Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Baal | master, lord | Judges 2:13 |
| Baalah | her idol, mistress | Joshua 15:9 |
| Baalath | mistress | Joshua 19:44 |
| Baalathbeer | mistress of the well | Joshua 19:8 |
| Baalberith | lord (or idol) of the covenant | Judges 8:33 |
| Baale of Judah | KJV the lords of Judah | 2 Samuel 6:2 |
| Baalejudah | RSV, ASV etc., the lords of Judah | |
| Baalgad | lord of fortune | Joshua 11:17 |
| Baalhamon | lord of abundance | Song 8:11 |
| Baalhanan | baal is gracious | Genesis 36:38 |
| Baalhazor | lord of the village | 2 Samuel 13:23 |
| Baalhermon | lord of destruction | Judges 3:3 |
| Baali | my lord | Hosea 2:16 |
| Baalim | lords, masters, false gods | Judges 2:11 |
| Baalis | a rejoicing, lord of the banner | Jeremiah 40:14 |
| Baalmeon | lord of the habitation | Numbers 32:38 |
| Baalpeor | lord of divisions, lord of the gap | Numbers 25:3 |
| Baalperazim | lord of the breaks, place of breaches | 2 Samuel 5:20 |
| Baalshalisha | the lord that presides over three, thrice-great lord | 2 Kings 4:42 |
| Baaltamar | lord of the palm-trees | Judges 20:33 |
| Baalzebub | lord of the fly | 2 Kings 1:2 |
| Baalzephon | lord of the north | Exodus 14:2 |
| Baana | in affliction | 1 Kings 4:12 |
| Baanah | in affliction | 2 Samuel 4:2 |
| Baara | brutish, foolish | 1 Chronicles 8:8 |
| Baaseiah | in the service of God | 1 Chronicles 6:40 |
| Baasha | wicked | 1 Kings 15:16 |
| Babel | confusion | Genesis 10:10 |
| Babylon | confusion | 2 Kings 17:24 |
| Babylonians | inhabitants of Babylon | Ezra 4:9 |
| Baca | valley of weeping | Psalms 84:6 |
| Bachrites | of the family of Becher | Numbers 26:35 |
| Baharumite | inhabitant of Bahurim | 1 Chronicles 11:33 |
| Bahurim | village of young men | 2 Samuel 3:16 |
| Bajith | a house | Isaiah 15:2 |
| Bakbakkar | searcher, perhaps wasting of a mountain | 1 Chronicles 9:15 |
| Bakbuk | bottle | Ezra 2:51 |
| Bakbukiah | emptying or wasting of God | Nehemiah 11:17 |
| Balaam | not of the people, same as Bileam | Numbers 22:5 |
| Balac | from the Greek for "Balak" | Revelation 2:14 |
| Baladan | whose lord is Bel | 2 Kings 20:12 |
| Balah | waxed old | Joshua 19:3 |
| Balak | who lays waste or destroys, devastator | Numbers 22:2 |
| Bamah | an eminence or high place | Ezekiel 20:29 |
| Bamoth | high places [in Numbers 22:41 this word is incorrectly translated as Baal] | Numbers 21:19 |
| Bamothbaal | high places, same word as Bamoth | Joshua 13:17 |
| Bani | built | 2 Samuel 23:36 |
| Barabbas | son of a father | Matthew 27:16 |
| Barachel | God blesses | Job 32:2 |
| Barachias | God blesses | Matthew 23:35 |
| Barak | thunderbolt, lightning flash | Judges 4:6 |
| Barhumite | son of the blackened | 2 Samuel 23:31 |
| Bariah | fleeing | 1 Chronicles 3:22 |
| Barjesus | son of Jesus or Joshua | Acts 13:6 |
| Barjona | son of a Jonah | Matthew 16:17 |
| Barkos | painter, perhaps "the son cut off"? | Ezra 2:53 |
| Barnabas | son of consolation, or son of prophecy | Acts 4:36 |
| Barsabas | son of Sabas | Acts 1:23 |
| Bartholomew | son of Tolmai | Matthew 10:3 |
| Bartimaeus | son of Timaeus | Mark 10:46 |
| Baruch | who is blessed | Nehemiah 3:20 |
| Barzillai | son of iron, my iron | 2 Samuel 17:27 |
| Bashan | fruitful | Numbers 21:33 |
| Bashanhavothjair | the fruitful villages of Jair | Deuteronomy 3:14 |
| Bashemath | perfume, spice | Genesis 26:34 |
| Basmath | perfume, spice | 1 Kings 4:15 |
| Bathrabbim | daughter of multitudes | Song 7:4 |
| Bathsheba, | daughter of an oath | 2 Samuel 11:3 |
| Bathshua | daughter of wealth | 1 Chronicles 3:5 |
| Bavai | my goings | Nehemiah 3:18 |
| Bazlith | asking, a making naked | Nehemiah 7:54 |
| Bazluth | asking, a making naked | Ezra 2:52 |
| Bealiah | God is master | 1 Chronicles 12:5 |
| Bealoth | mistresses, same as Aloth | Joshua 15:24 |
| Bebai | void, empty, my cavities | Ezra 2:11 |
| Becher | young camel | Genesis 46:21 |
| Bechorath | first fruits, first-born | 1 Samuel 9:1 |
| Bedad | alone, solitary | Genesis 36:35 |
| Bedan | according to judgment | 1 Samuel 12:11 |
| Bedeiah | servant of God | Ezra 10:35 |
| Beeliada | the lord knows | 1 Chronicles 14:7 |
| Beelzebub | Greek version of Baalzebub, lord of the fly | Matthew 10:25 |
| Beer | a well | Numbers 21:16 |
| Beera | a well | 1 Chronicles 7:37 |
| Beerah | a well | 1 Chronicles 5:6 |
| Beerelim | the well of Elim, or the well of God | Isaiah 15:8 |
| Beeri | my well | Genesis 26:34 |
| Beerlahairoi | the well of the Living One seeing me | Genesis 16:14 |
| Beeroth Benejaakan | RSV, wells of the sons of Jaakan | Deuteronomy 10:6 |
| Beeroth | wells | Joshua 9:17 |
| Beerothite | wells, inhabitant of Beeroth | 2 Samuel 4:2 |
| Beersheba | the well of the sevenfold oath | Genesis 21:14 |
| Beeshterah | with increase | Joshua 21:27 |
| Behemah | cattle | Genesis 1:24 |
| Behemoth | plural form of Behemah though used as a singular, beast, exact intended meaning unknown | Job 40:15 |
| Bekah | half a shekel | Exodus 38:26 |
| Bel | lord, name of a pagan god | Isaiah 46:1 |
| Bela | destruction | Genesis 14:2 |
| Belah | destruction | Genesis 46:21 |
| Belaites | swallowing, descendants of Bela | Numbers 26:38 |
| Belial | wicked, worthless | Deuteronomy 13:13 |
| Belshazzar | Bel protect the king | Daniel 5:1 |
| Belteshazzar | the prince whom Bel favours | Daniel 1:7 |
| Ben | son, that which has been built | 1 Chronicles 15:18 |
| Benabinadab | RSV and ASV, son of Abinadab | 1 Kings 4:11 |
| Benaiah | son of the Lord, the Lord has built | 2 Samuel 8:18 |
| Benammi | son of my people | Genesis 19:38 |
| Bendecar | Douay Version spelling of Bendeker | 1 Kings 4:9 |
| Bendeker | RSV, ASV, Young's, Darby, son of stabbing | 1 Kings 4:9 |
| Beneberak | sons of lightning | Joshua 19:45 |
| Benejaakan | sons of Jaakan, sons of twisting | Numbers 33:31-32 |
| Bengaber | Douay Version spelling of Bengeber | 1 Kings 4:13 |
| Bengeber | RSV and ASV, son of Geber, son of a mighty man | 1 Kings 4:13 |
| Benhadad | son of the pagan god Hadad | 1 Kings 15:18 |
| Benhail | son of strength, son of might | 2 Chronicles 17:7 |
| Benhanan | son of grace, son of favour | 1 Chronicles 4:20 |
| Benhesed | RSV and ASV, son of mercy | 1 Kings 4:10 |
| Benhur | RSV and ASV, son of whiteness | 1 Kings 4:8 |
| Beninu | our son | Nehemiah 10:13 |
| Beninu | our son | Nehemiah 10:13 |
| Benjamin | son of the right hand | Genesis 35:18 |
| Benjamite | descendant of Benjamin | Judges 3:15 |
| Beno | his son | 1 Chronicles 24:26 |
| Benoni | son of my sorrow, or pain | Genesis 35:18 |
| Benzoheth | son of Zoheth, son of releasing | 1 Chronicles 4:20 |
| Beon | in the dwelling | Numbers 32:3 |
| Beor | burning | Genesis 36:32 |
| Bera | son of evil | Genesis 14:2 |
| Berachah | blessing | 1 Chronicles 12:3 |
| Berachiah | speaking well of the Lord, God blesses | 1 Chronicles 6:39 |
| Beraiah | God has created | 1 Chronicles 8:21 |
| Berea | well watered | Acts 17:10 |
| Berechiah | speaking well of the Lord, God blesses | 1 Chronicles 3:20 |
| Bered | hail | Genesis 16:14 |
| Beri | a well | 1 Chronicles 7:36 |
| Beriah | in fellowship, with a friend | Genesis 46:17 |
| Beriites | in evil | Numbers 26:44 |
| Berites | my well | 2 Samuel 20:14 |
| Berith | covenant | Judges 9:46 |
| Bernice | one that brings victory | Acts 25:13 |
| Berodachbaladan | worshipper of Baal | 2 Kings 20:12 |
| Berothah | a cypress grove | Ezekiel 47:16 |
| Berothai | a cypress grove | 2 Samuel 8:8 |
| Berothite | my wells | 1 Chronicles 11:39 |
| Besai | my treading | Ezra 2:49 |
| Besodeiah | counsel of the Lord | Nehemiah 3:6 |
| Besor | glad news, cheerful | 1 Samuel 30:9 |
| Betah | confidence, security | 2 Samuel 8:8 |
| Beten | belly, womb | Joshua 19:25 |
| Beth Ham-merchaq | house of remoteness, translated as "Beth-merhak"in the ASV and JPS, and as "that was far off" in KJV | 2 Samuel 15:17 |
| Beth-eden | JPS, house of delight, house of Eden KJV | Amos 1:5 |
| Beth-le-aphrah | ASV and JPS, house of dust, house of Aphrah KJV | Micah 1:10 |
| Beth-millo | JPS, house of the rampart, house of Millo KJV | Judges 9:6 |
| Bethabara | house of the ford | John 1:28 |
| Bethanath | house of affliction, or house of response | Joshua 19:38 |
| Bethanoth | house of response | Joshua 15:59 |
| Bethany | the house of affliction | Matthew 21:17 |
| Betharabah | house of the desert valley | Joshua 15:6 |
| Betharam | house of height | Joshua 13:27 |
| Betharbel | house of the ambush of God | Hosea 10:14 |
| Bethaven | the house of vanity | Joshua 7:2 |
| Bethazmaveth | house of the strength of death | Nehemiah 7:28 |
| Bethbaalmeon | house where Baal dwells | Joshua 13:17 |
| Bethbarah | house of the ford | Judges 7:24 |
| Bethbirei | the house of my Creator, house of a creative one | 1 Chronicles 4:31 |
| Bethcar | house of the ram | 1 Samuel 7:11 |
| Bethdagon | house of Dagon | Joshua 15:41 |
| Bethdiblathaim | house of the two fig-cakes | Jeremiah 48:22 |
| Betheked | RSV, the shearing house KJV | 2 Kings 10:12 |
| Bethel | house of God | Genesis 12:8 |
| Bethelite | inhabitant of Bethel | 1 Kings 16:34 |
| Bethemek | house of the valley | Joshua 19:27 |
| Bether | a dividing in the country, a mountain cleft | Song 2:17 |
| Bethesda | house of pity or mercy | John 5:2 |
| Bethezel | house of firm root | Micah 1:11 |
| Bethgader | house of the wall | 1 Chronicles 2:51 |
| Bethgamul | house of recompense, house of the weaned | Jeremiah 48:23 |
| Bethhaccerem | house of the vineyard | Nehemiah 3:14 |
| Bethharan | house of their mount | Numbers 32:36 |
| Bethhogla | house of the partridge | Joshua 15:6 |
| Bethhoglah | house of the partridge | Joshua 18:19 |
| Bethhoron | house of the hollow | Joshua 10:10 |
| Bethjeshimoth | house of the deserts | Joshua 12:3 |
| Bethjesimoth | house of the deserts | Numbers 33:49 |
| Bethlebaoth | house of lionesses | Joshua 19:6 |
| Bethlehem | house of bread, house of food | Genesis 35:19 |
| Bethlehemite | inhabitant of Bethlehem | 1 Samuel 16:1 |
| Bethlehemjudah | Bethlehem in Judah | Judges 17:7 |
| Bethmaachah | house of Maachah, house of pressure | 2 Samuel 20:14 |
| Bethmarcaboth | house of chariots | Joshua 19:5 |
| Bethmeon | house where Baal dwells | Jeremiah 48:23 |
| Bethnimrah | house of clear and good water | Numbers 32:36 |
| Bethpalet | house of escape | Joshua 15:27 |
| Bethpazzez | house of dispersion | Joshua 19:21 |
| Bethpeor | house of Peor (i.e. Baal) | Deuteronomy 3:29 |
| Bethphage | house of early figs | Matthew 21:1 |
| Bethphelet | house of escape, same as Bethpalet | Nehemiah 11:26 |
| Bethrapha | house of health | 1 Chronicles 4:12 |
| Bethrehob | house of breadth, house of the street | Judges 18:28 |
| Bethsaida | house of fishing or hunting | Matthew 11:21 |
| Bethshan | house of rest, house of ease | 1 Samuel 31:10 |
| Bethshean | house of rest, house of ease | Joshua 17:11 |
| Bethshemesh | house of the sun | Joshua 15:10 |
| Bethshemite | inhabitant of Bethshemesh | 1 Samuel 6:14 |
| Bethshittah | house of the acacia | Judges 7:22 |
| Bethtappuah | house of apples | Joshua 15:53 |
| Bethuel | man of God | Genesis 22:22 |
| Bethul | tarrying of God | Joshua 19:4 |
| Bethzur | house of a rock | Joshua 15:58 |
| Betonim | pistachio nuts | Joshua 13:26 |
| Beulah | married, to have dominion over | Isaiah 62:4 |
| Bezai | conqueror | Ezra 2:17 |
| Bezaleel | in the shadow or protection of God | Exodus 31:2 |
| Bezek | lightning | Judges 1:4 |
| Bezer | remote fortress | Deuteronomy 4:43 |
| Bichri | juvenile, youthful | 2 Samuel 20:1 |
| Bidkar | son of piercing through | 2 Kings 9:25 |
| Bigtha | in the wine-press | Esther 1:10 |
| Bigthan | in their wine-press | Esther 2:21 |
| Bigthana | in the wine-press | Esther 6:2 |
| Bigvai | in my body | Ezra 2:2 |
| Bikath-Aven | JPS, plain of vanity, plain of Aven KJV | Amos 1:5 |
| Bildad | son of contention | Job 2:11 |
| Bileam | not of the people, same as Balaam | 1 Chronicles 6:70 |
| Bilgah | cheerfulness | 1 Chronicles 24:14 |
| Bilgai | cheerfulness | Nehemiah 10:8 |
| Bilhah | troubled, perhaps modesty? | Genesis 29:29 |
| Bilhan | decrepitude, perhaps modest? | Genesis 36:27 |
| Bilshan | in the tongue, eloquent, perhaps slander? | Ezra 2:2 |
| Bimhal | son of circumcision | 1 Chronicles 7:33 |
| Binea | a gushing forth, fountain | 1 Chronicles 8:37 |
| Binnui | building | Ezra 8:33 |
| Birsha | son of wickedness, with iniquity | Genesis 14:2 |
| Birzavith | apertures, wounds, in leanness | 1 Chronicles 7:31 |
| Bishlam | son of peace | Ezra 4:7 |
| Bithiah | daughter of the Lord | 1 Chronicles 4:18 |
| Bithron | divisions, mountain ravine | 2 Samuel 2:29 |
| Bithynia | violent precipitation, violent rushing | Acts 16:7 |
| Bizjothjah | contempt of God | Joshua 15:28 |
| Biztha | booty | Esther 1:10 |
| Blastus | that buds or brings forth, sprout | Acts 12:20 |
| Boanerges | sons of thunder | Mark 3:17 |
| Boaz | fleetness | Ruth 2:1 |
| Bocheru | the first born | 1 Chronicles 8:38 |
| Bochim | the place of weeping | Judges 2:1 |
| Bohan | thumb | Joshua 15:6 |
| Booz | from the Greek for "Boaz", fleetness | Matthew 1:5 |
| Boscath | elevated ground, rocky height | 2 Kings 22:1 |
| Bosor | father of Balaam, a torch | 2 Peter 2:15 |
| Bozez | shining | 1 Samuel 14:4 |
| Bozkath | elevated ground, rocky height | Joshua 15:39 |
| Bozrah | a fortified place | Genesis 36:33 |
| Bukki | wasting | Numbers 34:22 |
| Bukkiah | the dissipation of the Lord, God has emptied | 1 Chronicles 25:4 |
| Bul | rain, showers, increase, name of the 8th month | 1 Kings 6:38 |
| Bunah | prudence, intelligence | 1 Chronicles 2:25 |
| Bunni | built | Nehemiah 9:4 |
| Buz | despised, contempt | Genesis 22:21 |
| Buzi | sprung from Buz, contempt | Ezekiel 1:3 |
| Buzite | sprung from Buz, contempt | Job 32:2 |