List of biblical names starting with Y
This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with Y in English transcription. 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.
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z
Y
- Yahweh
- Yakob, Yacob - Jacob
- Yasaf - Joseph[1]
- Yehezkel - Ezekiel
- Yehoyada - Jehoida
- Yehu[1]
- Yeshua - Jesus, a Hebrew Bible form of Joshua[1]
- Yoab - Joab[1]
- Yonah - Jonah[1]
- Yuval - Jubal
- Joshua-Yehoshua(Yahweh is Salvation)
- Jair-Yair
References
- ^ a b c d e Ilan, Tal (2002). "The Name". Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity (PDF). Vol. I: Palestine 330 BCE - 200 CE. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. pp. 1–484. ISBN 978-3-16-158793-1.
- 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 0-310-28151-2
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
- Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn.: 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4
