Magor-missabib is a name found in the King James Bible. Who This Was Magor-missabib is not a personal name in the ordinary sense but a symbolic name given by the prophet Jeremiah to Pashhur, a priest and official in Jerusalem. The source note explains that the name means “terror on every side.” This renaming took … Read more
Hazaiah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Hazaiah was a resident of Jerusalem who lived in the city after the return from the Babylonian exile. He is mentioned only once in the King James Bible, in a genealogical record found in Nehemiah 11. … Read more
Jehizkiah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Jehizkiah was a leader of the tribe of Ephraim, identified in 2 Chronicles 28:12 as “the son of Shallum.” He is named among “certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim,” a group of four … Read more
Zebina is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Zebina was one of the men who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. He is mentioned in the Book of Ezra, in a list of those who had taken foreign wives and who pledged to … Read more
Sceva is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Sceva was a Jewish man living in Ephesus who is described in the King James Bible as “a Jew, and chief of the priests.” He appears only once in Scripture, in Acts 19:14, and is named … Read more
Huppah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Huppah was the head of one of the twenty-four priestly courses or divisions established by King David for the service of the house of the LORD. In 1 Chronicles 24, David, together with Zadok the priest … Read more
Shiphi is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Shiphi was a man of the tribe of Judah, known to us only through a single genealogical record in the Old Testament. He is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:37, where the Chronicler traces the line of … Read more
Arnan is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Arnan was a descendant of David, mentioned in the genealogies of the tribe of Judah. He appears in the record of the royal line as preserved in 1 Chronicles, where the Chronicler traces the families that … Read more
Achaz is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Achaz, also known as Ahaz, was a king of Judah. He is remembered in Scripture as a ruler whose reign was marked by idolatrous practices. Though his story unfolds in the Old Testament historical books, he … Read more
Lebana is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Lebana was one of the Nethinim, a group of temple servants who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. The Nethinim were set apart for service connected with the temple, assisting the Levites in the practical … Read more
Mahalah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Mahalah was a descendant of Levi whose name appears in the genealogies of the tribe of Levi recorded in 1 Chronicles. He is mentioned only once in the King James Bible, in 1 Chronicles 7:18: “And … Read more
Likhi is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Likhi was a descendant of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and he appears in the genealogical records of the tribe of Manasseh preserved in 1 Chronicles. He is identified specifically as one of the sons of … Read more