List of biblical names starting with I
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This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with I in English transcription, both toponyms and personal names. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External links. For links to more specific lists (places, personal names, women, OT, NT, animals and plants, etc.), go to List of biblical names: See also.
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z
I
[edit]- Ibhar, he will choose;[1] chooser; God does choose[2]
- Ibleam
- Ibneiah God builds[1] Jehovah does build;[2]
- Ibnijah, whom Jehovah will build up;[3] God builds;[1] Jehovah is builder[4]
- Ibri Hebrew[1] passing over of a Hebrew;[4]
- Ibsam, fragrant[4]
- Ibzan, father of a target; father of coldness[1] splendid, active[4]
- Ichabod, inglorious[1] the glory is not; where is the glory; inglorious[4]
- Iconium
- Idalah
- Idbash, honey-sweet[1][4] corpulent;[4]
- Iddo God's friend[1] affectionate; festal; his power;[4]
- Idumea
- Igal, may God redeem[5] deliverer; he will vindicate;[6]
- Igeal
- Igdaliah, may God be glorified[5] great is Jehovah[6]
- Iim
- Ije-abarim
- Ijon, look
- Ikkesh, stubborn[5] perverse; subtle[6]
- Ilai, exalted[5]supreme[6]
- Illyricum
- Imlah, full[5] God does fill; fulfilling; plenitude[6]
- Imla, whom God will fill up[7] replenisher[8]
- Immanuel God is with is Hebrew c. 8th century[5]
- Immer, saying; speaking; a lamb[5] talkative; prominent[6]
- Imna, God does restrain; withdrawing[6]
- Imnah, may God defend[5] prosperity; he allots[6]
- Imrah, a rebel[5] stubborn; height of Jehovah[6]
- Imri, speaking; exalting; bitter; a lamb[5] projecting; eloquent[9]
- India
- Iphdeiah, may God redeem[5] Jehovah does deliver; redemption[9]
- Ir, watcher[9]
- Ira, watcher; watchful; city watch[9]
- Irad, wild ass; heap of empire; dragon[9] fleet[10]
- Iram watchful[9]
- Iri, Jehovah is watcher[9]
- Irijah, may God see[10] God does see; provide; fear of the Lord[9]
- Irpeel
- Ir-shemesh
- Iru, watch[9]
- Isaac, he laughed[10] laughing one[9]
- Isaiah, God's salvation[11] Jehovah is helper; salvation is of the Lord[12]
- Iscah, who looks[13]
- Iscariot, a man of murder; a hireling[14] man of kerioth[14]
- Ishbah, praising[13] He praises, appeaser[14]
- Ishbak, free, empty, exhausted[14]
- Ishbi-benob, man sitting in Nob[13] dweller on the mount, he that predicts[14]
- Ishbosheth, a man of shame[13][14]
- Ishi, saving[15] my help, saving[14]
- Ishiah, Jehovah exists, forgiveth[16]
- Ishma, distinction, elevated[16]
- Ishmael, God that hears[15] hears[16]
- Ishmaiah, may God hear[17] Jehovah hears[18]
- Ishmerai, God guards[17] God keeps[18]
- Ishod, famed[15] man of honor, man of splendor[18]
- Ishpan, firm, strong[18]
- Ishtob
- Ishuah, Isuah, equal, self-satisfied[19]
- Ishui, Jesui, equality[19]
- Ishvah, resembles[17]
- Ishvi, quiet[17]
- Ismaiah, Jehovah hears[19]
- Ispah
- Israel, he strives with God, ruling with God[19]
- Issachar, rewarded[20]
- Isshiah, there is God[20]
- Isshijah, there is God[20]
- Isui
- Ithai, God is with me[20]
- Italy
- Ithamar, island of the palm-tree[20] palm-coast, palm tree[21]
- Ithiel, God is with me[20] God is, God is with me[21]
- Ithmah, purity, bereavement[21]
- Ithra, excellent[21]
- Ithran
- Ithream, populous[22] remnant, abundance of the people[23]
- Ittah-kazin
- Ittai, with me[22] plowman, living[23]
- Iturea
- Ivah
- Iye Abarim
- Izehar
- Izhar, Izehar, oil[22] bright one, olive oil[23]
- Izrahiah, may God shine forth[22] Jehovah is appearing, does arise[23]
- Izri, creative, former[23]
- Izziah, Jeziah, Jehovah exalts[23]
References
[edit]- Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
- Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4
Inline references
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Comay, p. 144
- ^ a b Lockyer, p. 152
- ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lockyer, p. 153
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Comay, p. 145
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lockyer, p. 154
- ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ^ Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lockyer, p. 155
- ^ a b c Comay, p. 146
- ^ Comay, p. 148
- ^ Lockyer, p. 157
- ^ a b c d Comay, p. 152
- ^ a b c d e f g Lockyer, p. 158
- ^ a b c Comay, p. 153
- ^ a b c Lockyer, p. 159
- ^ a b c d Comay, p. 154
- ^ a b c d Lockyer, p. 160
- ^ a b c d Lockyer, p. 161
- ^ a b c d e f Comay, p. 155
- ^ a b c d Comay, p. 162
- ^ a b c d Comay, p. 156
- ^ a b c d e f Lockyer, p. 163