the oxgoad killer

February 4 - Shamgar

Pronunciation: sham´gAr
Namesakes in the Bible: 1
Meaning: sword

He earned his fifteen minutes of fame in the Bible by killing 600 Philistines using a pointed stick.

the leftie

February 4 - Ehud

Pronunciation: eh-HOO-D
Namesakes in the Bible: 2
Meaning: united

He was a left-handed Israelite leader who killed an obese Moabite king by plunging a double-edged sword into his belly. The king was so fat that when Ehud left the sword there, the blobs of fat closed over it. Gross.
Then Ehud went on to lead the Israelites in battle and they struck down 10, 000 Moabites.

the lion

February 3 - Othniel

Pronunciation: oth´nEel
Namesakes in the Bible: 2
Meaning: lion of God

He was Israel's first among a line of leaders who came out after Joshua died. All those tales about brave young men gaining the hands of their beloved maidens by fighting and winning bloody battles must've been inspired by his story. He was rewarded with marriage to Caleb's daughter when he conquered Debir.

you wouldn't dare name your kid...

Jezebel

Pronunciation: jez·e·bel
Namesakes in the Bible: 1
Meaning: not exalted

No, not the mermaid. Jezebel, the wife of Ahab king of Israel, promoted idol worship among the Israelites and ordered the killing of God's prophets. She suffered a rather grisly death: she was thrown out of the palace window and devoured by dogs.

"You're hopeless, Job."

February 2 - Zophar

Pronunciation: ZOH-fahr
Namesakes in the Bible: 1
Meaning: Rising early

He was the last to speak among Job's three friends and was basically in agreement with Bildad about Job's moral deficiency.