Bible Names Decoded

People, Places, and Promises in Plain English. You are reading your Bible and you hit a word you have seen a hundred times without ever pinning it down. You do not want a lecture from a seminary. You want to know what the word means, where it shows up, and why it matters on the page in front of you. This volume covers 378 essential Scripture words, A to Z, grouped into 10 sections: Names of God and What They Mean, Patriarchs and Matriarchs, Names From the Exodus, Kings and Prophets, Names in the Gospels, Names in the Early Church, Places That Became Stories, Names That Carry a Promise, Names That Mean Something Unexpected, Names People Commonly Get Wrong. Every entry gives you the same things in the same order, so you always know where to look: how to say the word out loud, where it comes from in Hebrew or Greek, what it plainly means, a short “Good to know” background note, three or four key passages, a kitchen-table moment that shows the word at work in ordinary life, a verse to sit with, and cross-references to related words. Written for ordinary readers, in plain English, with the warmth of a friend explaining something across the table rather than a reference book lecturing from a shelf. Also inside: a 30-day reading walk for taking the words a little at a time.