Biblical names in their native languages

This table is a list of names in the bible in their native languages. This table is only in its beginning stages. There are thousands of names in the bible. It will take the work of many Wikipedia users to make this table complete.

Bible names in their native languages
English Name	Type of Proper Noun	Start Year (approximate)	End Year (approximate)	Native Language Name	Name in other relevant languages
Abel	Person	3897 BC	3825 BC	Adamic language unknown	Proto-Indo-European: Ablos^[1] Hebrew: הבל Hével
Abraham	Person	2056 BC	1881 BC		Hebrew: אברהם Hebrew with vowels: אַבְרָהָם Avrahám Template:Lang-syc Aḇrāhām
Adam	Person	4004 BC	3074 BC	Adamic language unknown	Proto-Indo-European: Atta^[1] Hebrew: אדם Adám Template:Lang-syc ʾĀdām
Ark of the Covenant	Artifact	1311 BC		Hebrew: ארון הברית Aw-goan Haw-bweet
Babel	Village			Adamic language unknown	Proto-Indo-European: Bhalbhal^[1]
Babylonia	Nation	1894 BC	539 BC	Template:Lang-akk māt Akkadī Meaning: The Country of Akkad
Bethel	Village				Hebrew: בֵּית אֵל Bayt El House of (the god of) El
Bethlehem Ephrath/Ephrata (old name before Christ)^[2]	Village	1400 BC		Hebrew: בית לחם Hebrew with vowels: בֵּית לָחֶם Bayt Laykhem Meaning: House of Bread Template:Lang-syc^[3] Beth Lekhem Meaning: House of Bread	Hebrew: אֶפְרָתָה (Hebrew version of the old name before Christ) Ef-raw'-thaw Meaning: Fruitful
Caesar, Augustus	Person	63 BC	AD 14	Latin: Avgvstvs Caesar Ow-goos-toos Kie-zar
Canaan	Nation			Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 KNʿN	Hebrew: כנען Kənáʿan
Caiaphas, Joseph ben	Person	14 BC	AD 46	Hebrew: יהוסף בר קַיָפָא Yeh-hoo-siff bar Kie-yuh-fuh
Cain	Person			Adamic language unknown	Proto-Indo-European: Qʷoinos^[1] Hebrew: קין Káyin
David	Person	1035 BC	970 BC	Moabite: 𐤃𐤅‬𐤃 Transliteration: Dāwīḏ
Earth	Planet	4,540,000,000 BC			Proto-Indo-European: Dheĝhōm^[1] Hebrew: אדמה Adamah Template:Lang-syc ʾĂḏāmâ
Egypt	Nation	3150 BC	30 BC	Template:Lang-egy Kemet Meaning: Black Land	Hebrew: מצרים Mizraim Template:Lang-syc^[4] Miṣrēn
Egypt (Province of the Roman Republic)	Province	30 BC	27 BC	Template:Lang-egy Kemet Meaning: Black Land	Hebrew: מצרים Mizraim Template:Lang-syc^[4] Miṣrēn
Egypt (Province of the Roman Empire)	Province	27 BC	AD 641	Template:Lang-egy Kemet Meaning: Black Land	Hebrew: מצרים Mizraim Template:Lang-syc^[4] Miṣrēn
Eve	Person	4004 BC		Adamic language unknown	Proto-Indo-European: Hava^[1] Hebrew: חוה Khavá Template:Lang-syc Ḥawâ
Ezekiel	Person	622 BC	570 BC		Hebrew: יחזקאל Yechezkel Strength of God
God				God's personal name: Hebrew: יהוה Hebrew with vowels: יְהֹוָה^[5] Yehovah^[6]	God: Proto-Indo-European: Deivós^[1] God: Hebrew: אלהים Hebrew with vowels: אֱלֹהִים Ello-heem God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: Hebrew: אלהי אברהם יצחק ויעקב Ello-hee Awv-raw-hawm Eets-sawk Vay-yaw Aw-koav God's personal name: Hebrew: יהוה Hebrew with vowels: יְהֹוָה^[5] Yehovah^[6]
Hammurabi	Person	1810 BC	1750 BC	Template:Lang-akk Ḫâmmurapi
Heaven	Place of Afterlife				Hebrew: שמים Shamayim Template:Lang-syc Shmayyā
Hell	Place of Afterlife				Hebrew: גיהנום Gehinóm
Holy Spirit Spirit of God					Hebrew: רוח הקדש Hebrew with vowels: רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Woo-awkh Haw-koe-desh Hebrew: רוח אלוהים Woo-awkh Ello-heem
Isaac (son of Abraham & Sarah)	Person	1896 BC	1716 BC		Hebrew: יצחק Yiskhák
Israel, Kingdom of See: Kingdom of Israel between 1047 and 930 BC See: Kingdom of Israel between 930 and 720 BC (after the loss of the southern part due to the formation of the Kingdom of Judah)	Nation	1047 BC	720 BC	Moabite: 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 Transliteration: Yšrʾl
Jacob (son of Isaac & Rebecca)	Person	1836 BC	1689 BC		Jacob (birth name): Hebrew: יעקב Hebrew with vowels: יַעֲקֹב Ya'akóv Jacob (birth name): Template:Lang-syc Yaʿqōḇ Israel (later name given by God): Hebrew: ישראל Hebrew with vowels: יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisra'él Israel (later name given by God): Template:Lang-syc Syriac with vowels: ܐܝܼܣܪܵܐܹܝܠ Īsrāˀēl
Jericho	Village	9000 BC		Persian: اریحا Arihâ Hebrew: יריחו Hebrew with vowels: יְרִיחוֹ Yeer-ree-kho
Jerusalem	City	3000 BC		Hebrew: ירושלים Yerushalayim Template:Lang-syc Yerushalem
Jesus of Nazareth	Person	4 BC	AD 30	Jesus of Nazareth: Template:Lang-syc Eeso/Eesho Nasraya Jesus: Template:Lang-syc Eeso/Eesho Meaning: Yehovah is Salvation Jesus Christ/Messiah: Template:Lang-syc Eeso/Eesho Mesheekha Emanuel: Template:Lang-syc ˁAmmānuˀēl Meaning: God is with us	Jesus of Nazareth: Hebrew: ישוע מנצרת Yeshúa' Minatzrat Jesus: Hebrew: ישוע Yeshúa' Jesus Christ/Messiah: Hebrew: ישוע משיחא Yeshúa' Mesheekha Emanuel Hebrew: עמנואל 'Imanu'éll
John (John the Baptist)	Person	3 BC	AD 30	Template:Lang-syc Yōkhannān
Joseph (Jesus's legal father)	Person	30 BC	AD 20	Template:Lang-syc Yōsēf, Yāwsip
Judaea (province of the Roman Empire)	Province	AD 6	AD 135	Template:Lang-syc Yəhūḏā Hebrew: יהודה Y'hudá	Latin: Ivdaea Yoo-day-ya
Judah (son of Jacob)	Person	1600 BC			Hebrew: יהודה Hebrew with vowels: יְהוּדָה Y'hudá Template:Lang-syc Yəhūḏā
Judah, Kingdom of	Nation	930 BC	587 BC	Moabite: 𐤃‎𐤄‎𐤉 Transliteration: Yehuda Moabite: 𐤁‬𐤉‬𐤕‬𐤃𐤅‬𐤃 Transliteration: Bēyt Dāwīḏ Meaning: House of David Hebrew: יהודה Hebrew with vowels: יְהוּדָה Y'hudá
Judah/Judas of Kerioth	Person	3 BC	AD 33	Template:Lang-syc Yəhūḏā Skaryota Template:Lang-syc Yəhūḏā	Hebrew: יהודה איש קריות Hebrew: יהודה Y'hudá
Lot	Person				Hebrew: לוֹט Lōṭ Template:Lang-syc Lōṭ
Lot's wife Edith (according to some traditions)	Person				Hebrew: עירית (according to some traditions) Hebrew with vowels: עִירִית Ee-reet
Lucifer (the planet Venus^[7] & nickname of King Nebuchadnezzar II,^[7] not the devil)^[7]	Planet	4,500,000,000 BC		Template:Lang-akk Ishtar	Hebrew: הֵילֵל^[8] Helel^[8]
Mary of Nazareth Mary	Person	25 BC	AD 75	Template:Lang-syc Maryám Nasraya Template:Lang-syc Maryám	Hebrew: מרים Meer-ee-yum
Mary of Magdala Mary	Person	AD 3	AD 63	Template:Lang-syc Maryam Magdlaytha Template:Lang-syc Maryám	Hebrew: מרים המגדלית Meer-ee-yum Haw-meeg-dall-leet Hebrew: מרים Meer-ee-yum
Methuselah	Person	3074 BC	2105 BC	Adamic language unknown	Hebrew: מתושלח M'tušelaḥ
Moses	Person	1391 BC	1271 BC	Template:Lang-egy^[9] Mose^[10] Meaning: Is Born^[10]	Hebrew: משה Moshe Template:Lang-syc Mūšē
Nazareth	Village	2200 BC		Hebrew: נצרת Natsrát or Natséret Template:Lang-syc Naw-saw-reth
Nebuchadnezzar II	Person	642 BC	562 BC	Template:Lang-akk Nabû-kudurri-uṣur Meaning: Nabu protect my boundary/heir Template:Lang-akk Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur Meaning: Nabu protect my boundary/heir	Hebrew: נבוכדנאצר N'vukhadnetsár
Noah	Person	2948 BC	1998 BC	Adamic language unknown	Proto-Indo-European:Nah²u^[1] Hebrew: נח Nóakh Template:Lang-syc^[11] Noḥ
Paul of Tarsus Paul	Person	AD 5	AD 65	Greek: Ο Παύλος του Ταρσού O Pávlos tou Tarsoú Greek: Παύλος Pávlos	Hebrew: פאולוס מתרסוס Hebrew: פאולוס
Peter	Person	AD 1	AD 66	Template:Lang-arc Shimoun Bar Younah	Template:Lang-syc Šemʿōn Template:Lang-syc Pɛtˤros
Pilate, Pontius	Person	20 BC	AD 36	Latin: Pontivs Pilatvs Pone-tee-oos Pee-law-toos	Hebrew: פונטיוס פילאטוס Pone-tee-oos Pee-law-toos
Quirinius, Publius Sulpicius	Person	51 BC	AD 21	Latin: Pvblivs Svlpicivs Qvirinivs Poob-blee-oos Sul-pee-kee-oos Kweer-reen-nee-oos
Ramesses I	Person	1345 BC	1294 BC	Template:Lang-egy Ra-mes-su
Ramesses II	Person	1303 BC	1213 BC	Template:Lang-egy Ra-mes-su
Roman Empire See: The Roman Empire between 27 BC and AD 395 See: The western part of the Roman Empire between AD 395 and 476 See: The eastern part of the Roman Empire between AD 395 and 476 See: The Roman Empire between AD 476 and 1453 (after the loss of the western part)	Nation	27 BC	AD 1453	Roman Empire: Latin: Imperivm Romanvm Eem-pare-ee-oom Ro-muh-noom Rome (short name): Latin: Roma Roma	Roman Empire: Template:Lang-syc Imprāṭorutā Romāytā Roman Empire: Hebrew: האימפריה הרומית Haw-im-pare-ree-ya Haw-go-meet Rome (short name): Template:Lang-syc Syriac with vowels: ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܹܐ Romē Rome (short name): Hebrew: רומא Roma
Roman Kingdom	Nation	753 BC	509 BC	Roman Kingdom: Latin: Regnvm Romanvm Rayg-noom Ro-muh-noom Rome (short name): Latin: Roma Roma	Roman Kingdom: Hebrew: המלוכה הרומית Haw-mawm-la-haw haw-go-meet Rome (short name): Template:Lang-syc Syriac with vowels: ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܹܐ Romē Rome (short name): Hebrew: רומא Roma
Roman Republic	Nation	509 BC	27 BC	Roman Republic: Latin: Res pvblica Romana Res poob-lee-ka Ro-muh-na Rome (short name): Latin: Roma Roma	Roman Republic: Hebrew: הרפובליקה הרומית Haw-re-poob-lee-kuh haw-go-meet Rome (short name): Template:Lang-syc Syriac with vowels: ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܹܐ Romē Rome (short name): Hebrew: רומא Roma
Salt Sea (biblical name for the Dead Sea)	Sea			Hebrew: ים המלח Hebrew with vowels: יַם הַמֶּלַח Yawm Haw-may-lawkh Meaning: Sea of Salt
Sarah	Person				Hebrew: שרה Sará
Satan					Hebrew: שטן Hebrew with vowels: שָׂטָן Suh-tan Template:Lang-syc Syriac with vowels: ܣܵܛܵܢܵܐ Sāṭānā
Seth	Person			Adamic language unknown	Hebrew: שת Shet
Sinai Peninsula	Region			Template:Lang-egy Biau Meaning: The Mining Country Template:Lang-egy Khetiu Mafkat Meaning: The Ladders of Turquoise	Hebrew: סיני See-nie
Sinim (biblical name of Qin, a state of Zhou)	State	897 BC	207 BC	Old Chinese (Bronze inscriptions): (Baxter–Sagart): /[dz]i[n]/ (Zhengzhang): /zin/	Hebrew: סינים See-neem
Solomon	Person	990 BC	931 BC	Hebrew: שלמה Shlomo Meaning: Peace	Template:Lang-syc Šlēmōn or Šlēmūn
Sumer	Nation	5500 BC	1800 BC	Template:Lang-akk Shoo-mer-roo
Sun	Star	4,600,000,000 BC			Proto Indo European: saH-v-L, saH-v-N, sāvel-yo^[1] Hebrew: השמש Haw-shem-mesh
Ten Commandments		1311 BC		Hebrew: עשרת הדיברות Hebrew with vowels: עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת A-sair-ret Had-dee-boat

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Before Babel: Ancient Tales from Genesis Retold in Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European https://hal.science/hal-01231610/document
^ Bethlehem - Messiah's birthplace: A detailed look at Micah 5:1-2 and some objections that skeptics have http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/bethlehem.htm
^ Syriac dictionary https://www.syriacdictionary.net/
^ ^a ^b ^c Sureth Dictionary https://www.assyrianlanguages.org/sureth/index.php
^ ^a ^b The Names of God: יהוה, the God of Israel https://hebrewrootsmom.com/names-of-god-yahweh-the-god-of-israel/
^ ^a ^b God’s name is not Yahweh – Proof from Jewish Rabbis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeeA_Abd5Nk
^ ^a ^b ^c The Lucifer Myth https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Lucifer_Myth.pdf
^ ^a ^b Strong's Hebrew: 1966. הֵילֵל (helel) -- a shining one https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1966.htm
^ Moses Name in Hyroglyphics https://www.biblehistory.net/newsletter/Moses.htm
^ ^a ^b Encyclopedia Brittanica - Moses Hebrew Prophet https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moses-Hebrew-prophet
^ Syriaca.org Web Application https://syriaca.org/index.html

[Before_Babel-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Before Babel: Ancient Tales from Genesis Retold in Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European https://hal.science/hal-01231610/document

[Micah_Bethlehem-2] Bethlehem - Messiah's birthplace: A detailed look at Micah 5:1-2 and some objections that skeptics have http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/bethlehem.htm

[syriacdictionary-3] Syriac dictionary https://www.syriacdictionary.net/

[Sureth-4] Sureth Dictionary https://www.assyrianlanguages.org/sureth/index.php

[GodIsraelName-5] The Names of God: יהוה, the God of Israel https://hebrewrootsmom.com/names-of-god-yahweh-the-god-of-israel/

[God's_Name-6] God’s name is not Yahweh – Proof from Jewish Rabbis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeeA_Abd5Nk

[LuciferMyth-7] The Lucifer Myth https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Lucifer_Myth.pdf

[StrongHelel-8] Strong's Hebrew: 1966. הֵילֵל (helel) -- a shining one https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1966.htm

[Moses_Hyro-9] Moses Name in Hyroglyphics https://www.biblehistory.net/newsletter/Moses.htm

[Ency_Moses-10] Encyclopedia Brittanica - Moses Hebrew Prophet https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moses-Hebrew-prophet

[syriaca-11] Syriaca.org Web Application https://syriaca.org/index.html

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