Tza•‘a•na•nim
(Zaanannim)
tzad•dik,
pl. tzad•di•kim—righteous
person. At Ac 7:52 and elsewhere "the Tzaddik"
with the definite article, means the Messiah. Mt
10:41+.
Tza•deh
(Tsadhe)—18th letter of Hebrew alphabet
Tza•dok
(Zadok, Sadoc)—in Messianic genealogy (see also
below; Tz’dukim). Mt 1:14.
Tzaf•nat-Pa‘•ne•ach
(Zaphenath-Paneah)
Tza•fon
(Zaphon)
Tza•‘ir
(Zair)
Tza•laf (Zalaph)
Tzal•mon
(Zalmon)
Tzal•mo•nah
(Zalmonah)
Tzal•mu•na
(Zalmunna)
tza•ra•‘at
(leprosy)—a contagious disease and source of
ritual uncleanness evidenced by skin lesions; dealt
with in Leviticus 13–14. Generally believed not
to be Hansen’s Disease, which is the modern
meaning of "leprosy."
Tzar•fat
(Zarephath, Sarepta)—town near Tzidon. Lk 4:26.
Tzar•tan
(Zartan)
Tzav—Parashah
25; Leviticus 6:1(8)–8:36
tzav
la•tzav—precept by
precept
Tz’•dad
(Zedad)
Tz’du•kim
(Sadducees), sing. Tza•dok—One
of the two main components of the religious
establishment in Yeshua’s time, the other being
the P’rushim. The Tz’dukim
tended to be richer, more skeptical, more worldly,
and more willing to cooperate with the Roman
conquerors than the P’rushim. The Tz’dukim
emphasized Temple rituals; when it was destroyed (70
c.e.), so was their viability. Mt 3:7+.
tze•da•kah—literally,
"righteousness," but since ancient times
also used to mean "charity." Mt 6:1+.
Tze•dek•yah
(Zedekiah)
Tze•fi (Zephi)
Tze•fo
(Zepho)
Tze•la
(Zelah)
Tze•lek
(Zelek)
Tzel•tzah
(Zelzah)
Tze•mach—Branch
or Shoot (a name of the Messiah). Isaiah 11:1,
Jeremiah 23:5.
Tzer (Zer)
Tze•ret
(Zereth)
Tze•ret-Sha•char
(Zereth-shahar)
Tze•ri
(Zeri)
Tz’•fan•yah,
-ya•hu (Zephaniah)
Tz’•fat
(Zephat)
Tz’•fon
(Zephon)
Tz’•fo•ni
(Zephonite)
Tzi•cha
(Ziha)
Tzi•dim
(Ziddim)
Tzid•ki•yah,
-ya•hu (Zedekiah)
Tzi•don
(Sidon)—town on the coast north of Tzor, in what
is today Lebanon. Mt 11:21+.
Tzi•do•ni,
-nim (Sidonians)
Tzif•yon
(Ziphion)
Tzi•lah
(Zillah)
Tzil•tai
(Zilthai)
Tzin (Zin)
Tzi•‘or
(Zior)
Tzip•por
(Zippor)
Tzip•po•rah*
(Zipporah)
Tzitz (Ziz)
tzi•tzit,
pl. tzi•tzi•yot—specially
made fringes worn on the four corners of a man’s
tallit, fulfilling the mitzvah in
Numbers 15:37–41. In ancient times, including
the first century, the tallit was a cloak or
robe included in normal male attire. After clothes
stopped being made with "corners," Judaism
created the modern tallit (prayer shawl) so
that the mitzvah could be performed. Mt 9:20+.
Tzi•va
(Ziba)
Tziv•‘on
(Zibeon)
Tziv•ya
(Zibia)
Tziv•yah
(Zibiah)
Tzi•yon
(Zion, Sion)—Mount Tziyon was originally the
City of David, south of the modern Old City of
Yerushalayim. Later the name Tziyon came to refer
metaphorically to the Temple Mount, Yerushalayim, the
people of Yerushalayim, or the people of Israel. (The
hill now called Mount Tziyon was given its name in
the fourth century c.e.) Mt 21:5+.
Tz’lo•f’•chad
(Zelophehad)
Tz’ma•ra•yim
(Zemaraim)
Tz’ma•ri
(Zemarite)
Tz’•nan
(Zenan)
Tzo•‘an
(Zoan)
Tzo•‘ar
(Zoar)
Tzo•char
(Zohar)
Tzo•fai
(Zophai)
Tzo•far
(Zophar)
Tzo•fim
(Zophim)
Tzor (Tyre)—town
on the Mediterranean coast of what is now southern
Lebanon. Mt 11:21+.
Tzor•‘ah
(Zorah)
Tzor•‘a•ti
(Zorathite)
Tzor•‘i
(Zorite)
Tzo•vah
(Zobah)
Tzo•ve•vah
(Zobebah)
Tz’re•dah
(Zereda)
Tz’re•rah
(Zererath)
Tz’•ror
(Zeror)
Tz’ru•‘ah
(Zeruah)
Tz’ru•yah
(Zeruiah)
Tzu•‘ar
(Zuar)
Tzuf (Zuph)
Tzur (Zur)
Tzu•ri•’el
(Zuriel)
Tzu•ri•shad•dai
(Zurishaddai)
Tzva•’ot—armies,
hosts
Tz’vo•yim
(Zeboiim)
U•’el
U•faz
(Uphaz)
U•khal
(Ucal)
‘U•la (Ulla)
U•lai
U•lam
(Ullam)
‘U•mah (Ummah)
U•ni
(Unni)
‘U•ni (Unni)
Ur
U•ri*
U•ri•’el
u•rim—together
with the tumim, the means used by the cohanim
to determine God’s will in certain situations.
U•ri•yah,
-ya•hu, (Uriah, Urias)—husband of Bat-Sheva
(Bathsheba) the mother of King Shlomo. Mt 1:6.
Ur-Kas•dim
(Ur of the Chaldees)
‘U•za (Uzza)
‘U•zah (Uzzah)
U•zai
U•zal
U•zen-She•’e•rah
(Uzzen-sherah)
‘U•zi* (Uzzi)
‘U•zi•’el (Uzziel)
‘U•zi•’e•li
(Uzzielite)
‘U•zi•yah, -ya•hu
(Uzziah, Ozias)—king of Y’hudah; in
Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:8–9.
Va•di
[Arabic wadi]—valley or ravine with
stream that usually dries up in summer.
Va’•et•cha•nan—Parashah
45; Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11
Va•hev
(Vaheb)
Vai•za•ta
(Vajezatha)
Van•yah
(Vaniah)
Vash•ni
Vash•ti*
Vav—6th
letter of Hebrew alphabet
Va•yak’•hel—Parashah
22; Exodus 35:1–38:20
Va•ye•chi—Parashah
12; Genesis 47:28–50:26
Va•ye•lekh—Parashah
52; Deuteronomy 31:1–30
Va•ye•ra—Parashah
4; Genesis 18:1–22:24
Va•ye•shev—Parashah
9; Genesis 37:1–40:23
Va•ye•tze—Parashah
7; Genesis 28:10–32:3(2)
Va•yi•gash—Parashah
11; Genesis 44:18–47:27
Va•yik•ra—Parashah
24; Leviticus 1:1–5:26 (6:7)
Va•yish•lach—Parashah
8; Genesis 32:4(3)–36:43
V’•zot
Ha•Bra•chah—Parashah
54; Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12
V’•dan
(Vedan)
V’•e•ra—Parashah
14; Exodus 6:2–9:35
Vof•si
(Vophsi)
Ya•‘a•kan
(Jaakan)
Ya•‘a•kov
(Jacob, James)—The English name
"James" comes from Hebrew Ya‘akov
through Greek Iak�bos and Late Latin Jacomus.
(1) Ya‘akov avinu (Jacob, our father),
i.e., the Patriarch Jacob. Mt 1:2+. (2) His
descendants, the House of Ya‘akov, meaning the
Jewish people. Lk 1:33; Ro 11:26. (3) The father of
Yosef #3. Mt 1:15–16. (4) A talmid of
Yeshua called Ya’akov Ben-Zavdai (James, son of
Zebedee), brother of Yochanan #2. Mt 4:21+. (5) A talmid
of Yeshua called Ya‘akov Ben-Halfai (James, son
of Alpheus). Mt 10:3+. (6) A brother of Yeshua the
Messiah who became leader of the Messianic community
in Yerushalayim and is understood to be the author of
the book of Ya‘akov. Mt 13:55+. (7) A son of
Miryam #4, called "the younger
Ya‘akov." Mt 27:56; Mk 15:40. (8) Father of
Yeshua’s talmid Y’hudah
ben-Ya‘akov (Judas, son of James). Lk 6:16+.
Ya•‘a•ko•vah
(Jaakobah)
Ya•‘a•lah
(Jaalah)
Ya•‘a•rei-Or•gim
(Jaare-oregim)
Ya•‘a•
resh•yah (Jaareshiah)
Ya•‘a•sai
(Jaasu)
Ya•‘a•si•’el
(Jaasiel)
Ya•’a•zan•yah,
-ya•hu (Jaazaniah)
Ya•‘a•zi•’el
(Jaaziel)
Ya•‘a•zi•ya•hu
(Jaaziah)
Ya‘•betz
(Jabez)
Ya•bok (Jabbok)
Ya•chat
(Jahath)
Ya•chatz
(Jahaz)
Ya•cha•zi•’el
(Jahaziah)
Yach•di•’el
(Jahdiel)
Yach•do
(Jahdo)
Yach•le•’el
(Jahleel)
Yach•le•’e•li
(Jahleelite)
Yach•mai
(Jahmai)
Yach•tzah
(Jahzah)
Yach•tze•’el
(Jahzeel)
Yach•tze•’e•li
(Jahzeelite)
Yach•tzi•’el
(Jahziel)
Yach•ze•rah
(Jahzerah)
Yach•zi•’el
(Jahaziel)
Yach•z’•yah
(Jahzeiah)
Ya•da
(Jada)
Ya•dai
(Iddo)
Ya•don
(Jadon)
Ya•du•a
(Jaddua)
Ya•‘el
(Jael)
Ya•fi•a
(Japhia)
Yaf•let
(Japhlet)
Yaf•le•ti
(Japhleti)
Ya•fo*
(Jaffa, Joppa, Japho)—port city on the
Mediterranean Sea adjoining modern Tel Aviv to the
south. Ac 9:35+.
Ya•gur
(Jagur)
Yah
(Jah)—a name of God.
Ya•hatz
(Jahaz)
Yah•dai
(Jahdai)
Ya•’ir
(Jairus)—synagogue president whose daughter
Yeshua raised from the dead. The name means, "He
will enlighten." Mk 5:22; Lk 8:41.
Ya•’i•ri
(Jairite)
Ya‘•kan
(Jakan)
Ya•keh
(Jakeh)
Ya•khin
(Achim)—in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:14.
Ya•khi•ni
(Jachinites)
Ya•kim
(Jakim)
Ya‘•lah
(Jalah)
Ya‘•lam (Jalam)
Ya•lon
(Jalon)
Ya•min
(Jamin)
Ya•mi•ni
(Jaminites)
Yam•lekh
(Jamlech)
Yan•nai
(Janai, Janna)—in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:14.
Ya•no•ach
(Janoah)
Ya•no•chah
(Janohah)
Ya•num
(Janum)
Ya‘•ra
(Jarah)
Yar•cha
(Jarja)
Yar•den
(Jordan)—river flowing from Mount Hermon in the
north to Lake Kinneret and in to the Dead Sea. Mt
3:5+.
Ya•riv
(Jarib)
Yar•kon
Springs (Me-jarkon)
Yar•mut
(Jarmuth)
Ya•ro•ach
(Jaroah)
Ya•rov•‘am
(Jeroboam)
Ya•shar
(Jashar)
Ya•shen
(Jashen)
Ya•shov•‘am
(Jashobeam)
Ya•shuv
(Jashub)
Ya•shu•vi
(Jashubite)
Ya•shu•vi-Le•chem
(Jashubi-lehem)
Ya•tir
(Jattir)
Yat•ni•’el
(Jathniel)
Ya•val
(Jabal)
Ya•van
(Javan)
Ya•vesh
(Jabesh)
Ya•vesh-Gil•‘ad
(Jabesh-gilead)
Ya•vin
(Jabin)
Yav•neh
(Jabneh)
Yav•ne•’el
(Jabneel)
Ya‘•zer
(Jazer)
Ya•ziz
(Jaziz)
Y’•chiz•ki•yah,
-ya•hu (Hezekiah)
Y’•da•yah
(Jedaiah)
Y’•da‘•yah
(Jedaiah)
Y’•di•a•‘el
(Jediael)
Y’•di•dah
(Jedidah)
Y’•did•yah
(Jedidiah)
Y’•du•tun
(Jeduthun)
Ye•’a•trai
(Jeatherai)
Yech•d’•yah,
-ya•hu (Jehdeiah)
Ye•chez•k’el
(Ezekiel)
Ye•chi•’el
(Jehiel)
Ye•chi•’e•li
(Jehieli)
Ye•chi•yah
(Jehiah)
Ye‘•do
(Iddo)
Ye•fet
(Japheth)
Ye•hal•lel•’el
(Jehaleleel)
Ye•hu
(Jehu)
Ye•‘i•’el
(Jeiel)
Ye•rach
(Jerah)
Ye•rach•me•’el
(Jerahmeel)
Ye•rach•me•’e•li
(Jerahmeelite)
Ye•red
(Jared)—ancestor of Noach; in Messianic
genealogy. Lk 3:37.
Ye•re•mai
(Jermai)
Ye•re•mot
(Jeremoth)
Ye•ri•cho
(Jericho)—one of the world’s oldest cities
(one tower dates from 7,000 b.c.e.), located in the
Yarden River Valley east of Yerushalayim. Mt 20:29+.
Ye•ri•’el
(Jeriel)
Ye•ri•mot
(Jerimoth)
Ye•ri•‘ot
(Jerioth)
Ye•ri•vai
(Jeribai)
Ye•ri•yah,
-ya•hu (Jerijah)
Ye•ro•cham
(Jeroham)
Ye•ru•ba•‘al
(Jerubbaal)
Ye•ru•be•shet
(Jerubbesheth)
Ye•ru•’el
(Jeruel)
Ye•ru•sha
(Jerusha)
Ye•ru•shah
(Jerushah)
Ye•ru•sha•la•yim
(Jerusalem)—capital of Eretz-Yisra’el
since the days of King David. Psalm 48 calls it
"the city of our God, . . . beautiful for
situation, the joy of the whole earth." Mt 2:1+.
Ye•sha‘•yah,
-ya•hu (Isaiah, Esaias)—Tanakh
prophet. Mt 3:3+.
Ye•sher
(Jesher)
Ye•shev•’av
(Jeshebeab)
Ye•shi•mon
(Jeshimon)
Ye•shi•shai
(Jeshishai)
ye•shi•vah—Jewish
religious school. Ac 19:9.
Ye•shu•a
(Jesus)—Variant of "Y’hoshua"
(Joshua; see below). In the Tanakh nine
persons and a city have the name Yeshua, usually
transliterated as "Jeshua" or
"Jeshuah." In the Septuagint and the New
Testament the name was brought over into Greek as I�sous
and thence into English as "Jesus." It
means "Y-H-V-H saves" (Mt 1:21) and
is also the masculine form of yeshu‘ah
("salvation"). (1) The Messiah of Israel,
Yeshua from Natzeret. In modern Hebrew Yeshua’s
name is pronounced and written "Yeshu,"
which may have been the ancient pronunciation in the
Galil. However, reflecting two thousand years of
conflict between the Church and the Synagogue, it is
also an acronym for Yimach sh’mo
v’zikhrono ("May his name and memory be
blotted out"). However, the late Yosef Vaktor, a
Messianic Jewish Holocaust survivor, took it as an
acronym for Yigdal sh’mo umalkhuto
("May his name and kingdom grow"). Mt 1:1+.
(2) A Messianic Jew in Rome, "Yeshua, the one
called Justus." Co 4:11.
ye•shu•‘ah—salvation;
used in a word play on Yeshua’s name at Lk 2:30.
Ye•shu•run
(Jeshurun)—The upright one.
Ye•ter
(Jether)
Ye•tzer
(Jezer)
Ye•‘u•’el
(Jeuel)
Ye•‘ush
(Jeush)
Ye•‘utz
(Jeuz)
Y’•fu•neh
(Jephunneh)
Y’•gar-Sa•ha•du•ta
[A] (Jegar-sahadutha)
Y’ho•’a•chaz
(Jehoahaz)
Y’ho•‘a•dah
(Jehoadah)
Y’ho•‘a•dan
(Jehoaddan)
Y’ho•’ash
(Jehoash)
Y’ho•cha•nan
(Jehohanan)
Y’ho•na•dav
(Jehonadab)
Y’ho•na•tan
(Jehonathan)
Y’ho•ram
(Jehoram)
Y’ho•sef
(Joseph)
Y’ho•sha•fat
(Jehoshaphat, Josaphat)—king of Y’hudah; in
Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:8.
Y’ho•shu•a
(Joshua)—leader of the people of Israel who led
the conquest of Eretz-Yisra’el after
Moshe’s death. The name means, "Y-H-V-H
saves, Y-H-V-H delivers." See also
Yeshua, above. Ac 7:45; MJ 4:8.
Y’ho•tza•dak
(Jehozadak)
Y’ho•ya•da
(Jehoiada)
Y’ho•ya•khin
(Jehoiachin)
Y’ho•ya•kim
(Jehoiakim)
Y’ho•ya•riv
(Jehoiarib)
Y’ho•za•vad
(Jehozabad)
Y’hu•dah
(Judah, Judas, Juda, Jude)—(1) The fourth son of
Ya‘akov avinu. Mt 1:2+. (2) The tribe of
Israel named after him. Rv 5:5+. (3) The southern
kingdom over which various kings reigned, c.
926–586 b.c.e.; contrasted with the northern
kingdom, Israel. MJ 8:8. (4) Y’hudah from
K’riot, Yeshua’s betrayer (see below). (5)
Another emissary of Yeshua, perhaps identical with
Taddai. Yn 14:22. (6) A brother of Yeshua,
traditionally the author of the book of Y’hudah
(Jude). Mt 13:55; Mk 6:3. (7) Talmid of Yeshua
and son of Ya‘akov #5. Lk 6:16+. (8)
Y’hudah HaG’lili (see below). (9) Prophet
surnamed Bar-Sabba. Ac 15:22ff. (10) Messianic Jew in
Dammesek. Ac 9:11.
Y’hu•dah
(Judea, Judah, Juda)—the portion of Eretz-Yisra’el
allotted to the tribe of Y’hudah. Yerushalayim
was at its northern border, and it extended southward
past Hevron (Hebron). Mt 2:1+.
Y’hu•dah
of K’ri•ot (Judas
Iscariot)—Yeshua’s betrayer’s full
name in Hebrew is Y’hudah Ben-Shim‘on
Ish-K’riot (Yn 6:71), which means
"Judah, son of Simon, a man of
K’riot," a town some twenty miles south of
Yerushalayim. Mt 10:4+.
Y’hu•dah
Ha•G’li•li (Judah the Galilean,
Judas of Galilee)—popular Jewish leader who led
a rebellion against Rome in 6–7 c.e. and founded
the party of the Zealots (Sicarii). Ac 5:37.
Y’hu•di,
pl. Y’hu•dim (Jew,
Judean)—This term, which means "one who
praises," does not appear in the CJB.
When it or the equivalent Greek word Ioudaios
is used by a non-Jew, or by a Jew outside Eretz-Yisra’el,
it is generally rendered "Jew." When used
by a Jew within Eretz-Yisra’el, it is
rendered "Judean," i.e., a resident or
citizen of Y’hudah.
Y’hu•dit (Judith)
Y’hu•khal
(Jucal)
Yid•’a•lah
(Idalah)
Yid•bash
(Idbash)
