Reader's Punctuation Guide
LECTORʹS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Abana = AHB‐ah‐nah
Abba = AHB‐ah
Abednego = ah‐BED‐nee‐go
Abel‐meholah = AY‐bel‐mi‐HO‐lah
Abiathar = uh‐BY‐uh‐thar
Abihu = uh‐BY‐hew
Abilene = ab‐ih‐LEE‐nee
Achaia = ah‐KAY‐yah
Agabus = AG‐ah‐bus
Ahaz = AY‐haz
Akeldama = uh‐KEL‐deh‐muh
Alphaeus = al‐FEE‐us
Amalek = AM‐ah‐lek
Amalekites = ah‐MAL‐eh‐kites
Amaziah = am‐uh‐ZY‐uh
Ammonites = AM‐mo‐nites
Amorites = AM‐oh‐rites
Amos = AY‐mus
Amoz = AY‐muz
Amphipolis = am‐FIPP‐oh‐lis
Ananias = an‐ah‐NYE‐us
Annas = AN‐us
Antioch = AN‐tee‐ock
Apollonia = ap‐puh‐LOW‐nee‐ah
Apphia = AF‐ih‐ah
Apollos = ah‐PAWL‐lus
Archippus = ar‐KIPP‐us
Arimathea = air‐ih‐mah‐THEE‐uh
Assyria = ah‐SEER‐ee‐ah
Azariah = az‐ah‐RYE‐ah
Baal = BAY‐uhl
Baal‐zephon = BAY‐uhl‐ZEE‐fon
Babylonia = bab‐ih‐LOW‐nee‐ah
Balaam = BAY‐lam
Balak = BAY‐lak
Barabbas = bar‐RAHB‐as
Barnabas = BAR‐nah‐bus
Barsabbas = bar‐SAH‐bus
Bartimaeus = bar‐tih‐MEE‐us
Bashan = BAY‐shan
Bdellium = DELL‐ih‐um
Beelzebub = bee‐ELL‐ze‐bub
Beersheba = beer‐SHEE‐bah
Beor = BEE‐or
Berea = beh‐REE‐ah
Bethel = BETH‐el
Bethphage = BETH‐fah‐jee
Bethsaida = beth‐SAY‐ih‐dah
Bithynia = bih‐THIN‐ee‐ah
Caesarea = sess‐ah‐REE‐ah
Caiaphas = KAY‐ah‐fas
Canaan = KAY‐nan
Capernaum = kuh‐PER‐nee‐um
Cappadocia = kap‐puh‐DOH‐shee‐uh
Cephas = SEE‐fas
Chaldeans = kal‐DEE‐anz
Chloe = KLOH‐ee
Cilicia = sih‐LISH‐ih‐ah
Claudius = KLAW‐dee‐us
Cleopas = KLEE‐oh‐pas
Colossae = koh‐LAH‐sih
Crescens = KRES‐enz
Cretans = KREE‐tuns
Cyrene = sigh‐REE‐nee
Dalmatia = dal‐MAY‐shih‐ah
Decapolis = deh‐KAPP‐uh‐lis
Demas = DEE‐mas
Denarii = deh‐NAIR‐ee‐ee
Dura = DYOO‐rah
Edom = EE‐dum
Elam = EE‐lam
Elamites = EE‐lam‐ights
Eldad = ELL‐dad
Eli = EE‐lie
Eliezer = ell‐ih‐EE‐zer
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani = AY‐loy, AYloy,
LAH‐mah sah‐bahk‐THAH‐nee
El Shaddai = ell SHAD‐eye
Emmaus = eh‐MAY‐us
Epaphras = EH‐pah‐fras
Ephah = EE=fah
Ephesus = EF‐eh‐sus
Epphatha = EFF‐ah‐thah
Ephraim = EE‐fray‐um
Ephrathah = EF‐rah‐thah
Etham = EE‐tham
Euphrates = you‐FRAY‐teez
Gabbatha = GAHB‐ah‐thah
Galatia = gah‐LAY‐shah
Genneseret = geh‐NESS‐eh‐ret
Gihon = GY‐hon
Gilead = GILL‐ee‐add
Gilgal = GILL‐gal
Golgotha = GAUL‐goh‐thah
Gemorrah = goh‐MOR‐ah
Habakkuk = hah‐BAK‐uk
Hades = HAY‐deez
Hagar = HAY‐gar
Hananiah ‐ han‐ah‐NYE‐ah
Haran = HAIR‐un
Hazael = HAHZ‐ah‐ell
Hermes = HER‐meez
Horeb = HOR‐eb
Hyssop = HIH‐sup
Iconium = eye‐KOH‐nee‐um
Iscariot = iss‐KAR‐ee‐ott
Ituraea = it‐yur‐EE‐ah
Jabbok = JAB‐ok
Jairus = JAI‐rus
Japheth = JAY‐feth
Jearim = JEE‐eh‐rim
Jehoiada = Jeh‐HOY‐ah‐dah
Jehu = JEE‐hyoo
Jeroboam = jair‐uh‐BOH‐am
Joash = JOH‐ash
Joses = JOH‐seez
Judea = joo‐DEE‐ah
Justus = JUS‐tus
Kadesh = KAY‐desh
Kidron = KID‐run
Laodicea = lay‐oh‐dih‐SEE‐ah
Lucius = LOO‐shus
Lycaonian = lyk‐ah‐OH‐nee‐an
Lysanias = ly‐SAY‐nih‐as
Lystra = LISS‐trah
Macedonia = mass‐eh‐DOH‐nee‐ah
Magdala = MAG‐dah‐lah
Malchus = MAL‐kus
Mamre = MAHM‐ree
Manaen = MAN‐ah‐en
Manasseh = mah‐NASS‐eh
Massah = MASS‐ah
Matthias = mah‐THIGH‐us
Medad = MEE‐dad
Medes = MEEDS
Media = MEE‐dee‐ah
Melchizedek = mel‐KIZZ‐eh‐dek
Meribah = MAIR‐ih‐bah
Merran = MAIR‐un
Meshach = MEE‐shak
Mesopotamia = mess‐oh‐poe‐TAY‐mee‐ah
Midian = MIH‐dee‐an
Mizar = MY‐zar
Moab = MOH‐ab
Moriah = moh‐RYE‐ah
Mysia = MISH‐ee‐ah
Naaman ‐ NAY‐ah‐man
Madab = NAY‐dab
Naphtali = NAFF‐tah‐lee
Nebuchadnezzer = neb‐yoo‐kud‐NEZ‐er
Negev = NEG‐ev
Nicanor = nye‐KAY‐nor
Nicodemus = nik‐oh‐DEE‐muss
Nimshi = NIM‐shy
Ninevah = NIHN‐eh‐vah
Onesimus = oh‐NESS‐ih‐mus
Ophir = OH‐fur
Pamphylia = pam‐FILL‐ee‐ah
Papryus = pah‐PY‐rus
Parmenas = PHAR‐mee‐nas
Parthia = PAHR‐thee‐ah
Parthians =PAHR‐thee‐ans
Patmos = PATT‐mos
Peniel = PEN‐ih‐el
Pergamum = PURR‐gah‐mum
Pharaoh = FAIR‐oh
Pharpar = FAR‐per
Philemon = fie‐LEE‐mon
Philippi = FILL‐ih‐pie
Philistia = fih‐LISS‐tee‐ah
Philistines = fih‐LISS‐tins
Phoenicia = feh‐NISH‐ee‐ah
Phrygia = FRIJ‐ee‐ah
Pi‐hahiroth = pie‐ha‐HY‐roth
Pishon = PIE‐shon
Pontus ‐ PON‐tus
Praetorium = pray‐TOHR‐ee‐um
Prochorus = PRAHK‐oh‐rus
Quirinius = kwih‐RIN‐ee‐us
Rabboni = rah‐BOH‐ny
Rahab = RAY‐hab
Ramah = RAY‐mah
Rephidim = REF‐ih‐dim
Saba = SAY‐ba
Sadducees = SAD‐yoo‐seez
Salome = sah‐LOH‐mee
Sahnedrin = san‐HEE‐drin
Sardis = SAR‐dis
Sepulchre = SEH‐pull‐ker
Shadrach = SHAD‐rak
Shaphat = SHAY‐fat
Shechm = SHEK‐um
Sheol = SHEE‐ohl
Shiloh = SHY‐loh
Shinar = SHY‐nar
Shittim = SHITT‐im
Sidon = SIGH‐duhn
Silvanus = sill‐VAY‐nus
Simeon = SIM ‐ee‐un
Sinews = SIH‐nyooz
Smyrna = SMUR‐nah
Sodom = SOD‐em
Sosthenes = SAHS‐theh‐neez
Stephanas = STEFF‐ah‐nas
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
Tetrarch = TEH‐trark
Theophilus = thee‐AH‐fih‐lus
Thessalonica = thess‐ah‐loh‐NYE‐kah
Thyatira = THY‐ah‐TIE‐rah
Tiberias = ty‐BIHR‐ee‐us
Tigris = TIE‐griss
Timaeus ‐ tih‐MEE‐us
Timon = TIE‐mon
Titus = TIE‐tus
Trachonitis = trak‐oh‐NYE‐tis
Trigon = TRY‐gon
Troas ‐ TROH‐ahs
Tubal = TYOO‐bal
Tyre = TIRE
Uriah = yoo‐RYE‐ah
Uzziah = uh‐ZYE‐ah
Yahweh = YAH‐way
Zalmon = ZAL‐mon
Zarephath = ZAIR‐eh‐fath
Zebedee = ZEB‐eh‐dee
Zebulun = ZEB‐you‐lun
Zechariah = zek‐ah‐RYE‐ah
Zerubbabel = seh‐RUB‐ah‐bel
Zoan = ZOH‐an
From Living Liturgy, November 1981
http://www.flcpa.org/ministries/assist.shtml
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