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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 13 of 17
PersonקַדְמִיאֵלKadmiel
Gematria185

×8 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:40 and last at Nehemiah 12:24.

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PersonהוֹדַוְיָהHodaviah
Gematria36

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:40 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:7.

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PersonעַקּוּבAkkub
Gematria178

×8 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:42 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:17.

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PersonצִיחָאZiha
Gematria109

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Nethinim. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:43 and last at Nehemiah 11:21.

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PersonגִּדֵּלGiddel
Gematria37

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for one of the Nethinim, also of one of 'Solomon's servants'. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:47 and last at Nehemiah 7:58.

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PersonרְאָיָהReaia
Gematria216

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:47 and last at 1 Chronicles 5:5.

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PersonפָּסֵחַPaseah
Gematria148

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:49 and last at 1 Chronicles 4:12.

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Personפֹּכֶרֶת צְבָיִיםPochereth of Zebaim
Gematria857

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

One of the 'servants of Solomon'. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:57 and last at Nehemiah 7:59.

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Placeתֵּל מֶלַחTel-melah
Gematria508

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

A place in Babylonia. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:59 and last at Nehemiah 7:61.

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Placeתֵּל חַרְשָׁאTel-haresha
Gematria939

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A place in Babylonia. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:59 and last at Nehemiah 7:61.

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PersonקוֹץKoz
Gematria201

×6 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:61 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:10.

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PersonאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּאArtaxerxes
Gematria1,370

×11 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A title of several Persian kings. The name stands eleven times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 4:7 and last at Nehemiah 13:6.

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PersonשִׁמְשַׁיShimshai
Gematria650

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance: always written with a particle

A Samaritan. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 4:8 and last at Ezra 4:23.

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PlaceעֲבַרAbar
Gematria272

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance: always written with a particle

A region across; but used only adverbially on the opposite side. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 4:16 and last at Ezra 7:25.

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PlaceיְהוּדJewry
Gematria25

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

Judah, hence, Judaea. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 5:1 and last at Ezra 5:8.

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PersonיֵשׁוּעַJeshua
Gematria386

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

Strong's records this name for ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Ezra 5:2.

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Personשְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַיShetharboznai
Gematria975

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

A Persian officer. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 5:3 and last at Ezra 5:6.

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PersonיִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael
Gematria541

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

A symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Ezra 5:11.

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PlaceבַּבֶלBabylon
Gematria34

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance: always written with a particle

Including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 5:12 and last at Ezra 6:5.

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PersonכּוֹרֶשׁCyrus
Gematria526

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

The Persian king. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 5:13 and last at Ezra 6:3.

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PersonשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּרSheshbazzar
Gematria892

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

Zerubbabel's Persian name. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Ezra 5:14.

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PersonעֶזְרָאEzra
Gematria278

×22 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A priest and scribe who led a group of exiles back to Jerusalem from Babylon under Persian authorization, taught the Torah to the people, and led reforms including the dissolution of intermarriages with neighboring peoples (Book of Ezra; Nehemiah 8). This spelling is shared with an ordinary Hebrew word, so the count is not of him alone.

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PersonמְרָיוֹתMeraioth
Gematria656

×7 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 7:3 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:11.

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PersonזְרַחְיָהZerahiah
Gematria230

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 7:4 and last at 1 Chronicles 6:36.

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PersonעֻזִּיUzzi
Gematria87

×11 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for six Israelites. The name stands eleven times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 7:4 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:8.

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PersonאֲבִישׁוּעַAbishua
Gematria389

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 7:5 and last at 1 Chronicles 8:4.

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PersonחַטּוּשׁHattush
Gematria323

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for four or five Israelites. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:2 and last at 1 Chronicles 3:22.

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PersonשְׁכַנְיָהShecaniah
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 Ezra 8:3 and last at 2 Chronicles 31:15.

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PersonאֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַיElihoenai
Gematria187

×9 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for seven Israelites. The name stands nine times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:4 and last at 1 Chronicles 26:3.

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PersonיַחֲזִיאֵלJahaziel
Gematria66

×6 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:5 and last at 2 Chronicles 20:14.

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PersonזְבַדְיָהZebadiah
Gematria28

×9 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for nine Israelites. The name stands nine times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:8 and last at 2 Chronicles 19:11.

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PersonיְחִיאֵלJehiel
Gematria59

×14 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for eight Israelites. The name stands 14 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:9 and last at 2 Chronicles 35:8.

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PersonיְעִיאֵלJeiel
Gematria121

×13 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for six Israelites. The name stands 13 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:13 and last at 2 Chronicles 35:9.

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PersonעוּתַיUthai
Gematria486

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:14 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:4.

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PersonיָרִיבJarib
Gematria222

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:16 and last at 1 Chronicles 4:24.

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PersonיוֹיָרִיבJoiarib
Gematria238

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:16 and last at Nehemiah 12:19.

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PlaceכָּסִפְיָאCasiphia
Gematria171

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

A place in Babylon. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, all of them in Ezra 8:17.

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PersonשֵׁרֵבְיָהSherebiah
Gematria517

×8 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:18 and last at Nehemiah 12:24.

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PersonחֲשַׁבְיָהHashabiah
Gematria325

×15 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for nine Israelites. The name stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:19 and last at 2 Chronicles 35:9.

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PersonמְרֵמוֹתMeremoth
Gematria686

×6 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:33 and last at Nehemiah 12:3.

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PersonיוֹזָבָדJosabad
Gematria29

×10 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for ten Israelites. The name stands ten times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:33 and last at 2 Chronicles 35:9.

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PersonנוֹעַדְיָהNoadiah
Gematria145

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

Strong's records this name for an Israelite, and a false prophetess. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:33 and last at Nehemiah 6:14.

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PersonיְהוֹחָנָןJehohanan
Gematria129

×11 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for eight Israelites. The name stands eleven times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:6 and last at 2 Chronicles 28:12.

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PersonאֶלְיָשִׁיבEliashib
Gematria353

×17 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for six Israelites. The name stands 17 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:6 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:12.

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PersonשַׁבְּתַיShabbethai
Gematria712

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:15 and last at Nehemiah 11:16.

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PersonקְלִיטָאKelita
Gematria150

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:23 and last at Nehemiah 10:11.

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PersonפְּתַחְיָהPethakiah
Gematria503

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:23 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:16.

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PersonמִיָּמִןMiamin
Gematria140

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:25 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:9.

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PersonעַבְדִּיAbdi
Gematria86

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:26 and last at 2 Chronicles 29:12.

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PersonיְרִימוֹתJermoth
Gematria666

×14 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for twelve Israelites. The name stands 14 times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:26 and last at 2 Chronicles 31:13.

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PersonזָבָדZabad
Gematria13

×8 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for seven Israelites. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:27 and last at 2 Chronicles 24:26.

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PersonמַלּוּךְMalluch
Gematria96

×7 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:29 and last at 1 Chronicles 6:29.

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PersonעַדְנָאAdna
Gematria125

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:30 and last at Nehemiah 12:15.

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PersonיִשִּׁיָּהIshiah
Gematria325

×7 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:31 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:25.

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PersonשְׁמַרְיָהShamariah
Gematria555

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:32 and last at 2 Chronicles 11:19.

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PersonמַתְּנַיMattenai
Gematria500

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:33 and last at Nehemiah 12:19.

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PersonעֲזַרְאֵלAzarael
Gematria308

×6 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:41 and last at 1 Chronicles 27:22.

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PersonמַתִּתְיָהMattithjah
Gematria855

×8 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:43 and last at 1 Chronicles 25:21.

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PersonסַנְבַלַּטSanballat
Gematria151

×10 named in Tanakh First appearance:

A Persian satrap of Samaria. The name stands ten times in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 2:10 and last at Nehemiah 13:28.

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PersonגֶּשֶׁםGeshem
Gematria343

×4 named in Tanakh First appearance: always written with a particle

An Arabian. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 2:19 and last at Nehemiah 6:6.

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PersonאִמְרִיImri
Gematria251

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:2 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:4.

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PersonמְשֵׁיזַבְאֵלMeshezabeel
Gematria390

×3 named in Tanakh First appearance:

An Israelite. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:4 and last at Nehemiah 11:24.

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PersonיוֹיָדָעJehoiada
Gematria100

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:6 and last at Nehemiah 13:28.

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PersonרְפָיָהRephaiah
Gematria295

×5 named in Tanakh First appearance:

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

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PersonיְדָיָהJedaiah
Gematria29

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:10 and last at 1 Chronicles 4:37.

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PersonחֲשַׁבְנְיָהHashabniah
Gematria375

×2 named in Tanakh First appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Nehemiah 3:10 and last at Nehemiah 9:5.

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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.