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{{Main|List of biblical names}}This page includes a list of biblical proper names that start with ''J'' 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.

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==J==

*[[Jehovah]], God '','' <ref>Locker, p. 163</ref>
*[[Jesus]], from the Greek version of [[Jehoshua]], transliterated from "Yehoshua," meaning "Jehovah is salvation."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Geoffrey |title=The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. |publisher=Open Book Publishers |year=2020 |isbn=978-1783746767}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 3091. Yehoshua |url=https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3091.htm |website=Bible Hub}}</ref>
*[[Jaala]], ''ascending, a little doe or goat;''<ref name="Locker164">Lockyer, p. 164</ref> ''wild goat;'' <ref name="Comay157">Comay, p. 157</ref>
*[[Jaalam (name)|Jaalam]], ''he will be hid,''<ref name="Locker164"/>
*[[Jaanai]], ''Jehovah answers,''<ref name="Locker164"/>
*[[Jaasau]],  ''Jehovah makes,''<ref name="Locker164"/>
*[[Jaasiel]], ''God is maker,''<ref name="Locker164"/>
*[[Jaasu]], ''created;''<ref name="Comay157"/>
*[[Jaazaniah]], ''Jehovah does hear,'' <ref name="Locker164"/> ''may God hear'''<ref name="Comay157"/>
*[[Jaaziah]], ''God consoles or determines,'' <ref name="Locker164"/> ''may God strengthen,''<ref name="Comay157"/>
*[[Jaaziel]], ''God is determining or consoling,''<ref name="Locker164"/> ''may God strengthen,''<ref name="Comay157"/>
*[[Jabal (Bible)|Jabal]], ''a river, moving, or which glides away,''<ref name="Locker165">Lockyer, p. 165</ref> ''stream,''<ref name="Comay157"/>
*[[Jabbok]]
*[[Jabesh]], ''a dry place;''<ref name="Locker165"/> ''dry,''<ref name="Comay157"/>
*[[Jabez (Bible)|Jabez]], ''he makes sorrow or height'';<ref name="Locker165"/> ''sorrow;''<ref name="Comay158">Comay, p. 158</ref>
*[[Jabin]], Jabneh, ''God discerns or intelligent;''<ref name="Locker165"/> ''he understands,''<ref name="Comay158"/>
*[[Jabneel]]
*[[Jachan]], ''afflicting or troublous;''<ref name="Locker165"/> ''affliction,''<ref name="Comay158"/>
*[[Boaz and Jachin|Jachin]] ''he does establish or founding;''<ref name="Locker165"/> ''established;''<ref name="Comay158"/>
*[[Jacob]], ''he that supplants or follows after;''<ref name="Lockyer166">Lockyer, p. 166</ref> ''supplanted;''<ref name="Comay158"/>
*[[Jada (biblical)|Jada]], ''wise''<ref name="Lockyer167">Lockyer, p. 167</ref>
*[[Jadau]], ''favorite or friend''<ref name="Lockyer167">Lockyer, p. 167</ref>
*[[Jadon]], ''he that rules or abids,''<ref name="Lockyer167"/>
*[[Jaddua]], ''very knowing,''<ref name="Lockyer167"/>
*[[Jael]], ''Ibex'' - Judges 4:17
*[[Jagur]]
*[[Jah]]
*[[Jahath]], ''revival or grasping;''<ref name="Lockyer167"/>
*[[Jahaz]]
*[[Jahaziah]], ''Jehovah reveals;''<ref name="Lockyer167"/> ''Jehovah sees;''<ref name="Lockyer168"/>
*[[Jahaziel]], ''God sees or reveals,''<ref name="Lockyer167"/>
*[[Jahdai]], ''guide or he directs,''<ref name="Lockyer168">Lockyer, p. 168</ref>
*[[Jahdiel]], ''union of God or God makes glad;''<ref name="Lockyer168"/>
*[[Jahdo]], ''union;'' <ref name="Lockyer168"/>
*[[Jahleel]], ''God waits or God does grievously afflict;'' <ref name="Lockyer168"/>
*[[Jahmai]], ''Jehovah protects;''<ref name="Lockyer168"/>
*[[Jahzeel]], ''God apportions or distributes;''<ref name="Lockyer168"/>
*[[Jahzerah]]
*[[Jair]], ''Jehovah enlightens, arouses or who diffuses light;''<ref name="Lockyer168"/>
*[[Jairus]], ''He will enlighten or diffuse light;''<ref name="Lockyer168"/>
*[[Jakan]]
*[[Jakeh]], ''pious or hearkening;''<ref name="Lockyer168"/>
*[[Jakim]]
*[[Jaakobah]]
*[[Jalon (biblical figure)|Jalon]]
*[[Jambres]]
*[[James (name)|James]], English form of the Hebrew name Yakov, ie. Jacob.
*[[Jamin (biblical figure)|Jamin]]
*[[Jamlech]]
*Janna
*[[Janohah|Janoah]], ''rest''
*[[Janum]]
*[[Japhet]]
*[[Japheth]]
*[[Japhia]],
*[[Japhlet]]
*[[Jaffa|Japho]]
*[[Jarah]]
*[[Jareb]]
*[[Jared]]
*[[Jaresiah]]
*[[Jarib]]
*[[Jarmuth]]
*[[Book of Jasher (biblical references)|Jasher]]
*[[Jashobeam]]
*[[Jashub]]
*[[Jasiel]]
*[[Jason]]
*[[Jathniel]]
*[[Jattir]]
*[[Javan]]
*[[Jazer]]
*[[Jaziz]]
*[[Jearim]]
*[[Ethni|Jeaterai]]
*[[Berechiah|Jeberechiah]]
*[[Jebusite|Jebus]]
*[[Jebusite|Jebusi]]
*[[Jecamiah]]
*[[Jecoliah]]
*[[Jeconiah]],
*[[wikt:Jed|Jed]]
*[[Jedaiah]]
*[[Jediael]]
*[[Jedidah]]
*[[Jedidiah]]
*[[Jeduthun]]
*[[Jeezer]]
*[[Jegar-sahadutha]]
*[[Jehaleleel]]
*[[Jehdeiah]]
*[[Jehezekel]]
*[[Jehiah]]
*[[Jehizkiah]]
*[[Jehoadah]]
*[[Jehoaddan]]
*[[Jehoahaz (disambiguation)|Jehoahaz]]
*[[Jehoash (disambiguation)|Jehoash]]
*[[Jehohanan]]
*[[Jehoiachin]]
*[[Jehoiada]]
*[[Jehoiakim]]
*[[Jehoiarib]]
*[[Jehonadab]]
*[[Jehonathan]]
*[[Jehoram (disambiguation)|Jehoram]]
*[[Jehoshaphat]]
*[[Jehosheba]]
*[[Jehoshua]]
*[[Jehovah]] ''to be, exist,''<ref>The Barnhart dictionary of etymology, Robert K. Barnhart, H.W. Wilson Co. 1988, p. 552, {{ISBN|0-8242-0745-9}}</ref> ''I am who am, hath sent me;'' ''I am who am with you,''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Jehovah |title=The Original Catholic Encyclopedia definition |access-date=2010-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725232322/http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Jehovah |archive-date=2011-07-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Jehovah-jireh]]
*[[Jehovah-nissi]]
*[[Jehovah-shalom]]
*[[Jehovah-shammah]]
*[[Jehovah-tsidkenu]]
*[[Jehozabad]]
*[[Jehozadak]]
*[[Jehu]]
*[[Jehubbah]]
*[[Jehucal]]
*[[Jehud]]
*[[Jehudijah]]
*[[Jehush]]
*[[Kabzeel|Jekabzeel]]
*[[Jekameam]]
*[[Jekamiah]]
*[[Jekuthiel]]
*[[Jemima (Biblical character)|Jemima]]
*[[Jemuel]]
*[[Jephthah]]
*[[Jephunneh]]
*[[Jerah]]
*[[Jerahmeel]]
*[[Jered]]
*[[Jeremai]]
*[[Jeremiah]]
*[[Jerimoth|Jeremoth]]
*[[Jeriah]]
*[[Jericho#Etymology|Jericho]]
*[[Jeriel]]
*[[Jerijah]]
*[[Jerimoth]]
*[[Jerioth]]
*[[Jeroboam]]
*[[Jeroham]]
*[[Jerubbaal]]
*[[Gideon|Jerubbesheth]]
*[[Jeruel]]
*[[Jerusalem#Etymology|Jerusalem]]
*[[Jerusha]]
*[[Jesaiah]]
*[[Jeshebeab]]
*[[Jesher]]
*[[Judean desert|Jeshimon]]
*[[Jeshishai]]
*[[Jeshohaia]]
*[[Yeshua (name)|Jeshua]]
*[[Jeshurun]]
*[[Jesiah]]
*[[Jesimiel]]
*[[Jesse (biblical figure)|Jesse]]
*[[Jesui]]
*[[Jesus (name)|Jesus]], Being interpreted the Christ, in Greek Iesous being pronounced Jesus ''saviour.''
*[[Jether]]
*[[Jetheth]]
*[[Jethlah]]
*[[Jethro (biblical figure)|Jethro]]
*[[Jetur]]
*[[Jeuel]]
*[[Jeush]]
*[[Jew]]
*[[Jaazaniah|Jezaniah]]
*[[Jezebel (biblical)|Jezebel]]
*[[Jezer]]
*[[Jeziah]]
*[[Jezoar]]
*[[Jezrahiah]]
*[[Jezreel (city)|Jezreel]]
*[[Jibsam]]
*[[Jidlaph]]
*[[Jimnah]]
*[[Jiphtah]]
*[[Jiphtah-el]]
*[[Joab]]
*[[Joachim]]
*[[Joah]]
*[[Joahaz]]
*[[Joanna]]
*[[Joash the Abiezrite|Joash]]
*[[Joatham]]
*[[Job (biblical figure)|Job]]
*[[Jobab]]
*[[Jochebed]]
*[[Joed]]
*[[Joel (prophet)|Joel]]
*[[Joelah]]
*[[Joezer]]
*[[Jogbehah]]
*[[Jogli]]
*[[Joha]]
*[[Johanan]], ''Jehovah is or has been gracious''<ref>The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Volume 3 p. 881, Doubleday 1992, {{ISBN|0-385-19361-0}}</ref>
*[[John (given name)|John]]
*[[Joiarib]]
*[[Jokdeam]]
*[[Jokim]]
*[[Kibzaim|Jokmeam]]
*[[Tel Yokneam|Jokneam]]
*[[Jokshan]]
*[[Joktan]]
*[[Jonadab]]
*[[Jonah]]
*Jonan
*[[Jonathan (name)|Jonathan]], ''God has given'' <ref> https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Jonathan.html </ref>
*[[Jaffa|Joppa]]
*[[Jorah]]
*[[Jehoram (disambiguation)|Joram]]
*[[Jordan (name)|Jordan]], Some translate it as "the descender," from the Semitic ''yrd'', "to descend"<ref>The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Volume 3 p. 954, Doubleday 1992, {{ISBN|0-385-19361-0}}</ref>
*[[Jorim]]
*[[Josabad]]
*[[Jehoshaphat|Josaphat]]
*[[Jose]]
*[[Joseph (name)|Joseph]], ''may God add''<ref>[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/herbermann/cathen08.html?term=joseph Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent]</ref>
*[[Joses]]
*[[Joshah]]
*[[Joshaviah]]
*[[Joshbekashah]]
*[[Joshua]]
*[[Josiah]], ''God supports and heals'' <ref> https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Josiah </ref>
*[[Josibiah]]
*[[Josiphiah]]
*[[Jotham (son of Gideon)|Jotham]]
*[[Jozabad]]
*[[Jozachar]]
*[[Jubal (Bible)|Jubal]]
*[[Jucal]]
*[[Judah (son of Jacob)|Judah]]
*[[Judas]]
*[[Judea|Judaea]]
*[[Judith]]
*Jude
*[[Julia (given name)|Julia]]
*[[Julius (name)|Julius]]
*[[Junia (New Testament person)|Junia]]
*[[Jushab-hesed]]
*[[Juttah]]

==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

== Inline references ==
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