List of Biblical Persons / P
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 |
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Paarai | פַּעֲרַי pa'ǎraj | 2 Sam 23.35 EU | Hero of David , from Arab | |
Pachat Moab | פַּחַת מֹואָב paḥat mô'āv | Ezra 10.30 EU | Judean, ancestor of several returnees from Babylonian exile | |
Pagiël | פַּגְעִיאֵל pag'î'el | Num 1.13 EU | Asherit, son of Ochran | |
Pallu | פַּלּוּא pallû ' | "(God) has treated wonderfully" | Gen 46.9 EU | Son Rubens |
Palti | פַּלְטִי paltî | "(God) is salvation / (God) has saved" | Num 13.9 EU | Scout, Benjaminite, son of Raphus |
1 Sam 25.44 EU | Michal's husband, Saul's daughter | |||
Paltiël | פַּלְטִיאֵל paltî'el | "God is salvation" | Num 34.26 EU | Prince of the tribe of Issachar, son of Asan |
2 Sam 3.15 EU | Name variant of Palti, Michal's husband, Saul's daughter | |||
Parmashta | פַּרְמַשְׁתָּא parmaštā ' | Est 9.9 EU | Son of Haman | |
Parmenas | Παρμενᾶς | Acts 6.5 EU | deacon | |
Parnach | פַּרְנָךְ parnākh | Num 34.25 EU | Zebulonites, father of the leader Elizafan | |
Parosh | פַּרְעֹשׁ par'oš | "Escaped" | Ezra 10.25 EU | Ancestors of Jewish returnees from Babylon |
Parschandata | פַּרְשַׁנְדָּתָא paršandātā ' | Est 9.7 EU | Son of Haman | |
Pasach | פָּסַךְ pāsakh | 1 Chr 7.33 EU | Ascherit, son of Jaflet | |
Pashur | פַּשְׁחוּר pašḥûr | "Child of Horus" | Ezra 2.38 EU | Ancestor of priests |
Neh 10.4 EU | priest | |||
Jer 20.1 EU | Priest, son of Immer | |||
Jer 21.1 EU | Messenger to Jeremiah , son of Malkias | |||
Jer 38.8 EU | Gedaliah's father | |||
Patrobas | Πατροβᾶς | Rom 16,14 EU | Greetings in Romans | |
Paul | Παῦλος Paulos | "the small" | Acts 13.9 EU | apostle |
Pedahel | פְּדַהְאֵל pədah'el | "God has redeemed" | Num 34.28 EU | Naftalite son of Ammihud |
Pedaja | פְּדָיָה pədājāh | " YHWH has redeemed" | 2 Kings 23.36 EU | Father of Sebudas, mother of Jehoiakim |
1 Chr 3.18 EU | Son of Jehoiachins | |||
1 Chr 27.20 EU | Manassit, father Joël | |||
Neh 3.25 EU | Party involved in building the temple, son of Parosh | |||
Neh 8.4 EU | Participant in the reading of the law by Esra | |||
Neh 11.7 EU | Benjaminite, son of Kolajah, father of Joëd | |||
Pedazur | פְּדָהצוּר pədāhṣûr פְּדָה־צוּר pədāh-ṣûr |
"The rock has redeemed" |
Num 1.10 EU Num 7.54 EU |
Manassite, father of Gamliël |
Pekach | פֶּקַח pæqaḥ | "(God) has opened" | 2 Kings 15.25 EU | King of Israel |
Pekahya | פְּקַחְיָה pæqaḥjāh | " YHWH is open" | 2 Kings 15.22 EU | King of Israel |
Pelaja | פְּלָיָה pəlājāh | " YHWH treated wonderfully" | 1 Chr 3.24 EU | Davidide, son of Eljoënai |
Neh 8.7 EU | Levite | |||
Pelatja | פְּלַטְיָה pəlatjāh | " YHWH has saved" | 1 Chr 3.21 EU | Davidide, son of Hananiah |
1 Chr 4.42 EU | Simeonites, chief of those who go into the mountains of Seir | |||
Ez 11.1 EU | Son of Benaiah | |||
Peleg | פֶּלֶג pælæg | "Division" | Gen 10.25 EU | Ebers son , Regus father |
Pelet | פֶּלֶת pælæt | "(God) is salvation / (God) has saved" | 1 Chr 2.33 EU | Calebiter son of Jonathan |
1 Chr 2.47 EU | Calebiter, son of Yahdai | |||
1 Chr 12.3 EU | Follower of David, son of Asmavets | |||
Peninna | פְּנִנָּה pəninnāh | "Coral" | 1 Sam 1,2 EU | Mrs. Elkanas |
Penuel | פְּנוּאֵל pənû'el | "Face of God" | 1 Chr 4,4 EU | Father Gedor, of the tribe of Judah |
Penuël | Lk 2.36 EU | Father of the prophetess Hanna, Ascherit | ||
Perez | פֶּרֶץ pæræṣ | "Perineal tear" |
Gen 38.29 EU Mt 1.3 EU |
Son of Tamar |
Persis | Πέρσις | Rom 16.12 EU | Greetings in Romans | |
Peruda | פְּרוּדָא pərûdā ' | "Separate / unique" | Esr 2.55 EU | Ancestor of returnees with Esra |
Petachia | פְּתַחְיָה pətaḥjāh | " YHWH is open" | 1 Chr 24.16 EU | priest |
Esr 10.23 EU | Levite | |||
Neh 9.5 EU | Levite | |||
Neh 11.24 EU | Adviser to the king, son of Meshesabel | |||
Peter | Πέτρος Petros | "Rock" | Mt 4.18 EU | Disciples of Jesus |
Petuël | פְּתוּאֵל pətû'el | "Young Man of God" | Joel 1.1 EU | Father of Joël the Prophet |
Pëulletai | פְּעֻלְּתַי pə'ullətaj | "Wages" (?) | 1 Chr 26.5 EU | Gatekeeper |
Philemon | Φίλημον | Phlm 1 EU | Collaborator of Paul | |
Philetus | Φίλητος Philetus | 2 Tim 2.17 EU | False teacher | |
Philip | Φίλιππος Philip | "Horse lover" | Mt 10.3 EU | apostle |
Philologus | Rom 16.15 EU | Greetings in Romans | ||
Phlegon | Φλέγον | Rom 16,14 EU | Greetings in Romans | |
Phoeba | Φοίβη Phoibe | "The shining one" | Rom 16.1 EU | Servant of the community of Kenchreä |
Phygelus | Φύγελος Phygelos | 2 Tim 1.15 EU | Opponent of Paul | |
Pichol | פִּיכֹל pîkhol | Gen 21.22 EU | General Abimelech | |
Pilate | Mt 27.2 EU | → Pontius Pilate | ||
Pildasch | פִּלְדָּשׁ pildāš | Gen 22.22 EU | Son of Nahor and Milka | |
Pinhas | פִּינְחָס pînḥās | "The dark-skinned" |
Ex 6.25 EU Sir 45.23 EU |
Phinehas: Son of Eleazar , high priest |
1 Sam 1.3 EU | Phinehas: son of Eli | |||
Pinon | פִּינֹן pînon | Gen 36.41 EU | Chief, descendant of Esau | |
Piram | פִּרְאָם pir'ām | Jos 10.3 EU | King of Jarmut | |
Pontius Pilate | Πόντιος Πιλάτος Pontios Pilatos | "From the sex of the Pontier / spear-bearer" | Lk 3.1 EU | Governor of the Emperor Tiberius of Judea and Samaria |
Porata | פֹּורָתָא pôrātā ' | Est 9.8 EU | Son of Haman | |
Porzius Festus | Πόρκιος Φῆστος Porkios Phestos | Acts 24.27 EU | roman knight | |
Potifar | פּוֹטִיפַר pôtîfar | "The one given by Ra" | Gen 37.36 EU | Court officials of the Pharaoh |
Potifera | פֹּוטִי פֶרַע pôtî færa ' | Gen 41.45 EU | Priest of On, father of Asenat and father-in-law of Joseph | |
Prisca | Πρίσκα | Rom 16.3 EU | → Priscilla | |
Priscilla | Πρίσκιλλα Priskilla | Acts 18.2 EU | Member of the early church | |
Ptolemy | τολεμαίος | according to Est 10.3 EU | Egyptian king at the time of Ptolemaic rule | |
Pua | פּוּעָה pû'āh | "Shine" | Ex 1.15 EU | midwife |
Publius | Πόπλιος Poblios | Acts 28.7 EU | Owners of country estates | |
Pudens | Πούδης | 2 Tim 4,21 EU | Greetings in 2nd Timothy | |
Pul | פּוּל pûl | 2 Kings 15.19 EU | King of Assyria (also Tiglat-Pileser III.) | |
Pura | פֻּרָה purāh | Ri 7.10 EU | Servant of the judge Gideon | |
Put | פּוּט pût | Gen 10.6 EU | Son of Ham and grandson of Noah | |
Putiël | פּוּטִיאֵל pûtî'el | Ex 6.25 EU | Eleazar's father-in-law | |
Puwa | פֻּוָּה puwwāh | "Redness" | Gen 46.13 EU | second eldest son of Issachar |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Hans Rechenmacher : Old Hebrew names , Münster 2012.
- ↑ Part of the Greek, deuterocanonical pieces on Esther .