List of biblical names starting with O
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See Bible Study Tools Library letter O or Christian Classics Ethereal Library letter O or Smith's Bible Dictionary letter O or Easton's Bible Dictionary letter O for additional definitions and Biblical sources. Most of the men's and women's biblical names can be found in Herbert Lockyer's books with a biblical source where in the bible they can be found.[1] Many also have a short study on the name.[1] Most of the Biblical name definitions for places, cities, countries, angels, gods, mountains and Hebrew names can be found in Nancy M. Tischler's two volume encyclopedia All things in the Bible, an encyclopedia of the biblical world with a short study on each of them.[2]
- Obadiah, servant of the Lord[3]
- Obal, inconvenience of old age[3]
- Obed, a servant; workman[3]
- Obed-edom, servant of Edom[3]
- Obil, that weeps; who deserves to be bewailed[3]
- Oboth, dragons; fathers; desires[3]
- Ocran, a disturber; that disorders[3]
- Oded, to sustain, hold or lift up[3]
- Og, a cake; bread baked in ashes[3]
- Ohad, praising; confessing[3]
- Ohel, tent; tabernacle; brightness[3]
- Olympas, heavenly[3]
- Omar, he that speaks; bitter[3]
- Omega, the last letter of the Greek alphabet; long O[3]
- Omri, sheaf of corn[3]
- On, pain; force; iniquity[3]
- Onan, same as On[3]
- Onesimus, profitable; useful[3]
- Onesiphorus, who brings profit[3]
- Ono, grief or strength or iniquity of him[3]
- Ophel, a tower; darkness; small white cloud[3]
- Ophir, fruitful region[3]
- Ophni, wearisomeness; folding together[3]
- Ophrah, dust; lead; a fawn[3]
- Oreb, a raven[3]
- Oren, pine tree[3]
- Ornan, that rejoices[3]
- Orpah, the neck or skull[3]
- Oshea, same as Joshua[3]
- Othni, my time; my hour[3]
- Othniel, the hour of God[3]
- Ozem, that fasts; their eagerness[3]
- Ozias, strength from the Lord[3]
- Ozni, an ear; my hearkening[3]
References
- Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
- Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4