- Aaron (High Priest)
- Abednego
- Abel
- Abraham (The father of many nations)
- Adam (and Eve were the first man and woman)
- Ahab (A battle before God)
- Andrew
- Barnabas
- Cain (and his brother Abel were siblings at war)
- Cornelius (The first gentile convert)
- Daniel (A man with dreams and visions)
- David (The Great Leader of Israel)
- Deborah (The only female Judge)
- Devil
- Elijah (A battle before God in front of Ahab)
- Elisha
- Esau (Jacob & Esau were rival brothers)
- Esther (A Jewish Queen)
- Ezequiel
- Ezra (A scribe)
- Eve
- Gideon (Reluctant to serve)
- Goliath of Gath
- Isaac (Abraham's long-awaited son)
- Isaiah
- Jacob (The Father of the 12 Tribes of Israel)
- Jeremiah
- Jesus Christ (The Son of God)
- Joash (A child ruler)
- Job (Tested by God)
- John (Apostle)
- John (Baptizer)
- Jonah (The one who refused)
- Joseph (From a Slave to an Egyptian official)
- Joshua (The new Moses)
- Judas Iscariot
- Leah
- Luke
- Malachi
- Mark
- Mary (The Mother of Jesus)
- Matthew
- Melchizedek
- Meshach
- Micah
- Moses (The Leader of the Israelites)
- Nathanael
- Nehemiah (Israelite Governor)
- Noah (Builder of the Ark)
- Paul (Apostle) (Missionary to the gentiles)
- Peter
- Phillip
- Rachel
- Rahab
- Rebekah (Isaac's bride)
- Rehoboam (A harsh leader)
- Ruth (A loyal daughter-in-law)
- Sampson (Born with supernatural strength)
- Samuel (A promised child)
- Sarah (The mother of Isaac)
- Satan
- Saul (The First King)
- Shadrach (In the fiery furnace)
- Shem
- Solomon (The Richest Man/King in History)
- Stephen (Christianity's first martyr)
- Timothy
- Zachariah
- Zebulon
- Zechariah
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Jehovah
Hebrew Bible
Adam to David according to the Hebrew Bible
Creation to Flood
Adam Seth Enos Kenan Mahalalel Jared Enoch Methuselah Lamech Noah Shem
Cain line
Adam Cain Enoch Irad Mehujael Methusael Lamech Tubal-cain
Patriarchs after Flood
Arpachshad Shelah Eber Peleg Reu Serug Nahor Terah Abraham Isaac Jacob
Nationhood to Kingship
Judah Perez Hezron Ram Amminadab Nahshon Salmon Boaz Obed Jesse David
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Prophets
Prophets in the Hebrew Bible
Pre-Patriarchs (Bible)
Abel Kenan Enoch Noah (rl)
Patriarchs and Matriarchs
Abraham Isaac Jacob Joseph Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah
Israelite prophets
in the Torah
Moses (rl) Aaron Miriam Eldad and Medad Phinehas
Prophets mentioned
in the Former Prophets
Joshua Deborah Gideon Eli Elkanah Hannah Abigail Samuel Gad Nathan David Solomon Jeduthun Ahijah Elijah Elisha Shemaiah Iddo Hanani Jehu Micaiah Jahaziel Eliezer Zechariah ben Jehoiada Huldah
Major Prophets
Isaiah (rl) Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel (rl)
Minor Prophets
Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah (rl) Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi
Noahide prophets
Beor Balaam Job (rl)
Other prophets
Amoz Beeri Baruch Agur Uriah Buzi Mordecai Esther (rl) Oded Azariah
Italics denote that the status as a prophet is not universally accepted. Parenthetical (rl) links are articles dealing with the prophet within Rabbinic Literature.
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Kings
Rulers of Ancient Israel
Pre-dynastic
Abimelech
United Monarchy
Saul Ish-boseth David Solomon
Israel (Northern Kingdom)
Jeroboam I Nadab Baasha Elah Zimri Tibni Omri Ahab Ahaziah Jehoram Jehu Jehoahaz Jehoash Jeroboam II Zechariah Shallum Menahem Pekahiah Pekah Hoshea
Judah (Southern Kingdom)
Rehoboam Abijam Asa Jehoshaphat Jehoram Ahaziah Athaliah Jehoash Amaziah Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah Manasseh Amon Josiah Jehoahaz Jehoiakim Jeconiah Zedekiah
Hasmonean dynasty
Simon Maccabaeus John Hyrcanus Aristobulus I Alexander Jannaeus Salome Alexandra Hyrcanus II Aristobulus II Antigonus II Mattathias
Herodian dynasty
Herod the Great Archelaus Antipas Philip the Tetrarch Salome I Agrippa Agrippa II
Post-Second Temple era
Simon bar Kokhba
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Priests
Aaron
Elazar
Eli
Phinehas
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Tribes of Israel
According to the Book of Genesis, the Israelites were descendants of the sons of Jacob, who was renamed Israel after wrestling with an angel. His twelve male children become the ancestors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
Asher
Benjamin
Dan
Gad
Issachar
Joseph, which was split into two tribes descended from his sons:
Tribe of Ephraim
Tribe of Menasheh
Judah
Levi
Naphtali
Reuben
Simeon
Zebulun
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New Testament
Jesus and his relatives
Jesus
Mary, mother of Jesus
Joseph
Brothers of Jesus
James the Just
Christian Apostles of Jesus[edit]
The Twelve:[1]
Peter (Simon Kefa)
Andrew (Simon's brother)
James son of Zebedee
John son of Zebedee (aka John the Evangelist)
Philip
Bartholomew
Thomas also known as "Doubting Thomas"
Matthew
James son of Alphaeus
Judas son of James (aka Thaddeus or Judas Lebbaeus)
Simon the Canaanite
Judas Iscariot (the traitor) (to be resurrected?)
Others:
Paul
Titus
Matthias
Mary Magdalene
Priests[edit]
Caiaphas, high priest
Annas, first high priest of Roman Judea
Zechariah, father of John the Baptist
Prophets
Agabus
Anna (Bible)
Simeon (Gospel of Luke)
John the Baptist
Other believers
Apollos
Aquila
Barnabas
Dionysius the Areopagite
Epaphras, fellow prisoner of Paul (Philemon 1:23), fellow worker (Colossians 4:12-13)
Joseph of Arimathea
Lazarus
Luke
Mark
Martha
Mary Magdalene
Mary, sister of Martha
Nicodemus
Onesimus
Philemon
Priscilla
Silas
Sopater
Stephen, first martyr
Timothy
Secular rulers
See also: Herod
Herod the Great
Herod Antipas, called "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod" in the Gospels and in Acts 4:27
Pontius Pilate
Agrippa I, called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12
Felix governor of Judea who was present at the trial of Paul, and his wife Drusilla in Acts 24:24