This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with J in English transcription, both toponyms and personal names. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External links. For links to more specific lists (places, personal names, women, OT, NT, animals and plants, etc.), go to List of biblical names: See also.
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z
J
- Jaala, ascending, a little doe or goat; wild goat;
- Jaalam, he will be hid, stream,
- Jabin, Jabneh, God discerns or intelligent; supplanted;
- Jadau, favorite or friend
- Jadon, he that rules or abids,
- Jahdiel, union of God or God makes glad; I am who am, hath sent me; I am who am with you, - traditional, but inaccurate vowelisation of YHWH
- Jehovah-jireh
- Jehovah-nissi
- Jehovah-shalom
- Jehovah-shammah
- Jehovah-tsidkenu
- Jehozabad
- Jehozadak
- Jehu
- Jehubbah
- Jehucal
- Jehud
- Jehudijah
- Jehush
- Jekabzeel
- Jekameam
- Jekamiah
- Jekuthiel
- Jemima
- Jemuel
- Jephthah
- Jephunneh
- Jerah
- Jerahmeel
- Jered
- Jeremai
- Jeremiah
- Jeremoth
- Jeriah
- Jericho
- Jeriel
- Jerijah
- Jerimoth
- Jerioth
- Jeroboam
- Jeroham
- Jerubbaal
- Jerubbesheth
- Jeruel
- Jerusalem
- Jerusha
- Jesaiah
- Jeshebeab
- Jesher
- Jeshimon in Judah
- Jeshishai
- Jeshohaia
- Jeshua
- Jeshurun
- Jesiah
- Jesimiel
- Jesse
- Jesui
- Jesus, being interpreted by Christians as the Christ, in Greek Iesous being pronounced Jesus saviour
- Jesus (name), from the Greek version of Jehoshua, transliterated from "Yehoshua," meaning "Jehovah is salvation."
- Jether
- Jetheth
- Jethlah
- Jethro
- Jetur
- Jeuel
- Jeush
- Jew
- Jezaniah
- Jezebel
- Jezer
- Jeziah
- Jezoar
- Jezrahiah
- Jezreel
- Jibsam
- Jidlaph
- Jimnah
- Jiphtah
- Jiphtah-el
- Joab
- Joachim
- Joah
- Joahaz
- Joanna
- Joash
- Joatham
- Job
- Jobab
- Jochebed
- Joed
- Joel
- Joelah
- Joezer
- Jogbehah
- Jogli
- Joha
- Johanan, Jehovah is or has been gracious
- John
- Joiarib
- Jokdeam
- Jokim
- Jokmeam
- Jokneam
- Jokshan
- Joktan
- Jonadab
- Jonah
- Jonan
- Jonathan, God has given
- Joppa
- Jorah
- Joram
- Jordan, Some translate it as "the descender," from the Semitic yrd, "to descend"
- Jorim
- Josabad
- Josaphat
- Jose
- Joseph, may God add
- Joses
- Joshah
- Joshaviah
- Joshbekashah
- Joshua
- Josiah, God supports and heals
- Josibiah
- Josiphiah
- Jotham
- Jozabad
- Jozachar
- Jubal
- Jucal
- Judah
- Judas
- Judaea
- Judith
- Jude
- Julia
- Julius
- Junia
- Jushab-hesed
- Juttah
References
- Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971,
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958