List of Biblical Persons / E
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebal | עֵיבָל 'êvāl | Gen 36.23 EU | Son of Schobal, descendant of Esau | |
| Ebed | עֶבֶד 'ævæd | Ri 9.26 EU | Father of Gaals | |
| Esr 8,6 EU | Son of Jonathan from the house of Adin | |||
| Ebed-Melech | עֶבֶד־מֶלֶךְ 'ævæd mælækh | Jer 38.7 EU | Chamberlain of King Zidkija | |
| boar | עֵבֶר 'ævær | Gen 10.21 EU | Schelachs son , Pelegs and Joktan's father | |
| Gen 10.24 EU | Son of Salah | |||
| 1 Chr 8.12 EU | Son of Elpaal | |||
| 1 Chr 8.22 EU | Son of Sasak | |||
| Neh 12.20 EU | Priest and ruler of the house of Amon in the time of Jehoiakim | |||
| Eden | עֵדֶן 'edæn | 2 Chr 29.12 EU | Son of Jehoah | |
| 2 Chr 31.15 EU | Levite | |||
| Eder | עֵדֶר 'edær | 1 Chr 23.23 EU | Son of Musi | |
| 1 Chr 8.15 EU | Benjaminite | |||
| Edna | "Bliss / loveliness" | Tob 7.2 EU | Raguël's wife | |
| Edom | אֱדֹום 'ädôm | Gen 25.30 EU | Name Esau | |
| Efa | עֵיפָה 'êfāh | Gen 25.4 EU | Son of Midian , grandson of Abraham and Ketura | |
| Efai | עֹופַי 'ôfaj | Jer 40.8 EU | Man from Netofa | |
| Efer | עֵפֶר 'efær | Gen 25.4 EU | Son of Midian , grandson of Abraham and Ketura | |
| 1 Chr 4.17 EU | Son of Ezra | |||
| Efod | אֵפֹד 'efod | Num 34.23 EU | Father Hanniël, Prince of the Manasseh tribe | |
| Ephraim | אֶפְרָיִם 'æfrājim | Gen 41.52 EU | younger son of Joseph and Asenat | |
| Efrata | אֶפְרָת 'æfrāt | 1 Chr 2.19 EU | Second wife of Caleb ; Mother of the whore | |
| Efron | עֶפְרֹון 'æfrôn | Gen 23.8 EU | Son of Zohar, the Hittite , seller of the Machpelah cave near Mamre to Abraham | |
| Egla | עֶגְלָה 'æglāh | 2 Sam 3.5 EU | Mrs. Davids , mother Jitreams | |
| Eglon | עֶגְלֹון 'æglôn | "Little calf" | Ri 3.14 EU | King of Moab |
| Ehi | אֵחִי 'eḥî | Gen 46.21 EU | sixth eldest son of Benjamin | |
| Ehud | אֵהוּד 'ehûd | "Common / united / united" | Ri 3.15 EU | 2nd Judge of Israel |
| 1 Chr 7.10 EU | Son of Bilhan | |||
| Ela | אֵלָה 'elāh | Gen 36.41 EU | Prince | |
| 1 Kings 16.6 EU | Son of Baesa, king of Israel | |||
| 1 Chr 4.15 EU | Son of Caleb | |||
| Elam | עֵילָם 'êlām | Gen 10.22 EU | Son of Shem and grandson of Noah | |
| 1 Chr 8.24 EU | Son of Shishak from the tribe of Benjamin | |||
| 1 Chr 26.3 EU | Fifth son of Meshelemias, a descendant of the Levite Abiasaf | |||
| Esra 2.7 EU | (two different) ancestors of families who returned from exile in Babylon | |||
| Ezra 8.7 EU | ||||
| Ezra 10.1 EU | Schechanja's grandfather, who suggests that all foreign women be sent away | |||
| Neh 10.15 EU | Companion of Nehemiah committed to the law | |||
| Neh 12.42 EU | Levite attending the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem | |||
| Elasa | אֶלְעָשָׂה 'æl'āśāh | 1 Chr 2.39 EU | Son of Helez, father of Sismai | |
| Eldad | אֶלְדָּד 'ældād | Num 11.26 EU | Gifted with the Spirit of God | |
| Eldaga | אֶלְדָּעָה 'ældā'āh | Gen 25.4 EU | Son of Midian , grandson of Abraham and Ketura | |
| Eleazar | אֶלְעָזָר 'æl'āzāh |
Ex 6.23 EU Sir 45.23 EU |
Son Aaron | |
| 1 Sam 7.1 EU | Son of Abinadab | |||
| Sir 50.27 EU | Sirach's father | |||
| Mt 1.15 EU | ||||
| Eli | עֵלִי 'elî | "High / sublime" | 1 Sam 1.9 EU | priest |
| Eliab | אֱלִיאָב 'älî'āb | Num 1.9 EU | Son of Helon, prince of the tribe of Zebulun | |
| Num 16.1 EU | Father of the rebels Datan and Abiram | |||
| Num 26.8 EU | Son Pallus | |||
| 1 Sam 16.6 EU | Son of Jesse, brother of David | |||
| 1 Chr 6.12 EU | Son of Nahath | |||
| 1 Chr 12.9 EU | One of David's heroes | |||
| 1 Chr 15.18 EU | Singer of David | |||
| Eliakim | Mt 1.13 EU | Son of Abihud | ||
| Eliam | אֱלִיעָם 'älî'ām | 2 Sam 23.34 EU | Hero of David , son of Ahithophel | |
| Eliata | אֱלִיאָתָה 'älî'ātāh | 1 Chr 25.4 EU | Singer David, son of Heman | |
| Elidad | אֱלִידָד 'älîdād | Num 34.21 EU | Benjaminite son of Kislon | |
| Eliel | אֱלִיאֵל 'älî'āel | 1 Chr 5.24 EU | Head of the family in the Manasseh tribe | |
| 1 Chr 8.20 EU | Son of Simeis of the tribe of Benjamin | |||
| 1 Chr 8.22 EU | Son of Sasak of the tribe of Benjamin | |||
| 1 Chr 11.46 EU | Hero of David , Mahevite | |||
| 1 Chr 11.47 EU | Hero of david | |||
| 1 Chr 12.11 EU | One of David's first followers | |||
| 1 Chr 15.9 EU | Prince of Hebron, Levite | |||
| 2 Chr 31.13 EU | Levite | |||
| Eliëser | אֱלִיעֶזֶר 'älî'æzær | "My god is help" | Gen 15.2 EU | Eliezer of Damascus |
| Ex 18.4 EU | Second son of moses | |||
| 1 Chr 7.8 EU | Son of Bechers | |||
| 1 Chr 15.24 EU | priest | |||
| 1 Chr 27.16 EU | Prince of the Ruben tribe | |||
| 2 Chr 20.37 EU | Son of Dodava of Maresa | |||
| Esr 8.16 EU | Supreme | |||
| Esr 10.18 EU | Son of Jozadak | |||
| Esr 10.23 EU | Levite | |||
| Esr 10.31 EU | Mixed-marriage Israelite | |||
| Eliphaz | אֱלִיפָז 'älîfāz | "My god is victor / wins" | Gen 36.4 EU | Son of Esau and Ada |
| Hi 2.11 EU | Eliphaz of Teman, friend of Job | |||
| Elifelet | אֱלִיפֶלֶט 'älîfælæt | 2 Sam 5.16 EU | Son of David, born in Jerusalem | |
| 2 Sam 23.34 EU | Hero of David , son of Ahazbai the Maachathite | |||
| Esr 8.13 EU | Returned from Babylon with Ezra | |||
| Esr 10.33 EU | Mixed-marriage Israelite | |||
| Elihu | אֱלִיהוּא 'älîhû' | "My God is he" | 1 Sam 1.1 EU | Jeroham's father, Elkana's grandfather, Samuel's great-grandfather |
| 1 Chr 12.20 EU | Commander in the tribe of Manasseh | |||
| 1 Chr 26.7 EU | Brother Semajas | |||
| 1 Chr 27.18 EU | Brother of david | |||
| Hi 32.2 EU | Son of Barachels von Bus, of the Ram family | |||
| Elijah | אֵלִיָּהוּ 'elîjāhû | "(My) God is YHWH " |
1 Kings 17.1 EU Mt 11.14 EU Sir 48.4 EU |
prophet |
| Elika | אֱלִיקָא 'älîqā' | 2 Sam 23.25 EU | One of David's heroes | |
| Elimelech | אֱלִימֶלֶךְ 'älîmælækh | "My god is king" | Ruth 1.3 EU | Naomi man |
| Elizabeth | Ἐλισάβετ | Lk 1.5 EU | Wife of Zacharias | |
| Elisha | אֱלִישָׁע 'älîšā' | "God helps" |
1 Kings 19.16 EU Sir 48.12 EU |
prophet |
| Gen 10.4 EU | Son of Jawan | |||
| Elischama | אֱלִישָׁמָע 'älîšāmā' | Num 1.10 EU | Prince of the tribe of Ephraim, son of Ammihud | |
| 2 Sam 5.16 EU | Two sons of David, born in Jerusalem | |||
| 2 Sam 5.16 EU | ||||
| 1 Chr 2.41 EU | Son of Jekamiah | |||
| 2 Chr 17.8 EU | priest | |||
| Jer 36.12 EU | Prince under Jehoiakim | |||
| Elischaphat | אֱלִישָׁפָט 'älîšāfāt | 2 Chr 23.1 EU | Son of Sichris | |
| Elisheba | אֱלִישֶׁבַע 'älîšæva' | Ex 6.23 EU | Mrs. Aarons , daughter of Amminadab | |
| Elishua | אֱלִישׁוּעַ 'älîšûa' | 2 Sam 5.15 EU | Son of david | |
| Eliud | Mt 1.14 EU | |||
| Elizafan | אֶלְצָפָן 'ælṣāfān | Ex 6.22 EU | Son of Usiël, grandson of Kohat | |
| Num 34.25 EU | Zebulonites, chief, son of Parnach | |||
| Elizur | אֱלִיצוּר 'älîṣûr | Num 1.5 EU | Rubeniter, commander, son of Schedëur | |
| Eljada | אֶלְיָדָע 'æljādā' | 2 Sam 5.16 EU | Son of David, born in Jerusalem | |
| Eliakim | אֶלְיָקִים 'æljāqîm | "God has raised" | 1 Kings 18.18 EU | Palace ruler |
| Mt 1.13 EU | ||||
| Eljasaf | אֶלְיָסָף 'æljāsāf | Num 1.14 EU | Gadite, commander, son of Reguel | |
| Num 3.24 EU | Levite, Gershonite, son of Laël | |||
| Elyashib | אֶלְיָשִׁיב 'æljāšîv | 1 Chr 3.24 EU | Son of Eljoënais; Descendant of David | |
| Eljoënai | אֶלְיֹועֵינַי 'æljô'ênaj | 1 Chr 3.23 EU | Son of Nearja | |
| 1 Chr 4.36 EU | Prince of the tribe of Simeon | |||
| 1 Chr 7.8 EU | Son of Bechers | |||
| 1 Chr 8.20 EU | Son of Elpaal | |||
| 1 Chr 26.3 EU | Seventh son of Meselemiah | |||
| Esr 8.4 EU | Returned from Babylon with Ezra | |||
| Esr 10.22 EU | Son of Pashur | |||
| Esr 10.27 EU | Son of Satthus | |||
| Neh 12.41 EU | priest | |||
| Elkanah | אֶלְקָנָה 'ælqānāh | "El / God created / created" | Ex 6.24 EU | Son of Korach , Levite |
| 1 Sam 1.1 EU | Hannah's husband, Samuel's father | |||
| 1 Chr 6.8 EU | Levit (I), son of Assir, grandson of Korach, father of Abiasaf | |||
| 1 Chr 6.10 EU | Levite (II), father of Amasai and Ahimots, possibly identical to the previous one (I) | |||
| 1 Chr 6.11 EU | Levite (III), Elkana's father, possibly identical to the previous one (II) | |||
| 1 Chr 6.11 EU | Levit (IV), son of Elkanas, father of Zufs | |||
| 1 Chr 6.20 EU | Levit (V), son of Mahat, father of Zufs, possibly identical to the previous one (IV) | |||
| 1 Chr 6.21 EU | Levit (VI), son of Joel, father of Amasai, possibly identical to the previous one (II) | |||
| 1 Chr 9.16 EU | Levite, father of Asa | |||
| 1 Chr 12.7 EU | Followers of King David | |||
| 1 Chr 15.23 EU | Gatekeeper | |||
| 2 Chr 28.7 EU | “Second after the king” under Ahaz | |||
| Elnatan | אֶלְנָתָן 'ælnātān | 2 Kings 24.8 EU | Grandfather of King Jehoiachins | |
| Esr 8.16 EU | Two ambassadors | |||
| Esr 8.16 EU | ||||
| Jer 26.22 EU | Son of Achbor | |||
| Elon | אֵילֹן 'êlon |
Gen 26.34 EU Gen 36.2 EU |
Hetiter , father of the wife Esau Basemat or Ada | |
| Gen 46.14 EU | Son of Zebulun | |||
| Ri 12.11 EU | Judges from the tribe of Dan | |||
| Elymas | Ἐλύμας | Acts 13.8 EU | wizard | |
| Enan | עֵינָן 'ênān | Num 1.15 EU | Naftalite, father of the commander Ahira | |
| Enosh | אֱנֹושׁ 'änôš | "Human" |
Gen 4.26 EU Sir 49.16 EU |
Son Sets , father Kenans |
| Epeneetus | Ἐπαίνετος | Rom 16.5 EU | Christian from the province of Asia | |
| Epaphras | Ἐπαφρᾶς | Col 1.7 EU | Christ from Kolossai and collaborator of Paul | |
| Epaphroditus | Ἐπαφρόδιτος | Phil 2.25 EU | Collaborator of Paul | |
| He | עֵר 'he | Gen 38.3 EU | Son of Judah | |
| Erastus | Ἔραστος | Acts 19.22 EU | Collaborator of Paul | |
| Eri | עֵרִי 'erî | Gen 46.16 EU | fifth eldest son of Gad | |
| Esau | עֵשָׂו 'eśāw |
Gen 25,25 EU Rom 9,13 EU |
Firstborn son of Isaac and brother of Jacob | |
| Eschbaal | אֶשְׁבָּעַל 'æšbā'al | 1 Chr 8.33 EU | Son of Saul | |
| Eschban | אֶשְׁבָּן 'æšbān | Gen 36.26 EU | Son of Dishon, descendant of Esau | |
| Ashcol | אֶשְׁכֹּל 'æškol | Gen 14.13 EU | Amorite , brother of the oak owner Mamre and Aners | |
| Esra | עֶזְרָה 'æzrāh | 1 Chr 4.17 EU | Man of the tribe of Judah; Father of Jeter, Mered, Efer and Jalon | |
| Esr 7.1 EU | Scribe | |||
| Ester | אֶסְתֵּר 'æster | Est 2.7 EU | queen | |
| Etam | עֵיטָם 'êtām | 1 Chr 4,3 EU | Father of Jezreel, Ishmas and Yidbash | |
| Etan | אֵיתָן 'etān | 1 Kings 5.11 EU | Wise man; Esrachites | |
| 1 Chr 2.8 EU | Father of Azariah | |||
| 1 Chr 6.27 EU | Temple singer, son of Simmas | |||
| 1 Chr 6.29 EU | Temple singer, son of Kizhi | |||
| Etbaal | אֶתְבַּעַל 'ætbā'al | 1 Kings 16.31 EU | King of the Sidonians ; Father of Jezebel | |
| Eubulus | Εὔβουλος | 2 Tim 4,21 EU | Greetings in 2nd Timothy | |
| Yours | king | |||
| Eunike | Ευνίκη | 2 Tim 1.5 EU | Mother of timothy | |
| Eutychus | Εὔτυχος | "Happier" | Acts 20.9 EU | Young man from Troas |
| Eve | חַוָּה ḥawwāh | "Life" |
Gen 3.20 EU 2 Cor 11.13 EU |
first wife, Mrs. Adams |
| Evodia | Εὐοδία | Phil 4.2 EU | Christian from Philippi | |
| Ewi | אֱוִי 'äwî | Num 31.8 EU | King of Midian | |
| Ewil-merodach | אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ 'äwîl mərodakh | 2 Kings 25.27 EU | King of Babylon ; pardoned Jehoiachin and released him from the dungeon | |
| Ezbon | אֶצְבֹּן 'æṣbon | Gen 46.16 EU | fourth eldest son of Gad | |
| Ezekiel | יְחֶזְקֵאל jəḥæzqe'l |
Ez 1.3 EU Sir 49.8 EU |
prophet | |
| Ezer | אֵצֶר 'eṣær | Gen 36.21 EU | chief |
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the Greek foreword to the book Jesus Sirach , this has no verse counting.