Chart of Hebrew Names

The Biblical names we use today were first written in English nearly a thousand years ago, taken from the Latin Vulgate texts then in widespread use. The English alphabet frequently used the “J” from the German alphabet for the “I” giving us Jesus instead of Iesus, the Latin spelling. The German J is pronounced as Y, the same as the I in Latin or Greek. Other names on this list are radically different from the Hebrew for similar reasons, because they were filtered through Latin and/or Greek.

Note: the Hebrew ch or kh is pronounced as an H with a slight guttural for the tenth letter of the alphabet, Khaf. For the eighth letter, Het, the H is underlined.

English

  • Abiathar
  • Abiud
  • Abraham
  • Akeldama
  • Alpheus
  • Amminadab
  • Amos
  • Anna (see Hannah)
  • Ananias
  • Annas
  • Arimathea
  • Armageddon (See Harmageddon)
  • Balaam
  • Babylon
  • Barabbas
  • Barnabas
  • Barsabbas
  • Bartholomew
  • Bartimaeus
  • Beelzebul, Beelzebub
  • Belial
  • Benjamin
  • Bethany
  • Bethesda
  • Bethlehem
  • Bethphage
  • Bethsaida
  • Bethzatha
  • Caiaphas
  • Cain
  • Cainan
  • Cana
  • Canaan
  • Capernaum
  • Cherub (sing.)
  • Cherubim (plural)
  • Clopas
  • Eber, Heber
  • Egypt
  • Eli
  • Eleazer, Lazarus
  • Eliezer
  • Elijah
  • Elizabeth
  • Emmaus
  • Enoch
  • Enos
  • Ephraim
  • Esli
  • Eve
  • Fringe on corner of Prayer Shawl
  • Gabriel
  • Gehenna, Hell
  • Gethsemane
  • Gideon
  • Gomorrah
  • Hamor, Emmor
  • Hannah
  • Haran
  • Harmaggedon (The correct English spelling of the Greek word is Harmaggedon.)
  • Hezron, Esron
  • Isaiah
  • Iscariot
  • Issachar
  • Isaac
  • Jacob
  • Jaffa, Joppa
  • Jairus
  • Jared
  • Jeconiah, Jehoiachin
  • Jehoshophat
  • Jericho
  • Jerusalem
  • Jesus, Jose
  • Jeremiah
  • Jesse
  • Joanna
  • Joey
  • Joel
  • John
  • Jonah
  • Jordan
  • Joseph
  • Joshua
  • Jotham
  • Judah, Judea, Judas
  • Julius
  • Korah
  • Levi
  • Manasseh
  • Martha
  • Mary
  • Matthew
  • Manaen
  • Methuselah, Mathusala
  • Michael
  • Midian
  • Moses
  • Nahor
  • Nashon, Nasson
  • Nagge
  • Nahum
  • Nain
  • Naphtali
  • Nathan
  • Nazerene
  • Nazereth
  • Nicodemus
  • Noah
  • Obed
  • Passover
  • Pentecost
  • Perez
  • Peter
  • Pharisee
  • Prayer Shawl
  • Psalms
  • Rahab
  • Ram, Aram
  • Rebecca
  • Rehoboam
  • Rephan
  • Reuben
  • Rhesa
  • Ruth
  • Sabbath
  • Sabbaths, Weeks
  • Sadducees
  • Salem
  • Salome
  • Samaria
  • Samson
  • Samuel
  • Sapphira
  • Satan
  • Seder
  • Semein
  • Seth
  • Shealtiel
  • Sheol, Hell
  • Silas
  • Siloam
  • Simon
  • Simeon
  • Sodom
  • Solomon
  • Susanna
  • Sychar
  • Tabitha, Dorcas
  • Talmudic College
  • Terah
  • Thaddeus
  • Thomas
  • Timaeus
  • Torah
  • Tyre
  • Unleavened Bread
  • Uriah
  • Uzziah
  • Vav
  • Village
  • Yod
  • Zacchaeus
  • Zadok
  • Zarephath
  • Zebbedee
  • Zerah, Zara, Zarah
  • Zerubbabel
  • Zebulun, Zebulon
  • Zechariah
  • Zion
  • Zipporah

Hebrew

  • Avyatar
  • Avichud (ch pronounced with a faint guttural “H”)
  • Avraham
  • Chakal D’ma
  • Chalfai (every “Ch” pronounced as above)
  • Amminadav
  • Amotz
  • Hanah
  • Hananyah
  • Anan
  • Ramatayim
  • Bil’am
  • Bavel
  • Bar-Abba
  • Bar-Nabba
  • Bar-Sabba
  • Bar-Talmai
  • Bar-Timai
  • Baal-Zibbul
  • B’liya’al
  • Binyamin
  • Beit-Anyah, meaning House of Sighing or Lamenting
  • Beit-Hesed, meaning House of Mercy
  • Beit-Lechem, meaning House of Bread
  • Beit-Pagey
  • Beit-Tsaida
  • Beit-Zata
  • Kayafa
  • Kayin
  • Keinan
  • Kanah
  • Kanaan
  • Kafer Nakhum, meaning Village of Comfort
  • K’ruv
  • K’ruvim
  • Klofah
  • Ever
  • Mitzrayim
  • Heli
  • Elazar
  • Eliezer
  • Eliyahu
  • Elisheva
  • Ammaus
  • Chanoch
  • Enosh
  • Efrayim
  • Chesli
  • Havah
  • Tsitsit
  • Gavriel
  • Gey Hinnom
  • Gat Sh’manim
  • Gid’on
  • Amora
  • Hamor
  • Hanah
  • Haran
  • Har Meggido, meaning Mount Meggido
  • Chetzron
  • Yeshayahu
  • K’riot
  • Yissass’khar
  • Yitzchak
  • Ya’akov
  • Yafo
  • Ya’ir
  • Yered
  • Y’khanyahu
  • Y’hoshofat
  • Yericho
  • Yerushalayim
  • Yeshua
  • Yirmeyahu
  • Yishae
  • Yohannah
  • Yosi, nickname for Yosef
  • Yoel
  • Yohannan
  • Yonah
  • Yarden
  • Yosef
  • Y’hoshua
  • Yotam
  • Y’hudah
  • Iulio
  • Korach
  • L’vi
  • M’nasheh
  • Marta
  • Miriam (Hebrew), Mariam (Greek), Maria (Latin)
  • Mattityahu
  • Menahem
  • Metushelah
  • Mikha’el
  • Midyan
  • Moshe
  • Nachor
  • Nachson
  • Naggai
  • Nachum
  • Naim
  • Naphtali
  • Natan
  • Notsri
  • Natsrat
  • Nakdimon
  • Noach
  • Oved
  • Pesah
  • Shavuot, Feast of Weeks
  • Perets
  • Kefa (small rock); Cephas (Latin)
  • Parush, P’rushim (plural)
  • Tallit, Tallitot (plural)
  • Tehillim, meaning Praises
  • Rachav
  • Ram
  • Rivkah
  • Rechavam
  • Reifan
  • Re’uven
  • Reisha
  • RutShabbat
  • Shabbatot
  • Ts’dukim
  • Shalem
  • Shlomit
  • Shomron
  • Shimshon
  • Shmuel
  • Shappirah
  • Satan, meaning Adversary, Arch Enemy
  • Sha’ul
  • Seder means Order, Pesach Meal, the Last Supper
  • Shimi
  • Shet
  • Sh’altiel
  • Sh’ol
  • Sila
  • Shiloach
  • Shim’on
  • Shim’on
  • S’dom
  • Shlomo
  • Shoshanah
  • Sh’khem
  • Tavita
  • Yeshiva
  • Terach
  • Taddai
  • T’oma
  • Timai
  • Torah, (Teaching, Instruction): First Five Books
  • Tsor
  • Matzah
  • Uriyah
  • Uziyahu
  • V, 2nd smallest Hebrew Letter
  • Kafer
  • Yod, smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet
  • Zakkai
  • Tsadok
  • Tsarfat
  • Zavdai
  • Zerah
  • Zerubavel
  • Z’vulun
  • Z’kharyah
  • Tsion
  • Tsiporah

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