List of Biblical Persons / W

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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
Wajesata וַיְזָֽתָא wajəzāta ' Est 9.9  EU one of the ten sons of Haman
Vanya וַנְיָה wanjāh Esr 10.36  EU Priest, descendant of Bigwai, living in mixed marriage
Waschti וַשְׁתִּי Wasti "The desired / desired / desirability / beauty" Est 1.9  EU Wife of the Persian King Artaxerxes
Wofsi וָפְסִי wåfsî not clear Num 13.14  EU Vate Nachbis, from the Naftali tribe