Multilingual Bible Names – People by Testament

Multilingual Bible Names – People

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Base list (English name, verses, gender, description) adapted from BibleAsk: “Names of People in the Bible” and “Names of People by Testament”. Multilingual forms provided by Ethiotrans.com.

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English Name	Amharic	Arabic	Spanish	French	Portuguese	Gender	Testament	Key Verse(s)	Meaning	Short Description
Aaron	አሮን	هارون	Aarón	Aaron	Aarão	Male	Old	Exodus 4:14; Exodus 28:1; Hebrews 5:4	Possibly “mountain of strength” or “enlightened”	Brother of Moses and Miriam; first high priest of Israel who served during the Exodus.
Abagtha	አባግታ	أبغثا	Abagta	Abagtha	Abagta	Male	Old	Esther 1:10	Uncertain; possibly “fortunate”	One of the seven eunuchs who served King Ahasuerus in the book of Esther.
Abda	አብዳ	عبدة	Abda	Abda	Abdá	Male	Old	1 Kings 4:6; Nehemiah 11:17	“Servant” or “servant of Yahweh”	Servant of King Solomon; also name of a Levite in the days of Nehemiah.
Abdeel	አብዲኤል	عبدئيل	Abdeel	Abdeel	Abdeel	Male	Old	Jeremiah 36:26	“Servant of God”	Father of Shelemiah, one of the men sent by King Jehoiakim to seize Baruch and Jeremiah.
Abdi	አብዲ	عِبدي	Abdi	Abdi	Abdi	Male	Old	1 Chronicles 6:44; 2 Chronicles 29:12; Ezra 10:26	“My servant” or “servant of Yahweh”	Name of several Levites, including one who served in Hezekiah’s reforms and one who had married a foreign wife.
Abdiel	አብዲኤል	عبدئيل	Abdiel	Abdiel	Abdiel	Male	Old	1 Chronicles 5:15	“Servant of God”	A leader in the tribe of Gad, descendant of Guni.
Abdon	አብዶን	عبدون	Abdón	Abdon	Abdom	Male	Old	Judges 12:13–15; 2 Chronicles 34:20	“Servant” or “service”	One of the judges of Israel; also other men and a town bear this name.
Abednego	አቤድነጎ	عبدنغو	Abed-nego	Abed-Nego	Abede-Nego	Male	Old	Daniel 1:7; Daniel 3:12–30	“Servant of Nebo” (Babylonian deity)	One of the three Hebrew youths preserved in the fiery furnace in Babylon with Shadrach and Meshach.
Abel	አቤል	هابيل	Abel	Abel	Abel	Male	Both	Genesis 4:2–8; Matthew 23:35; Hebrews 11:4	“Breath; vapor” (symbolic of a short life)	Second son of Adam and Eve, a righteous shepherd killed by his brother Cain; cited in the New Testament as an example of faith.
Abi	አቢ	أبي	Abi	Abi	Abi	Female	Old	2 Kings 18:2	“My father” (as a name, likely “Yahweh is my father”)	Mother of King Hezekiah, daughter of Zechariah.
Abia / Abijah	አቢያ	أبيا	Abías	Abia	Abias	Male	Both	1 Chronicles 3:10; Matthew 1:7; Luke 1:5	“Yahweh is my father”	Used for different men, including a king of Judah and the priestly division mentioned in the New Testament.
Abiah	አቢያ	أبيا	Abías	Abia	Abias	Male	Old	1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:28	Same as Abijah – “Yahweh is my father”	One of the sons of Samuel; also appears in genealogies of Israel.
Abi-albon	አቢአልቦን	أبي ألبون	Abi-albón	Abi-Albon	Abi-Albom	Male	Old	2 Samuel 23:31	“Father of strength” or “noble father”	One of David’s mighty warriors.
Abiasaph	አቢያሳፍ	أبياساف	Abiasaf	Abiasaph	Abiasafe	Male	Old	Exodus 6:24	“My father has gathered”	Son of Korah, ancestor of a prominent Levitical family of temple servants.
Abiathar	አቢያታር	أبياثار	Abiatar	Abiathar	Abiatar	Male	Old	1 Samuel 22:20–23; 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:26–27	“The father is abundant” or “father of excellence”	High priest during David’s reign who supported David but was later removed by Solomon.
Abigail	አቢጌል	أبيجايل	Abigaíl	Abigaïl	Abigail	Female	Old	1 Samuel 25; 2 Samuel 3:3	“My father is joy”	Wise and beautiful wife of Nabal who later became one of King David’s wives.
Abihail	አቢሃኤል	أبيحيل	Abihail	Abihail	Abiail	Female	Old	2 Chronicles 11:18; Esther 2:15; Esther 9:29	“My father is strength”	Name of several people, including a wife of Rehoboam and the father of Queen Esther.
Abihu	አቢሁ	أبيهو	Abiú	Abihu	Abiú	Male	Old	Leviticus 10:1–2; Numbers 3:2–4	“He is my father”	Son of Aaron who, with Nadab, offered unauthorized fire and was consumed by fire from God.

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