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EnochDedicatedEve - LifeEzekielWhom God will strengthenGabrielMan of GodGideonHe who cuts off (iniquity)

HoseaSalvationIsaacLaughterIsaiahSalvation of JehovahJacobThe UsurperJairusGod enlightensJeremiahWhom God has appointedJobHe who is persecutedJohnGod is GraciousLazarusHe whom God helpsLotVeilLukeThe LightMalachiMessenger of JehovahMarkShiningMarthaLadyMatthewThe gift of JehovahMaryMistress of the seaMelchizedekKing of righteousnessMichaelWho is like GodMosesSaved from the waterNathanaelThe gift of GodNoahWandering

PaulSmall (presumably the Apostle was short of stature)Peter (in Hebrew Cephas)The StoneSamsonLike the sunSarah (in Greek Sara)PrincessSaulAsked forSimonHe who listensSolomon - PeacefulSusannaLilyThomasTwinUrielLight of GodZacchaeusPureZachariahWhom Jehovah remembersZebedeeThe gift of JehovahThe Evil One and his followersBaal - LordBeelzebubLord of the fliesBelialwicked, worthlessCyrus - The sunDevilSlanderer

HerodThe glory of the skinIscariotMan of Kerioth (= the cities)

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JezebelUnmarried, singlePhariseesThe separatedPharoahThe sun (therefore worshipped by the Egyptians)SaduceesThe followers of the justifiedSalomePerfect

SatanThe AdversaryPlacesArabiaA desertArimathea (Ramah)High placeArmagedddonHigh place where there are troopsBethanyHouse of datesBethelHouse of GodBethesdaHouse of mercyBethlehemHouse of bread (originally from the grain of the fertile fieldsaround it, but for Orthodox clearly eucharistic in significance)BethsaidaHouse of fishingCanaanLowlandCapernaumCity of consolationEdenPleasantnessEgyptBlackEmmausHot springsEthiopiaBlacknessEuphratesThe fertile riverGalileeCircuit (from the shape of the Sea of Galilee, also called Lake

Gennesareth)GazaFortified placeGethsemanethe oil press (where the fruit from the Mt of Olives waspressed)GolgothaSkull (Calvary in Latin) (where Adams skull and body wereburied)GomorrahA rebellious peopleHebronAllianceHermonLoftyHorebDesertIsraelThe soldier of GodJerichoFragrant placeJerusalemFounded in peace (but not in peace ever since)JordanFlowing downKedronTurbidLebanonThe white mountain (from Mt Lebanon)MagdalaTower (the village where St Mmary Madgalene came frompossessed a tower)MamreFatnessNazarethSeparatedPalestineThe land of the strangers (the Philistines)

SamariaGuardSharonPlain

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ShebaAn oathSiloamOutlet of waterSodom - BurningSidonFishingSinaiThe pointed one (presumably from the form of the mountain, not the

shape of the peninsula)Sion (Zion)Raised upTaborHeightTyreRock