Figures

Every named figure.

Lifespans, relatives, and scripture references. Every claim is traceable; tradition tags surface where readings differ.

12 of 2,781 curated matching the active filters.

Adiel (priest)
Adiel (priest)
ExilePriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Father of Maasai the post-exilic priest. Distinct from Adiel the Simeonite chief and Adiel father of David's treasurer.

Ezekiel
Ezekiel
ExileProphetPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Buzi the priest; deported to Babylon in 597 BC with Jehoiachin. Called as prophet in his thirtieth year (593 BC) by the river Chebar; ministered until at least 571 BC. Visions of the cherubim, the dry bones, and the new temple. Sign-acts of the brick, the hair, the refusal to mourn his wife.

Jahzerah
Jahzerah

Ahzai (Nehemiah 11:13)

ExilePriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Grandfather of Maasai the post-exilic priest (1 Chronicles 9:12); often equated with Ahzai of the Nehemiah 11 parallel.

Jehozadak
Jehozadak

Jozadak · Josedech

ExilePriestHigh priestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Seraiah; carried into Babylonian exile when Yahweh sent Judah away by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. Father of Joshua the high priest of the post-exilic restoration.

Jeremiah
Jeremiah
ExileProphetPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Hilkiah of the priests at Anathoth; called from the womb. Prophesied 627–586 BC and into the exile. The 'weeping prophet'; counseled submission to Babylon and was imprisoned for treason. Witnessed Jerusalem's fall; carried into Egypt against his will and tradition says martyred there. Author of Jeremiah and Lamentations.

Meshillemith
Meshillemith

Meshillemoth (Nehemiah 11:13)

ExilePriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Ancestor of Maasai; son of Immer (1 Chronicles 9:12).

Meshillemoth son of Immer (priest)
Meshillemoth son of Immer (priest)
ExilePriestLevi

Ancestor of Amashsai the priest (Nehemiah 11:13). Distinct from Meshillemoth of Ephraim (2 Chronicles 28:12).

Meshullam (priest, ancestor of Maasai)
Meshullam (priest, ancestor of Maasai)
ExilePriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Great-grandfather of Maasai the post-exilic priest.

Pashhur (returnee priestly clan head)
Pashhur (returnee priestly clan head)
ExilePriestLevi

Ancestral head of the returnee priestly clan called 'sons of Pashhur' (Ezra 2:38; Ezra 10:22). Distinct from Pashhur son of Immer (the priest who imprisoned Jeremiah) and from Pashhur son of Malchijah.

Seraiah (high priest at the fall of Jerusalem)
Seraiah (high priest at the fall of Jerusalem)
ExilePriestHigh priestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Azariah; chief priest at the fall of Jerusalem. Captured by Nebuzaradan at Riblah and put to death by Nebuchadnezzar. Father of Jehozadak. Distinct from Seraiah son of Neriah (Jeremiah's quartermaster, Jeremiah 51:59) and other Seraiahs.

Zechariah son of Pashhur (priestly line)
Zechariah son of Pashhur (priestly line)
ExilePriestLevi

Ancestor of Adaiah the priest (Nehemiah 11:12). Distinct from Zechariah of Asaph and Zechariah son of Jehoiada.

Zephaniah son of Maaseiah
Zephaniah son of Maaseiah
ExilePriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Second priest in Zedekiah's reign; carried letters between the king and Jeremiah; received the false prophet Shemaiah's letter from Babylon. Executed by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah.

Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.