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.
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A place near Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Judges 15:19.
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The people of Azzah — Gaza — named in the account of Shimshon.
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A valley in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Judges 16:4.
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A woman from the valley of Sorek who, bribed by the Philistine lords, coaxed the secret of Shimshon's strength from him and had his hair cut while he slept, delivering him to his enemies (Judges 16). The text does not say whether she was Israelite or Philistine, only that Shimshon loved her (Judges 16:4).
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A Philistine deity. The name stands 13 times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 16:23 and last at 1 Chronicles 10:10.
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An Israelite prophet. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Judges 17:1 and last at Judges 17:4.
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A prophet from Moreshet in Yehudah, contemporary with Yeshayahu, who condemned injustice among Israel's leaders and foretold both Jerusalem's judgment and a ruler to come from Beit Lechem (Book of Micah, 5:1). The book's opening verse dates his prophecy to the reigns of Yotam, Achaz, and Chizkiyahu of Yehudah (Micah 1:1).
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Strong's records this name for two places in Palestine. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 18:7 and last at Isaiah 10:30.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Judges 18:12.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Judges 18:28 and last at 2 Samuel 10:6.
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Shaul's eldest son, a skilled warrior devoted in friendship to David despite his father's hostility toward him. He warned David of Shaul's intent to kill him and died alongside his father at Gilboa (1 Samuel 13-31).
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The original name of Jerusalem. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Judges 19:10 and last at 1 Chronicles 11:5.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Judges 20:33.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Judges 20:45.
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Yavesh — best known as Yavesh Gilad, the town that sent no men to Mitzpah, that Shaul rescued from Nachash the Ammonite in his first act as king, and whose men crossed the Jordan by night to take his body down from the wall of Beit Shean. It is also the name of Shallum's father.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Judges 21:19.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 1:1.
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Strong's records this name for seven or eight Israelites. The name stands ten times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 1:1 and last at 2 Chronicles 23:1.
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Strong's records this name for one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites. The name stands eleven times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 1:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 27:18.
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An Israelite. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 1:1.
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Strong's records this name for an Israelite and of a place in Palestine. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 1:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 6:20.
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Long childless wife of Elkanah, who prayed at Shiloh for a son and vowed to dedicate him to God's service. She bore Shmuel and, after weaning him, brought him to serve at Shiloh under Eli (1 Samuel 1-2). This spelling is shared with an ordinary Hebrew word, so the count is not of her alone.
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An Israelitess. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 1:2 and last at 1 Samuel 1:4.
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Priest and judge at Shiloh, under whom the boy Shmuel was raised and first heard God's call in the night. His own sons' corruption in the priesthood brought a prophecy of judgment on his house, and he died on hearing that the Ark had been captured and his sons killed (1 Samuel 1-4). This spelling is also the Hebrew preposition-and-suffix “upon/to me,” one of the most common combinations in the text, so the count is overwhelmingly that, not his name.
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An Israelite. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 1:3 and last at 1 Samuel 4:17.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 4:1 and last at 1 Samuel 7:12.
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A son of Phineas. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 4:21 and last at 1 Samuel 14:3.
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Strong's records this name for two places in Palestine. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 6:18 and last at 2 Samuel 20:18.
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Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands twelve times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 7:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 13:7.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 7:11.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 7:12.
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A prophet whose book describes a devastating locust plague as a call to repentance and looks to a future “day of the LORD” when God will pour out His spirit on all flesh (Book of Joel). The book gives no information about his life beyond his father's name, Petuel (Joel 1:1).
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A name borne by several men and two women — Shmuel's second son, who took bribes at Beer Sheva; the son of Yaravam whose death Achiyah foretold; the king of Judah who fought Yaravam and won; and the mother of King Chizkiyahu.
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In the widest sense, etc.). The name stands nine times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 9:1 and last at 2 Chronicles 33:6.
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Locally, the south. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 9:1.
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Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands 21 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 9:1 and last at 2 Chronicles 29:12.
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Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 9:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 11:32.
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A kernel or particle. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 9:1.
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An Israelite. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 9:1.
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An Israelite. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 9:1.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 9:4.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 9:4.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 10:2.
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The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 10:10.
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Strong's records this name for two persons apparently non-Israelite. The name stands nine times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 11:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 19:2.
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Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 12:11 and last at 1 Chronicles 7:17.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands eleven times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 13:2 and last at Nehemiah 11:31.
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Strong's records this name for an Israelite and of a place in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 13:17 and last at 1 Chronicles 7:36.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 13:18 and last at Nehemiah 11:34.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 14:2 and last at Isaiah 10:28.
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Nine men of this name. Achiyah the Shilonite tore his new garment into twelve pieces and gave ten to Yaravam, then foretold the fall of the house he had raised (1 Kings 11, 14). Another is the priest at Shiloh who carried the ephod for Shaul.
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Strong's records this name for several priests. The name stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 14:3 and last at 1 Chronicles 18:16.
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A rock near Michmash. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 14:4.
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A crag in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 14:4.
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The long form of the name Yonatan. It is borne by Shaul's son, David's friend, who ate the honey under his father's oath and warned David to flee (1 Samuel 14, 20); by David's nephew who killed the giant of Gath; by a Levite sent to teach Torah in Yehoshafat's reign; and by others.
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A region of Syria. The name stands twelve times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 14:47 and last at 1 Chronicles 19:6.
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An Israelite. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 14:49 and last at 1 Chronicles 10:2.
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A daughter of Saul. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 14:49 and last at 1 Samuel 18:19.
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Daughter of Shaul, given to David in marriage after he paid the bride-price of Philistine foreskins. She helped David escape her father's men, was later given to another man, and was reunited with David as king, though she despised him for dancing before the Ark and remained childless (1 Samuel 18-19, 25; 2 Samuel 3, 6). This spelling is shared with an ordinary Hebrew word, so the count reflects more than her story alone.
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Strong's records this name for two Israelitesses. The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 14:50 and last at 1 Chronicles 3:1.
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Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 14:50 and last at 1 Chronicles 6:38.
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Shaul's cousin and army commander, who set up Shaul's son as king over the northern tribes after Shaul's death. He later came to make peace with David but was killed by Yoav in revenge for a kinsman's death (2 Samuel 2-3).
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An Israelite. The name stands 16 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 14:50 and last at 1 Chronicles 26:28.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 15:4.
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Father of David, of Beit Lechem, from whom Shmuel selected David to anoint as king after his elder brothers were passed over (1 Samuel 16-17). The prophets later speak of a shoot rising from “the stump of Yishai” (Isaiah 11:1).
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Youngest son of Yishai, anointed by Shmuel and celebrated for killing Golyat. He served Shaul, fled his jealousy for years, and became Israel's second king, uniting the tribes, taking Jerusalem, and being promised an everlasting dynasty, though his reign was marked by his sin with Bat Sheva and rebellion within his own family (1-2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-2). His name is also the ordinary Hebrew word for “beloved,” so the count includes both uses.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 17:1.
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The Philistine champion from Gat, a giant in armor who challenged Israel to single combat for forty days until the young David felled him with a sling and stone and beheaded him with his own sword (1 Samuel 17). This spelling is shared with an ordinary Hebrew word, so the count is not of him alone.
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An Israelite. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 18:19 and last at 2 Samuel 21:8.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 19:18 and last at 1 Samuel 20:1.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 19:22.
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A memorial stone in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 20:19.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 21:2 and last at Nehemiah 11:32.
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Strong's records this name for an Israelite and of a Hittite. The name stands 17 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 21:2 and last at 1 Chronicles 24:31.
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An Edomite. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 21:8 and last at Psalms 52:2.
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A Philistine king. The name stands 21 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 21:11 and last at 1 Kings 2:40.
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A thicket in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 22:5.
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The one priest of Nov to escape Doeg's massacre, he fled to David with the ephod and served him through his years as a fugitive and as king. Backing Adoniyah cost him the priesthood: Shlomo sent him home to Anatot, and the house of Eli fell as it had been foretold (1 Samuel 22; 1 Kings 2).
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The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 23:15 and last at 1 Samuel 23:19.
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A hill in Palestine. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 23:19 and last at 1 Samuel 26:3.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 23:28.
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The rich, harsh man of Maon who refused David's men provisions at sheep-shearing — “who is David?” — whose wife Avigayil met David on the road with food and turned away the slaughter. Nabal died ten days later, and Avigayil became David's wife (1 Samuel 25).
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Wife of the wealthy but churlish Naval of Carmel, who wisely averted David's vengeance against her household with gifts and diplomacy. After Naval's death she became David's wife (1 Samuel 25).
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A place in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 25:44 and last at Isaiah 10:30.
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Son of Tzeruyah and brother of Yoav, one of David's chief warriors. He went down with David into Shaul's camp by night and wanted to pin the sleeping king to the ground with his own spear; David would not have it (1 Samuel 26). He killed three hundred with his spear and saved David from a giant.
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David's sister, named in the text only as the mother of Yoav, Avishai and Asahel — the three fierce nephews who fought his wars and whom he could not control. Her sons are always “the sons of Tzeruyah”, which is how the Tanakh marks them.
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David's nephew and commander of his army throughout his reign, responsible for taking Jerusalem and killing rival commanders. He arranged Avshalom's return but later killed him against David's order, and David on his deathbed instructed Shlomo to deal with him for his bloodshed, which Shlomo did (2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-2). This spelling is shared with an ordinary Hebrew word, so the count is not of him alone.
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A Philistine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 27:2.
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A mountain of Palestine. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 28:4 and last at 1 Chronicles 10:8.
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A stream of Palestine. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 30:9 and last at 1 Samuel 30:21.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 30:27.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 30:28.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 30:29.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 30:30.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 1 Samuel 30:30.
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A son of King Saul. The name stands eleven times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 2:8 and last at 2 Samuel 4:12.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 2:16.
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Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands 18 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 2:18 and last at 2 Chronicles 31:13.
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A hill in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 2:24.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 2:24.
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A place East of the Jordan. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 2:29.
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David's firstborn, by Achinoam. He forced his half-sister Tamar and was killed two years later at Avshalom's sheep-shearing in revenge — the first stroke of the sword that never departed from David's house (2 Samuel 13).
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An Israelite. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 3:3.
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David's son, renowned for his beauty, who avenged his sister Tamar's violation by killing their half-brother Amnon. He later led a rebellion against his father David and was killed by Yoav after his hair caught in a tree's branches as he fled (2 Samuel 13-18).
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David's fourth son, who in his father's old age “exalted himself, saying, I will be king”, and held a coronation feast at Ein Rogel with Yoav and Evyatar. Natan and Bat Sheva moved first, Shlomo was anointed, and Adoniyah's later request for Avishag cost him his life (1 Kings 1-2).
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A wife of David. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:4 and last at 1 Chronicles 3:2.
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Strong's records this name for ten Israelites. The name stands 13 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:4 and last at 2 Chronicles 21:2.
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A wife of King David. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:4 and last at 1 Chronicles 3:3.
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A son of David. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:5 and last at 1 Chronicles 3:3.
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A wife of David. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:5 and last at 1 Chronicles 3:3.
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An Israelitess. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:7 and last at 2 Samuel 21:11.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 3:15.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:16 and last at 1 Kings 2:8.
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The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 3:26.
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A cistern so-called. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 3:26.
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Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands nine times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 4:2 and last at 1 Chronicles 11:30.
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Strong's records this name for two Arabs and of two Israelites. The name stands 13 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 4:2 and last at 1 Chronicles 2:55.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 4:3 and last at Nehemiah 11:33.
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Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 4:4 and last at 2 Samuel 21:8.
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A mountain of Jerusalem. The name stands 153 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 5:7 and last at 2 Chronicles 5:2.
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King of Tzor, who sent cedars and craftsmen to build David's house and then Shlomo's Temple, and traded with Shlomo by sea from Etzyon Gever (2 Samuel 5; 1 Kings 5, 9). The same name belongs to the Tyrian craftsman in bronze who cast the two pillars and the molten sea.
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Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 5:14 and last at 1 Chronicles 14:4.
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A prophet in David's court who told him the parable of the poor man's ewe lamb to confront him over Bat Sheva and Uriah, and who delivered God's promise of an everlasting dynasty to David. He later helped secure Shlomo's succession to the throne (2 Samuel 7, 12; 1 Kings 1). This spelling is also the ordinary Hebrew verb “he gave,” one of the most common words in the Tanakh, so the great majority of the count is that verb, not the prophet.
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David's son by Bat Sheva, who succeeded him as Israel's third king. Renowned for his God-given wisdom, he built the Temple in Jerusalem, and his reign is described as one of peace and prosperity, though his many foreign wives turned his heart to other gods in his old age (1 Kings 1-11). This spelling is shared with an ordinary Hebrew word apart from the king's name, so the count reflects more than one meaning.
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An Israelite. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 5:15 and last at 1 Chronicles 14:5.
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The son of King David. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 5:15 and last at 1 Chronicles 14:5.
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Strong's records this name for two Israelites and of an Aramaean leader. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 5:16 and last at 2 Chronicles 17:17.
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Strong's records this name for six Israelites. The name stands nine times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 5:16 and last at 1 Chronicles 14:7.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 5:20 and last at 1 Chronicles 14:11.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 6:2.
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Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands 14 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 6:3 and last at 1 Chronicles 13:11.
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Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 6:3 and last at 1 Chronicles 13:7.
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Probably an Israelite. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 6:6.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 6:8 and last at 1 Chronicles 13:11.
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Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands 20 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 6:10 and last at 2 Chronicles 25:24.
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A Syrian king. The name stands 21 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 8:3 and last at 1 Chronicles 19:19.
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A place in Syria. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 8:8.
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A place north of Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 8:8 and last at Ezekiel 47:16.
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A Syrian king. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 8:9 and last at 1 Chronicles 18:10.
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Strong's records this name for three Israelites and one Syrian. The name stands 20 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 8:10 and last at 2 Chronicles 22:7.
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The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 8:13 and last at 2 Chronicles 25:11.
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Powder, i.e. salt. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 8:13 and last at 2 Chronicles 25:11.
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King of Yehudah who allied with the northern kingdom against Aram, strengthened the kingdom's fortifications and judicial system, and won a notable victory over a coalition of Moav and Amon through prayer and song rather than battle (1 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 17-20). He is also remembered for appointing judges throughout Yehudah and instructing them to judge without partiality (2 Chronicles 19:5-7).
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An Israelite. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 8:16 and last at 1 Chronicles 18:15.
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The priest who kept the ark with Evyatar under David, stayed loyal through Avshalom's revolt, and anointed Shlomo at the Gichon when Adoniyah moved to take the throne (2 Samuel 15; 1 Kings 1). His line held the high priesthood thereafter; Yechezkel's temple is served by “the sons of Tzadok”.
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Strong's records this name for nine Israelites. The name stands 20 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 8:17 and last at 1 Chronicles 5:40.
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Son of Yehoyada, one of David's mightiest men — he killed two lion-like men of Moav and went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion (2 Samuel 23:20). He commanded David's guard, backed Shlomo against Adoniyah, and became commander of the army in Yoav's place.
See all 42 places it is named →×51 named in Tanakh First appearance:
The priest who hid the infant Yoash for six years from Atalyah, then crowned him in the Temple courtyard and had her put to death (2 Kings 11). He kept the young king straight for as long as he lived, and was buried among the kings for what he had done in Israel.
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An Israelite. The name stands 16 times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 9:2 and last at 2 Samuel 19:30.
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A place in Palestine. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 9:4 and last at 2 Samuel 17:27.
See all 3 places it is named →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.