List of Biblical Persons / X – Z
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 .
X
| Name (German) | Name (Urtext) | Meaning of the name | Bible passage | person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xerxes | אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹושׁ 'ǎchašwerôš | Esr 4.6 EU | King of the Persians |
Z
| Name (German) | Name (Urtext) | Meaning of the name | Bible passage | person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zacharias | Ζαχαρίας | " YHWH remembered" | Mt 23.35 EU | → Zechariah |
| Lk 1.5 EU | Father John the Baptist | |||
| Zacchaeus | Ζακχαῖος Zangchaios | "(God) remembered / the innocent" | Lk 19.2 EU | Tax collector from Jericho |
| Zadok | צָדֹוק ṣādōq | "(God) is just" |
2 Sam 8.17 EU Mt 1.14 EU Sir 50.12 EU |
High priest |
| Zafenat-Paneach | צָֽפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ ṣāfnat pa'neaḥ | “God says: may he live!” / “Revealer of the mysteries”? | Gen 41.45 EU | Pharaoh's honorary title for Joseph |
| Zalmunna | צַלְמֻנָּע ṣalmunnā ' | Ri 8.5 EU | Midianite King | |
| Zebayim → Pocheret-zebayim | ||||
| Zebedee | Ζεβεδαῖος Zebedee | "Present of God" | Mt 4,21 EU | Fischer, father of James and John , two disciples of Jesus |
| Zefaniah | צְפַנְיָהוּ ṣəfanjāhû , צְפַנְיָה ṣəfanjāh | " YHWH has hidden" | 2 Kings 25.18 EU , Jer 29.29 EU | priest |
| צְפַנְיָה ṣəfanjāh | 1 Chr 6.21 EU | Levite | ||
| Zef 1.1 EU | Prophet, namesake of the book of the same name in the Book of the Twelve Prophets | |||
| Sach 6,10 EU | Father Josiah, in whose house Zechariah is to receive the gold and silver for the crown of Yeshua | |||
| Zefo | צְפֹו ṣəfô | Gen 36.11 EU | Son of Eliphas , grandson of Esau | |
| Zelek | צֶלֶק ṣælæq | 2 Sam 23.37 EU | Ammonites, one of David's thirty heroes | |
| Zelofhad | צְלָפְחָד ṣəlåfḥād | "(In) the shadow of Pachad" (?) | Num 26.33 EU | Man of the Manasseh tribe, father of four daughters |
| Zenas | Ζηνᾶς | Tit 3.13 EU | Legal scholar | |
| Zeror | צְרֹור ṣərôr | "Pebble" | 1 Sam 9.1 EU | Bechorat's son, Abiël's father, Kisch's grandfather, Saul's great-grandfather |
| Zerua | צְרוּעָה ṣərû'āh | "Leper" (?) | 1 Kings 11,26 EU | Mother Jeroboam I. |
| Zeruja | צְרוּיָה ṣərûjāh צְרֻיָה ṣərujāh |
"Smelling of a fragrant resin" (?) |
1 Sam 26.6 EU 2 Sam 14.1 EU |
Sister of King David , mother of Joab , Abishai, and Asaël |
| Ziba | צִיבָא ṣîvāh | "Branch / fiber" | 2 Sam 9.2 EU | Servant from Saul's house |
| Zibja | צִבְיָה ṣivjāh | "Female gazelle" | 2 Kings 12.2 EU | Mother of Joasch , king of Judah |
| Zibon | צִבְעֹון ṣiv'ôn | Gen 36.2 EU | Horiter, grandfather of Oholibamas, Esau's second wife | |
| Zidkija | צִדְקִיָּהוּ ṣidqîjāhû | " YHWH is righteousness" | 2 Kings 24.17 EU | last king of Judah |
| Zifjon | צִפְיֹון ṣifjôn | Gen 46.16 EU | firstborn son of Gad | |
| Ziha | צִיחָא ṣîḥā ' | Esr 2.43 EU | Temple slave | |
| Zilla | צִלָּה ṣillāh | "(God) is shadow" | Gen 4.19 EU | Mrs. von Lamech |
| Zilletai | צִלְּתַי ṣillətaj | "(God) is shadow" | 1 Chr 8.20 EU | Benjaminite son of Shimei |
| 1 Chr 12.21 EU | Chief of a thousand from the Manasseh tribe | |||
| Zippor | צִפֹּור ṣipôr | "Bird" | Num 22.2 EU | Father of Balak, king of Moab |
| Zippora | צִפֹּרָה ṣipporāh | "(Female) bird" | Ex 2.21 EU | Daughter of Jitros , the priest of Midian and wife of Moses |
| Zofach | צֹופַח ṣôfaḥ | "Bulbous jug" | 1 Chr 7.35 EU | Son of Hotam from the Ascher tribe |
| Zofar | צֹופַר ṣôfar | "Small / young bird" (?) | Hi 2.11 EU | Friend of job |
| Zohar | צֹחַר ṣôḥar | "Reddish white" | Gen 23.8 EU | Hittites , Father Ephron from the Abraham the cave of Machpelah at Mamre acquires |
| Gen 46.10 EU | Son of Simeon | |||
| 1 Chr 4.7 EU | Man from the tribe of Judah, son of Ashhur and Hela | |||
| Zuar | צוּעָר ṣû'ār | "small" | Num 1.8 EU | Father of the commander Netanel , from the tribe of Issachar |
| Acc | צוּף ṣûf | "Honey" | 1 Sam 1.1 EU | Tohus father, Ephraimites |
| To | צוּר ṣûr | "(God) is rock" | Num 25.15 EU | Midianite, father of the Kosbi |
| Num 31.8 EU | King of Midian | |||
| 1 Chr 8.30 EU | Benjaminite, third son of Jëiël and Maacha | |||
| Zurishaddai | צוּרִישַׁדָּי ṣûrîšaddāj | "Schaddai is rock" | Num 1.6 EU | Simeonite, father of the commander Shelumiël |
| Zuriël | צוּרִיאֵל ṣûrî'el | "Rock is God" | Num 3.35 EU | Head of the Merarite family, son of Abihajil |
Individual evidence