Welcome to the reverse dictionary
of Roswell D. Hitchcock's An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names (1874). This is an alphabetical listing of Hitchcock's defintions with names (not alphabetized by names); for the regular dictionary, click here.
Suppose you remember that someone's name meant "pure" and it's a he, but you can't remember who he is. Look under the letter P and you'll learn who that is.
In case you have no idea what this work is about, this dictionary comes from pages 1104-1113 of Roswell D. Hitchcock Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible", New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c. 1869.
That section of Hitchcock's work is entitled An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names.
Note that this reverse dictionary further breaks down Hitchcock's definitons into each unique element, so there are 4,804 definitions defined!
Click a letter of the alphabet in the light violet shaded areas to jump to that letter of the alphabet.
There are no entries for X.
The xml files that populate these pages are derived from a public domain text donated by Brad Haugaard, according to Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
And according to Brad Haugaard,
This dictionary is from "Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of
the Holy Bible," published in the late 1800s. It contains more
than 2,500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their
meanings. Some Hebrew words of uncertain meaning have been left
out. It is out of copyright, so feel free to copy and distribute
it. I pray it will help in your study of God's Word.
--Brad Haugaard
