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  • Alphabetical List of Biblical Persons


    The Librarian
    • 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

    Melchizedek

    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






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