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An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names |
Aaron - "a teacher; lofty; mountain of strength"
Abaddon
- "the destroyer"
Abagtha
- "father of the wine-press"
Abana
- "made of stone; a building"
Abarim
- "passages; passengers"
Abba
- "father"
Abda
- "a servant; servitude"
Abdeel
- "a vapor; a cloud of God"
Abdi
- "my servant"
Abdiel
- "servant of God"
Abdon
- "servant; cloud of judgment"
Abednego
- "servant of light; shining"
Abel
- "vanity; breath; vapor"
Abel
- "a city; mourning"
Abel-beth-maachah - "mourning to the house of Maachah"
Abel-maim
- "mourning of waters"
Abel-meholah
- "mourning of sickness"
Abel-mizraim
- "the mourning of Egyptians"
Abel-shittim
- "mourning of thorns"
Abez
- "an egg; muddy"
Abi
- "my father"
Abiah
- "the Lord is my father"
Abi-albon
- "most intelligent father"
Abiasaph
- "consuming father; gathering"
Abiathar
- "excellent father; father of the remnant"
Abib
- "green fruit; ears of corn"
Abidah
- "father of knowledge"
Abidan
- "father of judgment"
Abiel
- "God my father"
Abiezer
- "father of help"
Abigail
- "the father's joy"
Abihail
- "the father of strength"
Abihu
- "he is my father"
Abihud
- "father of praise; confession"
Abijah
- "the Lord is my father"
Abijam
- "father of the sea"
Abilene
- "the father of mourning"
Abimael
- "a father sent from God"
Abimelech
- "father of the king"
Abinadab
- "father of a vow, or of willingness"
Abinoam
- "father of beauty"
Abiram
- "high father; father of deceit"
Abishag
- "ignorance of the father"
Abishai
- "the present of my father"
Abishalom
- "father of peace"
Abishua
- "father of salvation"
Abishur
- "father of the wall; father of uprightness"
Abital
- "the father of the dew; or of the shadow"
Abitub
- "father of goodness"
Abiud
- "father of praise"
Abner
- "father of light"
Abram
- "high father"
Abraham
- "father of a great multitude"
Absalom
- "father of peace"
Accad
- "a vessel; pitcher; spark"
Accho
- "close; pressed together"
Aceldama
- "field of blood"
Achab
- "brother of the father"
Achaia
- "grief; trouble"
Achaicus
- a native of Achaia; "sorrowing; sad"
Achan or Achar - "he that troubleth"
Achaz
- "one that takes, or possesses"
Achbor
- "a rat; bruising"
Achim
- "preparing; revenging; confirming"
Achish
- "thus it is; how is this"
Achmetha
- "brother of death"
Achor
- "trouble"
Achsah
- "adorned; bursting the veil"
Achshaph
- "poison; tricks"
Achzib
- "liar; lying; one that runs"
Adadah
- "testimony of the assembly"
Adah
- "an assembly"
Adaiah
- "the witness of the Lord"
Adaliah
- "one that draws water; poverty; cloud; death"
Adam
- "earthy; red"
Adamah
- "red earth; of blood"
Adami
- "my man; red; earthy; human"
Adar
- "high; eminent"
Adbeel
- "vapor, or cloud of God"
Addi
- "my witness; adorned; prey"
Addin
- "adorned; delicious; voluptuous"
Addon
- "basis; foundation; the Lord"
Adiel
- "the witness of the Lord"
Adin
- "voluptuous"
Adina
- "adorned; voluptuous; dainty"
Adithaim
- "assemblies; testimonies"
Adlai
- "my witness; my ornament"
Admah
- "earthy; red; bloody"
Admatha
- "a cloud of death; a mortal vapor"
Adna
- "pleasure; delight"
Adnah
- "eternal rest"
Adoni-bezek
- "the lightning of the Lord; the Lord of lightning"
Adonijah
- "the Lord is my master"
Adonikam
- "the Lord is raised"
Adoniram
- "my Lord is most high; Lord of might and elevation"
Adoni-zedek
- "justice of the Lord; lord of justice"
Adoraim
- "strength of the sea"
Adoram
- "their beauty; their power"
Adrammelech
- "the cloak, glory, grandeur or power of the king"
Adramyttium
- "the court of death"
Adriel
- "the flock of God"
Adullam
- "their testimony; their prey; their ornament"
Adummim
- "earthy; red; bloody things"
Aeneas
- "praised; praiseworthy"
Aenon
- "a cloud; fountain; his eye"
Agabus
- "a locust; the father's joy or feast"
Agag
- "roof; upper floor"
Agar or Hagar - "a stranger; one that fears"
Agee
- "a valley; deepness"
Agrippa
- "one who causes great pain at his birth"
Agur
- "stranger; gathered together"
Ahab
- "uncle, or father's brother"
Aharah
- "a smiling brother; a meadow of a sweet savor"
Aharhel
- "another host; the last sorrow; a brother's sheep"
Ahasbai
- "trusting in me; a grown-up brother"
Ahasuerus
- "prince; head; chief"
Ahava
- "essence; being; generation"
Ahaz
- "one that takes or possesses"
Ahaziah
- "seizure; vision of the Lord"
Ahi
- "my brother; my brethren"
Ahiah
- "brother of the Lord"
Ahiam
- "mother's brother; brother of a nation"
Ahian
- "brother of wine"
Ahiezer
- "brother of assistance"
Ahihud
- "brother of vanity, or of darkness, or of joy, or of
praise; witty brother"
Ahijah
- same with Ahiah
Ahikam - "a
brother who raises up or avenges"
Ahilud
- "a brother born, or begotten"
Ahimaaz
- "a brother of the council"
Ahiman
- "brother of the right hand"
Ahimelech
- "my brother is a king; my king's brother"
Ahimoth
- "brother of death"
Ahinadab
- "a willing brother; brother of a vow"
Ahinoam
- "beauty of the brother; brother of motion"
Ahio
- "his brother; his brethren"
Ahira
- "brother of iniquity; brother of the shepherd"
Ahiram
- "brother of craft, or of protection"
Ahisamach
- "brother of strength"
Ahishahur
- "brother of the morning or dew; brother of blackness"
Ahishar
- "brother of a prince; brother of a song"
Ahithophel
- "brother of ruin or folly"
Ahitub
- "brother of goodness"
Ahlab
- "made of milk, or of fat; brother of the heart"
Ahlai
- "beseeching; sorrowing; expecting"
Ahoah
- "a live brother; my thorn or thistle"
Aholah
- "his tabernacle; his tent"
Aholiab
- "the tent of the father"
Aholibah
- "my tent, or my tabernacle, in her"
Aholibamah
- "my tabernacle is exalted"
Ahumai
- "a meadow of waters; a brother of waters"
Ahuzam
- "their taking or possessing vision"
Ahuzzah
- "possession; seizing; collecting"
Ai or Hai - "mass; heap"
Aiah
- "vulture, raven; an isle; alas, where is it?"
Aiath same as
Ai
- "an hour; eye; fountain"
Aijeleth-Shahar - "the land of the morning"
Ain
- same as Aiath
Ajalon - "a
chain; strength; a stag"
Akkub
- "foot-print; supplanting; crookedness; lewdness"
Akrabbim
- "scorpions"
Alammelech
- "God is king"
Alemeth
- "hiding; youth; worlds; upon the dead"
Alexander
- "one who assists men"
Alian
- "high"
Alleluia
- "praise the Lord"
Allon
- "an oak; strong"
Allon-bachuth
- "the oak of weeping"
Almodad
- "measure of God"
Almon
- "hidden"
Almon-diblathaim - "hidden in a cluster of fig trees"
Alpheus
- "a thousand; learned; chief"
Alush
- "mingling together"
Alvah - "his
rising up; his highness"
Amad
- "people of witness; a prey"
Amal
- "labor; iniquity"
Amalek
- "a people that licks up"
Aman
- "mother; fear of them"
Amana
- "integrity; truth; a nurse"
Amariah
- "the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord"
Amasa
- "sparing the people"
Amasai
- "strong"
Amashai
- "the people's gift"
Amashi-ali
- same as Amaziah
Ami - "mother;
fear; people"
Amaziah
- "the strength of the Lord"
Aminadab
- same as Amminadab
Amittai - "true;
fearing"
Ammah
- "my, or his, people"
Ammi
- same as Ammah
Ammiel - "the
people of God"
Ammihud
- "people of praise"
Ammi-nadab
- "my people is liberal"
Ammishaddai
- "the people of the Almighty; the Almighty is with me"
Ammizabad
- "dowry of the people"
Ammon
- "a people; the son of my people"
Amnon
- "faithful and true; tutor"
Amok
- "a valley; a depth"
Amon
- "faithful; true"
Amorite
- "bitter; a rebel; a babbler"
Amos
- "loading; weighty"
Amoz
- "strong; robust"
Amplias
- "large; extensive"
Amram
- "an exalted people; their sheaves; handfuls of corn"
Amraphel
- "one that speaks of secrets"
Amzi
- "strong, mighty"
Anab
- "a grape; a knot"
Anah
- "one who answers; afflicted"
Anaharath
- "dryness, burning, wrath"
Anak
- "a collar; ornament"
Anamim
- "a fountain; answer; affliction"
Anammelech
- "answer; poverty of the king"
Anani
- "a cloud; prophecy; divination"
Ananias or Ananiah - "the cloud of the Lord"
Anathema
- "separated; set apart"
Anathoth or Anath - "answer; song; poverty"
Andrew
- "a strong man"
Andronicus
- "a man excelling others"
Anem or Anen - "an answer; their affliction"
Aner
- "answer; song; affliction"
Aniam
- "a people; the strength or sorrow of people"
Anim
- "answerings; singings; afflicted"
Anna
- "gracious; one who gives"
Annas
- "one who answers; humble"
Antichrist
- "an adversary to Christ"
Antioch
- "speedy as a chariot"
Antipas
- "for all, or against all"
Antipatris
- "for or against the father"
Antothijah
- "answers or songs of the Lord; afflictions"
Anub
- same as Anab
Apelles - "exclusion;
separation"
Apharsathchites Apharsites - "(from a root meaning) dividing
or rending"
Aphek
- "enclosure or fortress"
Aphekah
- "force; strength"
Aphik
- "strength; a rapid torrent"
Aphiah
- "speaking, blowing"
Apocalypse
- "uncovering, revelation"
Apocrypha
- "hidden"
Apollonia
- "perdition, destruction"
Apollonius
- "destroying"
Apollos
- "one who destroys; destroyer"
Apollyon
- "a destroyer"
Appaim
- "face; nostrils"
Apphia
- "productive; fruitful"
Aquila
- "an eagle"
Ar
- "awakening; uncovering"
Ara
- "cursing; seeing"
Arab
- "multiplying; sowing sedition; a window; a locust"
Arabia
- "evening; desert; ravens"
Arad
- "a wild ass; a dragon"
Arah
- "the way; a traveler"
Aram
- "highness, magnificence, one that deceives; curse"
Aran
- "an ark; their curse"
Ararat
- "the curse of trembling"
Araunah
- "ark; song; joyful cry"
Arba
- "four"
Archelaus
- "the prince of the people"
Archippus
- "a master of horses"
Arcturus
- "a gathering together"
Ard
- "one that commands; he that descends"
Ardon
- "ruling; a judgment of malediction"
Areli
- "the light or vision of God"
Areopagus
- "the hill of Mars"
Aretas
- "agreeable, virtuous"
Argob
- "a turf, or fat land"
Ariel
- "altar; light or lion of God"
Arimathea
- "a lion dead to the Lord"
Arioch
- "long; great; tall"
Aristarchus
- "the best prince"
Aristobulus
- "a good counselor"
Armageddon
- "hill of fruits; mountain of Megiddo"
Arnon
- "rejoicing; sunlight"
Aroer
- "heath; tamarisk"
Arpad
- "the light of redemption"
Arphaxad
- "a healer; a releaser"
Artaxerxes
- "the silence of light; fervent to spoil"
Artemas
- "whole, sound"
Arumah
- "high; exalted"
Asa
- "physician; cure"
Asahel
- "creature of God"
Asaiah
- "the Lord hath wrought"
Asaph
- "who gathers together"
Asareel
- "the beatitude of God"
Asenath
- "peril; misfortune"
Ashan
- "smoke"
Ashbel
- "an old fire"
Ashdod
- "effusion; inclination; theft"
Asher
- "happiness"
Ashima
- "crime; offense"
Ashkenaz
- "a fire that spreads"
Ashnah
- "change"
Ashriel
- same as Asareel
Ashtaroth - plural
of Ashtoreth
Ashtoreth - "flocks;
sheep; riches"
Ashur
- "who is happy; or walks; or looks"
Asia
- "muddy; boggy"
Asiel
- "the work of God"
Askelon
- "weight; balance; fire of infamy"
Asnapper
- "unhappiness; increase of danger"
Asriel
- "help of God"
Assir
- "prisoner; fettered"
Asshurim
- "liers in want; beholders"
Assos
- "approaching; coming near"
Assur
- same as Ashur
Assyria - "country
of Assur or Ashur"
Asuppim - "gatherings"
Asyncritus
- "incomparable"
Atad
- "a thorn"
Atarah
- "a crown"
Ataroth
- "crowns"
Ataroth-addar
- "crowns of power"
Ater
- "left hand; shut"
Athach
- "thy time"
Athaiah
- "the Lord's time"
Athaliah
- "the time of the Lord"
Athlai
- "my hour or time"
Attai
- same as Athlai
Attalia - "that
increases or sends"
Attalus
- "increased, nourished"
Augustus
- "increased, augmented"
Ava or Ivah - "iniquity"
Aven
- "iniquity; force; riches; sorrow"
Avim
- "wicked or perverse men"
Avith
- "wicked, perverse"
Azaliah
- "near the Lord"
Azaniah
- "hearing the Lord; the Lord's weapons"
Azareel
- "help of God"
Azariah
- "he that hears the Lord"
Azaz
- "strong one"
Azazel
- "the scape-goat"
Azaziah
- "strength of the Lord"
Azekah
- "strength of walls"
Azgad
- "a strong army; a gang of robbers"
Azmaveth
- "strong death; a he-goat"
Azmon
- "bone of a bone; our strength"
Aznoth-tabor
- "the ears of Tabor; the ears of purity or contrition"
Azor
- "a helper; a court"
Azotus
- the same as Ashdod
Azriel - same
as Asriel
Azrikam - "help,
revenging"
Azubah
- "forsaken"
Azur
- "he that assists or is assisted"
Azzan
- "their strength"
Azzur
- same as Azur
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Baal
- "master; lord"
Baalah
- "her idol; she that is governed or subdued; a spouse"
Baalath
- "a rejoicing; our proud lord"
Baalath-beer
- "subjected pit"
Baal-berith
- "idol of the covenant"
Baale
- same as Baalath
Baal-gad - "idol
of fortune or felicity"
Baal-hamon
- "who rules a crowd"
Baal-hermon
- "possessor of destruction or of a thing cursed"
Baali
- "my idol; lord over me"
Baalim
- "idols; masters; false gods"
Baalis
- "a rejoicing; a proud lord"
Baal-meon
- "idol or master of the house"
Baal-peor
- "master of the opening"
Baal-perazim
- "god of divisions"
Baal-shalisha
- "the god that presides over three; the third idol"
Baal-tamar
- "master of the palm-tree"
Baal-zebub
- "god of the fly"
Baal-zephon
- "the idol or possession of the north; hidden; secret"
Baanah
- "in the answer; in affliction"
Baara
- "a flame; purging"
Baaseiah
- "in making; in pressing together"
Baasha
- "he that seeks, or lays waste"
Babel
- "confusion; mixture"
Babylon
- same as Babel
Baca - "a
mulberry-tree"
Bahurim
- "choice; warlike; valiant"
Bajith
- "a house"
Balaam
- "the ancient of the people; the destruction of the people"
Baladan
- "one without judgment"
Balak
- "who lays waste or destroys"
Bamah
- "an eminence or high place"
Barabbas
- "son of shame, confusion"
Barachel
- "that bows before God"
Barachias
- same as Barachel
Barak - "thunder,
or in vain"
Barjesus
- "son of Jesus or Joshua"
Barjona
- "son of a Jona; of a dove"
Barnabas
- "son of the prophet, or of consolation"
Barsabas
- "son of return; son of rest"
Bartholomew
- "a son that suspends the waters"
Bartimeus
- "son of the honorable"
Baruch
- "who is blessed"
Barzillai
- "son of contempt; made of iron"
Bashan
- "in the tooth, in ivory"
Bashemath
- "perfumed; confusion of death; in desolation"
Bathsheba
- "the seventh daughter; the daughter of satiety"
Bathsuha
- same as Bathsheba
Bealiah - "the
god of an idol; in an assembly"
Bealoth
- "cast under"
Bebai
- "void, empty"
Becher
- "first begotten; first fruits"
Bechorath
- "first fruits"
Bedad
- "alone; solitary"
Bedaiah
- "the only Lord"
Bedeiah
- "the only Lord"
Bedan
- "according to judgment"
Beeliada
- "an open idol"
Beelzebub
- same as Baalzebub
Beer - "a
well"
Beera
- "a well; declaring"
Beerelim
- "the well of Elim, or of rains"
Beeri
- "my well"
Beer-lahai-roi - "the well of him that liveth and seeth
me"
Beeroth
- "wells; explaining"
Beersheba
- "the well of an oath; the seventh well"
Behemoth
- "beasts"
Bekah
- "half a shekel"
Belah
- "destroying"
Belial
- "wicked, worthless"
Belshazzar
- "master of the treasure"
Belteshazzar
- "who lays up treasures in secret"
Ben
- "a son"
Benaiah
- "son of the Lord"
Ben-ammi
- "son of my people"
Beneberak
- "sons of lightning"
Bene-jaakan
- "sons of sorrow"
Benhadad
- "son of Hadad, or noise"
Benhail
- "son of strength"
Benhanan
- "son of grace"
Benjamin
- "son of the right hand"
Benimi
- "our sons"
Beno
- "his son"
Benoni
- "son of my sorrow, or pain"
Benzoheth
- "son of separation"
Beon
- "in affliction"
Beor
- "burning; foolish; mad"
Bera
- "a well; declaring"
Berachah
- "blessing; bending the knee"
Berachiah
- "speaking well of the Lord"
Beraiah
- "the choosing of the Lord"
Berea
- "heavy; weighty"
Bered
- "hail"
Beri
- "my son; my corn"
Beriah
- "in fellowship; in envy"
Berith
- "covenant"
Bernice
- "one that brings victory"
Berodach-baladan - "the son of death"
Berothai
- "wells; a cypress"
Berothath
- "of a well"
Besai
- "a despising; dirty"
Besodeiah
- "counsel of the Lord"
Besor
- "glad news; incarnation"
Betah
- "confidence"
Beten
- "belly"
Bethabara
- "the house of confidence"
Bethanath
- "house of affliction"
Bethany
- "the house of song; the house of affliction"
Betharabah
- "house of sweet smell"
Beth-aram
- "house of height"
Beth-aven
- "the house of vanity; of iniquity of trouble"
Beth-azmaveth
- "house of death's strength"
Beth-baalmeon
- "an idol of the dwelling-place"
Beth-barah
- "the chosen house"
Beth-birei
- "the house of my Creator, the house of my health"
Beth-car
- "the house of the lamb"
Beth-dagon
- "the house of corn, or of fish"
Beth-diblathaim - "house of dry figs"
Beth-el
- "the house of God"
Bethemek
- "house of deepness"
Bether
- "division, or in the trial"
Bethesda
- "house of pity or mercy"
Beth-ezal
- "a neighbor's house"
Beth-gader
- "a house for a mouse"
Beth-gamul
- "house of recompense, or of the camel"
Beth-haccerem
- "house of the vineyard"
Beth-haran
- "house of grace"
Beth-horon
- "house of wrath"
Beth-lebaoth
- "house of lionesses"
Beth-lehem
- "house of bread"
Beth-marcaboth - "house of bitterness wiped out"
Beth-meon
- "house of the dwelling-place"
Beth-nimrah
- "house of rebellion"
Beth-palet
- "house of expulsion"
Beth-pazzez
- "house of dividing asunder"
Beth-peor
- "house of gaping, or opening"
Bethphage
- "house of my month, or of early figs"
Beth-phelet
- same as Beth-palet
Beth-rapha - "house
of health"
Bethsaida
- "house of fruits, or of food, or of snares"
Bethshan or Beth-shean
- "house of the tooth, or of ivory, or of sleep"
Beth-shemesh
- "house of the sun"
Bethuel
- "filiation of God"
Beth-zur
- "house of a rock"
Betonim
- "bellies"
Beulah
- "married"
Bezai
- "eggs"
Bezaleel
- "in the shadow of God"
Bezek
- "lightning; in the chains"
Bezer
- "vine branches"
Bichri
- "first-born; first fruits"
Bidkar
- "in compunction, or sharp pain"
Bigthan
- "in the press; giving meat"
Bigvai
- "in my body"
Bildad
- "old friendship"
Bileam
- "the ancient of the people; the devourer"
Bilgah
- "ancient countenance"
Bilhah or Bilhan - "who is old or confused"
Bilshan
- "in the tongue"
Binea
- "son of the Lord"
Binnui
- "building"
Birsha
- "an evil; a son who beholds"
Bishlam
- "in peace"
Bithiah
- "daughter of the Lord"
Bithron
- "divisions"
Bithynia
- "violent precipitation"
Bizjothjah
- "despite"
Blastus
- "that buds or brings forth"
Boanerges
- "son of thunder"
Boaz or Booz - "in strength"
Bocheru
- "the first born"
Bochim
- "the place of weeping; or of mulberry-trees"
Bohan
- "in them"
Boskath
- "in poverty"
Boson
- "taking away"
Bozez
- "mud; bog"
Bozrah
- "in tribulation or distress"
Bukki
- "void"
Bukkiah
- "the dissipation of the Lord"
Bul
- "old age; perishing"
Bunah
- "building; understanding"
Bunni
- "building me"
Buz
- "despised; plundered"
Buzi
- "my contempt"
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C
Cabbon
- "as though understanding"
Cabul
- "displeasing; dirty"
Caiphas
- "he that seeks with diligence; one that vomiteth"
Cain
- "possession, or possessed"
Cainan
- "possessor; purchaser"
Calah
- "favorable; opportunity"
Calcol
- "nourishing"
Caleb
- "a dog; a crow; a basket"
Caleb-Ephratah - see Ephratah
Calneh
- "our consummation"
Calno
- "our consummation; altogether himself"
Calvary
- "the place of a skull"
Camon
- "his resurrection"
Cana
- "zeal; jealousy; possession"
Canaan
- "merchant; trader; or that humbles and subdues"
Candace
- "who possesses contrition"
Capernaum
- "the field of repentance; city of comfort"
Caphtor
- "a sphere, buckle, or hand"
Cappadocia
- the same as Caphtor
Carcas - "the
covering of a lamb"
Charchemish
- "a lamb; as taken away; withdrawn"
Careah
- "bald; ice"
Carmel
- "circumcised lamb; harvest; full of ears of corn"
Carmi
- "my vineyard; lamb of the waters"
Carpus
- "fruit; fruitful"
Carshena
- "a lamb; sleeping"
Casiphia
- "money; covetousness"
Casluhim
- "hopes of life"
Cedron
- "black; sad"
Cenchrea
- "millet; small pulse"
Cephas
- "a rock or stone"
Cesar
- "a name applied to those who are cut out of the womb"
Chalcol
- "who nourishes, consumes, and sustains the whole"
Chaldea
- "as demons, or as robbers"
Charran
- "a singing or calling out"
Chebar
- "force or strength"
Chedorlaomer
- "roundness of a sheaf"
Chelal
- "as night"
Chelub
- "a basket"
Chelluh
- "all"
Chelubai
- "he altogether against me"
Chemarims
- "black ones"
Chemosh
- "handling; stroking; taking away"
Chenaanah
- "broken in pieces"
Chenani
- "my pillar"
Chenaniah
- "preparation, or disposition, or strength, of the Lord"
Chephirah
- "a little lioness"
Cheran
- "anger"
Cherethims or
Cherethites
- "who cut or tear away"
Cherith
- "cutting; piercing; slaying"
Chesed
- "as a devil, or a destroyer"
Chesil
- "foolishness"
Chesulloth
- "fearfulness"
Chidon
- "a dart"
Chiliab
- "totality; or the perfection of the father"
Chilion
- "finished; complete; perfect"
Chilmad
- "teaching or learning"
Chimham
- "as they; like to them"
Chios
- "open; opening"
Chisleu, Cisleu, Casleu - "rashness; confidence"
Chislon
- "hope, trust"
Chisloth-tabor - "fears; purity"
Chittem
- "those that bruise; gold"
Chloe
- "green herb"
Chorazin
- "the secret; here is a mystery"
Chozeba
- "men liers in wait"
Christ
- "anointed"
Chun
- "making ready"
Chushan-rishathaim - "blackness of iniquities"
Chuza
- "the seer or prophet"
Cilicia
- "which rolls or overturns"
Cis
- same as Kish
Clauda
- "a lamentable voice"
Claudia or Claudius -
"lame"
Clement
- "mild; good; merciful"
Cleophas
- "the whole glory"
Cnidus
- "age"
Colhozeh
- "every prophet"
Colosse
- "punishment; correction"
Coniah
- "strength of the Lord"
Coos
- "top, summit"
Corinth
- "which is satisfied; ornament; beauty"
Cornelius
- "of a horn"
Cosam
- "divining"
Coz
- "a thorn"
Cozbi
- "a liar; sliding away"
Crescens
- "growing; increasing"
Crete
- "carnal; fleshly"
Crispus
- "curled"
Cush, Cushan, Cushi - "Ethiopians; blackness"
Cuth or Cuthah - "burning"
Cyprus
- "fair; fairness"
Cyrene
- "a wall; coldness; the floor"
Cyrenius
- "who governs"
Cyrus
- "as miserable; as heir"
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D
Dabareh
- "the word; the thing; a bee; obedient"
Dabbasheth
- "flowing with honey"
Daberath
- same as Dabareh
Dagon - "corn;
a fish"
Dalaiah
- "the poor of the Lord"
Dalmanutha
- "a bucket; a branch"
Dalmatia
- "deceitful lamps; vain brightness"
Dalphon
- "the house of caves"
Damaris
- "a little woman"
Damascus
- "a sack full of blood; the similitude of burning"
Dan
- "judgment; he that judges"
Daniel
- "judgment of God; God my judge"
Dannah
- "judging"
Darah
- "generation; house of the shepherd or of the companion"
Darda
- "home of knowledge"
Darius
- "he that informs himself"
Darkon
- "of generation; of possession"
Dathan
- "laws or rites"
David
- "well-beloved, dear"
Debir
- "an orator; a word"
Deborah
- "word; thing; a bee"
Decapolis
- "containing ten cities"
Dedan
- "their breasts; friendship; a judge"
Dedanim
- "the descendants of Dedan"
Dekar - "force"
Delaiah
- "the poor of the Lord"
Delilah
- "poor; small; head of hair"
Demas
- "popular"
Demetrius
- "belonging to corn, or to Ceres"
Derbe
- "a sting"
Deuel
- "the knowledge of God"
Deuteronomy
- "repetition of the law"
Diana
- "luminous, perfect"
Diblaim
- "cluster of figs"
Diblath
- "paste of dry figs"
Dibon
- "abundance of knowledge"
Dibon-gad
- "great understanding; abundance of sons"
Dibri
- "an orator"
Dibzahab or Dizahab - "where much gold is"
Didymus
- "a twin; double"
Diklah or Dildah - "his diminishing"
Dilean
- "that is poor"
Dimon
- "where it is red"
Dimonah
- "dunghill"
Dinah
- "judgment; who judges"
Dinhabah
- "he gives judgment"
Dionysius
- "divinely touched"
Diotrephes
- "nourished by Jupiter"
Dishan
- "a threshing"
Dishon
- "fatness; ashes"
Dodai
- "or"
Dodanim
- "beloved"
Dodavah
- "love"
Dodo
- "his uncle"
Doeg
- "careful, who acts with uneasiness"
Dophkah
- "a knocking"
Dor
- "generation, habitation"
Dorcas
- "a female roe-deer"
Dothan
- "the law; custom"
Drusilla
- "watered by the dew"
Dumali
- "silence; resemblance"
Dura
- same as Dor
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Ebal
- "ancient heaps"
Ebed
- "a servant; laborer"
Ebed-melech
- "the king's servant"
Eben-ezer
- "the stone of help"
Eber
- "one that passes; anger"
Ebiasaph
- "a father that gathers or adds"
Ebronah
- "passage over; being angry"
Ecclesiastes
- "a preacher"
Ed
- "witness"
Eden
- "pleasure; delight"
Eder
- "a flock"
Edom
- "red, earthy; of blood"
Edrei
- "a very great mass, or cloud"
Eglah
- "heifer; chariot; round"
Eglaim
- "drops of the sea"
Eglon
- same as Eglah
Egypt - "that
troubles or oppresses; anguish"
Ehud
- "he that praises"
Eker
- "barren, feeble"
Ekron
- "barrenness; torn away"
Eladah
- "the eternity of God"
Elah
- "an oak; a curse; perjury"
Elam
- "a young man; a virgin; a secret"
Elasah
- "the doings of God"
Elath
- "a hind; strength; an oak"
El-beth-el
- "the God of Bethel"
Eldaah
- "knowledge of God"
Eldad
- "favored of God; love of God"
Elead
- "witness of God"
Elealeh
- "burnt-offering of God"
Eleazar
- "help of God, court of God"
El-elohe-Israel - "God, the God of Israel"
Eleph
- "learning"
Elhanan
- "grace, or gift, or mercy of God"
Eli
- "the offering or lifting up"
Eli
- "my God, my God"
Eliab
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