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Every-Day Errors of Speech

SCRIPTURAL NAMES.

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Abednego—a-bĕd´ne-gō, not ăb-ĕd-nē´go.

Abiathar—a-bī´a-thar, not ab-i-ā´thar.

Adonibezek—a-dŏn-i-bē´zĕk, not a-dŏn´i-be-zek.

Adonijah—ad-o-nī´jah, not a-dŏn´i-jah.

Agee—ăg´e-ē, not ā´jē.

Ahasuerus—a-hăs-u-ē´rus, not a-haz-u-ĕr´us.

Aijalon—ăj´a-lon, not ā´ja-lon.

Akrabattine—ăk-ra-băt-tī´ne, not ăk-ra-băt´i-ne.

Alpheus—ăl-phē´us, not ăl´phe-us.

Amasai—a-măs´a-ī, not ăm-a-sā´ī.

Andronicus—an-dron-ī´cus, not an-drŏn´i-cus.

Antiochia—an-ti-o-kī´a, not an-ti-ō´kia.

Ararat—ăr´a-răt, not ā´ra-răt.

Arimathea—ăr´i-ma-thē´a, not ăr-i-mā´the-a.

Aristobulus—ăr-is-to-bū´lus, not ar-is-tŏb´u-lus.

Aroer—ăr´o-er, not a-rō´er.

Aroerite—ăr´o-er-īte, not a-rō´er-ĭte.

Asarael—a-săr´a-el, not az-a-rā´el.

Asmodeus—az-mo-dē´us, not az-mō´de-us.

Beelzebub—be-ĕl´ze-bub, not bĕl´ze-bub.

Belial—bē´li-al, not be-lī´al.

Bethhaccerem—bĕth-hăk´se-rem, not beth-hăs´se-rem.

Bethphage—bĕth´pha-jē, not bĕth´phāje.

Bethuel—be-thū´el, not bĕth´u-el.

Cainan—ka-ī´nan, not kā´nan.

Cherub (a city)—kē´rub, not chĕr´ub.

Chittim—kĭt´tim, not chĭt´tim.

Chloe—klō´e, not klō.

Crates—krā´tēz, not krātz.

Cyprians—sĭp´ri-anz, not sī´pri-anz.

Delilah—dĕl´i-lah, not de-lī´lah.

Ecbatana—ek-băt´a-na, not ek-ba-tā´na.

Eloi—e-lō´ī not ē´loi.

Esther—ĕs´ter, not ĕs´ther.

Eumenes—ū´me-nēz, not ū-mē´nēz.

Gennesaret—gĕn-nĕs´a-rĕt, not jĕn-nĕs´a-ret.

Gerar—geĕ´rar, not jē´rar.

Idumea—ĭd-u-mē´a, not ī-du-mē´a.

Iturea—ĭt-u-rē´a, not ī-tu-rē´a.

Jacubus—ja-kū´bus, not jăk´u-bus.

Jadau—ja-dā´u, not jăd´a-u.

Jairus (Old Test.)—jā´i-rus.

Jairus (New Test.)—jā-ī´rus.

Jearim—jē´a-rĭm, not je-ā´rim.

Jeiel—je-ī´el, not jē´el nor jī´el.

Jephthae—jĕph´tha-ē, not jĕph´tha.

Jeshohaiah—jĕsh-o-ha-ī´ah, not jĕsh-o-hā´yah.

Keilah—kē´lah, not kī´lah nor ke-ī´lah.

Kolaiah—kŏl-a-ī´ah, not kŏl-ā´yah.

Labana—lăb´a-na, not la-bā´na.

Lebanah—lĕb´a-nah, not le-bā´nah.

Magdalene—măg-da-lē´ne, not măg´da-lēne.

Mahalath—mā´ha-lath, not ma-hā´lath.

Mardocheus—mar-do-kē´us, not mar-dō´ke-us.

Matthias—măth-thī´as, not măth´thi-as.

Meremoth—mĕr´e-moth, not me-rē´moth.

Meshach—mē´shăk, not mĕsh´ak.

Methuselah—me-thū´se-lah, not mĕth-ū´ze-lah.

Moosias—mo-o-sī´as, not mō´si-as.

Nebuchadnezzar—nĕb´u-kăd-nez´zar, not ne-bŭk´kad-nez´zar.

Orthosias—ôr-tho-sī´as, not ôr-thō´si-as.

Othonias—ŏth-o-nī´as, not ŏth-ō´ni-as.

Oziel—ō´zi-el, not ō-zī´el.

Penuel—pe-nū´el, not pĕn´ū-el.

Perseus—për´sūs, not për´se-us.

Pethuel—pe-thū´el, not pĕth´u-el.

Phanuel—pha-nū´el, not phăn´u-el.

Pharaoh—phā´rō or phā´ra-ō, not phăr´ō nor phăr´a-ō.

Philippi—phĭ-lĭp´pi, not phĭl´lip-pi.

Philistine—phĭ-lĭs´tĭn, not phĭl´ĭs-tīne.

Pontius—pŏn´shĭ-us, not pŏn´ti-us.

Raguel—ra-gū´el, not răg´u-el.

Sabachthani—sā-băk-thā´nī, not sa-băk´tha-nī.

Sathrabuzanes—săth-ra-bu-zā´nēz, not săth-răb´u-zānz.

Shabbethai—shăb-bĕth´a-ī, not shăb-bĕth-ā´ī

Shadrach—shā´drăk, not shăd´răk.

Shemiramoth—she-mĭr´a-moth, not shĕm-i-rā´moth.

Shemuel—she-mū´el, not shĕm´ū-el.

Sinai—sī´ā, not sī´nā-ī.

Zaccheus—zak-kē´us, not zăk´ke-us.

Zerubbabel—zē-rŭb´ba-bel, not ze-rub-bā´bel.

Zipporah—zĭp-pō´rah, not zĭp´po-rah.

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