Yid•do (Iddo)
Yid•laf (Jidlaph)
Yif•de•yah (Iphedeiah)
Yif•tach (Jepthah, Jephthae)—a judge of
Israel. MJ 11:32.
Yif•tach•’el (Iphtahel)
Yig•’al (Igal)
Yig•dal•ya•hu (Igdaliah)
Yim•lah (Imlah)
Yim•nah (Imnah)
Yim•rah (Imrah)
Yin•non
Yir•’i•yah (Irijah)
Yir•me•yah, -ya•hu (Jeremiah,
Jeremias, Jeremy)—Tanakh prophet. Mt 2:17+.
Yir•’on (Iron)
Yir•pe•’el (Irpeel)
Yis’•chak (Isaac)
Yi•shai (Jesse)—father of King David; in
Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:5+.
Yish•bach (Ishbah)
Yish•bak (Ishbak)
Yish•bi-B’•nov (Ishbibenob)
Yish•‘i (Ishi)
Yish•i•yah, -ya•hu (Ishiah, Ishijah)
Yish•ma (Ishma)
Yish•ma‘•el (Ishmael)
Yish•ma‘•e•li, -lim (Ishmaelite,
-s)
Yish•ma‘•yah, -ya•hu (Ishmaiah)
Yish•m’•rai (Ishmerai)
Yish•pah (Ishpah)
Yish•pan (Ishpan)
Yish•vah (Ishuah)
Yish•vi (Ishui, Ishvite)
Yis•kah (Iscah)
Yis•mach•yah (Ismachiah)
Yis•ra• ’el
(Israel)—see
glossary entry on Isra’el.
Yis•sa•khar (Issachar)—one of the twelve
tribes of Israel, named after a son of Ya‘akov avinu. Rv 7:7.
Yit•lah (Ithlah)
Yit•mah (Ithmah)
Yit•nan (Ithnan)
Yit•ra (Ithra)
Yit•ran (Ithran)
Yit•re•‘am (Ithream)
Yit•ri (Ithrite)
Yit•ro (Jethro)
Yit•ro—Parashah 17; Exodus 18:1–20:23(26)
Yitz’•chak (Isaac)—Second of the three
Patriarchs of the Jewish people. Mt 1:2+.
Yitz’•har (Izhar)
Yitz’•hari (Izharite)
Yitz•ri (Izri)
Yiv•char (Ibhar)
Yiv•le•‘am (Ibleam)
Yiv•ne•yah (Ibneiah)
Yiv•sam (Jibsam)
Yiz•li•’ah (Izliah)
Yiz•rach, from (Izrahite)
Yiz•rach•yah (Izrahiah)
Yiz•re•‘el (Jezreel)
Yiz•re•‘e•li (Jezreelite)
Yiz•zi•yah (Izziah)
Y’•kab•ze•’el (Jekabzeel)
Y’•kam•‘am (Jekameam)
Y’•kam•yah (Jekamiah)
Y’khan•yah, -ya•hu (Jeconiah, Jeconias)—king
of Y’hudah, also called Y’hoyakhin (Jehoiachin); in Messianic genealogy.
Mt 1:11–12.
Y’•khol•ya•hu (Jecholiah)
Y’•khon•yah (Jeconiah)
Y’•ku•ti•’el (Jekuthiel)
Yo•’ach (Joah)
Yo•’a•chaz (Jehoahaz)
Yo•’ash (Joash)
Yo•’av (Joab)
Yo•cha (Joha)
Yo•cha•nah (Joanna)—wife of Herod’s finance
minister. Lk 8:3+.
Yo•cha•nan (John, Jona, Jonas)—The English
name "John" is derived from Hebrew Yochanan, which means,
"God gives grace." (1) Yochanan the Immerser (see entry below). (2) Talmid
of Yeshua, son of Zavdai, brother of Ya‘akov #4 and author of several New
Testament books. Mt 4:21+. (3) Father of Kefa. Mt 16:17; Yn 21:15, 17. (4)
Surnamed Mark, nephew of Bar-Nabba, co-worker with him and Sha’ul. Ac
12:25+. (5) Ancestor of Yeshua. Lk 3:27. (6) Relative of ‘Anan the cohen
hagadol. Ac 4:6. (7) The author of the book of Revelation (if different
from #2). Rv 1:9; 22:8.
Yo•cha•nan Ben-Z’khar•yah—See
Yocha-nan the Immerser, below. Lk 3:2.
Yo•cha•nan the Immerser (John the Baptist, John
the Baptizer)—His full name is given at Lk 3:2 as Yochanan Ben-Z’kharyah
(John, son of Zechariah). The Greek words baptô and baptizô
mean "to immerse, to dip," so that what is dipped absorbs the
character of what it is immersed in, e.g., leather in tanning solution.
Mt 3:1+.
Yo•dah (Joda, Juda)—in Messianic genealogy. Lk
3:26.
Yo•‘ed (Joed)
Yo•’el (Joel)—Tanakh prophet. Ac 2:16.
Yo•‘e•lah (Joelah)
Yo•‘e•zer (Joezer)
Yog•be•hah (Jogbehah)
Yog•li (Jogli)
Yok•de•‘am (Jokdeam)
Yo•khe•ved (Jochebed)
Yo•kim (Jokim)
Yok•me•‘am (Jokmeam)
Yok•ne•‘am (Jokneam)
Yok•shan (Jokshan)
Yok•tan (Joktan)
Yok•te•’el (Joktheel)
Yom-Kip•pur—the Day of Atonement. The Greek
says, literally, "the fast," but a Jewish fast-day in the fall
spoken of with the definite article can refer only to Yom-Kippur. Ac
27:9.
Yo•na•dav (Jonadab)
Yo•nah (Jonah)—Tanakh prophet. Mt 12:39+.
Yo•nam (Jonan)—in Messianic genealogy. Lk 3:30.
Yo•na•tan (Jonathan)
Yo•rah (Jorah)
Yo•rai (Jorai)
Yo•ram (Jehoram, Joram, Jorim)—(1) King of Y’hudah;
in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:8. (2) A second figure in the Messianic
genealogy. Lk 3:29.
Yor•ke•‘am (Jorkoam)
Yo•sef (Joseph, Josech)—(1) Son of Ya‘akov
avinu. Yn 4:5+. (2) The tribe of Israel called by his name. Rv 7:8. (3)
Husband of Miryam the mother of Yeshua. Mt 1:16+. (4–6) Three different
ancestors of Yeshua. Lk 3:24, 26, 30. (7) Brother of Yeshua. Mt 13:55. (8) Son
of Miryam #4, same as Yosi #2. Mt 27:56. (9) Messianic Jewish member of the
Sanhedrin in whose tomb Yeshua was buried; known as Yosef of Ramatayim (Joseph
of Arimathea). Mt 27:57+. (10) Messianic Jew, surnamed Bar-Nabba, who worked
with Sha’ul to establish the Gospel among the Gentiles. Ac 4:36.
Yo•sha•fat (Joshaphat)
Yo•shah (Joshah)
Yo•shav•yah (Joshaviah)
Yosh•b’•ka•shah (Joshbekashah)
Yo•shev-Ba•she•vet (Josheb-basshebeth)
Yo•shiv•yah (Josibiah)
Yo•shi•yah, -ya•hu (Josiah, Josias)—king
of Y’hudah; in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:10–11.
Yo•si (Joseph, Joses, Jose)—(1) Brother of Yeshua.
Mk 6:3. (2) Son of Miryam #4. Mk 15:40. "Yosi" is sometimes a
diminutive of "Yosef," as "Joe" is of "Joseph."
Yo•sif•yah (Josiphiah)
Yo•tam (Jotham)—king of Y’hudah; in Messianic
genealogy. Mt 1:9.
Yot•vah (Jotbah)
Yot•va•tah (Jotbathah)
Yo•tza•dak (Jozadak)
Yov (Job)
Yo•vav (Jobab)
yo•vel (jubilee)—the English word comes
directly from the Hebrew
Yo•ya•da (Jehoiada)
Yo•ya•kim (Joiakim)
Yo•ya•riv (Joiarib)
Yo•za•khar (Jozachar)
Yo•za•vad (Jozabad)
Y’•sar•’e•lah (Jesharelah)
Y’•sha•nah (Jeshanah)
Y’•sho•cha•yah (Jeshohaiah)
Y’•si•mi•’el (Jesimiel)
Y’•tur (Jetur)
