Common Old Testament Names
This list is not all-inclusive. Included are only the more common names.
| Aaron | First high priest of Jews; son of Amram; brother of Miriam and Moses; father of Abihu, Eleazer, Ithamar, and Nadab. |
| Abel | Son of Adam; slain by Cain. |
| Abigail | Wife of Nabal; later, wife of David. |
| Abihu | Son of Aaron. |
| Abimelech | King of Gerar. |
| Abner | Commander of army of Saul and Ishbosheth; slain by Joab. |
| Abraham (or Abram) | Patriarch; forefather of the Jews; son of Terah; husband of Sarah; father of Isaac and Ishmael. |
| Absalom | Son of David and Maacah; revolted against David; slain by Joab. |
| Achish | King of Gath; gave refuge to David. |
| Achsa (or Achsah) | Daughter of Caleb; wife of Othniel. |
| Adah | Wife of Lamech. |
| Adam | First man; husband of Eve; father of Cain, Abel, and Seth. |
| Adonijah | Son of David and Haggith. |
| Agag | King of Amalek; spared by Saul; slain by Samuel. |
| Ahasuerus | King of Persia; husband of Vashti and, later, Esther; sometimes identified with Xerxes the Great. |
| Ahijah | Prophet; foretold accession of Jeroboam. |
| Ahinoam | Wife of David. |
| Amasa | Commander of army of David; slain by Joab. |
| Amnon | Son of David and Ahinoam; ravished Tamar; slain by Absalom. |
| Amram | Husband of Jochebed; father of Aaron, Miriam and Moses. |
| Asenath | Wife of Joseph. |
| Asher | Son of Jacob and Zilpah. |
| Balaam | Prophet; rebuked by his donkey for cursing God. |
| Barak | Jewish captain; associated with Deborah. |
| Baruch | Secretary to Jeremiah. |
| Bathsheba | Wife of Uriah; later, wife of David. |
| Belshazzar | Crown prince of Babylon. |
| Benaiah | Warrior of David; proclaimed Solomon King. |
| Ben-Hadad | Name of several kings of Damascus. |
| Benjamin | Son of Jacob and Rachel. |
| Bezaleel | Chief architect of tabernacle. |
| Bilbah | Servant of Rachel; mistress of Jacob. |
| Bildad | Comforter of Job. |
| Boaz | Husband of Ruth; father of Obed. |
| Cain | Son of Adam and Eve; slayer of Abel; father of Enoch. |
| Cainan | Son of Enos. |
| Caleb | Spy sent out by Moses to visit Canaan; father of Achsa. |
| Canaan | Son of Ham. |
| Chilion | Son of Elimelech; husband of Orpah. |
| Cush | Son of Ham; father of Nimrod. |
| Dan | Son of Jacob and Bilhah. |
| Daniel | Prophet; saved from lions by God. |
| Deborah | Hebrew prophetess; helped Israelites conquer Canaanites. |
| Delilah | Mistress and betrayer of Samson. |
| Elam | Son of Shem. |
| Eleazar | Son of Aaron; succeeded him as high priest. |
| Eli | High priest and judge; teacher of Samuel; father of Hophni and Phinehas. |
| Eliakim | Chief minister of Hezekiah. |
| Eliezer | Servant of Abraham. |
| Elihu | Comforter of Job. |
| Elijah (or Elias) | Prophet; went to heaven in chariot of fire. |
| Elimelech | Husband of Naomi; father of Chilion and Mahlon. |
| Eliphaz | Comforter of Job. |
| Elisha (or Eliseus) | Prophet; successor of Elijah. |
| Elkanah | Husband of Hannah; father of Samuel. |
| Enoch | Son of Cain. |
| Enoch | Father of Methuselah. |
| Enos | Son of Seth; father of Cainan. |
| Ephraim | Son of Joseph. |
| Esau | Son of Isaac and Rebecca; sold his birthright to his brother Jacob. |
| Esther | Jewish wife of Ahasuerus; saved Jews from Haman's plotting. |
| Eve | First woman; created from rib of Adam. |
| Ezra (or Esdras) | Hebrew scribe and priest. |
| Gad | Son of Jacob and Zilpah. |
| Gehazi | Servant of Elisha. |
| Gideon | Israelite hero; defeated Midianites. |
| Goliath | Philistine giant; slain by David. |
| Hagar | Handmaid of Sarah; concubine of Abraham; mother of Ishmael. |
| Haggith | Mother of Adonijah. |
| Ham | Son of Noah; father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. |
| Haman | Chief minister of Ahasuerus; hanged on gallows prepared for Mordecai. |
| Hannah | Wife of Elkanah; mother of Samuel. |
| Hanun | King of Ammonites. |
| Haran | Brother of Abraham; father of Lot. |
| Hazael | King of Damascus. |
| Hephzi-Bah | Wife of Hezekiah; mother of Mannaseh. |
| Hiram | King of Tyre. |
| Holofernes | General of Nebuchadnezzar; slain by Judith. |
| Hophni | Son of Eli. |
| Isaac | Hebrew patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah; half brother of Ishmael; husband of Rebecca; father of Esau and Jacob. |
| Ishmael | Son of Abraham and Hagar; half brother of Isaac. |
| Issachar | Son of Jacob and Leah. |
| Ithamar | Son of Aaron. |
| Jabal | Son of Lamech and Adah. |
| Jabin | King of Hazor. |
| Jacob | Hebrew patriarch; founder of Israel; son of Isaac and Rebecca; husband of Leah and Rachel; father of Asher, Benjamin, Dan, Gad, Issachar, Joseph, Judah, Levi, Naphtali, Reuben, Simeon, and Zebulun. |
| Jael | Slayer of Sisera. |
| Japheth | Son of Noah. |
| Jehoiada | High priest; husband of Jehoshabeath; revolted against Athaliah and made Joash King of Judah. |
| Jehoshabeath (or Jehosheba) | Daughter of Jehoram of Judah; wife of Jehoiada. |
| Jephthah | Judge in Israel; sacrificed his only daughter because of vow. |
| Jesse | Son of Obed; father of David. |
| Jethro | Midianite priest; father of Zipporah. |
| Jezebel | Phoenician princess; wife of Ahab; mother of Ahaziah, Athaliah, and Jehoram. |
| Joab | Commander in chief under David; slayer of Abner, Absalom, and Amasa. |
| Job | Patriarch; underwent many afflictions; comforted by Bildad, Elihu, Eliphaz and Zophar. |
| Jochebed | Wife of Amram. |
| Jonah | Prophet; cast into sea and swallowed by great fish. |
| Jonathan | Son of Saul; friend of David. |
| Joseph | Son of Jacob and Rachel; sold into slavery by his brothers; husband of Asenath; father of Ephraim and Manassah. |
| Joshua | Successor of Moses; son of Nun. |
| Jubal | Son of Lamech and Adah. |
| Judah | Son of Jacob and Leah. |
| Judith | Slayer of Holofernes. |
| Kish | Father of Saul. |
| Laban | Father of Leah and Rachel. |
| Lamech | Son of Methuselah; father of Noah. |
| Lamech | Husband of Adah and Zillah; father of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-Cain. |
| Leah | Daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob. |
| Levi | Son of Jacob and Leah. |
| Lot | Son of Haran; escaped destruction of Sodom. |
| Maacah | Mother of Absalom and Tamar. |
| Mahlon | Son of Elimelech; first husband of Ruth. |
| Manasseh | Son of Joseph. |
| Melchizedek | King of Salem. |
| Methuselah | Patriarch; son of Enoch; father of Lamech. |
| Michal | Daughter of Saul; wife of David. |
| Miriam | Prophetess; daughter of Amram; sister of Aaron and Moses. |
| Mizraim | Son of Ham. |
| Mordecai | Uncle of Esther; with her aid, saved Jews from Haman's plotting. |
| Moses | Prophet and lawgiver; son of Amram; brother of Aaron and Miriam; husband of Zipporah. |
| Naaman | Syrian captain; cured of leprosy by Elisha. |
| Nabal | Husband of Abigail. |
| Naboth | Owner of vineyard; stoned to death because he would not sell it to Ahab. |
| Nadab | Son of Aaron. |
| Nahor | Father of Terah. |
| Naomi | Wife of Elimelech; mother-in-law of Ruth. |
| Naphtali | Son of Jacob and Bilhah. |
| Nathan | Prophet; reproved David for causing Uriah's death. |
| Nebuchadnezzar (or Nebuchadrezzar) | King of Babylon; destroyer of Jerusalem. |
| Nehemiah | Jewish leader; empowered by Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem. |
| Nimrod | Mighty hunter; son of Cush. |
| Noah | Patriarch; son of Lamech; escaped Deluge by building Ark; father of Ham, Japheth and Shem. |
| Nun (or Non) | Father of Joshua. |
| Obed | Son of Boaz; father of Jesse. |
| Og | King of Bashan. |
| Orpah | Wife of Chilion. |
| Othniel | Kenezite; judge of Israel; husband of Achsa. |
| Phinehas | Son of Eleazer. |
| Phinehas | Son of Eli. |
| Phut (or Put) | Son of Ham. |
| Potiphar | Egyptian official; bought Joseph. |
| Rachel | Wife of Jacob. |
| Rebecca (or Rebekah) | Wife of Isaac. |
| Reuben | Son of Jacob and Leah. |
| Ruth | Wife of Mahlon, later of Boaz; daughter-in-law of Naomi. |
| Samson | Judge of Israel; famed for strength; betrayed by Delilah. |
| Samuel | Hebrew judge and prophet; son of Elkanah. |
| Sarah (or Sara, Sarai) | Wife of Abraham. |
| Sennacherib | King of Assyria. |
| Seth | Son of Adam; father of Enos. |
| Shem | Son of Noah; father of Elam. |
| Simeon | Son of Jacob and Leah. |
| Sisera | Canaanite captain; slain by Jael. |
| Tamar | Daughter of David and Maachah; ravished by Amnon. |
| Terah | Son of Nahor; father of Abraham. |
| Tubal-Cain | Son of Lamech and Zillah. |
| Uriah | Husband of Bathsheba; sent to death in battle by David. |
| Vashti | Wife of Ahasuerus; set aside by him. |
| Zadok | High priest during David's reign. |
| Zebulun (or Zabulon) | Son of Jacob and Leah. |
| Zillah | Wife of Lamech. |
| Zilpah | Servant of Leah; mistress of Jacob. |
| Zipporah | Daughter of Jethro; wife of Moses. |
| Zophar | Comforter of Job. |
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