Bible Names, Places, Numbers, Symbols, and Types

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If a name or place has more than one meaning attached to it, or has more than one individual or place attached to it, each variant will be list as follows (2) (3), etc.

A	B	C	D	E	F	G
H	I	J	K	L	M	N
O	P	Q	R	S	T	U
V	X	Y	Z

A
Abel I	From Hevel-Vapor, Vanity, Breath; Shows the brevity of the human life (PS 39:5); 2nd son of Adam and Eve, murdered by his brother, Cain; Type of Spiritual Israel, the Wheat Class
Abel II	Applies to place names; Stream; A Hebrew letter is different in the spelling between Abel I and Abel II;Usually part of a compound name; The town called Abel occurs first in 1 Samuel 6:18, although most scholars agree that this is probably a text error and should read ('eben), meaning stone. Then there is a town named Abel in 2 Samuel 20:14 and 20:18, but in 20:15 the text speaks of Abel-beth-maacah. So either Abel and Abel-beth-maacah are adjacent and similarly named towns (like, say, Beverly and Beverly Farms in Massachusetts) or they are the same town known by a long, complete and a short, truncated name.
Abimael	God Is Father, A Father Is El, My Father From God; Son of Joktan, Grandson of Eber; Father of the Arabic tribe of Mal.i
Abraham	Exalted Father of Many Nations; Father of Many; Father of Many Nations; Many; Mulitude; Their Protection, Their Shield; Jehovah told Abraham that he would be the father of many nations, in Hebrew 'ab hamongoyim (Genesis 17:4-5). Hamon means not just a large number, but the rain-like noise that happens when you see a unified seething throng, nations. Father of the Hebrews; (See Abram) Type of God as the Father of mankind
Abram	Great or Exalted Father, Their Shield, Their Protection; Type of God as the father of Jewish Nation; Born in Ur in Babylonia;First to be called Hebrew; son of Terach; Abram, was a city-dweller, but obeyed God and adopted a nomadic lifestyle, traveling through the land of Canaan (Israel) for many years. G-d promised this land to Abram's descendants. Abram is referred to as a Hebrew, perhaps because he is descended from Eber or because he came from the "other side" (Eber) of the Euphrates River. He had no children and was old as was his wife, Sarai. She offered her maidservant, Hagar, as a wife to Abram, a common practice in the region. According to Jewish tradition, Hagar was a daughter of Pharaoh, given to Abram during his travels in Egypt. She bore Abram a son, Ishmael, the ancestor of the Arabs. (Gen 16) When Abram was 100 and Sarai 90, Jehovah changed Abram's name to Abraham (father of many), and Sarai's to Sarah (from "my princess" to "princess"). Sarah bore Abraham a son, Isaac, laughter. (Gen 17-18). Isaacwas the ancestor of the Jewish people. (According to Jewish Tradition: "Abram tried to convince his father, Terach, of the folly of idol worship. One day, when Abram was left alone to mind the store, he took a hammer and smashed all of the idols except the largest one. He placed the hammer in the hand of the largest idol. When his father returned and asked what happened, Abram said, "The idols got into a fight, and the big one smashed all the other ones." His father said, "Don't be ridiculous. These idols have no life or power. They can't do anything." Abram replied, "Then why do you worship them?") (See Abraham)
Adah	Ornament, beauty; Wife of Lamech (descendant of Cain), mother of Jabal and Jubal; (2) One of the wives of Essau, mother of Eliphaz, Hittite (Also called Basemath in Gen. 26:24)
Adam	Red, Ruddy (copper); First human being
Admah	Red Ground, Earth; A city destroyed along with Sidon and Gomorrah.
Ai (also called Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai)	Ruin, Heap of Ruins; The second Canaanite city attacked by Joshua (Genesis 12:8). It lay east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho. Achan, Son of Carmi of the tribe of Judah, took spoils from the city of Jericho inspite of Jehovah's command to destroy everything and everyone. As a result, when Joshua attacked Ai, they were defeated. After Achan and his sin were exposed, he and his children were executed in the valley of Achor. Israel attacked Ai once more and sacked the city. (Joshua 8:22). (2) A city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan, attached to Heshbon.
Air	Type of Powers of Spiritual Control (Demons); (Ephesians 2:2); Air (Aer Greek) Strong's 109, signifies air (lower air we breathe)'the ruler of the powers (spirits) in the air, the devil, the prince of the demons that according to Jewish opinion fill the realm of air
Akkad	May be Jar or Glow; City founded by Nimrod (Genesis 10:10); Under Akkadian rule all Semitic and Sumerian tribes of the Mesopotamian region were united; Located in Northern Babylon; (See Akkadian Empire)
Almodad	Immeasurable, God Is Beloved, How God Loves; Son of Joktan, grandson of Eber; Descendants are Arabs. His descendants have been traced to Southern Arabia, where the tribe of Shelif or Shulaf has been found. The name is supposed to have been preserved by the settlement of the tribe in Hadramaut, in the far South of Arabia.
Altar	Type of Condition of Full Dedication to God
Amalek	Southern Israel
Amen	So Be It; Strong's 281 (Greek) verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be; the Hebrew counter part term, is Strong's 543 apeítheia, steadfast, properly, sure, certain.
Amorites	Talkers; (Genesis 10:16); Ass nomads who came out of the Syrian desert and settled over parts of Syria-Palestine and Mesopotamia, overthrowing existing political regimes. The southern slopes of the mountains of Judea are called the "mount of the Amorites" (Deuteronomy 1:7 )They settled the land stretching from the Mountains West of the Dead Sea to Hebron, encluding all of Gilead and Bashan.
Ammon	North West Jordan (Arabs)
Anamim	Responding Waters; Son of Mizraim; Grandson of Ham (Genesis 10:13)
Angels	Messengers; Strong's 32 (Greek) aggelos, a messenger, a spirit or human, context determines whether a human or celestial messenger is intended, generally a messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.
Ark	Type of New Covenant
Armageddon	Type of condition of ripeness for destruction
Ararat	Sacred land or high land, it may from (1) the common Hebrew word (har) hill, mountain. And (2) the Hebrew verb (yarad) to go down, descend, march down; Mountain where the Ark landed; Probably Kurdish range of Southern Armenia; The mountain rises over the plain of Araxes, has two conical peaks, 7 miles apart. One is 14,300 ft in elevation, the other 10,300.
Arkites	Fugitives, Gnawers; Descendants of Canaan and Ham; (Genesis 10:17) a town at the Northwest foot of Lebanon; Phoenician
Arpachshad	Boundary Of The Chaldeans, Stronghold of Chaldees; Third son of Shem; Maybe the same as "Ur of the Chaldeans" (Genesis 10:24); Father of Peleg.
Arvadites	Wandering, Fugitive; Arvad was a Phoenician city built on the island north of type, on the coast of Syria (Ezekiel 27:8). Descendents of Canaan (Genesis 10:18).
Ashkenaz	Fire That Sprinkles, So Fire is Scattered; Son of Gomer; Grandson of Japheth; In the Middle Ages the name Ashkenaz was applied to Jews of northern Italy.
Asia	Mud, Earthbound; the Western third of Asia minor; Roman province of Asia;
Asshur	Level Plain, Step, Happy, Just; Son of Shem and from which the Assyrians descended (Genesis 10:11); (2) Assyria, the country Assyria started out as a small settlement named Assur, "built on a sandstone cliff on the west of the Tigris about 35 kilometers north of its confluence with the lower Zab River" It became an empire in the 19th century BC, but soon dwindled, reemerged in the 14th century during which it even took control over Babylon to its south, but quickly faded again; (3) a man mentioned in the genealogy of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:24)
Assyria	Type of the world when Egypt represents the Western World; North East Iraq and South East Turkey

Sources of Information: Bible; Watchtower and Herald of Christ's Presence (1879 -1916 issues); Studies in the Scriptures; Bible Hub (https://www.biblehub.com); Jewish Encyclopedia (https://www.jewishencyclopedia.comincludes Strong's Lexicon; Abraim Publications (https://www.abraim-publications.com); Jewish Encyclopedia (https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com) Biblical Cyclopedia (https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com), various of other sources.