List of Biblical Persons / M

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
Maacha	מַעֲכָה ma'ǎkhāh		Gen 22.24 EU	Son of Nahor and his concubine Rëuma
			2 Sam 3.3 EU	Mother of Absalom , wife of King David , daughter of King Talmai of Geschur
			1 Kings 2.39 EU	Achish's father, king of Gath
			1 Kings 15.2 EU	Mother of Abijah of Judah, granddaughter of Absalom
			1 Chr 7.15 EU	Sister of Machir
			1 Chr 7.16 EU	Mrs. Machir, possibly identical to the previous one
			1 Chr 8.29 EU	Mrs. Jëiëls, mother of Gibeon
			1 Chr 11.43 EU	Hanan's father
			1 Chr 27.16 EU	Shefatya's father
Maaseja	מַעֲשֵׂיָהוּ ma'ǎśejāhû	"Work of YHWH "	1 Chr 6.25 EU	Malkiah's son, Michael's father
			1 Chr 15.18 EU	Levite, involved in the transfer of the ark to Jerusalem , harp player
			2 Chr 23.1 EU	Son of Adajas, leader of a hundred in the time of the priest Jehoiada
			2 Chr 26.11 EU	Bailiff
			2 Chr 28.7 EU	Prince
			2 Chr 34.8 EU	City Colonel
			Esr 10.18 EU	Priest living in mixed marriage, descendant of Yeshua
			Esr 10.21 EU	Priest, intermarried, descendant of Harim
			Esr 10.22 EU	Priest living in mixed marriage, descendant of Pashhur
			Esr 10.30 EU	Priest living in mixed marriage, descendant of Pahat-Moab
			Neh 3.23 EU	Azariah's father, Ananeja's son
			Neh 8.7 EU	Levite
			Neh 11.5 EU	Son of Baruch, inhabitant of Jerusalem
			Neh 11.7 EU	Benjaminite, father of Kolaiah, son of Itiël
			Neh 12.41 EU	priest
			Neh 12.42 EU	Levite
			Jer 21.1 EU	Father of the priest Zefaniah
			Jer 29.21 EU	Father of the false prophet Zidkiah
			Jer 35.4 EU	Threshold guard, son of Schallum
Maasja	מַעַזְיָהוּ ma'azjāhû	"Work of YHWH "	1 Chr 24.18 EU	priest
Maasja	מַעַזְיָהוּ ma'azjāhû	"Work of YHWH "	Neh 10.9 EU	priest
Machbannai	מַכְבַּנַּי makhbannaj		1 Chr 12.14 EU	King David's hero
Machi	מָכִי mākhî	"Who is like God)" (?)	Num 13.15 EU	Gaditer, father of the scout Gëuël
Machir	מָכִיר mākhîr	"Bought (from God)" (?)	Gen 50.23 EU	Son of Manasseh , father of Gilead
Machir	מָכִיר mākhîr	"Bought (from God)" (?)	2 Sam 9.4 EU	Son of Ammiël
Machla	מַחְלָה maḥlāh	"Jewellery"	Num 26.33 EU	Daughter of Zelofhad
Machla	מַחְלָה maḥlāh	"Jewellery"	1 Chr 7.18 EU	Son of Molechet, daughter of Machir
Machli	מַחְלִי maḥlî	"(God) has forgiven" (?)	Ex 6.19 EU	Son of Merari , grandson of Levi
Machlon	מַחְלוֹן maḥlôn	"Sickly / weakling"	Ruth 1,2 EU	Efratites, son of Elimelech and Naomi
Madai	מָדַי mādaj		Gen 10.2 EU	Son of Jafet , grandson of Noah
Madmanna	מַדְמַנָּה madmannāh		1 Chr 2.49 EU	Son of Schaaf, Calebiter
Magdalena	Μαγδαληνή		Lk 8.2 EU	→ Mary Magdalene
Magdiël	מַגְדִּיאֵל magdî'el		Gen 36.43 EU	Chief, descendant of Esau
Magog	מָגֹוג māgôg		Gen 10.2 EU	Son of Jafet , grandson of Noah
Mahalalel	מַהֲלַלְאֵל mahǎlal'el	"Praise God"	Gen 5.12 EU	Son of Kenan , father of Jered
Mahalat	מָחֲלַת māḥǎlat	"Jewellery"	Gen 28.9 EU	Daughter of Ishmael , granddaughter of Abraham , wife Esau
Mahalat	מָחֲלַת māḥǎlat	"Jewellery"	2 Chr 11.18 EU	King Rehoboam's wife
Mahat	מַחַת maḥat		1 Chr 6.20 EU	Levite, son of Amasai, father of Elkanah
			2 Chr 31.13 EU	official
			Lk 3.26 EU	Ancestor of Jesus, son of Mattitja, father of Naggai
Mahasiot	מַחֲזִיאֹות maḥǎzî'ôt	artificial : "sights"	1 Chr 25.4 EU	Levite, son of Heman
Maher-Schalal-Hash-Bas	מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז maher šālāl ḥāš baz	"Hurry (to) the prey! One rushes to robbery. "	Isa 8,1 EU	Son of Isaiah
Mahol	מָחֹול māḥôl	"(God) has forgiven" (?)	1 Kings 5.11 EU	Father of the wise men Heman, Kalkol and Darda
Malchus	Μάλχος		Joh 18,10 EU	Servant of the high priest, whose ear Peter cuts off
Malachi	מַלְאָכִי mal'āḥî	"(God) is a messenger" (?)	Times 1.1 EU	prophet
Malkiël	מַלְכִּיאֵל malkî'el	"(God) is King"	Gen 46.17 EU	Son of Beria, grandson of Ascher
Malkishua	מַלְכִּי־שׁוּעַ malkî šûa '	"The king is salvation" "	1 Sam 14.49 EU	youngest son of Saul
Malloti	מַלֹּותִי mallôtî	artificially	1 Chr 25.4 EU	Levite
Malluch	מַלּוּךְ mallûkh	"(God) ruled"	1 Chr 6.29 EU	Father Abdis
			Esr 10.29 EU	Priest living in mixed marriage, descendant of Banis
			Esr 10.32 EU	Priest, intermarried, descendant of Harim
			Neh 10.5 EU	Priest in the time of Nehemiah
			Neh 10.28 EU	Head of the people in Nehemiah's time
			Neh 12.2 EU	Priest, go to Jerusalem with Ezra
			Neh 12.14 EU	Ancestor of the priest Jonathan
Mamre	מַמְרֵא mamre '		Gen 14.13 EU	Amorite , oak owner, brother of Eschkol and Aners
Manaën	Μαναήν		Acts 13.1 EU	Young companion of the tetrarch Herod, prophet and teacher of the community of Antioch
Manahat	מָנַחַת mānaḥat		Gen 36.23 EU	Son of Schobal, descendant of Esau
Manasseh	מְנַשֶּׁה mənaššæh	"Let (God) be forgotten"	Gen 41,51 EU Rev 7,6 EU	Manasse : Joseph's firstborn
			2 Kings 20.21 EU Mt 1.10 EU	Manasseh : son of Hezekiah, king of Judah
			Ezra 10.30 EU	Returnees from Babylon who had to cast out his foreign wife at Ezra's behest
Manoach	מָנֹוחַ mānôaḥ	"Rest (place)" (?)	Ri 13.2 EU	Danite, father of Samson
Maoch	מָעֹוךְ mā'ôkh		1 Sam 27.2 EU	Achish's father, king of Gath
Maon	מָעֹון mā'ôn	Place name (?)	1 Chr 2.45 EU	Calebiter, son of Shammai, father of Bet -zur
Mara	מָרָא mārā '		Ruth 1.20 EU	Name Naomis after returning from Moab
Marescha	מָרֵשָׁה mārešāh		1 Chr 2.42 EU	second son of Caleb, father of Hebron
Maria	Μαρία		Mt 1.18 EU	Mary , mother of Jesus
			Mt 27.56 EU	Mary from Magdala
			Mt 27.56 EU	Mary, mother of James
			Lk 10.39 EU	Maria, Martha's sister
			Joh 19.25 EU	Mary, the wife of Clopas
			Rom 16.6 EU	Greetings in Romans
Markus	Μάρκος		Acts 12.12 EU	John Mark, cousin of Barnabas
Marsena	מַרְסְנָא marsənā '		Est 1.14 EU	Sage at the court of Artaxerxes
Marta	Μάρθα		Lk 10.38 EU	Sister of Maria
Masai	מַעְשַׂי ma'śaj	"Work (of God)"	1 Chr 9.12 EU	Son of Adiël, inhabitant of Jerusalem
Mach	מַשׁ maš		Gen 10.23 EU	Son of Aram , descendant of Noah
Mach	מַשׁ maš		Gen 25.14 EU	Son of Ishmael
Massa	מַשָּׂא maśśā '		Gen 25.14 EU	Son of Ishmael , grandson of Abraham
Matred	מַטְרֵד matred		Gen 36,39 LUT	Mother of Mehetabel, mother-in-law of King Hadar, daughter of Me-Sahab
Matri	מַטְרִי matrî	"Born on the rainy day"	1 Sam 10.21 EU	Ancestor of Saul , Benjaminite
Mattan	Ματθάν		Mt 1.15 EU	Ancestor of Jesus, son of Eleazar, father of Jacob
Mattat	Μαθθὰτ	"Gift"	Lk 3.24 EU	Ancestor of Jesus, son of Levi, father of Eli
Mattat	Μαθθὰτ	"Gift"	Lk 3.29 EU	Ancestor of Jesus, son of Levi, father of Jorim
Mattatias	Ματταθιας		1 Makk 2.1 EU	Priests of the family of Jojaribs
Mattatias	Ματταθιας		1 Makk 11.70 EU	Troop leader
Matthew	Μαθθαῖος		Mt 9.9 EU	Customs officer
Matthias	Μαθθίας		Acts 1.23 EU	Disciples of Jesus, substitutes for Judas
Mattitja	מַתִּתְיָה mattitjāh	"Gift of YHWH "	1 Chr 9.31 EU	Levit, son of the Korachite Schallum, commissioned to prepare the brook
			1 Chr 15.18 EU	Levite involved in bringing the ark to Jerusalem
			1 Chr 25.3 EU	Levite and singer, son of Jedutun
			Esr 10.43 EU	Priest, intermarried, descendant of Nebo
			Neh 8.4 EU	Levite in Ezra's time
			Lk 3.25 EU	Ancestor of Jesus, son of Amos, father of Joseph
			Lk 3.26 EU	Ancestor of Jesus, son of Shimi, father of Mahat
Me-sahab	מֵי זָהָב mê zāhāv		Gen 36.39 EU	Father Matred, grandfather Mehutabel, wife of King Hadar
Mebunnai	מְבֻנַּי məvunnaj	Text error	2 Sam 23.27 EU	Hushiter, hero of David , the name in 1 Chr 11.29 EU is Sibbechai
Medad	מֵידָד mêdād	"(God) is friend"	Num 11.26 EU	Elder, raptures in the camp
Medan	מְדָן mədān		Gen 25.2 EU	Son of Abraham and Ketura
Mefi Boscheth	מְרִיב בָּעַל mərîv bā'al	"Right is Baal"	2 Sam 21.8 EU	Son of Jonathan
Mehetabel	מְהֵיטַבְאֵל mehêtav'el	"God is beneficial"	Take 6.10 EU	Father Delajas
Mehetabel	מְהֵיטַבְאֵל mehêtav'el	"God is beneficial"	1 Chr 1.50 EU	Hadad's wife, King of Edom, daughter of Matred, granddaughter of Me-Sahab
Mehujaël	מְחוּיָאֵל məḥûjā'el		Gen 4.18 EU	Son of Irad, father of Metuschaël
Mehuman	מְהוּמָן məḥûmān		Est 1.10 EU	Court official of Artaxerxes
Melchi	Μελχὶ		Lk 3.24 EU	Ancestor of Jesus, son of Jannai, father of Levi
Melchi	Μελχὶ		Lk 3.28 EU	Ancestor of Jesus, son of Addis, father of Neris
Melchizedek	מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק malkî ṣædæq	"Malk is justice"	Gen 14,18 EU Heb 5,6 EU	King of Salem, priest
Melea	Μελεὰ		Lk 3.31 EU	Ancestor of Jesus, son of Menna, father of Eliakim
Melech	מֶלֶךְ mælækh	"(God) is King"	1 Chr 8.35 EU	Benjaminite son of Micah
Memuchan	מְמוּכָן məmûkhān		Est 1.14 EU	Prince
Menahem	מְנַחֵם mənaḥem	"Comforting is (God)"	2 Kings 15.14 EU	King of Israel, son of Gadi
Merab	מֵרַב merav	"Growth"	1 Sam 14.49 EU	Daughter of Saul
Meraja	מְרָיָה mərājāh		Neh 12.12 EU	Priest in the time of Jehoiakim and head of the family
Merajot	מְרָיֹות mərājôt	"Little defiant head" (?)	1 Chr 5,32 EU	Son of Zerahiah, father of Amariah
Merajot	מְרָיֹות mərājôt	"Little defiant head" (?)	1 Chr 9.11 EU	Son of Zadok, father of Ahitub
Merari	מְרָרִי mərārî	"(God) has blessed" (?)	Gen 46.11 EU	Son of Levi
Merari	Μεραρι	"(God) has blessed" (?)	Jdt 16.6 EU	Son of Uz, father of Judith
Mered	מֶרֶד mæræd		1 Chr 4.17 EU	Son of Ezra
Meremot	מְרֵמֹות məremôt		Esr 8.33 EU	priest
Meres	מֶרֶס mæræs		Est 1.14 EU	Sage at the court of Artaxerxes
Merib-Baal	מְפִיבֹשֶׁת məfîvošæt	"Right is Baal"	2 Sam 4,4 EU	Son of Jonathan
Merodach	מְרֹדָךְ mərodākh		Jer 50.2 EU	Babylonian deity
Merodach-Baladan	בְּרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן bəro'dakh bal'ǎdān		2 Kings 20.12 EU	Son of Baladan, King of Babylon
Mesha	מֵישַׁע mêša '		2 Kings 3.4 EU	King of Moab
Mesha	מֵישָׁע mêšā '	"(God) is salvation"	1 Chr 2.42 EU	Caleb's first-born son, Sif's father
Meshach	מֵישַׁךְ mêšakh		Dan 1.7 EU	Name for Mischaël
Meschech	מֶשֶׁךְ mæšækh		Gen 10.2 EU	Son of Jafet , grandson of Noah
Meschech	מֶשֶׁךְ mæšækh		1 Chr 1.17 EU	Son of Sems
Meshelemia	מְשֶׁלֶמְיָה məšælæmjāh	" YHWH is replacing "	1 Chr 9.21 EU	Father Zechariah
Meschillemot	מְשִׁלֵּמִית məšillemît	"Substituting is (God)"	1 Chr 9.12 EU	Son of Immers, father of Meschullam
			2 Chr 28.12 EU	Bechyas father
			Neh 11.13 EU	Son Immers, father Achsai
Meschullam	מְשֻׁלָּם məšullām	"Replaced"	2 Kings 22.3 EU	Azalja's father
			1 Chr 3.19 EU	Son of Zerubbabel
			1 Chr 5.13 EU	Gaditer
			1 Chr 8.17 EU	Benjaminite
			1 Chr 9.8 EU	Son of Shephatya
			1 Chr 9.11 EU	Son of Zadok, father of Hilkija
			1 Chr 9.12 EU	Son of Meschillemots, father of Jachseras
			2 Chr 34.12 EU	Levite, Kehatite
			Esr 8.16 EU	Envoy to Iddo
			Neh 3.4 EU	Son of bekyaz
			Neh 3.6 EU	Besodjas son
Meschullemet	מְשֻׁלֶּמֶת məšullæmæt	"Replaced"	2 Kings 21.19 EU	Mother of King Amon of Judah, daughter of Haruz from Jotba
Metuschaël	מְתוּשָׁאֵל mətûšā'el		Gen 4.18 EU	Son of Mehujaël, father of Lamech
Metuschelach	מְתוּשָׁלַח mətûšālaḥ	"Javelin thrower"	Gen 5.21 EU	Son of Enoch , father of Lamech
Mibhar	מִצֹּבָה miṣṣovāh		2 Sam 23.36 EU	Hero of Gath of David
Meek	מִבְשָׁם mivšām	"Perfume"	Gen 25.13 EU	Son of Ishmael , grandson of Abraham
Mibzar	מִבְצָר mivṣār		Gen 36.42 EU	Chief, descendant of Esau
Micha	מִיכָיְהוּ mîkhājəhû	"Who is like YHWH ?"	Ri 17.1 EU	Man from Mount Ephraim; Makers of idols
	מִיכָה mîkhāh	"Who is like God)?"	Wed 1.1 EU	prophet
	מִיכָא mîkhā '	"Who is like God)?"	2 Sam 9.12 EU	Son of Merib-Baal
Michael	מִיכָאֵל mîkhā'el	"Who is like God?"	Num 13.13 EU	Setur's father, from the Ascher tribe
			1 Chr 5.13 EU	Gaditer
			1 Chr 5.14 EU	Son of Yeshishai, father of Gilead
			1 Chr 6.25 EU	Son of Maasejas, father of Shimas
			1 Chr 7.3 EU	Son Usis
			1 Chr 8,16 EU	Benjaminite
			1 Chr 12.21 EU	Man from the Manasseh tribe
			1 Chr 27.18 EU	Father Omris of the tribe of Issachar
			2 Chr 21.2 EU	Son of Jehoshaphat
			Esr 8.8 EU	Sebadjas father, descendant of Shefatja
			Dan 10.13 EU Jud 9 EU	archangel Michael
Michaja	מִיכָיָהוּ mîkhājāhû	"Who is like YHWH ?"	2 Chr 13.2 EU	Uriël's daughter, Abija's mother
			2 Chr 17.7 EU	official
			Neh 12.35 EU	Sakkurs's son, Mattanya's father
			Neh 12.41 EU	priest
Michal	מִיכַל mîkhal	"Who is like God?" (?)	1 Sam 14.49 EU	Daughter of Saul
Michri	מִכְרִי mikhrî	"(God) has sold" (?)	1 Chr 9.8 EU	Father Usis
Midian	מִדְיָן midjān	"Dispute / court judgment"	Gen 25.2 EU	Son of Abraham and Ketura
Miclot	מִקְלֹות miqlôt		1 Chr 8.32 EU	Son of Jëiël, father of Shimas
Milka	מִלְכָּה milkāh	"(God) is King"	Gen 11.29 EU	Mrs. Nahor , daughter of Haran
Milka	מִלְכָּה milkāh	"(God) is King"	Num 26.33 EU	Daughter of Zelofhad
Miriam	מִרְיָם mirjām		Ex 15.20 EU	prophetess
Misa	מִזָּה mizzāh		Gen 36.13 EU	Reguël's son, Esau's grandson
Mishael	מִישָׁאֵל mîšā'el	"Who is that of God?" (?)	Ex 6.22 EU	Son of Usiël, grandson of Kohat
Misham	מִשְׁעָם miš'ām	"(God) is support" (?)	1 Chr 8.12 EU	Son of Elpaal
Mischma	מִשְׁמָע mišmā '	"Hearing" (?)	Gen 25.14 EU	Son of Ishmael , grandson of Abraham
Mischma	מִשְׁמָע mišmā '	"Hearing" (?)	1 Chr 4.25 EU	Son of Mibsam, father of Hammuel, of the tribe of Simeon
Mischmanna	מִשְׁמַנָּה mišmannāh	"Fatness, excellence"	1 Chr 12.11 EU	Followers of David
Mnason	Μνάσων		Acts 21:16 EU	Disciples from Cyprus where Paul was a guest
Moab	מֹואָב mô'āv		Gen 19.37 EU	Son of Lot's older daughter , ancestor of the Moabites
Moloch	מֹלֶךְ molækh		Lev 18.21 EU	Canaanite deity
Mordecai	מָרְדֳּכַי mårdåkhaj	" Marduk ..."	Est 2.5 EU Est 1.1 EU	Guardian Esther
Cunt	מֹשֶׁה mošæh		Ex 2.10 EU Mt 8.4 EU Sir 24.23 EU	prophet
Moza	מֹוצָא môṣā '	Place name	1 Chr 2.46 EU	Son of Caleb and the concubine Efa
Moza	מֹוצָא môṣā '	Place name	1 Chr 8.36 EU	Son of Simris, father of Bina
Muppim	מֻפִּים muppîm	Text error	Gen 46.21 EU	eighth eldest son of Benjamin
pussy	מוּשִׁי mûšî		Ex 6.19 EU	Son of Merari , grandson of Levi

Individual evidence

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[R-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay Hans Rechenmacher : Old Hebrew personal names , Münster 2012.