LECTOR’S PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Abana = AHB-ah-nah Baal = BAY-uhl Abba = AHB-ah Baal-zephon = BAY-uhl-ZEE-fon Abednego = ah-BED-nee-go Babylonia = bab-ih-LOW-nee-ah Abel-meholah = AY-bel-mi-HO-lah Balaam = BAY-lam Abiathar = uh-BY-uh-thar Balak = BAY-lak Abihu = uh-BY-hew Barabbas = bar-RAHB-as Abilene = ab-ih-LEE-nee Barnabas = BAR-nah-bus Achaia = ah-KAY-yah Barsabbas = bar-SAH-bus Agabus = AG-ah-bus Bartimaeus = bar-tih-MEE-us Ahaz = AY-haz Bashan = BAY-shan Akeldama = uh-KEL-deh-muh Bdellium = DELL-ih-um Alphaeus = al-FEE-us Beelzebub = bee-ELL-ze-bub Amalek = AM-ah-lek Beersheba = beer-SHEE-bah Amalekites = ah-MAL-eh-kites Beor = BEE-or Amaziah = am-uh-ZY-uh Berea = beh-REE-ah Ammonites = AM-mo-nites Bethel = BETH-el Amorites = AM-oh-rites Bethphage = BETH-fah-jee Amos = AY-mus Bethsaida = beth-SAY-ih-dah Amoz = AY-muz Bithynia = bih-THIN-ee-ah Amphipolis = am-FIPP-oh-lis Caesarea = sess-ah-REE-ah Ananias = an-ah-NYE-us Caiaphas = KAY-ah-fas Annas = AN-us Canaan = KAY-nan Antioch = AN-tee-ock Capernaum = kuh-PER-nee-um Apollonia = ap-puh-LOW-nee-ah Cappadocia = kap-puh-DOH-shee-uh Apphia = AF-ih-ah Cephas = SEE-fas Apollos = ah-PAWL-lus Chaldeans = kal-DEE-anz Archippus = ar-KIPP-us Chloe = KLOH-ee Arimathea = air-ih-mah-THEE-uh Cilicia = sih-LISH-ih-ah Assyria = ah-SEER-ee-ah Claudius = KLAW-dee-us Azariah = az-ah-RYE-ah Cleopas = KLEE-oh-pas LECTOR’S PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Colossae = koh-LAH-sih Gihon = GY-hon Crescens = KRES-enz Gilead = GILL-ee-add Cretans = KREE-tuns Gilgal = GILL-gal Cyrene = sigh-REE-nee Golgotha = GAUL-goh-thah Dalmatia = dal-MAY-shih-ah Gemorrah = goh-MOR-ah Decapolis = deh-KAPP-uh-lis Habakkuk = hah-BAK-uk Demas = DEE-mas Hades = HAY-deez Denarii = deh-NAIR-ee-ee Hagar = HAY-gar Dura = DYOO-rah Hananiah - han-ah-NYE-ah Edom = EE-dum Haran = HAIR-un Elam = EE-lam Hazael = HAHZ-ah-ell Elamites = EE-lam-ights Hermes = HER-meez Eldad = ELL-dad Horeb = HOR-eb Eli = EE-lie Hyssop = HIH-sup Eliezer = ell-ih-EE-zer Iconium = eye-KOH-nee-um Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani = AY-loy, Iscariot = iss-KAR-ee-ott AYloy, LAH-mah sah-bahk-THAH-nee Ituraea = it-yur-EE-ah El Shaddai = ell SHAD-eye Jabbok = JAB-ok Emmaus = eh-MAY-us Jairus = JAI-rus Epaphras = EH-pah-fras Japheth = JAY-feth Ephah = EE=fah Jearim = JEE-eh-rim Ephesus = EF-eh-sus Jehoiada = Jeh-HOY-ah-dah Epphatha = EFF-ah-thah Jehu = JEE-hyoo Ephraim = EE-fray-um Jeroboam = jair-uh-BOH-am Ephrathah = EF-rah-thah Joash = JOH-ash Etham = EE-tham Joses = JOH-seez Euphrates = you-FRAY-teez Judea = joo-DEE-ah Gabbatha = GAHB-ah-thah Justus = JUS-tus Galatia = gah-LAY-shah Kadesh = KAY-desh Genneseret = geh-NESS-eh-ret Kidron = KID-run LECTOR’S PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Laodicea = lay-oh-dih-SEE-ah Negev = NEG-ev Lucius = LOO-shus Nicanor = nye-KAY-nor Lycaonian = lyk-ah-OH-nee-an Nicodemus = nik-oh-DEE-muss Lysanias = ly-SAY-nih-as Nimshi = NIM-shy Lystra = LISS-trah Ninevah = NIHN-eh-vah Macedonia = mass-eh-DOH-nee-ah Onesimus = oh-NESS-ih-mus Magdala = MAG-dah-lah Ophir = OH-fur Malchus = MAL-kus Pamphylia = pam-FILL-ee-ah Mamre = MAHM-ree Papryus = pah-PY-rus Manaen = MAN-ah-en Parmenas = PHAR-mee-nas Manasseh = mah-NASS-eh Parthia = PAHR-thee-ah Massah = MASS-ah Parthians =PAHR-thee-ans Matthias = mah-THIGH-us Patmos = PATT-mos Medad = MEE-dad Peniel = PEN-ih-el Medes = MEEDS Pergamum = PURR-gah-mum Media = MEE-dee-ah Pharaoh = FAIR-oh Melchizedek = mel-KIZZ-eh-dek Pharpar = FAR-per Meribah = MAIR-ih-bah Philemon = fie-LEE-mon Merran = MAIR-un Philippi = FILL-ih-pie Meshach = MEE-shak Philistia = fih-LISS-tee-ah Mesopotamia = mess-oh-poe-TAY-mee-ah Philistines = fih-LISS-tins Midian = MIH-dee-an Phoenicia = feh-NISH-ee-ah Mizar = MY-zar Phrygia = FRIJ-ee-ah Moab = MOH-ab Pi-hahiroth = pie-ha-HY-roth Moriah = moh-RYE-ah Pishon = PIE-shon Mysia = MISH-ee-ah Pontus - PON-tus Naaman - NAY-ah-man Praetorium = pray-TOHR-ee-um Madab = NAY-dab Prochorus = PRAHK-oh-rus Naphtali = NAFF-tah-lee Quirinius = kwih-RIN-ee-us Nebuchadnezzer = neb-yoo-kud-NEZ-er Rabboni = rah-BOH-ny LECTOR’S PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Rahab = RAY-hab Tetrarch = TEH-trark Ramah = RAY-mah Theophilus = thee-AH-fih-lus Rephidim = REF-ih-dim Thessalonica = thess-ah-loh-NYE-kah Saba = SAY-ba Thyatira = THY-ah-TIE-rah Sadducees = SAD-yoo-seez Tiberias = ty-BIHR-ee-us Salome = sah-LOH-mee Tigris = TIE-griss Sahnedrin = san-HEE-drin Timaeus - tih-MEE-us Sardis = SAR-dis Timon = TIE-mon Sepulchre = SEH-pull-ker Titus = TIE-tus Shadrach = SHAD-rak Trachonitis = trak-oh-NYE-tis Shaphat = SHAY-fat Trigon = TRY-gon Shechm = SHEK-um Troas - TROH-ahs Sheol = SHEE-ohl Tubal = TYOO-bal Shiloh = SHY-loh Tyre = TIRE Shinar = SHY-nar Uriah = yoo-RYE-ah Shittim = SHITT-im Uzziah = uh-ZYE-ah Sidon = SIGH-duhn Yahweh = YAH-way Silvanus = sill-VAY-nus Zalmon = ZAL-mon Simeon = SIM -ee-un Zarephath = ZAIR-eh-fath Sinews = SIH-nyooz Zebedee = ZEB-eh-dee Smyrna = SMUR-nah Zebulun = ZEB-you-lun Sodom = SOD-em Zechariah = zek-ah-RYE-ah Sosthenes = SAHS-theh-neez Zerubbabel = seh-RUB-ah-bel Stephanas = STEFF-ah-nas Zoan = ZOH-an Succoth = SUKK-oth Syrophoenician = sigh-row-feh-NISH-an Tabor = TAY-bor Talitha cumi = TAL-ih-thah KOO-mee Tarshish = TAR-shish Teman = TEE-man