Figures

Every named figure.

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Abdiel
Abdiel
JudgesGad

Father of Ahi the Gadite chief; son of Guni.

Abdon
Abdon
JudgesJudge

Son of Hillel the Pirathonite; had forty sons and thirty grandsons, all riding seventy donkeys. Judged Israel eight years.

Abdon (son of Shashak)
Abdon (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite. Distinct from Abdon the judge, Abdon son of Micah, and Abdon son of Jeiel.

Abiel (grandfather of Saul)
Abiel (grandfather of Saul)
JudgesBenjamin

Father of Kish and Ner; grandfather of Saul. Of the Benjamite clan of Becher.

Abihail son of Huri (Gadite)
Abihail son of Huri (Gadite)
JudgesGad

Gadite chief, son of Huri, named at the head of the Gadite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 5:13-14. Distinct from Abihail wife of Rehoboam, Abihail the Levite, and Abihail mother of Esther.

Abimelech (son of Gideon)
Abimelech (son of Gideon)
JudgesManasseh

Son of Gideon by his Shechemite concubine; murdered seventy of his half-brothers on one stone and made himself king at Shechem. Killed when a woman dropped a millstone on his head at Thebez. Distinct from Abimelech king of Gerar.

Abishua
Abishua
JudgesPriestHigh priestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Phinehas in the high-priestly genealogy.

Abitub
Abitub
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim by Hushim.

Adaiah (son of Shimei)
Adaiah (son of Shimei)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite. Distinct from Adaiah father of Maaseiah and Adaiah father of Jedidah.

Adoni-bezek
Adoni-bezek
Judges

Canaanite king of Bezek defeated by Judah and Simeon after Joshua's death; his thumbs and great toes were cut off, reciprocating his own treatment of seventy kings whose food he had collected under his table; he died at Jerusalem (Judges 1:5-7).

Aharhel
Aharhel
JudgesJudah

Judahite descendant of Coz; head of the Aharhel families (1 Chronicles 4:8).

Ahi son of Abdiel (Gadite)
Ahi son of Abdiel (Gadite)
JudgesGad

Chief of a Gadite father's house in 1 Chronicles 5:15.

Ahian
Ahian
JudgesManasseh

Son of Shemida in the Manassite list.

Ahihud (son of Gera)
Ahihud (son of Gera)
JudgesBenjamin

Son begotten by Gera in Manahath after the deportation (1 Chronicles 8:7). Distinct from Ahihud son of Shelomi the Asherite leader (Numbers 34:27).

Ahijah (son of Ehud)
Ahijah (son of Ehud)
JudgesBenjamin

One of the sons of Ehud heading the fathers of Geba's inhabitants (1 Chronicles 8:7). Distinct from many other Ahijahs (the prophet of Shiloh, son of Ahitub, Pelonite, scribe, etc.).

Ahimoth
Ahimoth
JudgesLevi

Kohathite Levite in 1 Chronicles 6:25; some treat as a variant of Mahath in the parallel list.

Ahio (son of Beriah)
Ahio (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon. Distinct from Ahio brother of Uzzah and Ahio of Saul's line.

Ahishahar
Ahishahar
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan in 1 Chronicles 7:10.

Amal
Amal
JudgesAsher

Son of Helem of Asher.

Amariah (son of Meraioth)
Amariah (son of Meraioth)
JudgesPriestHigh priestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Meraioth and father of Ahitub in the high-priestly genealogy. Multiple priestly Amariahs appear; this is the elder one.

Amasai (Kohathite Levite)
Amasai (Kohathite Levite)
JudgesLevi

Kohathite Levite in the ancestry of Heman the singer.

Amnon (son of Shimon)
Amnon (son of Shimon)
JudgesJudah

Son of Shimon in the Judahite list. Distinct from Amnon son of David.

Aniam
Aniam
JudgesManasseh

Son of Shemida in the Manassite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 7:19.

Anthothijah
Anthothijah

Antothijah

JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak.

Aphiah
Aphiah
JudgesBenjamin

Earliest named ancestor in the genealogy of Saul, called only 'son of a Benjaminite' (1 Samuel 9:1).

Arad (son of Beriah)
Arad (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon. Distinct from Arad the Canaanite king.

Ashbea
Ashbea
JudgesJudah

Eponym of 'the house of Ashbea' — a guild of fine linen workers descending from the Shelah line (1 Chronicles 4:21).

Ashvath
Ashvath
JudgesAsher

Son of Japhlet of Asher.

Athaliah (Benjamite)
Athaliah (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite. Distinct from Athaliah queen of Judah; here a male personal name.

Azaz (Reubenite)
Azaz (Reubenite)
JudgesReuben

Father of Bela the Reubenite in 1 Chronicles 5:8.

Azriel (half-Manassite chief)
Azriel (half-Manassite chief)
JudgesManasseh

Head of a father's house in the half-tribe of Manasseh. Distinct from Azriel father of Seraiah (Jeremiah 36:26) and Azriel of Naphtali.

Baara
Baara
JudgesBenjamin

Wife of Shaharaim sent away with Hushim; sometimes equated with Hodesh of 1 Chronicles 8:9.

Barak
Barak
JudgesWarriorNaphtali

Son of Abinoam of Kedesh-naphtali; led ten thousand of Naphtali and Zebulun against Sisera at the Kishon. Listed in Hebrews 11:32 among the heroes of faith.

Bechorath
Bechorath
JudgesBenjamin

Saul's great-great-grandfather, named in the genealogy of Saul (1 Samuel 9:1).

Bela (Reubenite chief)
Bela (Reubenite chief)
JudgesReuben

Reubenite chief living in Aroer; son of Azaz son of Shema son of Joel. Distinct from Bela son of Benjamin and Bela king of Edom.

Ben-hanan
Ben-hanan
JudgesJudah

Son of Shimon.

Ben-zoheth
Ben-zoheth
JudgesJudah

Son of Ishi (or, per Hebrew, 'son of Zoheth') in 1 Chronicles 4:20.

Benjamin (son of Bilhan)
Benjamin (son of Bilhan)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan in 1 Chronicles 7:10. Distinct from Benjamin son of Jacob, Benjamin the wall-builder, and Benjamin the returnee.

Beraiah
Beraiah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite.

Beriah (of Aijalon)
Beriah (of Aijalon)
JudgesBenjamin

Head of a Benjamite father's house in Aijalon; with Shema put to flight the inhabitants of Gath. Distinct from Beriah son of Asher and Beriah son of Ephraim.

Beth-rapha
Beth-rapha
JudgesJudah

Son of Eshton in the Judahite list (1 Chronicles 4:12).

Bilhan (son of Jediael)
Bilhan (son of Jediael)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jediael in 1 Chronicles 7:10; head of a Benjamite mighty-men's family. Distinct from Bilhan son of Ezer the Horite.

Bimhal
Bimhal
JudgesAsher

Son of Japhlet of Asher.

Boaz
Boaz
JudgesJudahChrist's line

Wealthy Bethlehemite of Judah; son of Salmon and Rahab. Acted as kinsman-redeemer for Naomi, marrying Ruth and fathering Obed. Pillar of the temple Jachin/Boaz named for him.

Bukki
Bukki
JudgesPriestHigh priestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Abishua in the high-priestly genealogy.

Buz (Gadite)
Buz (Gadite)
JudgesGad

Father of Jahdo in the Gadite genealogy. Distinct from Buz son of Nahor and Buz father of Elihu.

Chenaanah (son of Bilhan)
Chenaanah (son of Bilhan)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan. Distinct from Chenaanah father of Zedekiah the false prophet.

Chilion
Chilion
JudgesJudah

Younger son of Elimelech and Naomi; husband of Orpah; died in Moab childless.

Daughter of Jephthah
Daughter of Jephthah
Judges

Only child of Jephthah the Gileadite; the subject of his rash vow. The text leaves the manner of her fulfillment ambiguous.

Deborah
Deborah
JudgesJudgeProphetessEphraim

Wife of Lappidoth; prophetess who judged Israel from beneath a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel. Summoned Barak to fight Sisera; sang the Song of Deborah after the victory.

Delilah
Delilah
Judges

Woman of the Valley of Sorek (probably Philistine); accepted bribes from the Philistine lords to discover the secret of Samson's strength.

Eber (son of Elpaal)
Eber (son of Elpaal)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal in the Benjamite genealogy. Distinct from Eber the patriarch and other Ebers.

Eber (son of Shashak)
Eber (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite.

Eder (son of Beriah)
Eder (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon. Distinct from Eder son of Mushi and the place-name Eder.

Eglon
Eglon
Judgesforeign-kingMoabites

King of Moab who oppressed Israel eighteen years; a very fat man. Assassinated by Ehud.

Eglon king of Moab
Eglon king of Moab
Judgesforeign-king

Moabite king who oppressed Israel for eighteen years; assassinated by Ehud in his summer chamber.

Ehud
Ehud
JudgesJudgedelivererWarriorBenjamin

Son of Gera the Benjamite; left-handed deliverer who killed Eglon king of Moab in his upper chamber, ending eighteen years of Moabite oppression. The land had rest eighty years.

Ehud (son of Bilhan)
Ehud (son of Bilhan)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan in 1 Chronicles 7:10. Distinct from Ehud son of Gera the judge.

Elam (son of Shashak)
Elam (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite. Distinct from Elam son of Shem and many other Elams.

Eli
Eli
98 yrs
JudgesHigh priestJudgeLeviAaronic priesthood

High priest at Shiloh in the Ithamarite line; raised Samuel. Failed to restrain his wicked sons Hophni and Phinehas. Died at age 98 when he heard the ark had been captured by the Philistines, falling backward and breaking his neck. Judged Israel forty years.

Eliab (Kohathite Levite)
Eliab (Kohathite Levite)

Eliel · Elihu

JudgesLeviEphraim

Kohathite Levite, father of Jeroham and grandfather of Elkanah father of Samuel; named Eliel in 1 Chronicles 6:34 and Elihu in 1 Samuel 1:1.

Eliel (half-Manassite chief)
Eliel (half-Manassite chief)
JudgesManasseh

Head of a father's house in the half-tribe of Manasseh. Distinct from Eliel the Levite singer and other Eliels.

Eliel (son of Shashak)
Eliel (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite.

Eliel (son of Shimei)
Eliel (son of Shimei)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite. Distinct from Eliel the Levite singer and other Eliels.

Elienai
Elienai
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite.

Elijah (Benjamite)
Elijah (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite. Distinct from Elijah the Tishbite the prophet.

Elimelech
Elimelech
JudgesJudah

Bethlehemite of Judah; husband of Naomi. In a famine, took his family to Moab where he died.

Elkanah (Kohathite Levite)
Elkanah (Kohathite Levite)
JudgesLevi

Kohathite Levite ancestor of Heman the singer; one of three Elkanahs in the Kohathite line of 1 Chronicles 6.

Elkanah (father of Samuel)
Elkanah (father of Samuel)
JudgesLeviEphraim

Ephraimite by residence (Ramathaim-zophim) but Levite of the Kohathite line by genealogy (1 Chronicles 6:33-38); husband of Hannah and Peninnah; father of Samuel.

Elon the Zebulunite
Elon the Zebulunite
JudgesJudgeZebulun

Judge of Israel for ten years; buried in Aijalon in the territory of Zebulun. Distinct from Elon the Hittite (Esau's father-in-law).

Elpaal
Elpaal
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim by Hushim; head of a major Benjamite clan whose sons built Ono and Lod and dwelt in Aijalon.

Epher (half-Manassite chief)
Epher (half-Manassite chief)
JudgesManasseh

Head of a father's house in the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan (1 Chronicles 5:24). Distinct from Epher son of Midian and Epher son of Ezrah.

Er (son of Shelah)
Er (son of Shelah)
JudgesJudah

Father of Lecah; descendant of Shelah son of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:21). Distinct from Er the firstborn of Judah by Tamar.

Eshtemoa (son of Ishbah)
Eshtemoa (son of Ishbah)
JudgesJudah

Son of Ishbah son of Mered (1 Chronicles 4:17); eponym of the Levitical city of Eshtemoa. Distinct from Eshtemoa the Maacathite of v. 19.

Eshtemoa the Maacathite
Eshtemoa the Maacathite
JudgesJudah

Eponym of the Maacathite family of Eshtemoa (a Levitical city in southern Judah). Distinct from Eshtemoa son of Ishbah.

Eshton
Eshton
JudgesJudah

Son of Mehir; father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah father of Ir-nahash.

Etam (Judahite ancestor)
Etam (Judahite ancestor)
JudgesJudah

Patriarch of a Judahite family group in 1 Chronicles 4:3, with sons Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash and daughter Hazzelelponi. Often understood as the eponym of the place of Etam (cf. Judges 15:8).

Ezer (father of Hushah)
Ezer (father of Hushah)
JudgesJudah

Judahite of the Hur line; father of Hushah (the Hushathite ancestral place from which Sibbecai the warrior came). Distinct from many other Ezers.

Gaal son of Ebed
Gaal son of Ebed
Judges

Adventurer who led Shechem in revolt against Abimelech; defeated and driven out by Zebul governor of the city.

Gera (deporter to Manahath)
Gera (deporter to Manahath)
JudgesBenjamin

Second Gera of 1 Chronicles 8:5,7; named again as the one who deported the Geba inhabitants to Manahath and begot Uzza and Ahihud. Often identified with Gera the father of Ehud the judge (Judges 3:15).

Gideon
Gideon

Jerubbaal

JudgesJudgedelivererWarriorManasseh

Son of Joash the Abiezrite; called by the Angel of Yahweh while threshing wheat. Tore down his father's Baal altar (renamed Jerubbaal). Defeated the Midianites with 300 men. Refused kingship; made an ephod that became a snare. Father of seventy sons including Abimelech by his Shechemite concubine.

Gilead (Gadite)
Gilead (Gadite)
JudgesGad

Father of Jaroah in the Gadite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 5:14. Distinct from Gilead son of Machir and Gilead father of Jephthah.

Gog (Reubenite)
Gog (Reubenite)
JudgesReuben

Reubenite of the line of Joel that descends to Beerah. Distinct from Gog the eschatological adversary of Ezekiel 38-39.

Guni (Gadite ancestor)
Guni (Gadite ancestor)
JudgesGad

Father of Abdiel in the Gadite genealogy. Distinct from Guni son of Naphtali.

Hammuel
Hammuel
JudgesSimeon

Son of Mishma in the Simeonite genealogy.

Hanan (son of Shashak)
Hanan (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite.

Hananiah (son of Shashak)
Hananiah (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite. Distinct from Hananiah the prophet and many other Hananiahs.

Hannah
Hannah
Judges

Beloved but barren first wife of Elkanah; vowed at Shiloh to dedicate any son to Yahweh as a Nazirite. Mother of Samuel and five other children. Prayed the Magnificat-prefiguring song of 1 Samuel 2.

Harum
Harum
JudgesJudah

Judahite, father of Aharhel whose families descend from him (1 Chronicles 4:8).

Hathath son of Othniel
Hathath son of Othniel
JudgesJudah

Son of Othniel the first judge, named in the Calebite genealogy of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:13).

Hazzelelponi
Hazzelelponi

Zelelponi

JudgesJudah

Sister of Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash in the Judahite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 4:3.

Heber (son of Elpaal)
Heber (son of Elpaal)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal. Distinct from Heber the Kenite, Heber son of Beriah of Asher, and Heber son of Mered.

Heber the Kenite
Heber the Kenite
Judges

Kenite descended from Hobab father-in-law of Moses; husband of Jael; pitched his tent at Elon-Bezaanannim near Kedesh.

Helem (Asherite)
Helem (Asherite)

Hotham (1 Chronicles 7:32)

JudgesAsher

Variant name for Hotham of Asher in 1 Chronicles 7:35; entry retained as a stub for the alternate spelling.

Hillel the Pirathonite
Hillel the Pirathonite

Hillel of Pirathon

Judges

Pirathonite of the hill country of Ephraim, father of Abdon the judge of Israel who succeeded Elon (Judges 12:13-15).

Hizki
Hizki
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal.

Hodaviah (half-Manassite chief)
Hodaviah (half-Manassite chief)
JudgesManasseh

Head of a father's house in the half-tribe of Manasseh. Distinct from Hodaviah of Judah (Hodaviah father of Jeshua) and Hodaviah the Levite.

Hodesh
Hodesh
JudgesBenjamin

Wife of Shaharaim in Moab; mother of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah.

Hodiah (Judahite)
Hodiah (Judahite)
JudgesJudah

Judahite who married the sister of Naham; ancestor of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. Distinct from Hodiah the Levite teacher of Nehemiah 8 and Hodiah the sealer.

Hophni
Hophni
JudgesPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Eli; took meat from sacrifices by force and lay with the women at the tabernacle door. Killed at Aphek when the ark was captured.

Hotham (Asherite)
Hotham (Asherite)
JudgesAsher

Son of Heber of Asher; named with Japhlet and Shomer. Distinct from Hotham father of David's mighty men.

Huri (Gadite)
Huri (Gadite)
JudgesGad

Father of Abihail the Gadite chief.

Hushim (wife of Shaharaim)
Hushim (wife of Shaharaim)
JudgesBenjamin

Wife of Shaharaim; mother of Abitub and Elpaal. Distinct from Hushim son of Dan and Hushim of Aher.

Ibsam
Ibsam

Jibsam

JudgesIssachar

Son of Tola.

Ibzan
Ibzan
JudgesJudge

Judge from Bethlehem; had thirty sons and thirty daughters, all of whom he gave or took in marriage outside his clan. Judged Israel seven years.

Ichabod
Ichabod
JudgesLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Phinehas son of Eli; named at his birth ('the glory is gone') because the ark of Yahweh had been captured.

Idbash
Idbash
JudgesJudah

Brother of Jezreel and Ishma in the Judahite list of Etam.

Imna
Imna
JudgesAsher

Son of Helem (= Hotham) of Asher.

Iphdeiah
Iphdeiah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak.

Ir-nahash
Ir-nahash
JudgesJudah

Son of Tehinnah, eponym of the city of Nahash; the formula 'X father of Y' often denotes the founder/clan-head of the named place.

Iri (Benjamite)
Iri (Benjamite)

Ir

JudgesBenjamin

One of the five sons of Bela in the Chronicler's Benjamite genealogy (1 Chronicles 7:7).

Ishi (Judahite)
Ishi (Judahite)
JudgesJudah

Father of Zoheth and Ben-zoheth in 1 Chronicles 4:20. Distinct from Ishi the Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:42) and Ishi the Manassite.

Ishi (half-Manassite chief)
Ishi (half-Manassite chief)
JudgesManasseh

Head of a father's house in the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan. Distinct from Ishi the Judahite and Ishi the Simeonite.

Ishma
Ishma
JudgesJudah

Brother of Jezreel and Idbash in the Judahite list of Etam.

Ishmerai
Ishmerai
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal.

Ishpah
Ishpah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon.

Ishpan
Ishpan
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite.

Izhar (son of Helah)
Izhar (son of Helah)

Jezoar (KJV)

JudgesJudah

Son of Ashhur of Tekoa by his wife Helah. Distinct from Izhar the Kohathite Levite (father of Korah).

Izliah
Izliah

Jezliah (KJV)

JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal.

Izrahiah
Izrahiah
JudgesIssachar

Son of Uzzi; head of an Issacharite mighty-men's family.

Jaareshiah
Jaareshiah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite.

Jabin king of Canaan (judges era)
Jabin king of Canaan (judges era)
Judgesforeign-king

King of Canaan reigning in Hazor; oppressed Israel through his commander Sisera; defeated by Deborah and Barak.

Jael
Jael
JudgesKenites

Wife of Heber the Kenite; gave Sisera milk in her tent and then drove a tent peg through his temple as he slept. Praised by Deborah as 'most blessed of women in tents'.

Jahath (son of Reaiah)
Jahath (son of Reaiah)
JudgesJudah

Son of Reaiah son of Shobal in the Judahite Hur line; father of Ahumai and Lahad of the Zorathite families. Distinct from Jahath the Levite of Gershom and Jahath the Merarite.

Jahdiel
Jahdiel
JudgesManasseh

Head of a father's house in the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Jahdo
Jahdo
JudgesGad

Son of Buz; father of Jeshishai in the Gadite genealogy.

Jahmai
Jahmai
JudgesIssachar

Son of Tola.

Jair the Gileadite
Jair the Gileadite
JudgesJudgeManasseh

Judge of Israel for twenty-two years; had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys and held thirty cities (Havvoth-jair).

Jakim (son of Shimei)
Jakim (son of Shimei)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of the Benjamite Shimei (= Shema of Aijalon).

Janai
Janai

Jaanai

JudgesGad

Gadite chief in Bashan.

Japhlet
Japhlet
JudgesAsher

Son of Heber of Asher; brother of Shomer and Hotham.

Jaroah
Jaroah
JudgesGad

Father of Huri in the Gadite genealogy.

Jashubi-lehem
Jashubi-lehem
JudgesJudah

Of the Shelanites in 1 Chronicles 4:22; the place-name and the personal name are difficult to disentangle in the Hebrew.

Jeiel (Reubenite chief)
Jeiel (Reubenite chief)
JudgesReuben

Chief of the Reubenites named at the head of the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 5:7. Distinct from Jeiel the Levite and other Jeiels.

Jephthah
Jephthah
JudgesJudgedelivererWarriorManasseh

Gileadite son of a prostitute, exiled by his half-brothers; recalled to lead Israel against Ammon. Made a rash vow that bound him to offer his only daughter. Defeated the Ephraimites at the fords of Jordan with the 'Shibboleth' test. Listed in Hebrews 11:32.

Jeremiah (half-Manassite chief)
Jeremiah (half-Manassite chief)
JudgesManasseh

Head of a father's house in the half-tribe of Manasseh. Distinct from Jeremiah the prophet and other Jeremiahs.

Jeremoth (son of Beriah)
Jeremoth (son of Beriah)

Jerimoth

JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon. Distinct from numerous other Jeremoths.

Jeriel
Jeriel
JudgesIssachar

Son of Tola in the Issacharite genealogy.

Jeroham (Benjamite)
Jeroham (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Father of a Benjamite sub-clan whose sons are listed in 1 Chronicles 8:27. Distinct from Jeroham father of Elkanah, Jeroham of the priestly line, and Jeroham father of Adaiah.

Jeroham (father of Elkanah)
Jeroham (father of Elkanah)
JudgesLeviEphraim

Kohathite Levite, father of Elkanah and grandfather of Samuel.

Jeshishai
Jeshishai
JudgesGad

Father of Michael the Gadite ancestor.

Jesse
Jesse
JudgesJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of Obed; Bethlehemite of Judah; father of David and seven other sons. The 'stump of Jesse' from which the messianic shoot would arise (Isaiah 11:1).

Jeush (son of Bilhan)
Jeush (son of Bilhan)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan; head of a Benjamite family. Distinct from Jeush son of Esau, Jeush son of Eshek, and Jeush the Levite.

Jeuz
Jeuz
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh.

Jezreel (Judahite)
Jezreel (Judahite)
JudgesJudah

Son of Etam (or Etam's father, per LXX) in the Judahite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 4:3. Distinct from Jezreel the city and the symbolic son of Hosea.

Jezziah / Isshiah
Jezziah / Isshiah

Isshiah (some translations)

JudgesIssachar

Son of Izrahiah; the Hebrew form is rendered as Jezziah, Isshiah, or Jisshiah in different translations.

Joab (father of Ge-harashim)
Joab (father of Ge-harashim)
JudgesJudah

Son of Seraiah; ancestor of the craftsmen of Ge-harashim ('Valley of Craftsmen'). Distinct from Joab son of Zeruiah.

Joash (Judahite of Shelah)
Joash (Judahite of Shelah)
JudgesJudah

Judahite who 'had dominion in Moab' (1 Chronicles 4:22). Distinct from Joash king of Judah, Joash king of Israel, Joash father of Gideon, and Joash the Benjamite warrior.

Joash the Abiezrite
Joash the Abiezrite
JudgesManasseh

Manassite of Ophrah; father of Gideon; defended his son after he tore down the altar of Baal.

Jobab (son of Elpaal)
Jobab (son of Elpaal)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal. Distinct from Jobab son of Shaharaim and other Jobabs.

Jobab (son of Shaharaim)
Jobab (son of Shaharaim)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh in Moab. Distinct from Jobab king of Edom and Jobab king of Madon.

Joel (Issacharite)
Joel (Issacharite)
JudgesIssachar

Son of Izrahiah.

Joel (chief of Reuben)
Joel (chief of Reuben)
JudgesReuben

Reubenite chief at the head of the genealogy of Beerah carried into exile by Tilgath-pilneser. Distinct from Joel son of Samuel and Joel the prophet.

Joha (son of Beriah)
Joha (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon. Distinct from Joha the Tizite (1 Chronicles 11:45).

Jokim
Jokim
JudgesJudah

Of the Shelanites; named with the men of Cozeba and Joash and Saraph in 1 Chronicles 4:22.

Jonathan son of Gershom
Jonathan son of Gershom
JudgesLevi

Levite descended from Moses (Manasseh in MT, by scribal alteration); priest first to Micah and then to the Danite shrine; his sons were priests until the captivity of the land.

Jotham (son of Gideon)
Jotham (son of Gideon)
JudgesManasseh

Youngest son of Gideon; sole survivor of Abimelech's massacre of his brothers. Spoke the parable of the trees from Mount Gerizim. Distinct from king Jotham of Judah.

Keilah the Garmite
Keilah the Garmite
JudgesJudah

Eponym of the Garmite family of Keilah (a town in the Judean lowlands); descendant of Hodiah's wife the sister of Naham.

Laadah (father of Mareshah)
Laadah (father of Mareshah)
JudgesJudah

Father of Mareshah and ancestor of the linen-working houses of Ashbea (1 Chronicles 4:21).

Lapidoth
Lapidoth
Judges

Husband of Deborah the prophetess and judge of Israel (Judges 4:4); named only in passing.

Lecah
Lecah
JudgesJudah

Son of Er son of Shelah (1 Chronicles 4:21); often read as a place name founded by him.

Likhi
Likhi
JudgesManasseh

Son of Shemida in the Manassite list.

Mahlon
Mahlon
JudgesJudah

Elder son of Elimelech and Naomi; first husband of Ruth the Moabitess; died in Moab childless.

Malcam (Benjamite)
Malcam (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh.

Manoah
Manoah
JudgesDan

Danite of Zorah; father of Samson. The Angel of Yahweh announced his son's birth to Manoah and his wife.

Mareshah (Judahite ancestor)
Mareshah (Judahite ancestor)
JudgesJudah

Son of Laadah of the Shelah line; eponym of the city Mareshah in the Shephelah. Distinct from Mareshah son of Caleb of 1 Chronicles 2:42.

Matri
Matri
JudgesBenjamin

Eponym of the Benjaminite clan from which Saul was chosen by lot when Samuel presented the tribes before Yahweh at Mizpah (1 Samuel 10:21).

Mehir (son of Chelub)
Mehir (son of Chelub)
JudgesJudah

Son of Chelub; father of Eshton in the Judahite genealogy.

Meonothai
Meonothai
JudgesJudah

Brother of Othniel in some MT manuscripts; father of Ophrah in the Judahite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 4:13-14.

Meraioth (high-priestly line)
Meraioth (high-priestly line)
JudgesPriestHigh priestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Zerahiah in the high-priestly genealogy. A second Meraioth appears later in the line (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11).

Mesha (Benjamite)
Mesha (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh. Distinct from Mesha king of Moab, Mesha of Caleb, and Mesha the firstborn.

Meshullam (son of Elpaal)
Meshullam (son of Elpaal)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal in the Benjamite genealogy. Distinct from many other Meshullams.

Micah of Ephraim
Micah of Ephraim
Judges

Ephraimite who set up an idol-shrine in his house, hired a wandering Levite as priest, and lost his idols to the migrating tribe of Dan.

Michael (Issacharite)
Michael (Issacharite)
JudgesIssachar

Son of Izrahiah in the Issacharite genealogy.

Michael (Reubenite ancestor)
Michael (Reubenite ancestor)
JudgesGad

Ancestor of the Gadite chief Abihail (1 Chronicles 5:13-14). Distinct from Michael the archangel and other Michaels.

Michael (son of Beriah)
Michael (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon.

Mikloth (Benjamite)
Mikloth (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Benjamite of the house of Jeiel of Gibeon, father of Shimeah and ancestor of Saul's family (1 Chronicles 8:32; 9:37-38); also identified by the Chronicler as a chief over David's second monthly division (1 Chronicles 27:4).

Mirmah
Mirmah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh.

Misham
Misham
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal.

Mishma (son of Mibsam)
Mishma (son of Mibsam)
JudgesSimeon

Son of Mibsam in the Simeonite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 4:25. Distinct from Mishma son of Ishmael.

Naaman (son of Ehud)
Naaman (son of Ehud)
JudgesBenjamin

One of the sons of Ehud heading the fathers of Geba's inhabitants (1 Chronicles 8:6-7). Distinct from Naaman son of Bela and Naaman the Aramean general.

Naham
Naham
JudgesJudah

Judahite whose sister was wife of Hodiah; thus brother-in-law of Hodiah (1 Chronicles 4:19).

Nahath (Kohathite Levite)
Nahath (Kohathite Levite)

Toah · Tohu

JudgesLeviEphraim

Kohathite Levite ancestor of Samuel; called Toah in 1 Chronicles 6:34 and Tohu in 1 Samuel 1:1.

Naomi
Naomi

Mara

JudgesJudah

Bethlehemite woman, wife of Elimelech; lost her husband and both sons in Moab and returned bitter (calling herself Mara, 'bitter') with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth. Engineered Ruth's marriage to Boaz.

Ner
Ner
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Abiel; grandfather of Saul and father of Abner. The 1 Chronicles 8-9 genealogies treat him as Kish's brother (uncle of Saul); 1 Samuel 14:51 calls him Saul's uncle.

Obadiah (Issacharite)
Obadiah (Issacharite)
JudgesIssachar

Son of Izrahiah. Distinct from many other Obadiahs.

Obed
Obed
JudgesJudahChrist's line

Son of Boaz and Ruth; father of Jesse and grandfather of David. Distinct from other figures of the same name.

Ophrah (son of Meonothai)
Ophrah (son of Meonothai)
JudgesJudah

Son of Meonothai. Distinct from the city of Ophrah in Manasseh associated with Gideon.

Oreb prince of Midian
Oreb prince of Midian
Judges

Midianite prince killed by the Ephraimites at the rock of Oreb after Gideon's victory.

Orpah
Orpah
JudgesMoabites

Moabite widow of Chilion; returned to her own people after Naomi released her.

Othniel
Othniel
JudgesJudgedelivererWarriorJudah

Son of Kenaz, younger brother (or nephew) of Caleb; first judge of Israel. Captured Kiriath-sepher and married Caleb's daughter Achsah. Delivered Israel from Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim. The land had rest forty years.

Pasach
Pasach
JudgesAsher

Son of Japhlet of Asher.

Peninnah
Peninnah
Judges

Second wife of Elkanah; provoked Hannah because of her childlessness.

Penuel (father of Gedor)
Penuel (father of Gedor)
JudgesJudah

Judahite of the Hur line; father of Gedor (a town in southern Judah). Distinct from Penuel son of Shashak and the place Penuel of Genesis 32.

Penuel (son of Shashak)
Penuel (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite. Distinct from Penuel the place name (Genesis 32) and Penuel of Judah.

Phinehas (son of Eli)
Phinehas (son of Eli)
JudgesPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Eli; co-officiant with Hophni in their corruption. Killed at Aphek; his pregnant widow named her son Ichabod ('the glory has departed') as she died in childbirth. Distinct from Phinehas son of Eleazar.

Phurah
Phurah
Judges

Servant of Gideon who accompanied him to spy on the Midianite camp.

Rephaiah (Issacharite)
Rephaiah (Issacharite)
JudgesIssachar

Son of Tola in the Issacharite genealogy. Distinct from Rephaiah of the Davidic line and Rephaiah son of Hur the wall-builder.

Rinnah
Rinnah
JudgesJudah

Son of Shimon.

Ruth
Ruth
JudgesMatriarchJudahMoabitesChrist's line

Moabite widow of Mahlon; refused to leave Naomi ('whither thou goest, I will go'). Married Boaz under the levirate principle and bore Obed, grandfather of David. Named in Matthew 1:5.

Sachia
Sachia
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh.

Samson
Samson
JudgesJudgenaziriteWarriorDan

Son of Manoah; consecrated as a Nazirite from the womb. Endowed with prodigious strength as long as his hair was uncut. Judged Israel twenty years against the Philistines. Betrayed by Delilah, blinded, and finally killed thousands of Philistines with himself by collapsing the temple of Dagon at Gaza.

Saraph
Saraph
JudgesJudah

Of the Shelanites; ruled in Moab and returned to Lehem (1 Chronicles 4:22, with text uncertain).

Shaharaim
Shaharaim
JudgesBenjamin

Benjaminite who 'begot children in the country of Moab' after sending his wives Hushim and Baara away (1 Chronicles 8:8-9).

Shamgar
Shamgar
JudgesJudgeWarrior

Son of Anath; struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and so saved Israel. Mentioned only in passing.

Shamsherai
Shamsherai
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite.

Shapham
Shapham
JudgesGad

Gadite chief in Bashan, second to Joel.

Shaphat (Gadite)
Shaphat (Gadite)
JudgesGad

Gadite chief in Bashan. Distinct from Shaphat father of Elisha and other Shaphats.

Shashak
Shashak
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon (per the most common reading); father of a Benjamite sub-clan whose sons are listed in 8:22-25.

Shaul (Kohathite Levite)
Shaul (Kohathite Levite)
JudgesLevi

Kohathite Levite ancestor of Heman the singer (1 Chronicles 6:24). Distinct from Saul king of Israel and Shaul son of Simeon.

Shehariah
Shehariah
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite.

Shelesh
Shelesh
JudgesAsher

Son of Helem of Asher.

Shema (Reubenite)
Shema (Reubenite)
JudgesReuben

Father of Azaz and grandfather of Bela the Reubenite. Distinct from Shema the Benjamite of 1 Chronicles 8:13 and Shema of Hebron.

Shema (of Aijalon)
Shema (of Aijalon)

Shimei (1 Chronicles 8:21)

JudgesBenjamin

Head of a Benjamite father's house in Aijalon; brother of Beriah. Often equated with the Shimei of 8:21 whose sons are then listed.

Shemaiah (son of Joel of Reuben)
Shemaiah (son of Joel of Reuben)
JudgesReuben

Reubenite of the line of Joel that descends to Beerah.

Shemed
Shemed

Shamed (KJV)

JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal who, with his brothers, 'built Ono and Lod with its towns.'

Shemuel (Issacharite)
Shemuel (Issacharite)
JudgesIssachar

Son of Tola in the Issacharite genealogy. Distinct from Samuel the prophet (Hebrew Shemuel).

Shimei (Reubenite)
Shimei (Reubenite)
JudgesReuben

Reubenite of the line of Joel that descends to Beerah.

Shimei (Simeonite)
Shimei (Simeonite)
JudgesSimeon

Son of Zaccur in the Simeonite genealogy; had 16 sons and 6 daughters. Distinct from many other Shimeis.

Shimon
Shimon
JudgesJudah

Father of Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon in the Judahite list (1 Chronicles 4:20). Distinct from Simeon son of Jacob and Simeon the Cyrenian.

Shimrath
Shimrath
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite.

Shomer / Shemer
Shomer / Shemer

Shemer (1 Chronicles 7:34)

JudgesAsher

Son of Heber of Asher. Distinct from Shemer of Samaria and Shomer father of Jehozabad.

Shua (daughter of Heber)
Shua (daughter of Heber)
JudgesAsher

Daughter of Heber of Asher; sister of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. Distinct from Shua wife of Judah and Bath-shua.

Sisera
Sisera
JudgesWarrior

Captain of Jabin king of Hazor's army; defeated by Barak at the Kishon and killed by Jael in her tent.

Sister of Naham (wife of Hodiah)
Sister of Naham (wife of Hodiah)
JudgesJudah

Unnamed Judahite woman, sister of Naham and wife of Hodiah (1 Chronicles 4:19); mother of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

Tarshish (son of Bilhan)
Tarshish (son of Bilhan)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan. Distinct from Tarshish son of Javan and Tarshish the Persian noble of Esther.

Tehinnah
Tehinnah
JudgesJudah

Son of Eshton; father of Ir-nahash, called the 'father of the city of Nahash.'

Tilon
Tilon
JudgesJudah

Son of Shimon.

Tola
Tola
JudgesJudgeIssachar

Son of Puah, son of Dodo; judge of Israel from Shamir in Ephraim for twenty-three years.

Uriel (Kohathite Levite)
Uriel (Kohathite Levite)
JudgesLevi

Kohathite Levite ancestor of Heman the singer; chief of the Kohathites who helped bring up the ark in David's day.

Uzza (son of Gera)
Uzza (son of Gera)
JudgesBenjamin

Son begotten by Gera in Manahath after the deportation of the Geba families (1 Chronicles 8:7). Distinct from Uzza son of Abinadab and Uzza of the Nethinim.

Uzzi (priest)
Uzzi (priest)
JudgesPriestHigh priestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Bukki in the high-priestly genealogy. Distinct from other figures named Uzzi (the Issacharite, Benjamite, and Levite Merarite).

Uzzi (son of Tola)
Uzzi (son of Tola)
JudgesIssachar

Son of Tola in the Issacharite genealogy of 1 Chronicles 7:2-3. Distinct from Uzzi the priest, Uzzi the Benjamite of Nehemiah 11, and Uzzi son of Bukki of the Aaronic line.

Uzziah (Kohathite Levite)
Uzziah (Kohathite Levite)
JudgesLevi

Kohathite Levite in the line from Korah to Heman the singer (1 Chronicles 6:24). Distinct from king Uzziah of Judah.

Zabdi (son of Shimei)
Zabdi (son of Shimei)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite. Distinct from Zabdi the Judahite (Joshua 7:1).

Zaccur (Simeonite)
Zaccur (Simeonite)
JudgesSimeon

Son of Hammuel in the Simeonite genealogy. Distinct from Zaccur son of Asaph and Zaccur the wall-builder.

Zalmunna king of Midian
Zalmunna king of Midian
Judgesforeign-king

Midianite king pursued and killed by Gideon east of the Jordan.

Zebadiah (son of Beriah)
Zebadiah (son of Beriah)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Beriah of Aijalon.

Zebadiah (son of Elpaal)
Zebadiah (son of Elpaal)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Elpaal (1 Chronicles 8:17). Distinct from Zebadiah son of Beriah and other Zebadiahs.

Zebah king of Midian
Zebah king of Midian
Judgesforeign-king

Midianite king pursued and killed by Gideon east of the Jordan, in vengeance for his brothers slain at Tabor.

Zebul
Zebul
Judges

Officer of Abimelech; ruler of Shechem who exposed Gaal's revolt.

Zechariah (Reubenite chief)
Zechariah (Reubenite chief)
JudgesReuben

Reubenite chief listed alongside Jeiel.

Zeeb prince of Midian
Zeeb prince of Midian
Judges

Midianite prince killed by the Ephraimites at the winepress of Zeeb after Gideon's victory.

Zerahiah
Zerahiah
JudgesPriestHigh priestLeviAaronic priesthood

Son of Uzzi in the high-priestly genealogy.

Zeror
Zeror
JudgesBenjamin

Saul's great-grandfather, named in the genealogy 'Saul son of Kish son of Abiel son of Zeror son of Bechorath son of Aphiah' (1 Samuel 9:1).

Zethan
Zethan
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Bilhan.

Zibia
Zibia
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shaharaim and Hodesh.

Zichri (son of Jeroham)
Zichri (son of Jeroham)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Jeroham the Benjamite. Distinct from Zichri father of Eliezer, Zichri of Korah, and several others.

Zichri (son of Shashak)
Zichri (son of Shashak)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shashak the Benjamite.

Zichri (son of Shimei)
Zichri (son of Shimei)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite.

Zillethai (Benjamite)
Zillethai (Benjamite)
JudgesBenjamin

Son of Shimei the Benjamite. Distinct from Zillethai of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:20).

Zoheth
Zoheth
JudgesJudah

Son of Ishi in the Judahite list.

Zophai
Zophai

Zuph

JudgesLeviEphraim

Kohathite Levite ancestor of Samuel and of Heman the singer; called Zuph in 1 Samuel 1:1 (the Ramathaim-zophim region takes its name from him).

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”.