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List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, A–K

"List of minor biblical figures" redirects here. For other minor Hebrew Bible figures, see List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, L–Z.

For minor figures in the New Testament, see List of minor New Testament figures.

This article contains persons named in the Bible, specifically in the Hebrew Bible, of minor notability, about whom little or nothing is known, aside from some family connections. Here are the names which start with A-K; for L-Z see there.

A

Abagtha

Abda

Abdeel

Abdeel (Hebrew עַבְדְּאֵל "servant of God"; akin to Arabic عبد الله Abdullah^[4]) is mentioned in Jeremiah 36:26 as the father of Shelemiah, one of three men who were commanded by King Jehoiakim to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his secretary Baruch.^[5] The Septuagint omits the phrase "and Shelemiah son of Abdeel", probably a scribal error due to homoioteleuton.^[6]

Abdi

The name Abdi (Hebrew עַבְדִּי) is probably an abbreviation of Obediah, meaning "servant of YHWH", according to the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.^[7]Easton's Bible Encyclopedia, on the other hand, holds that it means "my servant". The name "Abdi" appears three times in forms of the Bible that are in use among Jews, Protestants, and Roman Catholics. There is also one additional appearance in 1 Esdras, considered canonical in Eastern Orthodox Churches.

1 Chronicles 6:29: "And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch."^[8] This verse, in the King James Version and some other Bibles, is verse 44 of chapter 6.
2 Chronicles 29:12. "Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah."^[8]
Ezra 10:26. "And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah."^[8]
1 Esdras 9:27, where the name appears in the Hellenized form Oabd[e]ios.^[9] "Of the sons of Elam: Matthanias and Zacharias and Iezrielos and Obadios and Ieremoth and Elias."^[10]

According to Cheyne and Black (1899), the two occurrences in the Books of Chronicles refer to a single individual, and the references in Ezra and 1 Esdras are to a second individual.^[11]

Abdiel

Abdiel (Hebrew עַבְדִּיאֵל) was the son of Guni and the father of Ahi according to 1 Chronicles 5:15. He came from the tribe of Gad; A Gadite who lived in Gilead or in Bashan, and whose name was reckoned in genealogies of the time of Jotham, king of Judah, or of Jeroboam II king of Israel.

Abdon

Abdon (Hebrew עַבְדּוֹן from עָבַד "to serve") is the name of four biblical individuals. It is a diminutive form of the name Ebed.^[12]

An Abdon in the book of Judges: see the article Abdon (Judges).
The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned only in passing in genealogies (1 Chronicles 8:30, 9:36).
Abdon the son of Micah. Josiah sent him, among others, to the prophetess Huldah, in order to discern the meaning of the recently rediscovered book of the law (2 Chronicles 34:20). He is referred to as Achbor in 2 Kings 22:12.
Abdon son of Sashak. He is only mentioned as a name in a genealogy (1 Chronicles 8:23).^[13]

In addition to its use as a personal name, the proper name "Abdon" is used for a Levitical city mentioned in Joshua 21:30 and 1 Chronicles 6:59.^[14]

Abi

See Abijah

Abiah

See Abijah

Abialbon

See Abiel

Abiasaph

Abiasaph (Hebrew אֲבִיאָסָף "my father has gathered") was a son of Korah of the Tribe of Levi according to Exodus 6:24, born in Egypt. Ebiasaph is a spelling variation of Abiasaph.

Abida

Abida, Abidah or Abeida^[15] (Hebrew אֲבִידָע), a son of Midian and descendant of Abraham and Keturah, appears twice in the Bible, in Genesis 25:4 and 1 Chronicles 1:33.^[16] The sons of Abraham's concubines were sent away to the east with gifts from Abraham.^[17] The father of Hudino, the great-grandfather of Jethro.

Abiel

Abiel (Hebrew אֲבִיאֵל "my father is God") was the name of two individuals mentioned in the Bible:

Abiezer

Abiezer or Abieezer is the name of three Biblical characters. The name means "My father is help". The characters are:

Abihail

Abihail (Hebrew אֲבִיחָ֑יִל, "my father is might")^[18] may refer to one of five different people mentioned in the Bible:

Abihail the Levite lived during the time of the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness. He was the head of the house of Merari and Levi's youngest son. (Numbers 3:35)
Abihail was the wife of Abishur of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:29)
Abihail, from Gilead of Bashan, was head of the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:14)
Abihail was the daughter of David's brother Eliab. She was married to David's son Jerimoth and became mother of Rehoboam's wife Mahalath. (2 Chronicles 11:18)
Abihail was the father of Queen Esther and uncle of Mordecai. (Esther 2:15; Esther 9:29)

Abihud

Abihud (Hebrew אֲבִיהֽוּד, "my father is majesty")^[19] was a figure mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8:3 as the son of Bela the son of Benjamin. He is also called Ahihud. Another individual named Abihud is mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew as an ancestor of Jesus. But this Abihud is not listed in the Old Testament.

Abijah

Abijah (Hebrew אֲבִיָּה "my father is YHWH") is the name of five minor biblical individuals:

Abijah,^[20] who married King Ahaz of Judah. She is also called Abi.^[21] Her father's name was Zechariah; she was the mother of King Hezekiah^[22]
A wife of Hezron, one of the grandchildren of Judah^[23]
A son of Becher, the son of Benjamin^[24]
The second son of Samuel.^[25] His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beersheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a monarchy.
A descendant of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, a chief of the eighth of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by David and an ancestor of Zechariah, the priest who was the father of John the Baptist.^[26] The order of Abijah is listed with the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Joshua.^[27]

This name (possibly) appeared on the Gezer Calendar, a Paleo-Hebrew inscription dating to the 9th or 10th Century BC, making it one of the earliest if not the earliest Yahwistic theophoric names outside the Bible.^[28]

Abimael

In Genesis10:28, Abimael (Hebrew אֲבִֽימָאֵ֖ל) is the ninth of the 13 sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem. He is also mentioned in 1 Chronicles1:22. Abimael means "God is a father."^[29]

Abinadab

"Abinadab" redirects here. For other uses, see Abinadab (disambiguation).

Abinadab (Hebrew אֲבִינָדָב "my father apportions" or "the father [i.e. god of the clan] is munificent")^[30] refers to four biblical characters. Where the Hebrew text reads Avinadav, Greek manuscripts of the Septuagint read Am(e)inadab or Abin.^[30] but Brenton's translation of the Septuagint reads "Abinadab".

A man of Kiriath-Jearim, in whose house on a hill the Ark of the Covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines.^[31] "It is most likely that this Abinadab was a Levite".^[32] The ark remained in his care for twenty years, guarded by his son Eleazar, until it was at length removed by David.^[33]
The second of the eight sons of Jesse.^[34] He was with Saul in the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath was slain.^[35]
One of Saul's sons, who perished with his father in the battle of Gilboa.^[36]

Abinoam

Abiram

Abiram (Hebrew אֲבִירָם) was the firstborn of Hiel the Beth-elite mentioned in 1 Kings 16:34.

Abishua

Abishua (Hebrew אֲבִישׁוּעַ) was the name of 2 minor biblical individuals found in the Hebrew Bible.

Abishur

According to the Hebrew Bible, Abishur or Abishur ben Shammai (Hebrew אֲבִישׁוּר) was the spouse of Abihail, and the father of Molin and Ahban. He was directly from the tribe of Judah as the son of Shammai the son of Onam the great-great-grandson of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:28–29)

Abital

Abitub

The name Abitub or Abitob (Hebrew אֲבִיטוּב) appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, in 1 Chronicles 8:11, where it is used for a character said to be the son of Shaharaim, in a section on the descendants of Benjamin.^[39]

Achbor

Achsa

Achsa or Achsah (Hebrew עַכְסָה), was the daughter of Caleb or Chelubai the son of Hezron of the Tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:49^[40]) Though she is often identified as the Achsah the daughter of Caleb in the time of Joshua.^[41]

Achsah

See Achsa

Adah

Hebrew: עָדָה‎, Modern: ʿAda, Tiberian: ʿĀḏā; adornment^[42]

the first wife of Lamech, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal. (Genesis4:19–23^[43])
the first wife of Esau, the daughter of Elon the Hittite. It has been suggested by biblical scholars that she is the same person as "Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite", mentioned as a wife of Esau in Genesis 26.^[44]^[45]^[46] See Wives of Esau. She bore Esau's firstborn Eliphaz, and became the matriarch of the Edomites. (Genesis26:34, 36:2–4)

The Order of the Eastern Star considers Adah also to be the name of the daughter of Jephthah, although the Bible does not name her.

Adaiah

Adaiah (Hebrew עֲדָיָה, /əˈdeɪjə/) was the name of 8 biblical individuals:

Adalia

Mentioned only in Esther9:8, Adalia (Hebrew אֲדַלְיָא) is the fifth of the Persian noble Haman's ten sons.^[48] Adalia was slain along with his nine siblings in Susa. In various manuscripts of the Septuagint, his name is given as Barsa,Barel, or Barea.^[48]

Adbeel

Adbeel (Hebrew אַדְבְּאֵל "disciplined by God") Nadbeel or Idiba'ilu, was the third son of Ishmael out of twelve. (Genesis25:13) The name Adbeel is associated with the personal name and northwest tribe in Arabia known as Idiba'ilu. (Kenneth A. Mathews, 2005, p. 361)

Addar

Addar (Hebrew אַדָּר), according to the Hebrew Bible, was the son of Bela the son of Benjamin the eponymous founder of the tribe of Benjamin. He is briefly mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8:3.

Ader

See Eder

Adiel

Adiel (Hebrew עֲדִיאֵל) may refer to 3 people:

The father of Azmaveth, who was treasurer under David and Solomon, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 27:25.
A family head of the tribe of Simeon, who participated in driving out the Meunim, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 4:36.
See Azareel

Adin

Adin (Hebrew עָדִין) was the head of a family who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel in Ezra 2:15, 8:6. However, according to Nehemiah 7:20, his descendants were 655, that is, completely divergent from the descendants in Ezra as 454. He is also found in Nehemiah 10:17 as one who signed Nehemiah's covenant.

Adina

In 1 Chronicles 11:42, Adina (Hebrew עֲדִינָא lit. Slender) is listed as one of the "mighty men" of David's army. Adina was the son of a chief of the Reubenites named Shiza.

Adino

Adino (Hebrew עֲדִינוֹ) was an Eznite and one of David's mighty men found in 2 Samuel 23:8.. He is identified with Jashobeam and the name does not occur in other translations in the Bible. Ginsburg offers a corrected form taken substantially from the parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 11:11: "Jashobeam a son of a Hachmonite, chief of the captains; he lifted up his spear." This is plausible, and is very generally accepted, and eliminates the names Adino and Eznite, which do not occur elsewhere in the Bible. Some of the facts are against this. The Septuagint has the names Adino and Eznite. The Latin finds no proper names in the passage, but so translates the words as to presuppose the Hebrew text as we have it. It may be a case for suspended judgment.^[49]

Adlai

Adlai is in Hebrew עַדְלָי, meaning "refuge". In 1 Chronicles 27:29, he is the father of Shaphat. He is mentioned only in this verse.

Admatha

Admatha (Hebrew אַדְמָ֣תָא) is an advisor to Ahasuerus of Persia, mentioned only in Esther 1:14.^[50] According to one theory, the verse has suffered from scribal error, and as it originally stood Admatha was instead Hamdatha, not an adviser to Ahaseurus but the father of Haman.^[50]

Adna

Adna (Hebrew עַדְנָא) is the name of two biblical characters.^[51]

One of the men of pahath-moav who took foreign wives.^[52]
A priest, named as the head of the priestly family Harim in the time of Joiakim.^[53]

Adnah

Adnah is the name of at least two individuals in the Hebrew Bible.^[54]

Adnah (Hebrew עַדְנָה) is found in 2 Chronicles 17:14. He is called Ednaas or Ednas in Septuagint manuscripts, is credited with being a commander of 300,000 soldiers in the army of Jehoshaphat.^[54] His name is spelled with a final He, as opposed to Adna, above, whose named is spelled with an alef.^[54]
Adnah (Hebrew עַדְנַח) is found in 1 Chronicles 12:20. He is called Edna in the Septuagint, refers to a member of the Tribe of Manasseh who deserted Saul to support David.^[54] His name is spelled with either a final He or else a Heth, depending on the manuscript.^[54]

Adonijah

Adonijah (Hebrew אֲדֹנִיָּה, "My God YHVH") is the name of 2 minor biblical figures.

Adonikam

Adonikam (Hebrew אֲדֹנִיקָם, meaning, "My Lord is risen up."^[57]) is a Biblical figure, one of those "which came with Zerubbabel" (Ezra 2:13). His "children," or retainers, numbering 666, came to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:13). In the Septuagint, depending on the manuscript and location, the name is given as Adon[e]ikam,Adonikan,Adeikam,Adenikam,Adaneikam or Adoniakaim.^[57] In Nehemiah 7:18, his descendants were 667 instead of the previous number 666.^[58]

Adriel

Adriel (Hebrew עַדְרִיאֵל) was the son of Barzillai the Meholathite, whom Saul gave in marriage his own daughter, Merab.^[59] The five sons that sprang from this union were put to death by the Gibeonites. (1 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 21:8–9). Here it is said that Michal bore these five children; either that she treated them as if she had been their own mother, or that for "Michal" we should read "Merab," in 1 Samuel 18:19.^[60]

Agee

Agee (Hebrew אָגֵא) was the father of Shammah, who was one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:11). Based on interpretations of 1 Chronicles 11:34 and 2 Samuel 23:32–33 Agee was either the grandfather of Jonathan or his brother. According to Cheyne and Black, his name is a scribal mistake, and should read "Ela"; he is the same as the Ela mentioned in 1 Kings 4:18.^[61]

Ahab

Ahab (Hebrew: אָחאַב, which means "brother/father") is the name of at least one minor biblical figure:

Aharah

See Ehi

Aharhel

In 1 Chronicles4:8, Aharhel (Hebrew אֲחַרְחֵל "behind the rampart") is the son of Harum of the tribe of Judah.

Ahasai

See Ahzai, and Meshullam

Ahasbai

Ahasbai (Hebrew אֲחַסְבַּי), the son of the Maachathite, was the father of Eliphelet, one of King David's Warriors (2 Samuel 23:34).

Ahaz

Ahaz (Hebrew אָחָז) was a son of Micah, and great-grandson of Jonathan.^[63]^[64] (1 Chronicles 8:35, 9:42)

Ahban

Ahban (Hebrew אַחְבָּן) was the first son of Abishur and Abihail. He was also the brother of Molid and a Jerahmeelite. He is mentioned in the following passage: 1 Chronicles 2:29.^[65]

Aher

Aher (Hebrew אַחֵר, translated as "other")^[66] was a Benjamite and the father of Hushim. (1 Chronicles 7:12) He might be the same as Ahiram and Aharah.

Ahi

(Hebrew אֲחִי "my brother")

Ahiah

See Ahijah

Ahiam

Ahiam (Hebrew אֲחִיאָם) is one of David's thirty heroes. He was the son of Sharar (2 Samuel 23:33) or according to 1 Chronicles 11:35 of Sacar, the Hararite.^[67]

Ahian

Ahian (Hebrew אַחְיָן) is the name given to a descendant of Manasseh in the tribal genealogies of 1 Chronicles 7:19. The name appears only in a single time in the Bible.^[68]

Ahiezer

Ahiezer (Hebrew אֲחִיעֶזֶר) is the name of 2 biblical figures:

Ahihud

See Abihud

Ahihud is the name of 3 or 2 biblical individuals

Ahihud (Hebrew אֲחִיחֻד). A son of Ehud, of the tribe of Benjamin. He may be the same as the first but the text might be corrupt. (1 Chronicles 8:6-7)
Ahihud (Hebrew אֲחִיהוּד), 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 (Numbers 34:27)

Ahijah

Ahijah (Hebrew אֲחִיָּה) is the name of 7 minor biblical individuals.

One of the sons of Ehud (1 Chr. 8:7).
One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:25).
A Pelonite, one of David's heroes (1 Chr. 11:36); called also Eliam (2 Sam. 23:34).
A Levite having charge of the sacred treasury in the temple (1 Chr. 26:20).
One of Solomon's secretaries (1 Kings 4:3).
Son of Ahitub (1 Sam. 14:3-18), Ichabod's brother; the same probably as Ahimelech, who was High Priest at Nob in the reign of Saul (1 Sam. 22:11) and at Shiloh, where the Tabernacle was set up. 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.
Father of King Baasha of Israel (1 Kings 15:27)

Ahikam

Ahikam (Hebrew אחיקם, "My brother has risen") was one of the five whom, according to the Hebrew Bible, Josiah sent to consult the prophetess Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law.^[69]

Ahilud

Ahilud (Hebrew אֲחִילוּד) is the father of Jehoshaphat, who serves as court recorder to David (2 Samuel8:16^[70]) and Solomon (1 Kings4:3). In 1 Kings4:12, Ahilud is the father of Baana, an official in Solomon's court sent to gather provisions in Taanach and Megiddo, and Beth Shan.

Ahimaaz

Ahimaaz (Hebrew אֲחִימָעַץ) was the name of 2 or 1 biblical individuals.

Ahiman

Ahiman (אֲחִימַן) is the name of 2 biblical individuals.

One of the three giant Anakim brothers whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Numbers 13:22) when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out and slain (Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10).
One of the guardians of the temple after the exile. (1 Chronicles 9:17)

Ahimelech

Not to be confused with Ahimelech.

Ahimelech the Hittite (אֲחִימֶלֶךְ הַחִתִּי) is the name of 1 minor biblical individual which is referred in 1 Samuel 26:6 as a companion and friend of David, when he was hiding from Saul in the wilderness.

Ahimoth

See Mahath

Ahinadab

Ahinadab (Hebrew: אחינדב Akhinadav "my brother Is noble" or "my brother has devoted himself"),^[71] son of Iddo, is one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by Solomon to districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household. He was appointed to the district of Mahanaim (1 Kings 4:14), east of Jordan.

Ahinoam

There are two references in the Bible to people; who bear that name;

A daughter of Ahimaaz; who became a wife of Saul^[72] and the mother of his four sons and two daughters, one of whom is Michal, David's first wife.
A woman from Jezreel, who became David's second wife, after he fled from Saul, leaving Michal, his first wife, behind,^[73] and the mother of Amnon, David's first-born.^[74]

Ahio

Ahio is the name of 3 biblical individuals.

Ahira

Ahira was the leader of the tribe of Naphtali mentioned in recording of the census, and was the "hereditary" prince of his tribe who made tribal sacrifices to Yahweh, and commander of his tribe in the march. (Numbers 1:15; 2:29; 7:78,83; 10:27)

Ahiram

Ahiram was a son of Benjamin according to Numbers 26:38.

Ahisamach

Ahisamach or Ahisamakh, also Ahis'amach (Hebrew: אחיסמך "brother of support"), of the tribe of Dan, was the father of Aholiab according to Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:34, and Exodus 38:23.

Ahishahar

Ahishahar is the name given to a third-generation descendant of Benjamin (the eponymous forefather of the Tribe of Benjamin) in 1 Chronicles 7:10. This figure is mentioned nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.^[75]

Ahishar

Ahishar (אחישר in Hebrew; meaning Brother of song, or singer), the officer who was "over the household" of Solomon (1 Kings4:6).

Ahitub

Ahitub is the name of several minor biblical figures:

Ahitub, son of Phinehas, grandson of Eli, and brother of Ichabod. (1 Samuel 14:3,22:9–20, 1 Chronicles 9:11)
Ahitub, son of Amariah and father of Zadok. (2 Samuel 8:15–17)
Ahitub, a descendant through the priestly line of the first Zadok. He was an ancestor of later high priests who served during the fall of Jerusalem and after the exile. (2 Chronicles 6:11–12)
Ahitub, a Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:11)

Ahlai

Ahlai is a name given to two individuals in the Books of Chronicles. In the opinion of Thomas Kelly Cheyne, the name is probably derived from "Ahiel" or a similar name.^[76]

Ahoah

Ahoah was the son of Bela son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:4)

Aholibamah

Aholibamah was the name of 2 biblical individuals.

Ahumai

Ahumai was the son of Shobal or Jabath of the Tribe of Judah. He was head of one of the families of the Zorahites. (1 Chronicles 4:2)

Ahuzam

See Ahuzzam

Ahuzath

See Ahuzzath

Ahuzzah

See Ahuzzath

Ahuzzam

Ahuzzam or Ahuzam is the name of one of the sons of "Asshur, the father of Tekoa," in a genealogy describing the desceandants of the Tribe of Judah.^[81] He is mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 4:6.^[82]

Ahuzzath

Ahuzzath or Ahuzzah^[83] is the name given to an associate of Abimelech, king of Gerar, in Genesis 26:26. According to the Book of Genesis, Ahuzzath accompanied Abimelech when Abimelech went to make a treaty with Isaac. He is mentioned nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.^[84]

Ahzai

Ahzai (KJVAhasai) is a name which appears only in Nehemiah 11:13, where it is mentioned in passing.^[85] The verse refers to a priest, called "Amashsai son of Azarel son of Ahzai son of Meshillemoth son of Immer." In the parallel name in 1 Chronicles 9:12, the name "Jahzerah" replaces "Ahzai."^[85]

Aiah

Aiah (איה "Falcon") was the father of Rizpah, mentioned in 2 Samuel3:7

Ajah

In Genesis36:24 and 1 Chronicles1:40, Ajah [איה] is a son of Zibeon. Ajah means hawk. Alternative spelling: Aiah.

Akan

Not to be confused with Achan (biblical figure).

In Genesis36:27Akan is a son of Ezer and grandson of Seir the Horite. In 1 Chronicles1:42 he is called Jaakan.

Akkub

Akkub was the name of 3 or 4 biblical individuals.

Alameth

Alameth is one of the sons of Becher the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:8)

Alemeth

Alemeth was the son of Jarah and the father of Azmaveth mentioned in 1 Chronicles 9:42.

Allon

In 1 Chronicles4:37, Allon is the son of Jedaiah, of the family of the Simeonites, who expelled the Hamites from the valley of Gedor.

Almodad

Almodad is one of the sons of Joktan according to Genesis 10:26 and 1 Chronicles 1:20. While the Bible has no further history regarding Almodad, this patriarch is considered to be the founder of an Arabian tribe in "Arabia Felix".^[86] This is based on the identification of Joktan's other sons, such as Sheba and Havilah, who are both identified as coming from that region.^[87]

Alvah

In Genesis36:40, Alvah is a chief of Edom and a descendant of Esau. In 1 Chronicles1:51 he is called Aliah.

Alvan

In Genesis36:23, Alvan is the eldest son of Shobal and a descendant of Seir the Horite. In 1 Chronicles1:40 he is called Alian.

Amal

Amal was the son of Helem of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:35)

Amariah

Amariah is the name of 8 or 9 biblical figures.

Amasa

In 2 Chr 28:1–4, Amasa is the son of Hadlai, and one of the leaders of Ephraim (2 Chr 28:12) during the reign of the most wicked King Ahaz.

Amasai

Amasai was the name of 3 or 4 biblical figures.

Amashai

See Amashsai

Amashsai

Amashsai (Amashai in the King James Version) son of Azareel, was appointed by Nehemiah to reside at Jerusalem and do the work of the temple. He merits only one mention in the whole Bible, in Nehemiah 11:13.

Amasiah

In 2 Chronicles 17:16, Amasiah (meaning burden of Jehovah) was the son of Zichri, a captain under King Jehoshaphat.

Amaziah

Ami

See Amon

Aminadab

See Amminadab

Amittai

The father of Jonah the prophet, and a native of Gath-hepher (2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1). Mentioned in Islam by Muhammad. When Muhammad was returning from preaching in Ta'if and decided to take shelter in the garden of two leaders, Addas, a lowly servant boy, was sent to offer grapes to Muhammad. When Addas came, Muhammad asked which land he came from. Addas replied he was from Nineveh. Upon receiving this answer, Muhammad exclaimed "The town of Jonah, son of Amittai!" Overjoyed, Muhammad then told Addas how Jonah and he (Muhammad) were prophetic brothers.

Ammiel

Ammiel was the name of 4 biblical individuals.

Ammihud

Ammihud may refer to a quantity of 5 people in the Hebrew Bible:

An Ephraimite. The son of Laadan (son of Tahan, son of Telah, son of Resheph, son of Rephah, son of Beriah, son of Joseph) and father of Elishama (father of Nun, father of Joshua). He is mentioned in Joshua's genealogy in 1 Chronicles7:23–27.
The father of Shemuel, a chief appointed by Moses at the time of the Exodus. (Numbers34:20)
The father of Pedahel, a chief appointed by Moses to rule over the tribe of Naphtali. (Numbers34:28)
The father of Talmai, king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled for refuge after the murder of Amnon. (2 Samuel13:37)
The son of Omri and father of Uthai, a descendant of Perez son of Judah. (1 Chronicles9:4)

Amminadab

Amminadib

A person mentioned in the Old Testament in Song of Solomon 6:12, whose chariots were famed for their swiftness. It is rendered in the margin "my willing people," and in the Revised Version "my princely people."

Ammishaddai

In the Book of Numbers, Ammishaddai (Hebrew: עַמִּישַׁדָּי‘Ammīšadāy "people of the Almighty") was the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the Tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (Numbers 1:12; 2:25).

This is one of the few names compounded with the name of God, Shaddai.

Ammizabad

Ammizabad was the son of Benaiah, who was the third and chief captain of the host under David (1 Chronicles 27:6).

Amnon

Amok

Amok was a chief priest who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel and the ancestor of Eber who was priest in the day of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 12:7,20)

Amon

Amon was the name of 3 minor biblical individuals.

Amoz

Amoz (Hebrew: אָמוֹץ, Modern: ʼAmōṣ, Tiberian: ʼĀmōṣ), also known as Amotz,^[90] was the father of the prophetIsaiah, mentioned in Isaiah 1:1; 2:1 and 13:1, and in 2 Kings 19:2, 20; 20:1. The word "amoz" means strong

In Rabbinical Tradition, there is a Talmudic tradition that when the name of a prophet's father is given, the father was also a prophet, so that Amoz would have been a prophet like his son. The rabbis of the Talmud declared, based upon a rabbinic tradition, that Amoz was the brother of Amaziah (אמציה), the king of Judah at that time (and, as a result, that Isaiah himself was a member of the royal family). According to some traditions, Amoz is the "man of God" in 2 Chronicles 25:7–9 (Seder Olam Rabbah 20), who cautioned Amaziah to release the Israelite mercenaries that he had hired.

Amram

Amzi

Amzi ('am-tsee') is a masculine Hebrew name meaning "my strength" or "strong." Two individuals with this name are mentioned in the Bible:

Anah

In the Book of Genesis, there are two men and one woman named Anah.

In Genesis36:2,14,18,25, Anah is a daughter of Zibeon, and her daughter Aholibamah is a wife of Esau.
In Genesis36:20,29 and 1 Chronicles1:38, Anah is a son of Seir and a brother of Zibeon chief of the Horites.
In Genesis36:24 and 1 Chronicles1:40–41, Anah is a son of Zibeon, and is famed for discovering hot springs.

Anaiah

Anaiah, a name meaning "Yahweh has answered," appears only twice in the Hebrew Bible, with both appearances in Nehemiah.^[91]

Ezra, a Jewish reformer, standing up to give a speech, with thirteen other people standing beside him. Anaiah is listed as one of those standing by.^[92]
The second appearance of the name is in a list of people who signed a covenant between God and the Jewish people.^[93]

Anak

Anak was the father of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai in Numbers 13:22

Anamim

Anamim (Hebrew: עֲנָמִים, ‘Ănāmīm) is, according to the Bible, either a son of Ham's son Mizraim or the name of a people descending from him. Biblical scholar Donald E. Gowan describes their identity as "completely unknown."^[94]

The name should perhaps be attached to a people in North Africa, probably in the surrounding area of Egypt. Medieval biblical exegete, Saadia Gaon, identified the Anamim with the indigenous people of Alexandria, in Egypt.^[95]

Anan

Anan was one of the Israelites who sealed the covenant after the return from Babylon^[96] (Nehemiah 10:26). While "Anan" (which means "Cloud") never became a very common name, a much later person so named – Anan Ben David (c. 715 – c. 795) is widely considered to be a major founder of the Karaite movement of Judaism.

Anani

Anani is a name which appears in a genealogy in Chronicles.^[97] It refers to a descendant of Zerubbabel. According to the Masoretic Text Anani was born six generations after Zerubbabel. For scholars, this six-generation span after Zerubbabel is the terminus a quo for the date of Chronicles—it implies that Chronicles could not have been written earlier than about 400 BCE.^[98] In the Septuagint, Anani is listed as eleven generations removed from Zerubbabel. For scholars who believe that the Septuagint reading for Anani's genealogy is correct, this places the earliest possible date for the writing of Chronicles at about 300 BCE.^[98]

Ananiah

Ananiah was the father of Maaseiah the father of Azariah was mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah specifically Nehemiah 3:23.

Anath

Anath, being described in the Hebrew Bible, was the father of Shamgar, a judge of Israel who slew the Philistines with just using an ox goad. He is mentioned Judges 3:31 and 5:6.

Anathoth

Anathoth was the son of Becher the son of Benjamin in 1 Chronicles 7:8.

Aner

Aner (; Hebrew: עָנֵר‘Ānêr ) refers, in the Hebrew Bible, to one of three Amorite confederates of Abram in the Hebron area, who joined his forces with those of Abraham in pursuit of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:13, 24).

Aniam

Aniam according to 1 Chronicles7:19, was one of the sons of Shemida, a Manassehite.

Antothijah

See Anthothijah

Anthothijah

Anthothijah is a name which appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, in a genealogical section listing descendants of Benjamin.^[99]^[100] It is most likely an adjective used to describe a female person from the town of Anathoth.^[100] Manuscripts of the Greek Septuagint give the name as Anothaith,Anathothia,Athein, or Anathotha.^[100]

Anub

Anub a'-nub (`anubh, "ripe") was the son of Hakkoz or Coz (1 Chronicles 4:8).

Aphiah

Aphiah, of the tribe of Benjamin, was an ancestor of King Saul and of his commander Abner. According to Saul, his family was the least of the tribe of Benjamin.^[101] A son of Shchorim, the son of Uzziel (descendant of Gera, son of Benjamin) and Matri (ancestor of Matrites and descendant of Belah, son of Benjamin).^{[citation needed]}

Aphses

See Happizzez

Appaim

Appaim is a minor figure who appears in 1 Chronicles 2:30 and 31. He appears briefly in a genealogy of Jerahmeelites, in which he is the father Ishi, son of Appaim, son of Nadab, son of Shammai, son of Onam, son of Jerahmeel. In manuscripts of the Septuagint, he is called Ephraim,Aphphaim, or Opheim.^[102]

Ara

Ara was one of the sons of Jether of the tribe of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:38).

Arad

Arad was one of the sons of Beriah (1 Chronicles 8:15).

Arah

Arah is the name of two minor biblical figures. The name may mean "wayfarer."^[103]

Aram

Aram is the name of 3 biblical individuals.

Aran

Aran is a Horite, the son of Dishan and brother of Uz (Genesis 36;28; 1 Chronicles 1:42).

Araunah

Araunah (Hebrew: אֲרַוְנָה‎ ʾǍrawnā) was a Jebusite mentioned in the Second Book of Samuel, who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah which David purchased and used as the site for assembling an altar to God. The First Book of Chronicles, a later text, renders his name as Ornan (אָרְנָן‎ ʾOrnān).

Arba

Ard

Ard (Hebrew ארד) was the tenth son of Benjamin