People: L

Son of Shelah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:21.

Son of Tahan. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:26.

White, one of the two sons of Gershon, the son of Levi (Ex. 6:17; Num. 3:18, 21).

The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Numbers 3:24.

Son of Jahath. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:2.

Son of the giant in Gath. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 20:5.

The father of Phalti (1 Sam. 25:44).

The fifth in descent from Cain. He was the first to violate the primeval ordinance of marriage (Gen. 4:18-24).

The seventh in descent from Seth, being the only son of Methuselah. Noah was the oldest of his several sons (Gen…

Torches. Deborah is called “the wife of Lapidoth” (Judg. 4:4).

Mentioned in 4 verses, first in Luke 16:20.

The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he had lain four days in the tomb (John…

Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel (Gen. 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through a deceit of her…

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:45.

Breast, the name of one of the apostles (Mark 3:18), called “Lebbaeus” in Matt. 10:3, and in Luke 6:16, “Judas the…

Son of Mizraim. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 10:13.

Dedicated to God, a king whom his mother instructed (Prov. 31:1-9). Nothing is certainly known concerning him.

Son of Dedan. Mentioned in 1 verse, Genesis 25:3.

Peoples; nations, the last mentioned of the three sons of Dedan, and head of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:3).

Luke 3:24.

The father of Matthat, and son of Simeon, of the ancestors of Christ (Luke 3:29).

The third son of Jacob by Leah. The origin of the name is found in Leah’s words (Gen. 29:34), “This time will my…

Son of Mahli. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 6:29.

Son of Shemida. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:19.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 2 Timothy 4:21.

Not my people, a symbolical name given by God’s command to Hosea’s second son in token of Jehovah’s rejection of his…

Not pitied, the name of the prophet Hosea’s first daughter, a type of Jehovah’s temporary rejection of his people (Hos…

The maternal grandmother of Timothy. She is commended by Paul for her faith (2 Tim. 1:5).

A small stone used in casting lots (Num. 33:54; Jonah 1:7). The lot was always resorted to by the Hebrews with…

Coverer, one of the sons of Seir, the Horite (Gen. 36:20, 29).

Brilliant star, a title given to the king of Babylon (Isa. 14:12) to denote his glory.

Of Cyrene, a Christian teacher at Antioch (Acts 13:1), and Paul’s kinsman (Rom. 16:21). His name is Latin, but his…

The fourth son of Shem (Gen. 10:22; 1 Chr. 1:17), ancestor of the Lydians probably.

Probably the same as Lud (2) (comp. Gen. 10:13; 1 Chr. 1:11).

The evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his conversion are unknown.

A woman of Thyatira, a “seller of purple,” who dwelt in Philippi (Acts 16:14, 15). She was not a Jewess but a proselyte.

Tetrarch of Abilene (Luke 3:1), on the eastern slope of Anti-Lebanon, near the city of Damascus.