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Biblical names

2,474 names in all — 1,581 people, 779 places, 23 peoples, and the rest the months, the constellations, the idols the Prophets name in order to condemn them, and the words that only ever stand inside a compound. They are derived from the proper-noun tagging of our own corpus, not from a list somebody typed. The 140 main figures are all in here too, carrying the same descriptions they carry on their own list.

A name is not a person: Azaryah is one name that nineteen different men bear, and Shaul is one name shared by an Edomite king and by the king of Israel — which is why the first appearance of a name is sometimes not the first appearance of the figure you had in mind.

2,474 names — every name the twenty-four books contain — people, places, peoples and the rest · In the order they first appear · page 11 of 17
PlaceעֲרָבArabia
Gematria272

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A country East of Palestine. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 21:13 and last at 2 Chronicles 9:14.

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PersonאֲרִיאֵלAriel
Gematria484

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 29:1 and last at Ezra 8:16.

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PlaceתַּחְפַּנְחֵסTahapanes
Gematria606

×7 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Techaphneches or Tachpenes, a place in Egypt. The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 2:16 and last at Ezekiel 30:18.

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Placeבֵּית הַכֶּרֶםBeth-haccerem
Gematria677

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A place in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 6:1 and last at Nehemiah 3:14.

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PersonפַּשְׁחוּרPashur
Gematria594

×14 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands 14 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 20:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:12.

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PersonאִמֵּרImmer
Gematria241

×10 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands ten times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 20:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:14.

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PersonמַלְכִּיָּהMalchiah
Gematria105

×16 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for ten Israelites. The name stands 16 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 21:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:9.

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PersonמַעֲשֵׂיָהMaaseiah
Gematria425

×23 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Sixteen men bear this name, most of them priests, Levites and officials of the last generations — among them a priest of Yirmeyahu's day, a governor of Jerusalem under Yoshiyahu, and the father of the false prophet Tzidkiyahu.

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PersonכׇּנְיָהוּConiah
Gematria91

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

An Israelite king. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 22:24 and last at Jeremiah 37:1.

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PersonיְכׇנְיָהJekonjah
Gematria95

×7 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A Jewish king. The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 24:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 3:17.

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Other nameשֵׁשַׁךְSheshach
Gematria620

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A symbolic name of Babylon. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 25:26 and last at Jeremiah 51:41.

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PersonחֲנַנְיָהHananiah
Gematria123

×29 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's counts thirteen men of the name. The one the reader meets first is the false prophet who broke Yirmeyahu's wooden yoke in the Temple and promised the exile home in two years, and to whom Yirmeyahu answered that he would be dead within the year (Jeremiah 28).

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PersonעַזּוּרAzur
Gematria283

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 28:1 and last at Nehemiah 10:18.

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PersonאֶלְעָשָׂהElasah
Gematria406

×6 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 29:3 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:43.

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PersonגְּמַרְיָהGemariah
Gematria264

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 29:3 and last at Jeremiah 36:25.

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PersonקוֹלָיָהKolaiah
Gematria151

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 29:21 and last at Nehemiah 11:7.

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PersonחֲנַנְאֵלHananeel
Gematria139

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Probably an Israelite, from whom a tower of Jerusalem was named. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 31:38 and last at Nehemiah 12:39.

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PersonחֲנַמְאֵלHanameel
Gematria129

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance:

An Israelite. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 32:7 and last at Jeremiah 32:12.

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PersonבָּרוּךְBaruch
Gematria228

×26 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Son of Neriyah, Yirmeyahu's scribe, who wrote the prophet's words on a scroll and read them in the Temple, wrote them again after Yehoyakim burned them, kept the deed to the field at Anatot, and was carried down to Egypt with the prophet (Jeremiah 32, 36, 43).

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PersonיִשְׂחָקJischak
Gematria418

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance:

The heir of Abraham. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 33:26 and last at Psalms 105:9.

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PersonחָנָןCanan
Gematria108

×12 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for seven Israelites. The name stands twelve times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 35:4 and last at 1 Chronicles 11:43.

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PersonדְּלָיָהDalaiah
Gematria49

×7 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 36:12 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:18.

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PersonשֶׁלֶמְיָהShelemiah
Gematria385

×10 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for nine Israelites. The name stands ten times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 36:14 and last at 1 Chronicles 26:14.

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PersonכּוּשִׁיCushi
Gematria336

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 36:14 and last at Zephaniah 1:1.

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PersonיְרַחְמְאֵלJerahmeel
Gematria289

×8 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 36:26 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:29.

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PersonעַזְרִיאֵלAzriel
Gematria318

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 36:26 and last at 1 Chronicles 27:19.

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Personעֶבֶד מֶלֶךְEbed-melech
Gematria166

×6 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A eunuch of Zedekeah. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 38:7 and last at Jeremiah 39:16.

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Personנֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶצֶרNergal-sharezer
Gematria1,074

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Babylonians. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 39:3 and last at Jeremiah 39:13.

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PersonנְבוּשַׁזְבָּןNebushazban
Gematria417

×1 named in Tanakh First appearance: always written with a particle

Nebuchadnezzar's chief eunuch. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Jeremiah 39:13.

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PersonיְזַנְיָהJezaniah
Gematria82

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance: always written with a particle

An Israelite. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 40:8 and last at Jeremiah 42:1.

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PersonהוֹשַׁעְיָהHoshaiah
Gematria396

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 42:1 and last at Nehemiah 12:32.

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Other nameלֵבLeb
Gematria32

×1 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Jeremiah 51:1.

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PersonיְחֶזְקֵאלEzekiel
Gematria156

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A priest exiled to Babylon with King Yehoyachin, who prophesied among the exiles by the river Kevar. His visions include the divine chariot, the valley of dry bones, and a detailed vision of a future Temple, and he warned Jerusalem of its coming fall before comforting the exiles with hope of restoration (Ezekiel 1-48).

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PersonפְּלַטְיָהPelatiah
Gematria134

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 11:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 4:42.

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PersonדָנִיֵּאלDaniel
Gematria95

×29 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A young Judean noble taken to Babylon's royal court, who with his companions kept faithful to the dietary laws and interpreted the dreams of Nebuchadnezzar and the writing seen by Belshazzar. He survived a night in a lions' den under Darius and received visions of future kingdoms (Book of Daniel). This spelling is shared with an ordinary Hebrew word, so the count is not of him alone.

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PersonאִיּוֹבJob
Gematria19

×58 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A blameless and upright man of the land of Uz, whose faith was tested when he lost his children, wealth, and health in a single trial permitted by God. After a lengthy debate with three friends, and then a fourth, over the meaning of his suffering, God answered him from a whirlwind, and his fortunes were restored twofold (Book of Job).

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PlaceנֶגֶבNegeb
Gematria55

×1 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Ezekiel 21:2.

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Other nameאׇהֳלָהAholah
Gematria41

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A symbolic name for Samaria. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 23:4 and last at Ezekiel 23:44.

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Other nameאׇהֳלִיבָהAholibah
Gematria53

×6 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A symbolic name for Judah. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 23:4 and last at Ezekiel 23:44.

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PlaceפָּרַסPersia
Gematria340

×28 named in Tanakh First appearance:

An Eastern country, including its inhabitants. The name stands 28 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 27:10 and last at 2 Chronicles 36:23.

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PersonחַיִלChayil
Gematria48

×1 named in Tanakh First appearance: always written with a particle

Whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Ezekiel 27:11.

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PlaceאָוֶןAven
Gematria57

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

The contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt, and one in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 30:17 and last at Amos 1:5.

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PersonגּוֹגGog
Gematria12

×10 named in Tanakh First appearance: also a people

Strong's records this name for an Israelite, also of some nothern nation. The name stands ten times in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 38:2 and last at 1 Chronicles 5:4.

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Placeהֲמוֹן גּוֹגHamogog
Gematria113

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

The fanciful name of an emblematic place in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 39:11 and last at Ezekiel 39:15.

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PlaceחַוְרָןHauran
Gematria264

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A region East of the Jordan. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 47:16 and last at Ezekiel 47:18.

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PlaceנַחַלNachal
Gematria93

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 47:19 and last at Ezekiel 48:28.

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Personלֹא רֻחָמָהLo-ruhamah
Gematria253

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

The symbolic name of a son of Hosea. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Hosea 1:6 and last at Hosea 1:8.

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Other nameלֹאLo
Gematria31

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance: always written with a particle

By implication, no; often used with other particles. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Hosea 2:25 and last at Amos 6:13.

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Other nameחֲרוּץCharuwts
Gematria304

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance: always written with a particle

Incised or incisive; hence a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge; determination; also eager. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, all of them in Joel 4:14.

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PersonעָמוֹסAmos
Gematria176

×7 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A shepherd from Tekoa in Yehudah who prophesied against the northern kingdom of Israel in the days of Yerovam II, denouncing social injustice and empty ritual and warning of coming exile (Book of Amos). He describes himself as a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs rather than a trained prophet (Amos 1:1, 7:14).

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PlaceבִּקְעָהBiqah
Gematria177

×1 named in Tanakh First appearance: always written with a particle

A split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Amos 1:5.

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Other nameכִּיּוּןChiun
Gematria86

×1 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A star-image carried in the wilderness worship that Amos rebukes, named there beside Sikkut. The prophet names it in order to condemn it.

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PlaceקֶרֶןQeren
Gematria400

×1 named in Tanakh First appearance:

By implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray; figuratively, power. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Amos 6:13.

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Where these come from. Every name in the full list is a word our corpus tags as a proper noun in the Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology, grouped so that בית לחם counts as one name and not two. What each one is — a person, a place, a people — is read from the lexicon's own definition, and where that definition names two senses the row says so. The gematria is computed by the same engine that runs every search, and the count on each row is the number of verses that door opens — the same walk, counted once.