Old Testament names
* Aaron: First high priest of Jews; son of Amram; brother of Miriam and Moses; father of Abihu, Eleazer, Ithamar, and Nadab.
* Abel: Son of Adam and Eve; slain by Cain.
* Abigail: Wife of Nabal; later, wife of David.
* Abihu: Son of Aaron.
* Abimelech: King of Gerar.
* Abner: Commander of army of Saul and Ishbosheth; slain by Joab.
* Abraham (or Abram): Patriarch; forefather of the Jews; son of Terah; husband of Sarah; father of Isaac and Ishmael.
* Absalom: Son of David and Maacah; revolted against David; slain by Joab.
* Achish: King of Gath; gave refuge to David.
* Achsa (or Achsah): Daughter of Caleb; wife of Othniel.
* Adah: Wife of Lamech.
* Adam: First man; husband of Eve; father of Cain, Abel, and Seth.
* Adonijah: Son of David and Haggith.
* Agag: King of Amalek; spared by Saul; slain by Samuel.
* Ahasuerus: King of Persia; husband of Vashti and, later, Esther; sometimes identified with Xerxes the Great.
* Ahijah: Prophet; foretold accession of Jeroboam.
* Ahinoam: Wife of David.
* Amasa: Commander of army of David; slain by Joab.
* Amnon: Son of David and Ahinoam; raped Tamar; slain by Absalom.
* Amram: Husband of Jochebed; father of Aaron, Miriam and Moses.
* Asenath: Wife of Joseph.
* Asher: Son of Jacob and Zilpah.
* Balaam: Prophet; rebuked by his donkey for cursing God.
* Barak: Jewish captain; associated with Deborah.
* Baruch: Secretary to Jeremiah.
* Bathsheba: Wife of Uriah; later, wife of David.
* Belshazzar: Crown prince of Babylon.
* Benaiah: Warrior of David; proclaimed Solomon King.
* Ben-Hadad: Name of several kings of Damascus.
* Benjamin: Son of Jacob and Rachel.
* Bezaleel: Chief architect of Tabernacle.
* Bilbah: Servant of Rachel; mistress of Jacob.
* Bildad: Comforter of Job.
* Boaz: Husband of Ruth; father of Obed.
* Cain: Son of Adam and Eve; slayer of Abel; father of Enoch.
* Cainan: Son of Enos.
* Caleb: Spy sent out by Moses to visit Canaan; father of Achsa.
* Canaan: Son of Ham.
* Chilion: Son of Elimelech; husband of Orpah.
* Cush: Son of Ham; father of Nimrod.
* Dan: Son of Jacob and Bilhah.
* Daniel: Prophet; saved from lions by God.
* Deborah: Hebrew prophetess and judge; helped Israelites conquer Canaanites.
* Delilah: Mistress and betrayer of Samson.
* Elam: Son of Shem.
* Eleazar: Son of Aaron; succeeded him as high priest.
* Eli: High priest and judge; teacher of Samuel; father of Hophni and Phinehas.
* Eliakim: Chief minister of Hezekiah.
* Eliezer: Servant of Abraham.
* Elihu: Comforter of Job.
* Elijah (or Elias): Prophet; went to heaven in chariot of fire.
* Elimelech: Husband of Naomi; father of Chilion and Mahlon.
* Eliphaz: Comforter of Job.
* Elisha (or Eliseus): Prophet; successor of Elijah.
* Elkanah: Husband of Hannah; father of Samuel.
* Enoch: Son of Cain.
* Enoch: Father of Methuselah.
* Enos: Son of Seth; father of Cainan.
* Ephraim: Son of Joseph.
* Esau: Son of Isaac and Rebecca; sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob.
* Esther: Jewish wife of Ahasuerus; saved Jews from Haman's plotting.
* Eve: First woman; wife of Adam.
* Ezra (or Esdras): Hebrew scribe and priest.
* Gad: Son of Jacob and Zilpah.
* Gehazi: Servant of Elisha.
* Gideon: Israelite hero; defeated Midianites.
* Goliath: Philistine giant; slain by David.
* Hagar: Handmaid of Sarah; concubine of Abraham; mother of Ishmael.
* Haggith: Mother of Adonijah.
* Ham: Son of Noah; father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan.
* Haman: Chief minister of Ahasuerus; hanged on gallows prepared for Mordecai.
* Hannah: Wife of Elkanah; mother of Samuel.
* Hanun: King of Ammonites.
* Haran: Brother of Abraham; father of Lot.
* Hazael: King of Damascus.
* Hephzi-Bah: Wife of Hezekiah; mother of Mannaseh.
* Hiram: King of Tyre.
* Holofernes: General of Nebuchadnezzar; slain by Judith.
* Hophni: Son of Eli.
* Isaac: Hebrew patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah; half brother of Ishmael; husband of Rebecca; father of Esau and Jacob.
* Ishmael: Son of Abraham and Hagar; half brother of Isaac.
* Issachar: Son of Jacob and Leah.
* Ithamar: Son of Aaron.
* Jabal: Son of Lamech and Adah.
* Jabin: King of Hazor.
* Jacob: Hebrew patriarch; founder of Israel; son of Isaac and Rebecca; husband of Leah and Rachel; father of sons Asher, Benjamin, Dan, Gad, Issachar, Joseph, Judah, Levi, Naphtali, Reuben, Simeon, and Zebulun, and daughter Dinah.
* Jael: Slayer of Sisera.
* Japheth:Son of Noah.
* Jehoiada: High priest; husband of Jehoshabeath; revolted against Athaliah and made Joash King of Judah.
* Jehoshabeath (or Jehosheba): Daughter of Jehoram of Judah; wife of Jehoiada.
* Jephthah: Judge in Israel; sacrificed his only daughter because of vow.
* Jesse: Son of Obed; father of David.
* Jethro: Midianite priest; father of Zipporah.
* Jezebel: Phoenician princess; wife of Ahab; mother of Ahaziah, Athaliah, and Jehoram.
* Joab: Commander in chief under David; slayer of Abner, Absalom, and Amasa.
* Job: Patriarch; underwent many afflictions; comforted by Bildad, Elihu, Eliphaz and Zophar.
* Jochebed: Wife of Amram.
* Jonah: Prophet; cast into sea and swallowed by great fish.
* Jonathan: Son of Saul; friend of David.
* Joseph: Son of Jacob and Rachel; sold into slavery by his brothers; husband of Asenath; father of Ephraim and Manassah.
* Joshua: Successor of Moses; son of Nun.
* Jubal: Son of Lamech and Adah.
* Judah: Son of Jacob and Leah.
* Judith: Slayer of Holofernes.
* Kish: Father of Saul.
* Laban: Father of Leah and Rachel.
* Lamech: Son of Methuselah; father of Noah.
* Lamech: Husband of Adah and Zillah; father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-Cain.
* Leah: Daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob; sister of Rachel.
* Levi: Son of Jacob and Leah.
* Lot: Son of Haran; escaped destruction of Sodom.
* Maacah: Mother of Absalom and Tamar.
* Mahlon: Son of Elimelech; first husband of Ruth.
* Manasseh: Son of Joseph.
* Melchizedek: King of Salem.
* Methuselah: Patriarch; son of Enoch; father of Lamech.
* Michal: Daughter of Saul; wife of David.
* Miriam: Prophetess; daughter of Amram; sister of Aaron and Moses.
* Mizraim: Son of Ham.
* Mordecai: Uncle of Esther; with her aid, saved Jews from Haman's plotting.
* Moses: Prophet and lawgiver; son of Amram; brother of Aaron and Miriam; husband of Zipporah.
* Naaman: Syrian captain; cured of leprosy by Elisha.
* Nabal: Husband of Abigail.
* Naboth: Owner of vineyard; stoned to death because he would not sell it to Ahab.
* Nadab: Son of Aaron.
* Nahor: Father of Terah.
* Naomi: Wife of Elimelech; mother-in-law of Ruth.
* Naphtali: Son of Jacob and Bilhah.
* Nathan: Prophet; reproved David for causing Uriah's death.
* Nebuchadnezzar (or Nebuchadrezzar): King of Babylon; destroyer of Jerusalem.
* Nehemiah: Jewish leader; empowered by Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem.
* Nimrod: Mighty hunter; son of Cush.
* Noah: Patriarch; son of Lamech; escaped Deluge by building Ark; father of Ham, Japheth and Shem.
* Nun (or Non): Father of Joshua.
* Obed: Son of Boaz; father of Jesse.
* Og: King of Bashan.
* Orpah: Wife of Chilion.
* Othniel: Kenezite; judge of Israel; husband of Achsa.
* Phinehas: Son of Eleazer.
* Phinehas: Son of Eli.
* Phut (or Put): Son of Ham.
* Potiphar: Egyptian official; bought Joseph.
* Rachel: Wife of Jacob; mother of Joseph; sister of Leah.
* Rebecca (or Rebekah): Wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
* Reuben: Son of Jacob and Leah.
* Ruth: Wife of Mahlon, later of Boaz; daughter-in-law of Naomi.
* Samson: Judge of Israel; famed for strength; betrayed by Delilah.
* Samuel: Hebrew judge and prophet; son of Elkanah.
* Sarah (or Sara, Sarai): Wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac.
* Sennacherib: King of Assyria.
* Seth: Son of Adam; father of Enos.
* Shem: Son of Noah; father of Elam.
* Simeon: Son of Jacob and Leah.
* Sisera: Canaanite captain; slain by Jael.
* Tamar: Daughter of David and Maachah; raped by Amnon.
* Terah: Son of Nahor; father of Abraham.
* Tubal-Cain: Son of Lamech and Zillah.
* Uriah: Husband of Bathsheba; sent to death in battle by David.
* Vashti: Wife of Ahasuerus; set aside by him.
* Zadok: High priest during David's reign.
* Zebulun (or Zabulon): Son of Jacob and Leah.
* Zillah: Wife of Lamech.
* Zilpah: Servant of Leah; mistress of Jacob.
* Zipporah: Daughter of Jethro; wife of Moses.
* Zophar: Comforter of Job.
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