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Adoniram in Wikipedia

(pronounced /ædəˈnaɪrəm/, rhyming with Hiram[1]) (1 Kings 4:6; 5:14; Hebrew, אדונירם, 'my Lord has exalted'; alternate form Adoram, 'the Lord has exalted'[2]), the son of Abda, was the tax collector In the United Kingdom of Israel for over forty years, from the late years of King David's reign (2 Samuel 20:24) until the reign of Rehoboam. In t...

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Agrippa II in Wikipedia

(b. AD 27/28),[1] son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa, was the seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great, thus last of the Herodians. He was the brother of Berenice and Drusilla (second wife of the Roman procurator Antonius Felix). He is sometimes also called Herod Agrippa II......

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Ahijah in Wikipedia

(Hebrew: אֲחִיָּה ; "brother / friend of Jehovah"; Latin and Douay-Rheims: Ahias) 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 (1 Chr. 8:7, RV). In AV (KJV) called "Ahiah." One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of ...

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Adoram in Wikipedia

(pronounced /ædəˈnaɪrəm/, rhyming with Hiram[1]) (1 Kings 4:6; 5:14; Hebrew, אדונירם, 'my Lord has exalted'; alternate form Adoram, 'the Lord has exalted'[2]), the son of Abda, was the tax collector In the United Kingdom of Israel for over forty years, from the late years of King David's reign (2 Samuel 20:24) until the reign of Rehoboam. In t...

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Agur in Wikipedia

(Hebrew: אגור בן יקה) was the compiler of a collection of proverbs found in Proverbs 30 , which is sometimes known as the Book of Agur or Sayings of Agur. The initial text of the chapter runs as follows (JPS translation), and bears great similarity to Isaiah 40:12-14......

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Ahikam in Wikipedia

in Hebrew "My brother has risen". One of the five whom Josiah sent to consult the prophetess Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law. [1] He was the son of Shaphan, the royal secretary, and the father of Gedaliah, governor of Judea after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians.[2] On one occasion he protected Jer...

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Abishur in Wikipedia

(father of the wall; i.e., "mason"). He is one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chr. 2:28,29)....

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Achbor in Wikipedia

(עַכְבּוֹר, Standard Hebrew Akhbor, Tiberian Hebrew ʿAḵbôr) is a name that means "gnawing" and is, by extension, used as the word for "mouse". There are at least two persons by this name in the Hebrew Bible....

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Adino in Wikipedia

(ad'-i-no) the Eznite, one of David's "mighty men". Also known as Joshebbasshebeth the Tachmonite, he was the chief of the three. He was later called Adino the Eznite, because of the eight hundred he killed at one time. References: 2 Samuel 23:8 Meaning: his adorned one...

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Abitub in Wikipedia

meaning Father of goodness, was a Benjamite in the Old Testament (1 Chronicles 8:11 )....

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