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Not an exhaustive list - Names in ( ) are Hebrew Transliterations | Note: z is pronounced like ts (as in habits) h is pronounced like ch (as in Bach)

Keturah (Qetura) (aka Hagar)
Servant of Sarah, Mother of Ishmael, Wife of Abraham

Kish (Qish)
1. Son of Jeiel
2. Father of Saul
3. Levite
4. Ancestor of Mordechai

Kohath (Qehat)
Son of Levi

Korah (Qorah)
1. Son of Esau and Oholibamah
2. Grandson of Esau
3. Descendant of Judah
4. Levite

Kore (Qore)
1. Son of Asaph
2. Levite

Laban (Lavan)
Uncle of Jacob, Father of Rachel and Leah

Labben (Labben)
Enemy of David

Lahmi (Lahmi)
Phillistine giant, Brother of Goliath, Cousin of David through Orpah, Killed by Elhanan

Lamech (Lamekh)
1. Descendant of Cain
2. Father of Noah

Lappidoth (Lappidot)
Husband of Deborah

Leah (Le'a)
Prophet, Matriarch, Daughter of Laban, Wife of Jacob, Mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah

Lemuel (Lemo'el) (aka Solomon)
Son of David and Bath-sheba, King of Israel, Architect of the First Holy Temple

Levi (Levi)
Son of Jacob

Lo-ammi (Lo-'ammi)
Son of Hosea

Lo-ruhamah (Lo-ruhama)
Daughter of Hosea

Maacah (Ma'akha)
1. Son of Nahor
2. Concubine of Caleb
3. Wife of Makir
4. Wife of Jeiel
5. Father of Hanan
6. Mother of Absalom
7. Father of King Achish
8. Father of Shephatiah
9. Wife of Rehoboam

Maaseiah (Mahseya)
1. Musician
2. Military comander
3. Officer under King Uzziah
4. Son of King Ahab
5. Governor of Jerusalem
6. Father of Zephaniah
7. Father of Zedekiah
8. Doorkeeper of the Temple
9. Father of Azariah
10. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
11. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
12. Descendant of Pahath-moab
13. Aide to Ezra
14. Levite
15. Leader who sealed Covenant renewal
16. Priest and singer

Magog (Magog)
Son of Japheth

Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Maher-shalal-hash-baz)
Son of Isaiah

Mahlon (Mahlon)
Son of Elimelech and Naomi, First husband of Ruth

Malachi (Mal'akhi)
Prophet

Malchi-shua (Melki-shua)
Son of Saul

Malchizedek (Malki-zedek)
King of Salem

Manasseh (Menashshe)
1. Son of Joseph, Brother of Ephraim
2. King of Judah
3. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Manoah (Manoah)
Father of Samson

Mattan (Mattan)
1. Priest of Baal
2. Father of Shephatiah

Mattaniah (Mattanya)
1. Son of Heman
2. Descendant of Asaph
3. Levite
4. Last king of Judah
5. Grandfather of Hanan
6. Temple gatekeeper
7. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Mebunnai (Mevunnay) (aka Sibbecai)
Warrior of David

Mehseiah (Mehaseya)
Prophet, Father of Neriah

Mehuman (Mehuman)
Servant of King Ahasuerus

Memucan (Memukhan)
Noble of Persia, Advisor of King Ahasuerus

Menachem (Menahem)
King of Israel

Mephiboshet (Mefiboshet)
1. Son of Saul and Rizpah
2. Son of Jonathan, Grandson of Saul, Father of Mica, Adopted son of David

Merab (Merav)
Daughter of Saul

Merari (Merari)
Son of Levi

Merodach-baladan (Merodakh-bal'odan) (aka Berodach-baladan)
Son of Baladan, King of Babylon

Mesha (Mesha)
1. Son of Caleb
2. Descendant of Benjamin
3. King of Moab

Meshach (Meshakh) (aka Mishael)
Friend of Daniel, Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar

Meshullemeth (Meshullemet)
Wife of King Manasseh

Methuselah (Metushelah)
Son of Enoch

Methusael (Metusha'el)
Father of Lamech

Mica (Mikha)
Son of Mephiboshet

Micah (Mikha)
1. Levite
2. Descendant of Reuben
3. Prophet
4. Father of Abdon
5. Father of Uzziah

Micaiah (Mikhayehu)
1. Court prophet of Ahab
2. Priest and singer

Michael (Mikha'el)
1. Archangel
2. Son of Sether
3. Descendant of Issachar
4. Descendant of Gad
5. Music minister of David
6. Descendant of Benjamin
7. Manassite warrior fo David
8. Father of Omri
9. Son of King Jehoshaphat
10. Father of Zebediah

Michal (Mikhal)
Daughter of Saul, Wife of David

Milcah (Milka)
1. Niece of Abraham, Wife of Nahor, Mother of Rebecca
2. Daughter of Zelophehad

Miriam (Miryam)
Daughter of Amram and Jochebed, Sister of Aaron and Moses, Prophetess

Mishael (Misha'el) (aka Meshach)
Friend of Daniel, Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar

Mithredath (Mitredat)
Treasurer of King Cyrus

Moab (Mo'av)
Son of Lot and Lot's oldest daughter

Mordechai (Mordekhay)
Prophet, Cousin and adoptive father of Esther

Moses (Moshe)
Son of Amram and Jochebed, Brother of Aaron and Miriam, Prophet, Father of Eliezer and Gershom, Husband of Zipporah

Naamah (Na'ama)
1. Daughter of Lamech and Zillah, Sister of Tubal-cain
2. Wife of Solomon, Mother of Rehoboam

Naaman (Na'aman)
1. Son of Bela, Grandson of Benjamin
2. Commander of the Syrian army

Nabal (Naval)
Provided protection for David and his warriors

Naboth (Navot)
Vineyard owner who was murdered by King Ahaz

Nadab (Nadav)
1. Son of Aaron, Brother of Abihu and Elazar, Died in the Tabernacle
2. Second king of Judah

Nahash (Nahash)
1. Ammonite king defeated by Saul
2. Father of Abigail and Zeruiah

Nahor (Nahor)
1. Ancestor of Abrham
2. Brother of Abraham, Husband of Milcah

Nahshon (Nahshon)
Brother-in-law of Aaron

Nahum (Nahum)
Prophet

Naomi (Na'omi)
Wife of Elimelech, Mother of Chilion, Mother-in-law of Ruth

Naphtali (Naftali)
Son of Jacob

Nathan (Natan)
1. Prophet
2. Son of David and Bath-sheba
3. Descendant of Shemaiah
4. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Nebuchadnezzar (Nevukhadnezar) (aka Nebuchadrezzar)
King of Babylon

Nebuchadrezzar (Nevukhadrezzar) (aka Nebuchadnezzar)
King of Babylon

Nebuzaradan (Nevuzar'adan)
Babylonian army commander

Nehemiah (Nehemya)
Governor of Jerusalem, Reformer and re-builder of Jerusalem

Neriah (Neriyya)
Prophet, Son of Mehseiah, Father of Baruch and Seraiah

Nethanel (Netan'el)
1. Leader of the tribe of Issachar
2. Son of Jesse, Brother of David
3. Priest and musician
4. Levite, Father of Shemaiah
5. Son of Obed-edom
6. Teacher
7. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Nimrod (Nimrod)
Son of Cush

Noah (Noah)
Gentile prophet, Father of Shem, Ham, Japheth

Obadiah ('Ovadya)
1. Descendant of Issachar
2. Gadite commander of David
3. Father of Ishmaiah
4. Teacher
5. Follower of Elijah
6. Descendant of Saul
7. Levite
8. Gatekeeper in Joiakim's days
9. Prophet
10. Descendant of Zerubabel
11. Priest

Obed ('Oved)
1. Prophet
2. Son of Ruth and Boaz, Grandfather of David
3. Descendant of Judah
4. Warrior of David
5. Grandson of Obed-edom
6. Father of Azariah

Obed-edom ('Oved-'edom)
1. Offered his house to David to store the Ark of the Covenant
2. Son of Jeduthun
3. Temple treasurer under King Amaziah

Oded ('Oded)
Father of Azariah

Og ('Og)
Amorite king

Oholiab (Aholi'av)
Craftsman of the Tabernacle

On (On)
Reubenite leader who rebelled against Moses

Onan (Onan)
Son of Judah who was killed in the Tabernacle

Omri ('Omri)
1. Descendant of Benjamin
2. Leader of the tribe of Issachar
3. King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)

Oreb ('Orev)
Midianite leader killed by Gideon

Ornan (Ornan) (aka Araunah)
Sold the threshing floor to David

Orpah ('Orpa)
Wife of Kilion, Daughter-in-law of Naomi; Ancestor of Goliath and Lahmi

Othniel ('Otni'el)
Warrior, Judge, Husband of Achsah, Brother-in-law of Caleb

Palti (Palti)
Benjamite leader who explored Canaan

Paltiel (Palti'el)
Leader of the tribe of Issachar

Parmashta (Parmashta)
Son of Haman

Parshandatha (Parshandata)
Son of Haman

Paruah (Paru'ah)
Father of Jehoshaphat

Pashur (Pashhur)
1. Father of Gedaliah
2. Som of Immer, Chief officer of the Temple
3. Official of Zedekiah
4. Ancestor of Adaiah

Pekah (Peqah)
King of Israel

Pekahiah (Peqahya)
Son of Menachem, King of Israel

Pelatiah (Pelatya)
1. Leader of the Simeonites
2. Descendant of Zerubabel
3. Jewish leader who sealed Covenant renewal

Peleg (Peleg)
Descendant of Shem, Ancestor of Abraham

Peninnah (Peninna)
Wife of Elkanah

Perez (Perez)
Son of Judah and Tamar

Pharaoh (Par'o)
Ruler of Egypt, Human-god

Pharaoh-neco (P'aro-nekho)
King of Egypt who went to war against the king of Assyria

Phineas (Pinehas)
1. Son of Eleazar, Grandson of Aaron, Prophet
2. Son of Eli
3. Father of Eleazar

Ploni Almoni (Ploni Almoni)
Relative of Boaz

Poratha (Porata)
Son of Haman

Potiphar (Potifar)
Officer of the Egyptian Pharoah

Poti-phera (Poti-fera)
Father-in-law of Joseph

Puah (Pu'a)
1. Son of Issachar
2. Hebrew midwife in Egypt

Pul (Pul)
Assyrian king

Purah (Pura)
Servant of Gideon

Queen of Sheba (Queen of Sheva)
Queen who visited Solomon due to his wisdom

Raamiah (Ra'amya) (aka Reelaiah)
Israelite chief

Rabashakeh (Ravshaqe)
Officer of Sennacherib of Assyria

Rachel (Rahel)
Prophet, Matriarch, Daughter of Laban, Wife of Jacob, Mother of Joseph and Benjamin

Rahab (Rahav)
Prostitute of Jericho who assisted the spies sent by Joshua

Rebecca (Rivqa)
Prophet, Matriarch, Wife of Isaac, Mother of Jacob and Esau

Reelaiah (Re'elaya) (aka Raamiah)
Israelite chief

Regem-melech (Regem-melekh)
Delegate from Bet-El

Rehoboam (Rehav'am)
Son of Solomon and Naamah

Reuben (Re'uven)
Son of Jacob and Leah

Reuel (Re'u'el)
1. Son of Esau
2. Midianite priest, Father-in-law of Moses

Rezin (Rezin)
King of Syria

Rezon (Rezon)
King of Damascus

Rizpah (Rizpa)
Concubine of King Saul

Ruth (Rut)
Wife of Elimelech, Daughter-in-law of Naomi, Sister-in-law of Orpah and Kilion, Aunt of Goliath and Lahmi through Orpha, Ancestor of David, Wife of Boaz, Son of Obed, Grandmother of Jesse

Salmah (Salma)
Descendant of Caleb

Samson (Shimshon)
Son of Manoah, Nazirite, Warrior against the Phillistines

Samuel (Shemu'el)
Prophet

Sanballat (Sanvallat)
Governor of Samaria

Saph (Saf)
Descendants of Phillistine giants

Sarah (Sara) (aka Sarai)
Prophet, Matriarch, Wife of Abraham, Mother of Isaac, Grandmother of Jacob

Sarai (Saray) (aka Sarah)
Prophet, Matriarch, Wife of Abraham, Mother of Isaac, Grandmother of Jacob

Sarezer (Shar'ezer)
Son and assassin of Sennacherib, Brother of Adrammelech

Saul (Sha'ul)
King of Israel, Father of Jonathan, Father-in-law of David

Seir (Se'ir)
Ancestor of the Horites

Sennacherib (Sanheriv)
King of Assyria, Father of Sarezer and Adrammelech

Seraiah (Seraya)
1. Son of Kenaz, Brother of Othniel
2. Descendant of Simeon
3. Secretary of David (aka Shavsha)
4. High Priest; 5. Son of Neriah
6. Army officer allied with Gedaliah
7. Priest
8. Prophet

Seth (Shet)
Son of Adam and Eve, Ancestor of Enosh and Noah

Shaashgaz (Sha'ashgaz)
Servant of King Ahasuerus

Shadrach (Shaderakh) (aka Hananiah)
Friend of Daniel, Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar

Shallum (Shallum)
1. Son of Shaul, Grandson of Simeon
2. Descendant of Jerahmeel and Judah
3. Father of Jehizkiah
4. Son of Jabesh
5. Father of Hilkiah
6.Husband of Hulda
7.Uncle of Jeremiah
8. Father of Maaseiah
9.Ancestor of Jehoiakim
10. Temple gatekeeper
11. Decendant of Binnui, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
12. Helped repair Jerusalem wall

Shalmaneser (Shalman'eser) (aka Ululai)
King of Babylon

Shamgar (Shamgar)
Judge

Shammah (Shamma)
Son of Zophah

Shaphan (Shafan)
Scribe

Shavsha (Shavsha) (aka Seraiah)
Secretary of David

Shearjashub (She'aryashuv)
Son of Isaiah

Sheba (Sheva)
1. Son of Ramaah
2. Son of Joktan
3. Son of Jokshan
4. Benjamite warrior
5. Head of Gadite family

Shebna (Shevna)
Official of Hezekiah's court

Shecaniah (Shekhanyahu)
1. Priest
2. Ancestor of Hattush
3. Descendant of Zerubabbel
4. Father of Shemaia
5. Father-in-law of Tobiah

Shechem (Shekhem)
1. Son of Hamor
2. Descendant of Manasseh

Shelah (Shelah)
1. Father of Eber
2. Son of Judah and Shua

Shelomith (Shelomit)
1. Daughter of Divri
2. Levite descendant of Shelomoth
3. Son of Rehoboam and Maacah
4. Daughter of Zerubabbel

Shem (Shem)
Son of Noah

Shemaiah (Shema'ya)
1. Ancestor of Simeonites
2. Descendant of Reuben
3. Levite
4. Levite scribe
5. Son of Obed-edom;
6. Prophet
7. Father of Uriah
8. Father of Delaiah
9. Opponent of Jeremiah
10. Descendant of Asaph
11. Priest
12. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
13. Son of Shecaniah
14. False prophet
15. Leader who participated in Jerusalem wall dedication
16. Priest-singer
17. Descendant of Zerubabbel

Shemeber (Shem'ever)
King of Zeboiim

Shemer (Shemer)
1. Levite
2. Owner of hill where Samaria was built

Shemiramoth (Shemiramot)
1. Temple musician
2. Levite

Shephatiah (Shefatyahu)
1. Benjamite warrior of David
2. Son of David and Abital
3. Simeonite officer
4. Servant of Solomon
5. Son of Jehoshaphat
6. Officer who threw Jeremiah into the cistern
7. Father of Meshullam

Sheshbazzar (Sheshbazzar)
Prince of Judah who laid the foundation stone and governed the Temple treasures

Shethar-bozenai (Shetar-bozenay)
Opposed rebuilding the Temple

Shimea (Shim'a)
Son of David and Bath-sheba

Shimei (Shim'i)
1. Head of Levite clan
2. Descendant of Simeon
3. Descendant of Reuben
4. Descendant of Merari
5. Descendant of Heman
6. Descendant of Benjamin
7. Descendant of Gershon
8. Descendant of Kish, Ancestor of Mordecai
9. Benjamite enemy of David
10. Officer of David
11. Son of Jeduthun
12. Overseer of David's vineyards
13. Governor under Solomon
14. Helped with Temple treasury
15. Grandson of Jehoiachin
16 Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile

Shimshai (Shimshay)
Opponent of rebuilding Jerusalem wall

Shinab (Shin'av)
King of Admah

Shiphrah (Shifra)
Hebrew midwife in Egypt

Shobab (Shovav)
Son of David and Bath-sheba

Sibbecai (Sibbekhay) (aka Mebunnai)
Warrior of David

Sihon (Sihon)
Amorite king

Simeon (Shim'on)
Son of Jacob and Leah

Sisera (Sisera)
Canaanite commander defeated by Deborah and killed by Jael

Solomon (Shelomo) (aka Lemuel)
Prophet, Son of David and Bath-sheba, King of Israel, Architect of the First Holy Temple

Tabrimmon (Tavrimon)
King of Aram, Father of Ben-hadad

Tamar (Tamar)
Wife of Er, Wife of Onan, Daughter-in-law of Judah; Mother of Perez and Zerah

Tartan (Tartan)
Assyrian military commander

Tattenai (Tattenay)
Governor under Darius, Helped rebuild the Temple

Terah (Terah)
Father of Abraham, Nahor, and Haran

Teresh (Teresh)
Guard who plotted Ahasuerus's murder

Tibni (Tivni)
Challenger of Omri for the throne of Israel

Tiglath-pilneser (Tiglat-pilne'eser)
Assyrian king

Tirzah (Tirza)
Daughter of Zelophehad

Tob-adonijah (Tov-adoniyya)
Teacher of the Law

Tobiah (Tovya)
Oppossed rebuilding Jerusalem wall

Tobijah (Toviyyahu)
Levite

Toi (To'i) (aka Tou)
King of Hamath

Tola (Tola)
1. Son of Issachar
2. Judge

Tou (To'u) (aka Toi)
King of Hamath

Tubal-cain (Tuval-qayin)
Son of Lamech and Zillah, Brother of Naamah