List of Biblical names starting with G
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See Bible Study Tools Library letter G orChristian 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. Many also have a short study on the name. 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.
- Gaal, contempt; abomination
- GaashMount GaashMount Gaash was the name of a hill in ancient Israel, in the mountainous region of Ephraim. It is mentioned as a place of torrent valleys, which may refer to ravines in the vicinity....
, tempest; commotion - GabbaiGabbaiA Gabbai is a person who assists in the running of a synagogue and ensures that the needs are met, for example the Jewish prayer services run smoothly, or an assistant to a rabbi...
, the back - GabbathaGabbathaGabbatha is the Aramaic name of a place in Jerusalem, that is also referred to by the Greek name of Lithostrōtos...
, high; elevated - GabrielGabrielIn Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an Archangel who typically serves as a messenger to humans from God.He first appears in the Book of Daniel, delivering explanations of Daniel's visions. In the Gospel of Luke Gabriel foretells the births of both John the Baptist and of Jesus...
, God is my strength - Gad, a band; a troop
- Gadarenes, men of Gadara, i.e., a place surrounded or walled
- Gaddi, my troop; a kid
- Gaddiel, goat of God; the Lord my happiness
- Gaius, lord; an earthly man
- Galal, a roll, a wheel
- GalatiaGalatiaAncient Galatia was an area in the highlands of central Anatolia in modern Turkey. Galatia was named for the immigrant Gauls from Thrace , who settled here and became its ruling caste in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC. It has been called the "Gallia" of...
, white; the color of milk - Galeed, the heap of witness
- GalileeGalileeGalilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the...
, cylinder; circuit; district; wheel - Gallim, who heap up; who cover
- Gallio, who sucks, or lives on milk
- GamalielGamalielGamaliel the Elder , or Rabban Gamaliel I , was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the mid 1st century CE. He was the grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder, and died twenty years before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem...
, recompense of God; camel of God - Gammadims, dwarfs
- Gamul, a recompense
- GarebGarebGibeat Gareb or the Leper's Hill is a hill near Jerusalem , probably the hill of lepers, and consequently a place outside the boundary of the city....
, a scab - Garmites, men of Garmi, i.e., bones, or, my cause
- Gatam, their lowing; their touch
- Gath, a wine-press
- Gath-rimmon, the high wine-press
- GazaGazaGaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,...
, strong; a goat - Gazabar, a treasurer
- GazerGazerGazer is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by writer Peter Milligan and artist Salvador Larroca, he first appeared in X-Men vol...
, a dividing; a sentence - Gazez, a passing over
- Gazzam, the fleece of them
- GebaGebaGeba - the hill, , a Levitical city of Benjamin on the north border of Judah adjacent to Ramah in Benjamin north of Gibeah. It has been identified with Jeb'a, about 5½ miles north of Jerusalem...
, a hill; cup - Gebal, bound; limit
- GeberGeberAbu Musa Jābir ibn Hayyān, often known simply as Geber, was a prominent polymath: a chemist and alchemist, astronomer and astrologer, engineer, geologist, philosopher, physicist, and pharmacist and physician. Born and educated in Tus, he later traveled to Kufa...
, manly, strong - Gebim, grasshoppers; height
- GedaliahGedaliahAccording to the Hebrew Bible, Gedaliah was appointed by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon as governor of Yehud province, which was formed after the defeat of the Kingdom of Judah and the destruction of Jerusalem, in a part of the territory that previously formed the kingdom. He was supported by a...
, God is my greatness - Geder, Gederah, Gederoth, a wall
- Gederothaim, hedges
- GehaziGehaziGehazi, Geichazi, or Giezi is a figure found in the Tanakh Books of Kings. He was Elisha's servant. He appears in connection with the history of the Shunammite and of Naaman the Syrian...
, valley of sight - Geliloth, rolling, wheel, heap
- Gemalli, wares; a camel
- Gemariah, accomplishment or perfection of the Lord
- GennesaretGennesaretGennesaret was a town alloted to the tribe of Naphtali, called "Kinnereth" , sometimes in the plural form "Kinneroth" . In later times the name was gradually changed to Genezareth, Genezar and Gennesaret...
, garden of the prince - Genesis, beginning
- Genubath, theft; robbery
- GeraGeraGera, the third-largest city in the German state of Thuringia , lies in east Thuringia on the river Weiße Elster, approximately 60 kilometres to the south of the city of Leipzig and 80 kilometres to the east of Erfurt...
, pilgrimage, combat; dispute - GerarGerarGerar - meaning "lodging-place" - was a Philistine town and district in what is today south central Israel. Archaeological evidence points to the town having come into existence with the arrival of the Philistines at around 1200 BC and having been little more than a village until 800-700...
, same as Gera - Gergesenes, those who come from pilgrimage or fight
- Gerizim, cutters, hatchets
- GershomGershomAccording to the Bible, Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. The name appears to mean a sojourner there , which the text argues was a reference to Moses' flight from Egypt; biblical scholars regard the name as being essentially the same as Gershon, and it is Gershom rather than...
, a stranger here - GershonGershonAccording to the Torah, Gershon was the eldest of the sons of Levi, and the patriarchal founder of the Gershonites, one of the four main divisions among the Levites in biblical times. The Gershonites were charged with the care of the outer tabernacle including components such as the tent and its...
, his banishment; the change of pilgrimage - GeshurGeshurGeshur was a territory in the northern part of Bashan, in ancient Levant, adjoining the province of Argob and the kingdom of Aram or Syria. It was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh, which settled east of the Jordan river; but its inhabitants, the Geshurites, could not be expelled...
, Geshuri, sight of the valley; a walled valley - GetherGetherAccording to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible Gether was the third son of Aram, son of Shem.In Arabic traditions, he became the father of Thamud, whose brother the Qur'an calls Salih....
, the vale of trial or searching - GethsemaneGethsemaneGethsemane is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem most famous as the place where, according to Biblical texts, Jesus and his disciples are said to have prayed the night before Jesus' crucifixion.- Etymology :...
, a very fat or plentiful vale - Geuel, God's redemption
- GezerGezerGezer was a Canaanite city-state and biblical town in ancient Israel. Tel Gezer , an archaeological site midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is now an Israeli national park....
, dividing, sentence - Giah, to guide; draw out; produce; a groan or sigh
- Gibbar, strong, manly
- Gibbethon, a back; a high house
- GibeahGibeahGibeah is a biblical site identified by archaeologists as a hill in Jerusalem, on the outskirts of the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood, known as Tell el-Ful.-Etymology:...
, a hill - Gibeon, hill; cup; thing lifted up
- Giddel, great
- Gideon, he that bruises or breaks; a destroyer
- Gideoni, same as Gideon
- GihonGihonGihon is the name of the second river mentioned in the second chapter of the biblical Book of Genesis. The Gihon is mentioned as one of four rivers issuing out of the Garden of Eden that branched from a single river within the garden. The name may be interpreted as "Bursting Forth, Gushing"...
, valley of grace - Gilalai, a wheel
- GilboaGilboa (ridge)Mount Gilboa is a ridge above the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel. The formation extends from southeast to northwest, bordering the highlands of the West Bank and the Beit She'an valley. The Green Line between Israel and the West Bank runs south and west of the ridge...
, revolution of inquiry - GileadGileadIn the Bible "Gilead" means hill of testimony or mound of witness, , a mountainous region east of the Jordan River, situated in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It is also referred to by the Aramaic name Yegar-Sahadutha, which carries the same meaning as the Hebrew . From its mountainous character...
, the heap or mass of testimony - GilgalGilgalGilgal is a place name mentioned by the Hebrew Bible. It is a matter of debate how many of the places named Gilgal are identical.-The Gilgal associated peacefully with Joshua:...
, wheel; rolling; heap - GilohGilohGiloh was a city in Judah. Ahitophel, one of King David's chief advisors was from Giloh . Ahitophel was the grand-father of Bathsheba, "a daughter of "Eliam", one of David's "thirty" ....
, he that rejoices; he that overturns - GimzoGimzoGimzo is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located between Lod and Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council...
, that bulrush (the papyrusPapyrusPapyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....
), fertile in sycamores a place fertile in sycamores - Ginath, Ginnetho, protection
- Girgashite, who arrives from pilgrimage
- Gispa, coming hither
- Gittah-hepher, digging; a wine-press
- Gittaim, a wine-press
- Gittites, men of Gath, i.e., of a wine-press
- GoathGoathGibeat Goath or the Hill of Death is a hill near Jerusalem, mentioned in Jeremiah 31:39. Jeremiah predicts that the city should in future times extend beyond the north wall and inclose Gibeat Gareb and Gibeat Goath...
, his touching; his roaring - GobGobGob may refer to:* Gob, an Irish and British slang term meaning mouth* Whoopie pie, a type of dessert food* Gob , a punk band from Vancouver, BC, Canada* Gob , 1994* Gob , 2011...
, cistern; grasshopper - GogGog and MagogGog and Magog are names that appear primarily in various Jewish, Christian and Muslim scriptures, as well as numerous subsequent references in other works. Their context can be either genealogical or eschatological and apocalyptic, as in Ezekiel and Revelation...
, roof; covering - GolanGolanGolan was a biblical city in Land of Israel. It was in the territory of Manasseh in the Bashan.Golan was the most northerly of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River . Manasseh gave this city to the Gershonite Levites .According to the Bible, the Israelites conquered Golan from the...
, passage; revolution - Golgotha, a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped
- Goliath, passage; revolution; heap
- GomerGomerGomer was the son of Japheth in the Hebrew Bible.Gomer may also refer to:*Gomer *GOMER , in medical slang, an undesirable patient*Gomer Press, a printing and publishing company in Wales...
, to finish; complete - GomorrahSodom and GomorrahSodom and Gomorrah were cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis and later expounded upon throughout the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and Deuterocanonical sources....
, rebellious people - GoshenLand of GoshenThe Land of Goshen is named in the bible as the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph, and the land from which they later left Egypt at the time of the Exodus...
, approaching; drawing near - GozanTell HalafTell Halaf is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, near the Turkish border, just opposite Ceylanpınar. It was the first find of a Neolithic culture, subsequently dubbed the Halaf culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs...
, fleece; pasture; who nourisheth the body - Gudgodah, happiness
- Guni, a garden; a covering
- GurGur-People:*Mordechai Gur , Israeli politician and the 10th Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces-Places:*A village in Tibet, see Gur, Tibet*Gur place name in ancient Israel near Megiddo*Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands-Other:...
, the young of a beast; a whelp - Gur-baal, the governor's whelp