List of major biblical figures

The Bible is a canonical collection of texts considered sacred in Judaism or Christianity. Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books. Christian Bibles range from the sixty-six books of the Protestant canon to the eighty-one books of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church canon.

## Contents

* 1 Hebrew Bible
* 1.1 Prophets
* 1.2 Kings
* 1.3 Priests
* 1.4 Tribes of Israel
* 2 Deuterocanon
* 2.1 Maccabees
* 2.2 Greek rulers
* 2.3 Persian rulers
* 2.4 Others
* 3 New Testament
* 3.1 Jesus and his relatives
* 3.2 Apostles of Jesus
* 3.3 Priests
* 3.4 Prophets
* 3.5 Other believers
* 3.6 Secular rulers
* 3.6.1 Roman Emperors
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Hebrew Bible[edit | edit source]

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Adam to David according to the Hebrew Bible

Creation to Flood|

* Adam
* Seth
* Enos
* Kenan
* Mahalalel
* Jared
* Enoch
* Methuselah
* Lamech
* Noah
* Shem

Patriarchs after Flood|

* Arpachshad
* Cainan
* Shelah
* Eber
* Peleg
* Reu
* Serug
* Nahor
* Terah
* Abraham
* Isaac
* Jacob

Tribe of Judah to Kingdom|

* Judah
* Perez
* Hezron
* Ram
* Amminadab
* Nahshon
* Salmon
* Boaz
* Obed
* Jesse
* David

Names in italics only appear in the Greek Septuagint version

### Prophets[edit | edit source]

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Prophets in the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Pre-Patriarchal|

* Abel
* Kenan
* Enoch
* Noah (in rabbinic literature)

Patriarchs / Matriarchs|

* Abraham
* Isaac
* Jacob
* Levi
* Joseph
* Sarah
* Rebecca
* Rachel
* Leah

Israelite prophets
in the Torah

* Moses (in rabbinic literature)
* Aaron
* Miriam
* Eldad and Medad
* Phinehas

Mentioned in the
Former Prophets

* Joshua
* Deborah
* Gideon
* Samson
* Eli
* Elkanah
* Hannah
* Abigail
* Samuel
* Gad
* Nathan
* David
* Solomon
* Jeduthun
* Ahijah
* Shemaiah
* Elijah
* Elisha
* Iddo
* Hanani
* Jehu
* Micaiah
* Jahaziel
* Eliezer ben Dodavah
* Zechariah ben Jehoiada
* Huldah

Major|

* Isaiah (in rabbinic literature)
* Jeremiah
* Ezekiel
* Daniel (in rabbinic literature)

Minor|

* Hosea
* Joel
* Amos
* Obadiah
* Jonah (in rabbinic literature)
* Micah
* Nahum
* Habakkuk
* Zephaniah
* Haggai
* Zechariah
* Malachi

Noahide|

* Beor
* Balaam
* Job (in rabbinic literature)

Other|

* Amoz
* Beeri
* Baruch
* Agur
* Uriah
* Buzi
* Mordecai
* Esther (in rabbinic literature)
* Ezra
* Nehemiah
* Ruth
* Oded
* Azariah

Italics indicate persons whose status as prophets is not universally accepted.

* Samuel
* Enoch

### Kings[edit | edit source]

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Rulers of Israel and Judah

* Davidic line
* Kings of Israel and Judah
* Kings of Judah
* Maccabees

Israel
(united monarchy)|

* Saul
* Ish-bosheth
* David
* Solomon

Israel
(northern kingdom)|

* Jeroboam I
* Nadab
* Baasha
* Elah
* Zimri
* Tibni
* Omri
* Ahab (Jezebel)
* 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

Judea
(Hasmonean dynasty)|

* Simon Thassi
* John Hyrcanus
* Aristobulus I
* Alexander Jannaeus
* Salome Alexandra
* Hyrcanus II
* Aristobulus II
* Antigonus II Mattathias

See also|

* Jewish leadership
* List of Jewish leaders in the Land of Israel

* David
* Solomon

### Priests[edit | edit source]

* Aaron
* Eleazar
* Eli
* Phinehas

### Tribes of Israel[edit | edit source]

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 Manasseh
* Judah
* Levi
* Naphtali
* Reuben
* Simeon
* Zebulun

## Deuterocanon[edit | edit source]

Main page: Category:People in the deuterocanonical books

### Maccabees[edit | edit source]

* Eleazar Avaran
* John Gaddi
* John Hyrcanus
* Jonathan Apphus
* Judas Maccabeus
* Mattathias
* Simon Thassi

### Greek rulers[edit | edit source]

* Alexander the Great[1]
* Antiochus III the Great
* Antiochus IV Epiphanes
* Philip II of Macedon

### Persian rulers[edit | edit source]

* Astyages
* Darius III

### Others[edit | edit source]

* Baruch
* Tobit
* Judith
* Susanna

## New Testament[edit | edit source]

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New Testament people

Jesus Christ|

* In Christianity
* Historical
* Life of Jesus in the New Testament

Gospels|

| Individuals|

* Alphaeus
* Anna the Prophetess
* Annas
* Barabbas
* Bartimaeus
* Blind man (Bethsaida)
* Caiaphas
* Celidonius
* Cleopas
* Clopas
* Devil
* Penitent thief ("Dismas")
* Elizabeth
* Gabriel
* Impenitent thief ("Gestas")
* Jairus' daughter
* Joanna
* John the Baptist
* Joseph
* Joseph of Arimathea
* Jude
* Lazarus
* Legion
* Luke
* Lysanias
* Malchus
* Martha
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Mary Magdalene
* Mary, mother of James
* Mary of Bethany
* Mary of Clopas
* Naked fugitive
* Son of Nain's widow
* Nicodemus (Nicodemus ben Gurion)
* Salome
* Samaritan woman
* Satan
* Simeon
* Simon, brother of Jesus
* Simon of Cyrene
* Simon the Leper
* Simon the Pharisee
* Susanna
* Syrophoenician woman
* Theophilus
* Zacchaeus
* Zebedee
* Zechariah

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Multiple|

* people named James
* people named John
* people named Joseph (or Joses)
* people named Judas or Jude
* people named Mary
* people named Simon or Simeon

Groups|

* Angels
* Jesus's brothers
* Demons
* Disciples
* Evangelists
* Female disciples of Jesus
* God-fearers
* Herodians
* Magi
* Myrrhbearers
* Nameless
* Pharisees
* Proselytes
* Sadducees
* Samaritans
* Sanhedrin
* Scribes
* Seventy disciples
* Shepherds
* Women at the crucifixion
* Zealots

Apostles|

* Andrew
* Bartholomew
* Nathanael
* James, son of Alphaeus
* Less
* James, son of Zebedee
* John
* Evangelist
* Patmos
* "Disciple whom Jesus loved"
* Judas Iscariot
* Judas Thaddaeus
* Matthew
* Philip
* Simon Peter
* Simon the Zealot
* Thomas

Acts|

* Aeneas
* Agabus
* Ananias (Damascus)
* Ananias (Judaea)
* Ananias son of Nedebeus
* Apollos
* Aquila
* Aristarchus
* Barnabas
* Blastus
* Cornelius
* Damaris
* Demetrius
* Dionysius
* Dorcas
* Elymas
* Egyptian
* Ethiopian eunuch
* Eutychus
* Gamaliel
* James, brother of Jesus
* Jason
* Joseph Barsabbas
* Judas Barsabbas
* Judas of Galilee
* Lucius
* Luke
* Lydia
* Manaen
* (John) Mark
* Evangelist
* cousin of Barnabas
* Mary, mother of (John) Mark
* Matthias
* Mnason
* Nicanor
* Nicholas
* Parmenas
* Paul
* Philip
* Priscilla
* Prochorus
* Publius
* Rhoda
* Sapphira
* Sceva
* Seven Deacons
* Silas / Silvanus
* Simeon Niger
* Simon Magus
* Sopater
* Sosthenes
* Stephen
* Theudas
* Timothy
* Titus
* Trophimus
* Tychicus
* Zenas

Romans
Herod's family

| Gospels|

* Antipas
* Archelaus
* Herod the Great
* Herodias
* Longinus
* Philip
* Pilate
* Pilate's wife
* Quirinius
* Salome
* Tiberius

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Acts|

* Agrippa
* Agrippa II
* Berenice
* Cornelius
* Drusilla
* Felix
* Festus
* Gallio
* Lysias
* Paullus

Epistles|

* Achaicus
* Alexander of Ephesus
* Alexander the Coppersmith
* Andronicus
* Archippus
* Aretas IV
* Artemas
* Carpus
* Claudia
* Crescens
* Demas
* Diotrephes
* Epaphras
* Epaphroditus
* Erastus
* Eunice
* Euodia and Syntyche
* Herodion
* Hymenaeus
* Jesus Justus
* Junia
* Linus
* Lois
* Mary
* Michael
* Nymphas
* Olympas
* Onesimus
* Onesiphorus
* Pudens
* Philemon
* Philetus
* Phoebe
* Quartus
* Sosipater
* Tertius
* Tryphena and Tryphosa

Revelation|

* Antipas
* Four Horsemen
* Apollyon
* Two witnesses
* Woman
* Beast
* Three Angels
* Whore of Babylon

### Jesus and his relatives[edit | edit source]

* Jesus
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Joseph
* Brothers of Jesus
* James (often identified with James, son of Alphaeus)
* Joseph (Joses)
* Judas (Jude) (often identified with Thaddeus)
* Simon
* Mary of Clopas
* Cleopas (often identified with Alphaeus and Clopas)

### Apostles of Jesus[edit | edit source]

Main article: Apostles § List of the Twelve Apostles as identified by the Bible

The Thirteen:[2]

* Peter (a.k.a. Simon or Cephas)
* Andrew (Simon Peter's brother)
* James, son of Zebedee
* John, son of Zebedee
* Philip
* Bartholomew also known as "Nathanael"
* Thomas also known as "Doubting Thomas"
* Matthew also known as "Levi"
* James, son of Alphaeus
* Judas, son of James (a.k.a. Thaddeus or Lebbaeus)
* Simon the Zealot
* Judas Iscariot (the traitor)
* Matthias[3]

Others:

* Paul[4]
* Barnabas[5]
* Mary Magdalene (the one who discovered Jesus’ empty tomb)

### Priests[edit | edit source]

* Caiaphas, high priest
* Annas, first high priest of Roman Judea
* Zechariah, father of John the Baptist

### Prophets[edit | edit source]

* Agabus
* Anna
* Simeon
* John the Baptist

### Other believers[edit | edit source]

* Apollos
* Aquila
* Dionysius the Areopagite
* Epaphras, fellow prisoner of Paul,[6] fellow worker[7]
* John Mark (often identified with Mark)
* Joseph of Arimathea
* Lazarus
* Luke
* Mark
* Martha
* Mary Magdalene
* Mary, sister of Martha
* Nicodemus
* Onesimus
* Philemon
* Priscilla
* Silas
* Sopater
* Stephen, first martyr
* Timothy
* Titus

### Secular rulers[edit | edit source]

See also: Herod

* 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
* Herod Agrippa II, king over several territories, before whom Paul made his defense in Acts 26.
* Herod Antipas, called "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod" in the Gospels and in Acts 4:27
* Herodias
* Herod the Great
* Philip the Tetrarch
* Pontius Pilate
* Salome, the daughter of Herodias
* Quirinius

#### Roman Emperors[edit | edit source]

* Augustus
* Tiberius
* Nero

## See also[edit | edit source]

* List of biblical names
* List of burial places of biblical figures
* List of Jewish biblical figures
* List of minor biblical figures, A–K
* List of minor biblical figures, L–Z

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ^ 1 Macc. 1:1, 1 Macc. 6:2 Macc. 1:10
2. ^ Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13
3. ^ Matthias is the apostle who replaced Judas Iscariot. Acts 1:15-26
4. ^ Paul is a self-described apostle.Rom 1:1, 1 Cor 1:1, 2 Cor 1:1, Gal 1:1, Eph 1:1, Col 1:1, 1 Tim 1:1, 2 Tim 1:1, and Titus 1:1
5. ^ Described as an apostle alongside Paul; see Acts 14:14; Gal 2:9; 1 Cor 9:5-6.
6. ^ Philemon 1:23
7. ^ Colossians 4:12–13

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