Dictionary of Biblical Names


This dictionary contains over 2,500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their meanings. Some Hebrew words of uncertain meaning have been left out

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853 Gaal contempt; abomination

854 Gaash tempest; commotion

855 Gabbai the back

856 Gabbatha high; elevated

857 Gabriel God is my strength

858 Gad a band; a troop

859 Gadarenes men of Gadara, i.e., a place surrounded or walled

860 Gaddi my troop; a kid

861 Gaddiel goat of God; the Lord my happiness

862 Gaius lord; an earthly man

863 Galal a roll, a wheel

864 Galatia white; the color of milk

865 Galeed the heap of witness

866 Galilee wheel; revolution

867 Gallim who heap up; who cover

868 Gallio who sucks, or lives on milk

869 Gamaliel recompense of God; camel of God

870 Gammadims dwarfs

871 Gamul a recompense

872 Gareb a scab

873 Garmites men of Garmi, ie., bones, or, my cause

874 Gatam their lowing; their touch

875 Gath a wine-press

876 Gath-rimmon the high wine-press

877 Gaza strong; a goat

878 Gazabar a treasurer

879 Gazer a dividing; a sentence

880 Gazez a passing over

881 Gazzam the fleece of them

882 Geba a hill; cup

883 Gebal bound; limit

884 Geber manly, strong

885 Gebim grasshoppers; height

886 Gedaliah God is my greatness

887 Geder Gederah, Gederoth, a wall

888 Gederothaim hedges

889 Gehazi valley of sight

890 Geliloth rolling, wheel, heap

891 Gemalli wares; a camel

892 Gemariah accomplishment or perfection of the Lord

893 Gennesaret garden of the prince

894 Genesis beginning

895 Genubath theft; robbery

896 Gera pilgrimage, combat; dispute

897 Gerar same as Gera

898 Gergesenes those who come from pilgrimage or fight

899 Gerizim cutters, hatchets

900 Gershom a stranger here

901 Gershon his banishment; the change of pilgrimage

902 Geshur Geshuri, sight of the valley; a walled valley

903 Gether the vale of trial or searching

904 Gethsemane a very fat or plentiful vale

905 Geuel God's redemption

906 Gezer dividing, sentence

907 Giah to guide; draw out; produce; a groan or sigh

908 Gibbar strong, manly

909 Gibbethon a back; a high house

910 Gibeah a hill

911 Gibeon hill; cup; thing lifted up

912 Giddel great

913 Gideon he that bruises or breaks; a destroyer

914 Gideoni same as Gideon

915 Gihon valley of grace

916 Gilalai a wheel

917 Gilboa revolution of inquiry

918 Gilead the heap or mass of testimony

919 Gilgal wheel; rolling; heap

920 Giloh he that rejoices; he that overturns

921 Gimzo that bulrush

922 Ginath Ginnetho, a garden

923 Girgashite who arrives from pilgrimage

924 Gispa coming hither

925 Gittah-hepher digging; a wine-press

926 Gittaim a wine-press

927 Gittites men of Gath, ie., of a wine-press

928 Goath his touching; his roaring

929 Gob cistern; grasshopper

930 Gog roof; covering

931 Golan passage; revolution

932 Golgotha a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped

933 Goliath passage; revolution; heap

934 Gomer to finish; complete

935 Gomorrah rebellious people

936 Goshen approaching; drawing near

937 Gozan fleece; pasture; who nourisheth the body

938 Gudgodah happiness

939 Guni a garden; a covering

940 Gur the young of a beast; a whelp

941 Gur-baal the governor's whelp

942 Haahashtari a runner

943 Habaiah the hiding of the Lord

944 Habakkuk he that embraces; a wrestler

945 Habazinaiah a hiding of the shield of the Lord

946 Habor a partaker; a companion

947 Hachaliah who waits for the Lord

948 Hachilah my hope is in her

949 Hachmoni a wise man

950 Hadad joy; noise; clamor

951 Hadadezer beauty of assistance

952 Hadadrimmon invocation to the god Rimmon

953 Hadar power; greatness

954 Hadarezer same as Hadadezer

955 Hadashah news; a month

956 Hadassah a myrtle; joy

957 Hadid rejoicing; sharp

958 Hadlai loitering; hindering

959 Hadoram their beauty; their power

960 Hadrach point; joy of tenderness

961 Hagab Hagabah, a grasshopper

962 Hagar a stranger; one that fears

963 Haggai feast; solemnity

964 Haggeri Haggi, a stranger

965 Haggiah the Lord's feast

966 Haggith rejoicing

967 Hakkatan little

968 Hakkoz a thorn; summer; an end

969 Hakupha a commandment of the mouth

970 Halah a moist table

971 Halak part

972 Halhul grief; looking for grief

973 Hali sickness; a beginning; a precious stone

974 Hallelujah praise the Lord

975 Halloesh saying nothing; an enchanter

976 Ham hot; heat; brown

977 Haman noise; tumult

978 Hamath anger; heat; a wall

979 Hamath-zobah the heat, or the wall, of an army

980 Hammedatha he that troubles the law

981 Hammelech a king; a counselor

982 Hammon heat; the sun

983 Hamonah his multitude; his uproar

984 Hamon-gog the multitude of Gog

985 Hamor an ass; clay; dirt

986 Hamoth indignation

987 Hamul godly; merciful

988 Hamutal the shadow of his heat

989 Hanameel the grace that comes from God; gift of God

990 Hanan full of grace

991 Hananeel grace, or gift, of God

992 Hanani my grace; my mercy

993 Hananiah grace; mercy; gift of the Lord

994 Hanes banishment of grace

995 Haniel the gift of God

996 Hannah gracious; merciful; he that gives

997 Hannathon the gift of grace

998 Hanniel grace or mercy of God

999 Hanoch dedicated

1000 Hanun gracious; merciful

1001 Hapharaim searching; digging

1002 Hara a hill; showing forth

1003 Haradah well of great fear

1004 Haran mountainous country

1005 Harran see Charran

1006 Harbonah his destruction; his sword

1007 Hareph winter; reproach

1008 Harhas anger; heat of confidence

1009 Harhaiah heat, or anger, of the Lord

1010 Harhur made warm

1011 Harim destroyed; dedicated to God

1012 Harnepher the anger of a bull; increasing heat

1013 Harod astonishment; fear

1014 Harosheth a forest; agriculture; workmanship; deafness; sile

1015 Harsha workmanship; a wood

1016 Harum high; throwing down

1017 Harumaph destruction

1018 Haruphite slender; sharp

1019 Haruz careful

1020 Hasadiah the mercy of the Lord

1021 Hashabiah the estimation of the Lord

1022 Hashabnah Hashabniah, the silence of the Lord

1023 Hashem named; a putting to

1024 Hashub esteemed; numbered

1025 Hashubah estimation; thought

1026 Hashum silence; their hasting

1027 Hashupha spent; made base

1028 Hasrah wanting

1029 Hatach he that strikes

1030 Hathath fear

1031 Hatita a bending of sin

1032 Hattil howling for sin

1033 Hattipha robbery

1034 Hattush forsaking sin

1035 Hauran a hole; liberty; whiteness

1036 Havilah that suffers pain; that brings forth

1037 Havoth-jair the villages that enlighten

1038 Hazael that sees God

1039 Hazaiah seeing the Lord

1040 Hazar-addar an imprisoned generation

1041 Hazarenan imprisoned cloud

1042 Hazargaddah imprisoned band

1043 Hazar-hatticon middle village; preparation

1044 Hazarmaveth dwelling of death

1045 Hazar-shual a wolf's house

1046 Hazar-susah or susim, the hay-paunch of a horse

1047 Hazelelponi sorrow of countenance

1048 Hazeroth villages; palaces

1049 Hazezon-tamar drawing near to bitterness

1050 Hazo seeing; prophesying

1051 Hazor court; hay

1052 Heber one that passes; anger

1053 Hebrews descendants of Heber

1054 Hebron society; friendship

1055 Hegai or Hege, meditation; word; groaning; separation

1056 Helam their army; their trouble

1057 Helbah Helbon, milk, fatness

1058 Heldai Heleb, Heled, the world; rustiness

1059 Helek part; portion

1060 Helem dreaming; healing

1061 Heleph changing; passing over

1062 Helez armed; set free

1063 Heli ascending; climbing up

1064 Helkai same as Helek

1065 Helkath-hazzurim the field of strong men, or of rocks

1066 Helon window; grief

1067 Heman their trouble; tumult; much; in great number

1068 Hen grace; quiet; rest

1069 Hena troubling

1070 Henadad grace of the beloved

1071 Henoch same as Enoch

1072 Hepher a digger

1073 Hephzibah my delight is in her

1074 Heres the son; an earthen pot

1075 Heresh a carpenter

1076 Hermas Hermes, Mercury; gain; refuge

1077 Hermogenes begotten of Mercury

1078 Hermon anathema; devoted to destruction

1079 Herod son of a hero

1080 Herodion the song of Juno

1081 Heshbon invention; industry

1082 Heshmon a hasty messenger

1083 Heth trembling; fear

1084 Hethlon a fearful dwelling

1085 Hezekiah strength of the Lord

1086 Hezer Hezir, a bog; converted

1087 Hezrai an entry or vestibule

1088 Hezron the dart of joy; the division of the song

1089 Hiddai a praise; a cry

1090 Hiddekel sharp voice; sound

1091 Hiel God lives; the life of God

1092 Hierapolis holy city

1093 Higgaion meditation; consideration

1094 Hilen a window; grief

1095 Hilkiah God is my portion

1096 Hillel he that praises

1097 Hinnom there they are; their riches

1098 Hirah liberty; anger

1099 Hiram exaltation of life; a destroyer

1100 Hittite one who is broken; who fears

1101 Hivites wicked; wickedness

1102 Hizkijah the strength of the Lord

1103 Hobab favored; beloved

1104 Hobah love; friendship; secrecy

1105 Hod praise; confession

1106 Hodaiah the praise of the Lord

1107 Hodaviah Hodiah, Hodijah, same as Hodaiah

1108 Hodesh a table; news

1109 Hoglah his festival or dance

1110 Hoham woe to them

1111 Holon a window; grief

1112 Homam making an uproar

1113 Hophin he that covers; my fist

1114 Hor who conceives, or shows; a hill

1115 Horam their hill

1116 Horeb desert; solitude; destruction

1117 Horem an offering dedicated to God

1118 Hor-hagidgad the hill of felicity

1119 Hori a prince; freeborn

1120 Horims princes; being angry

1121 Hormah devoted or consecrated to God; utter destruction

1122 Horonaim angers; ragings

1123 Horonites men of anger, or of fury, or of liberty

1124 Hosah trusting

1125 Hosanna save I pray thee; keep; preserve

1126 Hosea Hoshea, savior; safety

1127 Hoshaiah the salvation of the Lord

1128 Hoshama heard; he obeys

1129 Hotham a seal

1130 Hothir excelling; remaining

1131 Hukkok engraver; scribe; lawyer

1132 Hul pain; infirmity

1133 Huldah the world

1134 Hupham their chamber; their bank

1135 Huppim a chamber covered; the sea-shore

1136 Hur liberty; whiteness; hole

1137 Huram their liberty; their whiteness; their hole

1138 Huri being angry; or same as Huram

1139 Hushah hasting; holding peace

1140 Hushai their haste; their sensuality; their silence

1141 Hushathite Hushim, man of haste, or of silence

1142 Huz counsel; woods; fastened

1143 Huzoth streets; populous

1144 Huzzab molten

1145 Hymeneus nuptial; the god of marriage


 

 

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