Figures

Every named figure.

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

34 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.

Ahzai son of Meshillemoth
Ahzai son of Meshillemoth
ExileLevi

Ancestor of Amashsai the priest (Nehemiah 11:13). Possibly Jahzerah of 1 Chronicles 9:12.

Amzi son of Zechariah (priestly line)
Amzi son of Zechariah (priestly line)
ExileLevi

Ancestor of Adaiah the priest (Nehemiah 11:12).

Asa (Levite ancestor)
Asa (Levite ancestor)
ExileleviteLevi

Father of Berechiah the post-exilic Levite. Distinct from King Asa.

Azrikam (Levite ancestor)
Azrikam (Levite ancestor)
ExileleviteLevi

Grandfather of Shemaiah the Levite (1 Chronicles 9:14). Distinct from Azrikam son of Azel and other Azrikams.

Azrikam son of Hashabiah (Levite)
Azrikam son of Hashabiah (Levite)
ExileLevi

Grandfather of Shemaiah the Levite (Nehemiah 11:15). Distinct from Azrikam son of Neariah and Azrikam the doorkeeper.

Bunni (Levite ancestor)
Bunni (Levite ancestor)
ExileLevi

Most-distant named Levite ancestor of Shemaiah (Nehemiah 11:15). Possibly the same Bunni who sealed Nehemiah's covenant (Nehemiah 10:15).

Buzi
Buzi
ExileLevi

Priestly father of Ezekiel the prophet, named only in the superscription of his book (Ezekiel 1:3).

Elkanah (Netophathite Levite)
Elkanah (Netophathite Levite)
ExileleviteLevi

Grandfather of Berechiah; ancestor of Levites dwelling in Netophathite villages (1 Chronicles 9:16).

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.

Galal (son of Jeduthun)
Galal (son of Jeduthun)
ExilelevitemusicianLevi

Son of Jeduthun the chief musician; grandfather of Obadiah the post-exilic Jeduthunite Levite. Distinct from Galal of 1 Chronicles 9:15.

Hashabiah (Levite ancestor)
Hashabiah (Levite ancestor)
ExileleviteLevi

Great-grandfather of Shemaiah the post-exilic Levite. Distinct from many other Hashabiahs.

Hashabiah son of Bunni (Levite)
Hashabiah son of Bunni (Levite)
ExileLevi

Ancestor of Shemaiah the Levite (Nehemiah 11:15).

Hashabiah son of Mattaniah (Asaphite)
Hashabiah son of Mattaniah (Asaphite)
ExileLevi

Grandfather of Uzzi the overseer (Nehemiah 11:22). Asaphite Levite.

Hasshub (Levite)
Hasshub (Levite)
ExileleviteLevi

Father of Shemaiah the post-exilic Levite. Distinct from Hasshub the wall-builder.

Henadad
Henadad
ExileLevi

Levite ancestor whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel and helped supervise temple construction (Ezra 3:9). Father of Binnui and Bavvai the wall builders.

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.

Mattaniah son of Mica (Asaphite ancestor of Uzzi)
Mattaniah son of Mica (Asaphite ancestor of Uzzi)
ExileLevi

Ancestor of Uzzi the overseer (Nehemiah 11:22). Possibly the same as Mattaniah of v.17 a generation earlier.

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.

Mica (Asaphite)
Mica (Asaphite)
ExileleviteLevi

Father of Mattaniah the post-exilic Asaphite Levite.

Mica son of Zabdi (Asaphite)
Mica son of Zabdi (Asaphite)
ExileLevi

Father of Mattaniah the Asaphite (Nehemiah 11:17).

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.

Pelaliah son of Amzi
Pelaliah son of Amzi
ExileLevi

Ancestor of Adaiah the priest (Nehemiah 11:12).

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.

Shammua son of Galal
Shammua son of Galal
ExileLevi

Father of Abda the Jeduthunite singer (Nehemiah 11:17).

Shemaiah (Jeduthunite)
Shemaiah (Jeduthunite)
ExileleviteLevi

Father of Obadiah the Jeduthunite Levite.

Zabdi son of Asaph
Zabdi son of Asaph
ExileLevi

Grandson of Asaph; ancestor of Mattaniah (Nehemiah 11:17). 1 Chronicles 9:15 calls him Zichri.

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.

Zichri (Asaphite)
Zichri (Asaphite)
ExileleviteLevi

Grandfather of Mattaniah the post-exilic Asaphite Levite; son of Asaph the chief musician.

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”.