List of Biblical names starting with K
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See Bible Study Tools Library letter K orChristian Classics Ethereal Library letter K or Smith's Bible Dictionary letter K or Easton's Bible Dictionary letter K 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.
- KabzeelKabzeelKabzeel, literally "gathering of God", was a city in the extreme south of Judah, near Idumaea . Kabzeel was the birthplace of Benaiah, one of David's chief warriors . It was called also Jekabzeel ....
, The congregation of God - KadeshKadeshThis article is about Kadesh in the lands of the Amurru, bordering on Damascus Syria up to Hammath; see also Kadesh or Kedesh Kadesh was an ancient city of the Levant, located on or near the headwaters or ford of the Orontes River...
, Kadesh-Barnea, holiness, Kadesh-Barnea means holiness of an inconstant son - KadmielKadmielKadmiel: before God; i.e., his servant, one of the Levites who returned with Zerubbabel from the Babylonian captivity ....
, God of antiquity, God of rising - KadmonitesKadmonitesKadmonites: The name of a people inhabiting the land promised to Abraham in . Jewish tradition regards the term as being identical to Bnei Kedem a designation of the relatives of the Hebrews who lived east of them....
, Ancients; chiefs - Kallai, Light, resting by fire; my voice
- KamonKamon, IsraelKamon is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee on the two eastern peaks of Mount Kammon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 580....
, Name of Place in Book of Judges 10:06 - KanahKanahKanah: reedy; brook of reeds.A stream forming the boundary between Ephraim and Manasseh, from the Mediterranean eastward to Tappuah . It has been identified with the sedgy streams that constitute the Wady Talaik, which enters the sea between Joppa and Caesarea Maritima. Others identify it with the...
, Of reeds - KareahKareahKareah ; the father of Johanan and Jonathan, who for a time were loyal to Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor of Jerusalem ....
, Bald; ice - KarkaaKarkaaKarkaa was a city or place mentioned in the Bible near Adar and Azmon, about midway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea. The place is mentioned only once as one of the landmarks on the south boundary of the tribe of Judah and its present location is unknown.....
, Floor; dissolving coldness - KarkorKarkorKarkor - foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan , not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Zebah and Zalmunna, whom he took captive....
, They rested - Karnaim, Horns
- KartahKartahKartah - city, a town in the tribe of Zebulun assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari . It is identical with Kattath , and perhaps also with Kitron ....
, Calling, Meeting - Kedar, Blackness, Sorrow
- Kedemah, Oriental, Ancient, First
- KedemothKedemothKedemoth - beginnings; easternmost, a city of Reuben, assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari . It lay not far north-east of Dibon-gad, east of the Dead Sea....
, Antiquity, Old age - Kehelahath, A whole, Congregation
- Keiiah, She that divides, She that cuts
- Kelaiah, Voice of the Lord, Gathering together
- Kelitah, Same as Kelaiah
- KemuelKemuelThree Kemuels are mentioned in the Bible.* One is mentioned in Genesis 22:21 as the nephew of Abraham, son of Nahor, brother of Bethuel .* The second Kemuel was ruler of the tribe of Ephraim in Numbers 34:24....
, God hath raised up, God has established him - Kenah, Buying, Possession
- KenanCainanCainan can refer to either:*A variant of the name Kenan in the generations of Adam, the lists of antediluvian patriarchs given in the Torah;*Cainan, the son of the Arpachshad mentioned in most manuscripts of the Gospel of Luke 3:36...
, Buyer; Owner - KenazKenazKenaz or Knaz - hunter - is the name of several persons in the Hebrew Bible. קְנָז "Hunter", Standard Hebrew Knaz, Tiberian Hebrew Qənaz / Qənāz...
, This purchase, This lamentation - Kenites, Possession, Purchase, Lamentation
- Kenizzites, Possession, Purchase
- Keren-happuch, The horn, Child of beauty
- KeriothKeriothKerioth - cities. #A town in the south of Judea . Judas Iscariot was probably a native of this place, and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. ....
, The cities; Callings - KerosKerosKeros is an uninhabited Greek island in the Cyclades about southeast of Naxos. Administratively it is part of the community of Koufonisi. It has an area of and its highest point is...
, Crooked, Crookedness - KeturahKeturahAccording to the Hebrew Bible, Keturah or Ketura was the woman whom Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, married after the death of his wife, Sarah. Keturah bore Abraham six sons, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah....
, Incense, That makes the incense to fume - KeziaKeziahKeziah or Kezziah is a Hebrew name used in the Old Testament. A number of etymologies have been suggested, among them the Hebrew for Cassia, from the name for the spice tree....
, Superficies, Angle, Cassia - KezizKezizKeziz - abrupt; cut off, a city of the tribe of Benjamin ....
, End, Extremity - Kibroth-hattaavah, The graves of lust
- KibzaimKibzaimKibzaim - two heaps, a city of Ephraim, assigned to the Kohathite Levites, and appointed as a City of Refuge . It is also called Jokmeam ....
, Congregation - KidronKidron ValleyThe Kidron Valley is the valley on the eastern side of The Old City of Jerusalem which features significantly in the Bible...
, Obscure, Making black, Making sad - KinahKinahKinah or qinah is Hebrew for dirge or lamentation. Its general meaning is a dirge or lament, especially as sung by Jewish professional mourning women. Specifically, it refers to a Hebrew elegy chanted traditionally on the Ninth of Ab.Kinah was also a city in the extreme south of Judah...
, Same as Kenah - KirKir of MoabKir of Moab . The two strongholds of Moab were Ar and Kir, which latter is probably the Kir-haraseth following.Kir - a wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus . Isaiah mentions it along with Elam...
, City, Wall, Meeting - Kir-haraseth, Kirharesh; City of the sun, Wall of burnt brick
- Kirioth, Same as Kerioth
- Kirjath, City; vocation; meeting
- KirjathaimKirjathaimKirjathaim - two cities; a double city.#A city of refuge in Naphtali .#A town on the east of Jordan . It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben . In the time of it was one of the four cities which formed the "glory of Moab" . It has been identified with el-Kureiyat, 11 miles south-west of Medeba, on...
, The two cities; callings; or meetings - Kirjath-arba, City of four; Fourth city
- Kirjath-arim, City of those who watch
- Kirjath-baal, City of Baal, City of a ruler
- Kirjath-huzothKirjath-huzothKirjath-huzoth - city of streets, , a Moabite city, which some identify with Kirjathaim. Balak here received and entertained Balaam, whom he had invited from Pethor, among the "mountains of the east," beyond the Euphrates, to lay his ban upon the Israelites, whose progress he had no hope otherwise...
, City of streets, Populous city - Kirjath-jearim, City of woods
- Kirjath-sannah, City of enmity, City of a blackberry bush
- Kirjath-sepher, City of letters, City of the book
- KishKish (Bible)Kish was the father of the first king of the Israelites, Saul. -Life:Kish was a Benjamite of the family of the Matrites , and there is some question over whether he is the brother or son of Ner . The question may be resolved by reading both Ner and Kish as sons of Abiel.-Residence:It appears that...
, Hard, Difficult, Straw; for age - KishiKishi (Bible)Kishi is a figure in the Old Testament. 1 Chronicles 6:44 states Kishi is a Merarite, and the father of the ancestor of Ethan the minstrel....
, Hardness, His gravity, His offense - Kishion, Hardness; soreness
- KishonKishon RiverThe Kishon River is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at the city of Haifa.- Course :The Kishon River is a 70-km-long perennial stream in Israel...
, Hard; sore - KithlishKithlishKithlish is a man's wall and town in the plain of Judah . It has been identified with Jelameh....
, It is a wall; the company of a lioness - KitronKitronKitron is a lemon liqueur produced on the Greek island of Naxos. It is made from the fruit and leaves of the citron tree, which is similar to the lemon tree but stronger and slightly different in taste....
, Making sweet; binding together - KittimKittimKittim in the genealogy of Genesis 10 in the Hebrew Bible, is the son of Javan, the grandson of Japheth, and Noah's great-grandson....
, Breaking; bruising small; gold; coloring - KoaKoaAcacia koa is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is the second most common tree. The highest populations are on Hawaii, Maui and Oahu...
, Hope, Congregation, a line; a rule - KohathKohathAccording to the Torah, Kohath was one of the sons of Levi, and the patriarchal founder of the Kohathites, one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times; in some apocryphal texts such as the Testament of Levi, and the Book of Jubilees, Levi's wife, Kohath's mother, is named as...
, Congregation, wrinkle; bluntness - Kolaiah, Voice of Jehovah
- KorahKorahKorah or Kórach Some older English translations, as well as the Douay Bible), spell the name Core, and many Eastern European translations have Korak...
, Baldness, ice, frost - Kushaiah, Same as Kishi