List of biblical names starting with A

This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with A in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z

A

• Aaron, a teacher or lofty,[1] bright, shining (etymology doubtful)[2]
• Abba, father[3][4][5][6]
• Abaddon, see Apollyon a destroyer,[7]
• Abagtha, God-given[8] "etymology doubtful"[9]
• Abana, perennial, stony[10][11]
• Abarim, regions beyond[12][13]
• Abda, a servant[14]
• Abdeel, servant of God[15]
• Abdi, my servant[16][17]
• Abdiel, servant of God[18]
• Abdon, servile[19][20]
• Abednego, servant of Nego, perhaps the same as Nebo[21][22]
• Abel, breath, vapor, transitoriness;[23] breath, or vanity[24]
• Abel-beth-maachah, meadow of the house of Maachah,[25] "also called ABEL-MAIM"[26]
• Abel-cheramim
• Abel-maim
• Abel-meholah, meadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow[27]
• Abel-mizraim, the meadow of the Egyptians[28]
• Abel-shittim, meadow of the acacias[29]
• Abez, lofty[30]
• Abi
• Abiah
• Abi-albon, father of strength, i.e. "valiant";[31] "also called ABIEL"[32]
• Abiasaph, father of gathering, i.e. gathered[33] father of gathering; the gatherer[34]
• Abiathar, father of abundance, i.e. liberal,[35] father of abundance, or my father excels[36]
• Abib, an ear of corn,[37] green fruits[38]
• Abida (or Abidah)
• Abidan, father of the judge[39]
• Abiel, father (i.e., "possessor") of God = "pious"[40]
• Abiezer (or Abieezer), father of help, helpful[41]
• Abigail, father, i.e. source, of joy[42]
• Abihail, father of, i.e. possessing, strength[43]
• Abihu, he (God) is my father,[44] father of Him; i.e., "worshipper of God"[45]
• Abihud, father of renown, famous,[46] father (i.e., "possessor") of renown[47]
• Abijah, father (i.e., "possessor or worshipper") of Jehovah[48]
• Abijam, father of the sea; i.e., "seaman",[49] Abijah or Abijam: my father is Jehovah[50]
• Abilene, land of meadows[51]
• Abimael, father of Mael,[52][53] God is a father[54]
• Abimelech, father of the king;[55] "my father a king, or, father of a king"[56]
• Abinadab, father of nobleness; i.e., "noble"[57]
• Abinoam
• Abiram, father of height; i.e., "proud"[58]
• Abishag
• Abishai, father of (i.e., "desirous of") a gift[59]
• Abishalom
• Abishua, father of welfare; i.e., "fortunate"[60]
• Abishur, father of the wall[61] father of the wall, i.e. "mason"[62]
• Abital, father of the dew[63] father of the dew, i.e. "fresh"[64]
• Abitub, father of goodness,[65][66]
• Abiud, father of praise[67]
• Abner, father of light[68]
• Abram, a high father[69]
• Abraham, father of a multitude[70]
• Absalom, father of peace[71]
• Abubus
• Accad
• Accho
• Aceldama, field of blood[72]
• Achab
• Achaia, trouble[73]
• Achaicus, belonging to Achaia[74]
• Achan, or Achar, troubler[75]
• Achaz
• Achbor, mouse[76]
• Achim
• Achish
• Achmetha
• Achor
• Achsah
• Achshaph
• Achzib, lying, false[77]
• Adadah, festival or boundary,[78] possible miswritten form of Aroer[79]
• Adah, ornament,[80] ornament, beauty[81]
• Adaiah
• Adalia
• Adam, red earth[82]
• Adamah, red earth[83]
• Adami, my man; earth[84]
• Adar, high[85]
• Adbeel
• Addi, ornament[86]
• Addin
• Addon, lord[87]
• Adiel

• Adin, Adina, dainty, delicate[88]
• Adithaim, double ornament[89]
• Adlai
• Admah
• Admatha
• Admin
• Adna
• Adnah
• Adoni-bezek (or Adonibezek)
• Adonijah, my lord is Jehovah[90]
• Adonikam
• Adoniram
• Adoni-zedek
• Adoraim
• Adoram
• Adrammelech, splendor of the king[91]
• Adramyttium
• Adria
• Adriel, God is helper[92]
• Aduel
• Adullam
• Adummim
• Aedias
• Aeneas (or Æneas)
• Aenon (or Ænon)
• Aesora
• Agabus
• Agag
• Agagite
• Agar
• Agee
• Aggaba (variant of Hagabah)
• Agia (Greek variant of Hebrew Hattil)
• Agrippa
• Agur
• Ahab, uncle[93]
• Aharah
• Aharhel
• Ahasbai
• Ahasuerus
• Ahava
• Ahaz, one that takes or possesses[94]
• Ahaziah
• Ahi, my brother; my brethren[95]
• Ahiah
• Ahiam
• Ahian
• Ahiezer
• Ahihud
• Ahijah, brother of the Lord[96]
• Ahikam, a brother who raises up[97]
• Ahilud
• Ahimaaz
• Ahiman, brother of the right hand[98]
• Ahimelech, brother of the king[99]
• Ahimoth, brother of death[100]
• Ahinadab
• Ahinoam
• Ahio
• Ahira, brother of evil, i.e. unlucky[101]
• Ahiram
• Ahisamach
• Ahishahar, "the [divine] brother is dawning light"[102]
• Ahishar
• Ahithophel, brother of foolishness[103]
• Ahitub, brother of goodness[104]
• Ahlab
• Ahlai, beseeching; sorrowing; expecting[105]
• Ahoah
• Aholah

• Aholiab
• Aholibah
• Aholibamah, my tabernacle is exalted[106]
• Ahumai, brother of water, i.e. cowardly[107]
• Ahuzam
• Ahuzzath
• Ai, or Hai, heap of ruins[108]
• Aiah
• Aiath
• Aijeleth-Shahar
• Ain, spring, well[109]
• Ajalon
• Akeldama
• Akkad
• Akkub
• Akrabbim
• Alammelech
• Alemeth
• Alian
• Alleluia, praise ye Jehovah[110]
• Allon, an oak[111]
• Allon-bachuth
• Almodad, measure[112]
• Almon, concealed[113]
• Almon-diblathaim
• Alpheus
• Alush
• Alvah
• Amad
• Amal, labor[114]
• Amalek
• Aman
• Amana
• Amariah, the Lord says, i.e. promises[115]
• Amasa
• Amasia
• Amashai
• Ami
• Amaziah, the strength of the Lord[116]
• Aminadab
• Amittai
• Ammah
• Ammi, my people[117]
• Ammiel
• Ammihud, people of praise[118]
• Amminadab
• Ammishaddai
• Ammizabad
• Ammon
• Amnon, faithful[119]
• Amok
• Amon
• Amorite
• Amos, burden[120]
• Amoz, strong; robust[121]
• Amplias, large[122]
• Amram, an exalted people[123]
• Amraphel
• Amzi, strong[124]
• Anab, grape-town[125]
• Anah, one who answers[126]
• Anaharath
• Anaiah, whom Jehovah answers[127]
• Anak
• Anamim
• Anammelech
• Anani
• Ananias
• Anathema
• Anathoth
• Andrew, manly[128]
• Andronicus
• Anem
• Aner
• Aniam
• Anim
• Anna, grace[129]
• Annas, humble[130]
• Antichrist
• Antioch
• Antipas
• Antipatris, for his father[131]
• Antothijah, answers of Jehovah[132]
• Anub
• Apelles
• Apharsathchites, etymology uncertain[133]
• Aphek, strength[134]
• Aphekah
• Aphik
• Aphiah
• Apocalypse, revelation[135]
• Apocrypha, concealed, hidden[136]
• Apollonia
• Apollonius
• Apollos
• Apollyon, a destroyer,[137][138] angel of the bottomless pit[139]
• Appaim, nostrils[140]
• Apphia
• Aquila, an eagle[141]
• Ar
• Ara
• Arab
• Arabia, barren, desert[142]
• Arad, a wild ass[143]
• Arah, wayfaring[144]
• Aram, high[145]
• Aran, wild goat[146][147]
• Ararat
• Araunah, ark[148]
• Arba, city of the four[149]
• Archelaus, the prince of the people[150]
• Archippus, master of the horse[151]
• Arcturus
• Ard, one that descending,[152] descent[153]
• Ardon
• Areli
• Areopagus
• Aretas
• Argob
• Ariel, lion of God[154]
• Arimathea
• Arioch
• Aristarchus, the best ruler[155]
• Aristobulus, the best counsellor[156][157]
• Armageddon, the hill or city of Megiddo[158]
• Arnon
• Aroer
• Arpad
• Arphaxad
• Artaxerxes, the great warrior[159]
• Artemas
• Arumah, height[160]
• Asa, physician; cure[161]
• Asahel, made by God[162]
• Asaiah, the Lord has made[163]
• Asaph, collector of the people[164]
• Asareel
• Asenath, worshipper of Neith[165]
• Ashan, smoke[166]
• Ashbel
• Ashdod
• Asher
• Asherah
• Ashima
• Ashkenaz, spreading fire[167]
• Ashnah
• Ashriel
• Ashtaroth
• Ashur, black[168]
• Asia
• Asiel, created by God[169]
• Askelon
• Asnapper
• Asriel,
• Assir, captive[170]
• Asshurim, possibly peasants[171]
• Assos, approaching[172]
• Assur, same as Ashur[173]
• Assyria
• Asuppim, house of gatherings[174]
• Asyncritus, incomparable[175]
• Atad, a thorn[176]
• Atarah, a crown[177]
• Ataroth, crowns[178]
• Ataroth-addar
• Ater, shut up[179]
• Athach
• Athaiah, "meaning obscure"[180]
• Athaliah
• Athlai
• Attai
• Attalia, from Attalus[181]
• Augustus, venerable[182]
• Ava
• Aven
• Avim
• Avith
• Azaliah, "Yahweh has reserved"[183]
• Azaniah, Yahweh listened[184]
• Azariah
• Azaz, strong[185]
• Azazel
• Azaziah
• Azekah
• Azgad, "Gad is strong"[186]
• Azmaveth
• Azmon
• Aznoth-tabor, ears of Tabor[187]
• Azor
• Azotus
• Azrael
• Azriel, help of God[188]
• Azrikam
• Azubah, forsaken[189]
• Azur
• Azzan
• Azzur, one who helps[190]

References

• Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
• Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4

Inline references

1. Smith's Bible Dictionary
2. John D. Davis (1917). A Dictionary of the Bible. Westminster Press. p. 1.
3. Smith's Bible Dictionary
4. Easton's Bible Dictionary
5. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology
6. Nave's Topical Bible
7. Smith's Bible Dictionary
8. Smith's Bible Dictionary
9. Thomas Kelly Cheyne; John Sutherland Black (1899). Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. A. and C. Black. p. 3.
10. Smith's Bible Dictionary
11. M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897
12. Smith's Bible Dictionary
13. Easton's Bible Dictionary
14. Easton's Bible Dictionary
15. Easton's Bible Dictionary
16. Smith's Bible Dictionary
17. Easton's Bible Dictionary
18. Smith's Bible Dictionary
19. Smith's Bible Dictionary
20. Easton's Bible Dictionary
21. Smith's Bible Dictionary
22. Easton's Bible Dictionary
23. Smith's Bible Dictionary
24. Easton's Bible Dictionary
25. Easton's Bible Dictionary
26. Nave's Topical Bible
27. Easton's Bible Dictionary
28. Abel-mizraim, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
29. Easton's Bible Dictionary
30. Abez, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
31. Easton's Bible Dictionary
32. Nave's Topical Bible
33. Smith's Bible Dictionary
34. Easton's Bible Dictionary
35. Smith's Bible Dictionary
36. Easton's Bible Dictionary
37. Easton's Bible Dictionary
38. Smith's Bible Dictionary
39. Smith's Bible Dictionary
40. Easton's Bible Dictionary
41. Smith's Bible Dictionary
42. Smith's Bible Dictionary
43. Smith's Bible Dictionary
44. Smith's Bible Dictionary
45. Easton's Bible Dictionary
46. Smith's Bible Dictionary
47. Easton's Bible Dictionary
48. Easton's Bible Dictionary
49. Easton's Bible Dictionary
50. Smith's Bible Dictionary
51. Smith's Bible Dictionary
52. Smith's Bible Dictionary
53. Easton's Bible Dictionary
54. Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica, entry for "Abimael."
55. Smith's Bible Dictionary
56. Easton's Bible Dictionary
57. Easton's Bible Dictionary
58. Easton's Bible Dictionary
59. Easton's Bible Dictionary
60. Easton's Bible Dictionary
61. Smith's Bible Dictionary
62. Easton's Bible Dictionary
63. Smith's Bible Dictionary
64. Easton's Bible Dictionary
65. Smith's Bible Dictionary
66. Easton's Bible Dictionary
67. Abiud, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
68. Abner, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
69. Abram, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
70. Abraham, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
71. Absalom, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
72. Aceldama, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
73. Achaia, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
74. Achaicus, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
75. Smith's Bible Dictionary
76. Achbor, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
77. Achzib, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
78. Adadah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
79. T. K. Cheyne; J. Sutherland Black, eds. (1901) [1899]. "Adadah". Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. 1, A–D. New York: The Macmillan Company.
80. Easton's Bible Dictionary
81. Smith's Bible Dictionary
82. Adam, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
83. Adamah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
84. Adami, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
85. Adar, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
86. Addi, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
87. Addon, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
88. Adin, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
89. Adithaim, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
90. Adonijah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
91. Adrammelech, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
92. Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica, entry for "Adriel."
93. Ahab, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
94. Ahaz, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
95. Ahi, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
96. Ahijah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
97. Ahikam, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
98. Ahiman, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
99. Ahimelech, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
100. Ahimoth, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
101. Ahira, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
102. T. K. Cheyne; J. Sutherland Black, eds. (1901) [1899]. "Ahishahar". Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. 1, A–D. New York: The Macmillan Company.
103. Ahithophel, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
104. Ahitub, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
105. Ahlai, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
106. Aholibamah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
107. Ahumai, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
108. Ai, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
109. Ain, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
110. Alleluia, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
111. Allon, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
112. Almodad, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
113. Almon, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
114. Amal, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
115. Amariah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
116. Amaziah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
117. Ammi, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
118. Ammihud, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
119. Amnon, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
120. Amos, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
121. Amoz, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
122. Amplias, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
123. Amram, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
124. Amzi, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
125. Anab, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
126. Anah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
127. Anaiah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
128. Smith's Bible Dictionary
129. Anna, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
130. Annas, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
131. Antipatris, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
132. Antothijah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
133. T. K. Cheyne; J. Sutherland Black, eds. (1901) [1899]. "Apharsachites". Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. 1, A–D. New York: The Macmillan Company.
134. Aphek, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
135. Apocalypse, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
136. Apocrypha, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
137. Easton's Bible Dictionary
138. Smith's Bible Dictionary
139. Nave's Topical Bible
140. Appaim, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
141. Aquila, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
142. Arabia, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
143. Arad, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
144. Arah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
145. Aram, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
146. Smith's Bible Dictionary
147. Easton's Bible Dictionary
148. Araunah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
149. Arba, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
150. Archelaus, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
151. Archippus, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
152. Smith's Bible Dictionary
153. Easton's Bible Dictionary
154. Ariel, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
155. Aristarchus, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
156. Smith's Bible Dictionary
157. New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia
158. Armageddon, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
159. Artaxerxes, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
160. Arumah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
161. Asa, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
162. Asahel, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
163. Asaiah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
164. Asaph, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
165. Asenath, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
166. Ashan, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
167. Ashkenaz, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
168. Smith's Bible Dictionary
169. Asiel, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
170. Assir, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
171. Bruce K. Waltke (22 November 2016). Genesis: A Commentary. Zondervan. pp. 325–326. ISBN 978-0-310-53102-9.
172. Assos, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
173. Assur, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
174. Asuppim, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
175. Asyncritus, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
176. Atad, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
177. Atarah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
178. Ataroth, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
179. Ater, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
180. T. K. Cheyne; J. Sutherland Black, eds. (1901) [1899]. "Athaiah". Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. 1, A–D. New York: The Macmillan Company.
181. Smith's Bible Dictionary
182. Smith's Bible Dictionary
183. Holman Bible Dictionary (1991)
184. Holman Bible Dictionary (1991)
185. Azaz, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
186. Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Azgad"
187. Holman Bible Dictionary (1991), "Aznoth-Tabor".
188. Azriel, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
189. Azubah, Smith's Bible Dictionary;
190. Azzur, Smith's Bible Dictionary;