THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES

MEANING
Biblical Names
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES
MEANING OF NAMES Alcimus - elevated by God. . Alpheus - God replaced. . Amman -
the great. . Amasa aided by God or God is strong. . Amaziah - the Lord is strong
. . Amminadab - you proved to be generous. . AminoMar - trustworthy. . Amirom -
God is sublime. . Ampliatus - increased. . Ana - full of grace. . Ananias - the
Lord has been merciful. . André - strong, virile. . Andronicus - winner of the
men. . Amraphel - the mouth of God spoke. . Antipater - the portrait of his fath
er. . Aode - glory. . Apollonius - sacred to Apollo. . Ã quilas - man of the north
. . Ahimelech - God is king. . Aquinoão - God is kind. . Akhior - God is light.
. Ahitub - my brother (God) is good. .
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES Ariel - Lion of God. . Ario - dedicated to the air
, king of the war. . Arioch - noble. . Aristarchus - eminent sovereign. . Aristo
bulus - excellent counselor. . Archelaus - chief of the people. . Archippus - ma
ster-stable. . Artaxerxes - the great king. . Asa - God did. . Asahel - God did.
Asaf - was gracious God (for me). . Ashara - goddess of the shots. . Asyncritus
- incomparable. . Azael - God saw. . Azariah - you helped.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES B. Baal - owner, sir. . Baltasar - protect the kin
g or protect his life. . Benaiah - God has built. . Barak - ray. . Barjésus - s
on of Jesus. . Barjona - son of Jona. . Barnabas - son of consolation. . Barabba
s - the son of the master. . Barsabbas - born on Saturday. . Bartimaeus - son of
Timaeus. . Bartholomew - the son of Tolmai or Talmai. . Baruch - Blessed be God
. . Basem - balm. . Bethuel - man of God. . Berenice - that leads to victory. .
Barzillai - Iron Man. . Bezalel - in the shadow of God. . Bethany - house of the
poor. . Bathsheba - a lush. . Boanerges - sons of the storm. . Boos - there is
no force.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES C. Caio - happy, cheerful. . Caleb - dog. . Cephas
- Peter. . Cis - Sun Chloe - lush foliage. . Kore - the bald. . Crispo - curly
hair. . Christ - Anointed One (Hebrew) - Messiah .. . D -. . Dan - do justice. .
Delilah - docile woman. . Damaris - implored the people. . Daniel - God is my j
udge. . David - boss or loved one. . Deborah - bee. . Demetrius - dedicated to D
emeter (the goddess mother earth). . Dina and Dina - the trial. . Dionysus - the
son of Zeus (the god of wine). . Diotrephes - powered by Zeus.
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THE MEANING OF NAMES AND BIBLICAL. Ebed - servant. . Edom - the redhead. . Ephra
im - fruitful. . Elkanah - God founded. . Eleazar - God helped. . Electa - elect
ed. . Eli - (Heli). . Eliakim - (Eliakim). . Eliakim - that God has established.
. Elijah - Jehovah is God. . Eliezer - God's aid. . Elimelech - God is king. .
Elizabeth - God is fullness or consecrated to God. . Elisha - God helped. . Elih
u - he is God. . Elohim - Yahweh is God and no one else but him. . Emanuel - God
with us. . Aeneas - hero of legend. Enoch - man. . Epaphras - reduced form of E
paphroditus. . Epaphroditus - the charming. . Epaenetus - the praise. . Erastus
- the beloved. .
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES Esau - the hairy, the hairy. . Eshbaal - the follo
wers of Baal. . Ezra - God's aid. . Stachys - ear of corn. . Stephanus - who wea
rs a crown. . Ester - star. . Stephen - crown. . Ethan - the constant. . Eunice
- victorious. . Eubulus - good counselor. . Eutychus - the prosperous. . Eva - g
ive life or the mother of all living. . Euodia - Choosing a good way. . Hezekiah
- God is my strength. . Ezekiel - God strengthens.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES F. Facéia - God opened his eyes. . Phares - what
breaks. . Philemon - he loves. . Philetus - the beloved. . Philip - amateur hors
e. . Phinehas - Egyptian or Moor. . Phlegon - the fervent. . Fortunato - favored
by luck. . G -. . Gabael - Gabel. . Gabel - God is high. . Gabriel - sent from
God or God has shown to be strong. Gad - good luck. . Gamaliel - God did me good
. . Gideon - sword fighter. . Gershon - alien, pilgrim. .€Gedaliah - the Lord s
howed his greatness. . Goliath - transmigration, passage.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES H. Habakkuk - hug. . Hades - the unseen. . Haggith
- born at a party. . Hammurabi - the hot. . Hanani - God took pity on. . Hanom
- pity. . Hazael - Azael. . Heber - companion. . Hilkiah - God is my luck. . Hel
i - the Lord is exalted. . Heliodorus - gift of sun-god. . Heman - happy. . Heno
que - Enoch. . Hermas - donation of Hermes (Greek god). . Hermogenes - a descend
ant of Hermes. . Herod - a hero son. . Herodias - the daughter of a hero. . Hero
dion - Fiho hero. . Hiram or Hiromi - The brother (God) is sublime. . Hosanna -
Save us, pray. . Hur - white.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES I. Ichabod - the glory disappeared. . Elizabeth -
Elizabeth. . Isaiah - God is salvation. . Isaac - the divinity laughed. Isbaal o
r Ishbosheth - man of shame. . Ishmael - God hears. . Israel - which governs wit
h God. . J -. . Jacob - one that surpasses that wins. . Jael - wild goat. . Japh
eth - God gives you ample room. . Jair - the enlightened by God. . Jairo - Jair.
. Jachin - God gives strength. . Jason - healer. . Yahweh - the name of God in
the Hebrew Bible. . Jehoiachin - God gives strength. . Jedid - beloved of God. .
Jephthah - that God release. . Jethro - primacy. . Jeremiah - God is sublime. .
Jerubbaal - Baal show his greatness. . Jeroboam - the people to multiply. .
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES Jesonias - God meets. . Jesse - Man of God. . Jesu
s - God is their help or their salvation. . Joab - God is father. . Jehoahaz - G
od holds my hand. . Joana - feminine form of John. John - God is gracious. . Joa
chim - high God. . Joash - God gave. . Jotham - God has shown to be fair. . Joel
- Jehovah is God. . Jona - dove. . Jonadab - God has shown to be beneficial. .
Jonas - Dove. Jonathan - given by God. . Joram - God is exalted. . Jehoshaphat -
God judges. . Joseph - who adds. . Josiah - God brings salvation. . Joshua - Go
d is salvation. . Judith - praised.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES L Laban - white. . Lamech - young strong. . Lamuel
- consecrated to God. . Lazarus - God is my helper. . Levi - united, come toget
her. . Lia - heifer calf. . Lino - flax. . Lysanias - one that frees you from wo
rries. . Lysias - that which liberates. . Lucas - light. . M-. . Maccabee - brav
e, honorable, warrior avenger. . Malalieu - God does shine your light. . Malachi
- my messenger. . Malco - king. . Menahem - comforter. . Manasseh - one that ma
kes us forget. . Mara - bitter. . Marcos - servant of Mars. . Mordecai - belongi
ng to the god Marduk. . Maria - sovereign lady or loved by GOD. . Martha - Mrs.
. Mattathias - gift of God. . Matthew - gift of God.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES. Matias - (reduced form of Mattathias). Maviael -
God gives life. . Melchizedek - King of justice. . Merari - robust. . Meribaal o
pponent of Baal. . Messiah - the anointed one. . Matusael - man of God. . Michae
l - (Michael). . Micol - (short for Michael). . Michael - Who is God. . Micah -
(variant of Michael.) . Misael - named after Michael. . Moab - the father. . Mos
es - to give birth, safe water. . Moloch - king (pagan god).
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES N. Naaman - the kid is nice. . Nabal - fool. . Nab
i - prophet. . Naboth - bud. . Nebuchadnezzar - Nabu protect the child. . Nahor
- the snorer. . Nadab - God proved to be generous. . Nathan - gift of God. . Nat
haniel - gift of God. . Nahum - God console. . Nazarite - devoted to God. . Nehe
miah - God console. . Naphtali - fighter. . Nicanor - winner of men. . Nicodemus
- who wins the people. . Nicholas - aque who wins the people. . Nile - (Egyptia
n) River. Noah - rest. . Naomi - my amenity.
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THE MEANING OF NAMES The BIBLE. Obed - one who serves. . Ahaziah - God holds my
hand. . Ofni - (via Egyptian Hebrew) tree frog. . Onam - the robust. . Onesiphor
us - which brings utility. . Onesimus - useful. . Onias - God is gracious. . Ool
iabe - a tent is the deity *. . Hosea - God saves. . Osias - (Ozias). . Othniel
- Lion of God. . Oza - (Uziel). . Ozias - one of the variants deAzarias. . Oziel
- variant of Uziel.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES P. Parmenas - one who stays. . Patrobas - due to h
is father's life. . Paul - Short stature (small). . Pedro - stone, rock. . Persi
s - Persian. . Pilate - armed with a spear. . Prisca - crone, the venerable. . P
ublius - public, popular. . Pudens - Pudens, modesty, chaste. . Potiphar - given
by the sun. . Q -. . Cherub - God bless and God is praised.
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BIBLICAL MEANING OF NAMES R. Rabbi - my Lord. . Raphael - God has healed. . Ragu
el - Friend of God. Rachel - ewe. . Rebekah - the linking, the linking. .€Rehob
oam - People dilated. . Rotate - pink. . Remaliah - God is sublime. . Reuben - B
ehold a son. . Rufus - The redhead. . Ruth - full of beauty or friend. . S -. .
Zadok - sacred. . Sapphire - gem. . Salman - sacrifice. . Salmon - light, splend
or. . Solomon - prosperity or peace. . Salome - safe and sound or peace. . Samue
l - heard by God. . Samson - like the sun. . Sara - sovereign. . Saras - Bethel
God protects the king. . Sarva - the scented putty. .
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES Saul - the craving. . Saul - grecizada form of the
Hebrew Saul. . Zedekiah - God is my help. . Zipporah - Yahweh. . No - the name
famous. . Sennacherib - Yes God increases the number of my brothers. . Seven - c
ompensation. . Silas - grecizada form of the name Saul. . Silvano - Latinized fo
rm of the name Silas. . Simon - the same as Simeon. . Simeon - God heard. . Zeph
aniah - God protects. . Sopater - savior of his father. . Sosipater - savior of
his father. . Sosthenes - robust. . Shulamith - Shunem girl or woman worthy of S
olomon. . Susana - lily.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES T. Tabeel - God is good. . Tabitha - gazelle. . Th
addeus - the brave. . Tamar - palm tree. . Terah - goat. . Tebni - tests of stre
ngth. . Theophilus - loved by God. . Tertius - the third. . Tertullus - diminuti
ve form of Tertius. . Tiago - vernacular form of Jacob. Timon - the honored. . T
imaeus - Bartimaeus reduced form. . Timothy - honoring God. . Tychicus - the luc
ky. . Tyrant - an absolute ruler, a usurper of power. . Titus - (Latin) wild pig
eon, (Greek) God-fearing. . Tobias - God is good. . Thomas - twin. . Trophimus -
foster child. . Tubal - smith.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES U. Urban - civilized. . Uriah - God is light. . Ur
iel - God is light. . Uziel - shape-making Eleazar God helps. . V-. . Vashti - t
he most beautiful.
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES The meaning of each name of the Bible helps us in
interpreting their texts. Below are some names for you to know its meaning and o
rigin.
Name: (source) The Meaning Aaron (Hebrew) ark, bright, light - 1 Chronicles 24:1
Abel (Hebrew) wind, steam or son - Matthew 23:35 and Matthew 4:2 Abigail (Hebre
w) my father is a source of joy joy or -1 Chronicles 2:16 Abimelech (Hebrew) my
father is king - Genesis 21:25 Abner (Hebrew) Father of light or lamp - 1 Samuel
4:31 Abram (Hebrew) exalted father - Genesis 11:27 Abraham (Hebrew) Father of t
he crowd - Genesis 17:5 Absalom (Hebrew) Father of peace, prosperity is God - 2
Samuel 3:31 Ahab (Hebrew) father's brother - 1 Kings 16:28 Ahaz : (Hebrew) he ha
s sustained - 2 Kings 16:3 Adam: (Hebrew) Man of red earth or red - Genesis 1:26
Adonijah (Hebrew) Jehovah is the Lord - 1 Kings 1:13 Haggai (Hebrew) joy, festi
ve - Haggai 1:1 Agrippa: (Hebrew) glory of the skin, heroic, or that was given b
irth with difficulty - Acts 25:13 Alpheus: (Greek) passenger, transitory - Mark
2:14 Ana: (Hebrew) packed Grace - Luke 2:36 Ananias: (Greek) answer from the Lor
d - Acts 5:1; (Hebrew) Jehovah has covered - Nehemiah 3:23 Andrew: (Greek) or ma
nly winner - John 1:44 Aaron (Hebrew) or bright serrano - Exodus 6:20 Ariel: (La
tin) or high lion of God - Ezra 8:16 Artaxerxes: (Greek or Latin) the great king
- Ezra 6:14 Azariah (Hebrew) who helped Lord - 2 Kings 15: 1 B Baal (Hebrew) lo
rd holder - 1 Chronicles 4:33 Baltasar: (Assyrian) or friend of the king to prot
ect his life Barak, (Hebrew) lightning - Judges 4:6 Barnabas: (Aramaic) son of c
onsolation - Acts 4:36 Barabbas: (Greek) son of Rabbi - Matthew 27:16 Bartimaeus
: (Aramaic) son of Timaeus, honorable son - Mark 10:46 Bartholomew: (Aramaic) or
Tolmai son of Timaeus or son to lift the water - Matthew Baruch 10:3: (Hebrew)
blessed - Jeremiah 32:12 Berenice: (Greek) victorious - Acts 25:13 Bethany: (Heb
rew) Dates house or house of the afflicted - John 11-18 Bible: (Greek) books
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES Boaz (Hebrew) there is no power or strength - Ruth
4:1 Caio C: (Latin) or cheerful staff - Acts 19:30 Caleb (Hebrew) bold or cage
- Numbers 13:16 Cephas: (Aramaic) rock or stone - John 1:42 Cleopatra: (Greek) f
ather's glory - Genesis 10:57 Christ (Hebrew) Messiah, (Greek) Anointed - Matthe
w 16:16 Dan D: (Hebrew) judge, trial - Genesis 46:23 And Delilah: (Hebrew) gentl
e, soft - Judges 16:4 Daniel (Hebrew) God is my judge - 1 Chronicles 3:1 David (
Hebrew) Beloved - 1 Samuel 16:13 Debbie: (Hebrew) Bee - Genesis 35:8 Dinah: (Heb
rew) pronounced trial - Genesis 36:32 And Ephraim (Hebrew) be fertile or fruitfu
l - Genesis 41:52 Eleazar: (Hebrew) God has helped, (Latin) lazarus;€(Greek) La
zaros Exodus 6:23 Eliakim: (Hebrew) God established - Isaiah 22:20 Elijah (Hebre
w) whose God is Jehovah or Jehovah is my God - 1 Kings 17:1 Eliezer: (Hebrew) Go
d is my help - Genesis 15:1 Elimelech: (Hebrew) Jehovah is my King - Elizabeth R
uth 1:2: God of Seven, an oath of God - Exodus 6:23 Elisha (Hebrew) God is salva
tion - 2 Kings 2:15 Eloi: ( Aramaic) My God - Mark 15:34 Emanuel: (Hebrew) God w
ith us - Isaiah 7:14 Aeneas: (Greek) commendable, famous, healed - Acts 9:34 Eno
ch: (Hebrew) mortal man - Genesis 9:54 Esau : (Hebrew) hairy, hairy - Genesis 25
:25 Ezra, (Hebrew) aid, help - Ezra 7:1 Esther (Hebrew) star (Persian) situation
- Stephen Esther 2:7: (Hebrew) crown, garland - Acts Eunice 6:5: (Greek) winnin
g gloriously blessed - 1 Timothy 1:5 Eve: (Hebrew) life or the mother's life - G
enesis 3:20 Hezekiah (Hebrew) fortalexido by God, the power of God - 2 Kings 18:
1 Ezekiel (Hebrew) God has strengthened, God fortress - Ezekiel 1:3 Philemon F:
(Greek) lover or kissing - Philippians 1:1 Philip (Greek) tamer of horses - Mat
thew 10:3 Fortunato: (Latin) lucky - 1 Corinthians 16:17 G Gabriel (Hebrew) Man
of God or ambassador - Daniel 8:16 Gamaliel: (Greek) reward from God - Numbers 1
:10 Gerson: (Hebrew) ban, pilgrim - Exodus 2:21 Gideon (Hebrew) cutter - Judges
6:11
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES Goliath: (Hebrew) exile, crossing - 1 Samuel 21:9
H Habakkuk: (Hebrew), which embraces - Habacuqe 1:1 Herod (Hebrew) son of heroes
, the glory of the skin or heroic Matthew 2: Hosanna 16: (Greek) saves us pray t
o the Lord (Hebrew) God hear - Matthew 21:9 I Isabel (Hebrew) God who makes cove
nant or oath of God - Luke 1:5 Isaiah (Hebrew) God's salvation or Jehovah save -
Isaac Isaiah 1:1: (Hebrew) or laugh he laughed - Genesis 21:3 Ishmael: (Hebrew)
whom God hears - Genesis 16:15 Israel (Hebrew) who struggles with God or that G
od governs with Genesis 32:28 J Jacob (Hebrew) supplanter, misleading - Genesis
25:33 Japheth (Hebrew) beauty, grandeur - Genesis 10:21 Jair (Hebrew) it will li
ght up, or he can bring it up Jairo Deuteronomy 3:14: (Greek) light diffuser - M
atthew 9:18 Jeremiah (Hebrew) Jehovah down - Jeremiah 1:1 Jeroboam, (Hebrew) peo
ple became numerous - 1 Kings 11:26 Jesus (Greek) savior (Hebrew) Joshua - Matth
ew 1:21 John: (Hebrew) grace, favor of God - Matthew 3:4 Joaquim: (Hebrew) Jehov
ah or Jehovah has set up - 2 Kings 24:8 Jonah (Hebrew) Dove - John 1:1 Jonathan
: (Hebrew) Jehovah has given us or gift from God - a Samuel14: 49 Joseph (Hebrew
) He adds - Genesis 35:24 Josiah (Hebrew) Jehovah or the Lord healed by sara - 2
Kings 21:24 Lamech L: (Hebrew ) powerful or strong young man - Genesis 4:18 Laz
arus: Greek form of Eleazar, God helped - Luke 16:20 Leah (Hebrew) mad cow (Angl
o-Saxon) similar shelter - Genesis 29:16 Levi (Hebrew) associated , united membe
rship - Genesis 29:34 Lydia: (Latin) derives from the word Read, its founder - A
cts 16:14 Luke: (Latin) light - Colossians 4:14 Malachi M: (Hebrew) God's messen
ger - Malachi 1: 1 Mara: (Hebrew) bitter, bitter, sad, (Syriac) lady - Ruth 1:20
Mark: (Latin) big hammer - Acts 12:12 Mary: (Hebrew) Miriam, exalted, strong -
Exodus 15:20 Martha: (Greek) lady, (Hebrew) who is bitter - Luke 10:38 Matthew:
(Hebrew) God's gift, man of God - Matthew 9:9
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES Melchizedek: (Hebrew) king of righteousness - Gene
sis 14:18 Michael: (Hebrew) Who is like our God? - Daniel 10:21 Moses (Hebrew) t
aken from the waters, (Egyptian) son of Isis (Egyptian god) - Exodus 2:10 N Naam
an: (Hebrew) nice sweet, nice - JuÍses 15:41 BR> Nebuchadnezzar (Persian) Nebo
protects from misfortune or defender dosdir limits - Jeremiah 21:7 Nathan (Hebre
w) He gave - 2 Samuel 7:2 Nathanael (Hebrew) God's gift or God has given - Nahum
1:8 Numbers: (Hebrew) consolation compassionate - Luke 3:25 Nehemiah: (Hebrew)
Jehovah comfort or console - Ezra 2:2 Nicodemus: (Hebrew) conqueror of the peopl
e - John 3:1 Noah (Hebrew) rest, solace - Genesis 5:32 The Onesimus: ( Greek) us
eful, fruitful - Colossians 4:9 Hosea (Hebrew) salvation or saved - Numbers 13:1
6 P Paul: (Greek) small, little - Acts 13:1 Peter (Greek) stone, rock - John 1:4
2 Pilate (Latin) armed with a dart hat or two slaves, liberating - Matthew 27:2
Priscilla: (Hebrew) old or older - Acts 18:2 Cherub Q: (Hebrew) Heaven, God is p
raised - Genesis 3:24 R Rafael: (Hebrew) God healed - 1 Chronicles 7:21 Rachel (
Hebrew) sheep - Genesis 29-6 Rebecca: (Hebrew) with string tie, ie, maiden whose
beauty holds men - Genesis 00:15 Ruth: ( Hebrew) showy, beauty,€friend - Ruth
1:4 S Solomon (Hebrew) very peaceful - 1 Chronicles 22:9 Samuel (Hebrew) God or
hear the name of God - 2 Chronicles 35:18 Samson (Hebrew) small sun or son of th
e people - Judges 15:31 Sara: (Hebrew) princess sovereign - Genesis 17:15 Saul (
Hebrew) or asked by calling the desired - Genesis 36:37 Sergio: (Hebrew) a netwo
rk, (Latin) a servant or slave - Acts 13:7 Simeon (Hebrew) famous - 1 Chronicles
23:7 Susana: Lily Grace - Luke 8:3 Thaddeus T: (Hebrew) He that praises or conf
esses, (Aramaic) bold, (Syriac) the lovely Luke 6: 16 James: Greek form of Jacob
(Hebrew) supplanter - Matthew 4:21
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THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NAMES Timothy (Hebrew) who loves God or beloved of God (
Greek) that honors God - Acts 16:1 Titus: (Latin) commendable, honorable - Galat
ians 2:1 U Uel: (Hebrew) will of God - Ezra 10:34 Uriel: (Hebrew) God is light o
r fire of God - 1 Chronicles 15:5 Uziel: (Hebrew) God is my strength and power o
f God - 1 Chronicles 6:2 V Vashti: (Persian ) more excellent or beautiful woman
- Esther 1:9 X Xerxes: the fiery lion king, the same as Asuero - Esther 1:2 Z Ze
chariah (Hebrew) Jehovah or Jehovah remembers remembered - Ezra 5:1 Zacchaeus: (
Hebrew) pure - Luke 19:2 Zerubbabel: (Hebrew) was born in Babylon - Ezra 3:8
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