Names in the Bible that Start with “Z”

ZAANANNIM

Pronunciation: Za’-an-an’-nim

Meaning: movings; a person asleep  

Verses: Joshua 19:33, Judges 4:11 

ZAAVAN

Pronunciation: Za’-a-van

Meaning: trembling  

Verses: Genesis 36:27,1 Chronicles 1:42

ZABAD

Pronunciation: Za’-bad

Meaning: dowry; endowed  

Verses: 1 Chronicles 7:20-21,Ezra 10:27;33;43,1 Chronicles 2:36,2 Chronicles 24:26,1 Chronicles 7:20.

ZABBAI

Pronunciation: Zabb’-eye

Meaning: flowing  

Verses: Ezra 10:28, Nehemiah 3:20

ZABDI

Pronunciation:Zabb’-dy

Meaning: dowry; endowed   

Verses:1 Chronicles 27:27,Joshua 7:18 ,Nehemiah 11:17,Joshua 7:1,Matthew 26:37

ZACCAI

Pronunciation: Zakh’-eye

Meaning: pure meat; just  

Verses: Nehemiah 7:14, Ezra 2:9 , Nehemiah 3:20

ZACCHEUS

Pronunciation: Zakh’-ee-us

Meaning: pure; clean; just  

Verses: Luke 19:2;3;5;8

ZACCUR 

Pronunciation: Zakh’-oor

Meaning: of the male kind; mindful  

Verses:1 Chronicles 24:27,1 Chronicles 25:2, Nehemiah 3:2, Nehemiah 10:12, Numbers 13:4

ZACHARIAH

Pronunciation: Zekh-ar-eye’-a

Meaning: memory of the lord  

Verses:2 Kings 15:8,2 Kings 14:29,Luke 11:51,Matthew 23:35,Luke 1:59,Luke 1:40 

ZADOK

Pronunciation: Zad’-okk

Meaning: just; justified 

Verses:1 Chronicles 6:8;12,2 Samuel 15:35,Matthew 1:14,1 Chronicles 15:11,2 Samuel 17:15.

ZAIR

Pronunciation: Za’-eer

Meaning: little; afflicted; in tribulation  

Verses:2 Kings 8:21,2 Chronicles 21:9 

ZALAPH

Pronunciation: Za’-laf

Meaning: shadow; ringing; shaking 

Verses: Nehemiah 3:30.

ZALMON

Pronunciation: Zal’-mon

Meaning: his shade; his image  

Verses: Judges 9:48,2 Samuel 23:28,Psalm 68:14,1 Chronicles 11:29

ZALMONAH

Pronunciation:Zal-moh’-na

Meaning: the shade; the sound of the number; his image  

Verses: Numbers 33:41-42.

ZALMUNNA

Pronunciation: Zal-munn’-a

Meaning: shadow; image; idol forbidden  

Verses: Judges 8:10;12;15;18;21,Psalm 83:11 

ZAMZUMMIM

Pronunciation: Zam-zum’-i

Meaning: projects of crimes; enormous crimes  

Verses: Deuteronomy 2:20-21

ZANOAH

Pronunciation: Zan-oh’-a

Meaning: forgetfulness; desertion  

Verses: Nehemiah 11:30,Joshua 15:34,Nehemiah 3:13

ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH

Pronunciation: Zaff’-en-ath-pan-eh’-a

Meaning: one who discovers hidden things  

Verses: Genesis 41:45 

ZAREPHATH

Pronunciation: Zar’-eff-ath

Meaning: ambush of the mouth  

Verses:1 Kings 17:10,Luke 4:26,Obadiah 1:20

ZATTHU

Pronunciation:Zat’-oo

Meaning: olive tree    

Verses: Nehemiah 10:14

ZAZA

Pronunciation: Za’-za

Meaning: belonging to all  

Verses: 1 Chronicles 2:33 

ZEBADIAH

Pronunciation: Zeb’-a-dy’-a

Meaning: portion of the lord; the lord is my portion  

Verses: 2 Chronicles 17:8,1 Chronicles 26:2,1 Chronicles 8:17,Ezra 10:20,Ezra 8:8

ZEBAH

Pronunciation: Ze’-ba

Meaning: victim; sacrifice  

Verses: Judges 8:10;12;15;18,Psalm 83:11 

ZEBEDEE

Pronunciation: Zeb’-e-dee

Meaning: abundant; portion  

Verses: Matthew 4:21,Mark 10:35,Mark 1:19-20,Matthew 26:37,Matthew 27:56

ZEBOIIM

Pronunciation: Zeb-oy’-im

Meaning: deer; goats  

Verses:Genesis 14:2;8,Deuteronomy 29:23,Genesis 10:19 ,Hosea 11:8 

ZEBUL

Pronunciation:Ze’-bul

Meaning: a habitation  

Verses: Judges 9:28;30;31;36;37;38

ZEBULUN

Pronunciation:Zebb’-yu-lun

Meaning: dwelling; habitation  

Verses: Deuteronomy 33:18,Numbers 2:7,Judges 1:30,Judges 5:18,Genesis 49:13,Joshua 19:27.

ZECHARIAH

Pronunciation: Zekh-ar-eye’-a

Meaning: memory of the lord  

Verses: 2 Chronicles 24:20,Zechariah 1:1,2 Chronicles 26:5,Zechariah 7:8,Ezra 5:1,1 Chronicles 24:25,Isaiah 8:2

ZEDAD

Pronunciation: Ze’-dad

Meaning: his side; his hunting  

Verses: Numbers 34:8-9,Ezekiel 47:15

ZEDEKIAH

Pronunciation: Zedd’-ek-eye’-a

Meaning: the lord is my justice; the justice of the lord  

Verses: 2 Kings 25:7,Jeremiah 32:3;5,Jeremiah 27:12,1 Kings 22:11,2 Chronicles 18:10;23,Jeremiah 52:1,2 Kings 24:18

ZEEB

Pronunciation: Ze’-eb

Meaning: wolf  

Verses: Judges 7:25,Psalm 83:11,Judges 8:3

ZELAH

Pronunciation: Zeh’-la

Meaning: rib; side; halting  

Verses: Joshua 18:28,2 Samuel 21:14 

ZELEK

Pronunciation: Zell’-ek

Meaning: the shadow or noise of him that licks or laps 

Verses: 1 Chronicles 11:39,2 Samuel 23:37

ZELOPHEHAD

Pronunciation: Zell-off’-e-had

Meaning: the shade or tingling of fear  

Verses: Numbers 26:33,1 Chronicles 7:15,Numbers 36:2;6;10;11

ZELZAH

Pronunciation: Zel’-za

Meaning: noontide  

Verses: 1 Samuel 10:2 

ZEMARAIM

Pronunciation: Zem’-ar-ah’-im

Meaning: wool; pith  

Verses:2 Chronicles 13:4,Joshua 18:22 

ZENAN

Pronunciation: Ze’-nan

Meaning: coldness; target; weapon  

Verses: Joshua 15:37

ZEPHANIAH

Pronunciation: Zeff’-an-eye’-a

Meaning: the lord is my secret  

Verses: Zephaniah 1:1,2 Kings 25:18,Jeremiah 52:24,Jeremiah 29:29,Jeremiah 37:3,Zechariah 6:10

ZEPHATH

Pronunciation: Ze’-fath

Meaning: which beholds; that attends or that covers  

Verses: Judges 1:17,2 Chronicles 14:10

ZEPHO, ZEPHON

Pronunciation: Zeff’-oh,Zeff’-on

Meaning: that sees and observes; that expects or covers  

Verses:Genesis 36:11;15,1 Chronicles 1:36,Numbers 26:15,Exodus 14:2;9,Genesis 46:16,Numbers 33:7.

ZER

Pronunciation: Zehr’

Meaning: perplexity  

Verses: Joshua 19:35

ZERAH

Pronunciation: Zer’-a

Meaning: east; brightness  

Verses: Joshua 19:35

ZEREDAH

Pronunciation: Zer-eh’-da

Meaning: ambush; change of dominion  

Verses:1 Kings 11:26,2 Chronicles 4:17,Judges 7:22

ZERESH

Pronunciation: Zer’-esh

Meaning: misery; strange; dispersed inheritance  

Verses:Esther 6:13,Esther 5:10;14

ZERETH

Pronunciation: Zer’-eth

Meaning: perplexity 

Verses:1 Chronicles 4:7, Joshua 13:19

ZEROR

Pronunciation:Zer’-or

Meaning: root; that straitens or binds; that keeps tight  

Verses:1 Samuel 9:1

ZERUAH

Pronunciation: Zer-oo’-a

Meaning: leprous; wasp; hornet  

Verses:1 Kings 11:26 

ZERUBBABEL

Pronunciation: Zer-ubb’-a-bell

Meaning: a stranger at babylon; dispersion of confusion  

Verses: 1 Chronicles 3:19,Haggai 1:12,Haggai 2:21,Nehemiah 7:7,Ezra 4:2-3,Zechariah 4:6,Haggai 2:2.

ZERUIAH

Pronunciation: Zer-oo-eye’-a

meaning: pain or tribulation of the lord  

Verses: 1 Chronicles 2:16,1 Chronicles 27:24,2 Samuel 21:17,1 Kings 1:7,2 Samuel 16:10.

ZETHAR

Pronunciation: Zeh’-thar

Meaning: he that examines or beholds  

Verses: Esther 1:10

ZIA

Pronunciation: Zy’-a

Meaning: sweat; swelling 

Verses: 1 Chronicles 5:13

ZIBEON

Pronunciation: Zibb’-e-on

Meaning: iniquity that dwells 

Verses:Genesis 36:14;24;29,1 Chronicles 1:38;40

ZICHRI

Pronunciation: Zikh’-ry

Meaning: that remembers; that is a man 

Verses:2 Chronicles 28:7,1 Chronicles 8:19;23;27,Nehemiah 11:9,Exodus 6:21,2 Chronicles 17:16

ZIDDIM

Pronunciation:Zidd’-im

Meaning: huntings; treasons; destructions  

Verses: Joshua 19:35 

ZIHA

Pronunciation: Zy’-a

Meaning: brightness; whiteness; drought  

Verses:Nehemiah 11:21,Nehemiah 7:46,Ezra 2:43 

ZIKLAG

Pronunciation:Zik’-lag

Meaning: measure pressed down 

Verses:1 Samuel 30:1;26,1 Samuel 27:6,Nehemiah 11:28,1 Chronicles 12:1,Joshua 15:31,Joshua 19:5

ZILLAH

Pronunciation:Zill’-a

Meaning: shadow; the tingling of the ear 

Verses: Genesis 4:19;22-23

ZILPAH

Pronunciation:Zill’-pa

Meaning: distillation from the mouth  

Verses:Genesis 29:24,Genesis 30:9;10;12,Genesis 35:26,Genesis 46:18

ZIMMAH

Pronunciation: Zimm’-a

Meaning: thought; wickedness 

Verses:1 Chronicles 6:20;42,2 Chronicles 29:12

ZIMRAN

Pronunciation: Zimm’-ran

Meaning: song; singer; vine  

Verses:1 Chronicles 1:32,Genesis 25:2

ZINA

Pronunciation: Zy’-na

Meaning: shining; going back  

Verses:1 Chronicles 23:10.

ZION

Pronunciation: Zy’-on

Meaning: monument; raised up; sepulcher  

Verses:Lamentations 1:4,Isaiah 40:9,Psalm 48:11,Isaiah 33:20,Psalm 125:1,Isaiah 33:14

ZIOR

Pronunciation: Zy’-or

Meaning: ship of him that watches 

Verses: Joshua 15:54

ZIPH

Pronunciation: Ziff’ 

Meaning: this mouth or mouthful; falsehood  

Verses: 1 Chronicles 4:16,1 Samuel 23:15;24,Joshua 15:24;55,2 Chronicles 11:8,1 Samuel 26:2 

ZIPHRON

Pronunciation: Ziff’-ron

Meaning: falsehood of a song; rejoicing 

Verses: Numbers 34:9

ZIPPOR

Pronunciation: Zipp’-or

Meaning: bird; sparrow; crown; desert  

Verses: Joshua 24:9,Judges 11:25,Numbers 22:2;4;10;16

ZIPPORAH

Pronunciation: Zipp’-or-a

Meaning: beauty; trumpet; mourning  

Verses: Exodus 4:25,Exodus 18:2,Exodus 2:21.

ZIZ

Pronunciation: Zizz’ 

Meaning: flower; branch; a lock of hair  

Verses:2 Chronicles 20:16

ZOAR

Pronunciation:

Meaning: little; small 

Verses: Genesis 19:30,Genesis 13:10,Jeremiah 48:34,Isaiah 15:5,Genesis 19:23.

ZOBAH, ZOBEBAH

Pronunciation: Zoh’-ba,Zoh-beh’-ba

Meaning: an army; warring 

Verses: 1 Chronicles 18:3;5,2 Samuel 8:3;5,1 Kings 11:23,1 Chronicles 19:6,1 Chronicles 4:8.

ZOHAR

Pronunciation:Zoh’-har

Meaning: white; bright; dryness  

Verses:Exodus 6:15,Genesis 46:10,1 Chronicles 4:7;24,Genesis 25:9,Numbers 26:13

ZOHETH

Pronunciation: Zoh’-heth

Meaning: separation; amazing  

Verses: 1 Chronicles 4:20 

ZOPHAH

Pronunciation: Zoh’-fa

Meaning: viol; honeycomb 

Verses:1 Chronicles 7:35;36

ZOPHIM

Pronunciation: Zoh’-fimm

Meaning: place for a watchman  

Verses: Numbers 23:14,1 Samuel 1:1

ZORAH

Pronunciation: Zoh’-ra

Meaning: leprosy; scab; hornet 

Verses: 2 Chronicles 11:10 ,Judges 13:2,Judges 18:2;8;11,Nehemiah 11:29,Joshua 15:33 

ZUPH

Pronunciation: Zoof’

Meaning: that beholds, observes, watches; roof; covering  

Verses: 1 Chronicles 6:35,1 Samuel 9:5,1 Samuel 1:1 

ZUR 

Pronunciation:

Meaning: stone; rock; that besieges  

Verses: Numbers 25:15,1 Chronicles 8:30,1 Chronicles 9:36,Numbers 31:8,Joshua 13:21,2 Chronicles 11:7 

ZURIEL

Pronunciation: Zoo’-ree-el

Meaning: rock or strength of god  

Verses: Numbers 3:35

ZURISHADDAI

Pronunciation: Zoo’-re-shad’-eye

Meaning: the almighty is my rock and strength  

Verses: Numbers 10:19,Numbers 1:6,Numbers 2:12

ZUZIMS

Pronunciation: Zoo’-zimm

Meaning: the posts of a door; splendor; beauty 

Verses: Genesis 14:5

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