What are the most funny and unusual names in the Bible?
The Bible Answer
The Bible provides us with so many interesting things, including some very funny and unusual names of people. The following is our list of the Top Ten most funny and unusual names in the Bible. If most are being honest, after reading this list you will have to admit that with at least a few of these names, you did not realize they were in the Bible.
Dorcas
(Acts 9:36) In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor.
Dodo
(2 Samuel 23:24) Among the Thirty were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,
Gomer
(Hosea 1:3) So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
Ishbi-benob
(2 Samuel 21:16) And Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, whose bronze spearhead weighed three hundred shekels and who was armed with a new sword, said he would kill David.
Ham
(Genesis 9:18) The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
Ichabod
(1 Samuel 4:21) She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The Glory has departed from Israel”–because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.
Mash
(Genesis 10:23) The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. NLT
Mushi
(Exodus 6:19) The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi according to their records.
Nimrod
(Genesis 10:8) Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
Puah
(Exodus 1:15) The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
Honorable Mention, Brothers Uz And Buz
(Genesis 22:21) Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
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