Every named figure.
Lifespans, relatives, and scripture references. Every claim is traceable; tradition tags surface where readings differ.
8 of 2,781 curated matching the active filters.
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.
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.
Jerubbaal
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.
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.
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.
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.
Son of Anath; struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and so saved Israel. Mentioned only in passing.
Captain of Jabin king of Hazor's army; defeated by Barak at the Kishon and killed by Jael in her tent.
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”.