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- SHELOMIY
(שְׁלוֹמִי):
Hebrew name meaning "my peace" or "peaceful." In the
bible, this is the name of the father of a leader of the tribe of Asher.
- SHELOMOH (שְׁלמׄה):
Hebrew name meaning "peaceable." In the bible, this is the name of
the tenth son of David who became the
third king of Israel.
- SHELUMIYEL
(שְׁלוּמִיאֵל):
Hebrew name meaning "friend of God." In the bible, this is the
name of a prince of the tribe of Simeon.
- SHEM
(שֵׁם):
Hebrew name meaning "conspicuous position, name, renown, sigma." In the bible, this is the name
of a son of Noah.
- SHEMAYAH (שְׁמַעְיָה):
Hebrew name meaning "whom Jehovah
has answered" or "whom Jehovah
has heard." In the bible, this is the name of many characters,
including a prophet who lived in the time of Rehoboam.
- SHEMER
(שֶׁמֶר):
Hebrew name meaning "dregs (of wine)." In the bible, this is the
name of several characters, including the owner of the hill where Samaria
was built.
- SHEMUWEL
(שְׁמוּאֵל): Hebrew
name meaning "heard of God," "his name is El,"
or "name of God." In the bible, this is the name of several
characters, including a son of Elkanah
by Hannah.
- SHEPHATYAH
(שְׁץַטְיָה):
Hebrew name meaning "whom Jehovah
defends." In the bible, this is the
name of many characters, including a son of David.
- SHET:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Sheth, meaning
"buttocks."
- SHETH (שֵׁת): Hebrew name meaning
"buttocks." In the bible, this is the name of the third son of
Adam
and Eve.
- SHEVA (שֶׁבַע): Variant
spelling of Hebrew Sheba, meaning "oath" or "seven." Compare with feminine
Sheva.
- SHIMEON:
Variant form of Hebrew Shimown, meaning "hearkening."
- SHIMIY (שִׁמְעִי):
Hebrew name meaning "famous, renowned." In the bible, this is the
name of many characters, including a Reubenite, son of Gog
and father of Micah.
- SHIMON:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Shimown, meaning "hearkening."
- SHIMOWN
(שִׁמְעוֹן): Hebrew
name meaning "hearkening." In the bible, this is the name of a
tribe of Israel as well as the name of the second son of Jacob
and Leah.
- SHIMSHON:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Shimshown, meaning "like
the sun."
- SHIMSHOWN
(שִׁמְשׁוֹן): Hebrew name meaning "like
the sun." In the bible, this is the name of a powerful hero who was betrayed by his
mistress Delila.
- SHIR
(שִׁיר): Hebrew unisex name meaning "song."
- SHIYLOH
(שִׁילה):
Contracted form of Hebrew shai lo, of uncertain etymology, possibly
meaning "he who is to be sent," "he whose it is,"
"peaceable one" "place of rest" or "rest,
tranquility." In
the bible, this is a place name and also possibly a reference to the
Messiah.
- SHLOMI (שְׁלוֹמִי):
Contracted form of Hebrew Shelomiy, meaning "my
peace" or "peaceful."
- SHLOMO
(שְׁלמׄה):
Contracted form of Hebrew Shelomoh, meaning "peaceable."
- SHMUEL:
Contracted form of Hebrew Shemuwel,
meaning "heard of God,"
"his name is El," or "name
of God."
- SHLUMIEL (שְׁלוּמִיאֵל):
Contracted form of Hebrew Shelumiyel,
meaning "friend of God." In the bible, this is the
name of a prince of the tribe of Simeon.
- SHOSHAN
(שׁוֹשַׁן): Hebrew unisex name meaning "lily." Compare
with another form of Shoshan.
- SIMCHA
(שִׂמְחָה): Hebrew unisex name meaning "joy."
- SIMIEL:
According to Pope
Gregory I, this is the name of an archangel. It may be a short form of Hebrew
Yesiymael
(Jesimiel), meaning "whom God
makes" or "whom God makes
grow old." Samael is also sometimes
rendered "venom of God."
- TAHMID
(תמיד):
Perhaps from the Hebrew word tamid, meaning "flame."
- TAL
(טַל): Hebrew unisex name meaning "dew."
- TALMAY (תּלִמַי):
Hebrew name meaning "abounding in furrows." In the bible, this is
the name of the father-in-law of King David.
- TAM
(תָּם):
Hebrew name meaning "complete,
whole" or "honest." Compare with another form of Tam.
- TAMID
(תמיד): Perhaps from the Hebrew word tamid, meaning "flame." Compare
with another form of Tamid.
- TAMIR
(תָּמִיר):
Masculine form of Hebrew Tamar, meaning
"palm tree."
- TAMUR
(תָּמוּר):
Masculine form of Hebrew Tamar, meaning
"palm tree."
- TEL: Short form of Hebrew Telem, meaning
"injure, oppress." Compare with another form of Tel.
- TELEM
(טֶלֶם):
Hebrew name meaning "injure, oppress." In the bible, this is the name of a
town in the tribe of Judah, and the name of a Levite gatekeeper who was
among the returning exiles.
- TERACH
(תֶּרַח):
Hebrew name meaning "delay" and "station." In the bible, this is the name of a place in the
wilderness where the Israelites stopped on their Exodus. It is also the
name of the father of Abraham.
- TEYMAN
(תֵּימָן):
Hebrew name meaning "on the right, south." In the bible, this is the
name of the city, country, and people of Idumea, and the name of a descendant of
Esau.
- TEYMENIY
(תֵּימָנִי):
Hebrew name meaning "from Teman" or
"southerner." In the
bible, this is the name of a son of Ashur.
- TIQVAH
(תִּקְוָה): Hebrew
unisex name meaning "hope." In the bible, this is strictly a
masculine name, the name of the father of Shallum.
- TIYRAC
(תִּירָס):
Hebrew name meaning "desire." In the bible, this is the name of a grandson of
Noah.
The Anglicized form is Tiras.
- TOBIH
(טוֹבִת):
Hebrew name meaning "good" or "my God." In the Apocrypha, this is the name of
the hero of the Book of Tobit.
- TOMER
(תּוֹמֶר): Hebrew name meaning
"tall, stately," like a palm tree.
- TOVIT (טוֹבִת):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tobit, meaning "good."
- TOVIA:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Toviya, meaning "God
is good."
- TOVIYA:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Towbiyah, meaning "God is good."
- TOVIYYAH:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Towbiyah, meaning "God is good."
- TOWBIYAH
(טוֹבִיָה): Hebrew name meaning "God is good." In the bible, this is
the name of several characters, including a Babylonian exile returnee. Also spelled
Toviya.
- TSADOWQ (צָדוֹק):
Hebrew name meaning "just, righteous." In the bible, this is the name of
many characters, including a high priest of
Israel.
- TZALMON
(צַלְמוֹן):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tsalmown, meaning "shady." In the bible, this is the name
of one of king David's warriors.
- TSALMOWN
(צַלְמוֹן): Hebrew name meaning "shady." In the bible, this is the name
of one of king David's warriors.
- TSELOPHCHAD (צְלָפְחָד):
Hebrew name meaning "first rupture; fracture," taken to mean
"first-born." In the bible, this is
the name of a member of the tribe Manasseh.
- TSEPHANYAH (צִפַנְיָה):
Hebrew name meaning "hidden by God" or "protected by
God." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including
the ninth of the minor prophets. Zephaniah
is the English form.
- TSIBOWN (צִבְעוֹן):
Hebrew name meaning "versi-colored." In the bible, this is the
name of the father of Anah and a son
of Seir.
- TSIDQIYAH (צָדְקִיָה):
Hebrew name meaning "righteousness of the Lord." In the bible,
this is the
name of many characters, including the name which Mattaniah
adopted after becoming (the last) king of Judah. The Anglicized form is
Zedekiah.
- TSIYOWN (צִיוֹן):
Hebrew name meaning "sunny or parched place." In the
bible, this is another name for Jerusalem, the city of David,
and its inhabitants who are also called the daughter of Tsiyown/Zion.
- TSUWPH
(צוּף):
Hebrew name meaning "flow, overflow," hence "honey as
dropping." In the bible, this is the
name of an ancestor of Elkanah.
- TUVAL (תּוּבַל):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tuwbal, meaning "thou shall be brought."
- TUVIYA
(טוּבִיָה): Hebrew name meaning "God is
good." In the bible, this is the name of a Babylonian exile returnee.
Also spelled Toviya.
- TUVYA:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tuviya, meaning "God
is good."
- TUWBAL
(תּוּבַל):
Hebrew name meaning "thou shall be brought."
In the bible, this is the name of a son of Japheth.
- TUWBAL QAYIN
(תּוּבַל
קַיִן):
Hebrew name meaning "though shall be brought of Cain."
In the bible, this is the name of a son of Lamech, said
to be an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron.
- TZADOK
(צָדוֹק):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tsadowq, meaning "just, righteous."
- TZAFRIR
(צַפְרִיר): Hebrew form of Greek Zephyr
("west wind"), meaning "morning breeze."
- TZALMON
(צַלְמוֹן):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tsalmown, meaning "shady." In the bible, this is the name
of one of king David's warriors.
- TZEFANYA (צִפַנְיָה):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tsephanyah,
meaning "hidden by God" or "protected by
God."
- TZELAFCHAD (צְלָפְחָד):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tselophchad, meaning "first
rupture; fracture," taken to mean "first-born."
- TZEVI (צְבִי):
Hebrew name meaning "deer, gazelle."
- TZIDKIYA (צָדְקִיָה):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tsidqiyah, meaning "righteousness of the Lord."
- TZIYON
(צִיוֹן):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tsiyown, meaning "sunny
or parched place."
- TZUF (צוּף):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tsuwph, meaning "flow,
overflow," hence "honey as dropping." In the bible, this is the
name of an ancestor of Elkanah.
- TZURI (צוּרִי):
Hebrew name meaning "my rock."
- TZVI:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Tzevi, meaning "deer,
gazelle."
- UD (אוּד): Hebrew name meaning
"firebrand."
- UDI
(אוּדִי):
Pet form of Hebrew Ehuwd,
meaning "joining together, united."
- UDIEL
(אוּדִיאֵל): Hebrew name meaning "torch of the Lord."
- ULA
(עוּלָא):
Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Ulla, meaning "yoke." Compare
with strictly feminine forms of Ula.
- ULLA
(עוּלָא): Hebrew
unisex name meaning "yoke." In the bible, this
is the name of a male member of the tribe of Asher. Compare
with strictly feminine forms of Ulla.
- UNNIY
(עֻנִּי): Hebrew name meaning "afflicted,
depressed." In the bible, this
is the name of two Levites.
- UPAZ
(אוּפָּז): Hebrew name meaning "gold."
- URIAHU:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Uriyahu, meaning
"flame of Jehovah" or "God
is my light."
- URION: Variant spelling of Hebrew
Uryon,
meaning "flame" or "light."
- URIYAH
(אוּרִיָּה):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Uwriyah, meaning
"flame of Jehovah" or "God
is my light."
- URIYAHU:
Variant form of Hebrew Uriyah, meaning "flame of Jehovah"
or "God
is my light."
- UR-MALKI (אוּר-מַלְכִּי): Hebrew name meaning
"my king is light."
- URYAN (אוּרְיָן):
Hebrew name of Aramaic origin, meaning "light."
- URYON (אוּרְיוֹן):
Hebrew name meaning "flame" or "light."
- UTZ
(עוּץ): Variant
spelling of Hebrew Uwts, meaning "soft and sandy
earth" or "to consult." Compare with another form of Utz.
- UWR
(אוּר):
Hebrew name meaning "flame or light of fire," also possibly
"revelation." In the bible, this is the native place of Abraham,
the city of the Chaldeans, and a center of moon worship. The Persian form of
Uwr/Ur is Urim, also meaning "fire, flame." According to the Book
of Jubilees, the city of Uwr/Ur was named by Ur, son of Kesed.
- UWRIY
(אוּרִי): Hebrew name meaning
"fiery" or "my
flame, my light." In the bible, this is the name of several characters,
including a prince of Judah.
- UWRIYAH
(אוּרִיָּה): Hebrew name
meaning "flame of Jehovah"
or "God
is my light." In the bible, this is the name of several characters,
including the husband of Bathsheba,
and a prophet slain by Jehoiakim.
- UWRIYEL
(אוּרִיאֵל):
Hebrew name meaning "flame of God" or "light of the
Lord." In the bible, this is the name of a Levite, and the maternal
grandfather of Abijah.
- UWTHAY
(עוּתַי): Hebrew name meaning "whom
Jehovah helps." In the bible, this is the
name of a son of Ammihud and a son
of Bigvai.
- UWTS (עוּץ):
Hebrew name meaning
"soft and sandy earth" or "to consult." In the bible,
this is the name of the country of Job,
a son of Aram, a son of Nahor,
and a son of Dishan.
- UWZAL (אוּזָל):
Hebrew name of uncertain derivation, possibly meaning "to depart, to leave,"
"to be flooded," or "to be
exhausted." In the bible, this is the name of a descendant of Joktan.
- UZA
(עֻזָּה,
עֻזָּא):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Uzza, meaning "power, strength."
- UZI:
Short form of Hebrew Uziya, meaning "power of Jehovah."
- UZIAHU
(עֻזִּיָהוּ):
Variant spelling of Hebrew
Uziyahu, meaning "power of Jehovah."
- UZIYA (עֻזִּיָה):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Uzziya,
meaning "power of Jehovah." In the bible, this is
the name of one of David's warriors.
- UZIYAHU
(עֻזִּיָהוּ): Variant form of Hebrew Uziya,
meaning "power of Jehovah."
- UZZA
(עֻזָּה,
עֻזָּא): Hebrew name meaning "power, strength."
In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a man slain
by God for touching the ark.
- UZZI:
Short form of Hebrew Uzziya, meaning "power of Jehovah."
- UZZIYA
(עֻזִּיָה):
Hebrew name meaning "power of Jehovah." In the bible, this is
the name of one of David's warriors.
- UZZIYEL
(עֻזִּיאֵל):
Hebrew name meaning "God is my strength." In the bible, this is
the name of many characters, including a grandson of Levi.
- VERED
(וֶרֶד): Hebrew
unisex name meaning
"rose."
- YAAKOV
(יַעֲקׄב):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yaaqob, meaning "supplanter."
- YAANAY
(יֲעַנַי):
Hebrew name
meaning "whom Jehovah
answers." In the
bible, this is the name of a man in the tribe of Gad.
- YAAQOB
(יַעֲקׄב): Hebrew name meaning "supplanter." In the bible, this is the
name of a son of Isaac and Rebecca,
and the twin brother of Esau.
- YAASUW
(יַעֲשָׂי):
Hebrew name meaning "they will do" or "Jehovah
made." In the bible, this is the name of a descendant of Bani.
- YABETS
(יַעְבֵּץ): Hebrew name meaning "pain,
sorrow." In the bible, this is the name
of a member of Caleb's family. The
English form is Jabez.
- YABETZ:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yabets, meaning "pain,
sorrow."
- YABIYN
(יָבִין): Hebrew name meaning "whom God
observes." In the bible,
this is the name of two kings of the Hazor. The English form is Jabin.
- YACHIN:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yakiyn, meaning "he
establishes" or "whom God strengthens."
- YACHLEEL
(יַחְלְאֵל):
Hebrew name meaning "God waits" or "whom God has made sick."
In the bible, this is the name of a member of the tribe of Zebulun.
The English form is Jahleel.
- YACHL'EL:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yachleel, meaning "God
waits" or "whom God has made sick."
- YACHTSE'EL (יַחְצְאֵל):
Hebrew name meaning "whom God allots." In the bible, this is the
name of a son of Naphtali. the
English form is Jahzeel.
- YADA
(יָדָע): Hebrew name meaning "he
knows" or "wise." In the bible, this is the
name of a member of the tribe of Judah. The English form is Jada.
- YADON:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yadown, meaning "judge,"
"thankful," or "whom God has judged."
- YADOWN
(יָדוֹן): Hebrew name meaning "judge,"
"thankful," or "whom God has judged." In the bible, this is
the name of a man who helped Nehemiah
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. The English form is Jadon.
- YAFET:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yepheth, meaning
"opened" or "abundant, spacious."
- YAIR
(יָאִיר):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yaiyr, meaning "whom
God enlightens."
- YAIYR
(יָאִיר):
Hebrew name meaning "whom God enlightens." In the bible, this is the name
of several characters, including a descendant of Manasseh. The
English form is Jair.
- YAKIYN
(יָכִין): Hebrew
name meaning "he establishes" or "whom God strengthens." In the bible, this is the name of
several characters, including a
son of Simeon. The English form is Jachin.
- YAKTAN:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yoqtan, meaning
"small."
- YALON:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yalown, meaning
"God lodges" or "passing the night; tarrying."
- YALOWN
(יָלוֹן): Hebrew name meaning
"God lodges" or "passing the night; tarrying." In the bible,
this is the name of a son of Ezra and
a descendent of Caleb. The English form
of Jalon.
- YAMIN:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yamiyn, meaning "the
right hand," "the right side," or "the right quarter."
- YAMIR
(יָמִיר):
Hebrew name meaning "to change."
- YAMIYN
(יָמִין):
Hebrew name meaning "the right hand," "the right side,"
or "the right quarter." In the bible, this is the name
of several characters, including a son of Simeon.
The English form is Jamin.
- YAN: Short form of Hebrew Yanai,
meaning "whom Jehovah
answers." Compare with another form of Yan.
- YANAI (יָנַּאי):
Variant form of Hebrew Yaanay,
meaning "whom Jehovah
answers."
- YANIV
(יָנִיב): Hebrew name meaning "he will
speak."
- YANNI
(יַנִי): Variant form of Hebrew Yan,
meaning "whom Jehovah
answers." Compare with another form of Yanni.
- YARDEN
(יַרְדָן):
Hebrew unisex name meaning
"flowing down." In the bible, this is the name of the river in
Palestine. The English form is Jordan.
- YAREB (יָרֵב):
Hebrew name meaning "contender." In the bible, this is an epithet
given to the king of Assyria. The English form is Jareb.
- YARED
(יֶרֶד):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yered, meaning "descent." The
English form is Jared.
- YARON
(יָרוֹן): Hebrew name meaning
"to shout and sing."
- YASHUWB
(יָשׁוּב): Hebrew name meaning "he will return" or "turning
oneself." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Bani and a son of
Issachar. The English form is Jashub.
- YAUWR
(יָעְוּר): Hebrew name meaning "forested." In the bible, this is the
name of the father of Elhanan. The
English form is Jair.
- YAVAN
(יָוָן): Hebrew name
meaning
"Ionia, Greece." In the bible, this is a place name and the name of a grandson of
Noah.
The English form is Javan.
- YECHEZQEL
(יְחֶזְקֵאל): Hebrew
name meaning "God
will strengthen." In the bible, this is the name of a prophet,
the author of the Book of Ezekiel.
- YECHEZKEL:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yechezqel, meaning "God
will strengthen."
- YECHIEL:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yechiyel, meaning "God
lives" or "whom God preserves alive."
- YECHIYEL (יְחִיאֵל):
Hebrew name meaning "God lives" or "whom God preserves
alive." In the bible, this is the name
of many characters, including a son of king Jehoshaphat. Jehiel
is the Anglicized form.
- YEDIDYA:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yediydeyah,
Hebrew name meaning "beloved of
God," "delight of God," or "friend of God."
- YEDIYDEYAH
(יְדִידְיָה):
Hebrew name meaning "beloved of
God," "delight of God," or "friend of God." In the bible, this is a name given to
Solomon by Nathan.
Jedidiah is the Anglicized form.
- YEDUWTHUWN
(יְדִיתוּן): Hebrew name
meaning
"praising." In the bible, this is the name of a Levite of the
family of Merari. Jeduthun
is the Anglicized form.
- YEFET:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yepheth, meaning
"opened" or "abundant, spacious."
- YEHIEL
(יְחִיאֵל):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yechiel, meaning
"may God live!"
- YEHEZKEL:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yechezkel, meaning "God
will strengthen."
- YEHOASH:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yehowash, meaning "given
by the Lord" or "whom Jehovah
gave."
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