Test Your Bible Knowledge-Personal Names
by Helen Dowd

Write in the personal name for each descriptive title listed below. The texts for each should help.

1._______the Baptist....................
Matthew 3:1

2. ____ the beloved physician.................
Colossians4:14

3. ______ the harlot..........................
Joshua 6:17

4. _________the mother of my Lord............
Luke 1:41-43

5. _____the mother of all living...............
Genesis 3:20

6. ______the Son of God......................
Matthew 26:63

7. _________the Moabitis.....................
Ruth 2:2

8. ________the betrayer......................
John 18:2

9. ____Sarah's Egyptian handmaiden............
Genesis 3:20

10. ________the Evangelist....................
Acts 21:8

11._______________the adversary...............
I Peter 5:8

12. _______ the Lord's brother................
Galatians 1:19

13. _____the goddess of the Ephesians.......
Acts 19: 27-28

14. ___________the publican..................
Matthew 10:3

15. ______the dreamer..........................
Genesis 37:17 & 19

16. ______the coppersmith......................
II Timothy 4:14

17. ________the friend of God…………..
James 2:23

18. _______The Preacher, the son of David
Ecclesiastes 1:1 and II Kings 4:1

19. ________the carpenter.....................
John 6:42 & Matthew 13:55

20. ________the sweet psalmist of Israel..
II Samuel 23:1

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ANSWERS: You will find the answers in the verse of Scripture, but you will have to read it in reverse to get the answer.

1. Matthew 3:1: In those days came (nhoJ) the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea.

2. Colossians 4:14: (ekuL) the beloved physician greet you.

3. Joshua 6:17: And the city shall be accursed,...only (bahaR) the harlot stall live- she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we seat.

4. Lube 1:41-43: And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of(yraM), the babe leaped in her womb....And she spake out with a loud voice, and said. Bless are toho among women....And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me.

5. Genesis 3:20: And Adam called his wife's name (evE); because she was the mother of all living.

6. Matthew 26:63: ...And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the(tsirhC), the Son of God.

7. Ruth 2:2: And (htuR) the Moabitis said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace, and Naomi said unto her, Go, my daughter.

8. John 18:2: And (saduJ) also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus oft times resorted thither with his disciples.

9. Genesis 16:1: And Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was (ragaH).

10. Acts 21:8: And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of(pilihP) the evangelist, which was one of the seven: and abode with him.

11. 1 Peter 5:8: Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary (eht lived, or nataS), as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

12. Galatians 1:19: But other of the apostles saw I none, save (semaJ)the Lord's brother.

13. Acts 90:27: So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess (anaiD)should be despised...

14. Matthew 10:3: Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and (wehttaM)the publican;..

15. Genesis 37:17 & 19: And (hpesoJ) went after his brethren, and found them.......And
they said one to another. Behold, this dreamer cometh.

16. II Timothy 4:14: (rednaxelA) the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works.

17. James 2:23: And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, (maharbA) believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

18. Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. (Israel)II Kings 4:1: So king (nomoloS) was king over all of Israel.

19. John 6:42: And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of(hpesoJ)... (Matthew 13:55: the carpenter).

20. II Samuel 23:1: Now these be the last words of (divaD)…. The sweet psalmist of Israel……….




  

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