The People

By Kathleen Olson

Names. Everyone has one in one form or another. And every name has a meaning, an origin, and an address. If you have ever been overwhelmed by names and need a scorecard to tell who is who, then your Biblical "who's who" is here. The People includes over 3,400 names. Each name has a meaning, a story and a place in scripture. Some of the chapters in the Bible you never thought would make sense, like Chronicles, are sorted out, and each name is explained. What a blessing!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781098049843

Kathleen Olson

Kathleen Olson always had a great interest in history, and when it came to writing "Shadow Journeys", she was able to incorporate so many periods of the past into a fascinating story. Kathleen lives in northeast Illinois with her husband of fifty-five years, and two cats, Goober and Piper who, she says really run the house. 4/21/2021: Kathleen Olson always had a great interest in history, and when it came to writing "Shadow Journeys', she was able to incorporate so many periods of the past into a fascinating story. World traveler and animal lover, she visited a hypnotherapist many years ago to get help in quitting smoking. A friendship developed and together they explored the concept of past lives thus opening a pathway into other realms. Kathleen lives in northeast Illinois with her husband of fifty-five years and their two cats, Goober and Piper. According to Kathleen, it's the cats that actually run the house.

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Aaron—Light, Moses’s brother (Ex4:14).

Abaddon—Destruction, angel of the Abyss, name in Greek is Apollon (Rv9:11).

Abadiah—Servant of the Lord, son of Hehiel (Ez8:9).

Abagtha—Happy, Xerxes’s royal eunuch (Est1:10).

Abda—Servant of God; Asoniram, son of Abda; was in charge of forced labor in Solomon’s place (1 Kgs4:6).

Abdeel—Servant; Shelimiah, son of Abdeel; was ordered by King Josiah to arrest Jeremiah (Jer36:26).

Abdi—Servant of Jehovah, son of Malluch (1 Chr6:44).

Abdi—Servant of Jehovah, descendant of Elam, divorced his foreign wife according to Ezra’s Edict (Ezr10:26).

Abdiel—Servant of God, son of Guni (1 Chr5:15).

Abdon—Faithful Servant, son of Hillel, judge of Israel (Jgs12:13).

Abdon—Faithful Servant, son of Shashak (1 Chr8:23).

Abdon—Faithful Servant, son of Jeiel (1 Chr8:30).

Abdon—Faithful Servant, son of Micha (2 Chr. 34:20).

Abed—Servile, a Moabite, son of David (1 Chr. 11:47).

Abednego—Servant of Nebo; Azariah’s new name, changed by the chief official (Dn1:7).

Abel—Vanity, breath, mourning, second son of Adam and Eve (Gn3:2).

Abel—Vanity, breath, mourning, son of Joktan (Gn10:28).

Abez—Whiteness, charged with his clan’s inheritance (Jo19:20).

Abia—God my father, son of Rehoboam (1 Chr. 3:10).

Abiah—God my father, son of Samuel (1 Sam8:2).

Abialbon—Father of strength, soldier in David’s army (2 Sam23:31).

Abiasaph—Father of gathering, son of Korah (Ex6:24).

Abiathar—Father of plenty, son of Ahimelech, priest (1 Sam22:20).

Abiathar—Father of plenty, priest in David’s army, son of Ahitub (1 Chr. 15:11).

Abiathar—Father of judges, son of Gideoni, tribal leader of Benjamin (Nm1:1).

Abida—Father of knowledge, son of Midiah (Gn25:4).

Abiel—Father of strength, an Arbathite, soldier of David (1 Chr11:32).

Abiezer—My father is help, soldier in David’s army (2 Sam23:27).

Abiezer—My father is help, son of Hammoleketh (1 Chr. 7:18).

Abiezer—My father is help, from Anathoth, soldier of David (1 Chr11:28).

Abiezer—My father is help, a Benjamin, 9th army division leader (1 Chr. 27:12).

Abigail—Joy, wife of the wicked Nabel, and married after Nabel’s death (1 Sam25:3).

Abigail—Joy, mother of Amasa, sister of David (1 Chr. 2:15).

Abigail—Joy, wife of Ithra, daughter of Nahash, aunt of Joab’s mother (2 Sam17:25).

Abigail—Joy, daughter of Jesse (1 Chr. 2:16).

Abihail—Father of might, wife of Abishur and mother of Ahban and Molid (1 Chr. 2:29).

Abihail—Father of might, son of Huri (1 Chr5:14).

Abihail—Father of might, mother of Zuriel who was the chief of the house of Merari (Nm3:35).

Abihail—Father of might, daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab (2 Chr. 11:18).

Abihail—Father of might, father of Esther (Est2:15).

Abihu—God is my father, son of Aaron (Ex6:23).

Abihud—Father of honor, son of Bela, descendant of Saul the Benjaminite (1 Chr8:3).

Abijah—God is my father, son of Samuel, served as judge in Beersheba (1 Sam8:2).

Abijah—God is my father, mother of Hezekiah, daughter of Zechariah (2 Kgs18:2).

Abijah—God is my father, Rehoboam’s heir (1 Kgs14:31).

Abijah—God is my father, son of Becher (1 Chr7:8).

Abijah—God is my father, priest (1 Chr24:10).

Abijah—God is my father, son of Rehoboam and Maacah (2 Chr11:22).

Abijah—God is my father, mother of King Hezekiah, daughter of Zechariah (2 Chr29:1).

Abijah—God is my father, affixed seal to the agreement of the law (Neh10:7).

Abijam—Father of the sea, succeeded his father as king (1 Kgs15:31).

Abilene—Grassy place, Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene (Lk3:1).

Abimael—A father sent from God, son of Joktan (Gn10:28).

Abimael—Father of the king, king of Gerar (Gn10:28).

Abimelech—Father of the king, king of the Philistines (Gn26:1).

Abimelech—Father of the king, son of Gideon (Jgs8:31).

Abinadab—Father of nobility, had custody of the Ark before it was moved to Jerusalem (1 Sam7:1).

Abinadab—Father of nobility, son of Jesse (1 Sam16:8).

Abinadab—Father of nobility, son of Saul (1 Chr8:33).

Abinoam—My father is delight, father of Barak, military leader in the period of the Judges (Jgs4:6).

Abishag—Father is a wanderer, a Shunamite friend who nursed David in his old age (1 Kgs1:3).

Abishai—Father of a gift, brother of Joab, chief of David’s three mighty men (1 Chr11:20).

Abishai—Father of a gift, son of Zerulah, a soldier in David’s army (1 Chr18:12).

Abishalom—Father of peace, Maacha, mother of King Abijah, daughter of Abishalom (1 Kgs15:2).

Abishua—Father of welfare, son of Phinahas (1 Chr6:4).

Abishua—Father of welfare, son of Bela (1 Chr8:4).

Abishua—Father of Welfare, great-grandson of Aaron (Ezra 7:5).

Abishua—Father of welfare, son of Shammai (1 Chr2:28).

Abishur—Father of the wall, son of Shammai (1 Chr2:28).

Abital—Father of dew, wife of David (2 Sam3:4).

Abital—Father of dew, son of Shaharaim (1 Chr8:11).

Abitub—Father of goodness, born to Hushim (1 Chr8:11).

Abiud—Father of honor, son of Zarubbabel, ancestor of Jesus.

Abner—Father of light, son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army (1 Sam14:50).

Abraham—Father of many nations; new name, changed by God; father of Isaac (Gn17:5).

Abram—High father, son of Terah (Gn11:26).

Abriam—My father is exalted, son of Ahab (1 Kgs16:34).

Abiram—My father is exalted, Reubenite, conspired to challenge Moses (Nm16:1).

Abriam—My father is exalted, son of Hiel (1 Kgs16:4).

Abriam—Proud, son of Eliab, rebelled against Moses (Nm16:1).

Absalom—Father of peace; born to David and Maacah, who was the Daughter of Tulvnai, king of Gershur (2 Sam13:1).

Achaicuis—Belonging to Achaicuis, works with Paul (1 Cor16:17).

Achan—Serpent, son of Carmi, violated the ban on taking sacred things (Jo7:1).

Achar—Tribulation, Son of Carmi.

Achaz—Possessor, son of Jotham (Mt1:9).

Achbor—Mouse, father of Baal-Hanan (Gn36:38).

Achbor—Mouse, son of Micaiah (2 Kgs22:12).

Achish—Serpent charmer, king of Gath (1 Sam21:10).

Achim—Jehovah will establish, son of Azor, ancestor of Jesus (Mt1:14).

Acsah—Adorned; daughter of Caleb, when Caleb promised her to Othniel in marriage, she requested that he increase her dowry to include not only land, but springs of water as well (Jo15:16).

Adah—Ornament, wife of Lamach (Gn4:19).

Adah—Ornament, Esau’s wife (Gn36:2).

Adaiah—Jehovah has adorned, mother of Jedidah (2 Kgs22:1).

Adaiah—Jehovah has adorned, son of Shimei (1 Chr8:21).

Adaiah—Jehovah has adorned, son of Jeroham (1 Chr9:12).

Adaiah—Jehovah has adorned, son of Ethan (1 Chr6:41).

Adaiah—Jehovah has adorned, descendant of Binnui, divorced his foreign wife in accordance with Ezra’s edict (Ezr10:38).

Adaiah—Jehovah has adorned, son of Joiarib, descended from Judah (Neh11:5).

Adaiah—Jehovah has adorned, son of Jeroham (Neh11:12).

Adalia—Upright, son of Haman (Est9:8).

Adam—Man, ground, earthy, red; first human (Gn2:20).

Adbeel—Sorrow of God, son of Ishmael (Gn25:13).

Addar—Greatness, son of Bela (1 Chr8:3).

Addi—My witness, son of Cosam, ancestor of Jesus (Luke3:28).

Ader—A flock, son of Beriah and descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr8:14).

Adiel—Ornament of God, clan leader of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chr4:36).

Adiel—Ornament of God, son of Jahzerah (1 Chr9:12).

Adin—Delicate, returning descendants of Pharaoh’s captive (Ezr2:15).

Adin—Delicate, leader of the people (Neh10:16).

Adina—Pleasant, son of Shiza the Reubenite, soldier of David (1 Chr11:42).

Adlai—Justice of Jehovah, father of Adlai who was in charge of herds in the valley for David (1 Chr27:29).

Admatha—God-given, one of Xerxes’s wise men of the law (Est1:14).

Admiratha—(not available), son of Hamen (Est9:8).

Adna—Pleasure, commander in Jehoshaphat’s army (2 Chr17:4).

Adna—Pleasure, descendant of Pahath-Moab who divorced his foreign wife in accordance with Ezra’s edict (Ezr10:30).

Adna—Pleasure, head of Harim’s priestly family (Neh12:15).

Adnah—Pleasure, from Manasseh, defected to David’s army (1 Chr12:20).

Adonai—Lord, God alone is head over all (Deu.6:4).

Adonibezek—Lord of Bezek, king of Bezek (Jgs1:5).

Adonijah—Jehovah is my Lord, born to David and Haggith (2 Sam3:4).

Adonijah—Jehovah is my Lord, Levite officials of Jehoshaphat, sent to teach the law (2 Chr17:8).

Adonijah—Jehovah is my Lord, leader of the people (Neh10:16).

Adonikam—My Lord has risen, one of the returning descendants of Pharaoh’s captivity (Ezra 2:13).

Adoniram—The Lord of might, son of Abda, in charge of forced labor (1 Kgs4:6).

Adonizedek—Lord of justice, king of Jerusalem (Josh. 10:1).

Adoram—Lord of might, taskmaster over forced labor (1 Kgs12:18).

Adrammelech—King of fire, son of Sennacherib (2 Kgs19:37).

Adriah—Jehovah has adorned, a descendant of Bani, he divorced his foreign wife in accordance with Ezra’s edict (Ezr10:29).

Adriel—Flock of God; from Meholah, married Saul’s daughter, Merab (1 Sam18:19).

Adriel—Flock of gold, son of Merab (2 Sam21:8).

Adullam—Justice of the people, king of Libnah (Jo12:15).

Aeneas—Praiseworthy, paralytic healed by Peter (Act.9:32).

Agabus—A grasshopper, prophet (Act.11:28).

Agag—Flaming, king of the Amelekites (1 Sam15:8).

Agee—Fugitive, son of Agee the Hararite (2 Sam23:11).

Agrippa—One who at birth causes pain, King of Judea (Act.25:13).

Agur—An assembler, son of Jaketh (Prv30:1).

Ahab—Brother of my father, son of Omri, heir (1 Kgs16:28).

Ahah—Wayfarer, returning descendants of Pharaoh’s captives (Ezr2:5).

Aharah—After a brother, son of Benjamin (1 Chr8:1).

Aharahel—Behind the breastwork, the son of Harum (1 Chr4:8)

Ahasbai—I flee to the Lord, Father of Eliphelet (2 Sam34:24).

Ahasuerus—Prince of the people, Persian king Xerxes (Est1:1).

Ahaz—Possessor, son of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kgs15:38)

Ahaz—Possessor, son of Micah (1 Chr8:35).

Ahaz—Possessor, king of Israel (2 Chr28:22).

Ahaz—Possessor, one of the kings of Judah (Hos1:1).

Ahaziah—Whom Jehovah upholds, son of Ahab, heir (1 Kgs11:40).

Ahban—Brotherly, son of Abishur (1 Chr2:29).

Ahi—Brother of Jehovah, son of Abdiel, head of family (1 Chr5:15).

Ahi—Brother of Jehovah, son of Shomer, (1 Chr7:34).

Ahiah—Brother of Jehovah, leader of the people, son of Shemida (Neh10:25).

Ahiam—Mother’s brother, soldier in David’s army, son of Sharar (2 Sam23:33).

Ahiam—Mother’s brother, son of Sacar the Hararite, soldier of David (1 Chr11:35).

Ahian—Brotherly, son of Shemida (1 Chr7:19).

Ahiezer—Brother of help, son of Shemaah the Gibeathite, David’s soldier (1 Chr12:3).

Ahiezer—Brother of help, son of Ammishaddai, tribal leader of Dan (Nm2:25).

Ahihud—Brother of the Jews, son of Sheloi, received the inheritance assignment for the tribe of Ashur (Nm34:27).

Ahihud—Brother of the Jews, son of Gera (1 Chr8:7).

Ahijah—Brother of the Lord, son of Jeroboam (1 Kgs12:15).

Ahijah—Brother of the Lord, Shilohite priest, prophet (1 Kgs15:29).

Ahijah—Brother of the Lord, son of Jerahmeel (1 Chr2:25).

Ahijah—Brother of the Lord, son of Ehud (1 Chr8:7).

Ahikam—Brother of rising up, son of Shaphan, father of Gedalian (2 Kgs22:12).

Ahilud—Brother of one born, father of Jehoshaphat (2 Sam8:16).

Ahimaaz—A rascal, father of Aninoam (1 Sam14:50).

Ahimaaz—A rascal, son of Zakok (2 Sam15:27).

Ahimaaz—A rascal, one of Solomon’s food providers (1 Kgs4:15).

Ahiman—Brother of gift, a gatekeeper (1 Chr9:17).

Ahiman—Brother of gift, an Anakite (Nm13:20).

Ahimelech—Brother of the king, priest at Nob (1 Sam21:1).

Ahimelech—Brother of the king, son of Abiathar, priest (1 Sam8:17).

Ahimoth—Brother of death, son of Elkanah (1 Chr6:25).

Ahinadab—Father of nobility, one of Solomon’s food providers (1 Kgs4:14).

Ahinoam—Brother of grace, the wife of Saul, daughter of Ahimaaz (1 Sam14:50).

Ahinoam—Brother of grace, one of King David’s wives and mother of Amnon (1 Sam25:43).

Ahio—Brotherly, son of Abinalab (2 Sam6:3).

Ahio—Brotherly, son of Beriah (1 Chr8:14).

Ahio—Brotherly, son of Jeiel (1 Chr8:31).

Ahira—Brother of evil, son of Enan, tribal leader of Naphtali (Nm2:29)

Ahiram—Lift oneself up, son of