Figures

Every named figure.

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

13 of 2,781 curated matching the active filters.

Adbeel
Adbeel
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Son of Ishmael.

Dumah
Dumah
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Son of Ishmael; gave his name to a place in Arabia mentioned in Isaiah 21:11.

Hadad (son of Ishmael)
Hadad (son of Ishmael)
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Son of Ishmael. The name appears for several distinct figures in scripture; this is the Ishmaelite Hadad.

Ishmael
Ishmael
137 yrs

Yishma'el

PatriarchalPatriarchIshmaelites

Firstborn son of Abraham by Hagar; circumcised at age 13. Father of twelve princes, ancestor of Arab peoples. Buried his father Abraham alongside Isaac.

Jetur
Jetur
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Son of Ishmael; ancestor of the Itureans, an Arab people of northern Transjordan.

Kedar
Kedar
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Second son of Ishmael; later associated with a powerful nomadic Arab people frequently named in the prophets.

Kedemah
Kedemah
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Twelfth and youngest son of Ishmael.

Massa
Massa
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Son of Ishmael.

Mibsam
Mibsam
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Son of Ishmael.

Mishma
Mishma
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Son of Ishmael.

Naphish
Naphish
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Son of Ishmael.

Nebaioth
Nebaioth
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Firstborn son of Ishmael; brother of Esau's wife Basemath.

Tema
Tema
PatriarchalIshmaelites

Son of Ishmael; gave his name to an oasis in northwestern Arabia.

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”.