Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Taanach | sandy soil, same as Tanach | Joshua 12:21 |
| Taanathshilo | approach to Shiloh | Joshua 16:6 |
| Taarea | JPS for Tarea, chamber of a neighbour | 1 Chronicles 8:35 |
| Tabbaoth | rings | Ezra 2:43 |
| Tabbath | renowned, celebrated | Judges 7:22 |
| Tabeal | pleasing to God | Isaiah 7:6 |
| Tabeel | pleasing to God, same as Tabeal | Ezra 4:7 |
| Taberah | burning | Numbers 11:3 |
| Tabitha | gazelle | Acts 9:36 |
| Tabor | broken region, stone quarry | Joshua 19:22 |
| Tabrimon | who pleases Rimmon | 1 Kings 15:18 |
| Tachmonite | sagacious, make me wise | 2 Samuel 23:8 |
| Tadmor | the palm tree, same as Tamar | 1 Kings 9:18 |
| Tahan | a camp | Numbers 26:35 |
| Tahanites | descendants of Tahan | Numbers 26:35 |
| Tahapanes | Egyptian origin , head of the age, same as Tahpanhes | Jeremiah 2:16 |
| Tahath | fear; going down | Numbers 33:26 |
| Tahchemonite | ASV, JPS, etc., same as Tachmonite | 2 Samuel 23:8 |
| Tahpanhes | head of the age, same as Tahapanes | Jeremiah 43:7 |
| Tahpenes | head of the age | 1 Kings 11:19 |
| Tahrea | cunning | 1 Chronicles 9:41 |
| Tahtimhodshi | lowest moon | 2 Samuel 24:6 |
| Talitha cumi | Aramaic for: young woman arise | Mark 5:41 |
| Talmai | abounding in furrows | Numbers 13:22 |
| Talmon | oppressed | 1 Chronicles 9:17 |
| Tamah | laughter, same as Thamah | Nehemiah 7:55 |
| Tamar | ASV, RSV for Tadmor, palm tree | 1 Kings 9:18 |
| Tamar | a different Hebrew word, also palm tree | Genesis 38:6 |
| Tammuz | perhaps sprout of life?, pagan deity | Ezekiel 8:14 |
| Tanach | sandy soil, same as Taanach | Joshua 21:25 |
| Tanhumeth | consolation | 2 Kings 25:23 |
| Taphath | drop of ointment | 1 Kings 4:11 |
| Tappuah | a place of apples | Joshua 12:17 |
| Tarah | uncertain derivation, same as Terah | Numbers 33:27 |
| Taralah | reeling | Joshua 18:27 |
| Tarea | chamber of a neighbour | 1 Chronicles 8:35 |
| Tarpelites | wondrous mountain, inhabitants of Tarpel | Ezra 4:9 |
| Tarshish | yellow jasper, same as Tharshish | Genesis 10:4 |
| Tarsus | a flat basket | Acts 9:11 |
| Tartak | prince of darkness, pagan deity | 2 Kings 17:31 |
| Tartan | a military title like general | 2 Kings 18:17 |
| Tartarus | Young's Translation for "hell" in KJV, a place of restraint for demons | 2 Peter 2:4 |
| Tatnai | a gift | Ezra 5:3 |
| Tebah | a slaughter of cattle | Genesis 22:24 |
| Tebaliah | whom God has immersed, i.e. purified | 1 Chronicles 26:11 |
| Tebeth | goodness, name of the 10th month | Esther 2:16 |
| Tehaphnehes | head of the age, same as Tahapanes | Ezekiel 30:18 |
| Tehinnah | entreaty, supplication | 1 Chronicles 4:12 |
| Tekel | to be weighed | Daniel 5:25 |
| Tekoa | a pitching of tents, a stockade | 1 Chronicles 2:24 |
| Tekoah | a pitching of tents, a stockade, same as Tekoa | 2 Samuel 14:2 |
| Tekoite | inhabitant of Tekoa | 2 Samuel 23:26 |
| Telabib | hill of green growth, hill of ears of grain | Ezekiel 3:15 |
| Telah | fracture | 1 Chronicles 7:25 |
| Telaim | young lambs | 1 Samuel 15:4 |
| Telassar | Assyrian hill, same as Thelasar | Isaiah 37:12 |
| Telem | oppression | Joshua 15:24 |
| Telharesha | hill of wood, hill of workmanship | Nehemiah 7:61 |
| Telharsa | hill of wood, same as Telharesha | Ezra 2:59 |
| Telmelah | heap of salt | Ezra 2:59 |
| Tema | desert | Genesis 25:15 |
| Teman | the south | Genesis 36:11 |
| Temani | inhabitant of Teman | Genesis 36:34 |
| Temanites | inhabitants of Teman, same as Temani | 1 Chronicles 1:45 |
| Temeni | southern | 1 Chronicles 4:6 |
| Terah | uncertain derivation, same as Tarah | Genesis 11:24 |
| Teraphim | idolatrous images | Judges 17:5 |
| Terebinth | RSV, elm tree, translated in KJV as "teil tree" in Isaiah 5:13 and as "elms" in Hosea 4:13 | Isaiah 5:13 |
| Teresh | severe, strictness | Esther 2:21 |
| Tertius | third | Romans 16:22 |
| Tertullus | triple hardened | Acts 24:1 |
| Tetrarch | governor of a fourth part of a region | Matthew 14:1 |
| Thaddaeus | courageous | Matthew 10:3 |
| Thaddeus | Young's and Webster's for Thaddaeus | Matthew 10:3 |
| Thahash | skins, or the colour of skins | Genesis 22:24 |
| Thamah | laughter, same as Tamah | Ezra 2:53 |
| Thamar | palm tree, same as Tamar | Matthew 1:3 |
| Thara | same as Terah, of uncertain derivation | Luke 3:34 |
| Tharshish | yellow jasper, same as Tarshish | 1 Kings 10:22 |
| Thebez | brightness, conspicuous | Judges 9:50 |
| Thelasar | Assyrian hill, same as Telassar | 2 Kings 19:12 |
| Theophilus | friend of God | Luke 1:3 |
| Thessalonians | inhabitants of Thessalonica | Acts 20:4 |
| Thessalonica | the victory of Thessalia, or perhaps (according to Strabo) named after the wife of Cassander and daughter of Philip? | Acts 17:1 |
| Theudas | God given | Acts 5:36 |
| Thomas | a twin | Matthew 10:3 |
| Thummim | perfections | Exodus 28:30 |
| Thyatira | a perfume, an odour | Acts 16:14 |
| Tiberias | from the Tiber (the pagan river god) | John 6:1 |
| Tiberius | from the Tiber | Luke 3:1 |
| Tibhath | slaughter of cattle | 1 Chronicles 18:8 |
| Tibni | building of God | 1 Kings 16:21 |
| Tidal | fear, reverence | Genesis 14:1 |
| Tiglathpileser | lord of the Tigris river, same as Tilgathpilneser | 2 Kings 15:29 |
| Tikvah | hope, expectation, same as Tikvath | 2 Kings 22:14 |
| Tikvath | hope, expectation | 2 Chronicles 34:22 |
| Tilgathpilneser | lord of the Tigris river | 1 Chronicles 5:6 |
| Tilon | suspension | 1 Chronicles 4:20 |
| Timaeus | highly prized | Mark 10:46 |
| Timna | restrained | Genesis 36:12 |
| Timnah | restrained, same as Timna | Genesis 36:40 |
| Timnath | image; figure; enumeration | Genesis 38:12 |
| Timnathheres | portion of the sun; the more correct form for this name is, according to Gesenius, Timnathserah | Judges 2:9 |
| Timnathserah | abundant portion; this is the more correct form for this name | Joshua 19:50 |
| Timnite | inhabitant of Timnath | Judges 15:6 |
| Timon | honorable | Acts 6:5 |
| Timotheus | valued of God, honouring God, same as Timothy | Acts 16:1 |
| Timothy | valued of God, same as Timotheus | 1 Timothy 1:2 |
| Tiphsah | passage, crossing | 1 Kings 4:24 |
| Tiras | desire | Genesis 10:2 |
| Tirathites | men of the gate | 1 Chronicles 2:55 |
| Tirhakah | he searches those who wait | 2 Kings 19:9 |
| Tirhanah | favour | 1 Chronicles 2:48 |
| Tiria | fearful | 1 Chronicles 4:16 |
| Tirshatha | title for a Persian governor meaning "his severity" | Ezra 2:63 |
| Tirzah | pleasantness | Numbers 26:33 |
| Tishbite | seek recourse, inhabitant of a town Tishbe or Tishbi? | 1 Kings 17:1 |
| Titus | of uncertain meaning, perhaps care-giver? | 2 Corinthians 2:13 |
| Tizite | inhabitant of Tiz | 1 Chronicles 11:45 |
| Toah | humble, lowly | 1 Chronicles 6:34 |
| Tob | good | Judges 11:3 |
| Tobadonijah | my God is good | 2 Chronicles 17:8 |
| Tobiah | God is good | Ezra 2:60 |
| Tobijah | God is good, same as Tobiah | 2 Chronicles 17:8 |
| Tochen | measurement | 1 Chronicles 4:32 |
| Togarmah | you will break her | Genesis 10:3 |
| Tohu | lowly | 1 Samuel 1:1 |
| Toi | to wander, to err, same as Tou | 2 Samuel 8:9 |
| Tola | worm | Genesis 46:13 |
| Tolad | a generation, posterity | 1 Chronicles 4:29 |
| Tolaites | descendants of Tola | Numbers 26:23 |
| Tophel | lime, cement | Deuteronomy 1:1 |
| Tophet | place of burning (the dead) | Isaiah 30:33 |
| Topheth | place of burning (the dead) | 2 Kings 23:10 |
| Tou | to wander, to err, same as Toi | 1 Chronicles 18:9 |
| Trachonitis | a rough region | Luke 3:1 |
| Troas | penetrated, a Trojan | Acts 16:8 |
| Trogyllium | a cache | Acts 20:15 |
| Trophimus | nutritious | Acts 20:4 |
| Tryphena | luxurious | Romans 16:12 |
| Tryphosa | grow vigorously | Romans 16:12 |
| Tubal | brought forth | Genesis 10:2 |
| Tubalcain | brought forth from Cain | Genesis 4:22 |
| Tychicus | fortuitous | Acts 20:4 |
| Tyrannus | absolute ruler | Acts 19:9 |
| Tyre | rock | Joshua 19:29 |
| Tyrians | RSV, Young's for people of Tyre | 1 Chronicles 22:4 |
| Tyrus | rock, same as Tyre | Jeremiah 25:22 |