List of minor Old Testament figures, L–Z


This list contains persons named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections.

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Laadan

See Libni

Ladan

See Libni

Lael

Lael was a member of the house of Gershon according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 3|Numbers 3:24. He was the father of Eliasaph. Neither of these is named in the Gershonite list in.

Lahmi

Lahmi, according to 1 Chronicles 20:5, was the brother of Goliath, killed by David's warrior Elhanan. See also Elhanan, son of Jair.

Laish

This entry is about the individual named Laish. For the city Dan, known also as Laish, see Dan.
Laish is a name which appears in 1 Samuel 25:44 and 2 Samuel 3:15, where it is the name of the father of [|Palti], or Paltiel, the man who was married to Saul's daughter Michal before she was returned to David.

Letushim

Letushim appears as a son of Dedan according to Genesis 25:3.

Leummim

Leummim was the third son of Dedan, son of Jokshan, son of Abraham by Keturah.

Libni

Libni was a son of Gershon of the house of Levi according to :s:Bible /Exodus#Chapter 6|Exodus 6:17 and Numbers 3:18. He was born in Egypt. His descendants are referred to as the 'Libnites'. The first born son of Gershon is named as Laadan in.

Likhi

Likhi son of Shemida is listed in a genealogy of the tribe of Manasseh. He is mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 7:19.

Lo-Ammi

Lo-Ammi was the youngest son of Hosea and Gomer. He had an older brother named Jezreel and an older sister named Lo-Ruhamah. God commanded Hosea to name him "Lo-Ammi" to symbolize his anger with the people of Israel.

Lo-Ruhamah

Lo-Ruhamah was the daughter of Hosea and Gomer. She had an older brother named Jezreel and a younger brother named Lo-Ammi. Her name was chosen by God to symbolize his displeasure with the people of Israel.

M

Maadai

Maadai, son of Bani is found in Ezra 10:34, in a list of men recorded as having married foreign women.

Maadiah

Maadiah appears in a list of priests and Levites said to have accompanied Zerubbabel in Nehemiah 12:5.

Maai

Maai was a musician who was a relative of Zechariah, a descendant of Asaph. He is mentioned once, as part of the ceremony for the dedication of the rebuilt Jerusalem wall, where he was part of the group that processed southwards behind Ezra. His name is omitted in the Septuagint translation of the passage, as are the names of five other relatives of Zechariah mentioned in the same verse. The name is otherwise unattested. Blenkinsopp suggests that Maai is a diminutive nickname. Mandel proposes its Hebrew origin means "sympathetic".

Maaseiah

Maaseiah is the name of several men in the Hebrew Bible:
Hebrew for "Worker of Jehovah", one of the priests resident at Jerusalem at the Captivity

Maaziah

Hebrew for "Clad with a mantle, or bond of the Lord", one of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the wilderness

Machbena

Machbena or Machbenah, according to the only mention of him, in 1 Chronicles 2:49, was the son of Sheva the son of Caleb.

Machi

Machi of the tribe of Gad was the father of Geuel, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:15.

Machnadebai

Machnadebai is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible only once, in Ezra 10:40, where the name appears in a list of people alleged to have married foreign women.

Magpiash

Magpiash, according to Nehemiah 10:20, was one of the men who signed a covenant between God and the people of Yehud Medinata.

Mahalath

  1. Mahalath, one of the wives of Esau, and a daughter of Ishmael. Thought to be the same as Basemath of Genesis 36.
  2. Mahalath, a daughter of Jerimoth, son of David and Abihail, granddaughter of Jesse, the first-named wife of king Rehoboam in . She had three children: Jeush, Shamariah, and Zaham.

    Mahali

Mahali was a son of Merari of the house of Levi according to :s:Bible /Exodus#Chapter 6|Exodus 6:19, born in Egypt.

Mahath

Hebrew for "Grasping"
Heb. "Visions", a Kohathite Levite, chief of the twenty-third course of musicians,

Maher-shalal-hash-baz

was the second mentioned son of the prophet Isaiah. The name is a reference to the impending plunder of Samaria and Damascus by the king of Assyria. The name is the longest personal name in the bible.

Mahlah

Mahlah is the name of two biblical persons:
The father of four sons who were inferior in wisdom only to Solomon.

Malcam

For the deity sometimes called Malcam, Malcham, or Milcom, see Moloch.
Malcam son of Shaharaim appears only once in the Hebrew Bible in a genealogy of the Tribe of Benjamin.

Malchiel

Malchiel was a son of Beriah the son of Asher, according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 46|Genesis 46:17 and :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 26|Numbers 26:45. He was one of the 70 persons to migrate to Egypt with Jacob. According to 1 Chronicles 7:31, he was the ancestor of the Malchielites, a group within the Tribe of Asher.

Malchi-shua

Heb. "King of help", one of the four sons of Saul. He perished along with his father and brothers in the battle of Gilboa.

Malchiah

Malchiah son of the king, owner of the pit into which Jeremiah was thrown

Mallothi

A Kohathite Levite, one of the sons of Heman the Levite, and chief of the nineteenth division of the temple musicians

Malluch

According to, Maon was a member of the clan of Caleb, the son of Shammai and the father of Beth Zur.

Marsena

Marsena is listed by as one of seven Persian and Media princes. Addded to that Marsena gave advices to King Ahasuerus.
You can also have a look for Carshena. There is the presumption that both counselors have Persian names.

Mash

Mash was a son of Aram according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 10|Genesis 10:23.

Massa

Hebrew word meaning tribute or burden, one of the sons of Ishmael, the founder of an Arabian tribe ; a nomadic tribe inhabiting the Arabian desert toward Babylonia.

Matred

Matred, according to Genesis 36:39 and 1 Chronicles 1:50, was the mother-in-law of the Edomite king Hadad II.

Matri

Matri, of the Tribe of Benjamin, was an ancestor of Saul according to :s:Bible /1 Samuel#Chapter 10|I Samuel 10:21. Matri's clan, or the family of the Matrites, was chosen, and, from them, Saul the son of Kish was chosen to be king. The family of the Matrites is nowhere else mentioned in the Hebrew Bible; the conjecture, therefore, is that Matri is probably a corruption of Bikri, i.e. a descendant of Becher.

Mattan

Mattan was a priest of the temple of Baal in Jerusalem who was killed during the uprising against Athaliah when King Azariah's remaining son, Jehoash, was appointed king of Judah.

Matthanias

Matthanias is the name of two individuals in 1 Esdras, one each mentioned in 1 Esdras 9:27 and 9:31. In both passages, the parallel text in Ezra 10:26 and 10:30 contains the name Mattaniah.

Mehetabeel

Mehetabeel was the father of Delaiah, and grandfather of Shemaiah, who joined Sanballat against Nehemiah.

Mehetabel

Mehetabel was the wife of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom.

Mehir

Mehir son of Chelub appears in a genealogy of the Tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4:11.

Mehujael

In, Mehujael is a descendant of Cain, the son of Irad and the father of Methushael.
The name means "El the god enlivens."

Mehuman

Faithful, one of the eunuchs whom Ahasuerus commanded to bring in Vashti.



Persian "مهمان signifies a stranger or guest"

Melatiah

Melatiah the Gibeonite is a person who, according to Nehemiah 3:7, was responsible for rebuilding a portion of the wall of Jerusalem after the end of the Babylonian captivity.

Melchi

"My king" the son of Addi, and father of Neri,.

Melech

King, the second of Micah's four sons ), and thus grandson of Mephibosheth. Also related to a southwest Asian god, see Melech

Melea

The son of Menan and father of Eliakim, he is briefly mentioned as an ancestor of Jesus.

Melzar

Probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian court, who had charge of the diet of the Hebrew youths.

Merab

Merab was the eldest of Saul's two daughters. She was offered in marriage to David after his victory over Goliath, but does not seem to have entered heartily into this arrangement. She was at length, however, married to Adriel of Abel-Meholah, a town in the Jordan valley, about 10 miles south of Bethshean, with whom the house of Saul maintained an alliance. She had five sons, who were all put to death by the Gibeonites on the hill of Gibeah. Merab is also a common feminine name in Israel.

Meraiah

A chief priest, a contemporary of the high priest Joiakim.

Meraioth

A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, to whom were sent the sacred vessels belonging to the temple. He took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.

Meres

Meres is listed in Esther 1:14 as one of seven officials in the service of Ahasuerus.

Merib-baal

,, elsewhere called Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan.

Meshelemiah

A Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah, He was a temple gate-keeper in the time of David.

Meshillemoth

Meshillemoth is the name of two figures in the Hebrew Bible.
Meshullam was the name of eleven biblical individuals.

Meshullemeth

The wife of King Manasseh of Judah, and the mother of King Amon of Judah.

Methushael

In, Methushael is a descendant of Cain, the son of Mehujael and the father of Lamech.

Mezahab

The father of Matred,, and grandfather of Mehetabel, wife of Hadar, the last king of Edom.

Miamin

See Mijamin.

Mibhar

A Hagarene, one of David's warriors ; called also Bani the Gadite.

Mibsam

Michael of the house of Asher was the father of Sethur, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:13.

Michaiah

Michaiah is the name of at least two biblical figures:
"Prize of Jehovah" or "Selling", a Benjamite, the father of Uzzi.

Mijamin

Mijamin is the name of three persons mentioned in the Bible:
  1. An officer under Dodai, in the time of David and Solomon.
  2. A Benjamite,,.

    Milalai

A Levitical musician who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem.

Miniamin

Miniamin was one of the agents appointed under Kore in the time of King Hezekiah to distribute a share of the plenty to the priests in the Levitical cites of Judah (.

Minjamin

See Minjamin.

Mishael

Hebrew
This was the name of two biblical men.
Mishael was a son of Uzziel of the house of Levi according to :s:Bible /Exodus#Chapter 6|Exodus 6:22, born in Egypt. He was a nephew of Amram and a cousin of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses.
He and Elzaphan were asked by Moses to carry away Nadab’s and Abihu’s bodies to a place outside the camp.
Mishael was one of the three Hebrew youths who were trained with Daniel in Babylon. He and his companions were cast into and miraculously delivered from the fiery furnace for refusing to worship the king's idol. Mishael's Babylonian name was Meshach.
Misma, son of Simeon

Mishmannah

one of the Gadite heroes who gathered to David at Ziklag.

Mithredath

The Hebrew form of the Persian name Mithridates.
Moab was the son of Lot and his eldest daughter. He became the father of the Moabites.

Molid

Muppim or Shuphim was the eighth son of Benjamin in Genesis 46:21 and Numbers 26:39.

Mushi

Mushi was a son of Merari of the house of Levi according to :s:Bible /Exodus#Chapter 6|Exodus 6:19, born in Egypt.

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Naaman

Naaman is the fifth son of Benjamin in Genesis 46:21, but the son of Bela and therefore the grandson of Benjamin according to Numbers 26:38-40 and :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 8|1 Chronicles 8:4 He is not mentioned among the sons of Bela in 1 Chronicles 7:7.

Naboth

Naboth was a minor figure known for owning a vineyard that king Ahab wished to have for himself. When Naboth was unwilling to give up the vineyard, Ahab's wife Jezebel instigated a plot to have Naboth killed. See.

Naharai

Naharai the Beerothite is listed in 2 Samuel 23:37 and 1 Chronicles 11:39 as one of David's Mighty Warriors.

Nahath

Nahath is the name of three figures who appear in the Hebrew Bible.
Nahbi, the son of Vophsi of the house of Naphtali, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:14.

Naphish

Naphish is the name given by the Bible to one of the sons of Ishmael, and to an Ishmaelite tribe.

Naphtuhim

Naphtuhim is a son of Mizraim and grandson of Ham first mentioned in According to the medieval biblical exegete, Saadia Gaon, his descendants inhabited the town of Birma, and were formerly known as Parmiin.

Narcissus

Narcissus is mentioned briefly in Romans 16:11, which sends greetings to "Those of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord." Beyond this brief reference, nothing more is known for certain of the person referred to.

Neariah

"Neariah" is the name of two biblical individuals. Neariah the son of Shemaiah, was a descendant of David, and father of Elionenai. The other Neariah was, according to Chronicles, a leader in the Tribe of Simeon.

Nebat

Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, was the father of King Jeroboam.

Nebuzaradan

Nebuzaradan was the captain of Nebuchadnezzar's bodyguard, according to the Bible. He is mentioned in 2 Kings 25:8, 11, 20; Jeremiah 52:30; Jeremiah 39:11, 40:2, 5.

Nedabiah

Nedabiah, according to 1 Chronicles 3:18, was one of the sons of king Jeconiah.

Nehum

See Rehum.

Nehushta

Nehushta was the wife of King Jehoiakim and daughter of Elnathan ben Achbor of Jerusalem, according :s:Bible /2 Kings#Chapter 24|2 Kings 24:8. She was also the mother of King Jehoiachin.

Nekoda

Nekoda was the ancestor of 652 Jews who returned from Babylonia with Ezra, but were declared ineligible to serve as Kohanim because they could not prove that their ancestors had been Kohanim. This is recounted in :s:Bible /Ezra#Chapter 2|Ezra 2:48,60 and in :s:Bible /Nehemiah#Chapter 7|Nehemiah 7:50, 62, where the number of men is given as 642.

Nemuel

Nemuel was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible:
Nepheg was the name of two men mentioned in the Bible:
See Naphish.

Ner

Ner was an uncle of Saul and the father of Abner according to :s:Bible /1 Samuel#Chapter 14|I Samuel 14:50.

Nethaniah

Nethaniah, son of Asaph, was one of the musicians appointed by David for the musical service of the Temple.

Nobah

Nobah, of the Tribe of Manasseh defeated the Amorites, took the villages of Kenath and renamed it Nobah according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 32|Numbers 32:42.

Nogah

Nogah, a son of David, appears in two lists of David's sons: 1 Chronicles 3:7 and 1 Chronicles 14:6.

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Obadiah

Obadiah was a descendant of David, father of Sheconiah, and son of Arnan

Obal

Obal, also Ebal, was a son of Joktan according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 10|Genesis 10:28, :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 1|1 Chronicles 1:22.

Obed

Obed was the father of Azariah, one of the "commanders of the hundreds" who formed part of Jehoiada's campaign to restore the kingship to Joash in.

Obil

Obil was an Ishmaelite, a keeper of camels in the time of David, according to :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 27|1 Chronicles 27:30.

[|Ocran]

Ocran was a member of the house of Asher according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 1|Numbers 1:13. He was the father of Pagiel.

[|On]

On, the son of Peleth, of the Tribe of Reuben, was a participant in Korah's rebellion against Moses according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 16|Numbers 16:1. On is referred to as "Hon" in the Douai Bible translation. He is mentioned alongside Korah, Dathan and Abiram as the instigators of the rebellion, but not referred to later when Korah, Dathan and Abiram were challenged and punished for their rebellion.

Ophir

Ophir was a son of Joktan according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 10|Genesis 10:29, :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 1|1 Chronicles 1:23.

Ozem

Ozem is a Hebrew name which applies to two people in the Bible.
  1. A brother of David, and the sixth son of Jesse.
  2. A son of Jerahmeel.

    Ozni

See Ezbon.

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Pagiel

Pagiel was a son of Ocran, a prince of the house of Asher and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 1|Numbers 1:13.

Palti

This is about the Palti mentioned in Numbers. For the other biblical Palti, see Palti, son of Laish.
Palti, the son of Raphu of the house of Benjamin, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:9.

Paltiel

This is about the Paltiel in the Book of Numbers. For the other Paltiel, see Palti, son of Laish.
Paltiel was a prince of the tribe of Issachar, one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the division of Canaan among his tribe.

Parmashta

Parmashta appears briefly in Esther 9:9, where he is listed as one of the ten sons of Haman, who is the primary antagonist of the Book of Esther because of his desire to wipe out the Jews.

Parnach

Parnach was the father of Elizaphan, a prince of the Tribe of Zebulun..

Parshandatha

Parshandatha was one of the ten sons of Haman. He was killed by a Jew or Jews and Esther had his corpse impaled.

Paruah

Paruah is the name of a figure indirectly mentioned once in the Bible, in 1 Kings 4:17. In a passage which gives names of governors working under Solomon, a "Jehoshaphat son of Peruah" is credited with governing the territory of the Tribe of Issachar.

Paseah

Paseah is the name of two figures in the Hebrew Bible. In a genealogy of Judah, a Paseah appears as the son of Eshton, the son of Mehir, the son of Chelub. Another Paseah is mentioned indirectly by way of his son Jehoiada, a repairer of a section of the wall of Jerusalem.

Pedahel

Pedahel Prince of the tribe of Naphtali; one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the division of Canaan amongst the tribe.

Pedahzur

Pedahzur was a member of the house of Manasseh according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 1|Numbers 1:10. He was the father of Gamaliel.

Pelaiah

Pelaiah is the name of two biblical figures. In 1 Chronicles 3:23, a Pelaiah appears in a genealogy. He is listed as one of the sons of Elioenai, the son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Shechaniah. The other Pelaiah appears in Nehemiah as a Levite who helped to explain biblical law to the inhabitants of Yehud Medinata and signed a document against intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews.

Pelaliah

Pelaliah is a figure mentioned only indirectly and in passing in Nehemiah 11:12, which lists a descendant of his as a priestly leader in Jerusalem. The descendant is specified as "Adaiah son of Jeroham son of Pelaliah son of Amzi son of Zechariah son of Pashhur son of Malchiah."

Pelatiah

Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, a prince of the people, was among the 25 men who Ezekiel saw at the East Gate of the temple. He fell dead upon hearing the prophecy regarding Jerusalem.

Pelet

Pelet was one of the sons of Azmaveth, according to 1 Chronicles 12:3, who supported King David at Ziklag.

Peleth

Peleth, of the Tribe of Reuben, was the father of On, a participant in Korah's rebellion against Moses according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 16|Numbers 16:1.

Peresh

According to 1 Chronicles 7:16, Peresh was the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

Pethahiah

Pethahiah is the name of two individuals named in the Bible.
  1. A levite, mentioned in Nehemiah 10:23 and Nehemiah 9:5.
  2. Pethahiah ben Meshezabel, who was one of the "sons of Zerah" of the Tribe of Judah.
In addition to these individuals, Pethahiah was the eponym of one of the biblical priestly divisions.

Pethuel

Pethuel, the father of Joel, in :s:Bible /Joel#Chapter 1|Joel 1:1.

Peulthai

Peulthai, according to 1 Chronicles 26:5, was the eighth of Obed-edom's eight sons. The passage in which they are listed records gatekeepers of the temple at Jerusalem.

Phallu

Phallu or Pallu was a son of Reuben according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 46|Genesis 46:9, :s:Bible /Exodus#Chapter 6|Exodus 6:14 and :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 26|Numbers 26:5. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Phalti

For the individual called "Phalti" in the King James Bible, see Palti, son of Laish.

Phaltiel

For the individual called "Paltiel" in the King James Bible, see Palti, son of Laish.

Phurah

Phurah was a servant of Gideon in :s:Bible /Judges#Chapter 7|Judges 7. Gideon takes Phurah with him to spy on the Midianites before battle.

Phuvah

Phuvah or Pua was a son of Issachar according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 46|Genesis 46:13 and :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 26|Numbers 26:23. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Pildash

Pildash was the son of Nahor and Milcah.

Pinon

Pinon is listed as one of the "chiefs" of Edom, in Genesis 36:41, and, in a copy of the same list, in 1 Chronicles 1:52.

Piram

Piram, according to Judges 10:3, was the king of Jarmuth.

Poratha

Poratha, according to Esther 9:8, was one of the ten sons of Haman, the antagonist of the Book of Esther who attempted to wipe out the Jewish people.

Pul

Pul was an abbreviation for the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III. Pul attacked Israel in the reign of Menahem and extracted tribute. II Kings 15:19

Putiel

Putiel was the father of Eleazar's wife according to :s:Bible /Exodus#Chapter 6|Exodus 6:25. According to Rashi this was another name of Jethro.

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R

Raamiah

Raamiah is one of the princes who returned from the Exile. He is also called Reelaiah in Ezra 2:2.

Rabmag

Rabmag is the name of two figures in the Bible:
  1. The Assyrian "Rab-mugi" — a "chief physician" who was attached to the king of Babylon.
  2. The title of one of Sennacherib's officers sent with messages to Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem demanding the surrender of the city. He was accompanied by a "great army;" but his mission was unsuccessful.

    Raddai

Raddai, according to 1 Chronicles 2:14, was one of the brother of King David.

Rakem

See Rekem.

Ramiah

Ramiah, according to Ezra 10:25, was an Israelite layperson, a member of the group named "sons of Parosh", who was guilty of marrying a foreign woman.

Rapha

Rapha, according to the Septuagint version of 2 Samuel 21:16, was the parent of Jesbi, the name in that version for the giant referred to in the Massoretic text as Ishbi-benob. In the Latin Vulgate he is referred to as Arapha or Arafa.

Regem

Regem is named in 1 Chronicles 2:47 as one of the sons of Jahdai, a figure who appears in a genealogy associated with Caleb.

Regem-melech

A figure called Regem-melech, along with a "Sharezer", came, according to some interpretations of Zechariah 7:2, to Bethel to ask a question about fasts. It is unclear whether the name is intended as a title or as a proper name. The grammar of the verse is difficult and several interpretations have been proposed.

Rehabiah

Rehabiah is a figure mentioned three times in the Hebrew Bible, as the ancestor of a group of Levites. He is identified as the son of Eliezer the son of Moses. Chronicles identifies him as the father of a person named Isshiah or Jeshaiah.

Rehum

Rehum is the name of four or five biblical figures.
  1. A Rehum is mentioned in Ezra 2:2, who is called Nehum in Nehemiah 7:7. He appears in passing, in two copies of a list of people said to have come from Persia to Yehud Medinata under the leadership of Nehemiah. He may be the same individual mentioned in Nehemiah 12:3.
  2. A Rehum is mentioned in Nehemiah 12:3, where he is listed as part of a group of priests associated with Zerubbabel.
  3. Rehum son of Bani, a Levite, appears in a list of people who contributed to building Nehemiah's wall in Nehemiah 3:17.
  4. Rehum, a member of a group of priests associated with Zerubbabel according to Nehemiah 12:3.
  5. Rehum was an official, according to Ezra 4:8–23, who along with collaborators opposed the Jewish attempt to rebuild Jerusalem.

    Rephaiah

Rephaiah, a descendant of David was the father of Arnan and the son of Jeshaiah.

Raphu

Raphu of the house of Benjamin was the father of Palti, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:9.

Reba

Reba was one of five Midianite kings killed during the time of Moses by an Israelite expedition led by Phinehas, son of Eleazar according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 31|Numbers 31:8 and :s:Bible /Joshua#Chapter 13|Joshua 13:21.

Rekem

This is about individuals in the Bible named Rekem. For the city by that name, see List of minor biblical places § Rekem.
Rekem is a personal name used several times in the Hebrew Bible, for more than one individual.
In, Rephael was one of Shemaiah's sons. He and his brethren, on account of their "strength for service," formed one of the divisions of the temple porters.

Reumah

Reumah, according to Genesis 22:24, was the concubine of Abraham's brother Nahor, and the mother of his children Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maachah.

Rezon

According to I Kings 11:23– Rezon became regent in Damascus and was an adversary of Solomon.

Ribai

Ribai, a Benjamite of Gibeah, was the father of Ittai, one of King David's Warriors /2 Samuel#Chapter 23|2 Samuel 23:29, :s:Bible.

Rinnah

Rinnah appears once in the Bible, as the son of a man named Shimon in a genealogy of Tribe of Judah. Neither Shimon's origin nor precise relationship to Judah is given.

Rohgah

Rohgah or Rohagah is a name which appears in 1 Chronicles 7:34, where Rohgah is named as one of the sons of Shamer or Shomer, who is identified as the son of Heber, the son of Beriah, the son of the tribal patriarch Asher.

Romamti-ezer

Romamti-ezer is the name of a figure who appears twice in the Hebrew Bible, both times in 1 Chronicles 25. In verse 4 he is identified as one of the fourteen sons of Heman, one of three men who according to Chronicles were assigned to be in charge of musical worship in the Temple of Jerusalem. Later in the chapter, 288 assigned to the musical service are divided into twenty-four groups of twelve. The twenty-fourth group is assigned to Romamti-ezer.

Rosh

Hebrew: ראש rosh "Head"
Rosh is the seventh of the ten sons of Benjamin named in Genesis.
A nation named Rosh is also possibly mentioned in Ezekiel 38:2–3, 39:1 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog, the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal; and prophesy concerning him." This translation "Rosh" is found in NASB but not in KJV and most modern versions. Also in a variant reading of Isaiah 66:19 and the Septuagint Jeremiah 32:23. Most scholars see this as a mistranslation of נְשִׂ֕יא רֹ֖אשׁ, nesi ro’š, rather than a toponym.

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Sabtah

Sabtah was a son of Cush according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 10|Genesis 10:7, :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 1|1 Chronicles 1:9.

Sabtechah

Sabtechah was a son of Cush according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 10|Genesis 10:7, :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 1|1 Chronicles 1:9.

Sachar

Sachar was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible:
Sachia appears only in 1 Chronicles 8:10, where he is listed as one of the "sons" of Shaharaim. The King James Version spells the name Shachia.

Salu

Salu, of the house of Simeon, was the father of Zimri who was involved in the Heresy of Peor according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 25|Numbers 25:14.

Saph

Saph is a figure briefly mentioned in a section of 2 Samuel which discusses four yelide haraphah killed by Israelites. According to 2 Samuel 21:18, a war broke out between Israel and the Philistines. During the battle, Sibbecai the Hushathite, one of David's Mighty Warriors, killed Saph, who was one of the four. The expression yelide haraphah is rendered several different ways in translations of the Bible: "the descendants of Rapha", "the descendants of the giants", "the descendants of the giant", and "the sons of the giant". While most interpreters the phrase as a statement about the ancestry of the four people killed, describing them as descended from giants, another interpretation takes the phrase as meaning "votaries of Rapha," in reference to a deity by that name to which a group of warriors would have been associated.

Sarsekim

Sarsekim or Sarsechim is a name or title, or a portion of a name or title, which appears in Jeremiah 39:3. Jeremiah describes Babylonian officials, some named and the rest unnamed, who according to the text sat down "in the middle gate" of Jerusalem during its destruction in 587 or 586 BCE. The portion which explicitly gives the names and/or titles of the officials reads, in Hebrew, nrgl śr ʾṣr smgr nbw śr skym rb srys nrgl śr ʾṣr rb-mg. Various interpretations have divided the names in various ways. The King James Version, sticking closely to the grammatical indicators added to the text by the Masoretes during the Middle Ages, reads this as indicating six figures: "Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag". The New International Version sees three characters "Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official." Versions featuring these three figures, with variations in the exact details of translations, include NLT and ESV. Four figures appear in the New American Standard Bible, "Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag."
In 2007, a Babylonian Tablet was deciphered containing a reference to a "Nabu-sharussu-ukin," identified as referring to the biblical figure. See Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet.

Seba

Seba was a son of Cush according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 10|Genesis 10:7, :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 1|1 Chronicles 1:9.

Segub

Segub is the name of two biblical figures.

Seled

According to 1 Chronicles 2:1–30, in the genealogical section which begins the book of Chronicles, Seled, who died childless, was the brother of Appaim and son of Nadab, the son of Shammai, the son of Onam, the son of Jerahmeel, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the eponymous founder of the Tribe of Judah.

Semachiah

Semachiah is the name of a figure who appears in 1 Chronicles 26:7, in a genealogical passage concerning gatekeepers of the Jerusalem Temple. Semachiah is described as a son of Shemaiah, a son of Obed-Edom.

Sered

Sered was a son of Zebulun according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 46|Genesis 46:14 and :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 26|Numbers 26:26. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob. According to the verse in Numbers, he was the eponymous forefather of the clan of Sardites.

Sethur

Sethur, the son of Michael of the house of Asher, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:13.

Shaaph

Shaaph is a name which appears in the second chapter of 1 Chronicles. In one translation, these verses read as follows: "And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. And Shaaph the father of Madmannah bore Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah".
The words do not occur in the Hebrew text, which reads literally, as Sara Japhet translates it, "And Shaaph the father of Madmannah bore Sheva..." but with a feminine form of the verb "bore," rather than the expected masculine form wayyoled. Japhet outlines several possibilities as to how the text may originally have read.

Shaashgaz

Shaashgaz is a name which appears in the Hebrew Bible only in Esther 2:14, where it is given as the name of the eunuch who was in charge of the "second house of the women."

Shabbethai

Shabbethai, a Levite who helped Ezra in the matter of the foreign marriages, probably the one present at Ezra's reading of the law, and possibly the Levite chief and overseer. The name might mean "one born on Sabbath", but more probably is a modification of the ethnic Zephathi, from Zarephathi. Meshullam and Jozabad, with which Shabbethai's name is combined, both originate in ethnic names.

Shagee

Shagee is a figure who appears, indirectly, in one version of the list of David's Mighty Warriors.
In 1 Chronicles 11:34, a figure appears who is called "Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite." In 2 Samuel 23:32–33, the name "Jonathan" appears directly before the name "Shammah the Harodite," while in 2 Samuel 23:11 is found "Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite," who is the subject of a very brief story in which he fights with Philistines. The exact sort of copying error or deliberate abbreviation that may have led to this state of affairs is uncertain.

Shaharaim

Shaharaim was a member of the house of Benjamin. He had three wives, Hushim, Baara, and Hodesh, according to :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 8|1 Chronicles 8:8–9.

Shamed

See Shemed.

Shamhuth

Shamhuth the Izrahite is a figure mentioned in the list of military divisional captains in 1 Chronicles 27:8. The 27th chapter of 1 Chronicles gives the names of people who, according to the Chronicler, were in charge of 24,000-man divisions of David's military, each of which was on active duty for a month. Shamhuth was the commander for the fifth month of each year. Other Izrahites were mentioned in 1 Chronicles 26:29 in connection with duties outside Jerusalem.

Shamir

This is about the individual named Shamir. For the biblical place-name Shamir, see List of minor biblical places § Shamir.
Shamir is the name of an individual who appears in a list of Levite names.

Shammah

See Shammah for several figures by this name.

Shammoth

According to 1 Chronicles 11:27, Shammoth the Harorite was one of David's Mighty Warriors. An entry in the corresponding list in Samuel contains Shammah the Harodite. See Shammah.

Shammua

There are four individuals by the name of Shammua in the Hebrew Bible:
Shamsherai is mentioned once, in passing, in a long list of the "sons of Elpaal" within a genealogy of the Tribe of Benjamin.

Shapham

A figure named Shapham is mentioned in passing once in the Hebrew Bible, in a list of Gadites.

Shaphat

Shaphat, the son of Hori of the house of Simeon, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:5.
Also the name of one of King David's sons by Bathsheba.

Sharai

A Sharai is mentioned once in the Bible, in passing, in a list of the "sons of Bani".

Sharar

A Sharar is mentioned indirectly in 2 Samuel 23:33, where "Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite" is listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors. In 1 Chronicles 11:35, the same figure is referred to as Sacar.

Sharezer

Sharezer, according to 2 Kings 19:37 and Isaiah 37:38, was one of the two sons of Sennacherib. He and his brother Adrammelech killed their father as he worshipped in the temple of Nisroch.

Shashai

A Shashai is listed in the Book of Ezra as a man who married a foreign wife.

Shashak

Shashak or Sashak was a member of Benjamin's dynasty, mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8:14 and 25.

Sheariah

Sheariah, according to 1 Chronicles 8, was a descendant of King Saul, specifically one of the six sons of Azel, the son of Eleasah, the son of Raphah, the son of Binea, the son of Moza, the son of Zimri, the son of Jehoaddah, the son of Ahaz, the son of Micah, the son of Merib-baal, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul. He is also mentioned 1 Chronicles 9, which substantially repeats the same genealogy, except that chapter 9 reads Rephaiah instead of Raphah and Jadah instead of Jehoaddah.

Shearjashub

Shearjashub was the first-mentioned son of Isaiah according to :s:Bible /Isaiah#Chapter 7|Isaiah 7:3.
His name means "the remnant shall return" and was prophetic; offering hope to the people of Israel, that although they were going to be sent into exile, and their temple destroyed, God remained faithful and would deliver "a remnant" from Babylon and bring them back to their land.

Sheconiah

Sheconiah was a descendant of David, father of Shemaiah, and son of Obadiah.

Shechem

Shechem was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible:
Shedeur was a member of the house of Reuben according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 1|Numbers 1:5. He was the father of Elizur.

Shelemiah

Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, along with two others, was commanded by king Jehoiakim to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet Jeremiah.

Shelomi

Shelomi was the father of Ahihud, a prince of the Tribe of Asher..

Shelumiel

Shelumiel was a son of Zurishaddai, a prince of the tribe of Simeon and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel, according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 1|Numbers 1:6.
Yiddish :wikt:schlemiel|schlemiel, a term for a "hapless loser", is said to be derived from the name.

Shelomith

Shelomith was a daughter of Dibri of the house of Dan, according to :s:Bible /Leviticus#Chapter 24|Leviticus 24:11. She was married to an Egyptian and her son was stoned to death by the people of Israel for blasphemy, following Moses' issue of a ruling on the penalty to be applied for blasphemy.

Shemaiah

See List of people in the Hebrew Bible called Shemaiah

Shemariah

Shemariah is the name of four biblical figures.
In 1 Chronicles 12:5, Shemariah is a Benjamite, one of David's soldiers.
In 2 Chronicles 11:19, Shemariah is one of the sons of Rehoboam, spelled Shamariah in the King James Version.
In Ezra 10:32, Shemariah is one of the "sons of Harim," in a list of men who took foreign wives. Another Shemariah, one of the "descendants of Bani", appears in verse 41.

Shemeber

Shemeber is the king of Zeboiim in :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 14|Genesis 14 who joins other Canaanite city kings in rebelling against Chedorlaomer.

Shemed

Shemed, spelled Shamed in the King James Version, is a figure briefly listed in 1 Chronicles 8:12 as one of the sons of Elpaal, the son of Shaharaim. He and his two brothers are referred to as "Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof".

Shemer

Shemer is the name of three biblical figures.
According to Kings, Shemer was the name of the man from whom Omri, King of Israel, bought Samaria, which he named after Shemer.
According to 1 Chronicles, one of the Levites involved in the musical ministry of the Jerusalem temple was "Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi". In this passage, the King James Version spells the name Shamer.
1 Chronicles 7:34 mentions a Shemer as one of the descendants of the Tribe of Asher. In verse 32, this figure is called Shomer, and is the son of Heber, the son of Beriah, the son of Asher.

Shemida

Shemida was a son of Manasseh according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 26|Numbers 26:32, :s:Bible /Joshua#Chapter 17|Joshua 17:2, and :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 7|1 Chronicles 7:19.

Shemuel

Shemuel Prince of the tribe of Simeon; one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the division of Canaan amongst the tribe.

Shephatiah

Shephatiah is the name of at least two Hebrew Bible men:
Sheshan is the name of one, or possibly two, biblical characters mentioned in the first book of Chronicles:
Shillem was a son of Naphtali according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 46|Genesis 46:24 and :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 26|Numbers 26:49. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Shimeah

The name Shimeah is used for two figures in the Hebrew Bible.
Shimi was a son of Gershon of the house of Levi according to :s:Bible /Exodus#Chapter 6|Exodus 6:17. He was born in Egypt.

Shimron

Shimron was a son of Issachar according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 46|Genesis 46:13, :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 26|Numbers 26:24 and 1 Chronicles 7:1. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Shimshai

Shimshai was a scribe who was represented the peoples listed in Ezra 4:9–10 in a letter to King Artaxerxes.

Shinab

Shinab is the king of Admah in :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 14|Genesis 14 who joins other Canaanite city kings in rebelling against Chedorlaomer.

Shiphtan

Shiphtan was the father of Kemuel, a prince of the Tribe of Ephraim..

Shisha

Shisha was the father of Elihoreph and Ahijah, who were scribes of King Solomon.

Shobab

Shobab שובב "Mischievous" is the name of two figures in the Hebrew Bible.
Shobal was a Horite chief in the hill country of Seir during the days of Esau. He was a son of Seir the Horite, and his sons were Alvas, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam. He is mentioned in.

Shuni

Shuni was a son of Gad according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 46|Genesis 46:16 and :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 26|Numbers 26:15. He was one of the 70 persons to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Shuthelah

Shuthelah was a son of Ephraim according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 35|Numbers 26:35 and :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 7|1 Chronicles 7:20.

Simon Iscariot

Simon Iscariot was the father of Judas Iscariot.

Sodi

Sodi of the house of Zebulun was the father of Gaddiel, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:10.

Sotai

Sotai was a descendant of the servants of Solomon, and his own descendants were listed among those who returned from the Babylonian exile in Ezra 2:55.

Susi

Susi of the house of Manasseh was the father of Gaddi, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:11.

T

Tahan

Tahan was a son of Ephraim according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 35|Numbers 26:35 and :s:Bible /1 Chronicles#Chapter 7|1 Chronicles 7:25.

Taphath

Taphath was a daughter of Solomon and wife of one of her father's twelve regional administrators, the son of Abinadab.

Tola

Tola was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible:

Uel

In : "Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel."

Ulam

Ulam is a name that appears twice in the Hebrew Bible. In 1 Chronicles 7:16–17, an Ulam appears in a genealogical passage as the son of Peresh, the son of Machir, the son of the patriarch Manasseh. In 1 Chronicles 8:39, an Ulam appears in a genealogy as the son of Eshek, the brother of Azel, the son of Eleasah, the son of Raphah, the son of Binea, the son of Moza, the son of Zimri, the son of Jehoadah, the son of Ahaz, the son of Micah, the son of Meribbaal.

Uri

Uri is mentioned 7 times, 6 of which indicate that another figure is the "son of Uri". The meaning of the name in English is "my light", "my flame" or "illumination".
Uriah ben Shemaiah is mentioned in Jeremiah 26:20–23 as a minor prophet from Kiriath-Jearim who 'spoke in the name of the Lord against this city and nation just as Jeremiah did'. King Jehoiakim heard about his activities, and tried to kill him, but Uriah fled to Egypt 'in terror'. Elnathan son of Achbor was sent to return him, and Jehoiakim had him killed when he was brought back to Judah.

Urijah

Urijah a priest in the time of King Ahaz of Judah, built an altar at the temple in Jerusalem on the Damascene model for Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria. II Kings 16:10–16

V

Vaizatha

Vaizatha is one of the ten sons of Persian vizier Haman, mentioned in. Haman had planned to kill all the Jews living under the reign of King Ahasuerus, but his plot was foiled. In their defence, the Jews killed 500 men in the citadel of Susa, as well as Vaizatha and his nine brothers: this event is remembered in the Jewish festival Purim. Walther Hinz has proposed that the name is a rendering of an Old Iranian name, Vahyazzāta, which itself is derived from Vahyaz-dāta, as found in Aramaic, Elamite, and Akkadian sources.

Vaniah

Vaniah, meaning nourishment, or weapons, of the Lord; one of many sons of Bani named in :s:Bible /Ezra#Chapter 10|Ezra 10:36.

Vophsi

Vophsi of the house of Naphtali was the father of Nahbi, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:14.

Z

Zaavan

Zaavan, son of Ezer, was a Horite chief in the Land of Edom.

Zabad

Zabad is the name of seven men in the Hebrew Bible.
Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the Tribe of Judah, was the father of Carmi and the grandfather of Achan, according to :s:Bible /Joshua#Chapter 7|Joshua 7:1. He was present at the Battle of Jericho.

Zabud

Zabud was a priest and friend of King Solomon, according to :s:Bible /1 Kings#Chapter 4|1 Kings 4:5. He is described as the "son of Nathan," but it is unclear whether this is Nathan the prophet or Nathan the son of David. As a "friend" of the king, he probably served the function of a counselor.

Zaccur

Zaccur of the house of Reuben was the father of Shammua, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 13|Numbers 13:4.

Zalmon

Zalmon the Ahohite, according to 2 Samuel 23:28 in the Masoretic Text, is listed as one of David's Mighty Warriors. In the Masoretic Text of 1 Chronicles 11:29, in another copy of the same list of warriors, he is called "Ilai the Ahohite." Where the Masoretic Text has "Zalmon," various manuscripts of the Greek Septuagint have Ellon, Sellom, or Eliman. And where the Masoretic Text has "Ilai," the Septuagint reads Elei, Eli, or Ela.

Zebadiah

Zebadiah may refer to:
Zephaniah was the name of at least two people in the Bible:
See [|Ziphion].

Zerah

See [|Zohar].

Zeri

See Izri.

Zeror

Zeror, son of Bechorath, of the tribe of Benjamin, was the great-grandfather of King Saul and of his commander Abner. According to Saul, his family was the least of the tribe of Benjamin.

Zichri

Zichri was a son of Izhar of the house of Levi according to :s:Bible /Exodus#Chapter 6|Exodus 6:21, born in Egypt. He was a nephew of Amram and a cousin of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses. Zichri was also the name of the father of Amasiah, one of Jehoshaphat's commanders according to :s:Bible /2 Chronicles#Chapter 17|2 Chron 17:16.

Zidkijah

Zidkijah is mentioned in chapter 10 of Nehemiah.

Zillah

In, Zillah is a wife of Lamech and the mother of Tubal-cain and Naamah.

Ziphah

In, Ziphah is mentioned as a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah.

Zippor

Zippor was the father of Balak, the king of Moab, in Numbers 22

Ziphion

Ziphion or Zephon is a son of Gad, and was the progenitor of the Zephonites. There may be a connection with the angel Zephon.

Zithri

In, Zithri, a Levite, was the son of Uzziel.

Ziza

Ziza was a Gershonite, the second son of Shimei. The spelling is according to the Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts have Zina.

Zobebah

Zobebah was a son of Koz.

Zohar

For the Zohar found in a variant reading of 1 Chronicles 4:7, see Izhar.
Zohar or Zerah was a son of Simeon according to :s:Bible /Genesis#Chapter 46|Genesis 46:10, :s:Bible /Exodus#Chapter 6|Exodus 6:15, and :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 26|Numbers 26:13. He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.

Zuar

Zuar was a member of the house of Issachar according to :s:Bible /Numbers#Chapter 1|Numbers 1:8. He was the father of Nethaneel.

Zuriel

Zuriel was the son of Abihail. A Levite, Zuriel was chief prince of the Merarites at the time of the Exodus.

Zurishaddai

In, Rock of the Almighty was the father of Shelumiel, the prince of the Tribe of Simeon. He is mentioned in this context five times in the Book of Numbers.