Biblical Names and their Meanings
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Group |
Description |
Reference |
| Maacah | oppression, same as Maachah | 2 Samuel 3:3 |
| Maachah | oppression | Genesis 22:24 |
| Maachathi | she has pressed, pressure, same as Maachathites | Deuteronomy 3:14 |
| Maachathites | descendants of Maachah | Joshua 12:5 |
| Maadai | ornament of God | Ezra 10:34 |
| Maadiah | adorned of God | Nehemiah 12:5 |
| Maai | sympathetic, compassionate | Nehemiah 12:36 |
| Maalehacrabbim | ascent of scorpions | Joshua 15:3 |
| Maarath | a place naked of trees, bareness | Joshua 15:59 |
| Maaseiah | work of God | 1 Chronicles 15:18 |
| Maasiai | work of God | 1 Chronicles 9:12 |
| Maath | to be small | Luke 3:26 |
| Maaz | wrath | 1 Chronicles 2:27 |
| Maaziah | consolation of God | 1 Chronicles 24:18 |
| Macedonia | extended land | Acts 16:9 |
| Macedonian | inhabitant of Macedonia | Acts 27:2 |
| Machbanai | bond of God | 1 Chronicles 12:13 |
| Machbenah | bond | 1 Chronicles 2:49 |
| Machi | poor, decrease | Numbers 13:15 |
| Machil | poem with a moral message | Psalm 32:1 |
| Machir | selling | Genesis 50:23 |
| Machirites | salesmen, descendants of Machir | Numbers 26:29 |
| Machnadebai | who is like a liberal person | Ezra 10:40 |
| Machpelah | double, portion | Genesis 23:9 |
| Madai | middle land, same as Media | Genesis 10:2 |
| Madian | strife, contention, same as Midian | Acts 7:29 |
| Madmannah | dunghill | Joshua 15:31 |
| Madmen | dunghill, a place in Moab | Jeremiah 48:2 |
| Madmenah | dunghill | Isaiah 10:31 |
| Madon | a chiding, strife | Joshua 11:1 |
| Magbish | congregating | Ezra 2:30 |
| Magdala | tower | Matthew 15:39 |
| Magdalene | a person from Magdala | Matthew 27:56 |
| Magdiel | prince of God | Genesis 36:43 |
| Magog | land of Gog, land of mountains | Genesis 10:2 |
| Magormissabib | fear on every side | Jeremiah 20:3 |
| Magpiash | killer of moths | Nehemiah 10:20 |
| Mahalah | sickness, same as Mahlah | 1 Chronicles 7:18 |
| Mahalaleel | praising God | Genesis 5:12 |
| Mahalath | a harp or stringed instrument | Genesis 28:9 |
| Mahali | infirmity, sick, same as Mahli | Exodus 6:19 |
| Mahanaim | two camps | Genesis 32:2 |
| Mahanehdan | tents of Dan | Judges 18:12 |
| Maharai | impetuous | 2 Samuel 23:28 |
| Mahath | taking hold, seizing | 1 Chronicles 6:35 |
| Mahavite | propagator | 1 Chronicles 11:46 |
| Mahazioth | visions | 1 Chronicles 25:4 |
| Mahershalalhashbaz | making speed to the prey | Isaiah 8:1 |
| Mahlah | sickness, same as Mahalah | Numbers 26:33 |
| Mahli | sick, same as Mahali | Numbers 3:20 |
| Mahlites | descendants of Mahli | Numbers 3:33 |
| Mahlon | sick | Ruth 1:2 |
| Mahol | dancing | 1 Kings 4:31 |
| Makaz | end | 1 Kings 4:9 |
| Makheloth | place of assembly | Numbers 33:25-26 |
| Makkedah | place of shepherds | Joshua 10:10 |
| Maktesh | a mortar or deep hollow | Zephaniah 1:11 |
| Malachi | my messenger | Malachi 1:1 |
| Malcham | great king, same as Milcom and Moloch | 1 Chronicles 8:9 |
| Malchiah | my king is God, same as Malchijah and Melchiah | 1 Chronicles 6:40 |
| Malchiel | God is my king | Genesis 46:17 |
| Malchielites | descendants of Malchiel | Numbers 26:45 |
| Malchijah | my king is God, same as Malchiah | 1 Chronicles 9:12 |
| Malchiram | my king is high | 1 Chronicles 3:18 |
| Malchishua | my king is wealth, same as Melchishua | 1 Samuel 31:2 |
| Malchus | kingdom, king | John 18:10 |
| Maleleel | praise of God, same as Mahaleleel | Luke 3:37 |
| Mallothi | my fullness | 1 Chronicles 25:4 |
| Malluch | counselor, same as Melicu | 1 Chronicles 6:44 |
| Mammon | treasure, what is trusted in | Matthew 6:24 |
| Mamre | fatness, strength | Genesis 13:18 |
| Manaen | a comforter | Acts 13:1 |
| Manahath | rest | Genesis 36:23 |
| Manahethites | resting place, same as Menuhoth | 1 Chronicles 2:52 |
| Manasseh | causing to forget | Genesis 41:51 |
| Manassites | descendants of Manasseh | Deuteronomy 4:43 |
| Manoah | rest | Judges 13:2 |
| Maoch | oppression | 1 Samuel 27:2 |
| Maon | habitation | Joshua 15:55 |
| Maonites | inhabitants of Maon | Judges 10:12 |
| Mara | bitterness | Ruth 1:20 |
| Marah | bitter | Exodus 15:23 |
| Maralah | trembling, perhaps earthquake | Joshua 19:11 |
| Maranatha | the Lord will come | 1 Corinthians 16:22 |
| Marcus | a defense | Colossians 4:10 |
| Mareshah | that which is at the head, crest of a hill | Joshua 15:44 |
| Mark | a defense, same as Marcus | Acts 12:12 |
| Maroth | bitterness | Micah 1:12 |
| Marsena | worthy | Esther 1:14 |
| Martha | from the Aramaic for the mistress of the house | Luke 10:38 |
| Mary | rebellion, same as Miriam | Matthew 1:16 |
| Mash | drawn out | Genesis 10:23 |
| Mashal | prayer, entreaty | 1 Chronicles 6:74 |
| Masrekah | vineyard of noble wines | Genesis 36:36 |
| Massa | a burden | Genesis 25:14 |
| Massah | temptation | Exodus 17:7 |
| Mathusala | same as Methuselah, man of a dart | Luke 3:37 |
| Matred | pushing forward | Genesis 36:39 |
| Matri | rain of God | 1 Samuel 10:21 |
| Mattan | a gift | 2 Kings 11:18 |
| Mattanah | gift of God | Numbers 21:18 |
| Mattaniah | gift of God, original name of Zedekiah | 2 Kings 24:17 |
| Mattatha | gift of God, shortened form of Mattathias | Luke 3:31 |
| Mattathah | gift of God | Ezra 10:33 |
| Mattathias | the gift of the Lord | Luke 3:25 |
| Mattenai | gift of God | Ezra 10:33 |
| Matthan | same as Mattan, a gift | Matthew 1:15 |
| Matthew | gift of God | Matthew 9:9 |
| Matthias | shortened form of Mattathias, gift of God | Acts 1:23 |
| Mattithiah | gift of God | 1 Chronicles 9:31 |
| Mazzaroth | a reference to certain stars or constellations | Job 38:32 |
| Meah | a hundred | Nehemiah 3:1 |
| Mearah | den, cave | Joshua 13:4 |
| Mebunnai | building of God | 2 Samuel 23:27 |
| Mecherathite | he of the digging tool, inhabitant of Mekera | 1 Chronicles 11:36 |
| Medad | love | Numbers 11:26 |
| Medan | contention | Genesis 25:2 |
| Mede | inhabitant of Media | Daniel 11:1 |
| Medeba | waters of rest | Numbers 21:30 |
| Media | middle land, same as Madai | Esther 1:3 |
| Megiddo | place of crowds | Joshua 12:21 |
| Megiddon | same as Megiddo | Zechariah 12:11 |
| Mehetabeel | whom God benefits, same as Mehetabel | Nehemiah 6:10 |
| Mehetabel | whom God benefits | Genesis 36:39 |
| Mehida | a joining together, famous | Ezra 2:52 |
| Mehir | a reward, price | 1 Chronicles 4:11 |
| Mehola | of dancing, see next entry | not in the Bible |
| Meholathite | inhabitant of Mehola | 1 Samuel 18:19 |
| Mehujael | struck by God | Genesis 4:18 |
| Mehuman | faithful | Esther 1:10 |
| Mehunim | habitations, same as Meunim | 2 Chronicles 26:7 |
| Mejarkon | water of yellowness | Joshua 19:46 |
| Mekonah | foundation | Nehemiah 11:28 |
| Melatiah | deliverance from God | Nehemiah 3:7 |
| Melchi | my king, my counsel | Luke 3:24 |
| Melchiah | God is my king, same as Malchiah | Jeremiah 21:1 |
| Melchishua | my king is wealth, same as Malchishua | 1 Samuel 14:49 |
| Melchizedek | king of righteousness | Genesis 14:18 |
| Melea | my dear friend | Luke 3:31 |
| Melech | king | 1 Chronicles 8:35 |
| Melicu | counselor, same as Malluch | Nehemiah 12:14 |
| Melita | honey | Acts 28:1 |
| Melzar | of uncertain Persian derivation | Daniel 1:11 |
| Memphis | abode or haven of the good, same as Moph | Hosea 9:6 |
| Memucan | dignified | Esther 1:14 |
| Menahem | comforter | 2 Kings 15:14 |
| Menan | numbered, perhaps enchanted? | Luke 3:31 |
| Mene | God has numbered | Daniel 5:25-26 |
| Meni | Young's, god of fate in Babylon, translated in the KJV as "unto that number" | Isaiah 65:11 |
| Menuhoth | ASV, RSV, etc., same as Manahethites | 1 Chronicles 2:52 |
| Menuhothite | Young's, same as Menuhoth in RSV | 1 Chronicles 2:52 |
| Meonenim | (plain of) soothsayers | Judges 9:37 |
| Meonothai | my habitations | 1 Chronicles 4:14 |
| Mephaath | beauty, splendour | Joshua 13:18 |
| Mephibosheth | exterminating the idol | 2 Samuel 4:4 |
| Merab | increase | 1 Samuel 14:49 |
| Meraiah | rebellion | Nehemiah 12:12 |
| Meraioth | rebellious, disobedient | 1 Chronicles 6:6 |
| Merari | bitter, unhappy | Genesis 46:11 |
| Merarite | descendant of Merari | Numbers 26:57 |
| Merathaim | repeated rebellion, another name for Babylon | Jeremiah 50:21 |
| Mercurius | pagan deity, herald of the gods | Acts 14:12 |
| Mered | rebellion | 1 Chronicles 4:17 |
| Meremoth | elevations | Ezra 8:33 |
| Meres | lofty | Esther 1:14 |
| Meribah | strife, contention | Exodus 17:7 |
| Meribah-Kadesh | Darby, NKJV, Rotherham, etc., holy strife | Deuteronomy 32:51 |
| Meribathkadesh | RSV, JPS, same as Meribah-Kadesh | Deuteronomy 32:51 |
| Meribbaal | contender against Baal | 1 Chronicles 8:34 |
| Merodach | Babylonian idol | Jeremiah 50:2 |
| Merodachbaladan | Marduk has given a son | Isaiah 39:1 |
| Merom | a high place | Joshua 11:5 |
| Meronothite | my rejoicing, joyful shouter | 1 Chronicles 27:30 |
| Meroz | refuge | Judges 5:23 |
| Mesech | drawing out, same as Meshech | Psalm 120:5 |
| Mesha | freedom | Genesis 10:30 |
| Mesha | deliverance, a different word from Genesis 10:30 | 2 Kings 3:4 |
| Meshach | guest of a king | Daniel 1:7 |
| Meshech | drawing out, same as Mesech | Genesis 10:2 |
| Meshelemiah | whom God repays | 1 Chronicles 9:21 |
| Meshezabeel | the salvation of God, God delivers | Nehemiah 3:4 |
| Meshillemith | recompense | 1 Chronicles 9:12 |
| Meshillemoth | recompense | 2 Chronicles 28:12 |
| Meshobab | restored | 1 Chronicles 4:34 |
| Meshullam | friend (i.e. of God) | 2 Kings 22:3 |
| Meshullemeth | friend | 2 Kings 21:19 |
| Mesobaite | set up by God | 1 Chronicles 11:47 |
| Mesopotamia | Aram of the two rivers | Genesis 24:10 |
| Messiah | anointed one | Daniel 9:25-26 |
| Methegammah | bridle of the mother city, scornful term for Gath | 2 Samuel 8:1 |
| Methusael | man of God | Genesis 4:18 |
| Methuselah | man of a dart | Genesis 5:21 |
| Meunim | habitations, same as Mehunim | Nehemiah 7:52 |
| Mezahab | splendour of gold | Genesis 36:39 |
| Mezobaite | ASV, RSV for Mesobaite, set up by God | 1 Chronicles 11:47 |
| Miamin | from the right hand, same as Mijamin | Ezra 10:25 |
| Mibhar | chosen, choice | 1 Chronicles 11:38 |
| Mibsam | smelling sweet | Genesis 25:13 |
| Mibzar | fortress | Genesis 36:42 |
| Micah | who is like God? | Judges 17:1 |
| Micaiah | who is like God? | 1 Kings 22:8 |
| Micha | who is like God? | 2 Samuel 9:12 |
| Michael | who is like God? | Numbers 13:13 |
| Michah | who is like God? | 1 Chronicles 23:20 |
| Michaiah | who is like God? | 2 Kings 22:12 |
| Michal | who is like God? | 1 Samuel 14:49 |
| Michmas | laid up, hidden | Ezra 2:27 |
| Michmash | laid up, hidden, same as Michmas | 1 Samuel 13:2 |
| Michmethah | hiding place | Joshua 16:6 |
| Michri | worthy of price, bought | 1 Chronicles 9:8 |
| Michtam | musical term is psalm titles, meaning uncertain | Psalms 16:1 |
| Middin | measures | Joshua 15:61 |
| Midian | strife | Genesis 25:2 |
| Midianite | inhabitant of Midian | Genesis 37:28 |
| Migdal-eder | JPS for "tower of Edar" in KJV, tower of the flock | Genesis 35:21 |
| Migdalel | tower of God | Joshua 19:38 |
| Migdalgad | tower of Gad | Joshua 15:37 |
| Migdol | a tower | Exodus 14:2 |
| Migron | a precipitous place | 1 Samuel 14:2 |
| Mijamin | from the right hand, same as Miamin | 1 Chronicles 24:9 |
| Mikloth | staves, lots | 1 Chronicles 8:32 |
| Mikneiah | possession of God | 1 Chronicles 15:18 |
| Milalai | eloquent | Nehemiah 12:36 |
| Milcah | queen | Genesis 11:29 |
| Milcom | great king, same as Malcham | 1 Kings 11:5 |
| Miletum | pure white wool | 2 Timothy 4:20 |
| Miletus | pure white wool | Acts 20:15 |
| Millo | a rampart, mound | Judges 9:6 |
| Miniamin | from the right hand | 2 Chronicles 31:15 |
| Minni | division | Jeremiah 51:27 |
| Minnith | distribution | Judges 11:33 |
| Miphkad | an appointed place | Nehemiah 3:31 |
| Miriam | rebellion, same as Mary | Exodus 15:20 |
| Mirma | deception, fraud | 1 Chronicles 8:10 |
| Mishael | who is that which God is | Exodus 6:22 |
| Mishal | prayer, same as Misheal | Joshua 21:30 |
| Misham | their cleansing | 1 Chronicles 8:12 |
| Misheal | prayer, same as Mishal | Joshua 19:26 |
| Mishma | hearing | Genesis 25:14 |
| Mishmannah | fatness of flesh, dainties | 1 Chronicles 12:10 |
| Mishraites | touching evil, a slippery place | 1 Chronicles 2:53 |
| Mispar | numbering | Ezra 2:2 |
| Mispereth | number | Nehemiah 7:7 |
| Misrephothmaim | the flow of waters, burnings of water | Joshua 11:8 |
| Mithcah | sweetness | Numbers 33:28 |
| Mithnite | slenderness, inhabitant of Methen | 1 Chronicles 11:43 |
| Mithras | Persian god of light and truth, see next entry | not used in Bible |
| Mithredath | given by Mithras | Ezra 1:8 |
| Mitylene | purity, chief town of the island of Lesbos | Acts 20:14 |
| Mizar | little, small | Psalms 42:6 |
| Mizpah | a watch-tower | Genesis 31:49 |
| Mizpeh | a watchtower, same as Mizpah | Joshua 11:3 |
| Mizraim | father of the Copts, the original Egyptians | Genesis 10:6 |
| Mizzah | trepidation, fear | Genesis 36:13 |
| Mnason | remembering | Acts 21:16 |
| Moab | of his father | Genesis 19:37 |
| Moabites | descendant of Moab | Genesis 19:37 |
| Moadiah | assembly of God | Nehemiah 12:17 |
| Moladah | birth, race | Joshua 15:26 |
| Molech | king, name of a pagan deity | Leviticus 18:21 |
| Molid | begetter | 1 Chronicles 2:29 |
| Moloch | king, same as Malcham | Amos 5:26 |
| Moph | Young's for Memphis, haven of the good | Hosea 9:6 |
| Morasthite | inhabitant of Moresheth | Jeremiah 26:18 |
| Mordecai | little man | Ezra 2:2 |
| Moreh | teacher | Genesis 12:6 |
| Moreshethgath | possession of Gath | Micah 1:14 |
| Moriah | chosen by God | Genesis 22:2 |
| Mosera | bonds | Deuteronomy 10:6 |
| Moseroth | bonds, same as Mosera | Numbers 33:30 |
| Moses | drawn forth | Exodus 2:10 |
| Moza | fountain | 1 Chronicles 2:46 |
| Mozah | fountain | Joshua 18:26 |
| Muppim | derived from waving up and down | Genesis 46:21 |
| Mushi | yielding | Exodus 6:19 |
| Mushites | descendants of Mushi | Numbers 3:33 |
| Muthlabben | to die for a son , perhaps title of the psalm? | Psalm 9:1 |
| Myra | myrrh, myrtle juice | Acts 27:5 |
| Mysia | land of beach trees | Acts 16:7-8 |