Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Ebal | void of leaves, bare mountain | Genesis 36:23 |
| Ebed | a servant | Judges 9:26 |
| Ebedmelech | the king's servant | Jeremiah 38:7 |
| Ebenezer | the stone of help | 1 Samuel 4:1 |
| Eber | the region beyond | Genesis 10:21 |
| Ebiasaph | a father that gathers | 1 Chronicles 6:23 |
| Ebronah | passage over | Numbers 33:34-35 |
| Ecclesiastes | Title adopted from the opening words of this book in the Latin Vulgate version, which is the Latin rendition of the Greek word "Ekklesiastou" in the LXX, meaning "a preacher". The Hebrew word "Koheleth" in this verse means "Speaker" rather than "Preacher". | Ecclesiastes 1:1 |
| Ed | witness | Joshua 22:34 |
| Edar | tower of the flock, same as Migdal-eder in JPS | Genesis 35:21 |
| Eden | pleasure | Genesis 2:8 |
| Eder | a flock | Joshua 15:21 |
| Edom | red | Genesis 25:30 |
| Edrei | strong, goodly pasture | Numbers 21:33 |
| Eglah | heifer | 2 Samuel 3:5 |
| Eglaim | two pools, double reservoir | Isaiah 15:8 |
| Eglon | heifer, same as Eglah | Joshua 10:3 |
| Egypt | land of Mizraim, a son of Ham | Genesis 12:10 |
| Ehud | joining together, or I will give thanks | Judges 3:15 |
| Eker | offspring | 1 Chronicles 2:27 |
| Ekron | eradication, torn away | Joshua 13:3 |
| Eladah | whom God puts on, God has adorned | 1 Chronicles 7:20 |
| Elah | an oak | Genesis 36:41 |
| Elam | eternity | Genesis 10:22 |
| Elasah | the doings of God, God has made | Ezra 10:22 |
| Elath | a grove of trees | Deuteronomy 2:8 |
| Elbethel | the God of Bethel, the God of the house of God | Genesis 35:7 |
| Eldaah | knowledge of God | Genesis 25:4 |
| Eldad | love of God | Numbers 11:26 |
| Elead | witness of God, God has testified | 1 Chronicles 7:21 |
| Elealeh | where God ascends | Numbers 32:3 |
| Eleasah | the doings of God, God has made | 1 Chronicles 2:39 |
| Eleazar | God has helped | Exodus 6:23 |
| Elelohe-Israel | the mighty God of Israel | Genesis 33:20 |
| Eleph | a thousand | Joshua 18:28 |
| Elhanan | God has been gracious | 2 Samuel 21:19 |
| Eli | ascension | 1 Samuel 1:3 |
| Eli, Eli | my God, my God | Matthew 27:46 |
| Eliab | God is the father | Numbers 1:9 |
| Eliada | knowledge of God, God knows | 2 Samuel 5:16 |
| Eliah | God is the Eternal | 1 Chronicles 8:27 |
| Eliahba | whom God hides | 2 Samuel 23:32 |
| Eliakim | whom God has set, God raises | 2 Kings 18:18 |
| Eliam | God of the people | 2 Samuel 11:3 |
| Elias | God is the Eternal, same as Elijah | Matthew 11:14 |
| Eliasaph | God increases, God has added | Numbers 1:14 |
| Eliashib | God restores | 1 Chronicles 3:24 |
| Eliathah | God has come | 1 Chronicles 25:4 |
| Elidad | God has loved | Numbers 34:21 |
| Eliel | my God is God | 1 Chronicles 5:24 |
| Elienai | the God of my eyes | 1 Chronicles 8:20 |
| Eliezer | God is help | Genesis 15:2 |
| Elihoreph | God of winter | 1 Kings 4:3 |
| Elihu | he is my God | 1 Samuel 1:1 |
| Elijah | God is the Eternal, same as Eliah | 1 Kings 17:1 |
| Elika | my God rejects | 2 Samuel 23:25 |
| Elim | palms | Exodus 15:27 |
| Elimelech | my God is king | Ruth 1:2 |
| Elioenai | toward God are my eyes | 1 Chronicles 3:23 |
| Eliphal | whom God judges | 1 Chronicles 11:35 |
| Eliphalet | the God of deliverance | 2 Samuel 5:16 |
| Eliphaz | to whom God is strength | Genesis 36:4 |
| Elipheleh | God sets him apart | 1 Chronicles 15:18 |
| Eliphelet | God is deliverance, same as Eliphalet | 2 Samuel 23:34 |
| Elisabeth | the oath, or fullness, of God | Luke 1:5 |
| Eliseus | same as Elisha, God his salvation | Luke 4:27 |
| Elisha | God is salvation | 1 Kings 19:16 |
| Elishah | God of the coming one | Genesis 10:4 |
| Elishama | God has heard | Numbers 1:10 |
| Elishaphat | my God judges | 2 Chronicles 23:1 |
| Elisheba | God has sworn | Exodus 6:23 |
| Elishua | God is my salvation | 2 Samuel 5:15 |
| Eliud | God is my praise, God of glory | Matthew 1:14 |
| Elizaphan | my God has protected | Numbers 3:30 |
| Elizur | my God is a rock | Numbers 1:5 |
| Elkanah | whom God possessed | Exodus 6:24 |
| Elkoshite | a man of Elkosh, God the ensnarer | Nahum 1:1 |
| Ellasar | God is chastener | Genesis 14:1 |
| Elmodam | the God of measure | Luke 3:28 |
| Elnaam | God is delight | 1 Chronicles 11:46 |
| Elnathan | God has given | 2 Kings 24:8 |
| Elohim | Darby translation, the word usually translated "God" | Genesis 2:4 |
| Eloi | Aramaic for "my God" | Mark 15:34 |
| Elon | oak | Genesis 26:34 |
| Elonbethhanan | oak of the house of grace | 1 Kings 4:9 |
| Elonites | one of the clan of Elon | Numbers 26:26 |
| Elpaal | God is makes | 1 Chronicles 8:11 |
| Elpalet | God is deliverance, same as Eliphalet | 1 Chronicles 14:5 |
| Elparan | palm of Paran | Genesis 14:6 |
| Eltekeh | to which God is fear | Joshua 19:44 |
| Eltekon | God is straight | Joshua 15:59 |
| Eltolad | whose posterity is from God, God's generations | Joshua 15:30 |
| Elul | nothingness, name of the 6th month | Nehemiah 6:15 |
| Eluzai | God is my strength | 1 Chronicles 12:5 |
| Elymas | a magician, a wise man | Acts 13:8 |
| Elzabad | the dowry of God, God has given | 1 Chronicles 12:12 |
| Elzaphan | my God has protected | Exodus 6:22 |
| Emath | Douay translation of "Hamath", fortress | Numbers 13:21 |
| Ematrabba | LXX English translation for "Hamath the great" in KJV | Amos 6:2 |
| Emims | fears, terrors | Genesis 14:5 |
| Emmanuel | God with us | Matthew 1:23 |
| Emmaus | warm baths, a village 4 miles from Jerusalem | Luke 24:13 |
| Emmor | an ass | Acts 7:16 |
| En-Harod | JPS, in the KJV = "well of Harod" | Judges 7:1 |
| Enam | two fountains | Joshua 15:34 |
| Enan | having eyes | Numbers 1:15 |
| Endor | fountain of Dor | Joshua 17:11 |
| Eneglaim | fountain of the two calves | Ezekiel 47:10 |
| Engannim | eye, or fountain, of protection or of gardens | Joshua 15:34 |
| Engedi | fountain of the kid | Joshua 15:62 |
| Enhaddah | swift fountain | Joshua 19:21 |
| Enhakkore | fountain of him that called | Judges 15:19 |
| Enhazor | fount of Hazor, fount of the castle | Joshua 19:37 |
| Enmishpat | fountain of judgment | Genesis 14:7 |
| Enoch | dedicated | Genesis 4:17 |
| Enos | man | Genesis 4:26 |
| Enrimmon | fountain of the pomegranate | Nehemiah 11:29 |
| Enrogel | the fuller's fountain | Joshua 15:7 |
| Enshemesh | fountain of the sun | Joshua 15:7 |
| Entappuah | fountain of the apple tree | Joshua 17:7 |
| Epaenetus | laudable; worthy of praise | Romans 16:5 |
| Epaphras | lovely | Colossians 1:7 |
| Epaphroditus | lovely | Philippians 2:25 |
| Ephah | weary, gloomy | Genesis 25:4 |
| Epher | calf, young animal | Genesis 25:4 |
| Ephesdammim | edge of blood | 1 Samuel 17:1 |
| Ephesus | desirable, permitted | Acts 18:19 |
| Ephlal | intercessor | 1 Chronicles 2:37 |
| Ephod | garment of the high priest | Exodus 25:7 |
| Ephphatha | Aramaic for "be opened" | Mark 7:34 |
| Ephraim | double land, double fruit | Genesis 41:52 |
| Ephraimite | of the tribe of Ephraim | Judges 12:5 |
| Ephratah | abundance, place of fruitfulness | Ruth 4:11 |
| Ephrath | abundance, place of fruitfulness | Genesis 35:16 |
| Ephrathites | same as Ephraimites | Ruth 1:2 |
| Ephron | belonging to a calf | Genesis 23:8 |
| Epicurean | follower of Epicurus, helper, defender | Acts 17:18 |
| Er | awake | Genesis 38:3 |
| Eran | watcher | Numbers 26:36 |
| Erastus | lovely, beloved | Acts 19:22 |
| Erech | length | Genesis 10:10 |
| Eri | watchful | Genesis 46:16 |
| Esaias | same as Isaiah, God's help | Matthew 3:3 |
| Esarhaddon | Ashur has given a brother | 2 Kings 19:37 |
| Esau | hairy | Genesis 25:25 |
| Esdraelon | Greek name for the plain of Jezreel | |
| Esek | contention | Genesis 26:20 |
| Eshbaal | a man of Baal | 1 Chronicles 8:33 |
| Eshban | fire of discernment | Genesis 36:26 |
| Eshcol | bunch of grapes, cluster | Genesis 14:13 |
| Eshean | held up, support | Joshua 15:52 |
| Eshek | oppressor | 1 Chronicles 8:39 |
| Eshkalonites | inhabitant of Ashkelon, fire of infamy | Joshua 13:3 |
| Eshtaol | petition, request | Joshua 15:33 |
| Eshtaulites | inhabitants of Eshtaol | 1 Chronicles 2:53 |
| Eshtemoa | I will make myself heard | Joshua 21:14 |
| Eshtemoh | I will make myself heard | Joshua 15:50 |
| Eshton | uxorious, womanly | 1 Chronicles 4:11 |
| Esli | reserved for God | Luke 3:25 |
| Esrom | enclosed, same as Hezron | Matthew 1:3 |
| Essenes | Jewish mystical and ascetic sect, not mentioned in the Bible but discussed at length by Josephus | |
| Esther | star | Esther 2:7 |
| Etam | lair of wild beasts | Judges 15:8 |
| Etham | ploughshare | Exodus 13:20 |
| Ethan | enduring | 1 Kings 4:31 |
| Ethanim | enduring, name of the 7th month now called "Tishri" | 1 Kings 8:2 |
| Ethbaal | towards or with Baal | 1 Kings 16:31 |
| Ether | abundant | Joshua 15:42 |
| Ethiopia | black | Genesis 2:13 |
| Ethiopians | people of Ethiopia | 2 Chronicles 12:3 |
| Ethkazin | RSV for Ittahkazin, time of the judge | Joshua 19:13 |
| Ethnan | the hire of unchastity | 1 Chronicles 4:7 |
| Ethni | my hire | 1 Chronicles 6:41 |
| Eubulus | prudent | 2 Timothy 4:21 |
| Eunice | good victory | 2 Timothy 1:5 |
| Euodias | sweet scent, fragrant | Philippians 4:2 |
| Euphrates | fruitfulness | Genesis 2:14 |
| Euroclydon | a violent north-east wind, called "euroaquilo" in the Latin Vulgate version, literally "raging east wind" | Acts 27:14 |
| Eutychus | fortunate | Acts 20:9 |
| Eve | living | Genesis 3:20 |
| Evi | my desire | Numbers 31:8 |
| Evilmerodach | man of Merodach | 2 Kings 25:27 |
| Exodus | going out, departure, name of 2nd Book of the Old Testament, used in the text of the RSV | Hebrews 11:22 |
| Ezbai | my humblings | 1 Chronicles 11:37 |
| Ezbon | hastening to understand | Genesis 46:16 |
| Ezekias | same as Hezekiah, the might of God | Matthew 1:9-10 |
| Ezekiel | God strengthens | Ezekiel 1:3 |
| Ezel | departure | 1 Samuel 20:19 |
| Ezem | a bone, same as Azem | 1 Chronicles 4:29 |
| Ezer | treasure | Genesis 36:21 |
| Eziongaber | backbone of a man | Numbers 33:35 |
| Eziongeber | backbone of a man | 1 Kings 9:26 |
| Eznite | a sharp spear | 2 Samuel 23:8 |
| Ezra | help | 1 Chronicles 4:17 |
| Ezri | the help of God | 1 Chronicles 27:26 |