distress, same as Zaretan | 1 Kings 4:12 |
| Zarthan | their distress, same as Zaretan | 1 Kings 7:46 |
| Zatthu | lovely, pleasant | Nehemiah 10:14 |
| Zattu | lovely, pleasant, same as Zatthu | Ezra 2:8 |
| Zavan | disturbed, troubled, same as Zaavan | 1 Chronicles 1:42 |
| Zaza | prominent, projection, brightness | 1 Chronicles 2:33 |
| Zebadiah | portion of God, gift of God | 1 Chronicles 8:15 |
| Zebah | sacrifice, a slaying | Judges 8:5 |
| Zebaim | This word is never used alone. It is only used twice in the expression "Pochereth of Zebaim" where "Zebaim" means "gazelles". | Ezra 2:57 |
| Zebedee | the gift of God, same as Zabdi | Matthew 4:21 |
| Zebina | purchased | Ezra 10:43 |
| Zeboiim | deer, gazelles | Genesis 14:2 |
| Zeboim | deer, gazelles, same as Zeboiim | Genesis 10:19 |
| Zeboim | hyenas, a different word from Genesis 10:19 | 1 Samuel 13:18 |
| Zebudah | given | 2 Kings 23:36 |
| Zebul | habitation | Judges 9:28 |
| Zebulonites | descendants of Zebulun | Judges 12:11 |
| Zebulun | habitation | Genesis 30:20 |
| Zebulunites | descendants of Zebulun, same as Zebulonites | Numbers 26:27 |
| Zechariah | whom God remembers, same as Zachariah | 1 Chronicles 5:7 |
| Zedad | the side of a mountain | Numbers 34:8 |
| Zedekiah | the justice of God, same as Zidkijah | 1 Kings 22:11 |
| Zeeb | wolf | Judges 7:25 |
| Zela | RSV for Zelah | Joshua 18:28 |
| Zelah | rib, limping | Joshua 18:28 |
| Zelek | a split, a fissure | 2 Samuel 23:37 |
| Zelophehad | fracture, first rupture, perhaps firstborn | Numbers 26:33 |
| Zelotes | zealous | Luke 6:15 |
| Zelzah | shade, shadow | 1 Samuel 10:2 |
| Zemaraim | double fleece of wool | Joshua 18:22 |
| Zemarite | one of the tribes descended from Canaan | Genesis 10:18 |
| Zemira | song | 1 Chronicles 7:8 |
| Zenan | a place of flocks, probably identical with Zaanan | Joshua 15:37 |
| Zenas | This name is probably a contraction of the longer "Zenodoros", meaning "gift of Zeus" | Titus 3:13 |
| Zephaniah | whom God defends or treasures | 2 Kings 25:18 |
| Zephath | watch-tower | Judges 1:17 |
| Zephathah | watch-tower | 2 Chronicles 14:10 |
| Zephi | watch-tower, same as Zepho | 1 Chronicles 1:36 |
| Zepho | watch-tower, same as Zephi | Genesis 36:11 |
| Zephon | a looking out, probably from Ziphion | Numbers 26:15 |
| Zephonites | descendants of Zephon | Numbers 26:15 |
| Zer | flint, narrow | Joshua 19:35 |
| Zerah | a rising of light, same as Zarah | Genesis 36:13 |
| Zerahiah | God has risen, whom God caused to rise | 1 Chronicles 6:6 |
| Zered | brook of willows, same as Zared | Deuteronomy 2:13 |
| Zereda | cooling, perhaps to pierce? | 1 Kings 11:26 |
| Zeredathah | cooling, same as Zereda | 2 Chronicles 4:14 |
| Zererath | This is probably an erroneous transcription of the name Zeredathah. So the intended meaning should be the same as Zeredathah. | Judges 7:22 |
| Zeresh | gold | Esther 5:10 |
| Zereth | splendour | 1 Chronicles 4:7 |
| Zeri | In verse 11 of this chapter Zeri is called "Izri". Zeri means "built" and Izri means "my fashioner". | 1 Chronicles 25:3 |
| Zeror | bundle, or pebble | 1 Samuel 9:1 |
| Zeruah | stricken, from a root word meaning leprous | 1 Kings 11:26 |
| Zerubbabel | born in Babylon | 1 Chronicles 3:19 |
| Zeruiah | balsam | 1 Samuel 26:6 |
| Zetham | olive, a variant spelling of Zethan | 1 Chronicles 23:8 |
| Zethan | olive | 1 Chronicles 7:10 |
| Zethar | Persian origin meaning star | Esther 1:10 |
| Zia | motion, agitation, tumult | 1 Chronicles 5:13 |
| Ziba | statue | 2 Samuel 9:2 |
| Zibeon | having various colours | Genesis 36:2 |
| Zibia | roe, gazelle, doe | 1 Chronicles 8:9 |
| Zibiah | roe, gazelle, doe | 2 Kings 12:1 |
| Zichri | celebrated, famous | Exodus 6:21 |
| Ziddim | downward sloping land | Joshua 19:35 |
| Zidkijah | justice of God, same as Zedekiah | Nehemiah 10:1 |
| Zidon | hunting, same as Sidon | Genesis 49:13 |
| Zidonians | inhabitants of Zidon, same as Sidonians | Judges 10:12 |
| Zif | splendour and brightness, especially of flowers, name of the 2nd month | 1 Kings 6:1 |
| Ziha | drought | Ezra 2:43 |
| Ziklag | bending, winding | Joshua 15:31 |
| Zillah | shadow, shade | Genesis 4:19 |
| Zilpah | a dropping, a trickle | Genesis 29:24 |
| Zilthai | shadow, i.e. protection from God | 1 Chronicles 8:20 |
| Zimmah | plan, purpose | 1 Chronicles 6:20 |
| Zimran | song, musician | Genesis 25:2 |
| Zimri | celebrated in song | Numbers 25:14 |
| Zin | a low palm tree | Numbers 13:21 |
| Zina | well-fed | 1 Chronicles 23:10 |
| Zion | sunny place, sunny mountain, same as Sion | 2 Samuel 5:7 |
| Zior | smallness | Joshua 15:54 |
| Ziph | borrowed, flowing, battlement | Joshua 15:24 |
| Ziphah | battlement | 1 Chronicles 4:16 |
| Ziphims | smelters, inhabitants of Ziph, same as Ziphites | Psalm 54:1 |
| Ziphion | a looking out, probably the source for Zephon | Genesis 46:16 |
| Ziphites | smelters, inhabitants of Ziph | 1 Samuel 23:19 |
| Ziphron | sweet smell, fragrance | Numbers 34:9 |
| Zippor | sparrow | Numbers 22:2 |
| Zipporah | a little bird | Exodus 2:21 |
| Zithri | protection of God | Exodus 6:22 |
| Ziz | flower, plate | 2 Chronicles 20:16 |
| Ziza | abundance | 1 Chronicles 4:37 |
| Zizah | abundance | 1 Chronicles 23:11 |
| Zoan | removings | Numbers 13:22 |
| Zoar | little, smallness | Genesis 13:10 |
| Zoba | a station | 2 Samuel 10:6 |
| Zobah | a station, same as Zoba | 1 Samuel 14:47 |
| Zobebah | walking slowly | 1 Chronicles 4:8 |
| Zohar | white, perhaps tawny, same as Jezoar | Genesis 23:8 |
| Zoheleth | serpent | 1 Kings 1:9 |
| Zoheth | of uncertain origin, perhaps strong? | 1 Chronicles 4:20 |
| Zophah | a cruse | 1 Chronicles 7:35 |
| Zophai | honey dropping from a comb, same as Zuph | 1 Chronicles 6:26 |
| Zophar | sparrow, as one who chirps | Job 2:11 |
| Zophim | watchman | Numbers 23:14 |
| Zorah | hornet, same as Zareah and Zoreah | Joshua 19:41 |
| Zorathites | inhabitants of Zorah, same as Zareathites | 1 Chronicles 4:2 |
| Zoreah | hornet, same as Zorah | Joshua 15:33 |
| Zorites | inhabitants of Zorah, same as Zareathites | 1 Chronicles 2:54 |
| Zorobabel | born in Babylon, same as Zerubbabel | Matthew 1:12 |
| Zuar | littleness | Numbers 1:8 |
| Zuph | honey dropping from a comb, same as Zophai | 1 Samuel 1:1 |
| Zur | stone, small rock | Numbers 25:15 |
| Zuriel | whose rock is God | Numbers 3:35 |
| Zurishaddai | the Almighty is my rock | Numbers 1:6 |
| Zuzims | restless | Genesis 14:5 |