BIBLE NAMES AND MEANINGS 'J'

J

Jaakan
tribulation; labor
Jaakobah
supplanter; deceiver; the heel
Jaala
ascending; a little doe or goat
Jaalam
hidden; young man; heir
Jaanai
answering; afflicting; making poor
Jaasau
doing; my doing
Jaasiel
God's work
Jaazaniah
whom the Lord will hear
Jaazah, Jaazar
helper
Jaaziah, Jaaziel
the strength of the Lord
Jabal
which glides away
Jabbok
evacuation; dissipation; wrestling
Jabesh,
dryness; confusion; shame
Jabez
sorrow; trouble
Jabin, Jabneh
he that understands; building
Jabneel
building of God
Jachan
wearing out; oppressing
Jachin
he that strengthens and makes steadfast
Jacob
that supplants, undermines; the heel
Jada
knowing
Jadau
his hand; his confession
Jaddua
known
Jael
he that ascends; a kid
Jagur
husbandman; stranger
Jah
the everlasting
Jahaleel
praising God; light of God
Jahath
broken in pieces; descending
Jahaz, Jahazah
quarrel; dispute
Jahaziah
the vision of the Lord
Jahaziel
seeing God
Jahdiel
the unity, or sharpness, or revenge, of God
Jahdo
I alone; his joy; his sharpness of wit; his newness
Jahleel
waiting for, or beseeching, or hope in, God
Jahmai
warm; making warm
Jahzeel
God hasteth, or divideth
Jair, Jairus
my light; who diffuses light
Jakan
same as Achan
Jakim
rising; confirming; establishing
Jalon
tarrying; murmuring
Jambres
poverty; bitter; a rebel
James
same as Jacob
Jamin
right hand; south wind
Jamlech
reigning; asking counsel
Janna
Jannes, who speaks or answers; afflicted; poor
Janoah, Janohah
resting; tarrying; deriving
Janum
sleeping
Japhet
enlarged; fair; persuading
Japhia
enlightening; appearing
Japhlet, Japhleti
delivered; banished
Japho
fairness; comeliness
Jarah
a wood; honeycomb; watching closely
Jareb
a revenger
Jared
a ruling; commanding; coming down
Jaresiah
the bed of the Lord; the Lord hath taken away; poverty
Jarib
fighting; chiding; multiplying; avenging
Jarmuth
fearing, or seeing, or throwing down, death
Jarvah
breathing, or making, a sweet smell
Jashem
Jashen, ancient; sleeping
Jasher
righteous; upright
Jashobeam
the people sitting; or captivity of the people
Jashub
a returning; a controversy; a dwelling place
Jasiel
the strength of God
Jason
he that cures
Jathniel
gift of God
Jattir
a remnant; excellent
Javan
deceiver; one who makes sad
Jazeel
strength of God
Jazer
assistance; helper
Jaziz
brightness; departing
Jearim
a leap; woods
Jeaterai
searching out
Jeberechiah
speaking well of, or kneeling to, the Lord
Jebus
treading under foot; manger
Jebusi
trodden under foot; mangers
Jecamiah
resurrection, or confirmation, or revenge, of the Lord Jecoliah, perfection, or power, of the Lord
Jeconiah
preparation, or stability, of the Lord
Jedaiah
the hand of the Lord; confessing the Lord
Jedeiah
one Lord; the joy of the Lord
Jediael
the science, or knowledge, of God
Jedidah
well beloved; amiable
Jedidiah
beloved of the Lord
Jediel
the knowledge, or renewing, of God
Jeduthun
his law; giving praise
Jeezer
island of help
Jegar-sahadutha
heap of witness
Jehaleleel, Jehalelel
praising God; clearness of God
Jehaziel
same as Jahaziel
Jehdeiah
joy together, one Lord
Jeheiel
God liveth
Jehezekel
strength of God
Jehiah
the Lord liveth
Jehiskiah
the strength, or taking, of the Lord
Jehoadah
passing over; testimony of the Lord
Jehoaddan
pleasure, or time, of the Lord
Jehoahaz
possession of the Lord
Jehoash
fire of the Lord
Jehohanan
grace, or mercy, or gift, of the Lord
Jehoiachin
preparation, or strength, of the Lord
Jehoiada
knowledge of the Lord
Jehoiakim
avenging, or establishing, or resurrection, of the Lord
Jehoiarib
fighting, or multiplying, of the Lord
Jehonadab
Jonadab, free giver; liberality
Jehonathan
gift of the Lord; gift of a dove
Jehoram
exaltation of the Lord
Jehoshaphat
the Lord is judge
Jehosheba
fullness, or oath, of the Lord
Jehoshua
same as Joshua
Jehovah
self-subsisting
Jehovah-jireh
the Lord will provide
Jehovah-nissi
the Lord my banner
Jehovah-shalom
the Lord send peace
Jehovah-shammah
the Lord is there
Jehovah-tsidkenu
the Lord our righteousness
Jehozabad
the Lord's dowry; having a dowry
Jehozadak
justice of the Lord
Jehu
himself who exists
Jehubbah
hiding, binding
Jehucal
mighty; perfect; wasted
Jehud
Jehudi, praising; conferring
Jehudijah
the praise of the Lord
Jehush
keeping counsel; fastened
Jekabzeel
the congregation of God
Jekamean
the people shall arise
Jekamiah
establishing, or revenging, of the Lord
Jekuthiel
hope, or congregation, of the Lord
Jemima
handsome as the day
[Jemuel]]
God's day; son of God
Jephunneh
he that beholds
Jerah
the moon; month; smelling sweet
Jerahmeel
the mercy, or the beloved, of God
Jered
ruling; coming down
Jeremai
my height; throwing forth waters
Jeremiah
exaltation of the Lord
Jeremoth
eminences; one that fears death
Jeriah
fear, or throwing down, of the Lord
Jerebai
fighting; chiding; multiplying
Jericho
his moon; his month; his sweet smell
Jeriel
fear, or vision of God
Jerijah
same as Jeriah
Jerimoth
he that fears or rejects death
Jerioth
kettles; breaking asunder
Jeroboam
he that opposes the people
Jeroham
high; merciful; beloved
Jerubbaal
he that defends Baal, let Baal defend his cause
Jerubbesheth
let the idol of confusion defend itself
Jeruel
fear, or vision of God
Jerusalem
vision of peace
Jerusha
banished; possession; inheritance
Jesaiah
health, or salvation, of the Lord
Jeshebeab
sitting, or captivity, of the father
Jesher
right; singing
Jeshimon
solitude; desolation
Jeshishai
ancient; rejoicing exceedingly
Jeshohaia
the Lord pressing; the meditation of God
Jeshua
same as Joshua
Jesiah
sprinkling of the Lord
Jesimiel
naming, or astonishment, of God
Jesse
gift; oblation; one who is
Jesui
even-tempered; flat country
Jesus
savior; deliverer
Jether
he that excels
Jetheth
giving
Jethlah
hanging up; heaping up
Jethro
his excellence; his posterity
Jetur
order; succession; mountainous
Jeuel
God hath taken away; God heaping up
Jeush
Jeuz, he that is devoured
Jew
same as Judah
Jezaniah
nourishment, or weapons, of the Lord
Jezebel
chaste
Jezer
island of help
Jeziah
Jeziel, sprinkling of the Lord
Jezoar
clear; white
Jezrahiah
the Lord arises; brightness of the Lord
Jezneel
seed of God
Jibsam
their drought, their confusion
Jidlaph
he that distills water
Jimnah
right hand; numbering; preparing
Jiphtah
opening
Jiphthael
God opening
Joab
paternity; voluntary
Joah
fraternity; brother of the Lord
Joahaz
apprehending; possessing; seeing
Joakim
rising or establishing of the Lord
Joanna
grace or gift of the Lord
Joash
who despairs or burns
Joatham
same as Jotham
Job
he that weeps or cries
Jobab
sorrowful, hated
Jochebed
glorious; honorable
Joed
witnessing; robbing; passing over
Joel
he that wills or commands
Joelah
lifting up; profiting; taking away slander
Joezer
he that aids
Jogbehah
an exalting; high
Jogli
passing over; turning back; rejoicing
Joha
who enlivens or gives life
Johanan
who is liberal or merciful
John
the grace or mercy of the Lord
Joiarib
chiding, or multiplying, of the Lord
Jokdeam
crookedness, or burning, of the people
Jokim
that made the sun stand still
Jokmeam
confirmation, or revenge, of the people
Jokneam
possessing, or building up, of the people
Jokshan
an offense; hardness; a knocking
Joktan
small dispute; contention; disgust
Jonadab
who gives liberally
Jonah, or Jonas
a dove; he that oppresses; destroyer
Jonan
a dove; multiplying of the people
Jonathan
given of God
Joppa
beauty; comeliness
Jorah, Jorai
showing; casting forth; a cauldron
Joram
to cast; elevated
Jordan
the river of judgment
Jorim
he that exalts the Lord
Josabad
having a dowry
Josaphat
same as Jehoshaphat
Jose
raised; who pardons
Joseph
increase; addition
Joses
same as Jose
Joshah
being; forgetting; owing
Joshaviah
the seat, alteration, or captivity of the Lord
Joshbekesha
it is requiring or beseeching
Joshua
a savior; a deliverer
Josiah
the Lord burns; the fire of the Lord
Josibiah
the seat, or captivity of the Lord
Josiphiah
increase of the Lord; the Lord's finishing
Jotham
the perfection of the Lord
Jothath, Jothatha
his goodness
Jozabad
same as Josabad
Jozachar
remembering; of the male sex
Jubal
he that runs; a trumpet
Jucal
mighty; perfect
Judah
the praise of the Lord; confession
Judas, Jude
same as Judah
Judaea, Judea
same as Judah
Judith
same as Judah
Julia
downy; soft and tender hair
Julius
same as Julia
Junia
youth
Jupiter
the father that helpeth
Jushabhesed
dwelling-place; change of mercy
Justus
just or upright
Juttah
turning away