This table is a list of names in the Bible in their native languages. This table is only in its beginning stages. There are thousands of names in the Bible. It will take the work of many Wikipedia users to make this table complete.
| English Name | Type of Proper Noun | Start Year (approximate) | End Year (approximate) | Native Language Name | Name in other relevant languages | |
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| Abel (son of Adam & Eve) | Person | Adamic language unknown | Proto-Indo-European Ablos | |||
| Abraham (son of Terah & Amathlai) | Person | Abram: Akkadian: ¿ ?| | Abram: Paleo-Hebrew: [1] Transliteration: Abaram Abraham: Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Abaraham Hebrew with vowels: אַבְרָהָם Transliteration: Avrahám | |||
| Adam (first human being to exist) Adam is an ancestor of all humanity. | Person | Adamic language unknown | Proto-Indo-European Atta | |||
| Andrew of Bethsaida (Son of Jonah & Joanna) An apostle of Jesus | Person | AD | AD | Andrew Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀνδρέας Transliteration: Awn-dray-yiss Andrew of Bethsaida Greek: Ανδρέας της Βηθσαΐδας Transliteration: Awn-dray-yiss teese Veeth-sie-doss | ||
| Ark of the Covenant | Artifact | Paleo-Hebrew ¿ ? | ||||
| Azura (daughter of Adam & Eve) Azura is an ancestor of all humanity. | Person | |||||
| Babel | Village | Adamic language unknown | Proto-Indo-European Bhalbhal | |||
| Babylonia | Nation | Meaning: The Country of Akkad | ||||
| Belshazzar (Son of Nabonidus) (King of Babylonia) | Person | Babylonian cuneiform: Transliteration: Bēl-šar-uṣur Meaning: Bel, protect the king | ||||
| Bethel (Beth El) | Village | Possible Meanings: House of God, House of (the Canaanite god of) El | ||||
| Bethlehem / Ephrata (Beth Lehem) (This is the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ. However some scholars believe he was born in Nazareth. See the main article for more information.) | Village | Village name during the Canaanite Period (before 930 BC): Akkadian:¿ ? Bit-Laḫmi[2] Meaning: House of Lahmu and Lahamu (two agricultural deities of the Mesopotamian religion)[3] Ephrata (fruitful): ¿ Phoenician: ? [4] [5] Meaning: House of Lachama (Lachama was the Canaanite goddess of fertility) Village name during the kingdoms of Israel, Judah until the Siege of Jerusalem (930 BC to 587 BC): Paleo-Hebrew: [6] Transliteration: Bayawt Law-hawm Meaning: House of Bread Village name from 587 BC through the time of Christ: Aramaic: בית לחמא Aramaic with vowels: בֵּית לַחְמָא Transliteration: Bayt Lawkh-maw Meaning: House of Bread | Ephrata: [7] Meaning: Fruitful Biblical Hebrew with vowels: בֵּית לָחֶם Meaning: House of Bread | |||
| Beth Shemesh | Village | Paleo-Hebrew
| Hebrew בית שמש | |||
| Caesar, Augustus (son of Gaius Octavius & Atia) | Person | AD | Latin: [[wikt:Augustus Caesar|Avgvstvs Caesar]] | |||
| Canaan | Nation | Phoenician: [[wikt:|]] Paleo-Hebrew
| Hebrew: [[wikt:כנען|כנען]] Transliteration: K-naw-un | |||
| Caiaphas, Joseph ben | Person | AD | Hebrew: יהוסף בר קַיָפָא | |||
| Cain (son of Adam & Eve) | Person | Adamic language unknown | Proto-Indo-European Qʷoinos | |||
| David (Son of Jesse & Nitzevet bat Adael) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew
| Moabite
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| David, House of (the linage of David) | Paleo-Hebrew | Hebrew בית דוד | ||||
| Earth | Planet | (according to creation dating) 4,540,000,000 BC (according to mainstream science) | Proto-Indo-European Dheĝhōm | |||
| Egypt, Nation of | Nation | Egyptian (Ancient);: [[wikt:kmt|<hiero>km-m-t:O49</hiero>]] Transliteration: Kemet Meaning: Black Land | Paleo-Hebrew
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| Egypt, Province of (Province of the Roman Republic from 30 to 27 BC, Province of the Roman Empire from 27 BC - AD 641) | Province | AD | Egypt: Egyptian (Ancient);: [[wikt:kmt|<hiero>km-m-t:O49</hiero>]] Meaning: Black Land | Egypt: Egypt: Mizraim Egyptian Province: | ||
| Elhanan (son of Jaare-oregim) (possible person who killed Goliath rather than David) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew | Hebrew אלחנן | |||
| Eve (first female human being to exist) Eve is an ancestor of all humanity. | Person | Adamic language unknown | Proto-Indo-European Hava | |||
| Ezekiel (son of Buzi) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew
| Transliteration: Yekh-khez-kell Meaning: Strength of God | |||
| God | God: Proto-Indo-European: Deivós[8] God: Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Aw-la-hi-yum God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Aw-la-hi Abaraham Yawt-sawk-hawk vay-Yaw-aw-kawb My Lord: Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Adawan God's personal name: Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Ya-how-wa Meaning: To Be God: Hebrew: [[wikt:אלהים|אלהים]] Hebrew with vowels: אֱלֹהִים Transliteration: Ello-heem God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: Hebrew: אלהי אברהם יצחק ויעקב My Lord: Hebrew: אדוני Hebrew with vowels: אֲדֹנֵי־ Transliteration: Aw-doe-nye God's personal name: Hebrew: [[wikt:יהוה|יהוה]] Transliteration: Ya-how-wa Meaning: To Be | |||||
| Hammurabi | Person | |||||
| Heaven | Place of Afterlife | Proto-Indo-European: Nébʰos Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Shamáyim | ||||
| Hell | Place of Afterlife | |||||
| Holy Spirit / Holy Ghost / Spirit of God | Spirit of God: Paleo-Hebrew: ¿ ? Transliteration: ¿ R̃oo-awkh Ello-heem ? Holy Spirit: Paleo-Hebrew: ¿ ? Transliteration: ¿ R̃oo-awkh Haw-koe-desh ? Spirit of God: Transliteration: Aw-la-hi-yum Ello-heem Holy Spirit: Hebrew with vowels: רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Transliteration: R̃oo-awkh Haw-koe-desh | |||||
| Isaac (son of Abraham & Sarah) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew
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| Isaiah (son of Amoz) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew | Hebrew with vowels: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ Meaning: Ya-how-wa is Salvation | |||
| Israel, Kingdom of See: Kingdom of Israel between 1047 and 930 BC See: Kingdom of Israel between 930 and 720 BC (a.k.a. Kingdom of Samaria) (after the loss of the southern part due to the formation of the Kingdom of Judah) | Nation | Paleo-Hebrew
| Hebrew with vowels: יִשְׂרָאֵל Moabite: Transliteration: Yšrʾl | |||
| Jacob (son of Isaac & Rebecca) | Person | Jacob (birth name): Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Yaw-aw-kawb Israel (later name given by God): Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Yasharaal Jacob (birth name): Hebrew with vowels: יַעֲקֹב Israel (later name given by God): Hebrew with vowels: יִשְׂרָאֵל | ||||
| Jacob of Nazareth (a.k.a. James) (brother of Jesus) (son of Mary & Joseph) | Person | AD | AD | Jacob: Aramaic: יעקוב Transliteration: Yaw-aw-kove Jacob of Nazareth: Aramaic: יעקוב נצריא Transliteration: Yaw-aw-kove Nawsh-rie-ya | Paleo-Hebrew
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| Jericho | Village | After (according to creation dating) 9000 BC (according to mainstream science) | Ugaritic: [[wikt:|]] | Persian: [[wikt:اریحا|اریحا]] Hebrew: [[wikt:יריחו|יריחו]] Hebrew with vowels: יְרִיחוֹ | ||
| Jerusalem | City | Jebus: Phoenician: ¿ ? Transliteration: ¿ Yevoose ? Jerusalem: Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Yerushalayim Jerusalem: Hebrew: [[wikt:ירושלים|ירושלים]] Transliteration: Yerushalayim | Transliteration: Yerushalem | |||
| Jesus of Nazareth Son of God and Mary Earthly Father: Joseph | Person | AD | Jesus: Aramaic: ישוע Aramaic with vowels: יֵשׁוּע Transliteration: Yeshu, Yayshu Meaning: Ya-how-wa is Salvation Jesus of Nazareth Aramaic: ישוע נצריא Aramaic with vowels: יֵשׁוּע נָצרָיָא Transliteration: Yeshu Nawsh-rie-ya / Yayshu Nawsh-rie-ya Jesus Christ / Jesus the Messiah Aramaic: ישוע משיחא Aramaic with vowels: יֵשׁוּע משִׁיחָא Transliteration: Yeshu Mesheekhaw / Yayshu Mesheekhaw | Jesus: Transliteration: Yeshúa' Meaning: Ya-how-wa is Salvation Jesus of Nazareth: Transliteration: Yeshúa' Minatzrat Jesus Christ/Messiah: Hebrew: ישו המשיח Transliteration: Yeshu Haw-maw-shee-yawkh Emanuel Transliteration: 'Imanu'éll | ||
| John (John the Baptist) | Person | AD | Hebrew with vowels: יוֹחָנָן | |||
| Joshua (son of Nun) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew | Hebrew with vowels: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Transliteration: Yeh-hoe-shoo-wuh Meaning: Ya-how-wa is Salvation | |||
| Joseph of Nazareth (Jesus's legal father) | Person | AD | Aramaic יוסף | Transliteration: Yo-seff | ||
| Judah (son of Jacob & Leah) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew | ||||
| Judah, Kingdom of (named after Judah, the son of Jacob and Leah) | Nation | Judah: Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Ya-how-wa-da | Judah: Biblical Hebrew with vowels: יְהוּדָה | |||
| Judah Maccabee (son of Mattathias ben Johanan) | Person | Judah: Judah Maccabee: | ||||
| Jude, Province of (province within Babylonia, former Kingdom of Judah) | Province | Jude: Aramaic: יהוד Transliteration: Yehud | Judah: Biblical Hebrew with vowels: יְהוּדָה | |||
| Jude, Province of (province within Achaemenid Empire, former Kingdom of Judah) | Province | Jude: Aramaic: יהוד Transliteration: Yehud | Judah: Biblical Hebrew with vowels: יְהוּדָה | |||
| Jude, Province of (province within Coele-Syria, former Kingdom of Judah) | Province | Jude: Aramaic: יהוד Transliteration: Yehud | Judah: Biblical Hebrew with vowels: יְהוּדָה | |||
| Jude, Province of (province within Hasmonean dynasty, former Kingdom of Judah) | Province | Jude: Aramaic: יהוד Transliteration: Yehud | Judah: Biblical Hebrew with vowels: יְהוּדָה | |||
| Jude, Province of (province within Herodian Kingdom, former Kingdom of Judah) | Province | Jude: Aramaic: יהוד Transliteration: Yehud | Judah: Biblical Hebrew with vowels: יְהוּדָה | |||
| Jude, Province of (province within the Roman Empire, former Kingdom of Judah) | Province | AD | Jude: Aramaic: יהוד Transliteration: Yehud | Judah: Biblical Hebrew with vowels: יְהוּדָה | ||
| Jude of Galilee (apostle of Jesus) | Person | AD | AD | Jude: Aramaic: יהוד Transliteration: Yehud | Judah: | |
| Jude of Kerioth (a.k.a. Judas) (an apostle of Jesus who later betrayed him) | Person | AD | Jude: Aramaic: יהוד Transliteration: Yehud | Judah: Judah of Kerioth: Yehudaw Ish-kie-yote | ||
| Lot | Person | Paleo-Hebrew ¿ ? | ||||
| Lot's wife Ado / Edith (according to some traditions) | Person | (according to some traditions) Hebrew with vowels: עִירִית | ||||
| Lucifer One of the names for the Planet Venus / The Morning Star.[9] This name was chosen in the King James translation of the bible. The morning star was used as a metaphor in Isaiah 14:12. It refers to King Nebuchadnezzar II having great power like the morning star, and then later falling from the sky due to his wickedness. "How art thou fallen from heaven [the sky], O Lucifer [Venus], son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations | " Isaiah 14:12, King James Version Confusion over this verse has led to the misconception that Lucifer is the devil. | Planet | (according to creation dating) 4,500,000,000 BC (according to mainstream science) | (Ishtar is the actual name that King Nebuchadnezzar II would have known the Planet Venus by) (see other spellings of Ishtar) | [10] | |
| Luke (Luke the Evangelist) | Person | AD | AD | Aramaic: לוקא Transliteration: Luka | ||
| Mary of Nazareth (daughter of Joachim & Anne) (Mother of Jesus) | Person | AD | Aramaic: מרים Transliteration: Maryam Aramaic: מרים נצריא Transliteration: Maryam Nawsh-rie-ya | Transliteration: Meer-ee-yum | ||
| Mary of Magdala (friend of Jesus) | Person | AD | AD | Aramaic: מרים Transliteration: Maryám | Transliteration: Meer-ee-yum Haw-meeg-dall-leet | |
| Matthew (apostle of Jesus) | Person | AD | Hebrew with vowels: מַתִּתְיָהוּ | |||
| Methuselah (son of Enoch) | Person | Adamic language unknown | ||||
| Moses (son of Amram & Jochebed) | Person | [11] Transliteration: Mo-seh[12] Meaning: Is Born | Paleo-Hebrew
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| Nathan (prophet) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew ¿ ? | Hebrew with vowels: נָתָן Translation: Nut-tunn | |||
| Nazareth (This is the village that Jesus grew up in. Although Bethlehem is the biblical birthplace of Jesus, some scholars believe that Jesus was born in Nazareth.) | Village | Aramaic: נצרת | ||||
| Nebuchadnezzar II (son of Nabopolassar) (King of Babylonia) | Person | Meaning: Nabu protect my boundary/heir Meaning: Nabu protect my boundary/heir | ||||
| Nefertari Meritmut (wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II) | Person | |||||
| Noah | Person | (according to creation dating) 7400 BC (based on the Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis) | (according to creation dating) 6450 BC (based on the Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis) | Adamic language unknown | Proto-Indo-European Nah²u | |
| Paul of Tarsus | Person | AD | AD | Paul: Paul of Tarsus: | Saul: Aramaic: שאול Aramaic with vowels: שָׁאוּל Transliteration: Shaw-oo-luh Saul: Hebrew with vowels: שָׁאוּל Transliteration: Shaw-oo-luh | |
| Pilate, Pontius (Pontius Pilate was the governor of the Roman province of Judaea. He gave the order to crucify Jesus.) | Person | AD | ||||
| Quirinius, Publius Sulpicius Publius Quirinius was governor of the Roman province of Syria. He created the Roman province of Judaea, and conducted the Census of Quirinius in AD 6. The census was the reason that Joseph and Mary came to Bethlehem, Judaea for Jesus's birth. This contradicts Jesus being born during the time of King Herod I who died in 4 BC. | Person | AD | ||||
| Ramesses I (son of Seti) Pharaoh of Egypt | Person | |||||
| Ramesses II (son of Menmaatre Seti I & Tuya) Pharaoh of Egypt | Person | |||||
| Roman Empire See: The Roman Empire between 27 BC and AD 395 See: The western part of the Roman Empire between AD 395 and 476 See: The eastern part of the Roman Empire between AD 395 and 476 See: The Roman Empire between AD 476 and 1453 (after the loss of the western part) | Nation | AD | Roman Empire: Rome (short name): | Roman Empire: Rome (short name): | ||
| Roman Kingdom | Nation | Roman Kingdom: Rome (short name): | Roman Kingdom: Rome (short name): | |||
| Roman Republic | Nation | Roman Republic: Rome (short name): | Roman Republic: Rome (short name): | |||
| Salt Sea (biblical name for the Dead Sea) | Sea | Paleo-Hebrew | ||||
| Samaria, City of (City within the Kingdom of Israel, later became a city within the Province of Samaria, part of Assyria) | Province | Paleo-Hebrew ¿ ? | Akkadian
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| Samaria, Province of a.k.a Samerina (Province in Assyria, former Kingdom of Israel, excludes Kingdom of Judah) | Province | Paleo-Hebrew ¿ ? | Akkadian
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| Samson (son of Manoah) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew
| Hebrew with vowels: שִׁמְשׁוֹן | |||
| Samuel (Son of Elkanah & Hannah) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew
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| Sarah (daughter of Terah) Wife of Abraham | Person | Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
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| Satan | Hebrew with vowels: שָׂטָן | |||||
| Seth (son of Adam & Eve) Seth is an ancestor of all humanity | Person | Adamic language unknown | ||||
| Seti (father of Pharaoh Ramesses I) | Person | [13] | ||||
| Simon of Cana Apostle of Jesus | Person | AD | Simon: Aramaic: שמעון Transliteration: Sheem-own | |||
| Simon Ben Jonah a.k.a. Peter Apostle of Jesus | Person | AD | AD | Simon: Aramaic: שמעון Transliteration: Sheem-own Simon Ben Jonah: Aramaic: שמעון בר יונה Peter: Aramaic: כיפא Aramaic with vowels: כֵּיפָא Transliteration: Keifa Meaning: Rock/Stone | Hebrew: שמעון בר יונה[14] Transliteration: Sheem-own Ball Yonaw | |
| Sinai Peninsula | Region | Meaning: The Mining Country Meaning: The Ladders of Turquoise | Paleo-Hebrew | |||
| Sinim (biblical name of Qin, a state of Zhou) | State | Old Chinese (Bronze inscriptions): (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]i[n]/ (Zhengzhang): /*zin/ | ||||
| Solomon (son of David & Bathsheba) | Person | Paleo-Hebrew
| Transliteration: Shlomo Meaning: Peace | |||
| Sumer | Nation | After (according to creation dating) 5500 BC (according to mainstream science) | ||||
| Sun | Star | (according to creation dating) 4,600,000,000 BC (according to mainstream science) | Proto Indo European: saH-v-L, saH-v-N, sāvel-yo, sóh₂wl̥ Paleo-Hebrew: Transliteration: Shamash Hebrew: שמש Transliteration: Shémesh | |||
| Ten Commandments | Paleo-Hebrew ¿ ? | Hebrew with vowels: עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת | ||||
| Timothy of Ephesus | AD | AD | Greek: Τιμόθεος Transliteration: Tee-moe-thay-ose | |||
| Ur (of the Chaldees) | City | After (according to creation dating) 3800 BC (according to mainstream science) | After | |||