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A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur. She became one of David’s wives, and was the mother…

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 8:29.

The father of Achish, the king of Gath (1 Kings 2:39), called also Maoch (1 Sam. 27:2).

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 2:48.

The father of Hanan, who was one of David’s body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43).

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 27:16.

Daughter of Ir. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 7:15.

Daughter of Nahor. Mentioned in 1 verse, Genesis 22:24.

The daughter of Abishalom (called Absalom, 2 Chr. 11:20-22), the third wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijam (1 Kings…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:34.

Son of Jonathan. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 12:36.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 8:4.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 8:7.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:25.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 12:41.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 12:42.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Jeremiah 29:21.

One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr. 15:18, 20).

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Jeremiah 32:12.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 2 Chronicles 26:11.

One who was sent by king Josiah to repair the temple (2 Chr. 34:8). He was governor (Heb. sar, rendered elsewhere in…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:18.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:21.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:22.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:30.

One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chr. 23:1).

Son of Ahaz. Mentioned in 1 verse, 2 Chronicles 28:7.

Son of Ananiah. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:23.

Son of Baruch. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 11:5.

Son of Ithiel. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 11:7.

Son of Shallum. Mentioned in 1 verse, Jeremiah 35:4.

The father of the priest Zephaniah (Jer. 21:1; 37:3).

Work of Jehovah, one of the priests resident at Jerusalem at the Captivity (1 Chr. 9:12).

Small, a person named in our Lord’s ancestry (Luke 3:26).

Son of Ram. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 2:27.

The head of the twenty-fourth priestly course (1 Chr. 24:18) in David’s reign.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 12:13.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Numbers 13:15.

A descendant of the preceding, residing at Lo-debar, where he maintained Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth till he was taken…

Manasseh’s oldest son (Josh. 17:1), or probably his only son (see 1 Chr. 7:14, 15; comp. Num. 26:29-33; Josh. 13:31).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:40.

Middle land, the third “son” of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), the name by which the Medes are known on the Assyrian monuments.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 36:43.

Region of Gog, the second of the “sons” of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5). In Ezekiel (38:2; 39:6) it is the name of a…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:20.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:18.

Neh. 11:4, a descendant of Perez.

The son of Cainan, of the line of Seth (Gen. 5:12-17); called Maleleel (Luke 3:37).

The daughter of Jerimoth, who was one of David’s sons. She was one of Rehoboam’s wives (2 Chr. 11:18).

Mentioned in 3 verses, first in 2 Samuel 23:28.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 2 Chronicles 31:13.

Another Kohathite Levite, of the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:12).

A Kohathite Levite, father of Elkanah (1 Chr. 6:35).

Visions, a Kohathite Levite, chief of the twenty-third course of musicians (1 Chr. 25:4, 30).

Plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isa. 8:1-3; comp. Zeph. 1:14), a name Isaiah was commanded first to write in large…

Disease, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad (Num. 27:1-11) who had their father’s inheritance, the law of…

Son of Mushi. Mentioned in 3 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 6:47.

Son of Merari. Mentioned in 8 verses, first in Exodus 6:19.

Sickly, the elder of Elimelech the Bethlehemite’s two sons by Naomi. He married Ruth and died childless (Ruth 1:2, 5…

Dance, the father of four sons (1 Kings 4:31) who were inferior in wisdom only to Solomon.

Messenger or angel, the last of the minor prophets, and the writer of the last book of the Old Testament canon (Mal…

The national idol of the Ammonites. When Rabbah was taken by David, the crown of this idol was among the spoils.

King of help, one of the four sons of Saul (1 Chr. 8:33). He perished along with his father in the battle of Gilboa (1…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:25.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:31.

Neh. 3:31.

A priest who stood by Ezra when he “read in the book of the law of God” (Neh. 8:4).

Son of Hammelech. Mentioned in 1 verse, Jeremiah 38:6.

Neh. 3:14.

Son of Jeaterai. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 6:40.

Son of Beriah. Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Genesis 46:17.

The head of the fifth division of the priests in the time of David (1 Chr. 24:9).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:25.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:3.

One of the priests appointed as musicians to celebrate the completion of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:42).

Neh. 3:11.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 9:12.

Son of Jehoiachin. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 3:18.

Reigning, the personal servant or slave of the high priest Caiaphas. He is mentioned only by John.

My fulness, a Kohathite Levite, one of the sons of Heman the Levite (1 Chr. 25:4), and chief of the nineteenth division…

Ezra 10:29.

Ezra 10:32

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:27.

A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 6:44).

A priest who returned from Babylon (Neh. 12:2).

An Amoritish chief in alliance with Abraham (Gen. 14:13, 24).

Son of the giant in Gath. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 2 Samuel 21:20.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 8:18.

Consoler, a Christian teacher at Antioch. Nothing else is known of him beyond what is stated in Acts 13:1, where he is…

Son of Shobal. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 36:23.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Judges 18:30.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:30.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:33.

The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1).

The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1).

Rest, a Danite, the father of Samson (Judg. 13:1-22, and 14:2-4).

Son of Shammai. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 2:45.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Esther 1:14.

Bitterness, the sister of Lazarus and Mary, and probably the eldest of the family, who all resided at Bethany (Luke…

Mary Magdalene, i.e., Mary of Magdala, a town on the western shore of the Lake of Tiberias. She is for the first time…

Mary the sister of Lazarus is brought to our notice in connection with the visits of our Lord to Bethany. She is…

Mentioned in 8 verses, first in Matthew 27:56.

Mary the mother of John Mark was one of the earliest of our Lord’s disciples. She was the sister of Barnabas (Col…

A Christian at Rome who treated Paul with special kindness (Rom. 16:6).

The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the “Virgin Mary,” though never so designated in Scripture (Matt. 2:11…

One of the four sons of Aram, and the name of a tribe descended from him (Gen. 10:23) inhabiting some part probably of…

A lifting up, gift, one of the sons of Ishmael, the founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:14); a nomad tribe inhabiting…

Daughter of Mezahab. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 36:39.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Samuel 10:21.

The father of Shephatiah (Jer. 38:1).

A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18).

Mentioned in 1 verse, 2 Chronicles 20:14.

A Levite who assisted in purifying the temple at the reformation under Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:13).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:26.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:27.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:30.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:37.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 13:13.

A Levite, son of Heman, the chief of the ninth class of temple singers (1 Chr. 25:4, 16).

Son of Michaiah. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Nehemiah 11:22.

Son of Micha. Mentioned in 4 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 9:15.

Son of Nathan. Mentioned in 1 verse, Luke 3:31.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:33.

The son of Semei, in the same genealogy (Luke 3:26).

The son of Amos, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:25).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:37.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 12:19.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:33.

The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Matt. 1:15).

Son of another Levi (Luke 3:29).

The son of Levi, and father of Heli (Luke 3:24).

Gift of God, a common Jewish name after the Exile. He was the son of Alphaeus, and was a publican or tax-gatherer at…

Gift of God. Acts 1:23.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:43.

One who stood by Ezra while reading the law (Neh. 8:4).

The eldest son of Shallum, of the family of Korah (1 Chr. 9:31).

One of the sons of Jeduthun (1 Chr. 25:3, 21).

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Numbers 11:26.

A son of Jokshan, Abraham’s son by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:32). His descendants settled on the Syrian borders about the…

Whose benefactor is God, the father of Delaiah, and grandfather of Shemaiah, who joined Sanballat against Nehemiah…

Wife of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:39).

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:52.

Son of Chelub. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:11.

Smitten by God, the son of Irad, and father of Methusael (Gen. 4:18).

Faithful, one of the eunchs whom Ahasuerus (Xerxes) commanded to bring in Vashti (Esther 1:10).

Habitations, (2 Chr. 26:7; R.V. “Meunim,” Vulg. Ammonitae), a people against whom Uzziah waged a successful war. This…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:7.

The son of Addi, and father of Neri (Luke 3:28).

Luke 3:24.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Jeremiah 21:1.

King of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we know of him is recorded in Gen. 14:18-20.

Fulness, the son of Menan and father of Eliakim, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:31).

King, the second of Micah’s four sons (1 Chr. 8:35), and thus grandson of Mephibosheth.

Probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian court…

Dignified, one of the royal counsellors at the court of Ahasuerus, by whose suggestion Vashti was divorced (Esther…

Conforting, the son of Gadi, and successor of Shallum, king of Israel, whom he slew. After a reign of about ten years…

Son of Mattatha. Mentioned in 1 verse, Luke 3:31.

Son of Othniel. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:14.

The name of Saul’s son by the concubine Rizpah (q.v.), the daughter of Aiah. He and his brother Armoni were with five…

The son of Jonathan, and grandson of Saul (2 Sam. 4:4). He was but five years old when his father and grandfather fell…

Increase, the eldest of Saul’s two daughters (1 Sam. 14:49). She was betrothed to David after his victory over Goliath…

Resistance, a chief priest, a contemporary of the high priest Joiakim (Neh. 12:12).

Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar (1 Chr. 6:6, 7, 52).

Sad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who…

Rebellion, one of the sons of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:17).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:36.

Exaltations, heights, a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:3), to whom were sent the sacred…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Esther 1:14.

Merodach has given a son, (Isa. 39:1), “the hereditary chief of the Chaldeans, a small tribe at that time settled in…

Heb. meysh’a, “deliverance,” the eldest son of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:42), and brother of Jerahmeel.

Son of Shaharaim. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 8:9.

Heb. id, a king of Moab, the son of Chemosh-Gad, a man of great wealth in flocks and herds (2 Kings 3:4). After the…

One of the three Hebrew youths who were trained with Daniel in Babylon (Dan. 1:11, 19), and promoted to the rank of…

Drawing out, the sixth son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), the founder of a tribe (1 Chr. 1:5; Ezek. 27:13; 38:2, 3). They were…

Friendship of Jehovah, a Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah (1 Chr. 9:21; 26:1, 2, 9, 14). He…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:21.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 11:24.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:4.

A priest, the son of Immer (Neh. 11:13).

The father of Berechiah (2 Chr. 28:12).

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:34.

Neh. 12:13.

A chief priest (Neh. 12:16).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 12:25.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Nehemiah 10:7.

Grandfather of Shaphan, “the scribe,” in the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:3).

Mentioned in 1 verse, 2 Chronicles 34:12.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 8:16.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:15.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:29.

One of the principal Israelites who supported Ezra when expounding the law to the people (Neh. 8:4).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:20.

One of the chief Gadites in Bashan in the time of Jotham (1 Chr. 5:13).

Son of Besodeiah. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:6.

1 Chr. 8:17.

Son of Hodaviah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 9:7.

Son of Joed. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 11:7.

A priest (1 Chr. 9:12).

Son of Shephathiah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 9:8.

1 Chr. 3:19.

Son of Berechiah. Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Nehemiah 3:4.

Friend, the wife of Manasseh, and the mother of Amon (2 Kings 21:19), Kings of Judah.

Champion of El; man of God, a descendant of Cain (Gen. 4:18), so called, perhaps, to denote that even among the…

Man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, dying at…

Water of gold, the father of Matred (Gen. 36:39; 1 Chr. 1:50), and grandfather of Mehetabel, wife of Hadar, the last…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:25.

Choice, a Hagarene, one of David’s warriors (1 Chr. 11:38); called also Bani the Gadite (2 Sam. 23:36).

A son of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:25).

One of Ishmael’s twelve sons, and head of an Arab tribe (Gen. 25:13).

Fortress, one of the Edomitish “dukes” descended from Esau (Gen. 36:42; 1 Chr. 1:53).

“The Morasthite,” so called to distinguish him from Micaiah, the son of Imlah (1 Kings 22:8). He was a prophet of…

The son of Merib-baal (Mephibosheth), 1 Chr. 8:34, 35.

A descendant of Joel the Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:5).

A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an…

Who is like Jehovah?, the son of Imlah, a faithful prophet of Samaria (1 Kings 22:8-28). Three years after the great…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:11.

The son of Zabdi, a Levite of the family of Asaph (Neh. 11:17, 22).

The father of Sethur, the spy selected to represent Asher (Num. 13:13).

A Manassite, “a captain of thousands” who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:20).

The father of Omri (1 Chr. 27:18).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 8:8.

A chief Gadite in Bashan (1 Chr. 5:13).

A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:40).

1 Chr. 8:16, a Benjamite.

1 Chr. 7:3, a chief of the tribe of Issachar.

One of the sons of king Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 21:2, 4). He was murdered by his brother Jehoram.

Son of Jeshishai. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 5:14.

The first in rank of the priests of the family of Kohathites (1 Chr. 23:20).

2 Kings 22:12.

One of those sent out by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in the law (2 Chr. 17:7).

A priest (Neh. 12:41).

The son of Gemariah. He reported to the king’s officers Jeremiah’s prediction, which he had heard Baruch read (Jer…

A Levite (Neh. 12:35).

Rivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1 Sam. 14:49, 50). “Attracted by the…

Prize of Jehovah, a Benjamite, the father of Uzzi (1 Chr. 9:8).

Strife, the fourth son of Abraham by Keturah, the father of the Midianites (Gen. 25:2; 1 Chr. 1:32).

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 24:9.

An officer under Dodai, in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:4).

A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:32; 9:37, 38).

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 15:18.

Eloquent, a Levitical musician (Neh. 12:36) who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem.

Daughter of Zelophehad. Mentioned in 4 verses, first in Numbers 26:33.

Daughter of Haran. Mentioned in 6 verses, first in Genesis 11:29.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 2 Chronicles 31:15.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 12:41.

A chief priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:5), called Mijamin (10:7) and Miniamin (12:17).

1 Chr. 4:17, one of the descendants of Judah.

The sister of Moses and Aaron (Ex. 2:4-10; 1 Chr. 6:3). Her name is prominent in the history of the Exodus.

Son of Shaharaim. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 8:10.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 8:4.

A Levite; the eldest of the three sons of Uzziel (Ex. 6:22).

Their cleansing or their beholding, a Benjamite, one of the sons of Elpaal (1 Chr. 8:12).

A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:25, 26).

One of the sons of Ishmael (Gen. 25:14), and founder of an Arab tribe.

Fatness, one of the Gadite heroes who gathered to David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:10).

Number, one of the Jews who accompanied Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezra 2:2); called also Mispereth (Neh. 7:7).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 4:7.

The “treasurer” of King Cyrus (Ezra 1:8).

The dual form of matzor, meaning a “mound” or “fortress,” the name of a people descended from Ham (Gen. 10:6, 13; 1…

Son of Reuel. Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Genesis 36:13.

Reminding, or remembrancer, a Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged (Acts 21:16). He was apparently a native of…

Used to denote the people of Moab (Num. 22:3-14; Judg. 3:30; 2 Sam. 8:2; Jer. 48:11, 13).

A priest (Neh. 10:8).

Son of Abishur. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 2:29.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:2.

The son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconiah, and…

Drawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25), Jacob and his…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezekiel 23:2.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Proverbs 31:1.

Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Matthew 8:14.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Matthew 20:20.

One of the sons of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:46).

The son of Zimri, of the posterity of Saul (1 Chr. 8:36, 37; 9:42, 43).

Receding, the second of the two sons of Merari (Ex. 6:19; Num. 3:20). His sons were called Mushites (Num. 3:33; 26:58).