Figures

Every named figure.

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

16 of 2,781 curated matching the active filters.

Abimelech (son of Gideon)
Abimelech (son of Gideon)
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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.

Ahian
Ahian
JudgesManasseh

Son of Shemida in the Manassite list.

Aniam
Aniam
JudgesManasseh

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hodaviah (half-Manassite chief)
Hodaviah (half-Manassite chief)
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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.

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.

Jahdiel
Jahdiel
JudgesManasseh

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

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).

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

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

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.

Likhi
Likhi
JudgesManasseh

Son of Shemida in the Manassite list.

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”.