Nomenclature

God’s names

Lord GOD: Adonai JHVH

Adam:

Aaron(‫)אהרון‬: bright. Aaron is the only Aaron in the Bible.

 Nadab
 Abihu
 Eleazar
 Ithamar

Abel: (‫ )חבל‬vain, vanity, empty

Abram(‫)אברם‬: high father

Abraham(‫ )אברהם‬: Father of a multitude

Absalom:(‫ אבשלום‬- father of peace (friendly)

Achan(‫)עכן‬: Troublesome. Trouble

Babel(‫)בבל‬: confusion

Bethel(): House of God(Gen 28:19)

Boaz(‫)בעז‬: In strength or by strength

Cain (‫)קין‬: possessor, to possess, to acquire.

Caleb(‫)כלב‬: Forcible. Whole-hearted. Brave. Faithful

Canaan(): humiliated

David(‫ דויד‬,‫)דוד‬: beloved. Uncle

1. Amnon: Faithful
2. Chileab:
3. Absalom: Father of peace/friendly
4. Adonijah:
5. Shephatiah
6. Ithream

Ebenezer(‫)אבן העזר‬: stone of the help. 1 Sam 7:12.

Elijah(‫)אליהו‬: Whose God is Jehovah

Enoch(‫)חנוך‬: dedicated

Edom(‫) אדום‬: Red (Gen 25:, 25,30, 36:1,8, 9,19)

Esau (‫)עשו‬: Doer. Maker. Worker. He that acts/finishes. Aka Seir(hairy).

Ezra (‫)עזרא‬: help

Gideon(‫)גדעון‬: Warrior. Aka ajerubabaal(baal will contend). Jdg 7.1

Gilgal(‫)🎡 גלגל‬: wheel. Josh 5:9

Goliath(‫)גלית‬: exile

Gomer: Completion

Habakkuk (‫)חבקוק‬: embrace, cling

Haggai (‫)חגי‬: festive

Hebrew() : 1) Derived from Eber – sons of Eber (Gen 10:21). 2)Others trace the name of a Hebrew root-
word signifying “to pass over,” and hence regard it as meaning “the man who passed over,” viz., the
Euphrates; or to the Hebrew word meaning “the region” or “country beyond,” viz., the land of Chaldea.
This latter view is preferred. It is the more probable origin of the designation given to Abraham coming
among the Canaanites as a man from beyond the Euphrates (Gen. 14:13).(Easton’s)

Ham(‫)חם‬: hot, warm

Hezekiah(‫)חזקיה‬: God strengthens.

Horeb(‫)חרב‬: desolate

Hosea/Hoshra(‫)הושע‬: deliverer / salvation/ deliverance. Dt 32:44. Hos 1:1. (https://www.abarim-

publications.com/Meaning/Hosea.html)

Isaiah(‫ישעיה‬/‫)ישעיהו‬: God(Yah) has saved, God is salvation, salvation of the LORD.

 Gomer(wife. 1:3): completion

 Jezreel(1st son). God scatters. God will sow// 2K 10:1-14.
 Loruhamah(2nd child. Daughter): not pitied(not mercied).
 Loammi(3rd. Son): not my people

Ishmael: God will hear (Gen 16:11)

Iscariot: man of Kerioth(‫) איש קריות‬

Jehoiada(): Jehovah-knowm

Jeremiah(): God (Jah) will rise

Jerusalem(‫)ירושלים‬: dual meaning. Foundation of peaceful or possession of peace.

Jethro(‫)יתרו‬: excellence. Reuel(‫)רעואל‬: friend of God.

Jochebed. (‫)יכבד‬: Jehovah is her glory

Judah/Judas : praise/celebration (Gen 29:35).

Jonah: dove 🕊 (‫ )יונה‬H3123, H3124

Joshua(‫)יהושוע‬: Jehovah saved. Oshea(‫)הושע‬: Deliverer

Kadesh(‫)קדש‬: Sanctuary/holy

Kadeshbarbea: sacred desert

Keturah(‫)קטורה‬: incense/perfumed/fragrance. (bare Abraham Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak,

Shuah)

Malachi: Angel/Messenger

Methuselah: man of dsry6

Meribah(‫)מריבה‬N20:13,24. Ex 17:7: Quarrel/strife

Micah: (h4318) abbreviation of Michaiah. Who is like Jah?

Miriam [‫(מרים‬Maria. LXX, NT Μαριάμ/Μαρία)]: ? Rebellion

Moses: Drawing out (Rescue). “son of the water,” Egyptian; “drawing out,” Hebrew. – Gleason Archer

Nahum (‫)נחום‬: comfortable /to comfort /to be sorry /consolation

Naomi (‫)נעמי‬: Pleasant, loveable, my delight. (Mara. Bitter Ruth 1:20)

Nazarite: literally unpruned vine. Like unshorn nazirite. Nazer(‫)נזר‬. Figuratively consecrated

Nehemiah: consolation of Jehovah/ Comforted by Jehovah.

Noah: rest(ing), quiet

Nun(‫)נון‬: Perpetuity

Obadiah(‫)עבדיהו‬: serving Jah (servant of God)

Othniel(‫)עותניאל‬: Strength/Force of God. Lion of God. (from the tribe of Judah).

1. Reuben(‫)ראובן‬: behold a son!

2. Simeon(‫)שמעון‬: to hear. God has heard. He who hears. From ‘to hear (‫”)שמע‬. To understand etc
3. Levi(): Joined/attached/united. Gen 29:34
4. Judah(): Praise
5. Dan():
6. Naphtali():
7. Gad():
8. Asher():
9. Issachar():
10. Zebulun():
a. Dinah():
11. Joseph(): adding
a. Manasseh(‫)מנשה‬: to forget. Gen 41:51
 b. Ephraim():
12. Benjamin():

Ruth

Samaria(‫)שמרון‬: Shemer’s Place(1 Kings 16:24). Place of watching/keeping/Watchtower. From the (

‫ )שמר‬verb to keep/guard.

Samuel: heard of God (God has heard/listened).

Sarai : my princess.

Sarah:

Saul(‫)שאול‬:

Seth(‫)שת‬: appointed, substituted. The root means to set something in place.

Shem (‫)שם‬: Name (fame)

Solomon(‫)שלמה‬: Peaceful

 Rehoboam(‫)רחבעם‬: The people are enlarged. From (1) the verb ‫( רחב‬rahab), to be wide, and (2)
the noun ‫'( עם‬am), people.

Thaddaeus: breast. Lebbaeus: courageous.

Tunal-cain

Zephaniah ‫) )ְצַפ ְנָי֙ה‬: God has concealed

Zoar(‫)צער‬: Little, petty (Gen 19:20).