List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, A–K

Abagtha was a court official or eunuch of king Ahasuerus who was commanded along with 6 other officials to parade queen Vashti to go before the king. (Esther 1:10)

The name Abda means servant, or perhaps is an abbreviated form of servant of YHWH.^[1] There are two people by this name in the Hebrew Bible.

• An Abda mentioned in passing when Solomon set Adoniram son of Abda in charge of forced labor for Solomon's building projects (1 Kings 4:6). The forced labor is referred to by the word "levy" in the Revised Version and "tribute" in the King James Version.
• ALevite of the family of Jeduthun (Nehemiah 11:17), also called Obadiah (1 Chronicles 9:16). He was the son of Shammua and served in Jerusalem under Nehemiah.^[2]

Where the Masoretic Text has Abda, the Septuagint, depending on the location and manuscript, has names such as Abao, Ephra, Edram, Ioreb, Obeb, and Abdias.^[3]

Abdeel (Hebrew עַבְדְּאֵל "servant of God"; akin to Arabic عبد الله Abdullah^[4]) is mentioned in Jeremiah 36:26 as the father of Shelemiah, one of three men who were commanded by King Jehoiakim to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his secretary Baruch.^[5] The Septuagint omits the phrase "and Shelemiah son of Abdeel", probably a scribal error due to homoioteleuton.^[6]

The name Abdi (Hebrew עַבְדִּי) is probably an abbreviation of Obediah, meaning "servant of YHWH", according to the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.^[7] Easton's Bible Encyclopedia, on the other hand, holds that it means "my servant". The name "Abdi" appears three times in forms of the Bible that are in use among Jews, Protestants, and Roman Catholics. There is also one additional appearance in 1 Esdras, considered canonical in Eastern Orthodox Churches.

1. 1 Chronicles 6:29: "And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch."^[8] This verse, in the King James Version and some other Bibles, is verse 44 of chapter 6.
2. 2 Chronicles 29:12. "Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah."^[8]
3. Ezra 10:26. "And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah."^[8]
4. 1 Esdras 9:27, where the name appears in the Hellenized form Oabd[e]ios.^[9] "Of the sons of Elam: Matthanias and Zacharias and Iezrielos and Obadios and Ieremoth and Elias."^[10]

According to Cheyne and Black (1899), the two occurrences in the Books of Chronicles refer to a single individual, and the references in Ezra and 1 Esdras are to a second individual.^[11]

Abdiel was the son of Guni and the father of Ahi according to 1 Chronicles 5:15. He came from the tribe of Gad; A Gadite who lived in Gilead or in Bashan, and whose name was reckoned in genealogies of the time of Jotham, king of Judah, or of Jeroboam II king of Israel.

Abdon (Hebrew עַבְדּוֹן from עָבַד "to serve") is the name of four biblical individuals. It is a diminutive form of the name Ebed.^[12]

1. An Abdon in the book of Judges: see the article Abdon (Judges).
2. The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned only in passing in genealogies (1 Chronicles 8:30, 9:36).
3. Abdon the son of Micah. Josiah sent him, among others, to the prophetess Huldah, in order to discern the meaning of the recently rediscovered book of the law (2 Chronicles 34:20). He is referred to as Achbor in 2 Kings 22:12.
4. Abdon son of Sashak. He is only mentioned as a name in a genealogy (1 Chronicles 8:23).^[13]

In addition to its use as a personal name, the proper name "Abdon" is used for a Levitical city mentioned in Joshua 21:30 and 1 Chronicles 6:74 (6:59 in the New American Bible (Revised Edition)).^[14][15]

See Abijah

See Abijah

See Abiel

Abiasaph (Hebrew אֲבִיאָסָף "my father has gathered") was a son of Korah of the Tribe of Levi according to Exodus 6:24, born in Egypt. Ebiasaph is a spelling variation of Abiasaph.

Abida, AbidahorAbeida,^[16] a son of Midian and descendant of Abraham and Keturah, appears twice in the Bible, in Genesis 25:4 and 1 Chronicles 1:33.^[17] The sons of Abraham's concubines were sent away to the east with gifts from Abraham.^[18] The father of Hudino, the great-grandfather of Jethro.

Abiel (Hebrew אֲבִיאֵל "my father is God") was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible:

• Son of Zeror, of the tribe of Benjamin, he was the grandfather of King Saul and of his commander Abner. 1 Samuel 9
• An Arbathite, one of King David's Warriors who was known for his bravery. 1 Chronicles 11:32

AbiezerorAbieezer is the name of three Biblical characters. The name means "father of help" i.e., helpful. The characters are:

• The prince of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (Numbers 1:12).
• The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead, also called Jeezer (Numbers 26:30). He was the grandson of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Joshua 17:2; Judges 6:34 and 8:2). In Judges 6:15, Gideon describes his clan, the Abiezrites, as "the weakest in [the tribe of] Manasseh" .
• One of King David's thirty warriors (2 Samuel 23:27; 1 Chronicles 27:12) a Benjamite from Anathoth.

Abihail may refer to one of five different people mentioned in the Bible:

• Abihail the Levite lived during the time of the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness. He was the head of the house of Merari and Levi's youngest son. (Numbers 3:35)
• Abihail was the wife of Abishur of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:29)
• Abihail, from GileadofBashan, was head of the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:14)
• Abihail was the daughter of David's brother Eliab. She was married to David's son Jerimoth and became mother of Rehoboam's wife Mahalath. (2 Chronicles 11:18)
• Abihail was the father of Queen Esther and uncle of Mordecai. (Esther 2:15; Esther 9:29)

Abihud was a figure mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8:3 as the son of Bela the son of Benjamin. He is also called Ahihud. Another individual named Abihud is mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew as an ancestor of Jesus. But this Abihud is not listed in the Old Testament.

Abijah (Hebrew אֲבִיָּה "my father is YHWH") is the name of five minor biblical individuals:

• Abijah,^[19] who married King Ahaz of Judah. She is also called Abi.^[20] Her father's name was Zechariah; she was the mother of King Hezekiah^[21]
• A wife of Hezron, one of the grandchildren of Judah^[22]
• A son of Becher, the son of Benjamin^[23]
• The second son of Samuel.^[24] His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beersheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a monarchy.
• A descendant of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, a chief of the eighth of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by David and an ancestor of Zechariah, the priest who was the father of John the Baptist.^[25] The order of Abijah is listed with the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Joshua.^[26]

This name (possibly) appeared on the Gezer Calendar, a Paleo-Hebrew inscription dating to the 9th or 10th Century BC, making it one of the earliest if not the earliest Yahwistic theophoric names outside the Bible.^[27]

InGenesis 10:28, Abimael (Hebrew אֲבִֽימָאֵ֖ל) is the ninth of the 13 sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem. He is also mentioned in 1 Chronicles 1:22. Abimael means "God is a father."^[28]

Abinadab (Hebrew אֲבִינָדָב "my father apportions" or "the father [i.e. god of the clan] is munificent")^[29] refers to four biblical characters. Where the Hebrew text reads Avinadav, Greek manuscripts of the Septuagint read Am(e)inadaborAbin.^[29] but Brenton's translation of the Septuagint reads "Abinadab".

1. A man of Kiriath-Jearim, in whose house on a hill the Ark of the Covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines.^[30] "It is most likely that this Abinadab was a Levite".^[31] The ark remained in his care for twenty years, guarded by his son Eleazar, until it was at length removed by David.^[32]
2. The second of the eight sons of Jesse.^[33] He was with Saul in the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath was slain.^[34]
3. One of Saul's sons, who perished with his father in the battle of Gilboa.^[35]

Abinoam was the father of Barak the partner of Deborah. He is mentioned in the following passages: Judges 4:6,12 and Judges 5:1,12.

Abiram was the firstborn of Hiel the Beth-elite mentioned in 1 Kings 16:34.

Abishua was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals found in the Hebrew Bible.

• Abishua, a High Priest of Israel, being the son of Phinehas and the father of Bukki. He is attested in several extra-biblical sources such as Flavius Josephus who suggested that Abishua succeeded his father as High Priest of Israel.
• A Benjaminite. The son of Bela and the grandson of Benjamin the eponymous founder of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:4)

According to the Hebrew Bible, AbishurorAbishur ben Shammai was the spouse of Abihail, and the father of Molin and Ahban. He was directly from the tribe of Judah as the son of Shammai the son of Onam the great-great-grandson of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:28–29)

In2 Samuel 3:4, Abital (Hebrew: אֲבִיטַל ’Ăḇîṭāl) is minor biblical character in the book of Samuel and one of King David's wives. Abital gave birth to David's fifth son, Shephatiah, a minor biblical character.^[36][37]

The name AbituborAbitob appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, in 1 Chronicles 8:11, where it is used for a character said to be the son of Shaharaim, in a section on the descendants of Benjamin.^[38]

Achbor is the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• In the King Lists in the books of Genesis and 1 Chronicles Achbor is the father of Baal-hanan, a king of Edom, but is not actually listed as being king himself although some commentaries assume that he was. See Genesis 36:38; 1 Chronicles 1:49.

In the Books of Kings

• Son of Michaiah, is one of Josiah's officers, and one of the five men sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire regarding the book of the law newly discovered in the Temple in Jerusalem (2 Kings 22:12, 14). This Achbor is also called Abdon (2 Chronicles 34:20).

This may be the same Achbor who is mentioned as the father of Elnathan in the Book of Jeremiah 26:20–23, and who lived in the reign of King JehoiakimofJudah.

AchsaorAchsah, was the daughter of Caleb or Chelubai the son of Hezron of the Tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:49) Though she is often identified as the Achsah the daughter of Caleb in the time of Joshua.^[39]

See Achsa

Hebrew: עָדָה‎, Modern: ʿAda, Tiberian: ʿĀḏā; adornment^[40]

1. the first wife of Lamech, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal. (Genesis 4:19–23)
2. the first wife of Esau, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. It has been suggested by biblical scholars that she is the same person as "Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite", mentioned as a wife of Esau in Genesis 26.^[41][42] See Wives of Esau. She bore Esau's firstborn Eliphaz, and became the matriarch of the Edomites. (Genesis 26:34, 36:2–4)

The Order of the Eastern Star considers Adah also to be the name of the daughter of Jephthah, although the Bible does not name her.

Adaiah (/əˈdeɪjə/) was the name of 8 biblical individuals:

• The father of Queen Jedidah the wife of Manasseh, being the maternal grandfather of king Josiah. (2 Kings 22:1) He was a native of Boscath of the lowlands of Judah.
• A Levite of a Gershonite branch; he was the son of Ethan and father of Zerah making him an ancestor of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 6:41) In 1 Chronicles 6:21, he is called Iddo.
• A Benjamite, being the son of Shimhi. (1 Chronicles 8:21) Apparently, he is the same with Shema in 1 Chronicles 8:13.
• A priest listed in 1 Chronicles 9:12 and Nehemiah 11:12. According to Cheyne and Black, it is possible that this same priest should appear in Nehemiah 12:6 or 7, but has been removed by a scribal error that left the name "Jedaiah" in its place.^[43]
• A ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada. (2 Chronicles 23:1)
• One of the descendants of Bani who married foreign wives. (Ezra 10:29)
• A descendant of another Bani who also married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:39)
• A son of Joiarib of the line of Pharez. (Nehemiah 11:5)

Mentioned only in Esther 9:8, Adalia is the fifth of the Persian noble Haman's ten sons.^[44] Adalia was slain along with his nine siblings in Susa. In various manuscripts of the Septuagint, his name is given as Barsa, Barel,orBarea.^[44]

Adbeel (Hebrew אַדְבְּאֵל "disciplined by God") NadbeelorIdiba'ilu, was the third son of Ishmael out of twelve. (Genesis 25:13) The name Adbeel is associated with the personal name and northwest tribe in Arabia known as Idiba'ilu. (Kenneth A. Mathews, 2005, p. 361)

Addar, according to the Hebrew Bible, was the son of Bela the son of Benjamin the eponymous founder of the tribe of Benjamin. He is briefly mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8:3.

See Eder

Adiel may refer to 3 people:

1. The father of Azmaveth, who was treasurer under David and Solomon, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 27:25.
2. A family head of the tribe of Simeon, who participated in driving out the Meunim, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 4:36.
3. See Azareel

Adin was the head of a family who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel in Ezra 2:15 8:6. However, according to Nehemiah 7:20, his descendants were 655, that is, completely divergent from the descendants in Ezra as 454. He is also found in Nehemiah 10:16 as one who signed Nehemiah's covenant.

In1 Chronicles 11:42, Adina (lit. Slender) is listed as one of the "mighty men" of David's army. Adina was the son of a chief of the Reubenites named Shiza.

Adino was an Eznite and one of David's mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:8) He is identified with Jashobeam and the name does not occur in other translations in the Bible. Ginsburg offers a corrected form taken substantially from the parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 11:11: "Jashobeam a son of a Hachmonite, chief of the captains; he lifted up his spear." This is plausible, and is very generally accepted, and eliminates the names Adino and Eznite, which do not occur elsewhere in the Bible. Some of the facts are against this. The Septuagint has the names Adino and Eznite. The Latin finds no proper names in the passage, but so translates the words as to presuppose the Hebrew text as we have it. It may be a case for suspended judgment.^[45]

Adlai is in Hebrew עַדְלָי, meaning "refuge". In 1 Chronicles 27:29, he is the father of Shaphat. He is mentioned only in this verse.

Mentioned only in Esther 1:14, Admatha is an advisor to AhasuerusofPersia.^[46] According to one theory, the verse has suffered from scribal error, and as it originally stood Admatha was instead Hamdatha, not an adviser to Ahaseurus but the father of Haman.^[46]

Adna is the name of two biblical characters.^[47]

• One of the men in the Book of Ezra who took foreign wives.^[48] And the son of Pahathmoab.^[49]
• A priest, named as the head of the priestly family Harim in the time of Joiakim.^[50]

Adnah is the name of at least two individuals in the Hebrew Bible.^[51]

1. Adnah, called EdnaasorEdnasinSeptuagint manuscripts, is credited with being a commander of 300,000 soldiers in the army of Jehoshaphat.^[51] He is found in 2 Chronicles 17:14. His name is spelled with a final He.^[51]
2. Adnah, called Edna in the Septuagint, refers to a member of the Tribe of Manasseh who deserted Saul to support David.^[51] His name is spelled with either a final He or else a Heth, depending on the manuscript.^[51]

Adonijah is the name of 2 minor biblical figures.

• ALevite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach in the cities of Judah. (2 Chronicles 17:8)
• A chief of the people. He sealed the covenant to keep God's Laws in the times of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:16)

Adonikam is a Biblical figure, one of those "which came with Zerubbabel" (Ezra 2:13). His "children," or retainers, numbering 666, came to Jerusalem (8:13). The name means, "the Lord is risen up."^[52] In the Septuagint, depending on the manuscript and location, the name is given as Adon[e]ikam, Adonikan, Adeikam, Adenikam, AdaneikamorAdoniakaim.^[52]InNehemiah 7:18, his descendants were 667 instead of the previous number 666.

Adriel was the son of Barzillai the Meholathite, whom Saul gave in marriage his own daughter, Merab. The five sons that sprang from this union were put to death by the Gibeonites. (1 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 21:8–9. Here it is said that Michal bare these five children either that she treated them as if she had been their own mother, or that for "Michal" we should read "Merab," in 1 Samuel 18:19.

Agee was the father of Shammah, who was one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:11). Based on interpretations of 1 Chronicles 11:34 and 2 Samuel 23:32–33 Agee was either the grandfather of Jonathan or his brother. According to Cheyne and Black, his name is a scribal mistake, and should read "Ela"; he is the same as the Ela mentioned in 1 Kings 4:18.^[53]

Ahab (Hebrew: אָחאַב, which means "brother/father") is the name of at least one minor biblical figure:

• Ahab, son of Koliah, who, according to Jeremiah 29:21, was labeled a false prophet by YHVH ^[54]

See Ehi

In1 Chronicles 4:8, Aharhel (Hebrew אֲחַרְחֵל "behind the rampart") is the son of Harum of the tribe of Judah.

See Ahzai, and Meshullam

Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, was the father of Eliphelet, one of King David's Warriors (2 Samuel 23:34).

Ahaz was a son of Micah, and great-grandson of Jonathan. (1 Chronicles 8:35, 9:42)

Ahban was the first son of Abishur and Abihail. He was also the brother of Molid and a Jerahmeelite. He is mentioned in the following passage: 1 Chronicles 2:29.

Aher was a Benjamite and the father of Hushim. (1 Chronicles 7:12) He might be the same as Ahiram and Aharah.

(Hebrew אֲחִי "my brother")

• Ahi is the son of Abdielin1 Chronicles 5:15
• Ahi is the son of Shomer in 1 Chronicles 7:34

See Ahijah

Ahiam is one of David's thirty heroes. He was the son of Sharar (2 Samuel 23:33) or according to 1 Chronicles 11:35 of Sacar, the Hararite.

Ahian is the name given to a descendant of Manasseh in the tribal genealogies of 1 Chronicles.^[55] The name appears only in a single time in the Bible.^[56]

Ahiezer is the name of 2 biblical figures:

• The son of Ammishaddai was the leader of the tribe of Dan and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel mentioned in several places in the Book of Numbers.
• One of David's mighty warriors which was chief of David's amry; who joined him in war in Ziklag. He was also the son of Shemaah. (1 Chronicles 12:3)

Ahihud is the name of 3 or 2 biblical individuals

• See Abihud
• A son of Ehud, of the tribe of Benjamin. He may be the same as the first but the text might be corrupt. (1 Chronicles 8:6–7)
• Name different in Hebrew, meaning brother of Judah. Chief of the tribe of Asher; one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the division of Canaan among the tribe (Numbers 34:27).

Ahijah is the name of 7 minor biblical individuals.

1. One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, RV). In AV (KJV) called "Ahiah."
2. One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:25).
3. A Pelonite, one of David's heroes (1 Chr. 11:36); called also Eliam (2 Sam. 23:34).
4. ALevite having charge of the sacred treasury in the temple (1 Chr. 26:20).
5. One of Solomon's secretaries (1 Kings 4:3).
6. Son of Ahitub (1 Sam. 14:3, 18), Ichabod's brother; the same probably as Ahimelech, who was High Priest at Nob in the reign of Saul (1 Sam. 22:11) and at Shiloh, where the Tabernacle was set up. Some, however, suppose that Ahimelech was the brother of Ahijah, and that they both officiated as high priests, Ahijah at Gibeah or Kirjath-jearim, and Ahimelech at Nob.
7. Father of King Baasha of Israel

Ahikam (Hebrew אחיקם, "My brother has risen") was one of the five whom, according to the Hebrew Bible, Josiah sent to consult the prophetess Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law.^[57]

Ahilud is the father of Jehoshaphat, who serves as court recordertoDavid (2 Samuel 8:16) and Solomon (1 Kings 4:3). In 1 Kings 4:12, Ahilud is the father of Baana, an official in Solomon's court sent to gather provisions in Taanach and Megiddo, and Beth Shan.

Ahimaaz was the name of 2 or 1 biblical individuals.

• The father of Ahinoam the wife of Saul. (1 Samuel 14:50)
• Ahimaaz, in Naphtali, was one of Solomon's twelve commissary officers and married Basemath, Solomon's daughter. (1 Kings 4:15) It is possible that he is Ahimaaz, Zadok's son.

Ahiman is the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• One of the three giant Anakim brothers whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Numbers 13:22) when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain (Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10).
• One of the guardians of the temple after the exile. (1 Chronicles 9:17)

Ahimelech is the name of 1 minor biblical individual which is referred in 1 Samuel 26:6 as a Hittite, and a companion and friend of David, when he was hiding from Saul in the wilderness.

See Mahath

Ahinadab (Hebrew: אחינדב Akhinadav "my brother Is noble" or "my brother has devoted himself"),^[58] son of Iddo, is one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by Solomon to districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household. He was appointed to the district of Mahanaim (1 Kings 4:14), east of Jordan.

There are two references in the Bible to people; who bear that name;

• A daughter of Ahimaaz; who became a wife of Saul^[59] and the mother of his four sons and two daughters, one of whom is Michal, David's first wife.
• A woman from Jezreel, who became David's second wife, after he fled from Saul, leaving Michal, his first wife, behind,^[60] and the mother of Amnon, David's first-born.^[61]

Ahio is the name of 3 biblical individuals.

• One of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:14)
• One of the sons of Jehiel the Giebeonite. (1 Chronicles 8:31, 9:37)
• One of the sons of Abinadab the Levite. He helped carried the Ark of the Covenant with Uzzah, his brother, out of his father's house. (1 Samuel 6:3–4; 1 Chronicles 13:7)

Ahira was the leader of the tribe of Naphtali mentioned in recording of the census, and was the "hereditary" prince of his tribe who made tribal sacrifices to Yahweh, and commander of his tribe in the march. (Numbers 1:15; 2:29; 7:78,83; 10:27)

Ahiram was a son of Benjamin according to Numbers 26:38.

Ahisamach or Ahisamakh, also Ahis'amach (Hebrew: אחיסמך "brother of support"), of the tribe of Dan, was the father of Aholiab according to Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:34, and Exodus 38:23.

Ahishahar is the name given to a third-generation descendant of Benjamin (the eponymous forefather of the Tribe of Benjamin) in 1 Chronicles 7:10. This figure is mentioned nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.^[62]

Ahishar (אחישר in Hebrew; meaning Brother of song, or singer), the officer who was "over the household" of Solomon (1 Kings 4:6).

Ahitub is the name of several minor biblical figures:

1. Ahitub, son of Phinehas, grandson of Eli, and brother of Ichabod. (1 Samuel 14:3,22:9–20, 1 Chronicles 9:11)
2. Ahitub, son of Amariah and father of Zadok. (2 Samuel 8:15–17)
3. Ahitub, a descendant through the priestly line of the first Zadok. He was an ancestor of later high priests who served during the fall of Jerusalem and after the exile. (2 Chronicles 6:11–12)
4. Ahitub, a Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:11)

Ahlai is a name given to two individuals in the Books of Chronicles. In the opinion of Thomas Kelly Cheyne, the name is probably derived from "Ahiel" or a similar name.^[63]

• The first is either the son or daughter of a Jerahmeelite man named Sheshan.^[63]
• The second is the father or mother of Zabad, who is listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors in 1 Chronicles 11:41.^[63]

Ahoah was the son of Bela son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:4)

Aholibamah was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• Was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,^[64] son of Seir the Horite.^[65] She was one of two Canaanite women who married Esau, the son of Isaac, when he was in his forties. Isaac and his wife Rebecca, however, were greatly opposed to this union.^[66] So, according to some Biblical scholars, Esau changed her name to the Hebrew name "Judith", as to pacify his parents.^[67]
• A duke of Edom. (Genesis 36:41)

Ahumai was the son of Shobal or Jabath of the Tribe of Judah. He was head of one of the families of the Zorahites. (1 Chronicles 4:2)

See Ahuzzam

See Ahuzzath

See Ahuzzath

AhuzzamorAhuzam is the name of one of the sons of "Asshur, the father of Tekoa," in a genealogy describing the desceandants of the Tribe of Judah.^[68] He is mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 4:6.^[69]

AhuzzathorAhuzzah^[70] is the name given to an associate of Abimelech, king of Gerar, in Genesis 26:26. According to the Book of Genesis, Ahuzzath accompanied Abimelech when Abimelech went to make a treaty with Isaac. He is mentioned nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.^[71]

Ahzai (KJV Ahasai) is a name which appears only in Nehemiah 11:13, where it is mentioned in passing.^[72] The verse refers to a priest, called "Amashsai son of Azarel son of Ahzai son of Meshillemoth son of Immer." In the parallel name in 1 Chronicles 9:12, the name "Jahzerah" replaces "Ahzai."^[72]

Aiah (איה "Falcon") was the father of Rizpah, mentioned in 2 Samuel 3:7

InGenesis 36:24 and 1 Chronicles 1:40, Ajah [איה] is a son of Zibeon. Ajah means hawk. Alternative spelling: Aiah.

InGenesis 36:27 Akan is a son of Ezer and grandson of Seir the Horite. In 1 Chronicles 1:42 he is called Jaakan.

Akkub was the name of 3 or 4 biblical individuals.

• InEzra 2:45, Akkub is the head of a family of Nethinim.
• In1 Chronicles 3:24, Akkub is a son of Elionenai, a descendant of Solomon living in the Kingdom of Judah.
• In1 Chronicles 9:17, Ezra 2:42, Nehemiah 7:45 and Nehemiah 11:19, Akkub is listed as one of the Levite gatekeepers of Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity.
• A Levite who assisted Ezra in expounding the law. (Nehemiah 8:7)

Alameth is one of the sons of Becher the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:8)

Alemeth was the son of Jarah and the father of Azmaveth mentioned in 1 Chronicles 9:42.

In1 Chronicles 4:37, Allon is the son of Jedaiah, of the family of the Simeonites, who expelled the Hamites from the valley of Gedor.

Almodad is one of the sons of Joktan according to Genesis 10:26 and 1 Chronicles 1:20. While the Bible has no further history regarding Almodad, this patriarch is considered to be the founder of an Arabian tribe in "Arabia Felix".^[73] This is based on the identification of Joktan's other sons, such as Sheba and Havilah, who are both identified as coming from that region.^[74]

InGenesis 36:40, Alvah is a chief of Edom and a descendant of Esau. In 1 Chronicles 1:51 he is called Aliah.

InGenesis 36:23, Alvan is the eldest son of Shobal and a descendant of Seir the Horite. In 1 Chronicles 1:40 he is called Alian.

Amal was the son of Helem of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:35)

Amariah is the name of 8 or 9 biblical figures.

• A Levite in the line of Aaron-Eleazar; a son of Meraioth and grandfather of Zadok who lived in David's time. (1 Chronicles 6:7,52)
• A Levite of the descent of Kohath at the time of the division of the courses of the Levites by David. (1 Chronicles 23:19; 24:23)
• A Levite in the line of Eleazar a son of Azariah who "executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built". (1 Chronicles 6:10) In Ezra 7:3 he is listed as an ancestor of Ezra.
• Chief priest and judge "in all matters of Yahweh" appointed by Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 19:11) Could be the same as the previous Amariah.
• A descendant of Judah in the line of Perez and an ancestor of Ataiah who lived in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile. (Nehemiah 11:4) May be the same as Imri in 1 Chronicles 9:4.
• A Levite and an assistant of Kore appointed by king Hezekiah for the "oblations of Yahweh" to their brethren. (2 Chronicles 31:15)
• A son of Bani who married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:42)
• A priest who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant; he had returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel and was the father of Jehohanan at the time of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 10:3; 12:2,13)
• An ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah. (Zephaniah 1:1)

In2 Chr 28:1–4, Amasa is the son of Hadlai, and one of the leaders of Ephraim (2 Chr 28:12) during the reign of the most wicked King Ahaz.

Amasai was the name of 3 or 4 biblical figures.

• A Kohathite, father of Mahath and ancestor of Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:25,35)
• Chief of the captains of Judah and Benjamin, who rushed to David while an outlaw in Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:18).
• One of the priests who blew the trumpets before the Ark of the Covenant (1 Chronicles 15:24).
• Mentioned in 2 Chronicles 29:12, as the father of Mahath, one of the Levites who took a prominent part at the instance of Hezekiah in the cleansing of the temple.

See Amashsai

Amashsai (Amashai in the King James Version) son of Azareel, was appointed by Nehemiah to reside at Jerusalem and do the work of the temple. He merits only one mention in the whole Bible, in Nehemiah 11:13.

In2 Chronicles 17:16, Amasiah (meaning burden of Jehovah) was the son of Zichri, a captain under King Jehoshaphat.

Amaziah is the name of 3 minor biblical figures.

• InAmos 7:10, Amaziah is a priest of Bethel who confronts Amos and rejects his prophesying against king Jeroboam II. As a result, Amos is led to prophesy the doom of Amaziah's family, the loss of his land and his death in exile. Jonathan Magonet has described Amaziah as 'a spiritual leader who believed in his own power and could not risk hearing the word of God'.^[75]
• A son of Hilkiah of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chronicles 6:45).
• The father of Joshah, the chief of the Simeonites in the time of Hezekiah (1 Chronicles 4:34).

See Amon

See Amminadab

The father of Jonah the prophet, and a native of Gath-hepher (2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1). Mentioned in Islam by Muhammad. When Muhammad was returning from preaching in Ta'if and decided to take shelter in the garden of two leaders, Addas, a lowly servant boy, was sent to offer grapes to Muhammad. When Addas came, Muhammad asked which land he came from. Addas replied he was from Nineveh. Upon receiving this answer, Muhammad exclaimed "The town of Jonah, son of Amittai!" Overjoyed, Muhammad then told Addas how Jonah and he (Muhammad) were prophetic brothers.

Ammiel was the name of 4 biblical individuals.

• One of the spies Moses sent to the land of Canaan. He was also one of the people who perished for their unpleasant report (Numbers 13:12; 14:37).
• The father of Machir of Lo-debar in whose house Mephibosheth resided (2 Samuel 9:4–5; 17:27).
• See Eliam
• One of the sons of Obed-edom the Levite in 1 Chronicles 26:5.

Ammihud may refer to a quantity of 5 people in the Hebrew Bible:

• AnEphraimite. The son of Laadan (son of Tahan, son of Telah, son of Resheph, son of Rephah, son of Beriah, son of Joseph) and father of Elishama (father of Nun, father of Joshua). He is mentioned in Joshua's genealogy in 1 Chronicles 7:23–27.
• The father of Shemuel, a chief appointed by Moses at the time of the Exodus. (Numbers 34:20)
• The father of Pedahel, a chief appointed by Moses to rule over the tribe of Naphtali. (Numbers 34:28)
• The father of Talmai, king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled for refuge after the murder of Amnon. (2 Samuel 13:37)
• The son of Omri and father of Uthai, a descendant of Perez son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 9:4)

Amminadab was the name of 3 biblical individuals.

• The father of Nahshon the chief of the tribe of Judah. His daughter Elisheba married Aaron. He was also the ancestor of David and Jesus. (Numbers 1:7; 2:3; 7:12,17; 10:14; Exodus 6:23)
• See Izhar
• Chief of the 112 descendants of Uzziel the Levite. (1 Chronicles 5:11–12)

A person mentioned in the Old TestamentinSong of Solomon 6:12, whose chariots were famed for their swiftness. It is rendered in the margin "my willing people," and in the Revised Version "my princely people."

In the Book of Numbers, Ammishaddai (Hebrew: עַמִּישַׁדָּי ‘Ammīšadāy "people of the Almighty") was the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the Tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (Numbers 1:12; 2:25).

This is one of the few names compounded with the name of God, Shaddai.

Ammizabad was the son of Benaiah, who was the third and chief captain of the host under David (1 Chronicles 27:6).

Amnon was one of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra. (1 Chronicles 4:20)

Amok was a chief priest who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel and the ancestor of Eber who was priest in the day of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 12:7,20)

Amon was the name of 3 minor biblical individuals.

• A city governor in the time of Kings Jehoshaphat and Ahab^[76]
• Amon, king of Judah.
• The head of the "children of Solomon's servants" who returned from captivity; reckoned along with the Nethinim, or temple slaves. Called also Ami. (Nehemiah 7:59; Ezra 7:52)

Amoz /ˈeɪmɒz/ (Hebrew: אָמוֹץ, Modern: ʼAmōṣ, Tiberian: ʼĀmōṣ), also known as Amotz,^[77] was the father of the prophet Isaiah, mentioned in Isaiah 1:1; 2:1 and 13:1, and in 2 Kings 19:2, 20; 20:1. The word "amoz" means strong

InRabbinical Tradition, there is a Talmudic tradition that when the name of a prophet's father is given, the father was also a prophet, so that Amoz would have been a prophet like his son. The rabbis of the Talmud declared, based upon a rabbinic tradition, that Amoz was the brother of Amaziah (אמציה), the king of Judah at that time (and, as a result, that Isaiah himself was a member of the royal family). According to some traditions, Amoz is the "man of God" in 2 Chronicles 25:7–9 (Seder Olam Rabbah 20), who cautioned Amaziah to release the Israelite mercenaries that he had hired.

Amram is minor individual who was one of the sons of Bani that married a foreign wife in Ezra 10:34.

Amzi ('am-tsee') is a masculine Hebrew name meaning "my strength" or "strong." Two individuals with this name are mentioned in the Bible:

• 1 Chronicles 6:31 indicates Amzi as a Levite man of the family of Merari.
• A son of Zechariah was named Amzi. He was an ancestor to the Levite priest Adaiah (Nehemiah 11:12), who was one of the Israelite exiles under the direction of Nehemiah when he returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the city walls.

In the Book of Genesis, there are two men and one woman named Anah.

• InGenesis 36:2,14,18,25, Anah is a daughter of Zibeon, and her daughter Aholibamah is a wife of Esau.
• InGenesis 36:20,29 and 1 Chronicles 1:38, Anah is a son of Seir and a brother of Zibeon chief of the Horites.
• InGenesis 36:24 and 1 Chronicles 1:40–41, Anah is a son of Zibeon, and is famed for discovering hot springs.

Anaiah, a name meaning "Yahweh has answered," appears only twice in the Hebrew Bible, with both appearances in Nehemiah.^[78]

• Ezra, a Jewish reformer, standing up to give a speech, with thirteen other people standing beside him. Anaiah is listed as one of those standing by.^[79]
• The second appearance of the name is in a list of people who signed a covenant between God and the Jewish people.^[80]

Anak was the father of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai in Numbers 13:22

Anamim (Hebrew: עֲנָמִים, ‘Ănāmīm) is, according to the Bible, either a son of Ham's son Mizraim or the name of a people descending from him. Biblical scholar Donald E. Gowan describes their identity as "completely unknown."^[81]

The name should perhaps be attached to a people in North Africa, probably in the surrounding area of Egypt. Medieval biblical exegete, Saadia Gaon, identified the Anamim with the indigenous people of Alexandria, in Egypt.^[82]

Anan was one of the Israelites who sealed the covenant after the return from Babylon^[83] (Nehemiah 10:26). While "Anan" (which means "Cloud") never became a very common name, a much later person so named – Anan Ben David (c. 715 – c. 795) is widely considered to be a major founder of the Karaite movement of Judaism.

Anani is a name which appears in a genealogy in Chronicles.^[84] It refers to a descendant of Zerubbabel. According to the Masoretic Text Anani was born six generations after Zerubbabel. For scholars, this six-generation span after Zerubbabel is the terminus a quo for the date of Chronicles—it implies that Chronicles could not have been written earlier than about 400 BCE.^[85] In the Septuagint, Anani is listed as eleven generations removed from Zerubbabel. For scholars who believe that the Septuagint reading for Anani's genealogy is correct, this places the earliest possible date for the writing of Chronicles at about 300 BCE.^[85]

Ananiah was the father of Maaseiah the father of Azariah was mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah specifically Nehemiah 3:23.

Anath, being described in the Hebrew Bible, was the father of Shamgar, a judge of Israel who slew the Philistines with just using an ox goad. He is mentioned Judges 3:31 and 5:6.

Anathoth was the son of Becher the son of Benjamin in 1 Chronicles 7:8.

Aner (/ˈeɪnər/; Hebrew: עָנֵר ‘Ānêr ) refers, in the Hebrew Bible, to one of three Amorite confederates of Abram in the Hebron area, who joined his forces with those of Abraham in pursuit of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:13, 24).

Aniam according to 1 Chronicles 7:19, was one of the sons of Shemida, a Manassehite.

See Anthothijah

Anthothijah is a name which appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, in a genealogical section listing descendants of Benjamin.^[86][87] It is most likely an adjective used to describe a female person from the town of Anathoth.^[87] Manuscripts of the Greek Septuagint give the name as Anothaith, Anathothia, Athein,orAnathotha.^[87]

Anub a'-nub (`anubh, "ripe") was the son of Hakkoz or Coz (1 Chronicles 4:8).

Aphiah, of the tribe of Benjamin, was an ancestor of King Saul and of his commander Abner. According to Saul, his family was the least of the tribe of Benjamin.^[88] A son of Shchorim, the son of Uzziel (descendant of Gera, son of Benjamin) and Matri (ancestor of Matrites and descendant of Belah, son of Benjamin).^{[citation needed]}

See Happizzez

Appaim is a minor figure who appears in 1 Chronicles 2:30 and 31. He appears briefly in a genealogy of Jerahmeelites, in which he is the father Ishi, son of Appaim, son of Nadab, son of Shammai, son of Onam, son of Jerahmeel. In manuscripts of the Septuagint, he is called Ephraim, Aphphaim,orOpheim.^[89]

Ara was one of the sons of Jether of the tribe of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:38).

Arad was one of the sons of Beriah (1 Chronicles 8:15).

Arah is the name of two minor biblical figures. The name may mean "wayfarer."^[90]

• Arah the son of Ulla appears as a member of the Tribe of Asher in the part of the Books of Chronicles devoted to outlining the genealogy of the twelve Tribes of Israel.^[91]
• In the Book of Ezra and the Book of Nehemiah, the "sons of Arah" are a group listed among the returnees to Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah.^[92] Shechaniah, a "son of Shecaniah," was the father-in law of Tobiah the Ammonite.^[93]

Aram is the name of 3 biblical individuals.

• See Ram
• A son of Kemuel and grandson of Nahor and Milcah(Genesis 22:21).
• AnAsherite and one of the sons of Shamer (1 Chronicles 7:34).

Aran is a Horite, the son of Dishan and brother of Uz (Genesis 36;28; 1 Chronicles 1:42).

Araunah (Hebrew: אֲרַוְנָה‎ ʾǍrawnā) was a Jebusite mentioned in the Second Book of Samuel, who owned the threshing flooronMount Moriah which David purchased and used as the site for assembling an altartoGod. The First Book of Chronicles, a later text, renders his name as Ornan (אָרְנָן‎ ʾOrnān).

Arba (Hebrew: ארבע - literally "Four") was a man mentioned in the Book of Joshua. In Joshua 14:15, he is called the "greatest man among the Anakites." Joshua 15:13 says that Arba was the father of Anak.

Ard (Hebrew ארד) was the tenth son of Benjamin in Genesis 46:21. It is relatively unusual among Hebrew names for ending in a cluster of two consonants instead of as a segholate.

He is either directly or more remotely a son of Benjamin. Numbers 26:38-40 mentions five sons of Benjamin, together with Ard and Naaman, the sons of Bela, Benjamin's oldest son, counting all seven as ancestors of Benjamite families. In 1 Chronicles 8:1-3 Addar and Naaman are mentioned, with others, as sons of Bela, Addar and Ard being apparently the same name with the consonants transposed. In Genesis 46:21 ten sons of Benjamin are counted, including at least the three grandsons, Ard and Naaman and Gera.^[94]

Ardon (ארדון "Bronze") a son of Caleb by Jerioth, 1st Chronicles 2:18

Areli was a son of Gad according to Genesis 46:16 and Numbers 26:17. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Argob was one of the men who came with Pekah to smite King Pekahiah mentioned in 1 Kings 15:25.

Aridai was one of the children of Haman, all of their relatives were slain by the Jews and destroyed five hundred men.^[95]

Aridatha was a child of Haman executed by the Jews along with his siblings.^[95]

Arieh was the name of one of the officers of King Pekahiah of the house of Manahen when Pekah the son of Remaliah went against the king.

Ariel was one of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites for the sanctuary according to Ezra 8:16.

Arioch was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals.

• The king of Eliasar and served as an allie to king Chedorlaomer in his expedition in rebellious tributaries. The tablets recently discovered by Mr. Pinches show the true reading is Eri-Aku of Larsa. This Elamite name meant "servant of the moon-god." It was afterwards changed into Rimsin, "Have mercy, O moon-god."(Genesis 14:1)
• The captain of Nebuchadnezzar's body-guard. (Daniel 2:4)

Arisai was one of the children of Haman in accordance to Nehemiah 9:9. The Jews would later slay them fearing for the rise of a new threat unto their people.^[96]

Armoni was one of the two named sons of SaulbyRizpah. He was delivered by the GibeonitesbyDavid and then hanged. (2 Samuel 21:8–9)

Arnan was a descendant of David, father of Obadiah, and son of Rephaiah.

See Arodi

ArodiorArod was a son of Gad according to Genesis 46:16 and Numbers 26:17. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Arza Ar'za (Heb. Artsa', אִרצָא, an Aramaean form, the earth; Sept. ᾿Ωρσά v. r. Α᾿ρσᾶ) was a steward or prefect of the palace at TirzahtoElah king of Israel, whom Zimri assassinated at his banquet. (1 Kings 16:9) The text is not quite clear, and Arza might have been a servant of Zimri.

Asa, not to be confused with King Asa, was a son of Elkanah a Levite, who dwelt in one of the villages of the Netophathites. (1 Chronicles 9:16)

Asahel was the name of 3 minor biblical individuals.

• One of the Levites in the reign of Jehoshaphat that went throughout all the cities of Judah instructing the people of the law. (2 Chronicles 17:8)
• A Levite in the reign of Hezekiah who was in charge of the tithes dedicated to the things of the temple. (2 Chronicles 31:13)
• A priest and the father of Jonathan in Ezra's time. (Ezra 10:15)

See Asaiah

Asaiah was the name of 4 biblical individuals.

• A Levite of the family of Merari and one of those who helped bring the ark from the house of Obed-edomtoJerusalem. (1 Chronicles 6:30; 15:6,11)
• A leading man of the tribe of Simeon. He was in the incursion which attacked and dispossessed the \MEUNIM\ (which see), or the shepherd people, in the valley of Gedor. (1 Chronicles 4:36)
• An officer of Josiah, also called Asahiah whom Huldah the prophetess sent for advice regarding the law book found by Hilkiah. (2 Kings 22:12,14)
• See Maaseiah

Asaph is the name of 3 minor biblical individuals.

• One of the Levites who led the choir (1 Chronicles 6:39) and the 50th chapter of Psalms is attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as skilled in music, and a "seer" (2 Chronicles 29:30). His so-called 'sons' mentioned in 1 Chronicles 20:14 and Ezra 2:41 were probably his descendants that were poets and musicians who looked upon him as their leader.
• Hezekiah's recorder (2 Kings 18:18,37).
• The "keeper of the king's forest," to whom Nehemiah willed from Artaxerxes a letter that he may give him timber at the temple in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:8).

Asareel, according to a genealogical passages in the Book of Chronicles, was the son of a figure named Jehaleleel or Jehallelel.^[97] Asareel and Jehaleleel are mentioned only briefly, in a section of the genealogies adjacent to the descendants of Caleb, although the relationship between them and the descendants of Caleb is uncertain.^[98][99]

Asarelah, AsharelahorJesharelah is one of the sons of Asaph, a musician. (1 Chronicles 25:2)

See Asarelah

Ashbel (Hebrew, אשבל) is the third of the ten sons of Benjamin named in Genesis. He founded the tribe of Ashbelites.^[100]

Ashpenaz was the chief of the eunuchs serving King Nebuchadnezzar, named in Daniel 1:3 and subsequently referred to later in Daniel 1 simply as "the chief of the eunuchs", who selected Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, sons of the Jewish royal family and nobility, to be taken to Babylon to learn the language and literature of the Chaldeans. It was Ashpenaz who gave Daniel and his companions the names Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego.

See Asriel

Ashur was the posthumous son of Hezron by his wife Abiah. He became the father or 'founder' of the town, Tekoa. (1 Chronicles 2:24; 4:5)

Ashvath was of the tribe of Asher, of the family of Japhlet. (1 Chronicles 7:33)

Asiel is listed as one of the descendants of Simeon in 1 Chronicles 4:35. In the deuterocanonical Tobit 1:1, Tobit's family are descendants of Asiel, of the tribe of Naphtali.

Asnah was mentioned as the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon as temple servants. His descendants were among the Nethinim. (Ezra 2:50)

Aspatha was one of the ten sons of Haman executed by the Jews. (Esther 9:7)

Asriel was a son of Manasseh according to Numbers 26:31, Joshua 17:2, and 1 Chronicles 7:14.

AsshurorAshur was the son of Shem. He went from the land of Shinar and built Nineveh. He probably gave his name to Assyria, which is the usual translation of the word, although the form Asshur is sometimes retained. (Genesis 10:11–12, 22; 1 Chronicles 1:17)

Asshurim is mentioned in Genesis 25:3, as one of the sons of Dedan. It is likely that this was the term that refers to the descendants of Dedan. Specific identification is not possible, but some north Arabian tribe is probably meant. They should not be confused, however, with the Assyrians who were descendants of Shem's son Asshur.^[101]

There are 2 biblical individuals named Assir:

• A son of Korah of the house of Levi according to Exodus 6:24, born in Egypt. It was also the firstborn son of Jehoiachin, King of Judah. Perhaps there is enough ambiguity here to assume that "Assir" is actually an adjective. The text is too vague to be certain... i.e. 1 Chronicles 3:17. Jehoiachin was the last free king of Judah before being led off to captivity... "prisoner" could be a more descriptive use of "Assir" as opposed to the name of a son. Maybe. According to 1 Chronicles 6 he was the son of Abiasaph instead of being the son of Korah.
• The firstborn of King Jehoiachin from the tribe of Judah. He is mentioned briefly in 1 Chronicles 3:17 at the time of the Babylonian exile in 587/6 BC.

Atarah was the wife of Jerahmeel the son of Hezron according to 1 Chronicles 2:26, and was the mother of Onam, and the step-mother of Jerahmeel's firstborns.

Ater was the name of 2 or possibly 1 biblical individual in the time of the Babylonian exile.

• The head of his 98 descendants who came with Zerubbabel from Babylon. (Ezra 2:16; Nehemiah 7:21) The King James Version translates his name as Ater of Hezekiah while the Revised Edition of 1 Esdras 5:15 has Ater of Ezekias, margin, "Ater of Hezekiah." the King James Version has "Aterezias."^[102] The name also appears in (Ezra 2:42; (Nehemiah 7:45), possibly another Ater, but could be the same of number 1. Ater is further mentioned in Nehemiah 10:17, who signed the covenant of Nehemiah.

Athaiah the son of Uzziah is a person listed in Nehemiah as a Judahite inhabitant of Jerusalem.^[103] The meaning of the name is uncertain.^[104]

Athaliah was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals.

• A Benjamite who dwelt at Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 8:26)
• The father of Jeshaiah who returned with EzrainEzra 8:7.

Athlai, a descendant of Bebai, is listed in the book of Ezra^[105] as one of the men who married foreign women. The name is a contraction of "Athaliah."^[106] In the equivalent list in 1 Esdras,^[107] the name "Amatheis" or "Ematheis" appears in the same place.^[106]

Attai was the name of 2 biblical individuals:

• The son of Jarha and one of the daughters of Sheshan who had no sons but had daughters. He was the father of Nathan the Prophet mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:36.
• One of the sons of Maacah the daughter of Absalom mentioned in 2 Chronicles 11:20.

Azaliah is mentioned in passing as the father of the scribe Shaphanin2 Kings 22:3 and the copy of the same verse found in 2 Chronicles 34:8. The name means "Yahweh has reserved."^[108]

Azaniah is mentioned in passing in Nehemiah 10:9 (10 in some Bibles) as the name the father of Levite who signed the covenant of Nehemiah. The name means "Yahweh listened."^[109]

See Azarel

Azarel (Hebrew: עֲזַרְאֵל), Azareel, or Azarael was the name of 6 biblical individuals found in the Hebrew Bible:

• A Korahite individual who was one of the mighty men, helpers of the war who came to David to Ziklag. He along with other warriors were described as having armed with arrows. (1 Chronicles 12:6)
• A musician who played in the temple (1 Chronicles 25:17)
• The son of Jeroham and the leader over the Tribe of Dan of the hosts of David mentioned in 1 Chronicles 27:22
• An individual who married "strange wives" (i.e. heathen women)^[110] and the son of Bani according to Ezra 10:41.
• The father of Amashai a priest after the exile and the son Ahzai in Nehemiah 11:13
• An associate of the priest who played the trumpets in the procession when the walls were dedicated. (Nehemiah 12:36)

See Azarel

Azariah (Hebrew – עזריהו azaryahu "God Helped"). There are 20 minor biblical figures named Azariah

• Azariah the father of Amariah and the son of Meraioth, could possibly be a High Priest since his father and sons are High Priests too. He is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:11 and Ezra 7:3.
• Azariah (prophet), a prophet (2 Chronicles 15:1–8)
• Azariah (high priest) high priest of Israel (1 Kings 4:2)
• Azariah II, another high priest, in the reign of Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:17–20)
• Azariah the son of Nathan in charge of the district officers with Zabud one of the mighty soldiers of David, Solomon's father was the personal adviser of Solomon.^[111]
• A descendant of Zerah the son of Judah (son of Jacob) mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:8 as the son of Ethan the son of Zerah.
• A prince of Judah who joined in the procession with Nehemiah in Nehemiah 12:32–33.
• Azariah the son of Jehu and the father of Helez was a Jerahmeelite mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:38–39.
• Azariah IV was a descendant of Aaron and the father of Seraiah which became the father of Jehozadak the father of Joshua the High Priest according to 1 Chronicles 6:14.
• Azariah the son of Jehalelel one of the Levites who arose up mentioned in 2 Chronicles 29:12.
• Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah who helped rebuilt the temple is mentioned in Nehemiah 3:23–24.
• Azariah the son of Johanan and chief of the tribe of Ephraim mentioned in 2 Chronicles 28:12.
• Azariah the son of Hoshaiah along with other men who spoke against Jeremiah saying that his words were wrong to go to Egypt and settle there according to Jeremiah 43:2. Jeremiah describes them as being proud.
• Azariah the son of Uzziah or Zephaniah and an ancestor of Samuel.
• One of the Israelites who returned with ZerubbabelinNehemiah 7:7. He is also called Seraiah.
• One of the sons of King Jehoshaphat, he was probably one of the brothers that King Jehoram killed.^[112]
• Another son of King Jehoshaphat, he is also called Azariahu in the NIV Bible. He is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 21:2.
• One of the Levites who instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing there.^[113]
• Two "commanders of the hundreds" who formed part of Jehoiada's campaign to restore the kingship to Joash in 2 Chronicles 23: Azariah, son of Jeroham and Azariah son of Obed.^[114]

Azaz was from the Tribe of Reuben. he was the father of Bela and son of Shema. (1 Chronicles 5:8)

Azaziah was the name of 3 biblical individuals.

• One of the Levitical harpers in the temple. (1 Chronicles 15:21)
• The father of Hoshea who was made ruler over the Ephraimites. (1 Chronicles 27:20)
• A individual charge over the temple offerings. (2 Chronicles 31:13)

Azbuk was the father of Nehemiah, the ruler of the half-district Beth Zur, and made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes. (Nehemiah 3:16)

Azel was the son of Eleasah and the father of 6 children: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan according to 1 Chronicles 9:43–44.

Azgad is the name of a Levite who signed Ezra's covenant.^[115] The name means "Gad is strong."^[116]

See Jaaziel.

Aziza was a layman who is from the family of Zattu that married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:27) He is also called Zardeus in 1 Esdras 9:28.

Azmaveth was the name of 4 biblical individuals.

• One of David's mighty warriors and a native of Bahurim and possibly a Benjamite. (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33)
• A descendant of Mephibosheth. (1 Chronicles 8:36; 9:42)
• The father of Jeziel and Pelet which were skilled Benjamite archers or slingers that joined David in Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 10:3)
• Overseer of the treasures of David. (1 Chronicles 27:25)

Azriel was the name of 3 biblical individuals.

• The head of a house of the half tribe of Manasseh in Jordan. He is a man of renown. (1 Chronicles 5:24)
• ANaphtalite and ancestor of Jerimoth the head of David's census. (1 Chronicles 27:19)
• The father of Seraiah the officer of the time of Jehoiakim. (Jeremiah 36:26)

Azrikam was the name of 4 biblical individuals

• A son of Neariah and a descendant of Zerubbabel.
• One of the six sons of Azel in 1 Chronicles 8:38.
• ALevite mentioned in 1 Chronicles 9:14.
• Prefect of the house of Ahaz who slained by Zichri, in the successful attempt to evade Judah by Pekah. (2 Chronicles 28:7)

Azubah was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• The wife of Caleb son of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:18–19)
• The wife of King Asa and mother of Jehoshaphat. She was the daughter of Shilhi. (1 Kings 22:42; 2 Chronicles 20:31)

See Azzur

Azzan (Hebrew עַזָּן "strong") was the father of Paltiel, a prince of the Tribe of Issachar. (Num. 34:26).

Azzur was the name of 3 biblical individuals named in the Hebrew Bible.

• The father of the false prophet Hananiah, who disputes Jeremiah's prophecy. (Jeremiah 28:1) Hananiah's death was predicted by Jeremiah, and later, in 2 months the prediction was fulfilled. Also called Azur
• One of the Israelites who signed Nehemiah's covenant in Nehemiah 10:17.
• The father of Jaazeniah, one of the princes who gave a wicked counsel to the city of Jerusalem. (Ezekiel 11:1) His name may also be translated as Azur in the King James Version.

Baal (Hebrew: בַּעַל baal) was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals.

• A Benjamite, the son of Jehiel. (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36)
• A Reubenite and son of Reaiah and father of Beerah whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites. (1 Chronicles 5:5)

Baal-hanan was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• A king of Edom, being the son of AchborinGenesis 36:38–39. He is also mentioned in the king's list in 1 Chronicles 1:49–50 and succeeded Saul, and he himself was succeeded by Hanan.

His native city is not given. For this and other reasons, Joseph Marqaurt supposes that "son of Achbor" is a duplicate of "son of Beor" in Genesis 36:2, and that "Baal-hanan" in the original manuscripts is given as the name of the father of the next king, Hadar.^[117]

• A gardener of "the olive trees and sycomore trees in the low plains" in the service of David. Of the city of Geder. (1 Chronicles 27:28)

Baana was the name of 3 or 2 biblical figures:

• A man who accompanied Zerubbabel from captivity (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 10:27) Possibly the same as Nehemiah 7:7.
• The father of Zadok the builder (Nehemiah 3:4).

(Hebrew: בַעֲנָא)

• One of Ish-bosheth's army captains (2 Samuel 4:2)
• Baanah the Netophathite was the father of Heleb, one of King David's Warriors (2 Samuel 23:29, 1 Chronicles 11:30).
• Baanah the son of Ahilud, was one of Solomon's twelve regional administrators, having jurisdiction over Taanach, Meggido, and Beth-shean (1 Kings 4:12).
• Baanah the son of Hushai, was one of Solomon's twelve regional administrators, having jurisdiction over Asher and Aloth (1 Kings 4:16).

Baara was one of the three wives of Shaharaim, according to 1 Chronicles 8:8.

Baaseiah (Hebrew:באשעיה Meaning: the Lord is bold) was a Gershonite Levite as the son of Michael and the father of Malkijah according 1 Chronicles 6:25. He was also an ancestor of Asaph the seer or poet.

Bakbakkar, according to the Hebrew Bible, was a Levite dwelling in the villages of the Netophathites, and later carried captive into Babylon. (1 Chronicles 9:15) He is also one of the descendants of Asaph.

Bakbuk (meaning: "bottle" perhaps onomatopoetic), was the ancestor of the children of Bakbuk who were among the Nethinim and returned from Babylon (Ezra 2:51; Nehemiah 7:53).

Bakbukiah was the name of 2 biblical figures.

• A Levite who dwelt in Jerusalem who returned from captivity (Nehemiah 11:17); perhaps the same in Nehemiah 12:9.
• A porter keeping watch of the store house of the gates (Nehemiah 12:25).

See Bakbuk

Bani was the name of 16 individuals in the Hebrew Bible.

• A Gadite and one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:36).
• A Levite, who's son was appointed to service at the tabernacle at David's rule (1 Chronicles 6:46).
• A Judahite who's son lived in Jerusalem after the exile (1 Chronicles 9:4).
• See Binnui
• One who took a strange wife, along with his brothers being the son of Bani (Ezra 10:34,38).
• Son of Bani, a Levite and builder (Nehemiah 6:17).
• Instructed the people in Ezra's time (Nehemiah 8:7).
• Three Levites mentioned in connection with temple worship at Ezra's time (Nehemiah 9:4,5).
• A Levite to sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:13).
• A leader of a people who also signed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:14).
• The father of Uzzi who led as an overseer in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:22).

Barachel was a Buzite, and was the father of Elihu, an antagonist of Job, according to Job 32:2.

Bariah was a descendant of the royal family of Judah, being one of the three sons of Shemaiah (1 Chronicles 3:22).

Barkos was a painter who was the father of some of the Nethinim, according to Ezra 2:53.

Baruch was the name of 3 minor biblical individuals.

• The son of Zabbai, who helped in rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:20).
• A priest who signed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:6).
• The son of Col-hozeh, a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah (Nehemiah 11:5).

Barzillai [ברזלי "Iron-like"] was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• The GileaditeofRogelim was 80 years old at the time of Absalom's revolt against King David. Barzillai supplied provisions for David's army at Mahanaim (2 Samuel 17:27–29). After the death of Absalom, being an old man, he was unable to accompany the king back to Jerusalem, but brought Chimham to David for the return journey (2 Samuel 19:31–37).
• Another figure who married one of Barzillai's daughters was called Barzellai as a result (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63). In 1 Esdras 5:38, he is called Zorzelleus.

Hebrew: Sweet-smellingorSweet-smile

1. Basemath, wife of Esau, and daughter of Elon the Hittite (Genesis 26:34). She is thought to be identical to or a sister to Adah who is mentioned in Genesis 36.^[118]
2. Basemath, another wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister to Nebajoth and mother of Reuel (Genesis 36:3). She is thought by some scholars to be the same as Mahalath of Genesis 28.
3. Basemath, the daughter of Solomon; a wife of Ahimaaz. (1 Kings 4:15)

Bavai (bawway; Septuagint Codex Alexandrinus, Benei; Codex Vaticanus, Bedei; the King James Version Bavai, "wisher"), was mentioned as one of those who helped rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem.^[119]

BazlithorBazluth was the ancestor who's descendants were among the Nethinim, and returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:54; Ezra 2:52)

See Bazlith^[120]

Bealiah (בְּעַלְיָה, Be‘alyah) or Baalyah, a Benjamite, was one of David's thirty heroes who went to Ziklag, mentioned in 1 Chronicles 12:5. The name derives from Baal and Jah, and according to the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) means "Yahweh is Lord."^[121]

Bebai was the name of 3 biblical individuals.

• Ancestor of those who returned with Ezra, to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:11). His descendants were 623 which returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:11). Nehemiah 7:6, gives the number of 628. Most of his descendants married foreign wived (Ezra 10:28).
• Father of Zechariah and a descendant of Bebai (Ezra 8:11).
• Chief of the people who signed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:15).

Becher was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible:

• The second of ten sons of Benjamin according to Genesis 46:21 and 1 Chronicles 7:6
• A son of Ephraim according to Numbers 26:35. His descendants were referred to as Bachrites.

Becorath, son of Aphiah, of the tribe of Benjamin, was an ancestor of King Saul and of his commander Abner. According to Saul, his family was the least of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Samuel 9)

See Bechorath

Bedad was the father of Hadad of Edom, (Genesis 36:35). In 1 Chronicles 1:46, either he, his son or both defeated the MidianitesinMoab and their city was named Avith.

Bedan was the name of 2 biblical figures.

• One of the leaders of Israel, mentioned along with Gideon, Jephthah and Samuel who was commemorated as one of the deliverers of the nation (1 Samuel 12:11). It is likely that the text refers to Barak in the Septuagint, Syriac and Arabic.^[122]
• One of the sons of Ulam of the tribe of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 7:17).

Bedeiah is a descendant of Bani who married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:35).

Beera was a son of Zophah and from the tribe of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:37).

Beerah was one of the princes of Reuben whom Tiglath-Pileser III carried away (1 Chronicles 5:6). he was the son of Baal.

Beeri was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• The father of the prophet Hosea (Hosea 1:1). Jewish tradition says that he only uttered a few words of prophecy, and as they were insufficient to be embodied in a book by themselves, they were incorporated in the Book of Isaiah, viz., verses 19 and 20 of the 8th chapter. As such, Beeri is considered a prophet in Judaism.^[123]
• The father of Judith wife of Esau (Genesis 26:34).

See Becher.

Hebrew: בלע BeLa' "Crooked"

Bela was the name of three individuals mentioned in the Bible:

• Bela ben Beor, an Edomite king according to Genesis 36:32 and 1 Chronicles 1:43
• (also "Belah") The first of ten sons of Benjamin according to Genesis 46:21, Numbers 26:38, and 1 Chronicles 7 and 8.
• A son of Azaz according to 1 Chronicles 5:8

See Bela

See Jaaziel

Ben Abinadab (Hebrew בנ אבינדב BeN ,'aḄYNaDaḄ "My Father is Liberal"), was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators; he was over Dor, and he was married to Taphath, a daughter of Solomon. 1 Kings 4:11 (RSV).

Ben-Ammi (Hebrew בן־עמי for "son of my people"^[124]) was the son of Lot and his youngest daughter. He became the father of the Ammonites (see Genesis 19:36–38).

Ben Dekar (Hebrew בנ דקר BeN DeQeR "Son of Pick"), was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators; he was over Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan. 1 Kings 4:9 (RSV).

Ben Geber (Hebrew בנ גבר BeN GeḄeR "Son of He-Man"), was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators; he was responsible for Ramoth-Gilead and Argob (1 Kings 4:13).

Ben-hail (Hebrew: Ben-Cha'yil, בֶּןאּחִיַל, son of strength, i.e. warrior; Sept. translates οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν δυνατῶν), was one of the princes sent by king Jehoshaphat throughout the Kingdom of Judah, as to fulfill the king's reformation.

Ben-hanan was the son of Shimon in the line of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:20).

Ben Hesed (Hebrew בנ חסד ben hesed "Son of Grace"), was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators; he was over Aruboth, Sochoh, and Hepher. 1 Kings 4:10 (RSV).

Ben Hur (Hebrew בנ חור Ben Hur "Son of Hur") was one of King Solomon's twelve regional administrators; he was over Ephraim. 1 Kings 4:8 (RSV).

Ben-Zoheth was a descendant of Judah being a descendant of Ishi (1 Chronicles 4:20).

Benaiah was the name of 12 minor biblical individuals.

• A Pirathonite, and one of David's mighty men who was chief of the course in the 11th month, numbering 24,000 (2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 27:14).
• Chief over the house of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:36).
• A Levite appointed as a singer with "psalteries set to Alamoth" (1 Chronicles 15:18,20; 16:5).
• A priest who was appointed by Yahweh to blow the trumpet before the Ark of the Covenant (1 Chronicles 15:24; 16:6).
• The father of Jehoiada (1 Chronicles 27:34). Possibly the same as the prominent Benaiah.
• An ancestor of Jahaziel of the house of Asaph (2 Chronicles 20:14).
• An overseer in the service of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:13).
• Four different men who married foreign wives (Ezra 10:25,30,35,43).
• The father of Pelatiah seen in the visions of Ezekiel the prophet (Ezekiel 11:1,3).

Beninu was a Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:13–14).

Benjamin was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals.

• A Benjamite being the son of Bilhan, and the head of the family of warriors (1 Chronicles 7:10).
• One of the sons of Harim, who married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:32).

Beno was the son of Merari and from Jaaziah 1 Chronicles 24:26–27.

Beor was the name of 2 biblical figures.

• The father of king Bela of Edom who was one of the kings of Edom who reigned "before there reigned any king over the children of Israel" (Genesis 36:31–32; 1 Chronicles 1:43).
• The father of Balaam who in Jewish Tradition is venerated as a prophet (Numbers 22–24; 31:8; Joshua 13:22).^[125] He and other men who were fathers of notable prophets is also mentioned and commemorated.

Berachah was one of the Benjamite warriors who joined DavidinZiklag (1 Chronicles 12:3).

Beraiah was the son of Shimhi, chief man of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:21).

Berechiah was the name of 7 biblical figures.

• The father of the prophet Zechariah and son of Iddo (Zechariah 1:1; 11:7). Also called Jeberechiah or Jeberekiah in Isaiah 8:2.
• One of the sons of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:19–20).
• The father of Asaph the seer (1 Chronicles 6:39; 15:17).
• An inhabitant of Jerusalem and a Levite (1 Chronicles 9:16)
• The doorkeeper for the ark in David's time (1 Chronicles 15:23).
• One of the heads of the tribe of Ephraim (2 Chronicles 28:12).
• The father of Meshullam the builder during Nehemiah's time (Nehemiah 3:4,30; 6:18).

Beriah is the name of four different biblical individuals:

• One of Asher's four sons, and father of Heber and Malchiel.^[126]
• A son of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20–23), born after the killing of Ephraim's sons Ezer and Elead, and so called by his father "because disaster had befallen his house."^[127] He was the father of Rephah, the ancestor of Joshua son of Nun son of Elishama.
• ABenjamite, son of Elpaal. He and his brother Shema expelled the Gittites, and were patriarchs to the inhabitants of Ajalon. His sons were Michael, Ishpah and Joha. (1 Chr. 8:13)
• ALevite, the son of Shimei. He was jointly patriarch of a clan with his brother Jeush. (1 Chr. 23:10–11)

Bered was the son of Shulethah, being the grandson of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 7:20).

Beri was the son of Zophah of the tribe of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:36).

Besai was the ancestor of the Nethinim who returned with ZerubbabeltoJerusalem (Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52).

Besodeiah was the father of another Meshullam, who was another builder (Nehemiah 3:6).

Beth-rapha was a descendant of Judah being the son of Eshton (1 Chronicles 4:12).

Bethuel was the youngest son of Nahor and Milcah. Nephew of Abraham and father of Rebecca and Laban (Genesis 22:21–23).

Beth Zur is mentioned in (1 Chr. 2:45) as the son of Maon the son of Shammai. He is also a Jerahmeelite.

Bezai was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• A chief who sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:18).
• His 323 descendants (Nehemiah 2:17) or 324 (Ezra 7:23) returned with ZerubbabeltoJerusalem.

Bezalel was an architect who constructed the ark in connection with the tabernacle in the wilderness, he was engaged principally in works of metal, wood, and stone; while Aholiab, who was associated with him and subordinate to him, had the charge of the textile fabrics (Exodus 31:2; 35:30; 36:1–2; 38:22).

Bezaleel was one of the descendants of Pahath-Moab guilty of intermarriage (Ezra 10:30).

Bezer was from the tribe of Asher being the son of Zophah (1 Chronicles 7:37).

Bichri was a Benjamite being the father of Sheba who led an insurrection against king David; whom Joab and his army pursued and lob his head over the town's wall (2 Samuel 20:1).

Bidkar (Hebrew: בדקר) was an officer of the Israelite king Jehu. Jehu ordered Bidkar to throw the body of the king he usurped, Jehoram, into the field of Naboth, fulfilling prophecy. 2 Kings 9:25

See Biztha

Bigthana (Hebrew: בִּגְתָן, בִּגְתָנָא Bīgṯān, Bīgṯānāʾ) was a eunuch of king Ahasuerus who in the Greek Septuagint translation of the Bible, they were known as Gabatha (Koine Greek: Γαβαθά καὶ Θαρρα). Bigthan's name is also spelled "Bigtan" or "Bigthana". It is a Persian name which means "Gift of God".^[128] He and Theresh were planning to kill the king whom Mordecai warned Ahasuerus of.

The name Bigvai occurs several times in Ezra-Nehemiah (Ezra 2:2, 14, 8:14, Nehemiah 7:7, 19 and 10:16).^[129] That refers to 3 people. In the last of these he is one of the "leaders of the people".^[130] By 408 B.C. the Elephantine papyri show that Sanballat was the governor of Samaria, and Bigvai the governor of Jerusalem but Wright says that "it is not suggested that any of these [referred to in Ezra-Nehemiah] is the man who later became governor.^[129]

Bilgah was allocated the fifteenth division of priestly service when lots were drawn in 1 Chronicles 24.

Bilhan was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• A Horite chief dwelling in Mount Seir (Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42).
• ABenjamite being the son of Jediael and father of Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar (1 Chronicles 7:10).

Bilshan, one of the important men who came with Zerubbabel from Babylon. (Ezra 2:2;Nehemiah 8:7) In 1 Esdras 5:8 he is called Beelsarus. According to Rabbinical Literature, the name Bilshan is improper, but a surname to the preceding name Mordecai. The latter was given this epithet because of his linguistic attainments.^[131]

Bimhal was one of the sons of Japhlet in the tribe of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:33).

Binea was the son of Moza and the father of Rephaiah or Rapha. He is mentioned in two passages: 1 Chronicles 8:37 and 1 Chronicles 9:43.

Binnui was the name of 4 biblical individuals.

• A Levite, father of Noadiah and living in the time of Ezra (Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 12:8).
• One of the descendants of Pahath-Moab guilty of intermarriage and Balnuus of 1 Esdras 9:31 (Ezra 10:30). He was also called Bani who was also mentioned being intermarried (Ezra 10:38).
• The son of Henadad who built the part of wall of Jerusalem; he also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 3:24; 10:9). He is identical with Bavvai son of Henadad mentioned in Nehemiah 3:18 which is either a corrupt version of Binnui. Or is a Levitical house which Bavvai was a chief. Nehemiah 10:9 supports this theory as Binnui is a leader and besides, the names in these verses are obviously of priests and Levites.
• One of the heads who went with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:15; Ezra 2:10).

Birsha is the king of GomorrahinGenesis 14 who joins other Canaanite city kings in rebelling against Chedorlaomer.

Bishlam was one of the three foreign colonists who wrote a complaint letter against the JewstoArtaxerxes (Ezra 4:7). The Septuagint renders Bishlam as en eirene, "in peace," as though it were a phrase rather than a proper name; this is clearly or possibly an error.

Biztha was the second of the seven eunuchsofArtaxerxes; it may be possible that the name is derived from the Persian besteh, "bound," hence, "eunuch" (Esther 1:10).

Bocheru was one of the 6 sons of Azel. He is mentioned two times in the Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles 8:38 and 1 Chronicles 9:44.

Bohan was mentioned in Joshua 15:6; 18:17 as who's stone served as a boundary mark from Judah to Benjamin. He is neither mentioned in the lists of Reuben's sons. Some suggest he was the one who set that rock.^[132]

Bukki was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• A prince of the tribe of Dan; one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the division of Canaan amongst the tribe (Num. 34:22).
• A son of Abishua, father of Uzzi, and a priest from the line of Aaron (1 Chronicles 6:5,51; Ezra 7:4).

Bukkiah was a Kohathite Levite being one of the sons of Heman one of the musicians of the first temple (1 Chronicles 25:4,13).

Bunah is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:25 as a son of Jerahmeel.

Bunni was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• A Levite living in the time of described as "Standing on the stairs of the Levites were" (Nehemiah 9:4).
• The father of Hashabiah whose descendant, Shemaiah the Levite inhabited the newly recovered city Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:15).

Buz was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

• The second son of Nahor and Milcah (Genesis 22:21). Elihu, the Book of Job's antagonist was his prominent descendant (Job 32:2).
• One of the chiefs of the tribe of Gad (1 Chronicles 5:14).

Buzi (Hebrew: בּוּזִי, Būzī) was the father of Ezekiel and priest of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 1:3). Ezekiel, like Jeremiah, is said to have been a descendant of Joshua by his marriage with the proselyte Rahab (Talmud Meg. 14b; Midrash Sifre, Num. 78).

See Chalcol

This is about the Caleb mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 2:18. For the better-known Caleb son of Jephunneh, see Caleb.

The Canaanitish Woman can refer to one unnamed biblical individual.

• The mother of Shaul, son of Simeon. She was a Canaanite of Canaan whom Simeon was married to, it is unclear whether she was the mother of the other sons of Simeon (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15).

Carkas or Carcas is one of the seven eunuchs whom Ahasuerus summoned to parade queen Vashti (Esther 1:10).

Carmi refers to two individuals mentioned in the Bible:

• The fourth son of Reuben according to Genesis 46:9, Numbers 26:6, and 1 Chronicles 5:3.
• The son of Zabdi, grandson of Zerah of the Tribe of Judah, and the father of Achan, according to Joshua 7:1. He was present at the Battle of Jericho.

CarshenaorKarshena is a name which appears in a list of high-ranking officials in the court of king Ahasuerus in Esther 1:14. It is derived from the Persian warkačīnā, meaning "wolfish".^[133]

Chalcol, the brother of Darda (Hebrew כלכל kalkol – the same consonants with different vowel points (kilkayl) mean "maintain") is listed in 1 Kings 4:31 as an example of a very wise man who is, nevertheless, not as wise as Solomon. Another person with the same Hebrew name (though spelled Calcol in the King James Version) is listed in 1 Chronicles as the son of Zerah, the son of Judah (son of Jacob).^[134]

See Kelal.

Chelluh, Cheluhi, or Cheluhu is the name given in Ezra 10:35 for one of the men who married foreign women.^[135]

Two individuals by the name of Chelub are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

• A descendant of Judah, called "brother of Shuhah" in 1 Chronicles 4:11, in a genealogical passage listing descendants of Judah. According to the Encyclopaedia Biblica (1899), this "Chelub" is the biblical figure better known as Caleb.^[136]
• An Ezri son of Chelub was an overseer of agricultural work in the time of king David according to 1 Chronicles 27:26.

See #Caleb

See Kesed

Chenaanah is the name of two biblical figures.

• In a genealogical section of Chronicles concerned with the Tribe of Benjamin, a Chenaanah son of Bilhan is mentioned.^[137]
• The false prophet Zedekiah is called "son of Chenaanah".^[138]

Chenani was one of the men mentioned in Nehemiah 9:4, in connection with the constitution of "congregation." If the names represent houses or families, eight Levitical houses probably sang some well-known psalm on this occasion.

Chenaniah, according to Chronicles, was a Levite leader in the time of David.^[139] The Hebrew text is unclear as to whether he was in charge of something to do with singing or with the carrying of the ark.^[140]

CheranorKeran was the son of Dishon the Horite (Genesis 36:26; 1 Chronicles 1:41).

Chileab (Hebrew: כִלְאָב, Ḵīləʾāḇ) also known as Daniel, was the second son of David, King of Israel, according to the Bible. He was David's son with his third wife Abigail, widow of Nabal the Carmelite, and is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:1, and 2 Samuel 3:3. Unlike the other of David's three elder sons, Amnon, Absalom, and Adonijah who were important characters in 2 Samuel, Chileab is only named in the list of David's sons and no further mention is made of him. Though being the second son,...

Chimham, Chimhan ^[141]orKimham ^[142] was a servant nominated by Barzillai to accompany King DavidtoGilgal during his return to Jerusalem after the death of Absalom. (2 Samuel 19:37–40)

The name also refers to a place near Bethlehem where Johanan regrouped before departing to Egypt.^[143]

Chislon was the father of Elidad, a prince of the Tribe of Benjamin. (Num. 34:21)

Col-hozeh was the father of Shallum (Nehemiah 3:15), who was the official of Mizpah at the time, and head of the repairs to certain walls and fountains. He is further mentioned as the father of Baruch though it is not explicitly mentioned that Baruch's brother was Shallum, distinguishing this Col-hozeh from the previous (Nehemiah 11:5).

Conaniah also called Konaniah may be the name of 2 individuals:

• A Levite, placed over the tithes (2 Chronicles 35:9.
• A Levite, appointed with his brother, Shimei, by Hezekiah and Azariah the priest, to be the overseer to the tithes to the temple (2 Chronicles 31:12–13).

The concubine, Aramitess was the mother of Machir, the father of Gilead, she was the concubine of Ashriel (1 Chronicles 7:14).

CozorKoz was the son of Helah and father of Anub and Hazzobebah (1 Chronicles 4:8).

Cushi was the name of 2 biblical individuals found in the Hebrew Bible.

• The father of Shelemiah, and so as the great-grandfather of Jehudi who later joined Jeremiah and Baruch in the request of the men to read the scrolls of Jeremiah to the king's direct advisors. Some point afterwards, Jehoiachim demolishes the scroll by casting it to a pit of fire. (Jeremiah 36:14)
• The father of the Prophet ZephaniahinZephaniah 1:1; he was also the son of Gedaliah which was the son of Amariah the son of Hezekiah.

Another unnamed biblical figure called "the Cushite" is found in 2 Samuel 18:21 as a messenger from Joab who brought tidings to David, after the death of Absalom whom Joab killed. Shortly after David mourns for his beloved son. (2 Samuel 18:21–32) The King James Version translates his name as Cushi as a term for an Ethiopian descent.

See Delaiah

Dalphon (Hebrew דַּלְפוֹן "to weep") was one of the ten sons of Haman, killed along with Haman by the Jews of Persia, according to Esther 9:7.

See Darda

Darda (Hebrew דַּרְדַּע) was one of the exemplars of wisdom than whom Solomon was wiser.^[144] In 1 Chronicles 2:6, his name is misspelled as "Dara."^[145]

Darkon was the ancestor of his descendants who were among the servants of Solomon who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:56; Nehemiah 7:58).

Dathan along with Korah and Abiram, being the son of Eliab rebelled against Moses (Numbers 16:1). He was sent to Sheol by Yahweh cause of his disobedience (Numbers 26:9).

The Daughter of Machir was an unnamed biblical figure mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:21, she was the daughter of Machir the son of Manasseh and one of the wives of Hezron who bore him Segub which became the father of Jair.

The Daughter of Meshullam is an unnamed biblical individual whom Johanan, Tobiah's son married; her father was Meshullam (Nehemiah 6:18).

The Daughter of Putiel is an unnamed biblical individual whom Eleazar the son of Aaron married and bore him Phinehas (Exodus 6:15).

The Daughter of Shechaniah is a biblical figure unnamed and married to Tobiah, she was daughter to Shechaniah son of Arah, whom her father was widely respected; affecting her husband as feared (Nehemiah 6:18).

The Daughter of Shuah is an unnamed figure married to Judah, son of Jacob; she was the daughter of Shuah who bore Judah, Er, Onan and Shelah (Genesis 38:2). The reference to Judah's wife in Genesis 38:12 refers to her as the "daughter of Shuah", or "bat-Shuah" in Hebrew. This has led some to take Bat-Shuah (and variants) as her actual name.^[146]Amidrashic tradition says her name was Aliyath.^[147] Bat-Shuah is also an alternative name for Bathsheba, wife of Judah's descendant, King David.^[148]

Debir was a king of Eglon, slain by Joshua and his valiant men, he camped before Gibeon and warred against it with the other kings, they hid in a cave and was hunged later (Joshua 18:1–26).

Deborah appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wet nurse of Rebecca (Genesis 35:8). She is first mentioned by name in the Torah when she dies in a place called Alon Bachot (אלון בכות), "Tree of Weepings" (Genesis 35:8), and is buried by Jacob, who is returning with his large family to Canaan. According to Rashi, Deborah was sent by Laban to care for his sister Rebecca when the latter went to marry Isaac (Genesis 24:59).

Dedan (Hebrew:דְּדָן‎) may refer to 2 biblical characters.

• A son of Raamah, son of Cush the son of Ham (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9). His descendants is further mentioned in Isaiah 21:13, Ezekiel 27:15. They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the northwest coast of the Persian Gulf (aka Arabian Gulf) and their descendants are likely among the Arabs of today.
• The son of Jokshan, the son of Abraham through Keturah and his sons, Leummim, Letushim and Asshurim (Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32).

Delaiah (דליהו "drawn out by YHWH").^[149] is the name of several biblical persons:

• Kohenic family, one of the Twenty-four Priestly divisions
• Son of Shemaiah, and officer to King Jehoiakim of Judah. He was one of the officers present at the delivery of a scroll sent by Jeremiah, (Jer. 36:12) and one of those who asked the king not to burn the scroll. (ibid. 36:25)
• The head of a family that came up from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel, that was unable to give its ancestral genealogy. (Ezr. 2:60, Neh. 7:62)
• One of the sons of Elioenai, a descendant of the royal Davidic line through Jeconiah. (1 Chronicles 3:24). He lived after the exile and was a descendant of Zerubbabel as a 3x great-grandson.
• Son of Mehetabel and father of Shemaiah. (Neh. 6:10) He is probably identical to the previous entry.

Deuel (Hebrew דְּעוּאֵל) was the father of Eliasaph the leader of the Tribe of Gad, as noted in four verses in the Book of Numbers: Numbers 1:14; 7:42,47; 10:20. However, in Numbers 2:14 this Eliasaph is called "the son of Reuel."

Diblaim (Hebrew דִּבְלָיִם "cakes of pressed figs") was the father of the prophet Hosea's wife, Gomer. His name means 'doubled cakes'. (Hosea 1:3)

Dibri, a Danite, was the father of Shelomith, according to Leviticus 24:11. Shelomith's son was stoned to death by the people of Israel for blasphemy following Moses' issue of a ruling^[150] on the penalty to be applied for blasphemy.

Diklah was a son of Joktan according to Genesis 10:27, 1 Chronicles 1:21.

Dishan (Hebrew דִּישׁוֹן dishon) was the youngest son of Seir the Horite. (Genesis 36:21)

Dishon may refer to 2 biblical individuals.

• The fifth son of Seir (Genesis 36:21; 1 Chronicles 1:38). In the original of Ge 36:26, where his four sons are mentioned, the name is, by some transposition, DISHAN, which our translators (following the Sept. and the parallel passage 1Ch 1:41) have correctly changed to "Dishon."
• A child of Anah (Genesis 36:25; 1 Chronicles 1:41).

DodavahuorDodavah, according to Chronicles, was the father of Eliezer, a prophet.^[151]

Dodo (Hebrew דּוֹדוֹ dodo "his beloved" or "his uncle" from דּוֹד dod meaning "beloved" or "father's brother") is a name given to three persons in the Bible:

• A descendant of Issachar (Judges 10:1).
• AnAhohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David's three mighty men who were over the thirty. (2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12)
• A man from Bethlehem, and father of Elhanan, who was one of David's thirty heroes (2 Samuel 23:24).

Dumah was one of the sons of Ishmael (Genesis 17:20; 1 Chronicles 1:30). Some scholars identify Dumah with the ancient city of Duma in modern Saudi Arabia.^[152]

Ebal may refer to 2 biblical figures:

• A son of Shobal, a descendant of Seir the Horite, he was a relative to the Esauites in Genesis 36:23.
• See Obal

• The father of Gaal, mentioned in Judges 9.
• The son of Jonathan, one of the heads of household who returned from the Babylonian exile in the Book of Ezra (Ezra 1:6).

Ebed-melech (Hebrew: עבד-מלך eved-melekh "servant of a king"^[153]), an Ethiopian eunuch, intervened with king Zedekiah on behalf of Jeremiah^[154]

Eber was the name of 5 biblical individuals of the Hebrew Bible.

• The third generation from Shem and the founder of the Hebrew race. The son of Salah and the father of Peleg. His named can be derived from the term Hebrew. (Genesis 10:24; 11:14)
• One of the seven heads of the descendants of Gadin1 Chr 5:13.
• A benjaminite and the oldest of the three sons of Elpaal mentioned in 1 Chr 8:12.
• A benjaminite and one of the heads of the families of the tribe in Jerusalem. v.22
• A head of the family of Amok after the exile. (Nehemiah 12:20)

See Abiasaph

Eden may refer to the Garden of Eden or the singular person named Eden described in 2 Chr 29:12 as the son of Joah and one of the Levites who sanctified the Temple of the Lord by assisting in reforming the public worship of the sanctuary in the time of Hezekiah. In (2 Chronicles 31:15), Eden along with other people appointed, helped assisted Kore faithfully in the towns of the priests, distributing to their fellow priests according to their divisions, old and young alike.

Eder was a Benjaminite chief (Ader in the King James Version) (1 Chronicles 8:15)

Eglah was one of David's wives and the mother of Ithream, according to 2 Samuel 3:4.

InGenesis 46:21, Ehi is the third son of Benjamin. In 1 Chronicles 8:1 he is called Aharah, and in Numbers 26:38 he is called Ahiram.

Ehud was one of the sons of Bilhan in a Benjamite clan (1 Chronicles 7:10).

Eker was one of the sons of Ram the firstborn son of Jerahmeel the brother of Ram. He is mentioned in (2 Chronicles 2:27).

Eladah was the son of Tahath and father of another Tahath, a descendant of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 7:20).

Elah is the name of 5 minor biblical individuals.

• Elah was the father of King Hoshea of Israel (2 Kings 17:1, 18:1)
• Elah was the name of an Edomite clan {the name of an eponymous chieftain} mentioned in Genesis 36:31–43.
• Elah was the second son of Caleb the son of Jephunneh (1 Chronicles 4:15).
• Elah was the father of Shimei comissary of Solomon (1 Kings 4:18).
• Elah was a Benjamite and son of one of the chiefs, Uzzi (1 Chronicles 9:8) Of the tribes where the country was settled.

ElasahorEleasah (Hebrew: אלעשה meaning 'made by God') was the name of four individuals mentioned in the Bible:

• The son of Shaphan, who was chosen by King Zedekiah of Judah to be one of the two messengers to take Jeremiah's letter to Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 29:3) He was probably the brother of Ahikam, who had taken Jermiah's part at the time of his arrest after the temple sermon ^[155]
• One of the sons of Pashur who was rebuked for marrying a foreign woman (Ezra 10:18–19)
• The son of Helez, a Jerahmeelite (1 Chronicles 2:39–40). He is called "Eleasah" in the King James Bible.^[156]
• A descendant of Saul according to 1 Chronicles 8:37. He is called "Eleasah" in the King James Bible.^[156]

Eldaah appears as one of the sons of Midian (son of Abraham) in Genesis 25:4 and 1 Chronicles 1:33.

Elead appears in 1 Chronicles 7:21 as the name of a man who, along with his brother Ezer, is killed by farmers near Philistine the city of Gath. It is unclear whether Elead is intended by the Chronicler as the son or a later descendant of Ephraim, and it is likewise uncertain whether this Elead is the same figure as the Eleadah mentioned in the previous verse.^[157]

See Elasah.

Eliada (rendered once as Eliadah by the King James Bible) is the name of three individuals in the Hebrew Bible.

• The son of David, who was originally called Beeliada.^[158]
• ABenjamite captain in the time of king Jehoshaphat.^[159]
• The father of Rezon the Syrian, spelled "Eliadah" in the King James Version.

See Eliada.

See Dodavahu

Eliphal son of Ur is listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors in 1 Chronicles 11:35. In the corresponding place in Samuel's version of the list (2 Samuel 23:34), he is called "Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maachathite." According to the Encyclopaedia Biblica, the name "Eliphal" (Hebrew 'lypl ) is copyist's error for "Eliphelet" ( 'lyplt ) caused by dropping the final letter in the name.^[160][161]

Eliphelet is a Hebrew name meaning "God is a deliverance." ^[160] It is the name of several figures in the Hebrew Bible, and appears under several spellings.^[160][162]

• Eliphelet is the name given to a son of David in 2 Samuel 5:16, and 1 Chronicles 3:8 and 14:7. Due to a textual error, Chronicles records Eliphelet twice, as if it were the name of two different sons of David.^[160]
• Eliphal, son of Ur (2 Samuel 23:34) or Ahasbai (1 Chronicles 11:35), is listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors. The Encyclopaedia Biblica claims that "Eliphal" is likely a scribal error for "Eliphelet."^[160]
• Eliphal son of Eshek appears in a genealogy of the Tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:39).
• An Eliphelet is named among the "descendants of Adonikam," one of the groups that returned with Ezra from the Babylonian captivity according to Ezra 8:13.
• An Eliphelet, one of the "descendants of Hashum," is listed as one of the men who married foreign women according to Ezra 10:33.

Eliasaph was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible:

• The son of Deuel, the prince of the Tribe of Gad and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, according to Numbers 1:14 and Numbers 10:20.
• The son of Lael and the chief of the house of Gershon according to Numbers 3:24.

Eliathah is the name given in 1 Chronicles 25:4 to one of the "fourteen sons" of Heman. According to 25:27, he gave his name to one of the twenty-four classes of temple singers.

Elidad was a prince of the tribe of Benjamin; one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the division of Canaan amongst the tribe (Numbers 34: 21).

Elienai, one of the nine sons of Shimei, appears in a genealogical passage as a descendant of Benjamin in 1 Chronicles 8:20. The consonants which make up the Hebrew name are only in this one passage read as Elienai; elsewhere the pronunciation is Elioenai.^[163]

Elihoreph (Hebrew אליחרף) was a scribe in King Solomon's court. He was a son of Shisha and brother of Ahiah. (1 Kings: 4:3) The name means "'my God repays,' or 'my God is the giver of the autumn harvest.'"^[164]

Elijah (Hebrew: אליה) was the name of three minor biblical individuals beside from the famous prophet Elijah.

• One of the sons of Jeroham according to 1 Chronicles 8:27.
• One of the descendants of the Harim, of the tribe of Levi who had married strange wives in the guiltiness of intermarriage. (Ezra 10:21)
• A descendant of Elam, of the priestly line who is also listed as being guilty of intermarriage in Ezra 10:26.

Elimelech was the husband of Naomi. Together they had two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. He was originally a resident of Bethlehem before moving to Moab with his family, where he died (see Ruth 1:1–3). All of his property was later purchased by Boaz (see Ruth 4:9).

Elioenai is the name of several minor persons found in the Hebrew Bible.

• An Elioenai appears in 1 Chronicles 3:23–24: the son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, a descendant of king Jeconiah.
• A clan leader in the Tribe of Simeon, according to 1 Chronicles 4:36.
• Elioenai son of Becher, a descendant of the Tribe of Benjamin according 1 Chronicles 7:8.
• A descendant of Pashhur, one of the priests listed as having married foreign women (Ezra 10:22).
• A descendant of Zattu, also listed with those who had foreign wives (Ezra 10:27).
• A priest involved in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem according to Nehemiah 12:41. This may be the same as the descendant of Passhur (above).^[165]
• Elioenai or Elihoenai, son of Meshelemiah, son of Korah (1 Chronicles 26:3).
• Elioenai or Elionenai was a descendant of David. He was the father of Akkub, and son of Neariah.

Elishama (Hebrew: אלישמע my God heard) was the name of several biblical characters, including:

• Elishama, a son of Ammihud, a prince of the house of Ephraim and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, according to Numbers 1:10.
• Elishama the scribe (Jeremiah 36:12)
• Elishama, son of David, born in Jerusalem, mentioned in the second Book of Samuel (2 Samuel 5:16)

Elishaphat, son of Zichri, was one of the "captains of hundreds" associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne 2 Chronicles 23:1.

Elisheba ("God is my oath", cognate to the name Elizabeth) is the wife of Aaron and sister-in-law of Moses. Her sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazer and Ithamar. (Exodus 6:23).

Elizaphan was a prince of the tribe of Zebulun; one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the division of Canaan amongst the tribe (Num. 34:25).

Elizur was a son of Shedeur and a prince of the House of Reuben according to Numbers 1:5, and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel. He appears only in the Book of Numbers, in five verses (1:5; 2:10; 7:30, 35; 10:18).^[166]

Elnaam, according to 1 Chronicles 11:46, was the father of Jeribai and Joshaviah, two of David's Mighty Warriors.

Elnathan (Hebrew אלנתן Elnathan "God gave") is a Hebrew name found in 2 Kings, Jeremiah and Ezra.

According to 2 Kings 24:8, Elnathan of Jerusalem was the father of Nehushta. Nehushta was the mother of King Jeconiah, whose father was King Jehoiakim. Despite this close relationship to the king, Elnathan was one of those who, according to Jeremiah 36:25 opposed Jehoiakim when he cut up and burnt a scroll that had been brought to him, containing Jeremiah's prophesies of the forthcoming destruction of Judah. Elnathan's father Achbor was a strong supporter of the earlier reforms of King Josiah, which may have influenced Elnathan's behavior,^[167] although according to Jeremiah 26:20–23 he had earlier been closely involved in the persecution of the prophet Uriah ben Shemaiah.

InEzra 8:16, the name Elnathan occurs three times:

Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, which were teachers. (Revised Version)

Donna Laird proposes that the repetition of "Elnathan", and the similarity between the names "Jarib" and "Joiarib", indicate a copyist's accidental repetition.^[168]

Elon (Hebrew: אֵילֹן, Modern: Elon, Tiberian: 'Êlōn, "Oak") was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible:

• A son of Zebulun according to Genesis 46:14 and Numbers 26:26. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.
• Elon, one of the judges of Israel.

Elpaal is a name mentioned briefly in 1 Chronicles 8, in a genealogy of the Tribe of Benjamin.^[169] He is recorded as the son of a woman named Hushim, the wife of a man named Shaharaim. The relationship between Shaharaim and Benjamin is not spelled out by the Chronicler. Elpaal is recorded as the father of people who included the builders or ancestors of the towns of Ono, Lod, and Ajalon.

See Eliphelet (biblical figure)

See Elpelet

Eluzai, in 1 Chronicles 12:6,^[170] is the name of a Benjamite warrior who joined the forces of DavidatZiklag. The name may have meant "God is my refuge."^[171]

Elzabad is the name of two biblical figures.

• Elzabad appears ninth in a list of eleven warriors from the Tribe of Gad who, according to 1 Chronicles 12:12, joined forces with David "at the stronghold in the wilderness."
• Elzabad, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Obed-edom, is listed as a Korahite porter in 1 Chronicles 26:7.

Elzaphan was a son of Uzziel of the house of Levi according to Exodus 6:22, born in Egypt. He was a nephew of Amram and a cousin of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses. He and Mishael were asked by Moses to carry away Nadab's and Abihu's bodies to a place outside the camp. (Leviticus 10:4). In the wilderness of Sinai he was named chief of the house of Kohath (Numbers 3:30).

Enan is mentioned several by way of reference to his son, "Ahira the son of Enan," who according to the Book of Numbers was the tribal leader of the Tribe of Naphtali in the time of the wilderness wanderings following the Exodus.^[172]

InGenesis 4:17–18, Enoch is the firstborn son of Cain and the father of Irad. Cain named the city of Enoch after his son.

For the place-name containing Enan, see Hazar Enan.

Enan was a member of the house of Naphtali according to Numbers 1:15. He was the father of Ahira.

Ephlal is the name given to a Jerahmeelite found a genealogy in 1 Chronicles.^[173] He is identified as the son of Zabad, the son of Nathan, the son of Attai, the son of Jarha, the son-in-law of Sheshan, the son of Ishi, the son of Appaim, the son of Nadab, the son of Shammai, the son of Onam, the son of Jerahmeel. In various manuscripts of the Greek Septuagint, the name is found in the forms Aphamel, Aphamed, and Ophlad. Stanley Arthur Cook (1899) suggested that the name might originally have been either an abbreviated form of Eliphelet, or else the name "Elpaal."^[174]

Ephod was the father of Hanniel, a prince of the Tribe of Manasseh. (Num. 34:23).

Ephron the Hittite, son of Zohar, lived in Mamre among the children of Heth. Abraham comes to the Hittites, which are strangers to him, and asks them to sell him a property that he can use as a burial site. The Hittites, flattering Abraham by calling him a mighty prince says that he can choose whichever tomb he wants (Genesis 23:1–8). Abraham then asks them to contact Ephron son of Zohar who owns the cave of Machpelah which he is offering to buy for "the full price". Ephron slyly replies that he is prepared to give Abraham the field and the cave within, knowing that that would not result in Abraham having a permanent claim on it.^[175] Abraham politely refuses the offer and insists on paying for the field. Ephron replies that the field is worth four hundred shekels of silver and Abraham agrees to the price without any further bargaining.^[175] He then proceeded to bury his dead wife Sarah there (Genesis 23:9–20).

Er (Hebrew: אה Observant) was the name of several biblical characters, including:

• A descendant of Shelah, son of Judah (son of Jacob) in 1 Chronicles 4:21.
• The son of Joshua and father of Eliadah.^[176]

Eran (Hebrew: עֵרָן‎, romanized: /ˌɛrˈɑːn/ err-AHN, lit. 'vigilant') was a son of Shuthelah of the Tribe of Ephraim, according to Numbers 26:36.^{[citation needed]}

InGenesis 46:16 Eri (עֵרי "watchful") is the son of Gad. He was the progenitor of the Erites. (Numbers 26:16)

Eshek is a name which appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, in a genealogy of the Tribe of Benjamin.^[177][178] The text of Chronicles identifies him as the brother of Azel.

Ethnan, the son of Ashur the father of Tekoa, is a figure who appears in a genealogy of the Tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4:7. He may be included in the genealogy to represent Ithnan, a Judahite city mentioned in Joshua 15:23.^[179]

See Ethni.

Evi was one of five Midianite kings killed during the time of Moses by an Israelite expedition led by Phinehas, son of Eleazar according to Numbers 31:8 and Joshua 13:21.

Ezbon is the name of two people mentioned in the Bible:

• A son of Gad (Genesis 46:16). In Numbers 26:16 his name is given as Ozni, whose descendants constitute the Oznite clan.
• A son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7).

Ezrah is the father of Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon, grandfather (through Mered) of Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah, and great-grandfather (through Ishbah) of Eshtemoa (1 Chr. 4:17)

Gaddi, the son of Susi of the House of Manasseh, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:11.

Gaddiel, the son of Sodi of the house of Zebulun, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:10.

Gaham, was the second son of Nahor through his concubine, Reumah. Nothing else is known about this individual except for a certain genealogy in Genesis 22:24.

Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur was leader of the tribe of Manasseh, one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, mentioned several times in the Book of Numbers.

Gamul (Hebrew: גָמוּל; "rewarded" or "recompense") was head of the twentieth of twenty-four priestly divisions instituted by King David.^[180]

Gatam is a name which appears in Genesis and Chronicles in a genealogy of the Edomites. In Genesis 36:11 and 1 Chronicles 1:36, Gatam is described the "son" of Eliphaz, the son of Esau (who is according to the Bible the forefather of the Edomites). In the passages which describe Gatam as a "son" of Eliphaz, he is listed alongside his "brothers": Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Kenaz according to Genesis; a similar but slightly larger list of brothers in Chronicles (Chronicles includes Amalek as a brother of Gatam). However, in Genesis 36:16, Gatam and Amalek (along with a previously unmentioned Korah) are described not as individual sons but as "clans" of Eliphaz.^[181]

In the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible, two individuals by the name of Gazez appear in 1 Chronicles 2:46. However, the Peshitta includes only one Gazez, and at least one biblical scholar has suggested that the second Gazez may have been included in the Masoretic Text by mistake.^[182]

1. Gazez was the son of Haran, grandson of Caleb, a descendant of Jacob. His paternal grandmother was Ephah, wife of Caleb. (1 Chronicles 2:46)

2. Gazez was a brother of Caleb, and uncle of 1. Gazez. (1 Chronicles 2:46)

Geber (Hebrew: גבר, geber), son of Uri, was one of King Solomon's regional administrators; his territory was Gilead. (First Kings 4:19)

Gemalli of the house of Dan was the father of Ammiel, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:4.

Gemariah (Hebrew: גמריה) is the name of at least two biblical characters:

• Gemariah son of Shaphan in chapter 36 of Jeremiah. His own son Micaiah hears Jeremiah's secretary Baruch read Jeremiah's prophecies against the nation, and reports to a meeting of the court officials, including his father, nearby. This leads to the scroll being read before king Jehoiakim, who cuts it up and burns it despite the protestations of Gemariah and Elnathan ben Achbor.^[183]
• Gemariah son of Hilkiah, one of the envoys whom King Zedekiah sent to Babylonia (Jeremiah 29:3) Nothing else is known of him; he was hardly the brother of Jeremiah, whose father was also named Hilkiah.^[155]

Genubath (Hebrew: גנבת genubat "Stolen" ^[184]) is mentioned in 1 Kings 11:20 as the son born to Hadad the Edomite and the sister of Queen Tahpenes, Pharaoh's wife.

Hebrew: גרא Gera'

• InGenesis 46:21 Gera is the fourth of ten sons of Benjamin.
• Gera is also the name of the father of Shimei (2 Samuel 19:16)
• Gera is also the name of two of the sons of Bela (see above), making both nephews of the earlier Gera. (1 Chronicles 8:3,5)
• Gera is also the name of the father of Ehud, a "Benjamite, a man left-handed" – Book of Judges, 3:15.

Geuel, the son of Machi of the Tribe of Gad, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:16.

Ginath is a name which is mentioned only in passing in a narrative describing the struggle for kingship between Omri and Tibni.^[185] Tibni is referred to in 1 Kings 16:21 and 22 as "son of Ginath," which taken literally, could be read as implying that a person named Ginath was Tibni's father.^[185] However, the Encyclopaedia Biblica suggests that the term "Ginath" is a place-name or clan-name, so that "Tibni son of Ginath" has the meaning "Tibni of Ginath."^[185]

Gideoni (Hebrew: גִּדְעֹנִי) was a member of the tribe of Benjamin according to Numbers 1:11. He was the father of Abidan, a tribal chief. He is mentioned five times in the Book of Numbers, with each reference stating his relation to Abidan (Num 1:11, Num 2:22, Num 7:60, Num 7:65, Num 10:24.)^[186] His name is variously understood as meaning "one with a disabled hand," "a youth," or "one who cuts down trees."^[186]

Giddalti was one of the sons of Heman the Levite (1 Chronicles 25:4), and chief of the twenty-two division of the temple musicians 1 Chronicles 25:29. He was also a Kohathite Levi.

Gilalai is the name of a priest who participated as a musician in a procession led by Ezra.^[187][188]

GinnethoiorGinnethon (Hebrew גִּנְּתוֹן 'Ginnĕtôi' Meaning: gardener) was one of the priest who sealed the covenant according to Nehemiah 10:6 and perhaps the same as Nehemiah 12:16.

Gishpa, (KJV Gispa) was one of two leaders of the Nethinim who lived in Ophel, according to Nehemiah 11:21. There are no other mentions of the name anywhere else in the Bible.^[189]

Guni was a son of Naphtali according to Genesis 46:24 and Numbers 26:48. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

HaahashtariorAhashtari was one of the sons of Naarah, one of the two wives of Asshur (1 Chronicles 4:6). Because the name is used to refer to a family of Judahites who descend from Judah via Ashhur, Thomas Kelly Cheyne believed that the name "Haahashtari" arose from a confusion between Ha-Ashhuri ("the Ashhurite") with the obscure term ahashtranim which appears in Esther 8:10.^[190]

Habaiah (also called HobaiahorObdia) was the name given to a priestly family mentioned in Ezra 2:61: the b'ne habayah (literally "sons/descendants of Habaiah").^[191][192] Along with the families Hakkoz and Barzillai, the Habaiah family were priests whose names were not registered in the official genealogical records.^[193] As a result, Ezra ruled that their rights to serve as priests would be restricted until such time as a high priest could decide, using the oracular Urim and Thummim, whether they had divine approval to serve as priests.^[194]

The name "Habaiah" means "Yahweh hides" or "Yahweh protects," and appears in manuscripts of the Greek Septuagint in the forms Labeia, Obaia, Odogia, Ebeia, Ab(e)ia, Obbeia, and Obdia. ^[192]

HabazziniahorHabaziniah was either the head of a family of Rechabites (Jeremiah 35:3), or else a place name for the location that a Rechabite lived.^[195] According to Cheyne and Black, it may have been a scribal error where the name "Kabzeel," a place in the territory of Judah, was originally intended."^[195]

HachmoniorHakmoni is mentioned in passing in 1 Chronicles 27:32, which records that his son Yechiel, a scribe, tutored David's sons.^[196]

According to I Kings 11:23, Hadadezer (Hebrew: הדדעזר hadad'ezer "Hadad helps"^[197]) was king of Zobah.

Haddad the Edomite was an adversary of Solomon (1 Kings 10:14).

Hadlai is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 28:12 as an Ephraimite, and the father of Amasa. In manuscripts of the Greek Septuagint, his name is given as Choab, Addi,orAdli.^[198]

Hagab (also Agaba, Accaba) is identified as the ancestor of a family of Nethinim, or temple assistants, who returned from the Babylonian exile.^[199] They appear in a list with other returnees in Ezra 2:46, but are omitted in the corresponding place in Nehemiah 7:48. A Hellenized version of this name appears in a similar context in 1 Esdras 5:30.^[199] In the New Testament, a prophet who appears in Acts 11:28 and 21:10 is named Agabus, a variant on the name Hagab.^[199]

Hagab is a different character from Hagabah, which appears in the preceding verse.

Hagabah (also Hagaba, Graba, or Aggaba) is identified as the ancestor of a family of Nethinim, or temple assistants, who returned from the Babylonian captivity. They appear in a list with other returnees in Ezra 2:45, Nehemiah 7:48, and 1 Esdras 5:29.^[200]

Haggiah, of the tribe of Levi through Merari, is described in 1 Chronicles 6:30 being the son of Shimea and the father of Asaiah, one of the last contemporaries of David.

Haggi was a son of Gad according to Genesis 46:16 and Numbers 26:15. He was one of the 70 persons to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

See Jehudijah.

Hakkatan (also Acatan, Akatan), meaning "the small one," is listed as the father of Johanan, a leader of the descendants of Azgad in Ezra 8:12 and 1 Esdras 8:38.^[201] Other than these two verses, the name Hakkatan appears nowhere in the Bible.^[201]

Hakkoz is the name of two or three biblical individuals:

• Head of the seventh of twenty-four priestly divisions created by King David. (1 Chr. 24:10)
• Head of a family of priests after the Babylonian exile. Unable to prove their lineage, the family lost its priesthood status. (Ezr. 2:61, Neh. 7:63)
• Father of Uriah and grandfather of Meremoth, who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. (Neh. 3:4, 3:21) He is probably identical to the previous entry.

HalloheshorHalohesh is a name which is used twice in the Bible.^[202] In a list of workers building the wall of Nehemiah, a man named "Shallum son of Hallohesh" is mentioned as having a leadership role.^[203] Also in the Book of Nehemiah, a person named Hallohesh is recorded as affixing his seal (an ancient form of signature) to Ezra's covenant between God and the people living around Jerusalem.^[204]

Thomas Kelly Cheyne believed that the name Hallohesh was a miswritten version of the name Hash-shilhi, (Shilhi).^[202]

Hammedatha was an Agagite and the father of Haman (see Esther 3:1).

HammolekethorHammolecheth is the sister of Machir, the eponymous ancestor of the tribe or clan of Machir (biblical region) Machir, which is reckoned as a part of the tribe of Manasseh in 1 Chronicles 7. The name appears to mean "she who reigns" if it is not a scribal error for some other name, such as Beth-Milcah.^[205]

Hammelech, in the King James Version is the name of the father of Jerahmeel (Jeremiah 36:26), and it is the name of the father of Malkijah (Jeremiah 38:6). In a number of more recent translations, the Hebrew ha-melekh is taken as the common noun "the king" instead of the proper noun "Hammelech."^[206]

Hamor was the father of Shechem. Shechem defiled Dinah, according to Genesis 34

Hamul was a son of Pharez of the Tribe of Judah according to Genesis 46:12 and Numbers 26:21. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Hamutal was the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah and, the wife of King Josiah who bore him Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. She is mentioned in the following passages: 2 Kings 23:31, 2 Kings 24:18 and Jeremiah 52:1.

HanameelorHanamel (Hebrew: חנמאל, which means "Grace From God"),^[207] a cousin of Jeremiah from whom the latter bought a field at AnathothinJeremiah 32:5–16.

Hananiah (Hebrew: חנניה, which means "My Grace is the Lord")^[207] is the name of several biblical characters:

• Hananiah son of Zerubbabel, the father of Jeshaiah, was a descendant of David.
• Hananiah son of Azur, a prophet in the time of king Zedekiah. He prophesied a return from the exile in Babylon within two years and was denounced by Jeremiah as a false prophet as a result. He died within a year of the denunciation.^[208]
• Hananiah, appointed by Nehemiah, jointly with Hanani, to be responsible for the security of Jerusalem after its walls had been rebuilt. Nehemiah described him as "a faithful man [who] feared God more than many".^[209]

Hanniel Prince of the tribe of Manasseh; one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the division of Canaan amongst the tribe (Num. 34:23).

Hanoch is the name of two biblical figures:^[210]

1. A son of Midian, the eponymous forefather of the Midianites.^[211]
2. A son of Reuben, the eponymous forefather of the Tribe of Reuben.^[212]

According to Cheyne and Black, the presence of this clan name in the genealogies of Reuben and Midian may indicate that the clan Hanoch was considered a part of the Tribe of Reuben but had a Midianite origin.^[210]

HappizzezorAphses was a priest who fell on the eighteenth lot out of the twenty-four lots ordained by David for the temple service. (1 Chr 24:15)

HaranorAran refers to three minor characters in the Hebrew Bible:

1. Haran (Hebrew: הָרָן – Hārān), son of Terah, from Ur of the Chaldees. He fathered Lot, Milcah and Iscah. (Genesis 11:27–29)
2. Haran (Hebrew: חָרָן – Ḥārān), son of Caleb, a descendant of Jacob, and Ephah his mother. Father of 1.Gazez, and brother of 2.Gazez. (1 Chronicles 2:46)
3. Haran (Hebrew: הָרָן – Hārān), son of Shimei, a Levite who lived in the age of King David and played one of the important religious or political roles set out in 1 Chronicles 23:1–9.