List of Biblical names starting with Z
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See Bible Study Tools Library letter Z orChristian Classics Ethereal Library letter Z or Smith's Bible Dictionary letter Z or Easton's Bible Dictionary letter Z 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.
- ZaanaimZaanaimZaanaim is a place in northwest of Lake Merom, near Kedesh, in Naphtali; currently sited in Hulah Valley, Israel. Here Sisera was slain by Jael, "the wife of Heber the Kenite," who had pitched his tent in the "plain [R.V., 'as far as the oak'] of Zaanaim" ....
, removings - Zaanannim, movings; a person asleep
- Zaavan, trembling terror,
- Zabad, dowry; endowed gift
- ZabbaiZabbaiZabbai is a name that means "wanderer" or "pure."It appears in the bible in Ezra 10:28, and in Nehemiah 3:20, where Zabbie is given as the father of Baruch, who "earnestly repaired" part of the wall of Jerusalem....
, flowing wanderer, pure pure - Zabbud, given, gift
- Zabdi, same as Zabad Gift of Jehovah, my gift
- Zabdiel, gift of God
- Zaccai, pure meat; just, pure
- ZacchaeusZacchaeusZacchaeus , according to chapter 19 of the gospel of Luke, was a superintendent of customs; a chief tax-gatherer at Jericho...
, pure; clean; just - Zaccur, of the male kind; mindful, mindful
- ZachariahZechariah (biblical)The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning "The Lord has remembered." It has been translated into English in many variant forms and spellings, including Zachariah, Zacharias and Zachary....
, memory of the Lord, remembered by Jehovah, remembered by the Lord - ZachariasZechariah (priest)In the Bible, Zechariah , is the father of John the Baptist, a priest of the sons of Aaron, a prophet in , and the husband of Elisabeth who is the cousin of Mary the mother of Jesus.In the Qur'an, Zechariah plays a similar role as the father of John the Baptist and ranks him as a prophet alongside...
, the Lord has remembered, Greek form of Zechariah, - Zacher, memento; recollection; commemoration
- ZadokZadokZadok was a high priest of the Israelites in Jerusalem after it was conquered by David.Zadok may also refer to:*Rabbi Zadok, tanna of the 1st-century CE*Zadok the Priest, an 18th-century coronation anthem by Handel...
, just; justified, just righteous - ZahamZahamIn the Bible, Zaham was the son of Rehoboam, king of Judah, and Abihail. He was a grandson of Solomon....
, crime; filthiness; impurity fatness - Zair, little; afflicted; in tribulation, little, small
- Zalaph, shadow; ringing; shaking wound
- Zalmon, his shade; his image shady,
- ZalmonahZalmonahZalmonah was one of the places the Israelites stopped during the Exodus . Its name may mean shady....
, the shade; the sound of the number; his image, shady, - Zalmunna, shadow; image; idol forbidden
- Zamzummims, projects of crimes; enormous crimes
- ZanoahZanoahZanoah is a moshav in central Israel, near Beit Shemesh. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 427.-History:...
, forgetfulness; desertion marsh - Zaphnath-paaneahZaphnath-PaaneahZaphnath-Paaneah is the name stated by the Bible as given by Pharaoh to Joseph. It seems to be an Egyptian name, but its etymology is in doubt.-Etymology:...
, one who discovers hidden things, revealer of a secret the man to whom secrets are revealed - ZarahZarahZarah originally then came to Los Angeles during her early years, is an American television personality, television producer, singer-songwriter, recording artist, actress and entrepreneur who has been popularized for inspiring youth...
, east; brightness - Zareathites, wasp (inhabitants)
- ZaredZaredZared is a name in the Torah denoting a brook. It is mentioned briefly in Deut. 2:13 and more extensively in Numbers 21:12-13, as the place where the Israelites camp on their final approach to Moab....
, strange descent - ZarephathSareptaSarepta was a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast between Sidon and Tyre. Most of the objects by which we characterise Phoenician culture are those that have been recovered scattered among Phoenician colonies and trading posts; such carefully excavated colonial sites are in Spain, Sicily,...
, ambush of the mouth - ZaretanZaretanZaretan is a city mentioned in the Bible, as the location where the Hebrews crossed the Jordan...
, tribulation; perplexity - Zareth-shaharZareth-shaharZareth-shahar - the splendor of the dawn, a city "in the mount of the valley". It is identified with the ruins of Zara, near the...
, splendor of the dawn - Zarhites, rising of light (descendants)
- Zartanah, pierce; puncture
- Zarthan, pierce; puncture
- Zatthu, olive tree
- Zattu, [uncertain derivation]; olive tree
- Zavan, disquiet
- Zaza, belonging to all
- Zebadiah, portion of the ; the is my portion
- ZebahZebahZebah and Zalmunna were the two kings who led the vast host of the Midianites who invaded the land of Israel, and overwhom Gideon gained a great and decisive victory...
, victim; sacrifice - Zebaim, gazelles
- ZebedeeZebedeeZebedee is a name which may refer to:-People:* Zebedee , father of James and John* Zebedee Armstrong , an American outsider artist...
, 'abundant; portion, my gift - ZebinaZebinaZebina is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.-Species:Species within the genus Zebina include:* Zebina browniana * Zebina laevigata Zebina is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family...
, flowing now; selling; buying - Zeboiim, gazelles
- Zeboim, deer; goats
- ZebudahZebudahZebudah, wife of Josiah. mother of Jehoiakim, according to the Bible...
, endowed; endowing - ZebulZebulZebul , ruler of Shechem under AbimelechHe informed his master of the intention of the people of Shechem to transfer their allegiance to the Hivite tribe of Hamor. This led to Abimelech's destroying the city, when he put its entire population to the sword, and sowed the ruins with salt.Another...
, a habitation - Zebulonite, habitation (descendant)
- ZebulunZebulunZebulun was, according to the Books of Genesis and Numbers, the sixth son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Zebulun...
, dwelling; habitation - Zebulunites, habitation (descendant)
- ZechariahZechariah (biblical)The male given name Zechariah is derived from the Hebrew זְכַרְיָה, meaning "The Lord has remembered." It has been translated into English in many variant forms and spellings, including Zachariah, Zacharias and Zachary....
, remembered by the - Zedad, his side; his hunting
- ZedekiahZedekiahZedekiah or Tzidkiyahu was the last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon. He was installed as king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon, after a siege of Jerusalem to succeed his nephew, Jeconiah, who was overthrown as king after a reign of only three months and...
, the is my justice; the justice of the - Zeeb, wolf
- Zelah, rib; side; halting
- Zelek, the shadow or noise of him that licks or laps
- ZelophehadZelophehadThe Daughters of Zelophehad were five sisters in the Hebrew Bible who lived during the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, and who raised before Moses the case of a woman's right and obligation to inherit property in the absence of a male heir in the family...
, the shade or tingling of fear - ZelotesZelotesZelotes is a genus of gnaphosid spiders with nearly 400 described species. The genus is distributed worldwide....
, zealous - Zelzah, noontide
- Zemaraim, wool; pith
- Zemarite, Canaanite
- ZemiraZemiraZemira is an opera seria in three acts by Francesco Bianchi. The libretto was by Gaetano Sertor.Zemira like other works by Bianchi, was innovative. As Marita P. McClymonds explains, "Unusual components in this work are the opening trio with storm music, the short duet for two men, the programmatic...
, song; vine; palm - Zenan, coldness; target; weapon
- Zenas, living
- ZephaniahZephaniahZephaniah or Tzfanya is the name of several people in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. He is also called Sophonias as in the New Catholic Encyclopaedia and in Easton's [Bible] Dictionary....
, the is my secret - Zephath, which beholds; that attends or that covers
- Zephathah, watch-tower, associated with modern Zeita|Wadi Zeita
- Zephi, observant
- Zepho, that sees and observes; that expects or covers
- Zephon, watch-tower
- Zephonites, watch-tower (descendants)
- Zer, perplexity
- ZerahZerahZerah or Zérach refers to five different people in the Hebrew Bible.-The Cushite:...
, same as Zarah - Zerahiah, the Lord rising; brightness of the
- Zered, be exuberant in growth; lined with shrubbery
- Zereda, ambush; change of dominion
- Zeredathah, pierce; puncture
- Zererath, pierce; puncture
- ZereshZereshZeresh was the wife of Haman the Agagite who is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Esther.Zeresh advised her husband to prepare a high gallows and to hang Mordechai on it...
, misery; strange; dispersed inheritance - Zereth, same as Zer
- ZeriZeriZeri is a comune in the province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located in the Lunigiana traditional region...
, crack; leak; distillation; balm - Zeror, root; that straightens or binds; that keeps tight
- Zeruah, leprous; wasp; hornet
- ZerubbabelZerubbabelZerubbabel was a governor of the Persian Province of Judah and the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate king of Judah. Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia . The date is generally thought to...
, a stranger at Babylon; dispersion of confusion - ZeruiahZeruiahZeruiah , daughter of King Nahash and stepdaughter of Jesse of the Tribe of Judah, was an older sister of King David. Zeruiah had three sons, Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, all of whom were soldiers in David's army.Very little is told of her...
, pain or tribulation of the - Zetham, olive grove
- Zethan, olive grove
- Zethar, he that examines or beholds
- Zia, sweat; swelling
- Ziba, army; fight; strength
- Zibeon, iniquity that dwells
- Zibia, gazelle
- ZibiahZibiahZibiah, or Sibia, was the consort of King Ahaziah of Judah, and the mother of King Jehoash of Judah. She was from Beersheba. Zibiah is also a Hebrew given name....
, the Lord dwells; deer; goat - Zichri, that remembers; that is a man
- ZiddimZiddimZiddim was an ancient city in Naphtali. It is described in the Book of Joshua 19:35 as one of five fortified cities, the other being Zer, Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth. The Talmud identifies Ziddim with Caphar Hittaia, the site of the Arab village of Hattin, located about west of Tiberias,...
, huntings; treasons; destructions - Zidkijah, justice of the Lord
- Zidon, hunting; fishing; venison
- Zidonians, catching fish; fishery (inhabitants)
- Zif, this or that; brightness; comeliness
- Ziha, brightness; whiteness; drought
- ZiklagZiklagZiklag is the Biblical name of a town that was located in the Negev region in the south of what was the Kingdom of Judah.-Identification:The exact location of Ziklag has not been identified with any certainty....
, measure pressed down - Zillah, shadow; the tingling of the ear
- ZilpahZilpahIn the Book of Genesis, Zilpah is Leah's handmaid who becomes a wife of Jacob and bears him two sons Gad and Asher....
, distillation from the mouth - Zilthai, my shadow; my talk
- Zimmah, thought; wickedness
- ZimranZimranZimran , also known as Zambran. was according to the Hebrew Bible the first son of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, and Keturah whom he wed after the death of Sarah...
, song; singer; vine - ZimriZimri (king)Zimri or Zambri was a king of Israel for seven days. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 876 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offers the date 885 BCE. His story is told in 1 Kings, Chapter 16....
, musical - ZinZin Desertthumb|250px|The Wilderness is in the southThe Wilderness of Zin/Desert of Zin is a geographic area mentioned by the Torah as containing Kadesh-Barnea within it; and it is therefore also referred to as the "Wilderness of Kadesh"...
, buckler; coldness - Zina, shining; going back
- ZionZionZion is a place name often used as a synonym for Jerusalem. The word is first found in Samuel II, 5:7 dating to c.630-540 BCE...
, monument; raised up; sepulcher - Zior, ship of him that watches
- ZiphZiph (Judean Mountains)Ziph was a city in the Judean Mountains , south-east of Hebron. Here David hid himself from Saul . The name of Zif is found about four miles south of Hebron, attached to a rounded hill of some 100 feet in height, which is called Tell Zif.-From archaeology:Scholars debate the interpretation of the...
, this mouth or mouthful; falsehood - Ziphah, flowing
- Ziphims, flowing (inhabitants)
- Ziphion, watch-tower
- Ziphites, flowing (inhabitants)
- Ziphron, falsehood of a song; rejoicing
- Zippor, bird; sparrow; crown; desert
- ZipporahZipporahZipporah or Tzipora is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Reuel/Jethro, the priest or prince of Midian...
, beauty; trumpet; mourning - Zithri, to hide; demolished
- ZizZizThe Ziz is a giant griffin-like bird in Jewish mythology, said to be large enough to be able to block out the sun with its wingspan. It is considered a giant animal/monster corresponding to archetypal creatures. Rabbis have said that the Ziz is comparable to the Persian Simurgh...
, flower; branch; a lock of hair - Ziza, same as Zina
- Zizah, prominence
- Zoan, motion
- ZoarZoaraZoara, the biblical Zoar, previously called Bela, was one of the five cities of the plain of Jordan in Genesis in the Tanakh or Old Testament, which escaped the "brimstone and fire" which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, for having sheltered Lot and his daughters...
, little; small - Zoba, station;
- ZobahZobahZobah or Aram-Zobah was the capital of an early Aramean state in southern Syria, at one time of considerable importance. In I Samuel xiv...
, an army; warring - Zobebah, canopier
- ZoharZoharThe Zohar is the foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah. It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah and scriptural interpretations as well as material on Mysticism, mythical cosmogony, and mystical psychology...
, white; bright; dryness - ZohelethZohelethZoheleth - the serpent-stone, a rocky plateau near the centre of thevillage of Siloam, and near the fountain of En-rogel, to whichthe women of the village resort for water . HereAdonijah feasted all the royal princes except Solomon...
, that creeps, slides, or draws - ZohethZohethAccording to the Bible, Zoheth was a son of Ishi. He is mentioned in the Book of Chronicles....
, separation; amazing - ZophahZophahZophah is one of the descendants of Issachar, one of the sons of the Patriarch Jacob, as found in First Chronicles 7:35-36, in the Hebrew Bible:...
, viol; honeycomb - Zophai, honey-comb
- ZopharZopharIn the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Book of Job, Zophar or Tzofar the Naamathite is one of the friends of Job who visits to comfort him during his illness. His comments can be found in chapters 11 and 20...
, rising early; crown - Zophim, place for a watchman
- ZorahZorahZorah or Tzorah, perhaps "place of wasps," was a biblical town in the low country of Judah.-Location:Zorah was situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the valley of Sorek, and was fortified by Rehoboam...
, leprosy; scab; hornet - Zorathites, wasp (inhabitants)
- Zoreah, wasp
- Zorites, wasp (inhabitants)
- Zorobabel, same as Zerubbabel
- Zuar, same as Zoar
- ZuphZuphZuph meaning honeycomb in Hebrew - is the Biblical name of:* A Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel ; called also Zophai and Ziph....
, that beholds, observes, watches; roof; covering - ZurZurZur occurs five times in the King James Bible.The first mention is Cozbi, the daughter of Zur. She was slain in Numbers 25:15. This is the pericope where Numbers 25:1 tells us that Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab:* And the name of the...
, stone; rock; that besieges - Zuriel, rock or strength of God
- Zurishaddai, the Almighty is my rock and strength
- Zuzims, the posts of a door; splendor; beauty