"A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth." (Proverbs 22:1, Ecclesiastes 7:1)
Hitchock Bible Names Entry for A
A teacher; lofty; mountain of strength
The destroyer
Father of the wine-press
Made of stone; a building
Passages; passengers
Father
A servant; servitude
A vapor; a cloud of God
My servant
Servant of God
Servant; cloud of judgment
Servant of light; shining
Vanity; breath; vapor; a city; mourning
Mourning to the house of Maachah
Mourning of waters
Mourning of sickness
The mourning of Egyptians
Mourning of thorns
An egg; muddy
My father
Most intelligent father
The Lord is my father
Consuming father; gathering
Excellent father; father of the remnant
Green fruit; ears of corn
Father of knowledge; father of judgment
God my father
Father of help
The father's joy
The father of strength
He is my father
Father of praise; confession
The Lord is my father
Father of the sea
The father of mourning
A father sent from God
Father of the king
Father of a vow
Father of beauty
High father; father of deceit
Ignorance of the father
The present of my father
Father of peace
Father of salvation
Father of the wall; father of uprightness
The father of the dew; or of the shadow
Father of goodness
Father of praise
Father of light
Father of a great multitude
High father
Father of peace
A vessel; pitcher; spark
Close; pressed together
Field of blood
Brother of the father
Grief; trouble
A native of Achaia; sorrowing; sad
Or Achar
One that takes
A rat; bruising
Preparing; revenging; confirming
Thus it is; how is this
Brother of death
Trouble
Adorned; bursting the veil
Poison; tricks
Liar; lying; one that runs
Testimony of the assembly
An assembly
The witness of the Lord
One that draws water; poverty; cloud; death
Earthy; red
Red earth; of blood
My man; red; earthy; human
High; eminent
Vapor
My witness; adorned; prey
Adorned; delicious; voluptuous
Basis; foundation; the Lord
The witness of the Lord
Adina
Assemblies; testimonies
My witness; my ornament
Earthy; red; bloody
A cloud of death; a mortal vapor
Pleasure; delight
Eternal rest
The lightning of the Lord; the Lord of lightning
Justice of the Lord; lord of justice
The Lord is my master
The Lord is raised
My Lord is most high; Lord of might and elevation
Strength of the sea
Their beauty; their power
The cloak
The court of death
The flock of God
Their testimony; their prey; their ornament
Earthy; red; bloody things
Praised; praiseworthy
A cloud; fountain; his eye
A locust; the father's joy or feast
Roof; upper floor
Or Hagar
A valley; deepness
One who causes great pain at his birth
Stranger; gathered together
Uncle
A smiling brother; a meadow of a sweet savor
Another host; the last sorrow; a brother's sheep
Trusting in me; a grown-up brother
Prince; head; chief
Essence; being; generation
One that takes or possesses
Seizure; vision of the Lord
My brother; my brethren
Brother of the Lord
Mother's brother; brother of a nation
Brother of wine
Brother of assistance
Brother of vanity
Same with Ahiah
A brother who raises up or avenges
A brother born
A brother of the council
Brother of the right hand
My brother is a king; my king's brother
Brother of death
A willing brother; brother of a vow
Beauty of the brother; brother of motion
His brother; his brethren
Brother of iniquity; brother of the shepherd
Brother of craft
Brother of strength
Brother of the morning or dew; brother of blackness
Brother of a prince; brother of a song
Brother of ruin or folly
Brother of goodness
Made of milk
Beseeching; sorrowing; expecting
A live brother; my thorn or thistle
His tabernacle; his tent
The tent of the father
My tent
My tabernacle is exalted
A meadow of waters; a brother of waters
Their taking or possessing vision
Possession; seizing; collecting
Or Hai
Vulture
Same as Ai; an hour; eye; fountain
The land of the morning
Same as Aiath
A chain; strength; a stag
Foot-print; supplanting; crookedness; lewdness
Scorpions
God is king
Hiding; youth; worlds; upon the dead
One who assists men
High
Praise the Lord
An oak; strong
The oak of weeping
Measure of God
Hidden
Hidden in a cluster of fig trees
A thousand; learned; chief
Mingling together
His rising up; his highness
People of witness; a prey
Labor; iniquity
A people that licks up
Mother; fear of them
Integrity; truth; a nurse
The Lord says; the integrity of the Lord
Sparing the people
Strong
The people's gift
Same as Amaziah
The strength of the Lord
Mother; fear; people
Same as Amminadab
True; fearing
My
Same as Ammah
My people is liberal
The people of God
People of praise
The people of the Almighty; the Almighty is with me
Dowry of the people
A people; the son of my people
Faithful and true; tutor
A valley; a depth
Faithful; true
Bitter; a rebel; a babbler
Loading; weighty
Strong; robust
Large; extensive
An exalted people; their sheaves; handfuls of corn
One that speaks of secrets
Strong
A grape; a knot
One who answers; afflicted
Dryness
A collar; ornament
A fountain; answer; affliction
Answer; poverty of the king
A cloud; prophecy; divination
Or Ananiah
Separated; set apart
Or Anath
A strong man
A man excelling others
Or Anen
Answer; song; affliction
A people; the strength or sorrow of people
Answerings; singings; afflicted
Gracious; one who gives
One who answers; humble
An adversary to Christ
Speedy as a chariot
For all
For
Answers or songs of the Lord; afflictions
Same as Anab
Exclusion; separation
Apharsites (from a root meaning) dividing or rending
Aphekah
Speaking
Uncovering
Hidden
Perdition
Destroying
One who destroys; destroyer
A destroyer
Face; nostrils
Productive; fruitful
An eagle
Awakening; uncovering
Cursing; seeing
Multiplying; sowing sedition; a window; a locust
Evening; desert; ravens
A wild ass; a dragon
The way; a traveler
Highness
An ark; their curse
The curse of trembling
Ark; song; joyful cry
Four
The prince of the people
A master of horses
A gathering together
One that commands; he that descends
Ruling; a judgment of malediction
The light or vision of God
The hill of Mars
Agreeable
A turf
Altar; light or lion of God
A lion dead to the Lord
Long; great; tall
The best prince
A good counselor
Hill of fruits; mountain of Megiddo
Rejoicing; sunlight
Heath; tamarisk
The light of redemption
A healer; a releaser
The silence of light; fervent to spoil
Whole
High; exalted
Physician; cure
Creature of God
The Lord hath wrought
Who gathers together
The beatitude of God
Peril; misfortune
Smoke
An old fire
Effusion; inclination; theft
Happiness
Crime; offense
A fire that spreads
Change
Same as Asareel
Ashtoreth
Who is happy; or walks; or looks
Muddy; boggy
The work of God
Weight; balance; fire of infamy
Unhappiness; increase of danger
Help of God
Liers in want; beholders
Prisoner; fettered
Approaching; coming near
Same as Ashur
Country of Assur or Ashur
Gatherings
Incomparable
A thorn
A crown
Crowns
Crowns of power
Left hand; shut
Thy time
The Lord's time
The time of the Lord
My hour or time
Same as Athlai
That increases or sends
Increased
Increased
Or Ivah
Iniquity; force; riches; sorrow
Wicked or perverse men
Wicked
Near the Lord
Hearing the Lord; the Lord's weapons
Help of God
He that hears the Lord
Strong one
The scape-goat
Strength of the Lord
Strength of walls
A strong army; a gang of robbers
Strong death; a he-goat
Bone of a bone; our strength
The ears of Tabor; the ears of purity or contrition
A helper; a court
The same as Ashdod
Same as Asriel
Help
Forsaken
He that assists or is assisted
Their strength
Same as Azur
This dictionary is from "Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible," written by Roswell D. Hitchcock in 1869. It contains more than 2,500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their meanings. Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible (c. 1869). Roswell D. Hitchcock, Washburn Professor of Church History in the Union Theological Seminary, New York City.
