List of biblical names starting with G
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See Bible Study Tools Library letter G or Christian Classics Ethereal Library letter G or Smith's Bible Dictionary letter G or Easton's Bible Dictionary letter G for additional definitions and Biblical sources. Most of the men's and women's biblical names can be found in Herbert Lockyer's books with a biblical source where in the bible they can be found.[1] Many also have a short study on the name.[1] Most of the Biblical name definitions for places, cities, countries, angels, gods, mountains and Hebrew names can be found in Nancy M. Tischler's two volume encyclopedia All things in the Bible, an encyclopedia of the biblical world with a short study on each of them.[2]
- Gaal, contempt; abomination [3]
- Gaash, tempest; commotion[3]
- Gabbai, the back[3]
- Gabbatha, high; elevated[3]
- Gabriel, God is my strength[3]
- Gad, a band; a troop[3]
- Gadarenes, men of Gadara, i.e., a place surrounded or walled[3]
- Gaddi, my troop; a kid[3]
- Gaddiel, goat of God; the Lord my happiness[3]
- Gaius, lord; an earthly man[3]
- Galal, a roll, a wheel[3]
- Galatia, white; the color of milk[3]
- Galeed, the heap of witness[3]
- Galilee, cylinder; circuit; district; wheel[3]
- Gallim, who heap up; who cover[3]
- Gallio, who sucks, or lives on milk[3]
- Gamaliel, recompense of God; camel of God[3]
- Gammadims, dwarfs[3]
- Gamul, a recompense[3]
- Gareb, a scab[3]
- Garmites, men of Garmi, i.e., bones, or, my cause[3]
- Gatam, their lowing; their touch[3]
- Gath, a wine-press[3]
- Gath-rimmon, the high wine-press[3]
- Gaza, strong; a goat[3]
- Gazabar, a treasurer[3]
- Gazer, a dividing; a sentence[3]
- Gazez, a passing over[3]
- Gazzam, the fleece of them[3]
- Geba, a hill; cup[3]
- Gebal, bound; limit[3]
- Geber, manly, strong[3]
- Gebim, grasshoppers; height[3]
- Gedaliah, God is my greatness[3]
- Geder, Gederah, Gederoth, a wall[3]
- Gederothaim, hedges[3]
- Gehazi, valley of sight[3]
- Geliloth, rolling, wheel, heap[3]
- Gemalli, wares; a camel[3]
- Gemariah, accomplishment or perfection of the Lord[3]
- Gennesaret, garden of the prince[3]
- Genesis, beginning[3]
- Genubath, theft; robbery[3]
- Gera, pilgrimage, combat; dispute[3]
- Gerar, same as Gera[3]
- Gergesenes, those who come from pilgrimage or fight[3]
- Gerizim, cutters, hatchets[3]
- Gershom, a stranger here[3]
- Gershon, his banishment; the change of pilgrimage[3]
- Geshur, Geshuri, sight of the valley; a walled valley[3]
- Gether, the vale of trial or searching[3]
- Gethsemane, a very fat or plentiful vale[3]
- Geuel, God's redemption[3]
- Gezer, dividing, sentence[3]
- Giah, to guide; draw out; produce; a groan or sigh[3]
- Gibbar, strong, manly[3]
- Gibbethon, a back; a high house[3]
- Gibeah, a hill[3]
- Gibeon, hill; cup; thing lifted up[3]
- Giddel, great[3]
- Gideon, he that bruises or breaks; a destroyer[3]
- Gideoni, same as Gideon[3]
- Gihon, valley of grace[3]
- Gilalai, a wheel[3]
- Gilboa, revolution of inquiry[3]
- Gilead, the heap or mass of testimony[3]
- Gilgal, wheel; rolling; heap[3]
- Giloh, he that rejoices; he that overturns[3]
- Gimzo, that bulrush (the papyrus),[4][5] fertile in sycamores[6] a place fertile in sycamores[7]
- Ginath, Ginnetho,[8] protection[9]
- Girgashite, who arrives from pilgrimage[3]
- Gispa, coming hither[3]
- Gittah-hepher, digging; a wine-press[3]
- Gittaim, a wine-press[3]
- Gittites, men of Gath, i.e., of a wine-press[3]
- Goath, his touching; his roaring[3]
- Gob, cistern; grasshopper[3]
- Gog, roof; covering[3]
- Golan, passage; revolution[3]
- Golgotha, a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped[3]
- Goliath, passage; revolution; heap[3]
- Gomer, to finish; complete[3]
- Gomorrah, rebellious people[3]
- Goshen, approaching; drawing near[3]
- Gozan, fleece; pasture; who nourisheth the body[3]
- Gudgodah, happiness[3]
- Guni, a garden; a covering[3]
- Gur, the young of a beast; a whelp[3]
- Gur-baal, the governor's whelp[3]
References
- 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 0310281512
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0310280419
- Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 ISBN 0313330824
Inline references
- ^ a b Lockyer references
- ^ Tischler reference
- ^ 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 az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci See Bible Study Tools Library letter G and Christian Classics Ethereal Library letter G
- ^ Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
- ^ "bulrush" definition
- ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ^ Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ^ Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
- ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary