Amorites
: members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia
Anamim
: a clan of people descended from Egypt son of Ham son of Noah
Aram
: the country to the north of Palestine,a country of north western Mesopotamia (34° 50´, 39° 7´);
(33° 12´, 36° 30´);
(35° 5´, 42° 0´);
(30° 44´, 35° 36´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(33° 31´, 36° 18´)
Arkites
: members of a Canaanite tribe on the coast of Palestine
Arvadites
: a resident of the region of Arvad (34° 51´, 35° 51´)
Asshur
: a country of northern Mesopotamia (36° 21´, 43° 9´);
(36° 21´, 43° 9´)
Assyria
: a member of the nation of Assyria (36° 21´, 43° 9´);
(36° 21´, 43° 9´)
Babel
: members of the nation of Babylon (32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(30° 57´, 46° 6´)
Calah
: a town 30 km SE of Nineveh; the ancient capital of Assyria (OS) (36° 8´, 43° 18´)
Calneh
: a town of Syria about 25 km NE of Aleppo (OS) (32° 7´, 45° 13´)
Canaan
: the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River (31° 41´, 34° 50´);
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Canaanite
: residents of the region of Canaan (31° 41´, 34° 50´);
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Caphtorim
: a people who were descendants of Egypt son of Ham son of Noah (35° 10´, 25° 0´)
Casluhim
: a people who were descendants of Egypt son of Ham son of Noah
Eber
: a son of Shelah; the father of Peleg; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Shelah (Arpachshad Aram Shem Noah),a nation: poetic description of Israel,son of Abihail; a founding father of one of the clans of Gad,son of Elpaal of Benjamin,son of Shashak of Benjamin,a priest and head of the clan of Amok under High Priest Joiakim
Elam
: son of Shem son of Noah,a country east of the Tigris and Babylon in the territory of Media,son of Shashak of Benjamin,son of Meshelemiah; a Levite gatekeeper,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon; Elam I,forefather of exile returnees with Zerubbabel; Elam II,forefather of returnees headed by Jeshaiah,forefather of Shecaniah who had to put away his heathen wife,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law,a priest who helped Nehemiah dedicate the new wall of Jerusalem (32° 11´, 48° 15´)
Erech
: a town in Lower Mesopotamia on the Euphrates River (32° 19´, 45° 38´)
Gaza
: a city A Philistine town 5 km east of the Mediterranean and 60 west of Hebron,a town on the western coast of the territory of Judah,a town and the region it controled (31° 31´, 34° 26´)
Gerar
: a town of Judah 15 km SE of Gaza (31° 23´, 34° 33´)
Gether
: son of Aram; (grand)son of Shem son of Noah
Gomorrah
: an ancient city known for its sin whose ruins are said to be visible from the Masada,a town destroyed with Sodom by burning sulphur (31° 9´, 35° 28´)
Ham
: a man and nation; son of Noah,a country occupied by the descendants of Ham (31° 57´, 35° 55´);
(30° 6´, 31° 20´)
Lasha
: a town which at one time marked the NE border of the territory of the Philistines (WAR-45), 40 km north of Lake Galilee (31° 43´, 35° 35´)
Lehabim
: a people who were descendants of Egypt (Mizraim) son of Ham son of Noah
Lud
: son of Shem son of Noah,a people from Lydia in Eastern Turkey (31° 57´, 34° 53´)
Ludim
: a people who were descendants of Egypt son of Ham son of Noah (31° 57´, 34° 53´)
Mash
: son of Aram; (grand)son of Shem son of Noah
Naphtuhim
: a people who were descendants of Egypt (Mizraim) son of Ham son of Noah
Nineveh
: a town located on the left bank of the Tigris River in northeastern Mesopotamia (Iraq).,the capital city of Assyria (36° 21´, 43° 9´)
Pathrusim
: a people who were descendants of Egypt son of Ham son of Noah
Peleg
: a son of Eber; the father of Reu; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Eber of Shem
Philistines
: a sea people coming from Crete in 1200BC to the coast of Canaan (33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Rehoboth-Ir
: a town of Assyria built by Nimrod (31° 4´, 34° 35´);
(30° 53´, 35° 53´);
(36° 21´, 43° 9´)
Rehoboth-ir
: a town of Assyria built by Nimrod (31° 4´, 34° 35´);
(30° 53´, 35° 53´);
(36° 21´, 43° 9´)
Resen
: a town of Syria founded by Nimrod between Nineveh and Calah (36° 21´, 43° 9´)
Shelah
: the father of Eber; a son of Cainan; an ancestor of Jesus,an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Shelah',son of Judah; grandson of Shua the Canaanite,as representing the Hebrew name 'Shelax',son of Arpachshad son of Shem son of Noah,a pool in Jerusalem (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Sodom
: an ancient town somewhere in the region of the Dead Sea that God destroyed with burning sulphur,a town 25 km south of Gomorrah and Masada (31° 11´, 35° 23´)
Uz
: son of Aram; (grand)son of Shem son of Noah,son of Milcah and Nahor, brother of Abraham,son of Dishan of Seir,a region in Edom inhabited by the descendants of Uz of Seir (30° 2´, 36° 26´)
Zeboiim
: a town destroyed along with Sodom by raining hot sulphur (31° 7´, 35° 24´)
Zemarites
: members of a clan descended from Canaan
Amminadab
: A son of Ram; the father of Nahshon and an ancestor of Jesus,son of Ram (Judah); father of Nahshon, Moses' deputy over Judah,son of Kohath son of Levi,a man of Levi; head of the clan of Uzziel under David
Arphaxad
: a son of Shem; the father of Cainan; an ancestor of Jesus.
Boaz
: son of Salma of Judah,one of 2 principal pillars in Solomon's temple
Cainan
: a son of Arphaxad; the father of Shelah; an ancestor of Jesus.,a son of Enosh; an ancestor of Jesus.
Cosam
: a son of Elmadam; the father of Addi; an ancestor of Jesus.
David
: a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
Eber
: a son of Shelah; the father of Peleg; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Shelah (Arpachshad Aram Shem Noah),a nation: poetic description of Israel,son of Abihail; a founding father of one of the clans of Gad,son of Elpaal of Benjamin,son of Shashak of Benjamin,a priest and head of the clan of Amok under High Priest Joiakim
Eliakim
: son of Abiud the son of Zerubbabel over 20generations from David; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Melea, only 4 generations from David; an ancester of Jesus,son of Hilkiah; head of Hezekiah's household,son of Josiah; made king of Judah by Pharaoh Neco,a priest who helped celebrate the completion of the wall
Eliezer
: a son of Jorim; the father of Joshua; an ancestor of Jesus,Abraham's servant from Damascus,son of Moses,son of Becher son of Benjamin,a priest in David's time,son of Zichri; David's chief officer over the Reubenites,son of Dodavahu of Mareshah who prophesied against Jehoshaphat.,one of the leaders Ezra sent to Iddo to ask for recruits,a priest of the Jeshua clan who put away his heathen wife,a man who put away his heathen wife; a Levite,a layman of the Harim clan who put away his heathen wife
Elmadam
: a son of Er; the father of Cosam; an ancestor of Jesus
Er
: a son of Joshua; the father of Elmadam; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Judah by the daughter of Shua the Canaanite,son of Shelah the son of Judah
Esli
: a son of Naggai; the father of Nahum; an ancestor of Jesus.
Hezron
: members of the clan of Hezron of Reuben (33° 1´, 35° 34´);
(31° 9´, 35° 3´)
Isaac
: the only son of Abraham and Sarah; father of Jacob and Esau
Jacob
: the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation
Jannai
: a son of Joseph; the father of Melki; an ancestor of Jesus.
Jesse
: a son of Obed; the father of David the king and ancestor of Jesus,son of Obed of Judah; father of David
Joanan
: a son of Rhesa; the father of Joda; an ancestor of Jesus.
Joda
: a son of Joanan; the father of Josech and an ancestor of Jesus. (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Jonam
: a son of Eliakim; the father of Joseph; an ancestor of Jesus.
Jorim
: a son of Matthat; the father of Eliezer; an ancestor of Jesus.
Josech
: a son of Joda; the father of Semein; an ancestor of Jesus.
Joseph
: the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah
Joshua
: a son of Eliezer; the father of Er; an ancestor of Jesus,the son of Nun and successor of Moses,son of Nun of Ephraim; successor to Moses,a man: owner of the field where the ark stopped,governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,son of Jehozadak; high priest in the time of Zerubbabel (31° 9´, 35° 3´)
Judah
: the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Lamech
: a son of Methuselah; the father of Noah; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Methushael, a descendant of Cain,son of Methuselah
Maath
: a son of Mattathias; the father of Naggai, an ancestor of Jesus
Mattatha
: a son of Nathan; the father of Menna; an ancestor of Christ
Mattathias
: two men who were ancestors of Christ, one being a son of Amos and the other being a son of Semein
Matthat
: two men who were ancestors of Christ, one being the father of Heli and the other the father of Jorim
Melchi
: two men who were ancestors of Christ, one being the son of Jannai and the other the son of Addi
Melea
: a son of Menna; the father of Eliakim; an ancestor of Jesus.
Menna
: a son of Mattatha; the father of Melea; an ancestor of Jesus.
Naggai
: a son of Maath; the father of Elsi; an ancestor of Jesus
Nahor
: a son of Serug; the father of Terah; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Serug of Shem; father of Terah,son of Terah; brother of Abraham,town in Mesopotamia
Nahshon
: a son of Amminadab; the father of Salmon; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Amminadab; Moses' officer over the tribe of Judah
Nahum
: a son of Esli; the father of Amos; an ancestor of Jesus; a Hebrew prophet.,a minor prophet from "Elkosh"
Nathan
: a son of David; the father of Mattatha; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of David and Bathsheba,brother of Joel in David's army; a prophet,father of Igal, one of David's military elite; a man from Zobah,father of Azariah and Zabud, priestly officials of King Solomon,son of Attai of Judah,brother of Joel, one of David's military elite,one of the leaders Ezra sent to Iddo to ask for recruits,a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife
Neri
: a son of Melki; the father of Shealtiel; an ancestor of Jesus
Noah
: a son of Lamech and the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth,son of Lamech; builder of the ark,daughter of Zelophehad
Obed
: a son of Boaz and Ruth; the father of Jesse; the grandfather of David; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Boaz of Judah; father of Jesse, the father of David,son of Ephlal of Judah,a man who was one of David's military elite,son of Shemaiah; a Levite gatekeeper,father of Azariah who helped put Joash on the throne of Judah
Peleg
: a son of Eber; the father of Reu; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Eber of Shem
Perez
: a son of Judah and Tamar; the father of Hezron; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Judah and Tamar
Reu
: a son of Peleg; the father of Serug; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Peleg of Shem
Rhesa
: a son of Zerubbabel; the father of Joanan; an ancestor of Jesus
Salmon
: the father of Eber; a son of Cainan; an ancestor of Jesus,an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Shelah',son of Judah; grandson of Shua the Canaanite,as representing the Hebrew name 'Shelax',son of Arpachshad son of Shem son of Noah,a pool in Jerusalem
Semein
: the father of Mattathias; a son of Josech; an ancestor of Jesus
Serug
: the father of Nahor; a son of Reu; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Reu of Shem
Shealtiel
: a son of Neri; the father of Zerubbabel; an ancestor of Jesus,son of King Jehoiachin; father of Zerubbabel who was the governor of Judah
Shelah
: the father of Eber; a son of Cainan; an ancestor of Jesus,an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Shelah',son of Judah; grandson of Shua the Canaanite,as representing the Hebrew name 'Shelax',son of Arpachshad son of Shem son of Noah,a pool in Jerusalem (31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Shem
: the father of Arphaxad; a son of Noah; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Noah
Simeon
: a son of Jonas and brother of Andrew; an apostle of Jesus Christ,a man who was one of the apostles of Christ and also called 'the Zealot',a brother of Jesus,a man who was a well-know victim of leprosy who had been healed by Jesus (NIV note),a man from Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus,a Pharisee man in whose house Jesus' feet were washed with tears and anointed,the father of Judas Iscariot,a man who was a sorcerer in Samaria and who wanted to buy the gifts of the Spirit,a man who was a tanner at Joppa and with whom Peter was staying when Cornelius sent for him
Terah
: the son of Nahor; the father of Abraham; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Nahor of Shem,a place where Israel made an encampment (30° 19´, 35° 24´)
Zerubbabel
: a son of Shealtiel; the father of Abiud; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Pedaiah (Shealtiel?) son of King Jehoiachin