List of biblical names starting with E
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - Y - Z
E
See Bible Study Tools Library letter E or Christian Classics Ethereal Library letter E or Smith's Bible Dictionary letter E or Easton's Bible Dictionary letter E for additional definitions and Biblical sources. Most of the men's and women's biblical names can be found in Herbert Lockyer's books with a biblical source where in the bible they can be found.[1] Many also have a short study on the name.[1] Most of the Biblical name definitions for places, cities, countries, angels, gods, mountains and Hebrew names can be found in Nancy M. Tischler's two volume encyclopedia All things in the Bible, an encyclopedia of the biblical world with a short study on each of them.[2]
- Eagle, a tearer with the beak[3] properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so called from its tearing its prey with its beak[4]
- Earing, ploughing[5] plough or till[6]
- Earnest, pledge[7][8]
- East, which is before or in front of a person[9][10]
- Ebal, ancient heaps[11]
- Ebed, a servant; laborer[11]
- Ebed-melech, the king's servant [11]
- Eben-Ezer, the stone of help[11]
- Eber, one that passes; anger[11]
- Ebiasaph, a father that gathers or adds[11]
- Ebronah, passage over; being angry[11]
- Ecclesiastes, a preacher[11]
- Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Sirach[12][13] Sirach = Joshua,[14] Joshua, saviour, or whose help is Jehovah[15] Jehovah, I am; the eternal living one[16] Jehovah, self-subsisting[17]
- Ed, witness[11]
- Eden, pleasure; delight[11]
- Eder, a flock[11]
- Edom, red, earthy; of blood[11]
- Edrei, a very great mass, or cloud[11]
- Eglah, heifer; chariot; round[11]
- Eglaim, drops of the sea[11]
- Eglon, heifer; chariot; round(same as Eglah)[11]
- Egypt, that troubles or oppresses; anguish[11]
Unicode: πΎπΎ |
||
| tAwy ('Two Lands') in hieroglyphs |
|---|
- Ehi, my brother[11]
- Ehud, he that praises[11]
- Eker, barren, feeble[11]
- Ekron, barrenness; torn away[11]
- Eladah, the eternity of God[11]
- Elah, an oak; a curse; perjury[11]
- Elam, a young man; a virgin; a secret[11]
- Elasah, the doings of God[11]
- Elath, a hind; strength; an oak[11]
- El-beth-el, the God of Bethel[11]
- Eldaah, knowledge of God[11]
- Eldad, favored of God; love of God[11]
- Elead, witness of God[11]
- Elealeh, burnt-offering of God[11]
- Eleasah, whom God made[18]
- Eleazar, help of God, court of God[11]
- El-elohe-Israel, God, the God of Israel[11]
- Eleph, learning[11]
- Elhanan, grace, or gift, or mercy of God[11]
- Eli, the offering or lifting up[11]
- Eli, my God[11]
- Eliab, God is my father; God is the father[11]
- Eliada, knowledge of God[11]
- Eliah, God the Lord[11]
- Eliahba, my God the Father[11]
- Eliakim, resurrection of God[11]
- Eliam, the people of God[11]
- Elias, God the Lord, the strong Lord (same as Elijah)[11]
- Eliasaph, the Lord increaseth[11]
- Eliashib, the God of conversion[11]
- Eliathah, thou art my God[11]
- Elidad, beloved of God[11]
- Eliel, God, my God[11]
- Elienai, the God of my eyes[11]
- Eliezer, help, or court, of my God[11]
- Elihoreph, god of winter, or of youth[11]
- Elihu, he is my God himself[11]
- Elijah, God the Lord, the strong Lord[11]
- Elika, pelican of God[11]
- Elina, Goddess like [11]
- Elim, the rams; the strong; stags[11]
- Elimelech, my God is king[11]
- Elioenai, toward him are mine eyes; or to him are my fountains[11]
- Eliphal, a miracle of God[11]
- Eliphalet, the God of deliverance[11]
- Eliphaz, the endeavor of God[11]
- Elizabeth, the oath, or fullness, of God[11]
- Elisha, salvation of God[11]
- Elishah, it is God; the lamb of God: God that gives help[11]
- Elishama, God hearing[11]
- Elishaphat, my God judgeth[11]
- Elisheba, the oath, or fullness, of God (same as Elisabeth)[11]
- Elishua, God is my salvation[11]
- Eliud, God is my praise[11]
- Elizur, God is my strength; my rock; rock of God[11]
- Elkanah, God the zealous; the zeal of God[11]
- Elkeshai, hardiness or rigor of God[11]
- Ellasar, revolting from God[11]
- Elkoshite, a man of Elkeshai[11]
- Elm, strong[19][20]
- Elmodam, the God of measure, or of the garment[11]
- Elnaam, God's fairness[11]
- Elnathan, God hath given; the gift of God[11]
- Elohi, Elohim, God[11]
- Elon, oak; grove; strong[11]
- Elon-beth-hanan, the house of grace or mercy[11]
- Elpaal, God's work[11]
- Elpalet, the God of deliverance (same as Eliphalet)[11]
- Eltekeh, of grace or mercy[11]
- Elteketh, the case of God[11]
- Eltolad, the generation of God[11]
- Elul, cry or outcry[11]
- Eluzai, The Warrior of God[11]
- Elymas, a magician, a corrupter[11]
- Elzabad, the dowry of God[11]
- Elzaphan, God of the northeast wind[11]
- Emims, fears; terrors; formidable; people[11]
- Emmanuel, God with us[11]
- Emmaus, people despised or obscure[11]
- Emmor, an ass[11]
- Enam, fountain, open place[11]
- Enan, cloud[11]
- En-dor, fountain, eye of generation, or of habitation[11]
- Eneas, laudable[11]
- En-eglaim, eye, or fountain, of calves[11]
- En-gannim, eye, or fountain, of protection or of gardens[11]
- En-gedi, eye, or fountain, of the goat, or of happiness[11]
- En-haddah, quick sight; well of gladness[11]
- En-hakkore, fountain of him that called or prayed[11]
- En-hazor, the grass of the well[11]
- En-mishpat, fountain of judgment[11]
- Enoch, dedicated; disciplined[11]
- Enon, cloud; mass of darkness; fountain; eye[11]
- Enos, mortal man; sick; despaired of; forgetful[11]
- En-rimmon, well of weight[11]
- En-rogel, the fuller's fountain; the well of searching[11]
- En-shemesh, fountain, or eye, of the sun[11]
- En-tappuah, fountain of an apple, or of inflation[11]
- Epaphras, covered with foam[11]
- Epaphroditus, agreeable; handsome[11]
- Epenetus, laudable; worthy of praise[11]
- Ephah, weary; tired[11]
- Epher, dust; lead[11]
- Ephes-dammim, effusion of blood[11]
- Ephesus, desirable[11]
- Eph-lal, judging; praying[11]
- Ephphatha, be opened[11]
- Ephraim, fruitful; increasing[11]
- Ephratah, Ephrath, abundance; bearing fruit[11]
- Ephron, dust[11]
- Epicurean, follower of Epicurus, i.e., of one who gives assistance[11]
- Er, watchman[11]
- Eran, follower[11]
- Erastus, lovely, amiable[11]
- Eri, my city[11]
- Esaias, the salvation of the Lord (same as Isaiah)[11]
- Esar-haddon, that closes the point; joy; cheerfulness[11]
- Esau, he that acts or finishes[11]
- Esek, contention[11]
- Eshbaal, the fire of the idol, or of the ruler[11]
- Esh-ban, fire of the sun[11]
- Eshcol, bunch of grapes[11]
- Eshean, held up[11]
- Eshek, violence, force[11]
- Eshkalon, same as Askelon[11]
- Eshtaol, a strong woman[11]
- Eshtemoa, the bosom of a woman[11]
- Esli, near me; he who separates[11]
- Esmachiah, joined to the Lord[11]
- Esrom, dart of joy; division of a song[11]
- Esther, secret; hidden[11]
- Etam, their bird, their covering[11]
- Etham, their strength; their sign[11]
- Ethan, strong; the gift of the island[11]
- Ethanim, strong; valiant[11]
- Ethbaal, toward the idol, or with Baal[11]
- Ethiopia, blackness; heat[11]
- Ethnan, gift[11]
- Ethni, strong[11]
- Eubulus, prudent; good counselor[11]
- Eunice, good victory[11]
- Euodias, sweet scent[11]
- Euphrates, that makes fruitful[11]
- Eutychus, happy; fortunate[11]
- Eve, living; enlivening[11]
- Evi, unjust[11]
- Evil-merodach, the fool of Merodach; the fool grinds bitterly[11]
- Exodus, going out, departure[21][22]
- Ezbon, hastening to understand[11]
- Ezekiel, the strength of God[11]
- Ezel, going abroad; walk[11]
- Ezem, a bone[11]
- Ezer, a help[11]
- Ezion-Geber, the wood of the man[11]
- Ezra, help; court[11]
- Ezri, my help[11]
References
- Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
- Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4
Inline references
- β 1.0 1.1 Lockyer references
- β Tischler reference
- β Smith's Bible Dictionary
- β Easton's Bible Dictionary
- β Smith's Bible Dictionary
- β Easton's Bible Dictionary
- β Smith's Bible Dictionary
- β Easton's Bible Dictionary
- β Smith's Bible Dictionary
- β Easton's Bible Dictionary
- β 11.000 11.001 11.002 11.003 11.004 11.005 11.006 11.007 11.008 11.009 11.010 11.011 11.012 11.013 11.014 11.015 11.016 11.017 11.018 11.019 11.020 11.021 11.022 11.023 11.024 11.025 11.026 11.027 11.028 11.029 11.030 11.031 11.032 11.033 11.034 11.035 11.036 11.037 11.038 11.039 11.040 11.041 11.042 11.043 11.044 11.045 11.046 11.047 11.048 11.049 11.050 11.051 11.052 11.053 11.054 11.055 11.056 11.057 11.058 11.059 11.060 11.061 11.062 11.063 11.064 11.065 11.066 11.067 11.068 11.069 11.070 11.071 11.072 11.073 11.074 11.075 11.076 11.077 11.078 11.079 11.080 11.081 11.082 11.083 11.084 11.085 11.086 11.087 11.088 11.089 11.090 11.091 11.092 11.093 11.094 11.095 11.096 11.097 11.098 11.099 11.100 11.101 11.102 11.103 11.104 11.105 11.106 11.107 11.108 11.109 11.110 11.111 11.112 11.113 11.114 11.115 11.116 11.117 11.118 11.119 11.120 11.121 11.122 11.123 11.124 11.125 11.126 11.127 11.128 11.129 11.130 11.131 11.132 11.133 11.134 11.135 11.136 11.137 11.138 11.139 11.140 11.141 11.142 11.143 11.144 11.145 11.146 11.147 11.148 11.149 11.150 11.151 11.152 11.153 11.154 11.155 11.156 11.157 11.158 11.159 11.160 11.161 11.162 11.163 11.164 11.165 11.166 11.167 11.168 11.169 See Bible Study Tools Library letter E and Christian Classics Ethereal Library letter E
- β Smith's Bible Dictionary
- β New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (Dictionary edition)
- β Smith's Bible Dictionary
- β Smith's Bible Dictionary
- β Smith's Bible Dictionary
- β Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- β Smith's Bible Dictionary
- β See Oak Smith's Bible Dictionary
- β Easton's Bible Dictionary
- β Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
- β Smith's Bible Dictionary
