List of Biblical Persons / L
This list of biblical persons gives the proper names of people that appear in the Bible . It is divided into several pages in alphabetical order. Those Bible passages are given in which the person is mentioned first. Names of places, mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, islands, sanctuaries, countries, peoples can be found in the list of geographical and ethnographic names in the Bible .
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| Name (German) | Name (Urtext) | Meaning of the name | Bible passage | person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laban | לָבָן lāvān | "White" | Gen 24.29 EU | Brother Rebekah |
| Laïtiël | לְאִיתִיאֵל lə'îtî'el | Prov 30.1 EU | Author of sayings | |
| Laël | לָאֵל lā'el | Num 3.24 EU | Levite, Gershonite, father of Eliasaf | |
| Lajish | לַיִשׁ lajiš | 1 Sam 25.44 EU | Michal's man | |
| 2 Sam 3.15 EU | Father of Paltiël | |||
| Lamech | לֶמֶךְ læmækh | Gen 4.18 EU | Son of Metuschaël | |
| Gen 5.25 EU | Son of Metuschelachs | |||
| Lappidot | לַפִּידֹות lappîdôt | Ri 4.4 EU | Deborah's husband | |
| Lazarus | Λάζαρος | "God has helped" | Lk 16.20 EU | Poor man |
| Joh 11,1 EU | by Jesus raised from the dead | |||
| Lea | לֵאָה le'āh | "(Wild) cow" | Gen 29.16 EU | eldest daughter of Laban |
| Lemuël | לְמוּאֵל ləmû'el | Prov 31.1 [1] | Addressee in the Book of Proverbs , King of Massa | |
| Levi | לֵוִי lewî |
Gen 29.34 EU Heb 7.5 EU Sir 45.6 EU |
Son of Jacob and Leah | |
| Libni | לִבְנִי livnî | Ex 6.17 EU | Son of Gershon | |
| Lilit | לִּילִ֔ית lîlît | Isa 34,14 EU | mythological figure | |
| Linus | Λίνος | 2 Tim 4,21 EU | Greetings in 2nd Timothy | |
| Lo-Ammi | לֹא עַמִּי lo '' ammî | "Not my people" | Hos 1.9 EU | youngest son of the prophet Hosea |
| Loïs | Λωΐς | 2 Tim 1.5 EU | Grandmother of Timothy | |
| Lo-Ruhama | לֹא רֻחָמָה lo 'ruchāmāh | "no mercy" | Hos 1.6 EU | Daughter of Hosea |
| Lot | לֹוט lôt | "Shell" |
Gen 11.27 EU Sir 16.8 EU |
Son of Haran |
| Lotan | לֹוטָן lôtān | Gen 36.20 EU | Son of Seïr | |
| Lucius | Λούκιος | Acts 13.1 EU | Christian from Antioch; see Lucius of Cyrene | |
| Rom 16.21 EU | A relative of Paul | |||
| Lud | לוּד lûd | Gen 10.22 EU | Son of Shem and grandson of Noah | |
| Luke | Λουκᾶς | Col 4.14 EU | doctor | |
| Lydia | Λυδία | Acts 16:14 EU | Christin from Thyatira | |
| Lysanias | Λυσανίας | Lk 3.1 EU | Prince of Abilene | |
| Lysias | Λυσίας | Acts 23.26 EU | Epithet of Claudius; Roman colonel in Judea | |
| Lysimachus | Λυσίμαχος | according to Est 10.3 EU | Translator of the Ester book into Greek |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Part of the Greek, deuterocanonical pieces on Esther .