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Abijah is a Biblical Hebrew unisex name which means "my Father is Yah". The Hebrew form Aviyahu also occurs in the Bible.
Zephaniah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish Tanakh; the most prominent one being the prophet who prophesied in the days of Josiah, king of Judah and is attributed a book bearing his name among the Twelve Minor Prophets. His name is commonly transliterated Sophonias in Bibles translated from the Vulgate or Septuagint. The name might mean "Yah has concealed", "[he whom] Yah has hidden", or "Yah lies in wait".
Abihail 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.
- Abihail was the wife of Abishur of the tribe of Judah.
- Abihail, from Gilead of Bashan, was head of the tribe of Gad.
- 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.
- Abihail was the father of Queen Esther and uncle of Mordecai.
Ahijah is a name of several biblical individuals:
- Ahijah the Shilonite, the Biblical prophet who divided the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
- One of the sons of Bela. In AV (KJV) called "Ahiah."
- One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah.
- A Pelonite, one of David's heroes ; called also Eliam.
- A Levite having charge of the sacred treasury in the temple.
- One of Solomon's secretaries.
- Son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother; the same probably as Ahimelech, who was High Priest at Nob in the reign of Saul 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
Amariah means "promised by God" in Hebrew. It was commonly used as a name of priests in the History of ancient Israel and Judah. It appear several times in the Hebrew Bible:
- One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar. He was probably the last of the high priests of Eleazar's line prior to the transfer of that office to Eli, of the line of Ithamar.
- A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses.
- A "chief priest" who took an active part in the reformation under Jehoshaphat ; probably the same as mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:9.
- An ancestor of Ezra.
- One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah.
- Great-grandfather of Zephaniah.
- Great-grandfather of Athaiah.
- One of the persons who sealed the covenant.
- One of the persons who had taken 'strange wives'.
Anab (Anav) is a city mentioned in the Bible. It was one of the cities in the mountains of Judah from which Joshua expelled the Anakim.
The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, better known as Easton's Bible Dictionary, is a reference work on topics related to the Christian Bible, compiled by Matthew George Easton. The first edition was published in 1893, and a revised edition was published the following year. The most popular edition, however, was the third, published by Thomas Nelson in 1897, three years after Easton's death. The last contains nearly 4,000 entries relating to the Bible. Many of the entries in Easton's are encyclopedic in nature, although there are also short dictionary-type entries.
Zerah or Zérach refers to several different people in the Hebrew Bible.
Shebna was the royal steward in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible.
Seraiah or Sraya is the name of several people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, and a name with other non-biblical uses.
The Rechabites are a biblical clan, the descendants of Rechab through Jehonadab.
Ramoth-Gilead, was a Levitical city and city of refuge east of the Jordan River in the Hebrew Bible, also called "Ramoth in Gilead" or "Ramoth Galaad" in the Douay–Rheims Bible. It was located in the tribal territorial allotment of the tribe of Gad.
Nethaneel - נתנאל "Gift of/is God", Standard Hebrew Nətanʾel, Tiberian Hebrew Nəṯanʾēl, also Nethanel:
- The son of Zuar, chief of the tribe of Issachar and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel during the Exodus.
- One of David's brothers.
- A priest who blew the trumpet before the ark when it was brought up to Jerusalem.
- A Levite.
- A temple porter, of the family of the Korhites.
- One of the "princes" appointed by Jehoshaphat to teach the law through the cities of Judah.
- A chief Levite in the time of Josiah.
- A son of Passhur, one of the biblical priests who had taken a pagan wife but repented according to Ezra 10:22.
- Neh. 12:21.
- A priest's son who bore a trumpet at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem.
Ibzan or Ivtzan appears in the Hebrew Bible as the ninth of the Judges of Israel.
Abishur is one of the two sons of Shammai of the Tribe of Judah.
Kabzeel is a Hebrew Bible place name. It was the most remote city of Judah; located in southern Judah on the border of Edom (Idumaea). The location is tentatively identified with Khirbet Hora, about 10 km ENE of Beer-sheba. Kabzeel was the birthplace of Benaiah, one of David's chief warriors. Following the Exile, it was resettled under the name Jekabzeel.
Baale of Judah, meaning "lords of Judah" or "citizens of Judah" was a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem. In 1 Chronicles 13:6, the city is called Kirjath-jearim. According to Wilhelm Gesenius, the town of Baale of Judah is referred to not only as Kirjath-Jearim but also as Baalah.
Jehoiada in the Hebrew Bible, was a prominent priest in the kingdom of Judah during the reigns of Ahaziah, Athaliah, and Joash. Jehoiada became the brother-in-law of King Ahaziah as a result of his marriage with princess Jehosheba. Both Jehosheba and Ahaziah were children of King Jehoram of Judah. Ahaziah died a year after assuming the throne, which was then usurped by his mother Athaliah, who ordered the execution of all members of the royal family.
Kinah, ḳinah or qinah is Hebrew for a dirge or lamentation. Its general meaning is a dirge or lament, especially as sung by Jewish professional mourning women. Specifically, it can refer to one of the many Hebrew elegies chanted traditionally on Tisha B'Av. The Jerusalem Bible refers to Isaiah 47 as a qinah or "lament for Babylon", and to Ezekiel 19 as a qinah or lamentation over the rulers of Israel. A. W. Streane suggests that Jeremiah 22:6-7, on the prophesied downfall of Jerusalem, is written "in Ḳinah metre".
Kir of Moab is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two main strongholds of Moab, the other being Ar. It is probably the same as the city called Kir-haresh, Kir-hareseth, and Kir-heres. The word Kir alludes to a wall or fortress. It is identified with the later city Al Karak.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Bealoth". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.