Matthew 1:1--13:58
Abijah
: the son and successor of King Rehoboam
Abiud
: a son of Zerubbabel; an ancestor of Jesus
Abraham
: a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem
Achim
: a son of Zadok; the father of Eliud and an ancestor of Jesus
Ahaz
: a son of Jotham; listed as an ancestor of Jesus,son and successor of King Jotham of Judah,son of Micah of Benjamin
Alphaeus
: the father of James, one of the twelve,the father of Levi (Matthew), one of the twelve.
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
Amon
: a son of Manasseh; the father of Josiah and an ancestor of Jesus,governor of the Town of Samaria under King Ahab,son and successor of King Manasseh,a man who, with his sons, were servants of Solomon
Amos
: father of the prophet Isaiah
Andrew
: the brother of Simon Peter
Archelaus
: A son of Herod the Great
Asa
: a son of Abijah; the father of Jehoshaphat; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Abijam and king of Judah,son of Elkanah; a Levite whose descendants returned from exile
Azor
: a son of Eliakim; the father of Zadok; an ancestor of Jesus.
Babylon
: a country of Babylon in lower Mesopotamia
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(30° 57´, 46° 6´)
Bartholomew
: a man who was one of the twelve apostles
Beelzebul
: the prince of demons
Bethlehem
: a town 8 km south of Jerusalem,a town of Zebulun 10 km west of Nazareth and 15 km SW of Cana SMM,a town of Judah 8 km south. of Jerusalem
(31° 42´, 35° 12´);
(32° 44´, 35° 11´)
Bethsaida
: a town located on the northeast side of the Sea of Galilee
(32° 54´, 35° 37´)
Boaz
: son of Salma of Judah,one of 2 principal pillars in Solomon's temple
Capernaum
: a town located on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee.
(32° 52´, 35° 34´)
Chorazin
: a town in Galilee, 3 kilometers NNW of Capernaum
(32° 54´, 35° 33´)
David
: a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
Decapolis
: a large region south of the Sea of Galilee mainly east of the Jordan
(33° 31´, 36° 18´)
Egypt
: descendants of Mizraim
(30° 6´, 31° 20´);
(30° 6´, 31° 20´)
Eleazar
: a son of Eliud; the father of Matthan; an ancestor of Jesus.,a chief priest; son of Aaron,son of Abinadab; caretaker of the Ark at Kiriath-Jearim,son of Dodo the Ahohite; one of David's military elite,son of Mahli the Levite,a priest who participated in the dedication of the wall,a priest under Ezra; son of Phinehas,a layman of the Parosh clan who put away his heathen wife
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
Elijah
: a prophet from the 9th century B.C.,a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead to Israel in King Ahab's time,son of Jeroham of Benjamin,a priest of the Harim clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani Elam clan who put away his heathen wife
Eliud
: the great, great grandfather of Joseph; an ancestor of Jesus
Emmanuel
: a male child that Isaiah prophesied would be born
Gadarene
: an inhabitant of the region around the town of Gadara, some 10 km SE of the Sea of Galilee (IBD)
Galilee
: the region of Palestine north of Sameria and west of the upper Jordan River,a region west of Lake Galilee and north of the Jezreel Valley
(31° 51´, 35° 31´);
(32° 42´, 35° 18´);
(31° 51´, 35° 31´);
(32° 1´, 35° 13´);
(32° 48´, 35° 35´)
Gentile
: a non-Jewish person
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
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´)
Hades
: the place of departed spirits (NIV notes); the unseen world (YC)
Herod
: son of Antipater; king over Judea when Christ was born,a son of Herod the Great,a grandson of Herod the Great and son of Aristobulus and Berenice
Hezekiah
: the son of Ahaz who succeeded him as king of Judah; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Ahaz; king of Judah,forefather of the prophet Zephaniah,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law
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
Isaiah
: a son of Amoz; a prophet active in Judah from about 740 to 701 B.C.,son of Amoz; a major prophet in the time of Hezekiah
Iscariot
: the surname of Judas, the man who betrayed Christ
Israel
: a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
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
James
: a son of Zebedee; brother of John; an apostle,a son of Alpheus; an apostle,a brother of Jesus; writer of the epistle of James,the father (or brother) of the apostle Judas
Jehoshaphat
: the son and successor of king Asa of Judah; the father of Jehoram; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Ahilud; a recorder for King Solomon,an officer over collecting food supplies for King Solomon from Issachar; son of Paruah,son of Asa; King of Judah,son of Nimshi; father of King Jehu of Israel,a situation ("valley") of being judged (OS)
Jeremiah
: a prophet of Judah in 627 B.C., who wrote the book of Jeremiah,a man of Libnah; father of Hamutal, mother of Jehoahaz, king of Judah,head of an important clan in eastern Manasseh in the time of Jotham,a Benjamite man who defected to David at Ziklag,the fifth of Saul's Gadite officers who defected to David in the wilderness,the tenth of Saul's Gadite officers who defected to David in the wilderness,a man from Anathoth of Benjamin; son of Hilkiah the priest; a major prophet in the time of the exile,an influential priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel, who later signed the covenant to obey the law, and who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,one of Saul's Gadite officers who defected to David in the wilderness
Jerusalem
: the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Jesse
: a son of Obed; the father of David the king and ancestor of Jesus,son of Obed of Judah; father of David
Jews
: the people descended from Israel
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
John
: a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter
Jonah
: a son of Amittai; the prophet God sent to Nineveh,the prophet who was swallowed by the great fish; son of Amittai
Joram
: a son of Jehoshaphat; the father of Uzziah; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Toi or Tou, king of Hamath,son and successor of King Jehoshaphat of Judah,second son and second successor of King Ahab of Israel,son of Jeshaiah; a Levitical chief treasurer whose descendants returned from exile
Jordan
: the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)
(32° 18´, 35° 33´)
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
Josiah
: the son who succeeded King Amon of Judah; the father of Jeconiah; an ancestor of Jesus,son and successor of Amon, King of Judah,son of Zephaniah; custodian of the temple treasures that were returned from Babylon
Jotham
: the son who succeeded King Uzziah of Judah; the father of Ahaz; an ancestor of Jesus,the youngest son of Jerubbaal (Gideon),son and successor of King Azariah of Judah,son of Jahdai of Judah
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´)
Judas
: a son of Mary and Joseph; half-brother of Jesus)
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Judea
: a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah
(31° 46´, 35° 14´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Manasseh
: the tribe of Manasseh.
Mary
: mother of Jesus and wife of Joseph,a woman from Magdala in Galilee,the mother of James and Joses,the wife of Cleophas,the sister of Lazarus and Martha in Bethany,the mother of John Mark who was a nephew of Barnabas,a Christian woman in Rome who helped Paul
Matthan
: a son of Eleazar; the father of Jacob; an ancestor of Jesus.
Matthew
: a son of Alpheus; a tax collector who became one of the twelve apostles
Moses
: a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law
Nahshon
: a son of Amminadab; the father of Salmon; an ancestor of Jesus.,son of Amminadab; Moses' officer over the tribe of Judah
Naphtali
: region/territority and the tribe of Israel,the son of Jacob and Bilhah,the tribe of people descended from Naphtali,the territory of the people of Naphtali
Nazarene
: a town in lower Galilee about halfway between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea
(32° 42´, 35° 18´)
Nazareth
: a town in lower Galilee about halfway between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea
(32° 42´, 35° 18´)
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´)
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
Perez
: a son of Judah and Tamar; the father of Hezron; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Judah and Tamar
Peter
: a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter
Pharisee
: a religious group or sect of the Jews
Philip
: a man who was one of the twelve apostles,a son of Herod the Great; husband of Herodias; ruler of Iturea and Traconitis north and west of Galilee,a man who was one of the seven chosen to serve tables at the church at Jerusalem
(32° 29´, 34° 53´);
(33° 14´, 35° 41´);
(41° 0´, 24° 17´)
Raca
: an Aramaic term of contempt and abuse 'empty one'.
Rachel
: a daughter of Laban; wife of Jacob; mother of Joseph and Benjamin,Jacob's favorite wife
Rahab
: a woman inkeeper in Jericho who hid two Hebrew spies; ancester of Boaz and of Jesus,an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Rahab',poetic synonym for Egypt and or the exodus (IBD),the mythical monster of chaos, mainly to do with an unruly sea,as representing the Hebrew name 'Raxab', which has a velar fricative in the middle.,a woman of Jericho; wife of Salmon (Matt. 1:5)
(30° 6´, 31° 20´)
Ram
: a son of Hezron; father of Amminadab; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Hezron son of Perez son of Judah,son of Jerahmeel of Judah,a clan of the people of Buz (probably of Nahor)
(34° 50´, 39° 7´);
(33° 12´, 36° 30´);
(35° 5´, 42° 0´);
(30° 44´, 35° 36´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(33° 31´, 36° 18´)
Ramah
: a town 8 km north of Jerusalem,a town of Simeon,a town of Benjamin 9 km north of Jerusalem and 8 km south of Bethel (OS),a town on the border of Asher (OS),a town of Ephraim 10 km SE of Aphek, and 25 km east of Joppa,a town in Gilead 50-60 km east of Beth-Shan
(31° 53´, 35° 12´);
(33° 6´, 35° 18´);
(32° 56´, 35° 22´);
(31° 49´, 35° 10´);
(32° 33´, 36° 0´)
Rehoboam
: a son of Solomon; the father of Abijah; an ancestor of Jesus,son and successor of King Solomon
Ruth
: The wife of Boaz; the mother of Obed; an ancestor of Jesus,Moabite wife of Boaz, and great grandmother of King David
Sadducee
: a group/sect of the Jews
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
Samaritan
: inhabitant(s) of Samaria
(32° 16´, 35° 11´)
Satan
: a person, male (evil angelic),an angel that has rebelled against God
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
Sidon
: residents of the town of Sidon
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Simon
: 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
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´)
Solomon
: the tenth son of David; the father of Rehoboam; an ancestor of Jesus; the third king of Israel.,son of David and Bath-Sheba; successor of King David
Syria
: 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´)
Tamar
: the daughter-in-law of Judah; the mother of Judah's sons Perez and Zerah; an ancestor of Jesus,daughter-in-law to Judah; mother of Zerah and Perez,daughter of King David,daughter of Absalom,a town of Judah 60 km SE of Beersheba & 35 km SSW of the Dead Sea
(34° 33´, 38° 15´);
(34° 33´, 38° 15´);
(31° 1´, 35° 3´)
Thaddeus
: a man who was one of the twelve apostles
Thomas
: a man who was one of the twelve apostles also called on three occasions,
Tyre
: a resident of the town of Tyre
(33° 16´, 35° 11´)
Uriah
: the husband of Bathsheba with whom David committed adultery,a Hittite man who was one of David's military elite,the high priest who served under King Ahaz of Judah,father of Meremoth the priest who received the temple vessels,a man who stood with Ezra when he read the law to the assembly,son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-Jearim
Uzziah
: a son of Jehoram; the father of Jotham; an ancestor of Jesus.,son and successor of king Amaziah of Judah,son of Uriel of Kohath son of Levi,father of Jonathan, the head of country treasuries under David,a priest of the Harim Clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Zechariah; father of Athaiah of Judah, a returned exile
Zadok
: a son of Azor; the father of Akim; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Ahitub II; high priest Zadok I in David's time,father of Jerusha, who was the mother of King Jotham,the chief priest Zadok II; son of Meraioth II,a man who was one of David's military elite from Aaron's clan,son of Baana; one of those who helped rebuild the wall,son of Immer; one of those who helped rebuild the wall,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to keep God's law,a Levite who served as Nehemiah's scribe
Zealot
: a man who was one of the twelve apostles
(31° 41´, 34° 50´);
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)
Zebedee
: the father of James and John, who were two of the twelve apostles
Zebulun
: the tribe of Israel that came from Zebulun whose territory was in Galilee,the man; son of Jacob and Leah,the tribe of Zebulun,the territory of the tribe of Zebulun
Zerah
: members of the clan of Zerah of Simeon,members of the clan of Zerah of Judah
Zerubbabel
: a son of Shealtiel; the father of Abiud; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Pedaiah (Shealtiel?) son of King Jehoiachin