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Ibhar

election; he that is chosen

Ibleam

ancient people; people decreasing

Ibneiah

Ibniah, the building of the Lord; the understanding of the Lord; son by adoption

Ibri

passing over; being angry; being with young

Ibzan

father of a target; father of coldness

Ichabod

where is the glory? or, no glory

Iconium

coming

Idalah

the hand of slander, or of cursing

Idbash

flowing with honey; the land of destruction

Iddo

his band; power; praise

Idumea

red; earthy; bloody

Igal

redeemed; defiled

Igeal

a redeemer; redeemed; defiled

Igdaliah

the greatness of the Lord

Iim

heaps of Hebrews, or of angry men

Ije-abarim

heaps of Hebrews, or of passers over

Ijon

look; eye; fountain

Ikkesh

forward; wicked

Illyricum

joy; rejoicing

Imlah

plentitude; circumcision

Immanuel

God with us

Immer

saying; speaking; a lamb

Imnah

same as Jimnah

Imrah

a rebel; waxing bitter; changing

Imri

speaking; exalting; bitter; a lamb

India

praise; law

Iphedeiah

redemption of the Lord

Ir

watchman; city; vision

Ira

watchman; making bare; pouring out

Irad

wild ass; heap of empire; dragon

Iram

the effusion of them; a high heap

Iri

fire; light

Irijah

the fear of the Lord

Irpeel

the health, medicine, or exulting of God

Irshemesh

a city of bondage

Isaac

laughter

Isaiah

the salvation of the Lord

Iscah

he that anoints

Iscariot

a man of murder; a hireling

Ishbak

who is empty or exhausted

Ishbi-benob

respiration; conversion; taking captive

Ishbosheth

a man of shame

Ishi

salvation

Ishiah

it is the Lord

Ishma

named; marveling; desolation

Ishmael

God that hears

Ishmaiah

hearing or obeying the Lord

Ishmerai

keeper, or keeping

Ishod

a comely man

Ish-pan

hid; broken in two

Ish-tob

good man

Ishua

plainness; equal

Ishmachiah

cleaving to the Lord

Ispah

a jasper stone

Israel

who prevails with God

Issachar

reward; recompense

Isui

same as Ishuah

Ithai

strong; my sign; a plowshare

Italy

abounding with calves or heifers

Ithamar

island of the palm-tree

Ithiel

sign, or coming of God

Ithmah

an orphan

Ithran

remaining; searching out diligently

Ithream

excellence of the people

Ittah-kazin

hour, or time, of a prince

Iturea

guarded; mountainous

Ivah

iniquity

Izehar

Izhar, clearness; oil

Izrahiah

the Lord ariseth; the clearness of the Lord

Izri

fasting; tribulation

Roswell D. Hitchcock, Bible Names Dictionary, from An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names (1869). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.