Laban (Lavan) לָבָן
Uncle of Jacob, Father of Rachel and Leah
Lahmi (Lahmi) לַחְמִי
Phillistine giant, Brother of Goliath, Cousin of David through Orpah, Killed by Elhanan
Lamech (Lamekh) לָמֶךְ
1. Descendant of Cain
2. Father of Noah
Lappidoth (Lappidot) לַפִּידוֹת
Husband of Deborah
Leah (Le’a) לֵאָה
Prophet, Matriarch, Daughter of Laban, Wife of Jacob, Mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah
Lemuel (Lemo’el) (aka Solomon) לְמוּאֵל
Son of David and Bath-sheba, King of Israel, Architect of the First Holy Temple
Levi (Levi) לֵוִי
Son of Jacob
Lo-ammi (Lo-‘ammi) לֹא עַמִּי
Son of Hosea
Lo-ruhamah (Lo-ruhama) לֹא רֻחָמָה
Daughter of Hosea
Maacah (Ma’akha) מַעֲכָה
1. Son of Nahor
2. Concubine of Caleb
3. Wife of Makir
4. Wife of Jeiel
5. Father of Hanan
6. Mother of Absalom
7. Father of King Achish
8. Father of Shephatiah
9. Wife of Rehoboam
Maaseiah (Ma’aseyahu) מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ
1. Musician
2. Military comander
3. Officer under King Uzziah
4. Son of King Ahab
5. Governor of Jerusalem
6. Father of Zephaniah
7. Father of Zedekiah
8. Doorkeeper of the Temple
9. Father of Azariah
10. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
11. Priest, Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
12. Descendant of Pahath-moab
13. Aide to Ezra
14. Levite
15. Leader who sealed Covenant renewal
16. Priest and singer
Magog (Magog) מָגוֹג
Son of Japheth
Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Maher-shalal-hash-baz) מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז
Son of Isaiah
Mahlon (Mahlon) מַחְלוֹן
Son of Elimelech and Naomi, First husband of Ruth
Malachi (Mal’akhi) מַלְאָכִי
Prophet
Malchi-shua (Melki-shua) מַלְכִּישׁוּעַ
Son of Saul
Malchizedek (Malki-zedek) מַלְכִּי-צֶדֶק
King of Salem
Manasseh (Menashshe) מְנַשֶּׁה
1. Son of Joseph, Brother of Ephraim
2. King of Judah
3. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
Manoah (Manoah) מָנוֹחַ
Father of Samson
Mattan (Mattan) מַתָּן
1. Priest of Baal
2. Father of Shephatiah
Mattaniah (Mattanyahu) מַתַּנְיָהוּ
1. Son of Heman
2. Descendant of Asaph
3. Levite
4. Last king of Judah
5. Grandfather of Hanan
6. Temple gatekeeper
7. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
Mebunnai (Mevunnay) (aka Sibbecai) מְבֻנַּי
Warrior of David
Mehseiah (Mehaseya) מַחְסֵיָה
Prophet, Father of Neriah
Mehuman (Mehuman) מְהוּמָן
Servant of King Ahasuerus
Memucan (Memukhan) מְמוּכָן
Noble of Persia, Advisor of King Ahasuerus
Menahem (Menahem) מְנַחֵם
King of Israel
Mephiboshet (Mefivoshet) מְפִיבֹשֶׁת
1. Son of Saul and Rizpah
2. Son of Jonathan, Grandson of Saul, Father of Mica, Adopted son of David
Merab (Merav) מֵרַב
Daughter of Saul
Merari (Merari) מְרָרִי
Son of Levi
Merodach-baladan (Merodakh-bal’odan) (aka Berodach-baladan) מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן
Son of Baladan, King of Babylon
Mesha (Mesha) מֵישָׁע
1. Son of Caleb
2. Descendant of Benjamin
3. King of Moab
Meshach (Meshakh) (aka Mishael) מֵישַׁךְ
Friend of Daniel, Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar
Meshullemeth (Meshullemet) מְשֻׁלֶּמֶת
Wife of King Manasseh
Methuselah (Metushelah) מְתוּשָׁלַח
Son of Enoch
Methushael (Metusha’el) מְתוּשָׁאֵל
Father of Lamech
Mica (Mikha) מִיכָא
Son of Mephiboshet
Micah (Mikha) מִיכָה
1. Levite
2. Descendant of Reuben
3. Prophet
4. Father of Abdon
5. Father of Uzziah
Micaiah (Mikhayahu) מִיכָיְהוּ
1. Court prophet of Ahab
2. Priest and singer
Michael (Mikha’el) מִיכָאֵל
1. Archangel
2. Son of Sether
3. Descendant of Issachar
4. Descendant of Gad
5. Music minister of David
6. Descendant of Benjamin
7. Manassite warrior fo David
8. Father of Omri
9. Son of King Jehoshaphat
10. Father of Zebediah
Michal (Mikhal) מִיכַל
Daughter of Saul, Wife of David
Milcah (Milka) מִלְכָּה
1. Niece of Abraham, Wife of Nahor, Mother of Rebecca
2. Daughter of Zelophehad
Miriam (Miryam) מִרְיָם
Daughter of Amram and Jochebed, Sister of Aaron and Moses, Prophetess
Mishael (Misha’el) (aka Meshach) מִישָׁאֵל
Friend of Daniel, Thrown in the fire by Nebuchadnezzar
Mithredath (Mitredat) מִתְרְדָת
Treasurer of King Cyrus
Moab (Mo’av) מוֹאָב
Son of Lot and Lot’s oldest daughter
Mordechai (Mordekhay) מָרְדֳּכַי
Prophet, Cousin and adoptive father of Esther
Moses (Moshe) מֹשֶׁה
Son of Amram and Jochebed, Brother of Aaron and Miriam, Prophet, Father of Eliezer and Gershom, Husband of Zipporah
Naamah (Na’ama) נַעֲמָה
1. Daughter of Lamech and Zillah, Sister of Tubal-cain
2. Wife of Solomon, Mother of Rehoboam
Naaman (Na’aman) נַעֲמָן
1. Son of Bela, Grandson of Benjamin
2. Commander of the Syrian army
Nabal (Naval) נָבָל
Provided protection for David and his warriors
Naboth (Navot) נָבוֹת
Vineyard owner who was murdered by King Ahaz
Nadab (Nadav) נָדָב
1. Son of Aaron, Brother of Abihu and Elazar, Died in the Tabernacle
2. Second king of Judah
Nahash (Nahash) נָחָשׁ
1. Ammonite king defeated by Saul
2. Father of Abigail and Zeruiah
Nahor (Nahor) נָחוֹר
1. Ancestor of Abrham
2. Brother of Abraham, Husband of Milcah
Nahshon (Nahshon) נַחְשׁוֹן
Brother-in-law of Aaron
Nahum (Nahum) נַחוּם
Prophet
Naomi (Na’omi) נָעֳמִי
Wife of Elimelech, Mother of Chilion, Mother-in-law of Ruth
Naphtali (Naftali) נַפְתָּלִי
Son of Jacob
Nathan (Natan) נָתָן
1. Prophet
2. Son of David and Bath-sheba
3. Descendant of Shemaiah
4. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
Nebuchadnezzar (Nevukhadnezar) (aka Nebuchadrezzar) נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּר
King of Babylon
Nebuchadrezzar (Nevukhadrezzar) (aka Nebuchadnezzar) נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר
King of Babylon
Nebuzaradan (Nevuzar’adan) נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן
Babylonian army commander
Nehemiah (Nehemya) נְחֶמְיָה
Governor of Jerusalem, Reformer and re-builder of Jerusalem
Neriah (Neriyya) נֵרִיָּה
Prophet, Son of Mehseiah, Father of Baruch and Seraiah
Nethanel (Netan’el) נְתַנְאֵל
1. Leader of the tribe of Issachar
2. Son of Jesse, Brother of David
3. Priest and musician
4. Levite, Father of Shemaiah
5. Son of Obed-edom
6. Teacher
7. Married and divorced foreign wife after the exile
Nimrod (Nimrod) נִמְרֹד
Son of Cush
Noah (Noah) נֹחַ
Gentile prophet, Father of Shem, Ham, Japheth
Obadiah (‘Ovadya) עֹבַדְיָה
1. Descendant of Issachar
2. Gadite commander of David
3. Father of Ishmaiah
4. Teacher
5. Follower of Elijah
6. Descendant of Saul
7. Levite
8. Gatekeeper in Joiakim’s days
9. Prophet
10. Descendant of Zerubabel
11. Priest
Obed (‘Oved) עוֹבֵד
1. Prophet
2. Son of Ruth and Boaz, Grandfather of David
3. Descendant of Judah
4. Warrior of David
5. Grandson of Obed-edom
6. Father of Azariah
Obed-edom (‘Oved-‘edom) עֹבֵד-אֱדֹם
1. Offered his house to David to store the Ark of the Covenant
2. Son of Jeduthun
3. Temple treasurer under King Amaziah
Og (‘Og) עוֹג
Amorite king
Oholiab (Aholi’av) אָהֳלִיאָב
Craftsman of the Tabernacle
Omri (‘Omri) עָמְרִי
1. Descendant of Benjamin
2. Leader of the tribe of Issachar
3. King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
On (On) אוֹן
Reubenite leader who rebelled against Moses
Onan (Onan) אוֹנָן
Son of Judah who was killed in the Tabernacle
Oreb (‘Orev) עוֹרֵב
Midianite leader killed by Gideon
Ornan (Ornan) (aka Araunah) אָרְנָן
Sold the threshing floor to David
Orpah (‘Orpa) עָרְפָּה
Wife of Kilion, Daughter-in-law of Naomi; Ancestor of Goliath and Lahmi
Othniel (‘Otni’el) עָתְנִיאֵל
Warrior, Judge, Husband of Achsah, Brother-in-law of Caleb