List of biblical names starting with I

This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with I 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

I

  • Ibhar, he will choose;[1] chooser; God does choose[2]
  • Ibleam
  • Ibneiah God builds[1] Jehovah does build;[2]
  • Ibnijah, whom Jehovah will build up;[3] God builds;[1] Jehovah is builder[4]
  • Ibri Hebrew[1] passing over of a Hebrew;[4]
  • Ibsam, fragrant[4]
  • Ibzan, father of a target; father of coldness[1] splendid, active[4]
  • Ichabod, inglorious[1] the glory is not; where is the glory; inglorious[4]
  • Iconium
  • Idalah
  • Idbash, honey-sweet[1][4] corpulent;[4]
  • Iddo God's friend[1] affectionate; festal; his power;[4]
  • Idumea
  • Igal, may God redeem[5] deliverer; he will vindicate;[6]
  • Igeal
  • Igdaliah, may God be glorified[5] great is Jehovah[6]
  • Iim
  • Ije-abarim
  • Ijon, look
  • Ikkesh, stubborn[5] perverse; subtle[6]
  • Ilai, exalted[5]supreme[6]
  • Illyricum
  • Imlah, full[5] God does fill; fulfilling; plenitude[6]
  • Imla, whom God will fill up[7] replenisher[8]
  • Immanuel God is with is Hebrew c. 8th century[5]
  • Immer, saying; speaking; a lamb[5] talkative; prominent[6]
  • Imna, God does restrain; withdrawing[6]
  • Imnah, may God defend[5] prosperity; he allots[6]
  • Imrah, a rebel[5] stubborn; height of Jehovah[6]
  • Imri, speaking; exalting; bitter; a lamb[5] projecting; eloquent[9]
  • India
  • Iphdeiah, may God redeem[5] Jehovah does deliver; redemption[9]
  • Ir, watcher[9]
  • Ira, watcher; watchful; city watch[9]
  • Irad, wild ass; heap of empire; dragon[9] fleet[10]
  • Iram watchful[9]
  • Iri, Jehovah is watcher[9]
  • Irijah, may God see[10] God does see; provide; fear of the Lord[9]
  • Irpeel
  • Ir-shemesh
  • Iru, watch[9]
  • Isaac, he laughed[10] laughing one[9]
  • Isaiah, God's salvation[11] Jehovah is helper; salvation is of the Lord[12]
  • Iscah, who looks[13]
  • Iscariot, a man of murder; a hireling[14] man of kerioth[14]
  • Ishbah, praising[13] He praises, appeaser[14]
  • Ishbak, free, empty, exhausted[14]
  • Ishbi-benob, man sitting in Nob[13] dweller on the mount, he that predicts[14]
  • Ishbosheth, a man of shame[13][14]
  • Ishi, saving[15] my help, saving[14]
  • Ishiah, Jehovah exists, forgiveth[16]
  • Ishma, distinction, elevated[16]
  • Ishmael, God that hears[15] hears[16]
  • Ishmaiah, may God hear[17] Jehovah hears[18]
  • Ishmerai, God guards[17] God keeps[18]
  • Ishod, famed[15] man of honor, man of splendor[18]
  • Ishpan, firm, strong[18]
  • Ishtob
  • Ishuah, Isuah, equal, self-satisfied[19]
  • Ishui, Jesui, equality[19]
  • Ishvah, resembles[17]
  • Ishvi, quiet[17]
  • Ismaiah, Jehovah hears[19]
  • Ispah
  • Israel, he strives with God, ruling with God[19]
  • Issachar, rewarded[20]
  • Isshiah, there is God[20]
  • Isshijah, there is God[20]
  • Isui
  • Ithai, God is with me[20]
  • Italy
  • Ithamar, island of the palm-tree[20] palm-coast, palm tree[21]
  • Ithiel, God is with me[20] God is, God is with me[21]
  • Ithmah, purity, bereavement[21]
  • Ithra, excellent[21]
  • Ithran
  • Ithream, populous[22] remnant, abundance of the people[23]
  • Ittah-kazin
  • Ittai, with me[22] plowman, living[23]
  • Iturea
  • Ivah
  • Iye Abarim
  • Izehar
  • Izhar, Izehar, oil[22] bright one, olive oil[23]
  • Izrahiah, may God shine forth[22] Jehovah is appearing, does arise[23]
  • Izri, creative, former[23]
  • Izziah, Jeziah, Jehovah exalts[23]

References

  • 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

Inline references

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Comay, p. 144
  2. ^ a b Lockyer, p. 152
  3. ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Lockyer, p. 153
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Comay, p. 145
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Lockyer, p. 154
  7. ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary
  8. ^ Easton's Bible Dictionary
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lockyer, p. 155
  10. ^ a b c Comay, p. 146
  11. ^ Comay, p. 148
  12. ^ Lockyer, p. 157
  13. ^ a b c d Comay, p. 152
  14. ^ a b c d e f g Lockyer, p. 158
  15. ^ a b c Comay, p. 153
  16. ^ a b c Lockyer, p. 159
  17. ^ a b c d Comay, p. 154
  18. ^ a b c d Lockyer, p. 160
  19. ^ a b c d Lockyer, p. 161
  20. ^ a b c d e f Comay, p. 155
  21. ^ a b c d Comay, p. 162
  22. ^ a b c d Comay, p. 156
  23. ^ a b c d e f Lockyer, p. 163
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