Aaron: Male · Tribe of Levi · 1574 BC–1451 BC The eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Exo 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of strength, illuminator. He was born in Egypt three years before his brother Moses, and a number of years after his sister Miriam (2:1, 4; 7:7). He married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab of the house of Judah (6:23; 1Ch 2:10), by whom he had four sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. When the time for the deliverance of Isarael out of Egypt drew nigh, he was sent by God (Exo 4:14, Exo 4:27) to meet his long-absent brother, that he might co-operate with him in all that they were required to do in bringing about the Exodus. He was to be the “mouth” or “prophet” of Moses, i.e., was to speak for him, because he was a man of a ready utterance (7:1, 2, 9, 10, 19). He was faithful to his trust, and stood by Moses in all his interviews with Pharaoh. When the ransomed tribes fought their first battle with Amalek in Rephidim, Moses stood on a hill overlooking the scene of the conflict with the rod of God in his outstretched hand. On this occasion he was attended by Aaron and Hur, his sister’s husband, who held up his wearied hands till Joshua and the chosen warriors of Israel gained the victory (17:8-13). Afterwards, when encamped before Sinai, and when Moses at the command of God ascended the mount to receive the tables of the law, Aaron and his two sons, Nadab and Abihu, along with seventy of the elders of Israel, were permitted to accompany him part of the way, and to behold afar off the manifestation of the glory of Israel’s God (Exo 19:24; Exo 24:9). While Moses remained on the mountain with God, Aaron returned unto the people; and yielding through fear, or ignorance, or instability of character, to their clamour, made unto them a golden calf, and set it up as an object of worship (Exo 32:4; Psa 106:19). On the return of Moses to the camp, Aaron was sternly rebuked by him for the part he had acted in this matter; but he interceded for him before God, who forgave his sin (Deu 9:20). On the mount, Moses received instructions regarding the system of worship which was to be set up among the people; and in accordance therewith Aaron and his sons were consecrated to the priest’s office (Lev. 8; 9). Aaron, as high priest, held henceforth the prominent place appertaining to that office. When Israel had reached Hazeroth, in “the wilderness of Paran,” Aaron joined with his sister Miriam in murmuring against Moses, “because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married,” probably after the death of Zipporah. But the Lord vindicated his servant Moses, and punished Miriam with leprosy (Num. 12). Aaron acknowledged his own and his sister’s guilt, and at the intercession of Moses they were forgiven. Twenty years after this, when the children of Israel were encamped in the wilderness of Paran, Korah, Dathan, and Abiram conspired against Aaron and his sons; but a fearful judgment from God fell upon them, and they were destroyed, and the next day thousands of the people also perished by a fierce pestilence, the ravages of which were only stayed by the interposition of Aaron (Num. 16). That there might be further evidence of the divine appointment of Aaron to the priestly office, the chiefs of the tribes were each required to bring to Moses a rod bearing on it the name of his tribe. And these, along with the rod of Aaron for the tribe of Levi, were laid up overnight in the tabernacle, and in the morning it was found that while the other rods remained unchanged, that of Aaron “for the house of Levi” budded, blossomed, and yielded almonds (Num 17:1). This rod was afterwards preserved in the tabernacle (Heb 9:4) as a memorial of the divine attestation of his appointment to the priesthood. Aaron was implicated in the sin of his brother at Meribah (Num 20:8), and on that account was not permitted to enter the Promised Land. When the tribes arrived at Mount Hor, “in the edge of the land of Edom,” at the command of God Moses led Aaron and his son Eleazar to the top of that mountain, in the sight of all the people. There he stripped Aaron of his priestly vestments, and put them upon Eleazar; and there Aaron died on the top of the mount, being 123 years old (Num 20:23. Comp. Deu 10:6; Deu 32:50), and was “gathered unto his people.” The people, “even all the house of Israel,” mourned for him thirty days. Of Aaron’s sons two survived him, Eleazar, whose family held the high-priesthood till the time of Eli; and Ithamar, in whose family, beginning with Eli, the high-priesthood was held till the time of Solomon. Aaron’s other two sons had been struck dead (Lev 10:1-2) for the daring impiety of offering “strange fire” on the alter of incense. The Arabs still show with veneration the traditionary site of Aaron’s grave on one of the two summits of Mount Hor, which is marked by a Mohammedan chapel. His name is mentioned in the Koran, and there are found in the writings of the rabbins many fabulous stories regarding him. He was the first anointed priest. His descendants, “the house of Aaron,” constituted the priesthood in general. In the time of David they were very numerous (1Ch 12:27). The other branches of the tribe of Levi held subordinate positions in connection with the sacred office. Aaron was a type of Christ in his official character as the high priest. His priesthood was a “shadow of heavenly things,” and was intended to lead the people of Israel to look forward to the time when “another priest” would arise “after the order of Melchizedek” (Heb 6:20). Family — Father: Amram; Mother: Jochebed; Married: Elisheba; Children: Abihu, Eleazar, Nadab, Ithamar; Siblings: Miriam, Moses Appears in 331 verses: Exo 4:14, Exo 4:27-30, Exo 5:1, Exo 5:4, Exo 5:20, Exo 6:13, Exo 6:20, Exo 6:23, Exo 6:25-27, Exo 7:1-2, Exo 7:6-10, Exo 7:12, Exo 7:19-20, Exo 8:5-6, Exo 8:8, Exo 8:12, Exo 8:16-17, Exo 8:25, Exo 9:8, Exo 9:27, Exo 10:3, Exo 10:8, Exo 10:16, Exo 11:10, Exo 12:1, Exo 12:28, Exo 12:31, Exo 12:43, Exo 12:50, Exo 15:20, Exo 16:2, Exo 16:6, Exo 16:9-10, Exo 16:33-34, Exo 17:10, Exo 17:12, Exo 18:12, Exo 19:24, Exo 24:1, Exo 24:9, Exo 24:14, Exo 27:21, Exo 28:1-4, Exo 28:12, Exo 28:29-30, Exo 28:35, Exo 28:38, Exo 28:40-41, Exo 28:43, Exo 29:4-5, Exo 29:9-10, Exo 29:15, Exo 29:19-21, Exo 29:24, Exo 29:26-29, Exo 29:32, Exo 29:35, Exo 29:44, Exo 30:7-8, Exo 30:10, Exo 30:19, Exo 30:30, Exo 31:10, Exo 32:1-3, Exo 32:5, Exo 32:21-22, Exo 32:25, Exo 32:35, Exo 34:30-31, Exo 35:19, Exo 38:21, Exo 39:1, Exo 39:27, Exo 39:41, Exo 40:12-13, Exo 40:31, Lev 1:5, Lev 1:7-8, Lev 1:11, Lev 2:2-3, Lev 2:10, Lev 3:2, Lev 3:5, Lev 3:8, Lev 3:13, Lev 6:9, Lev 6:14, Lev 6:16, Lev 6:18, Lev 6:20, Lev 6:25, Lev 7:10, Lev 7:31, Lev 7:33-35, Lev 8:2, Lev 8:6, Lev 8:12-14, Lev 8:18, Lev 8:22-24, Lev 8:27, Lev 8:30-31, Lev 8:36, Lev 9:1-2, Lev 9:7-9, Lev 9:12, Lev 9:18, Lev 9:21-23, Lev 10:1, Lev 10:3-4, Lev 10:6, Lev 10:8, Lev 10:12, Lev 10:16, Lev 10:19, Lev 11:1, Lev 13:1-2, Lev 14:33, Lev 15:1, Lev 16:1-3, Lev 16:6 … +129 more

Abagtha: Male One of the seven eunuchs in Ahasuerus’s court (Est 1:10; Est 2:21). Appears in 1 verses: Est 1:10

Abda: Male The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1Ki 4:6); i.e., the forced labour (R.V., “levy”). Family — Children: Adoniram Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:6

Abdeel: Male Servant of God, (Jer 36:26), the father of Shelemiah. Family — Children: Shelemiah Appears in 1 verses: Jer 36:26

Abdi: Male · Tribe of Levi 1Ch 6:44. Family — Father: Malluch; Children: Kishi Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 6:44

Abdi: Male 2Ch 29:12. Family — Children: Kish Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 29:12

Abdi: Male Ezr 10:26. Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:26

Abdiel: Male Servant of God, (1Ch 5:15), a Gadite chief. Family — Father: Guni; Children: Ahi Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 5:15

Abdon: Male The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Jdg 12:13). He is probably the Bedan of 1Sa 12:11. Family — Father: Hillel Appears in 2 verses: Jdg 12:13, Jdg 12:15

Abdon: Male One of the “sons” of Shashak (1Ch 8:23). This is the name also of a Levitical town of the Gershonites, in the tribe of Asher (Jos 21:30; 1Ch 6:74). The ruins of Abdeh, some 8 miles north-east of Accho, probably mark its site. Family — Father: Shashak; Siblings: Antothijah, Iphedeiah, Ishpan, Elam, Eliel, Hanan, Hananiah, Heber, Penuel, Zichri Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:23

Abdon: Male The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1Ch 8:30; 1Ch 9:36). Family — Father: Abiel; Mother: Maachah; Siblings: Ahio, Baal, Gedor, Kish, Mikloth, Nadab, Ner, Zacher, Zur Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 8:30, 1Ch 9:36

Abel: Male · 3938 BC–3880 BC (Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve. He was put to death by his brother Cain (Gen 4:1). Guided by the instruction of their father, the two brothers were trained in the duty of worshipping God. “And in process of time” (marg. “at the end of days”, i.e., on the Sabbath) each of them offered up to God of the first-fruits of his labours. Cain, as a husbandman, offered the fruits of the field; Abel, as a shepherd, of the firstlings of his flock. “The Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering; but unto Cain and his offering he had not respect” (Gen 4:3). On this account Cain was angry with his brother, and formed the design of putting him to death; a design which he at length found an opportunity of carrying into effect (Gen 4:8-9. Comp. 1Jn 3:12). There are several references to Abel in the New Testament. Our Saviour speaks of him as “righteous” (Mat 23:35). “The blood of sprinkling” is said to speak “better things than that of Abel” (Heb 12:24); i.e., the blood of Jesus is the reality of which the blood of the offering made by Abel was only the type. The comparison here is between the sacrifice offered by Christ and that offered by Abel, and not between the blood of Christ calling for mercy and the blood of the murdered Abel calling for vengeance, as has sometimes been supposed. It is also said (Heb 11:4) that “Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.” This sacrifice was made “by faith;” this faith rested in God, not only as the Creator and the God of providence, but especially in God as the great Redeemer, whose sacrifice was typified by the sacrifices which, no doubt by the divine institution, were offered from the days of Adam downward. On account of that “faith” which looked forward to the great atoning sacrifice, Abel’s offering was accepted of God. Cain’s offering had no such reference, and therefore was rejected. Abel was the first martyr, as he was the first of our race to die. Abel (Heb. ‘abhel), lamentation (1Sa 6:18), the name given to the great stone in Joshua’s field whereon the ark was “set down.” The Revised Version, however, following the Targum and the LXX., reads in the Hebrew text ’ebhen (= a stone), and accordingly translates “unto the great stone, whereon they set down the ark.” This reading is to be preferred. Abel (Heb. ‘abhel), a grassy place, a meadow. This word enters into the composition of the following words: Family — Father: Adam; Mother: Eve; Siblings: Cain, Seth Appears in 9 verses: Gen 4:2, Gen 4:4, Gen 4:8-9, Gen 4:25, Mat 23:35, Luk 11:51, Heb 11:4, Heb 12:24

Abiah: Male · Tribe of Levi The second son of Samuel (1Sa 8:2; 1Ch 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a royal form of government. Family — Father: Samuel; Siblings: Joel Appears in 2 verses: 1Sa 8:2, 1Ch 6:28

Abiah: Female 1Ch 2:24. Family — Married: Hezron; Children: Ashur Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:24

Abiah: Male · Tribe of Benjamin One of the sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1Ch 7:8). “Abiah,” A.V. Family — Father: Becher; Siblings: Alameth, Anathoth, Jerimoth, Eliezer, Elioenai, Joash, Omri, Zemira Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:8

Abiathar: Male Father of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest. He was the tenth high priest, and the fourth in descent from Eli. When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he escaped, and bearing with him the ephod, he joined David, who was then in the cave of Adullam (1Sa 22:20; 1Sa 23:6). He remained with David, and became priest of the party of which he was the leader (1Sa 30:7). When David ascended the throne of Judah, Abiathar was appointed high priest (1Ch 15:11; 1Ki 2:26) and the “king’s companion” (1Ch 27:34). Meanwhile Zadok, of the house of Eleazar, had been made high priest. These appointments continued in force till the end of David’s reign (1Ki 4:4). Abiathar was deposed (the sole historical instance of the deposition of a high priest) and banished to his home at Anathoth by Solomon, because he took part in the attempt to raise Adonijah to the throne. The priesthood thus passed from the house of Ithamar (1Sa 2:30; 1Ki 1:19; 1Ki 2:26, 1Ki 2:27). Zadok now became sole high priest. In Mrk 2:26, reference is made to an occurrence in “the days of Abiathar the high priest.” But from 1 Sam. 22, we learn explicitly that this event took place when Ahimelech, the father of Abiathar, was high priest. The apparent discrepancy is satisfactorily explained by interpreting the words in Mark as referring to the life-time of Abiathar, and not to the term of his holding the office of high priest. It is not implied in Mark that he was actual high priest at the time referred to. Others, however, think that the loaves belonged to Abiathar, who was at that time (Lev 24:9) a priest, and that he either himself gave them to David, or persuaded his father to give them. Family — Father: Ahimelech; Children: Jonathan, Ahimelech Appears in 29 verses: 1Sa 22:20-22, 1Sa 23:6, 1Sa 23:9, 1Sa 30:7, 2Sa 8:17, 2Sa 15:24, 2Sa 15:27, 2Sa 15:29, 2Sa 15:35-36, 2Sa 17:15, 2Sa 19:11, 2Sa 20:25, 1Ki 1:7, 1Ki 1:19, 1Ki 1:25, 1Ki 1:42, 1Ki 2:22, 1Ki 2:26-27, 1Ki 2:35, 1Ki 4:4, 1Ch 15:11, 1Ch 18:16, 1Ch 24:6, 1Ch 27:34, Mrk 2:26

Abida: Male Or Abi’dah, father of knowledge; knowing, one of the five sons of Midian, who was the son of Abraham by Keturah (1Ch 1:33), and apparently the chief of an Arab tribe. Family — Father: Midian; Siblings: Eldaah, Ephah, Epher, Henoch Appears in 2 verses: Gen 25:4, 1Ch 1:33

Abidan: Male Father of judgment; judge, head of the tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus (Num 1:11; Num 2:22). Family — Father: Gideoni Appears in 5 verses: Num 1:11, Num 2:22, Num 7:60, Num 7:65, Num 10:24

Abiel (Arbathite): Male An Arbathite, one of David’s warriors (1Ch 11:32); called also Abi-albon (2Sa 23:31). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 11:32

Abiel: Male The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1Sa 14:51; 1Ch 8:33; 1Ch 9:39). In 1Sa 9:1, he is called the “father,” probably meaning the grandfather, of Kish. Family — Father: Zeror; Married: Maachah; Children: Ner, Mikloth, Gedor, Zacher, Kish, Ahio, Baal, Abdon, Nadab, Zur Appears in 5 verses: 1Sa 9:1, 1Sa 14:51, 1Ch 8:33, 1Ch 9:35, 1Ch 9:39

Abiezer: Male One of David’s thirty warriors (2Sa 23:27; comp. 1Ch 27:12). Appears in 3 verses: 2Sa 23:27, 1Ch 11:28, 1Ch 27:12

Abiezer: Male Family — Mother: Hammoleketh; Siblings: Ishod, Mahalah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:18

Abiezer: Male · Tribe of Joseph The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1Ch 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Jos 17:2; comp. Jdg 6:34; Jdg 8:2). He was also called Jeezer (Num 26:30). Family — Father: Gilead; Siblings: Asriel, Helek, Hepher, Shechem, Shemida Appears in 4 verses: Num 26:30, Jos 17:2, Jdg 6:34, Jdg 8:2

Abigail: Female The wife of the churlish Nabal, who dwelt in the district of Carmel (1Sa 25:3). She showed great prudence and delicate management at a critical period of her husband’s life. She was “a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance.” After Nabal’s death she became the wife of David (1Sa 25:14), and was his companion in all his future fortunes (1Sa 27:3; 1Sa 30:5; 2Sa 2:2). By her David had a son called Chileab (2Sa 3:3), elsewhere called Daniel (1Ch 3:1). Family — Married: David, Nabal; Children: Daniel Appears in 14 verses: 1Sa 25:3, 1Sa 25:14, 1Sa 25:18, 1Sa 25:23, 1Sa 25:32, 1Sa 25:36, 1Sa 25:39-40, 1Sa 25:42, 1Sa 27:3, 1Sa 30:5, 2Sa 2:2, 2Sa 3:3, 1Ch 3:1

Abigail: Female The sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1Ch 2:16, 1Ch 2:17). She was the mother of Amasa (2Sa 17:25). Family — Father: Nahash; Married: Jether; Children: Amasa; Siblings: Zeruiah Appears in 3 verses: 2Sa 17:25, 1Ch 2:16-17

Abihail: Male Family — Children: Zuriel Appears in 1 verses: Num 3:35

Abihail: Female 1Ch 2:29. Family — Married: Abishur; Children: Molid, Ahban Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:29

Abihail: Male 1Ch 5:14. Family — Father: Huri; Children: Jachan, Michael, Heber, Sheba, Meshullam, Jorai, Zia Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 5:14

Abihail: Female · Tribe of Judah The second wife of King Rehoboam (2Ch 11:18), a descendant of Eliab, David’s eldest brother. Family — Father: Eliab; Married: Rehoboam; Children: Shamariah, Jeush, Zaham Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 11:18

Abihail: Male The father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai (Est 2:15). Family — Children: Esther Appears in 2 verses: Est 2:15, Est 9:29

Abihu: Male · Tribe of Levi Father of Him; i.e., “worshipper of God”, the second of the sons of Aaron (Exo 6:23; Num 3:2; Num 26:60; 1Ch 6:3). Along with his three brothers he was consecrated to the priest’s office (Exo 28:1). With his father and elder brother he accompanied the seventy elders part of the way up the mount with Moses (Exo 24:1, Exo 24:9). On one occasion he and Nadab his brother offered incense in their censers filled with “strange” (i.e., common) fire, i.e., not with fire taken from the great brazen altar (Lev 6:9, etc.), and for this offence they were struck dead, and were taken out and buried without the camp (Lev 10:1; comp. Num 3:4; Num 26:61; 1Ch 24:2). It is probable that when they committed this offence they were intoxicated, for immediately after is given the law prohibiting the use of wine or strong drink to the priests. Family — Father: Aaron; Mother: Elisheba; Siblings: Ithamar, Eleazar, Nadab Appears in 12 verses: Exo 6:23, Exo 24:1, Exo 24:9, Exo 28:1, Lev 10:1, Num 3:2, Num 3:4, Num 26:60-61, 1Ch 6:3, 1Ch 24:1-2

Abihud: Male · Tribe of Benjamin One of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1Ch 8:3); called also Ahihud (ver. 7). Family — Father: Bela; Siblings: Abishua, Addar, Ahoah, Ard, Iri, Jerimoth, Ezbon, Gera, Naaman, Uzzi, Uzziel Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:3

Abijah: Female · Genealogy of Jesus The daughter of Zechariah (2Ch 29:1; comp. Isa 8:2), and afterwards the wife of Ahaz. She is also called Abi (2Ki 18:2). Family — Father: Zechariah; Married: Ahaz; Children: Hezekiah Appears in 2 verses: 2Ki 18:2, 2Ch 29:1

Abijah: Male A son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel. On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. The prophet, though blind with old age, knew the wife of Jeroboam as soon as she approached, and under a divine impulse he announced to her that inasmuch as in Abijah alone of all the house of Jeroboam there was found “some good thing toward the Lord,” he only would come to his grave in peace. As his mother crossed the threshold of the door on her return, the youth died, and “all Israel mourned for him” (1Ki 14:1). Family — Father: Jeroboam; Siblings: Nadab Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 14:1

Abijah: Male A descendant of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, a chief of one of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by David (1Ch 24:10). The order of Abijah was one of those which did not return from the Captivity (Ezr 2:36; Neh 7:39; Neh 12:1). Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 24:10, Luk 1:5

Abijah: Male Appears in 3 verses: Neh 10:7, Neh 12:4, Neh 12:17

Abijah: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus · –907 BC The son of Rehoboam, whom he succeeded on the throne of Judah (1Ch 3:10). He is also called Abijam (1Ki 14:31; 1Ki 15:1). He began his three years’ reign (2Ch 12:16; 2Ch 13:1, 2Ch 13:2) with a strenuous but unsuccessful effort to bring back the ten tribes to their allegiance. His address to “Jeroboam and all Israel,” before encountering them in battle, is worthy of being specially noticed (2Ch 13:5). It was a very bloody battle, no fewer than 500,000 of the army of Israel having perished on the field. He is described as having walked “in all the sins of his father” (1Ki 15:3; 2Ch 11:20). It is said in 1Ki 15:2 that “his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom;” but in 2Ch 13:2 we read, “his mother’s name was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.” The explanation is that Maachah is just a variation of the name Michaiah, and that Abishalom is probably the same as Absalom, the son of David. It is probable that “Uriel of Gibeah” married Tamar, the daughter of Absalom (2Sa 14:27), and by her had Maachah. The word “daughter” in 1Ki 15:2 will thus, as it frequently elsewhere does, mean grand-daughter. Family — Father: Rehoboam; Mother: Maachah; Children: Asa; Siblings: Attai, Shelomith, Ziza Appears in 20 verses: 1Ki 14:31, 1Ki 15:1, 1Ki 15:7-8, 1Ch 3:10, 2Ch 11:20, 2Ch 11:22, 2Ch 12:16, 2Ch 13:1-4, 2Ch 13:15, 2Ch 13:17, 2Ch 13:19-22, 2Ch 14:1, Mat 1:7

Abimael: Male Father of Mael, one of the sons or descendants of Joktan, in Northern Arabia (Gen 10:28; 1Ch 1:22). Family — Father: Joktan; Siblings: Almodad, Jerah, Diklah, Hadoram, Havilah (son of Joktan), Hazarmaveth, Jobab (son of Joktan), Ebal (son of Joktan), Ophir, Sheba (son of Joktan), Sheleph, Uzal Appears in 2 verses: Gen 10:28, 1Ch 1:22

Abimelech (King of Gerar): Male A king of Gerar in the time of Isaac, probably the son of the preceeding (Gen 26:1). Isaac sought refuge in his territory during a famine, and there he acted a part with reference to his wife Rebekah similar to that of his father Abraham with reference to Sarah. Abimelech rebuked him for the deception, which he accidentally discovered. Isaac settled for a while here, and prospered. Abimelech desired him, however, to leave his territory, which Isaac did. Abimelech afterwards visited him when he was encamped at Beer-sheba, and expressed a desire to renew the covenant which had been entered into between their fathers (Gen 26:26). Appears in 23 verses: Gen 20:2-4, Gen 20:8-10, Gen 20:14-15, Gen 20:17-18, Gen 21:22, Gen 21:25-27, Gen 21:29, Gen 21:32, Gen 26:1, Gen 26:8-11, Gen 26:16, Gen 26:26

Abimelech: Male A son of Gideon (Jdg 9:1), who was proclaimed king after the death of his father (Jdg 8:33). One of his first acts was to murder his brothers, seventy in number, “on one stone,” at Ophrah. Only one named Jotham escaped. He was an unprincipled, ambitious ruler, often engaged in war with his own subjects. When engaged in reducing the town of Thebez, which had revolted, he was struck mortally on his head by a mill-stone, thrown by the hand of a woman from the wall above. Perceiving that the wound was mortal, he desired his armour-bearer to thrust him through with his sword, that it might not be said he had perished by the hand of a woman (Jdg 9:50). Family — Father: Gideon; Siblings: Jether, Jotham Appears in 36 verses: Jdg 8:31, Jdg 9:1, Jdg 9:3-4, Jdg 9:6, Jdg 9:16, Jdg 9:18-25, Jdg 9:27-29, Jdg 9:31, Jdg 9:34-35, Jdg 9:38-42, Jdg 9:44-45, Jdg 9:47-50, Jdg 9:52, Jdg 9:55-56, Jdg 10:1, Jdg 9:53

Abimelech: Male Family — Father: Jerubbesheth Appears in 1 verses: 2Sa 11:21

Abinadab: Male A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines (1Sa 7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David (1Sa 7:1, 1Sa 7:2; 1Ch 13:7). Family — Children: Uzzah, Eleazar, Ahio Appears in 4 verses: 1Sa 7:1, 2Sa 6:3-4, 1Ch 13:7

Abinadab: Male · Tribe of Judah The second of the eight sons of Jesse (1Sa 16:8). He was with Saul in the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath was slain (1Sa 17:13). Family — Father: Jesse; Siblings: David, Eliab, Elihu, Nethaneel, Ozem, Raddai, Shammah Appears in 3 verses: 1Sa 16:8, 1Sa 17:13, 1Ch 2:13

Abinadab: Male One of Solomon’s officers, who “provided victuals for the king and his household.” He presided, for this purpose, over the district of Dor (1Ki 4:11). Family — Children: son of Abinadab Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:11

Abinadab: Male One of Saul’s sons, who peristed with his father in the battle of Gilboa (1Sa 31:2; 1Ch 10:2). Family — Father: Saul; Mother: Ahinoam; Siblings: Ish-bosheth, Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Merab, Michal Appears in 5 verses: 1Sa 14:49, 1Sa 31:2, 1Ch 8:33, 1Ch 9:39, 1Ch 10:2

Abinoam: Male Father of kindness, the father of Barak (Jdg 4:6; Jdg 5:1). Family — Children: Barak Appears in 4 verses: Jdg 4:6, Jdg 4:12, Jdg 5:1, Jdg 5:12

Abiram (son of Eliab): Male · Tribe of Reuben One of the sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an earthquake (Num 16:1; Num 26:9; Psa 106:17). Family — Father: Eliab; Siblings: Dathan, Nemuel Appears in 8 verses: Num 16:1, Num 16:12, Num 16:24-25, Num 16:27, Num 26:9, Deu 11:6, Psa 106:17

Abiram: Male The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who perished prematurely in consequence of his father’s undertaking to rebuild Jericho (1Ki 16:34), according to the words of Joshua (6:26). Family — Father: Hiel; Siblings: Segub Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 16:34

Abishag: Female Father of (i.e., “given to”) error, a young woman of Shunem, distinguished for her beauty. She was chosen to minister to David in his old age. She became his wife (1Ki 1:3, 1Ki 1:4, 1Ki 1:15). After David’s death Adonijah persuaded Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, to entreat the king to permit him to marry Abishag. Solomon suspected in this request an aspiration to the throne, and therefore caused him to be put to death (1Ki 2:17). Appears in 5 verses: 1Ki 1:3, 1Ki 1:15, 1Ki 2:17, 1Ki 2:21-22

Abishai: Male Father of (i.e., “desirous of”) a gift, the eldest son of Zeruiah, David’s sister. He was the brother of Joab and Asahel (2Sa 2:18; 1Ch 2:16). Abishai was the only one who accompanied David when he went to the camp of Saul and took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster (1Sa 26:5). He had the command of one of the three divisions of David’s army at the battle with Absalom (2Sa 18:2, 2Sa 18:5, 2Sa 18:12). He slew the Philistine giant Ishbi-benob, who threatened David’s life (2Sa 21:15). He was the chief of the second rank of the three “mighties” (2Sa 23:18, 2Sa 23:19; 1Ch 11:20, 1Ch 11:21); and on one occasion withstood 300 men, and slew them with his own spear (2Sa 23:18). Abishai is the name of the Semitic chief who offers gifts to the lord of Beni-Hassan. See illustration facing page 10. Family — Mother: Zeruiah; Siblings: Asahel, Joab Appears in 24 verses: 1Sa 26:6-9, 2Sa 2:18, 2Sa 2:24, 2Sa 3:30, 2Sa 10:10, 2Sa 10:14, 2Sa 16:9, 2Sa 16:11, 2Sa 18:2, 2Sa 18:5, 2Sa 18:12, 2Sa 19:21, 2Sa 20:6, 2Sa 20:10, 2Sa 21:17, 2Sa 23:18, 1Ch 2:16, 1Ch 11:20, 1Ch 18:12, 1Ch 19:11, 1Ch 19:15

Abishua: Male · Tribe of Levi The son of Phinehas the high priest (1Ch 6:4, 1Ch 6:5, 1Ch 6:50; Ezr 7:5). Family — Father: Phinehas (Levite); Children: Bukki Appears in 4 verses: 1Ch 6:4-5, 1Ch 6:50, Ezr 7:5

Abishua: Male · Tribe of Benjamin The grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 8:4). Family — Father: Bela; Siblings: Abihud, Addar, Ahoah, Ard, Iri, Jerimoth, Ezbon, Gera, Naaman, Uzzi, Uzziel Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:4

Abishur: Male · Tribe of Judah Father of the wall; i.e., “mason”, one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of Judah (1Ch 2:28, 1Ch 2:29). Family — Father: Shammai; Married: Abihail; Children: Molid, Ahban; Siblings: Nadab Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 2:28-29

Abital: Female Father of dew; i.e., “fresh”, David’s fifth wife (2Sa 3:4). Family — Married: David; Children: Shephatiah Appears in 2 verses: 2Sa 3:4, 1Ch 3:3

Abitub: Male Father of goodness, a Benjamite (1Ch 8:11). Family — Father: Shaharaim; Mother: Hushim; Siblings: Elpaal Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:11

Abiud: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus A descendant of Zerubbabel and father of Eliakim (Mat 1:13, “Abiud”); called also Juda (Luk 3:26), and Obadiah (1Ch 3:21). Family — Father: Zerubbabel; Children: Eliakim; Siblings: Berechiah, Hananiah, Hasadiah, Hashubah, Jushab-hesed, Meshullam, Ohel, Shelomith Appears in 1 verses: Mat 1:13

Abner: Male Father of light; i.e., “enlightening”, the son of Ner and uncle of Saul. He was commander-in-chief of Saul’s army (1Sa 14:50; 1Sa 17:55; 1Sa 20:25). He first introduced David to the court of Saul after the victory over Goliath (1Sa 17:57). After the death of Saul, David was made king over Judah, and reigned in Hebron. Among the other tribes there was a feeling of hostility to Judah; and Abner, at the head of Ephraim, fostered this hostility in the interest of the house of Saul, whose son Ish-bosheth he caused to be proclaimed king (2Sa 2:8). A state of war existed between these two kings. A battle fatal to Abner, who was the leader of Ish-boseth’s army, was fought with David’s army under Joab at Gibeon (2Sa 2:12). Abner, escaping from the field, was overtaken by Asahel, who was “light of foot as a wild roe,” the brother of Joab and Abishai, whom he thrust through with a back stroke of his spear (2 Sam. 2: 18-32). Being rebuked by Ish-bosheth for the impropriety of taking to wife Rizpah, who had been a concubine of King Saul, he found an excuse for going over to the side of David, whom he now professed to regard as anointed by the Lord to reign over all Israel. David received him favourably, and promised that he would have command of the armies. At this time Joab was absent from Hebron, but on his return he found what had happened. Abner had just left the city; but Joab by a stratagem recalled him, and meeting him at the gate of the city on his return, thrust him through with his sword (2Sa 3:27, 2Sa 3:31-39; 4:12. Comp. 1Ki 2:5, 1Ki 2:32). David lamented in pathetic words the death of Abner, “Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?” (2Sa 3:33.) Family — Father: Ner; Children: Jaasiel Appears in 53 verses: 1Sa 14:50-51, 1Sa 17:55, 1Sa 17:57, 1Sa 20:25, 1Sa 26:5, 1Sa 26:7, 1Sa 26:14-15, 2Sa 2:8, 2Sa 2:12, 2Sa 2:14, 2Sa 2:17, 2Sa 2:19-26, 2Sa 2:29-31, 2Sa 3:6-9, 2Sa 3:11-12, 2Sa 3:16-17, 2Sa 3:19-28, 2Sa 3:30-33, 2Sa 3:37, 2Sa 4:1, 2Sa 4:12, 1Ki 2:5, 1Ki 2:32, 1Ch 26:28, 1Ch 27:21

Abraham: Male · Genealogy of Jesus · 1997 BC–1821 BC Father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred in his native country of Chaldea. He then, with his father and his family and household, quitted the city of Ur, in which he had hitherto dwelt, and went some 300 miles north to Haran, where he abode fifteen years. The cause of his migration was a call from God (Act 7:2). There is no mention of this first call in the Old Testament; it is implied, however, in Gen. 12. While they tarried at Haran, Terah died at the age of 205 years. Abram now received a second and more definite call, accompanied by a promise from God (Gen 12:1-2); whereupon he took his departure, taking his nephew Lot with him, “not knowing whither he went” (Heb 11:8). He trusted implicitly to the guidance of Him who had called him. Abram now, with a large household of probably a thousand souls, entered on a migratory life, and dwelt in tents. Passing along the valley of the Jabbok, in the land of Canaan, he formed his first encampment at Sichem (Gen 12:6), in the vale or oak-grove of Moreh, between Ebal on the north and Gerizim on the south. Here he received the great promise, “I will make of thee a great nation,” etc. (Gen 12:2-3, Gen 12:7). This promise comprehended not only temporal but also spiritual blessings. It implied that he was the chosen ancestor of the great Deliverer whose coming had been long ago predicted (Gen 3:15). Soon after this, for some reason not mentioned, he removed his tent to the mountain district between Bethel, then called Luz, and Ai, towns about two miles apart, where he built an altar to “Jehovah.” He again moved into the southern tract of Palestine, called by the Hebrews the Negeb; and was at length, on account of a famine, compelled to go down into Egypt. This took place in the time of the Hyksos, a Semitic race which now held the Egyptians in bondage. Here occurred that case of deception on the part of Abram which exposed him to the rebuke of Pharaoh (Gen 12:18). Sarai was restored to him; and Pharaoh loaded him with presents, recommending him to withdraw from the country. He returned to Canaan richer than when he left it, “in cattle, in silver, and in gold” (Gen 12:8; Gen 13:2. Comp. Psa 105:13-14). The whole party then moved northward, and returned to their previous station near Bethel. Here disputes arose between Lot’s shepherds and those of Abram about water and pasturage. Abram generously gave Lot his choice of the pasture-ground. (Comp. 1Co 6:7.) He chose the well-watered plain in which Sodom was situated, and removed thither; and thus the uncle and nephew were separated. Immediately after this Abram was cheered by a repetition of the promises already made to him, and then removed to the plain or “oak-grove” of Mamre, which is in Hebron. He finally settled here, pitching his tent under a famous oak or terebinth tree, called “the oak of Mamre” (Gen 13:18). This was his third resting-place in the land. Some fourteen years before this, while Abram was still in Chaldea, Palestine had been invaded by Chedorlaomer, King of Elam, who brought under tribute to him the five cities in the plain to which Lot had removed. This tribute was felt by the inhabitants of these cities to be a heavy burden, and after twelve years they revolted. This brought upon them the vengeance of Chedorlaomer, who had in league with him four other kings. He ravaged the whole country, plundering the towns, and carrying the inhabitants away as slaves. Among those thus treated was Lot. Hearing of the disaster that had fallen on his nephew, Abram immediately gathered from his own household a band of 318 armed men, and being joined by the Amoritish chiefs Mamre, Aner, and Eshcol, he pursued after Chedorlaomer, and overtook him near the springs of the Jordan. They attacked and routed his army, and pursued it over the range of Anti-Libanus as far as to Hobah, near Damascus, and then returned, bringing back all the spoils that had been carried away. Returning by way of Salem, i.e., Jerusalem, the king of that place, Melchizedek, came forth to meet them with refreshments. To him Abram presented a tenth of the spoils, in recognition of his character as a priest of the most high God (Gen 14:18). In a recently-discovered tablet, dated in the reign of the grandfather of Amraphel (Gen 14:1), one of the witnesses is called “the Amorite, the son of Abiramu,” or Abram. Having returned to his home at Mamre, the promises already made to him by God were repeated and enlarged (Gen 13:14). “The word of the Lord” (an expression occurring here for the first time) “came to him” (15:1). He now understood better the future that lay before the nation that was to spring from him. Sarai, now seventy-five years old, in her impatience, persuaded Abram to take Hagar, her Egyptian maid, as a concubine, intending that whatever child might be born should be reckoned as her own. Ishmael was accordingly thus brought up, and was regarded as the heir of these promises (Gen. 16). When Ishmael was thirteen years old, God again revealed yet more explicitly and fully his gracious purpose; and in token of the sure fulfilment of that purpose the patriarch’s name was now changed from Abram to Abraham (Gen 17:4-5), and the rite of circumcision was instituted as a sign of the covenant. It was then announced that the heir to these covenant promises would be the son of Sarai, though she was now ninety years old; and it was directed that his name should be Isaac. At the same time, in commemoration of the promises, Sarai’s name was changed to Sarah. On that memorable day of God’s thus revealing his design, Abraham and his son Ishmael and all the males of his house were circumcised (Gen. 17). Three months after this, as Abraham sat in his tent door, he saw three men approaching. They accepted his proffered hospitality, and, seated under an oak-tree, partook of the fare which Abraham and Sarah provided. One of the three visitants was none other than the Lord, and the other two were angels in the guise of men. The Lord renewed on this occasion his promise of a son by Sarah, who was rebuked for her unbelief. Abraham accompanied the three as they proceeded on their journey. The two angels went on toward Sodom; while the Lord tarried behind and talked with Abraham, making known to him the destruction that was about to fall on that guilty city. The patriarch interceded earnestly in behalf of the doomed city. But as not even ten righteous persons were found in it, for whose sake the city would have been spared, the threatened destruction fell upon it; and early next morning Abraham saw the smoke of the fire that consumed it as the “smoke of a furnace” (Gen 19:1). After fifteen years’ residence at Mamre, Abraham moved southward, and pitched his tent among the Philistines, near to Gerar. Here occurred that sad instance of prevarication on his part in his relation to Abimelech the King (Gen. 20). Soon after this event, the patriarch left the vicinity of Gerar, and moved down the fertile valley about 25 miles to Beer-sheba. It was probably here that Isaac was born, Abraham being now an hundred years old. A feeling of jealousy now arose between Sarah and Hagar, whose son, Ishmael, was no longer to be regarded as Abraham’s heir. Sarah insisted that both Hagar and her son should be sent away. This was done, although it was a hard trial to Abraham (Gen 21:12). (See HAGAR; ISHMAEL.) At this point there is a blank in the patriarch’s history of perhaps twenty-five years. These years of peace and happiness were spent at Beer-sheba. The next time we see him his faith is put to a severe test by the command that suddenly came to him to go and offer up Isaac, the heir of all the promises, as a sacrifice on one of the mountains of Moriah. His faith stood the test (Heb 11:17). He proceeded in a spirit of unhesitating obedience to carry out the command; and when about to slay his son, whom he had laid on the altar, his uplifted hand was arrested by the angel of Jehovah, and a ram, which was entangled in a thicket near at hand, was seized and offered in his stead. From this circumstance that place was called Jehovah-jireh, i.e., “The Lord will provide.” The promises made to Abraham were again confirmed (and this was the last recorded word of God to the patriarch); and he descended the mount with his son, and returned to his home at Beer-sheba (Gen 22:19), where he resided for some years, and then moved northward to Hebron. Some years after this Sarah died at Hebron, being 127 years old. Abraham acquired now the needful possession of a burying-place, the cave of Machpelah, by purchase from the owner of it, Ephron the Hittite (Gen. 23); and there he buried Sarah. His next care was to provide a wife for Isaac, and for this purpose he sent his steward, Eliezer, to Haran (or Charran, Act 7:2), where his brother Nahor and his family resided (Gen 11:31). The result was that Rebekah, the daughter of Nahor’s son Bethuel, became the wife of Isaac (Gen. 24). Abraham then himself took to wife Keturah, who became the mother of six sons, whose descendants were afterwards known as the “children of the east” (Jdg 6:3), and later as “Saracens.” At length all his wanderings came to an end. At the age of 175 years, 100 years after he had first entered the land of Canaan, he died, and was buried in the old family burying-place at Machpelah (Gen 25:7). The history of Abraham made a wide and deep impression on the ancient world, and references to it are interwoven in the religious traditions of almost all Eastern nations. He is called “the friend of God” (Jas 2:23), “faithful Abraham” (Gal 3:9), “the father of us all” (Rom 4:16). Family — Father: Terah; Married: Hagar, Keturah, Sarah; Children: Ishmael (Son of Hagar), Medan, Midian, Zimran, Shuah, Jokshan, Ishbak, Isaac; Siblings: Haran (brother of Abraham), Nahor (brother of Abraham) Appears in 277 verses: Gen 11:26-27, Gen 11:29, Gen 11:31, Gen 12:1, Gen 12:4-7, Gen 12:9-10, Gen 12:14, Gen 12:16-18, Gen 13:1-2, Gen 13:4-5, Gen 13:7-8, Gen 13:12, Gen 13:14, Gen 13:18, Gen 14:12-14, Gen 14:19, Gen 14:21-23, Gen 15:1-3, Gen 15:11-13, Gen 15:18, Gen 16:1-3, Gen 16:5-6, Gen 16:15-16, Gen 17:1, Gen 17:3, Gen 17:5, Gen 17:9, Gen 17:15, Gen 17:17-18, Gen 17:22-24, Gen 17:26, Gen 18:6-7, Gen 18:11, Gen 18:13, Gen 18:16-19, Gen 18:22-23, Gen 18:27, Gen 18:33, Gen 19:27, Gen 19:29, Gen 20:1-2, Gen 20:9-11, Gen 20:14, Gen 20:17-18, Gen 21:2-5, Gen 21:7-12, Gen 21:14, Gen 21:22, Gen 21:24-25, Gen 21:27-29, Gen 21:33-34, Gen 22:1, Gen 22:3-11, Gen 22:13-15, Gen 22:19-20, Gen 22:23, Gen 23:2-3, Gen 23:5, Gen 23:7, Gen 23:10, Gen 23:12, Gen 23:14, Gen 23:16, Gen 23:18-20, Gen 24:1-2, Gen 24:6, Gen 24:9, Gen 24:12, Gen 24:15, Gen 24:27, Gen 24:34, Gen 24:42, Gen 24:48, Gen 24:52, Gen 24:59, Gen 25:1, Gen 25:5-8, Gen 25:10-12, Gen 25:19, Gen 26:1, Gen 26:3, Gen 26:5, Gen 26:15, Gen 26:18, Gen 26:24, Gen 28:4, Gen 28:9, Gen 28:13, Gen 31:42, Gen 31:53, Gen 32:9, Gen 35:12, Gen 35:27, Gen 48:15-16, Gen 49:30-31, Gen 50:13, Gen 50:24, Exo 2:24, Exo 3:6, Exo 3:15-16, Exo 4:5, Exo 6:3, Exo 6:8, Exo 32:13, Exo 33:1, Lev 26:42, Num 32:11, Deu 1:8, Deu 6:10, Deu 9:5, Deu 9:27, Deu 29:13, Deu 30:20, Deu 34:4, Jos 24:2-3, 1Ki 18:36, 2Ki 13:23, 1Ch 1:27-28, 1Ch 1:32, 1Ch 1:34 … +67 more

Absalom: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus · –976 BC Father of peace; i.e., “peaceful” David’s son by Maacah (2Sa 3:3; comp. 1Ki 1:6). He was noted for his personal beauty and for the extra-ordinary profusion of the hair of his head (2Sa 14:25,2Sa 14:26). The first public act of his life was the blood-revenge he executed against Amnon, David’s eldest son, who had basely wronged Absalom’s sister Tamar. This revenge was executed at the time of the festivities connected with a great sheep-shearing at Baal-hazor. David’s other sons fled from the place in horror, and brought the tidings of the death of Amnon to Jerusalem. Alarmed for the consequences of the act, Absalom fled to his grandfather at Geshur, and there abode for three years (2Sa 3:3; 2Sa 13:23). David mourned his absent son, now branded with the guilt of fratricide. As the result of a stratagem carried out by a woman of Tekoah, Joab received David’s sanction to invite Absalom back to Jerusalem. He returned accordingly, but two years elapsed before his father admitted him into his presence (2Sa 14:28). Absalom was now probably the oldest surviving son of David, and as he was of royal descent by his mother as well as by his father, he began to aspire to the throne. His pretensions were favoured by the people. By many arts he gained their affection; and after his return from Geshur (2Sa 15:7; marg., R.V.) he went up to Hebron, the old capital of Judah, along with a great body of the people, and there proclaimed himself king. The revolt was so successful that David found it necessary to quit Jerusalem and flee to Mahanaim, beyond Jordan; where upon Absalom returned to Jerusalem and took possession of the throne without opposition. Ahithophel, who had been David’s chief counsellor, deserted him and joined Absalom, whose chief counsellor he now became. Hushai also joined Absalom, but only for the purpose of trying to counteract the counsels of Ahithophel, and so to advantage David’s cause. He was so far successful that by his advice, which was preferred to that of Ahithophel, Absalom delayed to march an army against his father, who thus gained time to prepare for the defence. Absalom at length marched out against his father, whose army, under the command of Joab, he encountered on the borders of the forest of Ephraim. Twenty thousand of Absalom’s army were slain in that fatal battle, and the rest fled. Absalom fled on a swift mule; but his long flowing hair, or more probably his head, was caught in the bough of an oak, and there he was left suspended till Joab came up and pierced him through with three darts. His body was then taken down and cast into a pit dug in the forest, and a heap of stones was raised over his grave. When the tidings of the result of that battle were brought to David, as he sat impatiently at the gate of Mahanaim, and he was told that Absalom had been slain, he gave way to the bitter lamentation: “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!” (2Sa 18:33. Comp. Exo 32:32; Rom 9:3). Absalom’s three sons (2Sa 14:27; comp. 18:18) had all died before him, so that he left only a daughter, Tamar, who became the grandmother of Abijah. Family — Father: David; Mother: Maacah; Children: Tamar; Siblings: Japhia, Jerimoth, Eliada, Eliphalet, Elpalet, Elishama, Elishua, Ibhar, Nepheg, Nogah, Tamar Appears in 91 verses: 2Sa 3:3, 2Sa 13:1, 2Sa 13:4, 2Sa 13:20, 2Sa 13:22-30, 2Sa 13:32, 2Sa 13:34, 2Sa 13:37-39, 2Sa 14:1, 2Sa 14:21, 2Sa 14:23-25, 2Sa 14:27-33, 2Sa 15:1-4, 2Sa 15:6-7, 2Sa 15:10-14, 2Sa 15:31, 2Sa 15:34, 2Sa 15:37, 2Sa 16:8, 2Sa 16:15-18, 2Sa 16:20-23, 2Sa 17:1, 2Sa 17:4-7, 2Sa 17:9, 2Sa 17:14-15, 2Sa 17:18, 2Sa 17:20, 2Sa 17:24-26, 2Sa 18:5, 2Sa 18:9-10, 2Sa 18:12, 2Sa 18:14-15, 2Sa 18:17-18, 2Sa 18:29, 2Sa 18:32-33, 2Sa 19:1, 2Sa 19:4, 2Sa 19:6, 2Sa 19:9-10, 2Sa 20:6, 1Ki 1:6, 1Ki 2:7, 1Ki 2:28, 1Ki 15:2, 1Ki 15:10, 1Ch 3:2, 2Ch 11:20-21

Achaicus: Male (1Co 16:17), one of the members of the church of Corinth who, with Fortunatus and Stephanas, visited Paul while he was at Ephesus, for the purpose of consulting him on the affairs of the church. These three probably were the bearers of the letter from Corinth to the apostle to which he alludes in 1Co 7:1. Appears in 1 verses: 1Co 16:17

Achan: Male · Tribe of Judah Called also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1Ch 2:7), in commemoration of his crime, which brought upon him an awful destruction (Jos 7:1). On the occasion of the fall of Jericho, he seized, contrary to the divine command, an ingot of gold, a quantity of silver, and a costly Babylonish garment, which he hid in his tent. Joshua was convinced that the defeat which the Israelites afterwards sustained before Ai was a proof of the divine displeasure on account of some crime, and he at once adopted means by the use of the lot for discovering the criminal. It was then found that Achan was guilty, and he was stoned to death in the valley of Achor. He and all that belonged to him were then consumed by fire, and a heap of stones was raised over the ashes. Family — Father: Carmi Appears in 7 verses: Jos 7:1, Jos 7:18-20, Jos 7:24, Jos 22:20, 1Ch 2:7

Achbor: Male An Edomitish king (Gen 36:38; 1Ch 1:49). Family — Children: Baalhanan Appears in 3 verses: Gen 36:38-39, 1Ch 1:49

Achbor: Male The son of Micah, one of those whom Josiah sent to the prophetess Huldah to ascertain from her the meaning of the recently discovered book of the law (2Ch 34:20). He is called Achbor in 2Ki 22:12. Family — Father: Michaiah Appears in 3 verses: 2Ki 22:12, 2Ki 22:14, 2Ch 34:20

Achbor: Male Family — Children: Elnathan Appears in 2 verses: Jer 26:22, Jer 36:12

Achim: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus Family — Father: Sadoc; Children: Eliud Appears in 1 verses: Mat 1:14

Achish: Male The king with whom David sought refuge when he fled from Saul (1Sa 21:10). He is called Abimelech in the superscription of Ps. 34. It was probably this same king to whom David a second time repaired at the head of a band of 600 warriors, and who assigned him Ziklag, whence he carried on war against the surrounding tribes (1Sa 27:5). Achish had great confidence in the valour and fidelity of David (1Sa 28:1, 1Sa 28:2), but at the instigation of his courtiers did not permit him to go up to battle along with the Philistine hosts (1Sa 29:2). David remained with Achish a year and four months. Family — Father: Maachah Appears in 20 verses: 1Sa 21:10-12, 1Sa 21:14, 1Sa 27:2-3, 1Sa 27:5-6, 1Sa 27:9-10, 1Sa 27:12, 1Sa 28:1-2, 1Sa 29:2-3, 1Sa 29:6, 1Sa 29:8-9, 1Ki 2:39-40

Achsa: Female · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Caleb; Siblings: Ardon, Jahdai, Jesher, Gazez, Haran (son of Caleb), Hur, Mesha, Moza, Shaaph, Sheber, Sheva, Shobab, Tirhanah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:49

Achsah: Female Anklet, Caleb’s only daughter (1Ch 2:49). She was offered in marriage to the man who would lead an attack on the city of Debir, or Kirjath-sepher. This was done by Othniel (q.v.), who accordingly obtained her as his wife (Jos 15:16; Jdg 1:9). Family — Father: Caleb; Married: Othniel; Siblings: Iru, Elah, Naam Appears in 4 verses: Jos 15:16-17, Jdg 1:12-13

Adah (wife of Lamech): Female The first of Lamech’s two wives, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal (Gen 4:19-20, Gen 4:23). Family — Married: Lamech (descendant of Cain); Children: Jabal, Jubal Appears in 3 verses: Gen 4:19-20, Gen 4:23

Adah: Female The first of Esau’s three wives, the daughter of Elon the Hittite (Gen 36:2, Gen 36:4), called also Bashemath (26:34). Family — Father: Elon; Married: Esau (Edom); Children: Eliphaz Appears in 6 verses: Gen 26:34, Gen 36:2, Gen 36:4, Gen 36:10, Gen 36:12, Gen 36:16

Adaiah: Male · Genealogy of Jesus Family — Children: Jedidah Appears in 1 verses: 2Ki 22:1

Adaiah: Male Family — Father: Shimhi; Siblings: Beraiah, Jakim, Eliel, Elienai, Shimrath, Zabdi, Zichri, Zilthai Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:21

Adaiah: Male Family — Father: Jeroham Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 9:12, Neh 11:12

Adaiah: Male Family — Children: Maaseiah Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 23:1

Adaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:29

Adaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:39

Adaiah: Male Family — Father: Joiarib; Children: Hazaiah Appears in 1 verses: Neh 11:5

Adaiah: Male · Tribe of Levi Timely (1Ch 6:21). A Gershonite Levite. Family — Father: Ethan; Children: Zerah Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 6:21, 1Ch 6:41

Adalia: Male Family — Father: Haman; Siblings: Aridai, Aridatha, Arisai, Aspatha, Dalphon, Parmashta, Parshandatha, Poratha, Vajezatha Appears in 1 verses: Est 9:8

Adam: Male · Genealogy of Jesus · 4004 BC–3074 BC Red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages. It was the name given to the first man, whose creation, fall, and subsequent history and that of his descendants are detailed in the first book of Moses (Gen 1:27-ch. 5). “God created man [Heb., Adam] in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Adam was absolutely the first man whom God created. He was formed out of the dust of the earth (and hence his name), and God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and gave him dominion over all the lower creatures (Gen 1:26; Gen 2:7). He was placed after his creation in the Garden of Eden, to cultivate it, and to enjoy its fruits under this one prohibition: “Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” The first recorded act of Adam was his giving names to the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, which God brought to him for this end. Thereafter the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon him, and while in an unconscious state took one of his ribs, and closed up his flesh again; and of this rib he made a woman, whom he presented to him when he awoke. Adam received her as his wife, and said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” He called her Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Being induced by the tempter in the form of a serpent to eat the forbidden fruit, Eve persuaded Adam, and he also did eat. Thus man fell, and brought upon himself and his posterity all the sad consequences of his transgression. The narrative of the Fall comprehends in it the great promise of a Deliverer (Gen 3:15), the “first gospel” message to man. They were expelled from Eden, and at the east of the garden God placed a flame, which turned every way, to prevent access to the tree of life (Gen. 3). How long they were in Paradise is matter of mere conjecture. Shortly after their expulsion Eve brought forth her first-born, and called him Cain. Although we have the names of only three of Adam’s sons, viz., Cain, Abel, and Seth, yet it is obvious that he had several sons and daughters (Gen 5:4). He died aged 930 years. Adam and Eve were the progenitors of the whole human race. Evidences of varied kinds are abundant in proving the unity of the human race. The investigations of science, altogether independent of historical evidence, lead to the conclusion that God “hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth” (Act 17:26. Comp. Rom 5:12; 1Co 15:22). Family — Father: God; Married: Eve; Children: Seth, Abel, Cain Appears in 26 verses: Gen 2:19-21, Gen 2:23, Gen 3:8-9, Gen 3:17, Gen 3:20-21, Gen 4:1, Gen 4:25, Gen 5:1-5, Deu 32:8, 1Ch 1:1, Job 31:33, Luk 3:38, Rom 5:14, 1Co 15:22, 1Co 15:45, 1Ti 2:13-14, Jud 1:14

Adbeel: Male Miracle of God, the third of the twelve sons of Ishmael, and head of an Arabian tribe (Gen 25:13; 1Ch 1:29). Family — Father: Ishmael (Son of Hagar); Siblings: Jetur, Dumah, Hadar, Kedar, Kedemah, Bashemath, Massa, Mibsam, Mishma, Naphish, Nebajoth, Tema Appears in 2 verses: Gen 25:13, 1Ch 1:29

Addar: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Ample, splendid, son of Bela (1Ch 8:3); called also “Ard” (Gen 46:21) Family — Father: Bela; Siblings: Abihud, Abishua, Ahoah, Ard, Iri, Jerimoth, Ezbon, Gera, Naaman, Uzzi, Uzziel Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:3

Addi: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus Ornament, (Luk 3:28), the son of Cosam, and father of Melchi, one of the progenitors of Christ. Family — Father: Cosam; Children: Melchi Appears in 1 verses: Luk 3:28

Ader: Male Family — Father: Beriah; Siblings: Ahio, Arad, Ispah, Jeremoth, Joha, Michael, Shashak, Zebadiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:15

Adiel: Male A family head of the tribe of Simeon (1Ch 4:36). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:36

Adiel: Male Family — Children: Azmaveth Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 27:25

Adin: Male Ezr 8:6. Appears in 3 verses: Ezr 2:15, Ezr 8:6, Neh 7:20

Adin: Male Neh 10:16. Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:16

Adina: Male Slender, one of David’s warriors (1Ch 11:42), a Reubenite. Family — Father: Shiza Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 11:42

Adino: Male The Eznite, one of David’s mighty men (2Sa 23:8). Appears in 1 verses: 2Sa 23:8

Adlai: Male Family — Children: Shaphat Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 27:29

Admatha: Male Appears in 1 verses: Est 1:14

Adna: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:30

Adna: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 12:15

Adnah: Male A chief of the tribe of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:20). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 12:20

Adnah: Male A general under Jehoshaphat, chief over 300,000 men (2Ch 17:14). Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 17:14

Adoni-bezek: Male Appears in 3 verses: Jdg 1:5-7

Adoni-zedek: Male Appears in 2 verses: Jos 10:1, Jos 10:3

Adonijah: Male · Tribe of Judah · –965 BC The fourth son of David (2Sa 3:4). After the death of his elder brothers, Amnon and Absalom, he became heir-apparent to the throne. But Solomon, a younger brother, was preferred to him. Adonijah, however, when his father was dying, caused himself to be proclaimed king. But Nathan and Bathsheba induced David to give orders that Solomon should at once be proclaimed and admitted to the throne. Adonijah fled and took refuge at the altar, and received pardon for his conduct from Solomon on the condition that he showed himself “a worthy man” (1Ki 1:5). He afterwards made a second attempt to gain the throne, but was seized and put to death (1Ki 2:13). Family — Father: David; Mother: Haggith; Siblings: Japhia, Jerimoth, Eliada, Eliphalet, Elpalet, Elishama, Elishua, Ibhar, Nepheg, Nogah, Tamar Appears in 24 verses: 2Sa 3:4, 1Ki 1:5, 1Ki 1:7-9, 1Ki 1:11, 1Ki 1:13, 1Ki 1:18, 1Ki 1:24-25, 1Ki 1:41-43, 1Ki 1:49-51, 1Ki 2:13, 1Ki 2:19, 1Ki 2:21-24, 1Ki 2:28, 1Ch 3:2

Adonijah: Male A Levite sent with the princes to teach the book of the law to the inhabitants of Judah (2Ch 17:8). Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 17:8

Adonijah: Male One of the “chiefs of the people” after the Captivity (Neh 10:16). Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:16

Adonikam: Male Whom the Lord sets up, one of those “which came with Zerubbabel” (Ezr 2:13). His “children,” or retainers, to the number of 666, came up to Jerusalem (8:13). Appears in 3 verses: Ezr 2:13, Ezr 8:13, Neh 7:18

Adoniram: Male One who was “over the tribute;” i.e., “over the levy.” He was stoned by the Israelites after they had revolted from Rehoboam (2Ch 10:18). Called also Adoram (2Sa 20:24) and Adoniram (1Ki 4:6). Family — Father: Abda Appears in 5 verses: 2Sa 20:24, 1Ki 4:6, 1Ki 5:14, 1Ki 12:18, 2Ch 10:18

Adrammelech: Male An idol; a form of the sun-god worshipped by the inhabitants of Sepharvaim (2Ki 17:31), and brought by the Sepharvite colonists into Samaria. Appears in 1 verses: 2Ki 17:31

Adrammelech: Male A son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (2Ki 19:37; Isa 37:38). Family — Father: Sennacherib; Siblings: Esar-haddon, Sharezer Appears in 2 verses: 2Ki 19:37, Isa 37:38

Adriel: Male Flock of God, the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite, to whom Saul gave in marriage his daughter Merab (1Sa 18:19). The five sons that sprang from this union were put to death by the Gibeonites (2Sa 21:8, 2Sa 21:9. Here it is said that Michal “brought up” [R.V., “bare”] these five sons, either that she treated them as if she had been their own mother, or that for “Michal” we should read “Merab,” as in 1Sa 18:19). Family — Father: Barzillai; Married: Merab Appears in 2 verses: 1Sa 18:19, 2Sa 21:8

Aeneas: Male Appears in 2 verses: Act 9:33-34

Agabus: Male A “prophet,” probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He prophesied at Antioch of an approaching famine (Act 11:27-28). Many years afterwards he met Paul at Caesarea, and warned him of the bonds and affliction that awaited him at Jerusalem should he persist in going thither (Act 21:10). Appears in 2 verses: Act 11:28, Act 21:10

Agag: Male A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam (Num 24:7). He lived at the time of the Exodus. Appears in 1 verses: Num 24:7

Agag: Male Another king of the Amalekites whom Saul spared unlawfully, but whom Samuel on his arrival in the camp of Saul ordered, in retributive justice (Judg. 1), to be brought out and cut in pieces (1Sa 15:8. Comp. Exo 17:11; Num 14:45). Appears in 5 verses: 1Sa 15:8-9, 1Sa 15:20, 1Sa 15:32-33

Agee: Male Fugitive, the father of Shammah, who was one of David’s mighty men (2Sa 23:11) Family — Children: Shammah Appears in 1 verses: 2Sa 23:11

Agrippa: Male Son of the foregoing, was born at Rome, A.D. 27. He was the brother of Bernice and Drusilla. The Emperor Claudius (A.D. 48) invested him with the office of superintendent of the Temple of Jerusalem, and made him governor (A.D. 50) of Chalcis. He was afterwards raised to the rank of king, and made governor over the tetrarchy of Philip and Lysanias (Act 25:13; Act 26:2, Act 26:7). It was before him that Paul delivered (A.D. 59) his speech recorded in Acts 26. His private life was very profligate. He died (the last of his race) at Rome, at the age of about seventy years, A.D. 100. Appears in 12 verses: Act 25:13, Act 25:22-24, Act 25:26, Act 26:1-2, Act 26:7, Act 26:19, Act 26:27-28, Act 26:32

Agur: Male Gatherer; the collector, mentioned as author of the sayings in Prov. 30. Nothing is known of him beyond what is there recorded. Family — Father: Jakeh Appears in 1 verses: Pro 30:1

Ahab: Male · Genealogy of Jesus The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His wife was Jezebel (q.v.), who exercised a very evil influence over him. To the calf-worship introduced by Jeroboam he added the worship of Baal. He was severely admonished by Elijah (q.v.) for his wickedness. His anger was on this account kindled against the prophet, and he sought to kill him. He undertook three campaigns against Ben-hadad II., king of Damascus. In the first two, which were defensive, he gained a complete victory over Ben-hadad, who fell into his hands, and was afterwards released on the condition of his restoring all the cities of Israel he then held, and granting certain other concessions to Ahab. After three years of peace, for some cause Ahab renewed war (1Ki 22:3) with Ben-hadad by assaulting the city of Ramoth-gilead, although the prophet Micaiah warned him that he would not succeed, and that the 400 false prophets who encouraged him were only leading him to his ruin. Micaiah was imprisoned for thus venturing to dissuade Ahab from his purpose. Ahab went into the battle disguised, that he might if possible escape the notice of his enemies; but an arrow from a bow “drawn at a venture” pierced him, and though stayed up in his chariot for a time he died towards evening, and Elijah’s prophecy (1Ki 21:19) was fulfilled. He reigned twenty-three years. Because of his idolatry, lust, and covetousness, Ahab is referred to as pre-eminently the type of a wicked king (2Ki 8:18; 2Ch 22:3; Mic 6:16). Family — Father: Omri; Married: Jezebel; Children: Joash, Ahaziah, Joram, Athaliah Appears in 80 verses: 1Ki 16:28-30, 1Ki 16:33, 1Ki 17:1, 1Ki 18:1-3, 1Ki 18:5-6, 1Ki 18:9, 1Ki 18:12, 1Ki 18:16-17, 1Ki 18:20, 1Ki 18:41-42, 1Ki 18:44-46, 1Ki 19:1, 1Ki 20:2, 1Ki 20:13-14, 1Ki 20:34, 1Ki 21:1-4, 1Ki 21:8, 1Ki 21:15-16, 1Ki 21:18, 1Ki 21:20-21, 1Ki 21:24-25, 1Ki 21:27, 1Ki 21:29, 1Ki 22:20, 1Ki 22:39-41, 1Ki 22:49, 1Ki 22:51, 2Ki 1:1, 2Ki 3:1, 2Ki 3:5, 2Ki 8:16, 2Ki 8:18, 2Ki 8:25, 2Ki 8:27-29, 2Ki 9:7-9, 2Ki 9:25, 2Ki 9:29, 2Ki 10:1, 2Ki 10:10-11, 2Ki 10:17-18, 2Ki 10:30, 2Ki 21:3, 2Ki 21:13, 2Ch 18:1-3, 2Ch 18:19, 2Ch 21:6, 2Ch 21:13, 2Ch 22:3-8, Mic 6:16

Ahab: Male A false prophet referred to by Jeremiah (Jer 29:21), of whom nothing further is known. Family — Father: Kolaiah Appears in 2 verses: Jer 29:21-22

Aharhel: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Harum Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:8

Ahasbai: Male Family — Children: Eliphelet Appears in 1 verses: 2Sa 23:34

Ahasuerus: Male The son of Darius Hystaspes, the king named in the Book of Esther. He ruled over the kingdoms of Persia, Media, and Babylonia, “from India to Ethiopia.” This was in all probability the Xerxes of profane history, who succeeded his father Darius (B.C. 485). In the LXX. version of the Book of Esther the name Artaxerxes occurs for Ahasuerus. He reigned for twenty-one years (B.C. 486-465). He invaded Greece with an army, it is said, of more than 2,000,000 soldiers, only 5,000 of whom returned with him. Leonidas, with his famous 300, arrested his progress at the Pass of Thermopylae, and then he was defeated disastrously by Themistocles at Salamis. It was after his return from this invasion that Esther was chosen as his queen. Family — Married: Vashti; Children: Darius Appears in 29 verses: Ezr 4:6, Est 1:1-2, Est 1:9-10, Est 1:15-17, Est 1:19, Est 2:1, Est 2:12, Est 2:16, Est 2:21, Est 3:1, Est 3:6-8, Est 3:12, Est 6:2, Est 7:5, Est 8:1, Est 8:7, Est 8:12, Est 9:2, Est 9:20, Est 9:30, Est 10:1, Est 10:3, Dan 9:1

Ahaz: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus · 763 BC–716 BC The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and idolatry. Notwithstanding the remonstrances and warnings of Isaiah, Hosea, and Micah, he appealed for help against Rezin, king of Damascus, and Pekah, king of Israel, who threatened Jerusalem, to Tiglath-pileser, the king of Assyria, to the great injury of his kingdom and his own humilating subjection to the Assyrians (2Ki 16:7, 2Ki 16:9; 15:29). He also introduced among his people many heathen and idolatrous customs (Isa 8:19; Isa 38:8; 2Ki 23:12). He died at the age of thirty-five years, after reigning sixteen years (B.C. 740-724), and was succeeded by his son Hezekiah. Because of his wickedness he was “not brought into the sepulchre of the kings.” Family — Father: Jotham; Married: Abijah; Children: Maaseiah, Hezekiah Appears in 37 verses: 2Ki 15:38, 2Ki 16:1-2, 2Ki 16:5, 2Ki 16:7-8, 2Ki 16:10-11, 2Ki 16:15-17, 2Ki 16:19-20, 2Ki 17:1, 2Ki 18:1, 2Ki 20:11, 2Ki 23:12, 1Ch 3:13, 2Ch 27:9, 2Ch 28:1, 2Ch 28:16, 2Ch 28:19, 2Ch 28:21-22, 2Ch 28:24, 2Ch 28:27, 2Ch 29:19, Isa 1:1, Isa 7:1, Isa 7:3, Isa 7:10, Isa 7:12, Isa 14:28, Isa 38:8, Hos 1:1, Mic 1:1, Mat 1:9

Ahaz: Male A grandson of Jonathan (1Ch 8:35; 1Ch 9:42). Family — Father: Micah; Children: Jarah; Siblings: Melech, Pithon, Tahrea Appears in 4 verses: 1Ch 8:35-36, 1Ch 9:41-42

Ahaziah: Male The son and successor of Ahab. He followed the counsels of his mother Jezebel, and imitated in wickedness the ways of his father. In his reign the Moabites revolted from under his authority (2Ki 3:5). He united with Jehoshaphat in an attempt to revive maritime trade by the Red Sea, which proved a failure (2Ch 20:35). His messengers, sent to consult the god of Ekron regarding his recovery from the effects of a fall from the roof-gallery of his palace, were met on the way by Elijah, who sent them back to tell the king that he would never rise from his bed (1Ki 22:51; 2Ki 1:18). Family — Father: Ahab; Mother: Jezebel; Siblings: Athaliah, Joram, Joash Appears in 7 verses: 1Ki 22:40, 1Ki 22:49, 1Ki 22:51, 2Ki 1:2, 2Ki 1:18, 2Ch 20:35, 2Ch 20:37

Ahaziah: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus · 822 BC–844 BC The son of Joram, or Jehoram, and sixth king of Judah. Called Jehoahaz (2Ch 21:17; 2Ch 25:23), and Azariah (2Ch 22:6). Guided by his idolatrous mother Athaliah, his reign was disastrous (2Ki 8:24; 2Ki 9:29). He joined his uncle Jehoram, king of Israel, in an expedition against Hazael, king of Damascus; but was wounded at the pass of Gur when attempting to escape, and had strength only to reach Megiddo, where he died (2Ki 9:22). He reigned only one year. Family — Father: Jehoram; Mother: Athaliah; Married: Zibiah; Children: Joash; Siblings: Jehoshabeath Appears in 26 verses: 2Ki 8:24-26, 2Ki 8:29, 2Ki 9:16, 2Ki 9:21, 2Ki 9:23, 2Ki 9:27, 2Ki 9:29, 2Ki 10:13, 2Ki 11:1-2, 2Ki 12:18, 2Ki 13:1, 2Ki 14:13, 1Ch 3:11, 2Ch 21:17, 2Ch 22:1-2, 2Ch 22:6-11, 2Ch 25:23

Ahban: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Abishur; Mother: Abihail; Siblings: Molid Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:29

Aher: Male Family — Children: Hushim Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:12

Ahi: Male Family — Father: Abdiel Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 5:15

Ahi: Male · Tribe of Asher Family — Father: Shamer; Siblings: Aram (tribe of Aher), Jehubbah, Rohgah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:34

Ahiah: Male One of Solomon’s secretaries (1Ki 4:3). Family — Father: Shavsha; Siblings: Elihoreph Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:3

Ahiah: Male · Tribe of Benjamin One of the sons of Bela (1Ch 8:7, R.V.). In A.V. called “Ahiah.” Family — Father: Ehud; Siblings: Ahihud, Gera, Naaman, Uzza Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:7

Ahiam: Male Mother’s brother, one of David’s thirty heroes (2Sa 23:33; 1Ch 11:35). Family — Father: Sharar Appears in 2 verses: 2Sa 23:33, 1Ch 11:35

Ahian: Male · Tribe of Joseph Family — Father: Shemida; Siblings: Aniam, Likhi, Shechem Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:19

Ahiezer: Male Family — Father: Ammishaddai Appears in 5 verses: Num 1:12, Num 2:25, Num 7:66, Num 7:71, Num 10:25

Ahiezer: Male The chief of the Benjamite slingers that repaired to David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:3). Family — Father: Shemaah; Siblings: Joash Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 12:3

Ahihud: Male Name different in Hebrew, meaning brother of Judah. Chief of the tribe of Asher; one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the division of Canaan among the tribe (Num 34:27). Family — Father: Shelomi Appears in 1 verses: Num 34:27

Ahihud: Male · Tribe of Benjamin A son of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1Ch 8:7). Family — Father: Ehud; Siblings: Ahiah, Gera, Naaman, Uzza Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:7

Ahijah: Male A prophet of Shiloh (1Ki 11:29; 1Ki 14:2), called the “Shilonite,” in the days of Rehoboam. We have on record two of his remarkable prophecies, 1Ki 11:31, announcing the rending of the ten tribes from Solomon; and 1Ki 14:6, delivered to Jeroboam’s wife, foretelling the death of Abijah the king’s son, the destruction of Jeroboam’s house, and the captivity of Israel “beyond the river.” Jeroboam bears testimony to the high esteem in which he was held as a prophet of God (1Ki 14:2, 1Ki 14:3). Appears in 11 verses: 1Ki 11:29-30, 1Ki 12:15, 1Ki 14:2, 1Ki 14:4-6, 1Ki 14:18, 1Ki 15:29, 2Ch 9:29, 2Ch 10:15

Ahijah: Male Family — Children: Baasha Appears in 4 verses: 1Ki 15:27, 1Ki 15:33, 1Ki 21:22, 2Ki 9:9

Ahijah: Male · Tribe of Judah One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah (1Ch 2:25). Family — Father: Jerahmeel; Siblings: Bunah, Onam, Oren, Ozem, Ram Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:25

Ahijah: Male A Pelonite, one of David’s heroes (1Ch 11:36); called also Eliam (2Sa 23:34). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 11:36

Ahijah: Male A Levite having charge of the sacred treasury in the temple (1Ch 26:20). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 26:20

Ahijah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:26

Ahikam: Male Brother of support = helper, one of the five whom Josiah sent to consult the prophetess Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law (2Ki 22:12; 2Ch 34:20). He was the son of Shaphan, the royal secretary, and the father of Gedaliah, governor of Judea after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians (2Ki 25:22; Jer 40:5; Jer 43:6). On one occasion he protected Jeremiah against the fury of Jehoiakim (Jer 26:24). It was in the chamber of another son (Germariah) of Shaphan that Baruch read in the ears of all the people Jeremiah’s roll. Family — Father: Shaphan; Children: Gedaliah; Siblings: Elasah, Gemariah Appears in 20 verses: 2Ki 22:12, 2Ki 22:14, 2Ki 25:22, 2Ch 34:20, Jer 26:24, Jer 39:14, Jer 40:5-7, Jer 40:9, Jer 40:11, Jer 40:14, Jer 40:16, Jer 41:1-2, Jer 41:6, Jer 41:10, Jer 41:16, Jer 41:18, Jer 43:6

Ahilud: Male Family — Children: Jehoshaphat, Baana Appears in 5 verses: 2Sa 8:16, 2Sa 20:24, 1Ki 4:3, 1Ki 4:12, 1Ch 18:15

Ahimaaz: Male The father Ahinoam, the wife of Saul (1Sa 14:50). Family — Children: Ahinoam Appears in 1 verses: 1Sa 14:50

Ahimaaz: Male · Tribe of Levi The son and successor of Zadok in the office of high priest (1Ch 6:8, 1Ch 6:53). On the occasion of the revolt of Absalom he remained faithful to David, and was of service to him in conveying to him tidings of the proceedings of Absalom in Jerusalem (2Sa 15:24; 2Sa 17:15). He was swift of foot, and was the first to carry to David tidings of the defeat of Absalom, although he refrained, from delicacy of feeling, from telling him of his death (2Sa 18:19). Family — Father: Zadok; Children: Azariah Appears in 13 verses: 2Sa 15:27, 2Sa 15:36, 2Sa 17:17, 2Sa 17:20, 2Sa 18:19, 2Sa 18:22-23, 2Sa 18:27-29, 1Ch 6:8-9, 1Ch 6:53

Ahimaaz: Male Family — Married: Basmath Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:15

Ahiman: Male One of the three giant Anakim brothers whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Num 13:22) when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain (Jos 15:14; Jdg 1:10). Family — Father: Anak; Siblings: Sheshai, Talmai Appears in 3 verses: Num 13:22, Jos 15:14, Jdg 1:10

Ahiman: Male One of the guardians of the temple after the Exile (1Ch 9:17). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 9:17

Ahimelech: Male Son of Ahitub (1Sa 14:3, 1Sa 14:18), Ichabod’s brother; the same probably as Ahimelech, who was high priest at Nob in the reign of Saul (1Sa 22:11). Some, however, suppose that Ahimelech was the brother of Ahijah, and that they both officiated as high priests, Ahijah at Gibeah or Kirjath-jearim, and Ahimelech at Nob. Family — Father: Ahitub; Children: Abiathar Appears in 11 verses: 1Sa 14:3, 1Sa 14:18, 1Sa 21:1-2, 1Sa 21:8, 1Sa 22:9, 1Sa 22:11, 1Sa 22:14, 1Sa 22:16, 1Sa 22:20, 1Sa 23:6

Ahimelech: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Sa 26:6

Ahimelech: Male The son of Abiathar, and high priest in the time of David (1Ch 18:16). In the parallel passage, 2Sa 8:17, we have the name Ahimelech, and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech. This most authorities consider the more correct reading. Family — Father: Abiathar; Siblings: Jonathan Appears in 6 verses: 1Sa 30:7, 2Sa 8:17, 1Ch 18:16, 1Ch 24:3, 1Ch 24:6, 1Ch 24:31

Ahinadab: Male Brother of liberality = liberal, one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by Solomon in so many districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household. He was appointed to the district of Mahanaim (1Ki 4:14), east of Jordan. Family — Father: Iddo Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:14

Ahinoam: Female The daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of Saul (1Sa 14:50). Family — Father: Ahimaaz; Married: Saul; Children: Malchi-shua, Jonathan, Abinadab, Merab, Michal Appears in 1 verses: 1Sa 14:50

Ahinoam: Female A Jezreelitess, the first wife of David (1Sa 25:43; 1Sa 27:3). She was the mother of Amnon (2Sa 3:2). (See 1Sa 30:5, 1Sa 30:18; 2Sa 2:2.) Family — Married: David; Children: Amnon Appears in 6 verses: 1Sa 25:43, 1Sa 27:3, 1Sa 30:5, 2Sa 2:2, 2Sa 3:2, 1Ch 3:1

Ahio: Male One of the sons of Abinadab the Levite. While Uzzah went by the side of the ark, he walked before it guiding the oxen which drew the cart on which it was carried, after having brought it from his father’s house in Gibeah (1Ch 13:7; 2Sa 6:3, 2Sa 6:4). Family — Father: Abinadab; Siblings: Eleazar, Uzzah Appears in 3 verses: 2Sa 6:3-4, 1Ch 13:7

Ahio: Male One of the sons of Beriah (1Ch 8:14). Family — Father: Beriah; Siblings: Ader, Arad, Ispah, Jeremoth, Joha, Michael, Shashak, Zebadiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:14

Ahio: Male One of the sons of Jehiel the Gibeonite (1Ch 8:31; 1Ch 9:37). Family — Father: Abiel; Mother: Maachah; Siblings: Abdon, Baal, Gedor, Kish, Mikloth, Nadab, Ner, Zacher, Zur Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 8:31, 1Ch 9:37

Ahira: Male Brother of evil = unlucky, or my brother is friend, chief of the tribe of Naphtali at the Exodus (Num 1:15; Num 2:29). Family — Father: Enan Appears in 5 verses: Num 1:15, Num 2:29, Num 7:78, Num 7:83, Num 10:27

Ahiram: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Family — Father: Benjamin (patriarch); Siblings: Ard, Ashbel, Becher, Bela, Jediael, Ehi, Gera, Huram, Shupham, Nohah, Rapha Appears in 1 verses: Num 26:38

Ahisamach: Male Family — Children: Aholiab Appears in 3 verses: Exo 31:6, Exo 35:34, Exo 38:23

Ahishahar: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Family — Father: Bilhan; Siblings: Benjamin, Chenaanah, Ehud, Jeush, Tharshish, Zethan Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:10

Ahishar: Male Brother of song = singer, the officer who was “over the household” of Solomon (1Ki 4:6). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:6

Ahithophel: Male Brother of insipidity or impiety, a man greatly renowned for his sagacity among the Jews. At the time of Absalom’s revolt he deserted David (Psa 41:9; Psa 55:12) and espoused the cause of Absalom (2Sa 15:12). David sent his old friend Hushai back to Absalom, in order that he might counteract the counsel of Ahithophel (2Sa 15:31). This end was so far gained that Ahithophel saw he had no longer any influence, and accordingly he at once left the camp of Absalom and returned to Giloh, his native place, where, after arranging his wordly affairs, he hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulchre of his fathers (2Sa 17:1). He was the type of Judas (Psa 41:9). Family — Children: Eliam Appears in 17 verses: 2Sa 15:12, 2Sa 15:31, 2Sa 15:34, 2Sa 16:15, 2Sa 16:20-21, 2Sa 16:23, 2Sa 17:1, 2Sa 17:6-7, 2Sa 17:14-15, 2Sa 17:21, 2Sa 17:23, 2Sa 23:34, 1Ch 27:33-34

Ahitub: Male The son of Phinehas. On the death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded to the office of high priest, and was himself succeeded by his son Ahijah (1Sa 14:3; 1Sa 22:9, 1Sa 22:11, 1Sa 22:12, 1Sa 22:20). Family — Father: Phinehas; Children: Ahimelech; Siblings: Ichabod Appears in 5 verses: 1Sa 14:3, 1Sa 22:9, 1Sa 22:11-12, 1Sa 22:20

Ahitub: Male · Tribe of Levi The father of Zadok, who was made high priest by Saul after the extermination of the family of Ahimelech (1Ch 6:7, 1Ch 6:8; 2Sa 8:17). Family — Father: Amariah; Children: Zadok Appears in 5 verses: 2Sa 8:17, 1Ch 6:7-8, 1Ch 6:52, 1Ch 18:16

Ahitub: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Amariah; Children: Zadok Appears in 3 verses: 1Ch 6:11-12, Ezr 7:2

Ahlai: Female · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Sheshan; Married: Jarha; Children: Attai Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:31

Ahlai: Male Family — Children: Zabad Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 11:41

Ahoah: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Brotherly, one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1Ch 8:4). He is also called Ahiah (ver. 7) and Iri (1Ch 7:7). His descendants were called Ahohites (2Sa 23:9, 2Sa 23:28). Family — Father: Bela; Siblings: Abihud, Abishua, Addar, Ard, Iri, Jerimoth, Ezbon, Gera, Naaman, Uzzi, Uzziel Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:4

Aholah: Female Family — Mother: Mother of Aholah and Aholibah; Siblings: Aholibah Appears in 4 verses: Ezk 23:4-5, Ezk 23:36, Ezk 23:44

Aholiab: Male Tent of the father, an artist of the tribe of Dan, appointed to the work of preparing materials for the tabernacle (Exo 31:6; Exo 35:34; Exo 36:1-2; Exo 38:23). Family — Father: Ahisamach Appears in 5 verses: Exo 31:6, Exo 35:34, Exo 36:1-2, Exo 38:23

Aholibah: Female My tent is in her, the name of an imaginary harlot, applied symbolically to Jerusalem, because she had abandoned the worship of the true God and given herself up to the idolatries of foreign nations. (Ezk 23:4, Ezk 23:11, Ezk 23:22, Ezk 23:36, Ezk 23:44). Family — Mother: Mother of Aholah and Aholibah; Siblings: Aholah Appears in 5 verses: Ezk 23:4, Ezk 23:11, Ezk 23:22, Ezk 23:36, Ezk 23:44

Aholibamah: Female Family — Father: Anah; Siblings: Dishon Appears in 1 verses: Gen 36:25

Aholibamah: Female Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:41, 1Ch 1:52

Aholibamah: Female Jewess, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and one of Esau’s wives (Gen 26:34), elsewhere called Aholibamah (36:2-14). Family — Father: Beeri; Mother: Anah; Married: Esau (Edom); Children: Jeush, Jaalam, Korah Appears in 5 verses: Gen 26:34, Gen 36:2, Gen 36:5, Gen 36:14, Gen 36:18

Ahumai: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Jahath; Siblings: Lahad Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:2

Ahuzam: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Ashur; Mother: Naarah; Siblings: Haahashtari, Hepher, Temeni Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:6

Ahuzzath: Male Appears in 1 verses: Gen 26:26

Aiah: Male Family — Children: Rizpah Appears in 4 verses: 2Sa 3:7, 2Sa 21:8, 2Sa 21:10-11

Ajah: Male Family — Father: Zibeon; Siblings: Anah Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:24, 1Ch 1:40

Akan: Male He twists, one of the sons of Ezer, the son of Seir the Horite (1Ch 1:42). Family — Father: Ezer; Siblings: Bilhan, Zavan Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:27, 1Ch 1:42

Akkub: Male · Tribe of Judah A descendant of David (1Ch 3:24). Family — Father: Elioenai; Siblings: Anani, Dalaiah, Eliashib, Hodaiah, Johanan, Pelaiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 3:24

Akkub: Male A Levite who kept the gate of the temple after the return from Babylon (1Ch 9:17; Ezr 2:42; Neh 7:45). Appears in 5 verses: 1Ch 9:17, Ezr 2:42, Neh 7:45, Neh 11:19, Neh 12:25

Akkub: Male The head of one of the families of Nethinim (Ezr 2:45). Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 2:45

Akkub: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 8:7

Alameth: Male · Tribe of Benjamin One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1Ch 7:8). Family — Father: Becher; Siblings: Abiah, Anathoth, Jerimoth, Eliezer, Elioenai, Joash, Omri, Zemira Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:8

Alemeth: Male One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1Ch 8:36). Family — Father: Jarah; Siblings: Azmaveth, Zimri Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 8:36, 1Ch 9:42

Alexander: Male A man whose father, Simon the Cyrenian, bore the cross of Christ (Mrk 15:21). Family — Father: Simon; Siblings: Rufus Appears in 1 verses: Mrk 15:21

Alexander (Son of Simon): Male A relative of Annas the high priest, present when Peter and John were examined before the Sanhedrim (Act 4:6). Appears in 1 verses: Act 4:6

Alexander (Jew of Ephesus): Male A Jew of Ephesus who took a prominent part in the uproar raised there by the preaching of Paul (Act 19:33). The Jews put him forward to plead their cause before the mob. It was probably intended that he should show that he and the other Jews had no sympathy with Paul any more than the Ephesians had. It is possible that this man was the same as the following. Appears in 1 verses: Act 19:33

Alexander: Male A coppersmith who, with Hymenaeus and others, promulgated certain heresies regarding the resurrection (1Ti 1:19; 2Ti 4:14), and made shipwreck of faith and of a good conscience. Paul excommunicated him (1Ti 1:20; comp. 1Co 5:5). Appears in 2 verses: 1Ti 1:20, 2Ti 4:14

Allon: Male The son of Jedaiah, of the family of the Simeonites, who expelled the Hamites from the valley of Gedor (1Ch 4:37). Family — Father: Jedaiah; Children: Shiphi Appears in 2 verses: Jos 19:33, 1Ch 4:37

Almodad: Male Immeasurable, the first named of the sons of Joktan (Gen 10:26), the founder of an Arabian tribe. Family — Father: Joktan; Siblings: Abimael, Jerah, Diklah, Hadoram, Havilah (son of Joktan), Hazarmaveth, Jobab (son of Joktan), Ebal (son of Joktan), Ophir, Sheba (son of Joktan), Sheleph, Uzal Appears in 2 verses: Gen 10:26, 1Ch 1:20

Alphaeus: Male The father of James the Less, the apostle and writer of the epistle (Mat 10:3; Mrk 3:18; Luk 6:15; Act 1:13), and the husband of Mary (Jhn 19:25). The Hebrew form of this name is Cleopas, or Clopas (q.v.). Family — Children: James (Son of Alphaeus), Lebbaeus Thaddaeus Appears in 4 verses: Mat 10:3, Mrk 3:18, Luk 6:15, Act 1:13

Alphaeus: Male The father of Levi, or Matthew (Mrk 2:14). Family — Children: Matthew Appears in 1 verses: Mrk 2:14

Alvah: Male Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:40, 1Ch 1:51

Alvan: Male Family — Father: Shobal; Siblings: Ebal (son of Shobal), Manahath, Onam, Shepho Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:23, 1Ch 1:40

Amal: Male · Tribe of Asher Family — Father: Hotham; Siblings: Imna, Shelesh, Zophah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:35

Amalek: Male Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen 36:12; 1Ch 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized. Family — Father: Eliphaz; Mother: Timna; Siblings: Gatam, Kenaz, Korah, Omar, Teman, Zepho Appears in 22 verses: Gen 36:12, Gen 36:16, Exo 17:8-11, Exo 17:13-14, Exo 17:16, Num 24:20, Deu 25:17, Deu 25:19, Jdg 3:13, Jdg 5:14, 1Sa 15:2-3, 1Sa 15:5, 1Sa 15:20, 1Sa 28:18, 2Sa 8:12, 1Ch 1:36, Psa 83:7

Amariah: Male · Tribe of Levi One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1Ch 6:7, 1Ch 6:52). He was probably the last of the high priests of Eleazar’s line prior to the transfer of that office to Eli, of the line of Ithamar. Family — Father: Meraioth; Children: Ahitub Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 6:7, 1Ch 6:52

Amariah: Male · Tribe of Levi 1Ch 6:11; Ezr 7:3. Family — Father: Azariah; Children: Ahitub Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 6:11, Ezr 7:3

Amariah: Male · Tribe of Levi A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses (1Ch 23:19; 1Ch 24:23). Family — Father: Hebron; Siblings: Jahaziel, Jekameam, Jeriah Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 23:19, 1Ch 24:23

Amariah: Male A “chief priest” who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat (2Ch 19:11); probably the same as mentioned in 1Ch 6:9. Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 19:11

Amariah: Male One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2Ch 31:15). Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 31:15

Amariah: Male Ezr 10:42. Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:42

Amariah: Male Neh 10:3. Appears in 3 verses: Neh 10:3, Neh 12:2, Neh 12:13

Amariah: Male Neh 11:4. Family — Father: Shephatiah; Children: Zechariah Appears in 1 verses: Neh 11:4

Amariah: Male Zep 1:1. Family — Father: Hizkiah; Children: Gedaliah Appears in 1 verses: Zep 1:1

Amasa: Male The son of Abigail, a sister of king David (1Ch 2:17; 2Sa 17:25). He was appointed by David to command the army in room of his cousin Joab (2Sa 19:13), who afterwards treacherously put him to death as a dangerous rival (2Sa 20:4). Family — Father: Jether; Mother: Abigail Appears in 11 verses: 2Sa 17:25, 2Sa 19:13, 2Sa 20:4-5, 2Sa 20:8-10, 2Sa 20:12, 1Ki 2:5, 1Ki 2:32, 1Ch 2:17

Amasa: Male A son of Hadlai, and chief of Ephraim (2Ch 28:12) in the reign of Ahaz. Family — Father: Hadlai Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 28:12

Amasai: Male · Tribe of Levi A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel (1Ch 6:25, 1Ch 6:35). Family — Father: Elkanah; Children: Mahath Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 6:25, 1Ch 6:35

Amasai: Male The leader of a body of men who joined David in the “stronghold,” probably of Adullam (1Ch 12:18). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 12:18

Amasai: Male One of the priests appointed to precede the ark with blowing of trumpets on its removal from the house of Obed-edom (1Ch 15:24). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 15:24

Amasai: Male The father of a Levite, one of the two Kohathites who took a prominent part at the instance of Hezekiah in the cleansing of the temple (2Ch 29:12). Family — Children: Mahath Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 29:12

Amasiah: Male Burden of (i.e., “sustained by”) Jehovah, the “son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord,” a captain over thousands under Jehoshaphat (2Ch 17:16; comp. Jdg 5:9). Family — Father: Zichri Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 17:16

Amaziah: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus · 825 BC–770 BC The son and successor of Joash, and eighth king of the separate kingdom of Judah (2Ki 14:1). He began his reign by punishing the murderers of his father (5-7; 2Ch 25:3). He was the first to employ a mercenary army of 100,000 Israelite soldiers, which he did in his attempt to bring the Edomites again under the yoke of Judah (2Ch 25:5, 2Ch 25:6). He was commanded by a prophet of the Lord to send back the mercenaries, which he did (2Ch 25:7, 2Ch 25:13), much to their annoyance. His obedience to this command was followed by a decisive victory over the Edomites (2Ch 25:14). Amaziah began to worship some of the idols he took from the Edomites, and this was his ruin, for he was vanquished by Joash, king of Israel, whom he challenged to battle. The disaster he thus brought upon Judah by his infatuation in proclaiming war against Israel probably occasioned the conspiracy by which he lost his life (2Ki 14:8, 2Ki 14:19). He was slain at Lachish, whither he had fled, and his body was brought upon horses to Jerusalem, where it was buried in the royal sepulchre (2Ki 14:19, 2Ki 14:20; 2Ch 25:27, 2Ch 25:28). Family — Father: Joash; Mother: Jehoaddan; Married: Jecoliah; Children: Uzziah Appears in 34 verses: 2Ki 12:21, 2Ki 13:12, 2Ki 14:1, 2Ki 14:8-9, 2Ki 14:11, 2Ki 14:13, 2Ki 14:15, 2Ki 14:17-18, 2Ki 14:21, 2Ki 14:23, 2Ki 15:1, 2Ki 15:3, 1Ch 3:12, 2Ch 24:27, 2Ch 25:1, 2Ch 25:5, 2Ch 25:9-11, 2Ch 25:13-15, 2Ch 25:17-18, 2Ch 25:20-21, 2Ch 25:23, 2Ch 25:25-27, 2Ch 26:1, 2Ch 26:4

Amaziah: Male The father of Joshah, one of the Simeonite chiefs in the time of Hezekiah (1Ch 4:34). Family — Children: Joshah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:34

Amaziah: Male · Tribe of Levi A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1Ch 6:45). Family — Father: Hilkiah; Children: Hashabiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 6:45

Amaziah: Male A priest of the golden calves at Bethel (Amo 7:10). Appears in 3 verses: Amo 7:10, Amo 7:12, Amo 7:14

Amittai: Male True, the father of Jonah the prophet, a native of Gath-hepher (2Ki 14:25; Jon 1:1). Family — Children: Jonah Appears in 2 verses: 2Ki 14:25, Jon 1:1

Ammiel: Male One of the twelve spies sent by Moses to search the land of Canaan (Num 13:12). He was one of the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavourable report (Num 14:37). Family — Father: Gemalli Appears in 1 verses: Num 13:12

Ammiel: Male The father of Machir of Lo-debar, in whose house Mephibosheth resided (2Sa 9:4, 2Sa 9:5; 17:27). Family — Children: Machir Appears in 3 verses: 2Sa 9:4-5, 2Sa 17:27

Ammiel: Male · Tribe of Levi One of the sons of Obed-edom the Levite (1Ch 26:5). Family — Father: Shimei; Siblings: Issachar, Jehozabad, Joah, Nethaneel, Peulthai, Sacar, Shemaiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 26:5

Ammihud: Male · Tribe of Joseph The father of the Ephraimite chief Elishama, at the time of the Exodus (Num 1:10; Num 2:18; Num 7:48, Num 7:53). Family — Father: Laadan; Children: Elishama Appears in 6 verses: Num 1:10, Num 2:18, Num 7:48, Num 7:53, Num 10:22, 1Ch 7:26

Ammihud: Male Num 34:20. Family — Children: Shemuel Appears in 1 verses: Num 34:20

Ammihud: Male Num 34:28. Family — Children: Pedahel Appears in 1 verses: Num 34:28

Ammihud: Male · Genealogy of Jesus The father of Talmai, king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after the murder of Amnon (2Sa 13:37). Family — Children: Talmai Appears in 1 verses: 2Sa 13:37

Ammihud: Male The son of Omri, and the father of Uthai (1Ch 9:4). Family — Father: Omri; Children: Uthai Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 9:4

Amminadab: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus The father of Nahshon, who was chief of the tribe of Judah (Num 1:7; Num 2:3; Num 7:12, Num 7:17; Num 10:14). His daughter Elisheba was married to Aaron (Exo 6:23). Family — Father: Ram; Children: Nahshon, Elisheba Appears in 11 verses: Exo 6:23, Num 1:7, Num 2:3, Num 7:12, Num 7:17, Num 10:14, Rut 4:19-20, 1Ch 2:10, Mat 1:4, Luk 3:33

Amminadab: Male Chief of the 112 descendants of Uzziel the Levite (1Ch 15:10, 1Ch 15:11). Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 15:10-11

Ammishaddai: Male People of the Almighty, the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the Danites at the time of the Exodus (Num 1:12; Num 2:25). This is one of the few names compounded with the name of God, Shaddai, “Almighty.” Family — Children: Ahiezer Appears in 5 verses: Num 1:12, Num 2:25, Num 7:66, Num 7:71, Num 10:25

Ammizabad: Male People of the giver, the son of Benaiah, who was the third and chief captain of the host under David (1Ch 27:6). Family — Father: Benaiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 27:6

Amnon: Male · Tribe of Judah The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1Ch 3:1; 2Sa 3:2). Absalom caused him to be put to death for his great crime in the matter of Tamar (2Sa 13:28, 2Sa 13:29). Family — Father: David; Mother: Ahinoam; Siblings: Japhia, Jerimoth, Eliada, Eliphalet, Elpalet, Elishama, Elishua, Ibhar, Nepheg, Nogah, Tamar Appears in 21 verses: 2Sa 3:2, 2Sa 13:1-4, 2Sa 13:6-10, 2Sa 13:15, 2Sa 13:20, 2Sa 13:22, 2Sa 13:26-29, 2Sa 13:32-33, 2Sa 13:39, 1Ch 3:1

Amnon: Male One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1Ch 4:20; comp. 17). Family — Father: Shimon; Siblings: Ben-hanan, Rinnah, Tilon Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:20

Amok: Male Appears in 2 verses: Neh 12:7, Neh 12:20

Amon: Male Neh 7:59. Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:57, Neh 7:59

Amon: Male The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micaiah was committed to his custody (1Ki 22:26; 2Ch 18:25). Appears in 2 verses: 1Ki 22:26, 2Ch 18:25

Amon: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus · 662 BC–640 BC The son of Manasseh, and fourteenth king of Judah. He restored idolatry, and set up the images which his father had cast down. Zephaniah (1:4; 3:4, 11) refers to the moral depravity prevailing in this king’s reign. He was assassinated (2Ki 21:18: 2Ch 33:20) by his own servants, who conspired against him.55 Family — Father: Manasseh (son of Hezekiah); Mother: Meshullemeth; Married: Jedidah; Children: Josiah Appears in 15 verses: 2Ki 21:18-19, 2Ki 21:23-25, 1Ch 3:14, 2Ch 33:20-23, 2Ch 33:25, Jer 1:2, Jer 25:3, Zep 1:1, Mat 1:10

Amorite: Male Highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan (Gen 14:7), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions. On the early Babylonian monuments all Syria, including Palestine, is known as “the land of the Amorites.” The southern slopes of the mountains of Judea are called the “mount of the Amorites” (Deu 1:7, Deu 1:19-20). They seem to have originally occupied the land stretching from the heights west of the Dead Sea (Gen 14:7) to Hebron (13. Comp. 13:8; Deu 3:8; Deu 4:46), embracing “all Gilead and all Bashan” (Deu 3:10), with the Jordan valley on the east of the river (4:49), the land of the “two kings of the Amorites,” Sihon and Og (Deu 31:4; Jos 2:10; Jos 9:10). The five kings of the Amorites were defeated with great slaughter by Joshua (10:10). They were again defeated at the waters of Merom by Joshua, who smote them till there were none remaining (Jos 11:8). It is mentioned as a surprising circumstance that in the days of Samuel there was peace between them and the Israelites (1Sa 7:14). The discrepancy supposed to exist between Deu 1:44 and Num 14:45 is explained by the circumstance that the terms “Amorites” and “Amalekites” are used synonymously for the “Canaanites.” In the same way we explain the fact that the “Hivites” of Gen 34:2 are the “Amorites” of 48:22. Comp. Jos 10:6; Jos 11:19 with 2Sa 21:2; also Num 14:45 with Deu 1:44. The Amorites were warlike mountaineers. They are represented on the Egyptian monuments with fair skins, light hair, blue eyes, aquiline noses, and pointed beards. They are supposed to have been men of great stature; their king, Og, is described by Moses as the last “of the remnant of the giants” (Deu 3:11). Both Sihon and Og were independent kings. Only one word of the Amorite language survives, “Shenir,” the name they gave to Mount Hermon (Deu 3:9). Family — Father: Canaan; Siblings: Arkite, Arvadite, Jebusite, Girgasite, Hamathite, Heth, Hivite, Zidon, Sinite, Zemarite Appears in 4 verses: Gen 10:16, 1Ch 1:14, Amo 2:9-10

Amos: Male Borne; a burden, one of the twelve minor prophets. He was a native of Tekota, the modern Tekua, a town about 12 miles south-east of Bethlehem. He was a man of humble birth, neither a “prophet nor a prophet’s son,” but “an herdman and a dresser of sycomore trees,” R.V. He prophesied in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea (Amo 1:1; Amo 7:14-15; Zec 14:5), who survived him a few years. Under Jeroboam II. the kingdom of Israel rose to the zenith of its prosperity; but that was followed by the prevalence of luxury and vice and idolatry. At this period Amos was called from his obscurity to remind the people of the law of God’s retributive justice, and to call them to repentance. The Book of Amos consists of three parts: Appears in 7 verses: Amo 1:1, Amo 7:8, Amo 7:10-12, Amo 7:14, Amo 8:2

Amos: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus Family — Father: Naum; Children: Mattathias Appears in 1 verses: Luk 3:25

Amoz: Male Strong, the father of the prophet Isaiah (2Ki 19:2, 2Ki 19:20; 20:1; Isa 1:1; Isa 2:1). As to his personal history little is positively known. He is supposed by some to have been the “man of God” spoken of in 2Ch 25:7, 2Ch 25:8. Family — Children: Isaiah Appears in 13 verses: 2Ki 19:2, 2Ki 19:20, 2Ki 20:1, 2Ch 26:22, 2Ch 32:20, 2Ch 32:32, Isa 1:1, Isa 2:1, Isa 13:1, Isa 20:2, Isa 37:2, Isa 37:21, Isa 38:1

Amplias: Male A Roman Christian saluted by Paul (Rom 16:8). Appears in 1 verses: Rom 16:8

Amram: Male · Tribe of Levi · 1571 BC– The son of Kohath, the son of Levi. He married Jochebed, “his father’s sister,” and was the father of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (Exo 6:18, Exo 6:20; Num 3:19). He died in Egypt at the age of 137 years (Exo 6:20). His descendants were called Amramites (Num 3:27; 1Ch 26:23). Family — Father: Kohath; Married: Jochebed; Children: Moses, Aaron, Miriam; Siblings: Izhar, Hebron, Uzziel Appears in 11 verses: Exo 6:18, Exo 6:20, Num 3:19, Num 26:58-59, 1Ch 6:2-3, 1Ch 6:18, 1Ch 23:12-13, 1Ch 24:20

Amram: Male Ezr 10:34. Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:34

Amraphel: Male King of Shinar, southern Chaldea, one of the confederates of Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, in a war against Sodom and cities of the plain (Gen 14:1, Gen 14:4). It is now found that Amraphel (or Ammirapaltu) is the Khammu-rabi whose name appears on recently-discovered monuments. After defeating Arioch (q.v.) he united Babylonia under one rule, and made Babylon his capital. Appears in 2 verses: Gen 14:1, Gen 14:9

Amzi: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Bani; Children: Hilkiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 6:46

Amzi: Male Family — Father: Zechariah; Children: Pelaliah Appears in 1 verses: Neh 11:12

Anah: Female Family — Father: Zibeon; Married: Beeri; Children: Aholibamah Appears in 3 verses: Gen 36:2, Gen 36:14, Gen 36:18

Anah: Male Family — Father: Seir; Children: Aholibamah, Dishon; Siblings: Dishan, Dishon, Ezer, Lotan, Shobal, Timna, Zibeon Appears in 5 verses: Gen 36:20, Gen 36:25, Gen 36:29, 1Ch 1:38, 1Ch 1:41

Anah: Male Family — Father: Zibeon; Siblings: Ajah Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:24, 1Ch 1:40

Anaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 8:4

Anaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:22

Anak: Male Long-necked, the son of Arba, father of the Anakim (Jos 15:13; Jos 21:11, Heb. Anok). Family — Father: Arba; Children: Sheshai, Ahiman, Talmai Appears in 8 verses: Num 13:22, Num 13:28, Num 13:33, Deu 9:2, Jos 15:13-14, Jos 21:11, Jdg 1:20

Anamim: Male The name of an Egyptian tribe descended from Mizraim (Gen 10:13; 1Ch 1:11). Family — Father: Mizraim; Siblings: Caphthorim, Casluhim, Lehabim, Ludim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim Appears in 2 verses: Gen 10:13, 1Ch 1:11

Anammelech: Male One of the gods worshipped by the people of Sepharvaim, who colonized Samaria (2Ki 17:31). The name means “Anu is king.” It was a female deity representing the moon, as Adrammelech (q.v.) was the male representing the sun. Appears in 1 verses: 2Ki 17:31

Anan: Male Cloud, one of the Israelites who sealed the covenant after the return from Babylon (Neh 10:26). Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:26

Anani: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Elioenai; Siblings: Akkub, Dalaiah, Eliashib, Hodaiah, Johanan, Pelaiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 3:24

Ananiah: Male Family — Children: Maaseiah Appears in 1 verses: Neh 3:23

Ananias (Husband of Sapphira): Male One of the members of the church at Jerusalem, who conspired with his wife Sapphira to deceive the brethren, and who fell down and immediately expired after he had uttered the falsehood (Act 5:5). By common agreement the members of the early Christian community devoted their property to the work of furthering the gospel and of assisting the poor and needy. The proceeds of the possessions they sold were placed at the disposal of the apostles (Act 4:36-37). Ananias might have kept his property had he so chosen; but he professed agreement with the brethren in the common purpose, and had of his own accord devoted it all, as he said, to these sacred ends. Yet he retained a part of it for his own ends, and thus lied in declaring that he had given it all. “The offence of Ananias and Sapphira showed contempt of God, vanity and ambition in the offenders, and utter disregard of the corruption which they were bringing into the society. Such sin, committed in despite of the light which they possessed, called for a special mark of divine indignation.” Family — Married: Sapphira Appears in 3 verses: Act 5:1, Act 5:3, Act 5:5

Ananias (Disciple at Damascus): Male A Christian at Damascus (Act 9:10). He became Paul’s instructor; but when or by what means he himself became a Christian we have no information. He was “a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt” at Damascus (22:12). Appears in 5 verses: Act 9:10, Act 9:12-13, Act 9:17, Act 22:12

Ananias (High Priest): Male The high priest before whom Paul was brought in the procuratorship of Felix (Act 23:2, Act 23:5, Act 23:24). He was so enraged at Paul’s noble declaration, “I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day,” that he commanded one of his attendants to smite him on the mouth. Smarting under this unprovoked insult, Paul quickly replied, “God shall smite thee, thou whited wall.” Being reminded that Ananias was the high priest, to whose office all respect was to be paid, he answered, “I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest” (Act 23:5). This expression has occasioned some difficulty, as it is scarcely probable that Paul should have been ignorant of so public a fact. The expression may mean (a) that Paul had at the moment overlooked the honour due to the high priest; or (b), as others think, that Paul spoke ironically, as if he had said, “The high priest breaking the law! God’s high priest a tyrant and a lawbreaker! I see a man in white robes, and have heard his voice, but surely it cannot, it ought not to be, the voice of the high priest.” (See Dr. Lindsay on Acts, in loco.) (c) Others think that from defect of sight Paul could not observe that the speaker was the high priest. In all this, however, it may be explained, Paul, with all his excellency, comes short of the example of his divine Master, who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. Appears in 2 verses: Act 23:2, Act 24:1

Anath: Male An answer; i.e., to “prayer”, the father of Shamgar, who was one of the judges of Israel (Jdg 3:31). Family — Children: Shamgar Appears in 2 verses: Jdg 3:31, Jdg 5:6

Anathoth: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Family — Father: Becher; Siblings: Abiah, Alameth, Jerimoth, Eliezer, Elioenai, Joash, Omri, Zemira Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:8

Anathoth: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:19

Andrew: Male · Apostles,Apostles (Post-Ascension),Apostles (The Eleven) Manliness, a Greek name; one of the apostles of our Lord. He was of Bethsaida in Galilee (Jhn 1:44), and was the brother of Simon Peter (Mat 4:18; Mat 10:2). On one occasion John the Baptist, whose disciple he then was, pointing to Jesus, said, “Behold the Lamb of God” (Jhn 1:40); and Andrew, hearing him, immediately became a follower of Jesus, the first of his disciples. After he had been led to recognize Jesus as the Messiah, his first care was to bring also his brother Simon to Jesus. The two brothers seem to have after this pursued for a while their usual calling as fishermen, and did not become the stated attendants of the Lord till after John’s imprisonment (Mat 4:18-19; Mrk 1:16-17). Very little is related of Andrew. He was one of the confidential disciples (Jhn 6:8; Jhn 12:22), and with Peter, James, and John inquired of our Lord privately regarding his future coming (Mrk 13:3). He was present at the feeding of the five thousand (Jhn 6:9), and he introduced the Greeks who desired to see Jesus (Jhn 12:22); but of his subsequent history little is known. It is noteworthy that Andrew thrice brings others to Christ, (1) Peter; (2) the lad with the loaves; and (3) certain Greeks. These incidents may be regarded as a key to his character. Family — Father: Jonas; Siblings: Simon Peter Appears in 12 verses: Mat 4:18, Mat 10:2, Mrk 1:16, Mrk 1:29, Mrk 3:18, Mrk 13:3, Luk 6:14, Jhn 1:40, Jhn 1:44, Jhn 6:8, Jhn 12:22, Act 1:13

Andronicus: Male Man-conquering, a Jewish Christian, the kinsman and fellowprisoner of Paul (Rom 16:7); “of note among the apostles.” Appears in 1 verses: Rom 16:7

Aner: Male A Canaanitish chief who joined his forces with those of Abraham in pursuit of Chedorlaomer (Gen 14:13, Gen 14:24). Family — Siblings: Eshcol, Mamre Appears in 2 verses: Gen 14:13, Gen 14:24

Aniam: Male · Tribe of Joseph Family — Father: Shemida; Siblings: Ahian, Likhi, Shechem Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:19

Anna: Female Grace, an aged widow, the daughter of Phanuel. She was a “prophetess,” like Miriam, Deborah, and Huldah (2Ch 34:22). After seven years of married life her husband died, and during her long widowhood she daily attended the temple services. When she was eighty-four years old, she entered the temple at the moment when the aged Simeon uttered his memorable words of praise and thanks to God that he had fulfilled his ancient promise in sending his Son into the world (Luk 2:36-37). Family — Father: Phanuel Appears in 1 verses: Luk 2:36

Annas: Male Was high priest A.D. 7-14. In A.D. 25 Caiaphas, who had married the daughter of Annas (Jhn 18:13), was raised to that office, and probably Annas was now made president of the Sanhedrim, or deputy or coadjutor of the high priest, and thus was also called high priest along with Caiaphas (Luk 3:2). By the Mosaic law the high-priesthood was held for life (Num 3:10); and although Annas had been deposed by the Roman procurator, the Jews may still have regarded him as legally the high priest. Our Lord was first brought before Annas, and after a brief questioning of him (Jhn 18:19) was sent to Caiaphas, when some members of the Sanhedrim had met, and the first trial of Jesus took place (Mat 26:57). This examination of our Lord before Annas is recorded only by John. Annas was president of the Sanhedrim before which Peter and John were brought (Act 4:6). Appears in 4 verses: Luk 3:2, Jhn 18:13, Jhn 18:24, Act 4:6

Antipas: Male A “faithful martyr” (Rev 2:13), of whom nothing more is certainly known. Appears in 1 verses: Rev 2:13

Antothijah: Male Family — Father: Shashak; Siblings: Abdon, Iphedeiah, Ishpan, Elam, Eliel, Hanan, Hananiah, Heber, Penuel, Zichri Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:24

Anub: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Coz; Siblings: Harum, Zobebah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:8

Apelles: Male A Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom 16:10), and styles “approved in Christ.” Appears in 1 verses: Rom 16:10

Aphiah: Male Family — Children: Bechorath Appears in 1 verses: 1Sa 9:1

Aphses: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 24:15

Apollos: Male A Jew “born at Alexandria,” a man well versed in the Scriptures and eloquent (Act 18:24; R.V., “learned”). He came to Ephesus (about A.D. 49), where he spake “boldly” in the synagogue (18:26), although he did not know as yet that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah. Aquila and Priscilla instructed him more perfectly in “the way of God”, i.e., in the knowledge of Christ. He then proceeded to Corinth, where he met Paul (Act 18:27; Act 19:1). He was there very useful in watering the good seed Paul had sown (1Co 1:12), and in gaining many to Christ. His disciples were much attached to him (1Co 3:4, 1Co 3:22). He was with Paul at Ephesus when he wrote the First Epistle to the Corinthians; and Paul makes kindly reference to him in his letter to Titus (3:13). Some have supposed, although without sufficient ground, that he was the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Appears in 10 verses: Act 18:24, Act 19:1, 1Co 1:12, 1Co 3:4-6, 1Co 3:22, 1Co 4:6, 1Co 16:12, Tit 3:13

Apollyon: Male Destruction, the Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of “the angel of the bottomless pit” (Rev 9:11). It is rendered “destruction” in Job 28:22; Job 31:12; Job 26:6; Pro 15:11; Pro 27:20. In the last three of these passages the Revised Version retains the word “Abaddon.” We may regard this word as a personification of the idea of destruction, or as sheol, the realm of the dead. Appears in 1 verses: Rev 9:11

Appaim: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Nadab; Children: Ishi; Siblings: Seled Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 2:30-31

Apphia: Female Increasing, a female Christian at Colosse (Phm 1:1:2), supposed by some to have been the wife of Philemon. Appears in 1 verses: Phm 1:2

Aquila: Male Eagle, a native of Pontus, by occupation a tent-maker, whom Paul met on his first visit to Corinth (Act 18:2). Along with his wife Priscilla he had fled from Rome in consequence of a decree (A.D. 50) by Claudius commanding all Jews to leave the city. Paul sojourned with him at Corinth, and they wrought together at their common trade, making Cilician hair-cloth for tents. On Paul’s departure from Corinth after eighteen months, Aquila and his wife accompanied him to Ephesus, where they remained, while he proceeded to Syria (Act 18:18, Act 18:26). When they became Christians we are not informed, but in Ephesus they were (1Co 16:19) Paul’s “helpers in Christ Jesus.” We find them afterwards at Rome (Rom 16:3), interesting themselves still in the cause of Christ. They are referred to some years after this as being at Ephesus (2Ti 4:19). This is the last notice we have of them. Family — Married: Priscilla Appears in 6 verses: Act 18:2, Act 18:18, Act 18:26, Rom 16:3, 1Co 16:19, 2Ti 4:19

Ara: Male · Tribe of Asher Family — Father: Jether; Siblings: Jephunneh, Pispah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:38

Arad: Male One of the sons of Beriah (1Ch 8:15). Family — Father: Beriah; Siblings: Ader, Ahio, Ispah, Jeremoth, Joha, Michael, Shashak, Zebadiah Appears in 3 verses: Num 21:1, Num 33:40, 1Ch 8:15

Arah: Male · Tribe of Asher Family — Father: Ulla; Siblings: Haniel, Rezia Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:39

Arah: Male Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:5, Neh 7:10

Arah: Male Family — Children: Shechaniah Appears in 1 verses: Neh 6:18

Aram (son of Shem): Male The son of Shem (Gen 10:22); according to Gen 22:21, a grandson of Nahor. In Mat 1:3-4, and Luk 3:33, this word is the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1Ch 2:10). The word means high, or highlands, and as the name of a country denotes that elevated region extending from the northeast of Palestine to the Euphrates. It corresponded generally with the Syria and Mesopotamia of the Greeks and Romans. In Gen 25:20; Gen 31:20, Gen 31:24; Deu 26:5, the word “Syrian” is properly “Aramean” (R.V., marg.). Damascus became at length the capital of the several smaller kingdoms comprehended under the designation “Aram” or “Syria.” Family — Father: Shem; Children: Mash, Hul, Uz (son of Aram), Gether; Siblings: Arphaxad, Asshur, Elam (son of Shem), Lud Appears in 3 verses: Gen 10:22-23, 1Ch 1:17

Aram (son of Kemuel): Male The son of Shem (Gen 10:22); according to Gen 22:21, a grandson of Nahor. In Mat 1:3-4, and Luk 3:33, this word is the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1Ch 2:10). The word means high, or highlands, and as the name of a country denotes that elevated region extending from the northeast of Palestine to the Euphrates. It corresponded generally with the Syria and Mesopotamia of the Greeks and Romans. In Gen 25:20; Gen 31:20, Gen 31:24; Deu 26:5, the word “Syrian” is properly “Aramean” (R.V., marg.). Damascus became at length the capital of the several smaller kingdoms comprehended under the designation “Aram” or “Syria.” Family — Father: Kemuel Appears in 1 verses: Gen 22:21

Aram (tribe of Aher): Male · Tribe of Asher Family — Father: Shamer; Siblings: Ahi, Jehubbah, Rohgah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:34

Aran: Male Wild goat, a descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen 36:28). Family — Father: Dishan; Siblings: Uz (son of Dishan) Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:28, 1Ch 1:42

Arba: Male Family — Children: Anak Appears in 3 verses: Jos 14:15, Jos 15:13, Jos 21:11

Archelaus: Male Ruler of the people, son of Herod the Great, by Malthace, a Samaritan woman. He was educated along with his brother Antipas at Rome. He inherited from his father a third part of his kingdom viz., Idumea, Judea, and Samaria, and hence is called “king” (Mat 2:22). It was for fear of him that Joseph and Mary turned aside on their way back from Egypt. Till a few days before his death Herod had named Antipas as his successor, but in his last moments he named Archelaus. Family — Father: Herod; Siblings: Herod Antipas, Philip, Philip Appears in 1 verses: Mat 2:22

Archippus: Male Master of the horse, a “fellow-soldier” of Paul’s (Phm 1:1:2), whom he exhorts to renewed activity (Col 4:17). He was a member of Philemon’s family, probably his son. Appears in 2 verses: Col 4:17, Phm 1:2

Ard: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Family — Father: Benjamin (patriarch); Siblings: Ahiram, Ashbel, Becher, Bela, Jediael, Ehi, Gera, Huram, Shupham, Nohah, Rapha Appears in 1 verses: Gen 46:21

Ard: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Descent, a grandson of Benjamin (Num 26:38). In 1Ch 8:3 he is called Addar. His descendants are mentioned in Num 26:40. Family — Father: Bela; Siblings: Abihud, Abishua, Addar, Ahoah, Iri, Jerimoth, Ezbon, Gera, Naaman, Uzzi, Uzziel Appears in 1 verses: Num 26:40

Ardon: Male · Tribe of Judah Descendant, the last of the three sons of Caleb by his first wife Azubah (1Ch 2:18). Family — Father: Caleb; Siblings: Achsa, Jahdai, Jesher, Gazez, Haran (son of Caleb), Hur, Mesha, Moza, Shaaph, Sheber, Sheva, Shobab, Tirhanah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:18

Areli: Male · Tribe of Gad Family — Father: Gad; Siblings: Arod, Eri, Ozni, Haggi, Shuni, Zephon Appears in 2 verses: Gen 46:16, Num 26:17

Aretas: Male The father-in-law of Herod Antipas, and king of Arabia Petraea. His daughter returned to him on the occasion of her husband’s entering into an adulterous alliance with Herodias, the wife of Herod-Philip, his half-brother (Luk 3:19-20; Mrk 6:17; Mat 14:3). This led to a war between Aretas and Herod Antipas. Herod’s army was wholly destroyed (A.D. 36). Aretas, taking advantage of the complications of the times on account of the death of the Emperor Tiberius (A.D. 37), took possession of Damascus (2Co 11:32; comp. Act 9:25). At this time Paul returned to Damascus from Arabia. Appears in 1 verses: 2Co 11:32

Argob: Male Appears in 1 verses: 2Ki 15:25

Aridai: Male Family — Father: Haman; Siblings: Adalia, Aridatha, Arisai, Aspatha, Dalphon, Parmashta, Parshandatha, Poratha, Vajezatha Appears in 1 verses: Est 9:9

Aridatha: Male Family — Father: Haman; Siblings: Adalia, Aridai, Arisai, Aspatha, Dalphon, Parmashta, Parshandatha, Poratha, Vajezatha Appears in 1 verses: Est 9:8

Arieh: Male The lion, the name of one of the body-guard slain with Pekahiah at Samaria (2Ki 15:25) by the conspirator Pekah. Appears in 1 verses: 2Ki 15:25

Ariel: Male One of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites for the sanctuary (Ezr 8:16). Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 8:16

Arioch (king of Ellasar): Male A king of Ellasar who was confederate with Chedorlamer (Gen 14:1, Gen 14:9). The tablets recently discovered by Mr. Pinches (see CHALDEA) show the true reading is Eri-Aku of Larsa. This Elamite name meant “servant of the moon-god.” It was afterwards changed into Rimsin, “Have mercy, O moon-god.” Appears in 2 verses: Gen 14:1, Gen 14:9

Arioch: Male Dan 2:14. Appears in 4 verses: Dan 2:14-15, Dan 2:24-25

Arisai: Male Family — Father: Haman; Siblings: Adalia, Aridai, Aridatha, Aspatha, Dalphon, Parmashta, Parshandatha, Poratha, Vajezatha Appears in 1 verses: Est 9:9

Aristarchus: Male Best ruler, native of Thessalonica (Act 20:4), a companion of Paul (Act 19:29; Act 27:2). He was Paul’s “fellow-prisoner” at Rome (Col 4:10; Phm 1:1:24). Appears in 5 verses: Act 19:29, Act 20:4, Act 27:2, Col 4:10, Phm 1:24

Aristobulus: Male Appears in 1 verses: Rom 16:10

Arkite: Male (Gen 10:17; 1Ch 1:15), a designation of certain descendants from the Phoenicians or Sidonians, the inhabitants of Arka, 12 miles north of Tripoli, opposite the northern extremity of Lebanon. Family — Father: Canaan; Siblings: Amorite, Arvadite, Jebusite, Girgasite, Hamathite, Heth, Hivite, Zidon, Sinite, Zemarite Appears in 2 verses: Gen 10:17, 1Ch 1:15

Armoni: Male Inhabitant of a fortress, the first-named of the two sons of Saul and Rizpah. He was delivered up to the Gibeonites by David, and hanged by them (2Sa 21:8, 2Sa 21:9). Family — Father: Saul; Mother: Rizpah; Siblings: Ish-bosheth, Mephibosheth Appears in 1 verses: 2Sa 21:8

Arnan: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Hananiah; Siblings: Jesaiah, Obadiah, Pelatiah, Rephaiah, Shechaniah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 3:21

Arod: Male · Tribe of Gad Family — Father: Gad; Siblings: Areli, Eri, Ozni, Haggi, Shuni, Zephon Appears in 2 verses: Gen 46:16, Num 26:17

Arphaxad: Male · Genealogy of Jesus · 2346 BC–1908 BC Son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years (Gen 11:10; 1Ch 1:17, 1Ch 1:18; Luk 3:36). He dwelt in Mesopotamia, and became, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the progenitor of the Chaldeans. The tendency is to recognize in the word the name of the country nearest the ancient domain of the Chaldeans. Some regard the word as an Egypticized form of the territorial name of Ur Kasdim, or Ur of the Chaldees. Family — Father: Shem; Children: Cainan (son of Arphaxad); Siblings: Aram (son of Shem), Asshur, Elam (son of Shem), Lud Appears in 10 verses: Gen 10:22, Gen 10:24, Gen 11:10-13, 1Ch 1:17-18, 1Ch 1:24, Luk 3:36

Artaxerxes: Male The king who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple (Ezr 4:7). He was probably the Smerdis of profane history. Appears in 3 verses: Ezr 4:7-8, Ezr 4:11

Artaxerxes: Male The king mentioned in Ezr 7:1, in the seventh year (B.C. 458) of whose reign Ezra led a second colony of Jews back to Jerusalem, was probably Longimanus, who reigned for forty years (B.C. 464-425); the grandson of Darius, who, fourteen years later, permitted Nehemiah to return and rebuild Jerusalem. Appears in 10 verses: Ezr 6:14, Ezr 7:1, Ezr 7:7, Ezr 7:11-12, Ezr 7:21, Ezr 8:1, Neh 2:1, Neh 5:14, Neh 13:6

Artemas: Male Appears in 1 verses: Tit 3:12

Arvadite: Male Family — Father: Canaan; Siblings: Amorite, Arkite, Jebusite, Girgasite, Hamathite, Heth, Hivite, Zidon, Sinite, Zemarite Appears in 2 verses: Gen 10:18, 1Ch 1:16

Arza: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 16:9

Asa: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus · –868 BC Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah. He was zealous in maintaining the true worship of God, and in rooting all idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities, out of the land (1Ki 15:8). The Lord gave him and his land rest and prosperity. It is recorded of him, however, that in his old age, when afflicted, he “sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians” (comp. Jer 17:5). He died in the forty-first year of his reign, greatly honoured by his people (2Ch 16:1), and was succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat. Family — Father: Abijah; Married: Azubah; Children: Jehoshaphat Appears in 53 verses: 1Ki 15:8-9, 1Ki 15:11, 1Ki 15:13-14, 1Ki 15:16-18, 1Ki 15:20, 1Ki 15:22-25, 1Ki 15:28, 1Ki 15:32-33, 1Ki 16:8, 1Ki 16:10, 1Ki 16:15, 1Ki 16:23, 1Ki 16:29, 1Ki 22:41, 1Ki 22:43, 1Ki 22:46, 1Ch 3:10, 2Ch 14:1-2, 2Ch 14:8, 2Ch 14:10-13, 2Ch 15:2, 2Ch 15:8, 2Ch 15:10, 2Ch 15:16-17, 2Ch 15:19, 2Ch 16:1-2, 2Ch 16:4, 2Ch 16:6-7, 2Ch 16:10-13, 2Ch 17:2, 2Ch 20:32, 2Ch 21:12, Jer 41:9, Mat 1:7-8

Asa: Male Family — Father: Elkanah; Children: Berechiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 9:16

Asahel: Male Made by God, the youngest son of Zeruiah, David’s sister. He was celebrated for his swiftness of foot. When fighting against Ish-bosheth at Gibeon, in the army of his brother Joab, he was put to death by Abner, whom he pursued from the field of battle (2Sa 2:18, 2Sa 2:19). He is mentioned among David’s thirty mighty men (2Sa 23:24; 1Ch 11:26). Others of the same name are mentioned (2Ch 17:8; 2Ch 31:13; Ezr 10:15). Family — Mother: Zeruiah; Children: Zebadiah; Siblings: Abishai, Joab Appears in 14 verses: 2Sa 2:18-23, 2Sa 2:30, 2Sa 2:32, 2Sa 3:27, 2Sa 3:30, 2Sa 23:24, 1Ch 2:16, 1Ch 11:26, 1Ch 27:7

Asahel: Male Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 17:8

Asahel: Male Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 31:13

Asahel: Male Family — Children: Jonathan Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:15

Asahiah: Male The son of Amoz (Isa 1:1; Isa 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called “the prophetess” (8:3), either because she was endowed with the prophetic gift, like Deborah (Jdg 4:4) and Huldah (2Ki 22:14), or simply because she was the wife of “the prophet” (Isa 38:1). He had two sons, who bore symbolical names. He exercised the functions of his office during the reigns of Uzziah (or Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (1:1). Uzziah reigned fifty-two years (B.C. 810-759), and Isaiah must have begun his career a few years before Uzziah’s death, probably B.C. 762. He lived till the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, and in all likelihood outlived that monarch (who died B.C. 698), and may have been contemporary for some years with Manasseh. Thus Isaiah may have prophesied for the long period of at least sixty-four years. His first call to the prophetical office is not recorded. A second call came to him “in the year that King Uzziah died” (Isa 6:1). He exercised his ministry in a spirit of uncompromising firmness and boldness in regard to all that bore on the interests of religion. He conceals nothing and keeps nothing back from fear of man. He was also noted for his spirituality and for his deep-toned reverence toward “the holy One of Israel.” In early youth Isaiah must have been moved by the invasion of Israel by the Assyrian monarch Pul (q.v.), 2Ki 15:19; and again, twenty years later, when he had already entered on his office, by the invasion of Tiglath-pileser and his career of conquest. Ahaz, king of Judah, at this crisis refused to co-operate with the kings of Israel and Syria in opposition to the Assyrians, and was on that account attacked and defeated by Rezin of Damascus and Pekah of Samaria (2Ki 16:5; 2Ch 28:5, 2Ch 28:6). Ahaz, thus humbled, sided with Assyria, and sought the aid of Tiglath-pileser against Israel and Syria. The consequence was that Rezin and Pekah were conquered and many of the people carried captive to Assyria (2Ki 15:29; 2Ki 16:9; 1Ch 5:26). Soon after this Shalmaneser determined wholly to subdue the kingdom of Israel. Samaria was taken and destroyed (B.C. 722). So long as Ahaz reigned, the kingdom of Judah was unmolested by the Assyrian power; but on his accession to the throne, Hezekiah (B.C. 726), who “rebelled against the king of Assyria” (2Ki 18:7), in which he was encouraged by Isaiah, who exhorted the people to place all their dependence on Jehovah (Isa 10:24; Isa 37:6), entered into an alliance with the king of Egypt (Isa 30:2). This led the king of Assyria to threaten the king of Judah, and at length to invade the land. Sennacherib (B.C. 701) led a powerful army into Palestine. Hezekiah was reduced to despair, and submitted to the Assyrians (2Ki 18:14). But after a brief interval war broke out again, and again Sennacherib (q.v.) led an army into Palestine, one detachment of which threatened Jerusalem (Isa 36:2; Isa 37:8). Isaiah on that occasion encouraged Hezekiah to resist the Assyrians (37:1-7), whereupon Sennacherib sent a threatening letter to Hezekiah, which he “spread before the Lord” (37:14). The judgement of God now fell on the Assyrian host. “Like Xerxes in Greece, Sennacherib never recovered from the shock of the disaster in Judah. He made no more expeditions against either Southern Palestine or Egypt.” The remaining years of Hezekiah’s reign were peaceful (2Ch 32:23, 2Ch 32:27-29). Isaiah probably lived to its close, and possibly into the reign of Manasseh, but the time and manner of his death are unknown. There is a tradition that he suffered martyrdom in the heathen reaction in the time of Manasseh (q.v.). Appears in 3 verses: 2Ki 22:12, 2Ki 22:14, 2Ch 34:20

Asaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:36

Asaiah: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Haggiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 6:30

Asaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 9:5

Asaiah: Male Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 15:6, 1Ch 15:11

Asaph: Male The “recorder” in the time of Hezekiah (2Ki 18:18, 2Ki 18:37). Family — Children: Joah Appears in 3 verses: 2Ki 18:18, 2Ki 18:37, Isa 36:22

Asaph (Levite): Male · Tribe of Levi A Levite; one of the leaders of David’s choir (1Ch 6:39). Psalms 50 and 73-83 inclusive are attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as skilled in music, and a “seer” (2Ch 29:30). The “sons of Asaph,” mentioned in 1Ch 25:1, 1Ch 25:2 Chr. 20:14, and Ezr 2:41, were his descendants, or more probably a class of poets or singers who recognized him as their master. Family — Father: Berechiah; Children: Jesharelah, Joseph (son of Asaph), Nethaniah, Zaccur Appears in 32 verses: 1Ch 6:39, 1Ch 15:17, 1Ch 15:19, 1Ch 16:5, 1Ch 16:7, 1Ch 16:37, 1Ch 25:1-2, 1Ch 25:6, 1Ch 25:9, 2Ch 5:12, 2Ch 20:14, 2Ch 29:13, 2Ch 29:30, 2Ch 35:15, Ezr 2:41, Ezr 3:10, Neh 7:44, Neh 11:22, Neh 12:35, Neh 12:46, Psa 73:1, Psa 74:1, Psa 75:1, Psa 76:1, Psa 77:1, Psa 78:1, Psa 79:1, Psa 80:1, Psa 82:1, Psa 83:1, Isa 36:3

Asaph: Male Family — Children: Zichri Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 9:15, Neh 11:17

Asaph: Male The “keeper of the king’s forest,” to whom Nehemiah requested from Artaxerxes a “letter” that he might give him timber for the temple at Jerusalem (Neh 2:8). Appears in 1 verses: Neh 2:8

Asareel: Male Family — Father: Jehaleleel; Siblings: Tiria, Ziph, Ziphah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:16

Asenath: Female An Egyptian name, meaning “gift of the sun-god”, daughter of Potipherah, priest of On or Heliopolis, wife of Joseph (Gen 41:45). She was the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim (50-52; 46:20). Family — Father: Poti-pherah; Married: Joseph (son of Jacob); Children: Ephraim, Manasseh (son of Joseph) Appears in 3 verses: Gen 41:45, Gen 41:50, Gen 46:20

Ashbel: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Family — Father: Benjamin (patriarch); Siblings: Ahiram, Ard, Becher, Bela, Jediael, Ehi, Gera, Huram, Shupham, Nohah, Rapha Appears in 3 verses: Gen 46:21, Num 26:38, 1Ch 8:1

Asher: Male · Tribe of Asher · 1752 BC– Happy, Jacob’s eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid (Gen 30:13). Of the tribe founded by him nothing is recorded beyond its holding a place in the list of the tribes (35:26; 46:17; Exo 1:4, etc.) It increased in numbers twenty-nine percent, during the thirty-eight years’ wanderings. The place of this tribe during the march through the desert was between Dan and Naphtali (Num 2:27). The boundaries of the inheritance given to it, which contained some of the richest soil in Palestine, and the names of its towns, are recorded in Jos 19:24; Jdg 1:31-32. Asher and Simeon were the only tribes west of the Jordan which furnished no hero or judge for the nation. Anna the prophetess was of this tribe (Luk 2:36). Family — Father: Jacob (Israel); Mother: Zilpah; Children: Serah, Isui, Beriah, Isuah, Imnah; Siblings: Gad Appears in 43 verses: Gen 30:13, Gen 35:26, Gen 46:17, Gen 49:20, Exo 1:4, Num 1:13, Num 1:40-41, Num 2:27, Num 7:72, Num 10:26, Num 13:13, Num 26:44, Num 26:46-47, Num 34:27, Deu 27:13, Deu 33:24, Jos 17:7, Jos 17:10-11, Jos 19:24, Jos 19:31, Jos 19:34, Jos 21:6, Jos 21:30, Jdg 1:31, Jdg 5:17, Jdg 6:35, Jdg 7:23, 1Ki 4:16, 1Ch 2:2, 1Ch 6:62, 1Ch 6:74, 1Ch 7:30, 1Ch 7:40, 1Ch 12:36, 2Ch 30:11, Ezk 48:2-3, Ezk 48:34, Luk 2:36, Rev 7:6

Ashkenaz: Male One of the three sons of Gomer (Gen 10:3), and founder of one of the tribes of the Japhetic race. They are mentioned in connection with Minni and Ararat, and hence their original seat must have been in Armenia (Jer 51:27), probably near the Black Sea, which, from their founder, was first called Axenus, and afterwards the Euxine. Family — Father: Gomer (son of Japheth); Siblings: Riphath, Togarmah Appears in 3 verses: Gen 10:3, 1Ch 1:6, Jer 51:27

Ashpenaz: Male The master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan 1:3), the “Rabsaris” of the court. His position was similar to that of the Kislar-aga of the modern Turkish sultans. Appears in 1 verses: Dan 1:3

Ashriel: Male · Tribe of Joseph Family — Father: Manasseh (son of Joseph); Siblings: Machir Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:14

Ashtoreth: Female The moon goddess of the Phoenicians, representing the passive principle in nature, their principal female deity; frequently associated with the name of Baal, the sun-god, their chief male deity (Jdg 10:6; 1Sa 7:4; 1Sa 12:10). These names often occur in the plural (Ashtaroth, Baalim), probably as indicating either different statues or different modifications of the deities. This deity is spoken of as Ashtoreth of the Zidonians. She was the Ishtar of the Accadians and the Astarte of the Greeks (Jer 44:17; 1Ki 11:5, 1Ki 11:33; 2Ki 23:13). There was a temple of this goddess among the Philistines in the time of Saul (1Sa 31:10). Under the name of Ishtar, she was one of the great deities of the Assyrians. The Phoenicians called her Astarte. Solomon introduced the worship of this idol (1Ki 11:33). Jezebel’s 400 priests were probably employed in its service (1Ki 18:19). It was called the “queen of heaven” (Jer 44:25). Appears in 3 verses: 1Ki 11:5, 1Ki 11:33, 2Ki 23:13

Ashur: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Hezron; Mother: Abiah; Married: Helah, Naarah; Children: Haahashtari, Coz, Temeni, Ethnan, Jezoar, Zereth, Hepher, Ahuzam; Siblings: Caleb, Jerahmeel, Ram Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 2:24, 1Ch 4:5

Ashvath: Male · Tribe of Asher Family — Father: Japhlet; Siblings: Bimhal, Pasach Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:33

Asiel: Male Family — Children: Seraiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:35

Asnah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 2:50

Asnappar: Male Probably the same as Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalos of the Greeks), styled the “great and noble” (Ezr 4:10), was the son and successor (B.C. 668) of Esar-haddon (q.v.). He was “luxurious, ambitious, and cruel, but a magnificent patron of literature.” He formed at Nineveh a library of clay tablets, numbering about 10,000. These are now mostly in the British Museum. They throw much light on the history and antiquities of Assyria. Assur-bani-pal was a munificent patron of literature, and the conqueror of Elam. Towards the middle of his reign his empire was shaken by a great rebellion headed by his brother in Babylon. The rebellion was finally put down, but Egypt was lost, and the military power of Assyria was so exhausted that it could with difficulty resist the hordes of Kimmerians who poured over Western Asia. Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 4:10

Aspatha: Male Family — Father: Haman; Siblings: Adalia, Aridai, Aridatha, Arisai, Dalphon, Parmashta, Parshandatha, Poratha, Vajezatha Appears in 1 verses: Est 9:7

Asriel: Male · Tribe of Joseph Family — Father: Gilead; Siblings: Abiezer, Helek, Hepher, Shechem, Shemida Appears in 2 verses: Num 26:31, Jos 17:2

Asshur: Male Second son of Shem (Gen 10:22; 1Ch 1:17). He went from the land of Shinar and built Nineveh, etc. (Gen 10:11-12). He probably gave his name to Assyria, which is the usual translation of the word, although the form Asshur is sometimes retained (Num 24:22, Num 24:24; Ezk 27:23, etc.). In Gen 2:14 “Assyria” ought to be “Asshur,” which was the original capital of Assyria, a city represented by the mounds of Kalah Sherghat, on the west bank of the Tigris. This city was founded by Bel-kap-kapu about B.C. 1700. At a later date the capital was shifted to Ninua, or Nineveh, now Koyunjik, on the eastern bank of the river. Family — Father: Shem; Siblings: Aram (son of Shem), Arphaxad, Elam (son of Shem), Lud Appears in 5 verses: Gen 10:11, Gen 10:22, Num 24:22, Num 24:24, 1Ch 1:17

Asshurim: Male Family — Father: Dedan (son of Jokshan); Siblings: Letushim, Leummim Appears in 1 verses: Gen 25:3

Assir: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Korah (Levite); Siblings: Ebiasaph, Elkanah Appears in 2 verses: Exo 6:24, 1Ch 6:22

Assir: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Ebiasaph; Children: Tahath; Siblings: Kore Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 6:23, 1Ch 6:37

Asyncritus: Male Appears in 1 verses: Rom 16:14

Atarah: Female Family — Married: Jerahmeel; Children: Onam Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:26

Ater: Male Ezr 2:16. Family — Children: Hezekiah Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:16, Neh 7:21

Ater: Male Ezr 2:42. Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:42, Neh 7:45

Ater: Male Neh 10:17. Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:17

Athaiah: Male Family — Father: Uzziah Appears in 1 verses: Neh 11:4

Athaliah: Female · Genealogy of Jesus · –837 BC The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah (2Ki 8:18), who “walked in the ways of the house of Ahab” (2Ch 21:6), called “daughter” of Omri (2Ki 8:26). On the death of her husband and of her son Ahaziah, she resolved to seat herself on the vacant throne. She slew all Ahaziah’s children except Joash, the youngest (2Ki 11:1, 2Ki 11:2). After a reign of six years she was put to death in an insurrection (2Ki 11:20; 2Ch 21:6; 2Ch 22:10; 2Ch 23:15), stirred up among the people in connection with Josiah’s being crowned as king. Family — Father: Ahab; Mother: Jezebel; Married: Jehoram; Children: Ahaziah, Jehoshabeath; Siblings: Ahaziah, Joram, Joash Appears in 15 verses: 2Ki 8:26, 2Ki 11:1-3, 2Ki 11:13-14, 2Ki 11:20, 2Ch 22:2, 2Ch 22:10-12, 2Ch 23:12-13, 2Ch 23:21, 2Ch 24:7

Athaliah: Female 1Ch 8:26. Family — Father: Jeroham; Siblings: Jaresiah, Eliah, Shamsherai, Shehariah, Zichri Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:26

Athaliah: Male Ezr 8:7. Family — Children: Jeshaiah Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 8:7

Athlai: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:28

Attai: Male Family — Father: Jarha; Mother: Ahlai; Children: Nathan Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 2:35-36

Attai: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 12:11

Attai: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Rehoboam; Mother: Maachah; Siblings: Abijah, Shelomith, Ziza Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 11:20

Augustus: Male The cognomen of the first Roman emperor, C. Julius Caesar Octavianus, during whose reign Christ was born (Luk 2:1). His decree that “all the world should be taxed” was the divinely ordered occasion of Jesus’ being born, according to prophecy (Mic 5:2), in Bethlehem. This name being simply a title meaning “majesty” or “venerable,” first given to him by the senate (B.C. 27), was borne by succeeding emperors. Before his death (A.D. 14) he associated Tiberius with him in the empire (Luk 3:1), by whom he was succeeded. Appears in 3 verses: Luk 2:1, Act 25:21, Act 25:25

Azaliah: Male Family — Father: Meshullam; Children: Shaphan Appears in 2 verses: 2Ki 22:3, 2Ch 34:8

Azaniah: Male Family — Children: Jeshua Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:9

Azarael: Male Family — Father: Jonathan; Siblings: Gilalai, Hanani, Judah, Maai, Milalai, Nethaneel, Shemaiah, Zechariah Appears in 1 verses: Neh 12:36

Azareel: Male A priest (1Ch 9:12). Family — Father: Jahzerah; Children: Maasiai Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 9:12, Neh 11:13

Azareel: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 12:6

Azareel: Male Family — Father: Jeroham Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 27:22

Azareel: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:41

Azariah: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Ahimaaz; Children: Johanan Appears in 2 verses: 1Ki 4:2, 1Ch 6:9

Azariah: Male Family — Father: Nathan; Siblings: Zabud Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:5

Azariah: Male · Tribe of Judah Son of Ethan, of the tribe of Judah (1Ch 2:8). Family — Father: Ethan Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:8

Azariah: Male Family — Father: Jehu; Children: Helez Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 2:38-39

Azariah: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Johanan; Children: Amariah Appears in 3 verses: 1Ch 6:10-11, Ezr 7:3

Azariah: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Hilkiah; Children: Seraiah; Siblings: Gemariah Appears in 4 verses: 1Ch 6:13-14, 1Ch 9:11, Ezr 7:1

Azariah: Male The son of Oded, a remarkable prophet in the days of Asa (2Ch 15:1). He stirred up the king and the people to a great national reformation. Family — Father: Oded Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 15:1

Azariah: Male · Tribe of Judah · –846 BC Family — Father: Jehoshaphat; Siblings: Azariah, Jehiel, Jehoram, Michael, Shephatiah, Zechariah Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 21:2

Azariah: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Jehoshaphat; Siblings: Azariah, Jehiel, Jehoram, Michael, Shephatiah, Zechariah Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 21:2

Azariah: Male Family — Father: Jeroham Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 23:1

Azariah: Male Family — Father: Obed Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 23:1

Azariah: Male High priest in the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah (2Ki 14:21; 2Ch 26:17). He was contemporary with the prophets Isaiah, Amos, and Joel. Appears in 2 verses: 2Ch 26:17, 2Ch 26:20

Azariah: Male Family — Father: Johanan Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 28:12

Azariah: Male Family — Children: Joel Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 29:12

Azariah: Male Family — Father: Jehalelel Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 29:12

Azariah: Male Appears in 2 verses: 2Ch 31:10, 2Ch 31:13

Azariah: Male Family — Father: Maaseiah Appears in 2 verses: Neh 3:23-24

Azariah: Male Appears in 3 verses: Neh 7:7, Neh 10:2, Neh 12:33

Azariah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 8:7

Azariah: Male The original name of Abed-nego (Dan 1:6-7, Dan 1:11, Dan 1:16). He was of the royal family of Judah, and with his other two companions remarkable for his personal beauty and his intelligence as well as piety. Appears in 5 verses: Dan 1:6-7, Dan 1:11, Dan 1:19, Dan 2:17

Azariah: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Uriel; Children: Shaul Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 6:24, 1Ch 6:36

Azaz: Male Family — Father: Shema; Children: Bela Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 5:8

Azaziah: Male One of the Levitical harpers in the temple (1Ch 15:21). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 15:21

Azaziah: Male The father of Hoshea, who was made ruler over the Ephraimites (1Ch 27:20). Family — Children: Hoshea Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 27:20

Azaziah: Male One who had charge of the temple offerings (2Ch 31:13). Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 31:13

Azbuk: Male Family — Children: Nehemiah Appears in 1 verses: Neh 3:16

Azel: Male Noble, a descendant of king Saul (1Ch 8:37; 1Ch 9:43, 1Ch 9:44). Family — Father: Binea; Children: Azrikam, Ishmael, Sheariah, Hanan, Bocheru, Obadiah; Siblings: Eleasah, Rephaiah Appears in 4 verses: 1Ch 8:37-38, 1Ch 9:43-44

Azgad: Male Appears in 3 verses: Ezr 2:12, Ezr 8:12, Neh 7:17

Azgad: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:15

Aziza: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:27

Azmaveth: Male One of David’s thirty warriors (2Sa 23:31). Appears in 2 verses: 2Sa 23:31, 1Ch 11:33

Azmaveth: Male 1Ch 8:36 Family — Father: Jarah; Siblings: Alemeth, Zimri Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 8:36, 1Ch 9:42

Azmaveth: Male Family — Children: Jeziel, Pelet Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 12:3

Azmaveth: Male An overseer over the royal treasury in the time of David and Solomon (1Ch 27:25). Family — Father: Adiel Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 27:25

Azor: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus Family — Father: Eliakim; Children: Sadoc Appears in 2 verses: Mat 1:13-14

Azriel: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 5:24

Azriel: Male Family — Children: Jerimoth Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 27:19

Azriel: Male Family — Children: Seraiah Appears in 1 verses: Jer 36:26

Azrikam: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Neariah; Siblings: Elioenai, Hezekiah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 3:23

Azrikam: Male Family — Father: Azel; Siblings: Bocheru, Ishmael, Hanan, Obadiah, Sheariah Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 8:38, 1Ch 9:44

Azrikam: Male Family — Father: Hashabiah; Children: Hasshub Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 9:14, Neh 11:15

Azrikam: Male Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 28:7

Azubah: Female · Genealogy of Jesus The daughter of Shilhi, and mother of king Jehoshaphat (1Ki 22:42). Family — Father: Shilhi; Married: Asa; Children: Jehoshaphat Appears in 2 verses: 1Ki 22:42, 2Ch 20:31

Azubah: Female The wife of Caleb (1Ch 2:18, 1Ch 2:19). Family — Married: Caleb Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 2:18-19

Azur: Male The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer 28:1). Family — Children: Hananiah Appears in 1 verses: Jer 28:1

Azur: Male The father of Jaazaniah (Ezk 11:1). Family — Children: Jaazaniah Appears in 1 verses: Ezk 11:1

Azzan: Male Family — Children: Paltiel Appears in 1 verses: Num 34:26

Azzur: Male One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah on the return from Babylon (Neh 10:17). Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:17

Baal: Male The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Jdg 2:11; Jdg 10:10; 1Ki 18:18; Jer 2:23; Hos 2:17). Baal is identified with Molech (Jer 19:5). It was known to the Israelites as Baal-peor (Num 25:3; Deu 4:3), was worshipped till the time of Samuel (1Sa 7:4), and was afterwards the religion of the ten tribes in the time of Ahab (1Ki 16:31; 1Ki 18:19, 1Ki 18:22). It prevailed also for a time in the kingdom of Judah (2Ki 8:27; comp. 11:18; 16:3; 2Ch 28:2), till finally put an end to by the severe discipline of the Captivity (Zep 1:4). The priests of Baal were in great numbers (1Ki 18:19), and of various classes (2Ki 10:19). Their mode of offering sacrifices is described in 1Ki 18:25. The sun-god, under the general title of Baal, or “lord,” was the chief object of worship of the Canaanites. Each locality had its special Baal, and the various local Baals were summed up under the name of Baalim, or “lords.” Each Baal had a wife, who was a colourless reflection of himself. Appears in 52 verses: Num 22:41, Num 25:3, Num 25:5, Deu 4:3, Jdg 2:13, Jdg 6:25, Jdg 6:28, Jdg 6:30-32, 1Ki 16:31-32, 1Ki 18:19, 1Ki 18:21-22, 1Ki 18:25-26, 1Ki 18:40, 1Ki 19:18, 1Ki 22:53, 2Ki 3:2, 2Ki 10:18-23, 2Ki 10:25-28, 2Ki 11:18, 2Ki 17:16, 2Ki 21:3, 2Ki 23:4-5, 2Ch 23:17, Jer 2:8, Jer 7:9, Jer 11:13, Jer 11:17, Jer 12:16, Jer 19:5, Jer 23:13, Jer 23:27, Jer 32:29, Jer 32:35, Hos 2:8, Hos 9:10, Hos 13:1, Zep 1:4, Rom 11:4

Baal: Male Family — Father: Reaia; Children: Beerah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 5:5

Baal: Male A Benjamite, son of Jehiel, the progenitor of the Gibeonites (1Ch 8:30; 1Ch 9:36). Family — Father: Abiel; Mother: Maachah; Siblings: Abdon, Ahio, Gedor, Kish, Mikloth, Nadab, Ner, Zacher, Zur Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 8:30, 1Ch 9:36

Baalhanan: Male A king of Edom, son of Achbor (Gen 36:38-39; 1Ch 1:49, 1Ch 1:50). Family — Father: Achbor Appears in 4 verses: Gen 36:38-39, 1Ch 1:49-50

Baalhanan: Male An overseer of “the olive trees and sycomore trees in the low plains” (the Shephelah) under David (1Ch 27:28). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 27:28

Baal-zebub: Male Fly-lord, the god of the Philistines at Ekron (2Ki 1:2, 2Ki 1:3, 2Ki 1:16). This name was given to the god because he was supposed to be able to avert the plague of flies which in that region was to be feared. He was consulted by Ahaziah as to his recovery. Appears in 4 verses: 2Ki 1:2-3, 2Ki 1:6, 2Ki 1:16

Baalis: Male King of the Ammonites at the time of the Babylonian captivity (Jer 40:14). He hired Ishmael to slay Gedaliah who had been appointed governor over the cities of Judah. Appears in 1 verses: Jer 40:14

Baana: Male One of Solomon’s purveyors (1Ki 4:12). Family — Father: Ahilud; Siblings: Jehoshaphat Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:12

Baana: Male Father of Zadok (Neh 3:4). Family — Children: Zadok Appears in 1 verses: Neh 3:4

Baanah: Male One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul’s army. He and his brother Rechab assassinated Ishbosheth (2Sa 4:2), and were on this account slain by David, and their mutilated bodies suspended over the pool at Hebron (5, 6, 12). Family — Father: Rimmon; Siblings: Rechab Appears in 4 verses: 2Sa 4:2, 2Sa 4:5-6, 2Sa 4:9

Baanah: Male The father of Heled, who was one of David’s thirty heroes (2Sa 23:29; 1Ch 11:30). Family — Children: Heleb Appears in 2 verses: 2Sa 23:29, 1Ch 11:30

Baanah: Male Son of Hushai, another of Solomon’s purveyors (1Ki 4:16). Family — Father: Hushai Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:16

Baanah: Male Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:2, Neh 7:7

Baanah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:27

Baara: Female Family — Married: Shaharaim Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:8

Baaseiah: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Malchiah; Children: Michael Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 6:40

Baasha: Male Bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2Ch 16:1). He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of Tirzah he made the capital of his kingdom, and there he was buried, after an eventful reign of twenty-four years (1Ki 15:33). On account of his idolatries his family was exterminated, according to the word of the prophet Jehu (1Ki 16:3, 1Ki 16:4, 1Ki 16:10). Family — Father: Ahijah; Children: Elah Appears in 26 verses: 1Ki 15:16-17, 1Ki 15:19, 1Ki 15:21-22, 1Ki 15:27-28, 1Ki 15:32-33, 1Ki 16:1, 1Ki 16:3-8, 1Ki 16:11-13, 1Ki 21:22, 2Ki 9:9, 2Ch 16:1, 2Ch 16:3, 2Ch 16:5-6, Jer 41:9

Bakbakkar: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 9:15

Bakbuk: Male Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:51, Neh 7:53

Bakbukiah: Male Appears in 3 verses: Neh 11:17, Neh 12:9, Neh 12:25

Balaam: Male Lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank among the Midianites (Num 31:8; comp. 16). He resided at Pethor (Deu 23:4), in Mesopotamia (Num 23:7). It is evident that though dwelling among idolaters he had some knowledge of the true God; and was held in such reputation that it was supposed that he whom he blessed was blessed, and he whom he cursed was cursed. When the Israelites were encamped on the plains of Moab, on the east of Jordan, by Jericho, Balak sent for Balaam “from Aram, out of the mountains of the east,” to curse them; but by the remarkable interposition of God he was utterly unable to fulfil Balak’s wish, however desirous he was to do so. The apostle Peter refers (2 Pet. 2:15, 2Pe 2:16) to this as an historical event. In Mic 6:5 reference also is made to the relations between Balaam and Balak. Though Balaam could not curse Israel, yet he suggested a mode by which the divine displeasure might be caused to descend upon them (Num. 25). In a battle between Israel and the Midianites (q.v.) Balaam was slain while fighting on the side of Balak (Num 31:8). The “doctrine of Balaam” is spoken of in Rev 2:14, in allusion to the fact that it was through the teaching of Balaam that Balak learned the way by which the Israelites might be led into sin. Balaam was constrained to utter prophecies regarding the future of Israel of wonderful magnificence and beauty of expression (Num 24:5, Num 24:17). Family — Father: Beor Appears in 59 verses: Num 22:5, Num 22:7-10, Num 22:12-14, Num 22:16, Num 22:18, Num 22:20-21, Num 22:23, Num 22:25, Num 22:27-31, Num 22:34-41, Num 23:1-5, Num 23:11, Num 23:16, Num 23:25-30, Num 24:1-3, Num 24:10, Num 24:12, Num 24:15, Num 24:25, Num 31:8, Num 31:16, Deu 23:4-5, Jos 13:22, Jos 24:9-10, Neh 13:2, Mic 6:5, 2Pe 2:15, Jud 1:11, Rev 2:14

Baladan: Male He has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2Ki 20:12; Isa 39:1) Merodach-baladan (q.v.). Family — Children: Merodach-baladan Appears in 2 verses: 2Ki 20:12, Isa 39:1

Balak: Male Empty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num 22:2, Num 22:4). From fear of the Israelites, who were encamped near the confines of his territory, he applied to Balaam (q.v.) to curse them; but in vain (Jos 24:9). Family — Father: Zippor Appears in 41 verses: Num 22:2, Num 22:4, Num 22:7, Num 22:10, Num 22:13-16, Num 22:18, Num 22:35-41, Num 23:1-3, Num 23:5, Num 23:7, Num 23:11, Num 23:13, Num 23:15-18, Num 23:25-30, Num 24:10, Num 24:12-13, Num 24:25, Jos 24:9, Jdg 11:25, Mic 6:5, Rev 2:14

Bani: Male One of David’s thirty-seven warriors, a Gadite (2Sa 23:36). Appears in 1 verses: 2Sa 23:36

Bani: Male · Tribe of Levi 1Ch 6:46. Family — Father: Shamer; Children: Amzi Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 6:46

Bani: Male Family — Children: Imri Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 9:4

Bani: Male Appears in 3 verses: Ezr 2:10, Ezr 10:29, Neh 7:15

Bani: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:34

Bani: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:38

Bani: Male Family — Children: Rehum Appears in 1 verses: Neh 3:17

Bani: Male Appears in 3 verses: Neh 8:7, Neh 9:5, Neh 10:13

Bani: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 9:4

Bani: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:14

Bani: Male Family — Father: Hashabiah; Children: Uzzi Appears in 1 verses: Neh 11:22

Barabbas: Male I.e., son of Abba or of a father, a notorious robber whom Pilate proposed to condemn to death instead of Jesus, whom he wished to release, in accordance with the Roman custom (Jhn 18:40; Mrk 15:7; Luk 23:19). But the Jews were so bent on the death of Jesus that they demanded that Barabbas should be pardoned (Mat 27:16; Act 3:14). This Pilate did. Appears in 10 verses: Mat 27:16-17, Mat 27:20-21, Mat 27:26, Mrk 15:7, Mrk 15:11, Mrk 15:15, Luk 23:18, Jhn 18:40

Barachel: Male Whom God has blessed, a Buzite, the father of Elihu, one of Job’s friends (Job 32:2, Job 32:6). Family — Children: Elihu Appears in 2 verses: Job 32:2, Job 32:6

Barak: Male Lightning, the son of Abinoam (Jdg 4:6). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin. She accompanied him into the battle, and gave the signal for the little army to make the attack; in which the host of Jabin was completely routed. The battle was fought (Jdg 4:16) in the plain of Jezreel (q.v.). This deliverance of Israel is commemorated in Judg. 5. Barak’s faith is commended (Heb 11:32). “The character of Barak, though pious, does not seem to have been heroic. Like Gideon, and in a sense Samson, he is an illustration of the words in Heb 11:34, ’Out of weakness were made strong.’” Family — Father: Abinoam Appears in 13 verses: Jdg 4:6, Jdg 4:8-10, Jdg 4:12, Jdg 4:14-16, Jdg 4:22, Jdg 5:1, Jdg 5:12, Jdg 5:15, Heb 11:32

Bariah: Male · Tribe of Judah Fugitive, one of Shemaiah’s five sons. Their father is counted along with them in 1Ch 3:22. Family — Father: Shemaiah; Siblings: Igeal, Hattush, Neariah, Shaphat Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 3:22

Barkos: Male Painter, (Ezr 2:53; Neh 7:55). The father of some of the Nethinim. Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:53, Neh 7:55

Barnabas: Male Son of consolation, the surname of Joses, a Levite (Act 4:36). His name stands first on the list of prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch (13:1). Luke speaks of him as a “good man” (11:24). He was born of Jewish parents of the tribe of Levi. He was a native of Cyprus, where he had a possession of land (Act 4:36-37), which he sold. His personal appearance is supposed to have been dignified and commanding (Act 14:11-12). When Paul returned to Jerusalem after his conversion, Barnabas took him and introduced him to the apostles (9:27). They had probably been companions as students in the school of Gamaliel. The prosperity of the church at Antioch led the apostles and brethren at Jerusalem to send Barnabas thither to superintend the movement. He found the work so extensive and weighty that he went to Tarsus in search of Saul to assist him. Saul returned with him to Antioch and laboured with him for a whole year (Act 11:25-26). The two were at the end of this period sent up to Jerusalem with the contributions the church at Antioch had made for the poorer brethren there (11:28-30). Shortly after they returned, bringing John Mark with them, they were appointed as missionaries to the heathen world, and in this capacity visited Cyprus and some of the principal cities of Asia Minor (Act 13:14). Returning from this first missionary journey to Antioch, they were again sent up to Jerusalem to consult with the church there regarding the relation of Gentiles to the church (Act 15:2: Gal 2:1). This matter having been settled, they returned again to Antioch, bringing the decree of the council as the rule by which Gentiles were to be admitted into the church. When about to set forth on a second missionary journey, a dispute arose between Saul and Barnabas as to the propriety of taking John Mark with them again. The dispute ended by Saul and Barnabas taking separate routes. Saul took Silas as his companion, and journeyed through Syria and Cilicia; while Barnabas took his nephew John Mark, and visited Cyprus (Act 15:36). Barnabas is not again mentioned by Luke in the Acts. Family — Siblings: Mary (Mother of John Mark) Appears in 29 verses: Act 4:36, Act 9:27, Act 11:22, Act 11:25, Act 11:30, Act 12:25, Act 13:1-2, Act 13:7, Act 13:43, Act 13:46, Act 13:50, Act 14:12-14, Act 14:20, Act 15:2, Act 15:12, Act 15:22, Act 15:25, Act 15:35-37, Act 15:39, 1Co 9:6, Gal 2:1, Gal 2:9, Gal 2:13, Col 4:10

Barsabas Justus: Male Surnamed Barsabas (Act 1:23); also called Justus. He was one of those who “companied with the apostles all the time that the Lord Jesus went out and in among them” (Act 1:21), and was one of the candidates for the place of Judas. Appears in 1 verses: Act 1:23

Bartholomew: Male · Apostles,Apostles (Post-Ascension),Apostles (The Eleven) Son of Tolmai, one of the twelve apostles (Mat 10:3; Act 1:13); generally supposed to have been the same as Nathanael. In the synoptic gospels Philip and Bartholomew are always mentioned together, while Nathanael is never mentioned; in the fourth gospel, on the other hand, Philip and Nathanael are similarly mentioned together, but nothing is said of Bartholomew. He was one of the disciples to whom our Lord appeared at the Sea of Tiberias after his resurrection (Jhn 21:2). He was also a witness of the Ascension (Act 1:4, Act 1:12-13). He was an “Israelite indeed” (Jhn 1:47). Appears in 4 verses: Mat 10:3, Mrk 3:18, Luk 6:14, Act 1:13

Bartimaeus: Male Son of Timaeus, one of the two blind beggars of Jericho (Mrk 10:46; Mat 20:30). His blindness was miraculously cured on the ground of his faith. Family — Father: Timaeus Appears in 1 verses: Mrk 10:46

Baruch: Male Family — Father: Zabbai Appears in 1 verses: Neh 3:20

Baruch: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:6

Baruch: Male Family — Father: Col-hozeh; Children: Maaseiah Appears in 1 verses: Neh 11:5

Baruch: Male The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him Jeremiah dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of the Babylonians and the Captivity. These he read to the people from a window in the temple in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah (Jer. 36). He afterwards read them before the counsellors of the king at a private interview; and then to the king himself, who, after hearing a part of the roll, cut it with a penknife, and threw it into the fire of his winter parlour, where he was sitting. During the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, he was the keeper of the deed of purchase Jeremiah had made of the territory of Hanameel (Jer 32:12). Being accused by his enemies of favouring the Chaldeans, he was cast, with Jeremiah, into prison, where he remained till the capture of Jerusalem (B.C. 586). He probably died in Babylon. Family — Father: Neriah; Siblings: Seraiah Appears in 21 verses: Jer 32:12-13, Jer 32:16, Jer 36:4-5, Jer 36:8, Jer 36:10, Jer 36:13-19, Jer 36:26-27, Jer 36:32, Jer 43:3, Jer 43:6, Jer 45:1-2

Barzillai: Male A Gileadite of Rogelim who was distinguished for his loyalty to David. He liberally provided for the king’s followers (2Sa 17:27). David on his death-bed, remembering his kindness, commended Barzillai’s children to the care of Solomon (1Ki 2:7). Appears in 7 verses: 2Sa 17:27, 2Sa 19:31-34, 2Sa 19:39, 1Ki 2:7

Barzillai: Male A Meholathite, the father of Adriel (2Sa 21:8). Family — Children: Adriel Appears in 1 verses: 2Sa 21:8

Barzillai: Male A priest who married a daughter of the preceding (Ezr 2:61). Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:61, Neh 7:63

Bashemath: Female The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau’s three wives (Gen 36:3-4, Gen 36:13), from whose son Reuel four tribes of the Edomites sprung. She is also called Mahalath (Gen 28:9). It is noticeable that Esau’s three wives receive different names in the genealogical table of the Edomites (Gen. 36) from those given to them in the history (Gen 26:34; Gen 28:9). Family — Father: Ishmael (Son of Hagar); Married: Esau (Edom); Children: Reuel; Siblings: Adbeel, Jetur, Dumah, Hadar, Kedar, Kedemah, Massa, Mibsam, Mishma, Naphish, Nebajoth, Tema Appears in 6 verses: Gen 28:9, Gen 36:3-4, Gen 36:10, Gen 36:13, Gen 36:17

Basmath: Female · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Solomon; Married: Ahimaaz; Siblings: Rehoboam, Taphath Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:15

Bathsheba: Female · Genealogy of Jesus Daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu’a (1Ch 3:5), was the daughter of Eliam (2Sa 11:3) or Ammiel (1Ch 3:5), and wife of Uriah the Hittite. David committed adultery with her (2Sa 11:4, 2Sa 11:5; Psa 51:1). The child born in adultery died (2Sa 12:15). After her husband was slain (11:15) she was married to David (11:27), and became the mother of Solomon (12:24; 1Ki 1:11; 1Ki 2:13). She took a prominent part in securing the succession of Solomon to the throne (1Ki 1:11, 1Ki 1:16). Family — Father: Eliam; Married: David, Uriah; Children: Nathan, Shobab, Solomon, Shammua Appears in 11 verses: 2Sa 11:3, 2Sa 12:24, 1Ki 1:11, 1Ki 1:15-16, 1Ki 1:28, 1Ki 1:31, 1Ki 2:13, 1Ki 2:18-19, 1Ch 3:5

Bavai: Male Family — Father: Henadad Appears in 1 verses: Neh 3:18

Bazluth: Male Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:52, Neh 7:54

Bealiah: Male Whose Lord is Jehovah, a Benjamite, one of David’s thirty heroes of the sling and bow (1Ch 12:5). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 12:5

Bebai: Male Appears in 3 verses: Ezr 2:11, Ezr 10:28, Neh 7:16

Bebai: Male Family — Children: Zechariah Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 8:11

Bebai: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:15

Becher: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Family — Father: Benjamin (patriarch); Children: Joash, Alameth, Anathoth, Zemira, Jerimoth, Eliezer, Abiah, Elioenai, Omri; Siblings: Ahiram, Ard, Ashbel, Bela, Jediael, Ehi, Gera, Huram, Shupham, Nohah, Rapha Appears in 3 verses: Gen 46:21, 1Ch 7:6, 1Ch 7:8

Becher: Male · Tribe of Joseph Family — Father: Ephraim; Siblings: Beriah, Elead, Ezer, Shuthelah, Tahan Appears in 1 verses: Num 26:35

Bechorath: Male Family — Father: Aphiah; Children: Zeror Appears in 1 verses: 1Sa 9:1

Bedad: Male Family — Children: Hadad Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:35, 1Ch 1:46

Bedan: Male One of the judges of Israel (1Sa 12:11). It is uncertain who he was. Some suppose that Barak is meant, others Samson, but most probably this is a contracted form of Abdon (Jdg 12:13). Appears in 1 verses: 1Sa 12:11

Bedan: Male · Tribe of Joseph Family — Father: Ulam Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:17

Bedeiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:35

Beera: Male · Tribe of Asher Family — Father: Zophah; Siblings: Beri, Bezer, Imrah, Jether, Harnepher, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ulla, Suah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:37

Beerah: Male Family — Father: Baal Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 5:6

Beeri: Male The father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau (Gen 26:34), the same as Adah (Gen 36:2). Family — Married: Anah; Children: Aholibamah Appears in 1 verses: Gen 26:34

Beeri: Male Family — Children: Hosea Appears in 1 verses: Hos 1:1

Bela: Male The son of Beor, and a king of Edom (Gen 36:32-33; 1Ch 1:43). Family — Father: Beor Appears in 4 verses: Gen 36:32-33, 1Ch 1:43-44

Bela: Male A son of Azaz (1Ch 5:8). Family — Father: Azaz Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 5:8

Bela: Male · Tribe of Benjamin The eldest son of Benjamin (Num 26:38; “Belah,” Gen 46:21). Family — Father: Benjamin (patriarch); Children: Ard, Abishua, Uzzi, Jerimoth, Addar, Ezbon, Ahoah, Gera, Iri, Uzziel, Abihud, Naaman; Siblings: Ahiram, Ard, Ashbel, Becher, Jediael, Ehi, Gera, Huram, Shupham, Nohah, Rapha Appears in 7 verses: Gen 46:21, Num 26:38, Num 26:40, 1Ch 7:6-7, 1Ch 8:1, 1Ch 8:3

Belshazzar: Male Bel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon (Dan 5:1). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar and the widow of Nergal-sharezer. When still young he made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and when heated with wine sent for the sacred vessels his “father” (Dan 5:2), or grandfather, Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from the temple in Jerusalem, and he and his princes drank out of them. In the midst of their mad revelry a hand was seen by the king tracing on the wall the announcement of God’s judgment, which that night fell upon him. At the instance of the queen (i.e., his mother) Daniel was brought in, and he interpreted the writing. That night the kingdom of the Chaldeans came to an end, and the king was slain (Dan 5:30). The absence of the name of Belshazzar on the monuments was long regarded as an argument against the genuineness of the Book of Daniel. In 1854 Sir Henry Rawlinson found an inscription of Nabonidus which referred to his eldest son. Quite recently, however, the side of a ravine undermined by heavy rains fell at Hillah, a suburb of Babylon. A number of huge, coarse earthenware vases were laid bare. These were filled with tablets, the receipts and contracts of a firm of Babylonian bankers, which showed that Belshazzar had a household, with secretaries and stewards. One was dated in the third year of the king Marduk-sar-uzur. As Marduk-sar-uzar was another name for Baal, this Marduk-sar-uzur was found to be the Belshazzar of Scripture. In one of these contract tablets, dated in the July after the defeat of the army of Nabonidus, we find him paying tithes for his sister to the temple of the sun-god at Sippara. Family — Father: Nebuchadnezzar Appears in 8 verses: Dan 5:1-2, Dan 5:9, Dan 5:22, Dan 5:29-30, Dan 7:1, Dan 8:1

Ben: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 15:18

Ben-ammi: Male Son of my kindred; i.e., “born of incest”, the son of Lot by his youngest daughter (Gen 19:38). Family — Father: Lot; Mother: Daughter of Lot - Younger Appears in 2 verses: Gen 19:38, Psa 83:7

Ben-hadad: Male The king of Syria whom Asa, king of Judah, employed to invade Israel (1Ki 15:18). Family — Father: Tabrimon Appears in 18 verses: 1Ki 15:18, 1Ki 15:20, 1Ki 20:1-2, 1Ki 20:5, 1Ki 20:9-10, 1Ki 20:16-17, 1Ki 20:20, 1Ki 20:26, 1Ki 20:30, 1Ki 20:32-34, 2Ch 16:2, 2Ch 16:4, Jer 49:27

Ben-hadad: Male Son of the preceding, also king of Syria. He was long engaged in war against Israel. He was murdered probably by Hazael, by whom he was succeeded (2Ki 8:7), after a reign of some thirty years. Appears in 3 verses: 2Ki 6:24, 2Ki 8:7, 2Ki 8:9

Ben-hadad: Male King of Damascus, and successor of his father Hazael on the throne of Syria (2Ki 13:3, 2Ki 13:4). His misfortunes in war are noticed by Amos (1:4). Family — Father: Hazael Appears in 4 verses: 2Ki 13:3, 2Ki 13:24-25, Amo 1:4

Ben-hanan: Male Family — Father: Shimon; Siblings: Amnon, Rinnah, Tilon Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:20

Ben-zoheth: Male Family — Father: Ishi; Siblings: Zoheth Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:20

Benaiah: Male The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1Ch 27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites (2Sa 8:18; 1Ki 1:32; 1Ch 18:17). His exploits are enumerated in 2Sa 23:20, 2Sa 23:21, 2Sa 23:22; 1Ch 11:22. He remained faithful to Solomon (1Ki 1:8, 1Ki 1:10, 1Ki 1:26), by whom he was raised to the rank of commander-in-chief (1Ki 2:25, 1Ki 2:29, 1Ki 2:30, 1Ki 2:34, 1Ki 2:35; 1Ki 4:4). Family — Father: Jehoiada; Children: Ammizabad Appears in 23 verses: 2Sa 8:18, 2Sa 20:23, 2Sa 23:20, 2Sa 23:22, 1Ki 1:8, 1Ki 1:10, 1Ki 1:26, 1Ki 1:32, 1Ki 1:36, 1Ki 1:38, 1Ki 1:44, 1Ki 2:25, 1Ki 2:29-30, 1Ki 2:34-35, 1Ki 2:46, 1Ki 4:4, 1Ch 11:22, 1Ch 11:24, 1Ch 18:17, 1Ch 27:5-6

Benaiah: Male 2Sa 23:30; 1Ch 11:31. Appears in 3 verses: 2Sa 23:30, 1Ch 11:31, 1Ch 27:14

Benaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:36

Benaiah: Male A musical Levite (1Ch 15:18, 1Ch 15:20). Appears in 5 verses: 1Ch 15:18, 1Ch 15:20, 1Ch 15:24, 1Ch 16:5-6

Benaiah: Male Family — Children: Jehoiada Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 27:34

Benaiah: Male The son of Jeiel (2Ch 20:14). Family — Father: Jeiel; Children: Zechariah Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 20:14

Benaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 31:13

Benaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:25

Benaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:30

Benaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:35

Benaiah: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:43

Benaiah: Male Family — Children: Pelatiah Appears in 2 verses: Ezk 11:1, Ezk 11:13

Benhail: Male Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 17:7

Beninu: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:13

Benjamin: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Family — Father: Bilhan; Siblings: Ahishahar, Chenaanah, Ehud, Jeush, Tharshish, Zethan Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:10

Benjamin: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:32

Benjamin: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 3:23

Benjamin: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 12:34

Benjamin (patriarch): Male · Tribe of Benjamin · 1739 BC– The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mother died in giving him birth, and with her last breath named him Ben-oni, son of my pain, a name which was changed by his father into Benjamin. His posterity are called Benjamites (Gen 49:27; Deu 33:12; Jos 18:21). The tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus was the smallest but one (Num 1:36-37; Psa 68:27). During the march its place was along with Manasseh and Ephraim on the west of the tabernacle. At the entrance into Canaan it counted 45,600 warriors. It has been inferred by some from the words of Jacob (Gen 49:27) that the figure of a wolf was on the tribal standard. This tribe is mentioned in Rom 11:1; Php 3:5. The inheritance of this tribe lay immediately to the south of that of Ephraim, and was about 26 miles in length and 12 in breadth. Its eastern boundary was the Jordan. Dan intervened between it and the Philistines. Its chief towns are named in Jos 18:21. The history of the tribe contains a sad record of a desolating civil war in which they were engaged with the other eleven tribes. By it they were almost exterminated (Jdg 20:20-21; 21:10). The first king of the Jews was Saul, a Benjamite. A close alliance was formed between this tribe and that of Judah in the time of David (2Sa 19:16, 2Sa 19:17), which continued after his death (1Ki 11:13; 1Ki 12:20). After the Exile these two tribes formed the great body of the Jewish nation (Ezr 1:5; Ezr 10:9). The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its archers (1Sa 20:20, 1Sa 20:36; 2Sa 1:22; 1Ch 8:40; 1Ch 12:2) and slingers (Judge. 20:6). The gate of Benjamin, on the north side of Jerusalem (Jer 37:13; Jer 38:7; Zec 14:10), was so called because it led in the direction of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It is called by Jeremiah (20:2) “the high gate of Benjamin;” also “the gate of the children of the people” (17:19). (Comp. 2Ki 14:13.) Family — Father: Jacob (Israel); Mother: Rachel; Children: Bela, Shupham, Rapha, Ehi, Becher, Gera, Nohah, Jediael, Ard, Ashbel, Ahiram, Huram; Siblings: Joseph (son of Jacob) Appears in 157 verses: Gen 35:18, Gen 35:24, Gen 42:4, Gen 42:36, Gen 43:14-16, Gen 43:29, Gen 43:34, Gen 44:12, Gen 45:12, Gen 45:14, Gen 45:22, Gen 46:19, Gen 46:21, Gen 49:27, Exo 1:3, Num 1:11, Num 1:36-37, Num 2:22, Num 7:60, Num 10:24, Num 13:9, Num 26:38, Num 26:41, Num 34:21, Deu 27:12, Deu 33:12, Jos 18:11, Jos 18:20-21, Jos 18:28, Jos 21:4, Jos 21:17, Jdg 1:21, Jdg 5:14, Jdg 10:9, Jdg 19:14, Jdg 20:3-4, Jdg 20:10, Jdg 20:12-15, Jdg 20:17-18, Jdg 20:20-21, Jdg 20:23-25, Jdg 20:28, Jdg 20:30-32, Jdg 20:35-36, Jdg 20:39, Jdg 20:41, Jdg 20:44, Jdg 20:46, Jdg 20:48, Jdg 21:1, Jdg 21:6, Jdg 21:13-18, Jdg 21:20-21, Jdg 21:23, 1Sa 4:12, 1Sa 9:1, 1Sa 9:16, 1Sa 9:21, 1Sa 10:2, 1Sa 10:20-21, 1Sa 13:2, 1Sa 13:15-16, 1Sa 14:16, 2Sa 2:9, 2Sa 2:15, 2Sa 2:25, 2Sa 2:31, 2Sa 3:19, 2Sa 4:2, 2Sa 19:17, 2Sa 21:14, 2Sa 23:29, 1Ki 4:18, 1Ki 12:21, 1Ki 12:23, 1Ki 15:22, 1Ch 2:2, 1Ch 6:60, 1Ch 6:65, 1Ch 7:6, 1Ch 8:1, 1Ch 8:40, 1Ch 9:3, 1Ch 9:7, 1Ch 11:31, 1Ch 12:2, 1Ch 12:16, 1Ch 12:29, 1Ch 21:6, 1Ch 27:21, 2Ch 11:1, 2Ch 11:3, 2Ch 11:10, 2Ch 11:12, 2Ch 11:23, 2Ch 14:8, 2Ch 15:2, 2Ch 15:8-9, 2Ch 17:17, 2Ch 25:5, 2Ch 31:1, 2Ch 34:9, 2Ch 34:32, Ezr 1:5, Ezr 4:1, Ezr 10:9, Neh 11:4, Neh 11:7, Neh 11:31, Neh 11:36, Psa 68:27, Psa 80:2, Jer 1:1, Jer 6:1, Jer 17:26, Jer 20:2, Jer 32:8, Jer 32:44, Jer 33:13, Jer 37:12-13 … +10 more

Beno: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Jaaziah; Siblings: Ibri, Shoham, Zaccur Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 24:26-27

Beor: Male The father of Bela, one of the kings of Edom (Gen 36:32). Family — Children: Bela Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:32, 1Ch 1:43

Beor: Male The father of Balaam (Num 22:5; Num 24:3, Num 24:15; Num 31:8). In 2 Pet. 2:15 he is called Bosor. Family — Children: Balaam Appears in 9 verses: Num 22:5, Num 24:3, Num 24:15, Num 31:8, Deu 23:4, Jos 13:22, Jos 24:9, Mic 6:5, 2Pe 2:15

Bera: Male Gift, or son of evil, king of Sodom at the time of the invasion of the four kings under Chedorlaomer (Gen 14:2, Gen 14:8, Gen 14:17, Gen 14:21). Appears in 1 verses: Gen 14:2

Berachah: Male One of the Benjamite warriors, Saul’s brethren, who joined David when at Ziklag (1Ch 12:3). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 12:3

Beraiah: Male Family — Father: Shimhi; Siblings: Adaiah, Jakim, Eliel, Elienai, Shimrath, Zabdi, Zichri, Zilthai Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 8:21

Berechiah: Male · Tribe of Levi Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1Ch 6:39; 1Ch 15:17). Family — Father: Shimea; Children: Asaph (Levite) Appears in 3 verses: 1Ch 6:39, 1Ch 15:17, 1Ch 15:23

Berechiah: Male · Tribe of Judah The fourth of the five sons of Zerubbabel, of the royal family of Judah (1Ch 3:20). Family — Father: Zerubbabel; Siblings: Abiud, Hananiah, Hasadiah, Hashubah, Jushab-hesed, Meshullam, Ohel, Shelomith Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 3:20

Berechiah: Male Family — Father: Asa Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 9:16

Berechiah: Male One of the seven Ephraimite chieftains, son of Meshillemoth (2Ch 28:12). Family — Father: Meshillemoth Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 28:12

Berechiah: Male Family — Father: Meshezabeel; Children: Meshullam Appears in 3 verses: Neh 3:4, Neh 3:30, Neh 6:18

Berechiah: Male Family — Father: Iddo; Children: Zechariah Appears in 2 verses: Zec 1:1, Zec 1:7

Bered: Male · Tribe of Joseph A son of Shuthelah, and grandson of Ephraim (1Ch 7:20). Family — Father: Shuthelah; Children: Tahath; Siblings: Eran Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:20

Beri: Male · Tribe of Asher Family — Father: Zophah; Siblings: Beera, Bezer, Imrah, Jether, Harnepher, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ulla, Suah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:36

Beriah: Male · Tribe of Asher One of Asher’s four sons, and father of Heber (Gen 46:17). Family — Father: Asher; Children: Malchiel, Heber; Siblings: Isuah, Isui, Imnah, Serah Appears in 5 verses: Gen 46:17, Num 26:44-45, 1Ch 7:30-31

Beriah: Male · Tribe of Joseph A son of Ephraim (1Ch 7:20), born after the slaughter of his brothers, and so called by his father “because it went evil with his house” at that time. Family — Father: Ephraim; Children: Sherah, Resheph, Rephah; Siblings: Becher, Elead, Ezer, Shuthelah, Tahan Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:23

Beriah: Male A Benjamite who with his brother Shema founded Ajalon and expelled the Gittites (1Ch 8:13). Family — Father: Elpaal; Children: Zebadiah, Joha, Ahio, Jeremoth, Ader, Shashak, Michael, Arad, Ispah; Siblings: Ishmerai, Eber (a Benjamite), Heber, Hezeki, Jezliah, Jobab, Meshullam, Misham, Shamed, Shema, Zebadiah Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 8:13, 1Ch 8:16

Beriah: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Shimei; Siblings: Jahath, Jeush, Zizah Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 23:10-11

Bernice: Female Bearer of victory, the eldest daughter of Agrippa I., the Herod Agrippa of Act 12:20. After the early death of her first husband she was married to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis. After his death (A.D. 40) she lived in incestuous connection with her brother Agrippa II. (Act 25:13, Act 25:23; 26:30). They joined the Romans at the outbreak of the final war between them and the Jews, and lived afterwards at Rome. Appears in 3 verses: Act 25:13, Act 25:23, Act 26:30

Besai: Male Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:49, Neh 7:52

Besodeiah: Male Family — Children: Meshullam Appears in 1 verses: Neh 3:6

Beth-rapha: Male Family — Father: Eshton; Siblings: Paseah, Tehinnah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:12

Bethuel: Male The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Gen 22:22-23; Gen 24:15, Gen 24:24, Gen 24:47). He appears in person only once (24:50). Family — Father: Nahor (brother of Abraham); Mother: Milcah (wife of Nahor); Children: Rebekah, Laban; Siblings: Buz, Chesed, Hazo, Huz, Jidlaph, Kemuel, Pildash Appears in 9 verses: Gen 22:22-23, Gen 24:15, Gen 24:24, Gen 24:47, Gen 24:50, Gen 25:20, Gen 28:2, Gen 28:5

Bezai: Male Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:17, Neh 7:23

Bezai: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:18

Bezaleel: Male · Tribe of Judah In the shadow of God; i.e., “under his protection”, the artificer who executed the work of art in connection with the tabernacle in the wilderness (Exo 31:2; Exo 35:30). He was engaged principally in works of metal, wood, and stone; while Aholiab, who was associated with him and subordinate to him, had the charge of the textile fabrics (36:1, 2; 38:22). He was of the tribe of Judah, the son of Uri, and grandson of Hur (31:2). Mention is made in Ezr 10:30 of another of the same name. Family — Father: Uri Appears in 8 verses: Exo 31:2, Exo 35:30, Exo 36:1-2, Exo 37:1, Exo 38:22, 1Ch 2:20, 2Ch 1:5

Bezaleel: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:30

Bezer: Male · Tribe of Asher A descendant of Asher (1Ch 7:37). Family — Father: Zophah; Siblings: Beera, Beri, Imrah, Jether, Harnepher, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ulla, Suah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:37

Bichri: Male Family — Children: Sheba Appears in 8 verses: 2Sa 20:1-2, 2Sa 20:6-7, 2Sa 20:10, 2Sa 20:13, 2Sa 20:21-22

Bigtha: Male Garden, or gift of fortune, one of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains who had charge of the harem of Ahasuerus (Est 1:10). Appears in 1 verses: Est 1:10

Bigthana: Male One of the eunuchs who “kept the door” in the court of Ahasuerus. With Teresh he conspired against the king’s life. Mordecai detected the conspiracy, and the culprits were hanged (Est 2:21; Est 6:1). Appears in 2 verses: Est 2:21, Est 6:2

Bigvai: Male Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:2, Neh 7:7

Bigvai: Male Appears in 3 verses: Ezr 2:14, Ezr 8:14, Neh 7:19

Bigvai: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:16

Bildad: Male Son of contention, one of Job’s friends. He is called “the Shuhite,” probably as belonging to Shuah, a district in Arabia, in which Shuah, the sixth son of Abraham by Keturah, settled (Gen 25:2). He took part in each of the three controversies into which Job’s friends entered with him (Job 8:1; Job 18:1; Job 25:1), and delivered three speeches, very severe and stern in their tone, although less violent than those of Zophar, but more so than those of Eliphaz. Appears in 5 verses: Job 2:11, Job 8:1, Job 18:1, Job 25:1, Job 42:9

Bilgah: Male The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service (1Ch 24:14). Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 24:14

Bilgah: Male A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:5, Neh 12:18). Appears in 3 verses: Neh 10:8, Neh 12:5, Neh 12:18

Bilhah: Female Faltering; bashful, Rachel’s handmaid, whom she gave to Jacob (Gen 29:29). She was the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen 30:3). Reuben was cursed by his father for committing adultry with her (35:22; 49:4). He was deprived of the birth-right, which was given to the sons of Joseph. Family — Married: Jacob (Israel); Children: Naphtali, Dan Appears in 10 verses: Gen 29:29, Gen 30:3-5, Gen 30:7, Gen 35:22, Gen 35:25, Gen 37:2, Gen 46:25, 1Ch 7:13

Bilhan: Male Family — Father: Ezer; Siblings: Akan, Zavan Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:27, 1Ch 1:42

Bilhan: Male · Tribe of Benjamin Family — Father: Jediael; Children: Zethan, Benjamin, Ahishahar, Tharshish, Jeush, Ehud, Chenaanah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:10

Bilshan: Male Son of the tongue; i.e., “eloquent”, a man of some note who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2; Neh 7:7). Appears in 2 verses: Ezr 2:2, Neh 7:7

Bimhal: Male · Tribe of Asher Family — Father: Japhlet; Siblings: Ashvath, Pasach Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:33

Binea: Male Family — Father: Moza; Children: Azel, Rephaiah, Eleasah Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 8:37, 1Ch 9:43

Binnui: Male Family — Children: Noadiah Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 8:33

Binnui: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:30

Binnui: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:38

Binnui: Male Family — Father: Henadad Appears in 1 verses: Neh 3:24

Binnui: Male Appears in 2 verses: Neh 10:9, Neh 12:8

Birsha: Male Son of wickedness, a king of Gomorrah whom Abraham succoured in the invasion of Chedorlaomer (Gen 14:2). Appears in 1 verses: Gen 14:2

Birzavith: Female · Tribe of Asher Family — Father: Malchiel Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:31

Bishlam: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 4:7

Bithiah: Female Family — Father: Pharaoh; Married: Mered; Children: Shammai, Miriam, Ishbah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:18

Biztha: Male Appears in 1 verses: Est 1:10

Blastus: Male Chamberlain to king Herod Agrippa I. (Act 12:20). Such persons generally had great influence with their masters. Appears in 1 verses: Act 12:20

Boaz: Male · Tribe of Judah,Genealogy of Jesus The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the “levirate law” the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Rut 4:1). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband. Family — Father: Salmon; Mother: Rachab; Married: Ruth; Children: Obed Appears in 24 verses: Rut 2:1, Rut 2:3-5, Rut 2:8, Rut 2:11, Rut 2:14-15, Rut 2:19, Rut 2:23, Rut 3:2, Rut 3:7, Rut 4:1, Rut 4:5, Rut 4:8-9, Rut 4:13, Rut 4:21, 1Ki 7:21, 1Ch 2:11-12, 2Ch 3:17, Mat 1:5, Luk 3:32

Bocheru: Male Family — Father: Azel; Siblings: Azrikam, Ishmael, Hanan, Obadiah, Sheariah Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 8:38, 1Ch 9:44

Bohan: Male Appears in 2 verses: Jos 15:6, Jos 18:17

Bukki: Male Family — Father: Jogli Appears in 1 verses: Num 34:22

Bukki: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Abishua; Children: Uzzi Appears in 3 verses: 1Ch 6:5, 1Ch 6:51, Ezr 7:4

Bukkiah: Male · Tribe of Levi Family — Father: Heman; Siblings: Jerimoth, Eliathah, Giddalti, Hanani, Hananiah, Hothir, Joshbekashah, Mahazioth, Mallothi, Mattaniah, Romamti-ezer, Shubael, Uzziel Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 25:4, 1Ch 25:13

Bunah: Male · Tribe of Judah Family — Father: Jerahmeel; Siblings: Ahijah, Onam, Oren, Ozem, Ram Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:25

Bunni: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 9:4

Bunni: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 10:15

Bunni: Male Family — Children: Hashabiah Appears in 1 verses: Neh 11:15

Buz: Male The second son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of Huz (Gen 22:21). Elihu was one of his descendants (Job 32:2). Family — Father: Nahor (brother of Abraham); Mother: Milcah (wife of Nahor); Siblings: Bethuel, Chesed, Hazo, Huz, Jidlaph, Kemuel, Pildash Appears in 1 verses: Gen 22:21

Buz: Male One of the chiefs of the tribe of Gad (1Ch 5:14). Family — Children: Jahdo Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 5:14

Buzi: Male Family — Children: Ezekiel Appears in 1 verses: Ezk 1:3

Caiaphas: Male The Jewish high priest (A.D. 27-36) at the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry, in the reign of Tiberius (Luk 3:2), and also at the time of his condemnation and crucifixion (Mat 26:3, Mat 26:57; Jhn 11:49; Jhn 18:13-14). He held this office during the whole of Pilate’s administration. His wife was the daughter of Annas, who had formerly been high priest, and was probably the vicar or deputy (Heb. sagan) of Caiaphas. He was of the sect of the Sadducees (Act 5:17), and was a member of the council when he gave his opinion that Jesus should be put to death “for the people, and that the whole nation perish not” (Jhn 11:50). In these words he unconsciously uttered a prophecy. “Like Saul, he was a prophet in spite of himself.” Caiaphas had no power to inflict the punishment of death, and therefore Jesus was sent to Pilate, the Roman governor, that he might duly pronounce the sentence against him (Mat 27:2; Jhn 18:28). At a later period his hostility to the gospel is still manifest (Act 4:6). Appears in 9 verses: Mat 26:3, Mat 26:57, Luk 3:2, Jhn 11:49, Jhn 18:13-14, Jhn 18:24, Jhn 18:28, Act 4:6

Cain: Male · 4003 BC– The first-born son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4). He became a tiller of the ground, as his brother Abel followed the pursuits of pastoral life. He was “a sullen, self-willed, haughty, vindictive man; wanting the religious element in his character, and defiant even in his attitude towards God.” It came to pass “in process of time” (marg. “at the end of days”), i.e., probably on the Sabbath, that the two brothers presented their offerings to the Lord. Abel’s offering was of the “firstlings of his flock and of the fat,” while Cain’s was “of the fruit of the ground.” Abel’s sacrifice was “more excellent” (Heb 11:4) than Cain’s, and was accepted by God. On this account Cain was “very wroth,” and cherished feelings of murderous hatred against his brother, and was at length guilty of the desperate outrage of putting him to death (1Jn 3:12). For this crime he was expelled from Eden, and henceforth led the life of an exile, bearing upon him some mark which God had set upon him in answer to his own cry for mercy, so that thereby he might be protected from the wrath of his fellow-men; or it may be that God only gave him some sign to assure him that he would not be slain (Gen 4:15). Doomed to be a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth, he went forth into the “land of Nod”, i.e., the land of “exile”, which is said to have been in the “east of Eden,” and there he built a city, the first we read of, and called it after his son’s name, Enoch. His descendants are enumerated to the sixth generation. They gradually degenerated in their moral and spiritual condition till they became wholly corrupt before God. This corruption prevailed, and at length the Deluge was sent by God to prevent the final triumph of evil. Family — Father: Adam; Mother: Eve; Children: Enoch (son of Cain); Siblings: Abel, Seth Appears in 16 verses: Gen 4:1-3, Gen 4:5-6, Gen 4:8-9, Gen 4:13, Gen 4:15-17, Gen 4:24-25, Heb 11:4, 1Jn 3:12, Jud 1:11

Cainan (antediluvian patriarch): Male · Genealogy of Jesus · 3679 BC–2769 BC The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen 5:9), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1Ch 1:2). Family — Father: Enos; Children: Mahalaleel (line of Seth) Appears in 7 verses: Gen 5:9-10, Gen 5:12-14, 1Ch 1:2, Luk 3:37

Cainan (son of Arphaxad): Male · Genealogy of Jesus The son of Arphaxad (Luk 3:36). He is nowhere named in the Old Testament. He is usually called the “second Cainan.” Family — Father: Arphaxad; Children: Salah Appears in 1 verses: Luk 3:36

Calcol: Male · Tribe of Judah (1Ch 2:6), sustenance, the same probably as Chalcol (1Ki 4:31), one of the four sages whom Solomon excelled in wisdom; for “he was wiser than all men.” Family — Father: Zerah; Siblings: Dara, Ethan, Heman, Zabdi Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 2:6

Caleb: Male · 1529 BC– The son of Jephunneh (Num 13:6; Num 32:12; Jos 14:6, Jos 14:14). He was one of those whom Moses sent to search the land in the second year after the Exodus. He was one of the family chiefs of the tribe of Judah. He and Joshua the son of Nun were the only two of the whole number who encouraged the people to go up and possess the land, and they alone were spared when a plague broke out in which the other ten spies perished (Num. 13; 14). All the people that had been numbered, from twenty years old and upward, perished in the wilderness except these two. The last notice we have of Caleb is when (being then eighty-five years of age) he came to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, after the people had gained possession of the land, and reminded him of the promise Moses had made to him, by virtue of which he claimed a certain portion of the land of Kirjath-arba as his inheritance (Jos 14:6; Jos 15:13; Jos 21:10; 1Sa 25:2, 1Sa 25:3; 1Sa 30:14). He is called a “Kenezite” in Jos 14:6, Jos 14:14. This may simply mean “son of Kenez” (Num 32:12). Some, however, read “Jephunneh, the son of Kenez,” who was a descendant of Hezron, the son of Pharez, a grandson of Judah (1Ch 2:5). This Caleb may possibly be identical with (2). Family — Father: Jephunneh; Children: Naam, Iru, Elah, Achsah; Siblings: Kenaz Appears in 30 verses: Num 13:6, Num 13:30, Num 14:6, Num 14:24, Num 14:30, Num 14:38, Num 26:65, Num 32:12, Num 34:19, Deu 1:36, Jos 14:6, Jos 14:13-14, Jos 15:13-14, Jos 15:16-18, Jos 21:12, Jdg 1:12-15, Jdg 1:20, Jdg 3:9, 1Sa 25:3, 1Ch 2:46, 1Ch 2:48, 1Ch 4:15, 1Ch 6:56

Caleb: Male · Tribe of Judah One of the three sons of Hezron of the tribe of Judah. He is also called Chelubai (1Ch 2:9). His descendants are enumerated (18-20, 42-49). Family — Father: Hezron; Married: Azubah, Jerioth, Ephah, Ephratah, Maachah; Children: Sheva, Mesha, Achsa, Shaaph, Ardon, Haran (son of Caleb), Jahdai, Hur, Sheber, Moza, Gazez, Shobab, Tirhanah, Jesher; Siblings: Ashur, Jerahmeel, Ram, Segub Appears in 7 verses: 1Ch 2:9, 1Ch 2:18-19, 1Ch 2:42, 1Ch 2:49-50, 1Ch 4:1

Canaan: Male The fourth son of Ham (Gen 10:6). His descendants were under a curse in consequence of the transgression of his father (9:22-27). His eldest son, Zidon, was the father of the Sidonians and Phoenicians. He had eleven sons, who were the founders of as many tribes (10:15-18). Family — Father: Ham; Children: Hivite, Hamathite, Arkite, Girgasite, Amorite, Sinite, Heth, Zidon, Arvadite, Zemarite, Jebusite; Siblings: Cush (son of Ham), Mizraim, Phut Appears in 84 verses: Gen 9:18, Gen 9:22, Gen 9:25-27, Gen 10:6, Gen 10:15, Gen 11:31, Gen 16:3, Gen 17:8, Gen 23:2, Gen 23:19, Gen 28:1, Gen 28:6, Gen 28:8, Gen 31:18, Gen 33:18, Gen 35:6, Gen 36:2, Gen 36:5-6, Gen 37:1, Gen 42:5, Gen 42:7, Gen 42:13, Gen 42:29, Gen 42:32, Gen 44:8, Gen 45:17, Gen 45:25, Gen 46:6, Gen 46:12, Gen 46:31, Gen 47:1, Gen 47:4, Gen 47:13-15, Gen 48:3, Gen 48:7, Gen 49:30, Gen 50:5, Gen 50:13, Exo 6:4, Exo 15:15, Exo 16:35, Lev 14:34, Lev 18:3, Lev 25:38, Num 13:2, Num 13:17, Num 26:19, Num 32:30, Num 32:32, Num 33:40, Num 33:51, Num 34:2, Num 34:29, Num 35:10, Num 35:14, Deu 32:49, Jos 5:1, Jos 5:12, Jos 14:1, Jos 21:2, Jos 22:9-11, Jos 22:32, Jos 24:3, Jdg 3:1, Jdg 4:2, Jdg 4:23-24, Jdg 5:19, Jdg 21:12, 1Ch 1:8, 1Ch 1:13, 1Ch 16:18, Isa 19:18, Ezk 16:3, Ezk 16:29, Zep 2:5, Mat 15:22

Canaanitish woman: Female Family — Children: Shaul Appears in 2 verses: Gen 46:10, Exo 6:15

Candace: Female The queen of the Ethiopians whose “eunuch” or chamberlain was converted to Christianity by the instrumentality of Philip the evangelist (Act 8:27). The country which she ruled was called by the Greeks Meroe, in Upper Nubia. It was long the centre of commercial intercourse between Africa and the south of Asia, and hence became famous for its wealth (Isa 45:14). It is somewhat singular that female sovereignty seems to have prevailed in Ethiopia, the name Candace (compare “Pharaoh,” “Ptolemy,” “Caesar”) being a title common to several successive queens. It is probable that Judaism had taken root in Ethiopia at this time, and hence the visit of the queen’s treasurer to Jerusalem to keep the feast. There is a tradition that Candace was herself converted to Christianity by her treasurer on his return, and that he became the apostle of Christianity in that whole region, carrying it also into Abyssinia. It is said that he also preached the gospel in Arabia Felix and in Ceylon, where he suffered martyrdom. Appears in 1 verses: Act 8:27

Caphthorim: Male Family — Father: Mizraim; Siblings: Anamim, Casluhim, Lehabim, Ludim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim Appears in 2 verses: Gen 10:14, 1Ch 1:12

Carcas: Male Appears in 1 verses: Est 1:10

Carchemish: Male Appears in 1 verses: 2Ch 35:20

Carmi: Male · Tribe of Reuben The last named of the four sons of Reuben (Gen 46:9). Family — Father: Reuben; Siblings: Hanoch, Hezron, Pallu Appears in 4 verses: Gen 46:9, Exo 6:14, Num 26:6, 1Ch 5:3

Carmi: Male · Tribe of Judah The son of Zimri, and the father of Achan (Jos 7:1), “the troubler of Israel.” Family — Father: Zabdi; Children: Achan Appears in 3 verses: Jos 7:1, Jos 7:18, 1Ch 2:7

Carshena: Male Appears in 1 verses: Est 1:14

Casluhim: Male Fortified, a people descended from Mizraim (Gen 10:14; 1Ch 1:12). Their original seat was probably somewhere in Lower Egypt, along the sea-coast to the south border of Palestine. Family — Father: Mizraim; Siblings: Anamim, Caphthorim, Lehabim, Ludim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim Appears in 2 verses: Gen 10:14, 1Ch 1:12

Chalcol: Male Family — Father: Mahol; Siblings: Darda, Ethan, Heman Appears in 1 verses: 1Ki 4:31

Chedorlaomer: Male (= Khudur-Lagamar of the inscriptions), king of Elam. Many centuries before the age of Abraham, Canaan and even the Sinaitic peninsula had been conquered by Babylonian kings, and in the time of Abraham himself Babylonia was ruled by a dynasty which claimed sovereignity over Syria and Palestine. The kings of the dynasty bore names which were not Babylonian, but at once South Arabic and Hebrew. The most famous king of the dynasty was Khammu-rabi, who united Babylonia under one rule, and made Babylon its capital. When he ascended the throne, the country was under the suzerainty of the Elamites, and was divided into two kingdoms, that of Babylon (the Biblical Shinar) and that of Larsa (the Biblical Ellasar). The king of Larsa was Eri-Aku (“the servant of the moon-god”), the son of an Elamite prince, Kudur-Mabug, who is entitled “the father of the land of the Amorites.” A recently discovered tablet enumerates among the enemies of Khammu-rabi, Kudur-Lagamar (“the servant of the goddess Lagamar”) or Chedorlaomer, Eri-Aku or Arioch, and Tudkhula or Tidal. Khammu-rabi, whose name is also read Ammi-rapaltu or Amraphel by some scholars, succeeded in overcoming Eri-Aku and driving the Elamites out of Babylonia. Assur-bani-pal, the last of the Assyrian conquerors, mentions in two inscriptions that he took Susa 1635 years after Kedor-nakhunta, king of Elam, had conquered Babylonia. It was in the year B.C. 660 that Assur-bani-pal took Susa. Appears in 5 verses: Gen 14:1, Gen 14:4-5, Gen 14:9, Gen 14:17

Chelal: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:30

Chelluh: Male Appears in 1 verses: Ezr 10:35

Chelub: Male Family — Father: Rechah; Children: Mehir; Siblings: Shuah Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 4:11

Chelub: Male Family — Children: Ezri Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 27:26

Chemosh: Male The destroyer, subduer, or fish-god, the god of the Moabites (Num 21:29; Jer 48:7, Jer 48:13, Jer 48:46). The worship of this god, “the abomination of Moab,” was introduced at Jerusalem by Solomon (1Ki 11:7), but was abolished by Josiah (2Ki 23:13). On the “Moabite Stone” (q.v.), Mesha (2Ki 3:5) ascribes his victories over the king of Israel to this god, “And Chemosh drove him before my sight.” Appears in 8 verses: Num 21:29, Jdg 11:24, 1Ki 11:7, 1Ki 11:33, 2Ki 23:13, Jer 48:7, Jer 48:13, Jer 48:46

Chenaanah: Male The father of Zedekiah (1Ki 22:11, 1Ki 22:24). Family — Children: Zedekiah Appears in 4 verses: 1Ki 22:11, 1Ki 22:24, 2Ch 18:10, 2Ch 18:23

Chenaanah: Female · Tribe of Benjamin A Benjamite (1Ch 7:10). Family — Father: Bilhan; Siblings: Ahishahar, Benjamin, Ehud, Jeush, Tharshish, Zethan Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 7:10

Chenani: Male Appears in 1 verses: Neh 9:4

Chenaniah: Male Whom Jehovah hath made. “Chief of the Levites,” probably a Kohathite (1Ch 15:22), and therefore not the same as mentioned in 26:29. Appears in 2 verses: 1Ch 15:22, 1Ch 15:27

Chenaniah: Male Appears in 1 verses: 1Ch 26:29

Cheran: Male Family — Father: Dishon; Siblings: Ithran, Eshban, Hemdan Appears in 2 verses: Gen 36:26, 1Ch 1:41

Chesed: Male Gain, the son of Nahor (Gen 22:22). Family — Father: Nahor (brother of Abraham); Mother: Milcah (wife of Nahor); Siblings: Bethuel, Buz, Hazo, Huz, Jidlaph, Kemuel, Pildash Appears in 1 verses: Gen 22:22

Chilion: Male The pining one, the younger son of Elimelech and Naomi, and husband of Orpah, Ruth’s sister (Rut 1:2; Rut 4:9). Family — Father: Elimelech; Mother: Naomi; Married: Orpah; Siblings: Mahlon Appears in 3 verses: Rut 1:2, Rut 1:5, Rut 4:9

Chimham: Male Appears in 4 verses: 2Sa 19:37-38, 2Sa 19:40, Jer 41:17

Chislon: Male Family — Children: Elidad Appears in 1 verses: Num 34:21

Chloe: Female Verdure, a female Christian (1Co 1:11), some of whose household had informed Paul of the divided state of the Corinthian church. Nothing is known of her. Appears in 1 verses: 1Co 1:11

Chushan-rishathaim: Male Cush of double wickedness, or governor of two presidencies, the king of Mesopotamia who oppressed Israel in the generation immediately following Joshua (Jdg 3:8). We learn from the Tell-el-Amarna tablets that Palestine had been invaded by the forces of Aram-naharaim (A.V., “Mesopotamia”) more than once, long before the Exodus, and that at the time they were written the king of Aram-naharaim was still intriguing in Canaan. It is mentioned among the countries which took part in the attack upon Egypt in the reign of Rameses III. (of the Twentieth Dynasty), but as its king is not one of the princes stated to have been conquered by the Pharaoh, it would seem that he did not actually enter Egypt. As the reign of Rameses III. corresponds with the Israelitish occupation of Canaan, it is probable that the Egyptian monuments refer to the oppression of the Israelites by Chushan-rishathaim. Canaan was still regarded as a province of Egypt, so that, in attacking it Chushan-rishathaim would have been considered to be attacking Egypt. Appears in 2 verses: Jdg 3:8, Jdg 3:10

Chuza: Male Family — Married: Joanna Appears in 1 verses: Luk 8:3

Claudia: Female A female Christian mentioned in 2Ti 4:21. It is a conjecture having some probability that she was a British maiden, the daughter of king Cogidunus, who was an ally of Rome, and assumed the name of the emperor, his patron, Tiberius Claudius, and that she was the wife of Pudens. Appears in 1 verses: 2Ti 4:21

Claudius (4th Roman Emperor): Male The fourth Roman emperor. He succeeded Caligula (A.D. 41). Though in general he treated the Jews, especially those in Asia and Egypt, with great indulgence, yet about the middle of his reign (A.D. 49) he banished them all from Rome (Act 18:2). In this edict the Christians were included, as being, as was supposed, a sect of Jews. The Jews, however soon again returned to Rome. During the reign of this emperor, several persecutions of the Christians by the Jews took place in the dominions of Herod Agrippa, in one of which the apostle James was “killed” (12:2). He died A.D. 54. Appears in 2 verses: Act 11:28, Act 18:2

Claudius Lysias: Male Claudius Lysias, a Greek who, having obtained by purchase the privilege of Roman citizenship, took the name of Claudius (Act 21:31; Act 22:28; Act 23:26). Appears in 1 verses: Act 23:26