Figures

Every named figure.

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

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Abijah (returnee priest)
Abijah (returnee priest)
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Priest of the family of Abijah (eighth priestly course; the course of Zechariah father of John the Baptist) who returned with Zerubbabel.

Adaiah son of Jeroham (priest)
Adaiah son of Jeroham (priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Post-exilic priest; son of Jeroham son of Pashhur son of Malchijah (1 Chronicles 9:12).

Adna of Harim
Adna of Harim
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Head of the priestly family of Harim in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:15).

Amariah (returnee priest)
Amariah (returnee priest)
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Priest who returned with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:2). Father of Jehohanan of Joiakim's generation.

Amok
Amok
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest who returned with Zerubbabel; his son Eber led the family in Joiakim's day.

Azariah son of Hilkiah
Azariah son of Hilkiah
ReturnHigh priestPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Chief priest in the house of God after the return; son of Hilkiah son of Meshullam son of Zadok son of Meraioth son of Ahitub. Distinct from many other Azariahs.

Bilgah (returnee priest)
Bilgah (returnee priest)
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Priest who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:5). Likely the contemporary representative of the priestly course of Bilgah.

Daniel (descendant of Ithamar)
Daniel (descendant of Ithamar)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Head of the family of Ithamar who came up with Ezra (Ezra 8:2). Distinct from Daniel the prophet and Daniel son of David.

Eber of Amok
Eber of Amok
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Head of the priestly family of Amok in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:20). Distinct from Eber descendant of Shem.

Elasah son of Pashhur (priest)
Elasah son of Pashhur (priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest of the sons of Pashhur who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:22). Distinct from Elasah son of Shaphan and Elasah son of Helez.

Eleazar son of Phinehas (returnee priest)
Eleazar son of Phinehas (returnee priest)
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Priest who weighed the silver and gold with Meremoth and others when Ezra arrived in Jerusalem (Ezra 8:33). Distinct from Eleazar son of Aaron.

Eliakim (wall-dedication trumpeter)
Eliakim (wall-dedication trumpeter)
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Priest who blew a trumpet at the wall dedication ceremony (Nehemiah 12:41). Distinct from Eliakim son of Hilkiah the steward of Hezekiah, Eliakim/Jehoiakim king of Judah, and Eliakim in the genealogy of Jesus.

Eliezer son of Jeshua (priest)
Eliezer son of Jeshua (priest)
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Priest, son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:18). Distinct from Eliezer son of Moses, Eliezer the Reubenite, Eliezer the prophet, and many others.

Elijah son of Harim (priest)
Elijah son of Harim (priest)
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Priest of the sons of Harim who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:21). Distinct from Elijah the prophet and Elijah the Benjaminite.

Elioenai (wall-dedication trumpeter)
Elioenai (wall-dedication trumpeter)
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Priest who blew a trumpet at the wall dedication ceremony (Nehemiah 12:41). Distinct from Elioenai of David's line, Elioenai son of Pashhur, and Elioenai the gatekeeper.

Elioenai son of Pashhur (priest)
Elioenai son of Pashhur (priest)
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Priest of the sons of Pashhur who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:22). Distinct from Elioenai of David's line, Elioenai the gatekeeper, and Elioenai of Simeon.

Ezra
Ezra
ReturnPriestScribeLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest of the Aaronic line and scribe skilled in the law of Moses; led a second group of returnees in 458 BC. Dissolved the mixed marriages; read the Torah at the Water Gate (Nehemiah 8). Traditionally credited with the canonical work of the Hebrew scriptures.

Gedaliah son of Jeshua (priest)
Gedaliah son of Jeshua (priest)
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Priest, son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:18). Distinct from Gedaliah governor of Judah, Gedaliah the prophet, and others.

Gershom (descendant of Phinehas)
Gershom (descendant of Phinehas)
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Head of the family of Phinehas who came up with Ezra (Ezra 8:2). Distinct from Gershom son of Moses and Gershon son of Levi.

Ginnethoi
Ginnethoi

Ginnethon (Nehemiah 10:6, 12:16)

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Priest who returned with Zerubbabel; sealed Nehemiah's covenant; his son Meshullam led the family in Joiakim's day.

Hanani son of Immer (priest)
Hanani son of Immer (priest)
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Priest of the sons of Immer who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:20). Distinct from Hanani the brother of Nehemiah and Hanani the seer.

Hananiah (wall-dedication trumpeter)
Hananiah (wall-dedication trumpeter)
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Priest who blew a trumpet at the wall dedication ceremony (Nehemiah 12:41). Distinct from Hananiah the false prophet, Hananiah governor of the citadel, and many other Hananiahs.

Hananiah of Jeremiah
Hananiah of Jeremiah
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Head of the priestly family of Jeremiah in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:12).

Harim (priest, sealer)
Harim (priest, sealer)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest who sealed Nehemiah's covenant (Nehemiah 10:5). Likely the contemporary representative of the priestly course of Harim (1 Chronicles 24:8).

Hashabiah of Hilkiah
Hashabiah of Hilkiah
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Head of the priestly family of Hilkiah in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:21).

Hattush (returnee priest)
Hattush (returnee priest)
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Priestly head listed among those who returned with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:2). Distinct from Hattush son of Shemaiah of David's line (1 Chronicles 3:22; Ezra 8:2) and Hattush son of Hashabneiah, the wall-rebuilder (Nehemiah 3:10).

Helkai
Helkai
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Head of the priestly family of Meraioth in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:15).

Hilkiah (returnee priest)
Hilkiah (returnee priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest who returned with Zerubbabel; his son Hashabiah led the family in Joiakim's day.

Ishmael son of Pashhur (priest)
Ishmael son of Pashhur (priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest of the sons of Pashhur who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:22). Distinct from Ishmael son of Abraham, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and others.

Jarib son of Jeshua (priest)
Jarib son of Jeshua (priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest, son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:18). Distinct from Jarib son of Simeon and Jarib the head of household sent for Levites.

Jedaiah (returnee priest)
Jedaiah (returnee priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:6); his son Uzzi led the family in Joiakim's day. Distinct from Jedaiah the priestly course leader (1 Chronicles 24:7) and from Jedaiah of Nehemiah 12:7.

Jedaiah (second returnee priest)
Jedaiah (second returnee priest)
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Second Jedaiah listed among the priests who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:7); his son Nethanel led the family in Joiakim's day.

Jehiel son of Harim (priest)
Jehiel son of Harim (priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest of the sons of Harim who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:21).

Jehohanan of Amariah
Jehohanan of Amariah
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Head of the priestly family of Amariah in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:13).

Jehonathan of Shemaiah
Jehonathan of Shemaiah
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Head of the priestly family of Shemaiah in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:18).

Jeremiah (returnee priest)
Jeremiah (returnee priest)
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Priest who returned with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:1). Father of Hananiah of Joiakim's generation. Distinct from Jeremiah the prophet.

Joiarib (returnee priest)
Joiarib (returnee priest)
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Priest who returned with Zerubbabel; his son Mattenai led the family in Joiakim's day. Likely the contemporary representative of the priestly course of Jehoiarib.

Jonathan of Melichu
Jonathan of Melichu
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Head of the priestly family of Malluch in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:14).

Joseph of Shebaniah
Joseph of Shebaniah
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Head of the priestly family of Shebaniah in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:14).

Jozabad son of Pashhur (priest)
Jozabad son of Pashhur (priest)
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Priest of the sons of Pashhur who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:22). Distinct from many other Jozabads.

Kallai
Kallai
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Head of the priestly family of Sallai in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:20).

Maadiah
Maadiah

Moadiah (Nehemiah 12:17)

ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest who returned with Zerubbabel; his family was led by Piltai in Joiakim's day.

Maasai son of Adiel
Maasai son of Adiel
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Post-exilic priest; son of Adiel son of Jahzerah son of Meshullam son of Meshillemith son of Immer.

Maaseiah (wall-dedication trumpeter)
Maaseiah (wall-dedication trumpeter)
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Priest who blew a trumpet at the wall dedication ceremony (Nehemiah 12:41). Distinct from many other Maaseiahs (the priest of Jeshua, the gatekeeper, the wall-rebuilder, etc.).

Maaseiah son of Harim (priest)
Maaseiah son of Harim (priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest of the sons of Harim who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:21).

Maaseiah son of Jeshua (priest)
Maaseiah son of Jeshua (priest)
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Of the priests, sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah put away foreign wives in Ezra 10:18.

Maaseiah son of Pashhur (priest)
Maaseiah son of Pashhur (priest)
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Priest of the sons of Pashhur who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:22).

Malluch (returnee priest)
Malluch (returnee priest)

Melichu (Nehemiah 12:14, MT)

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Priest who returned with Zerubbabel; his son Jonathan led the family in Joiakim's day.

Mattenai (of Joiarib)
Mattenai (of Joiarib)
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Head of the priestly family of Joiarib in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:19).

Meraiah
Meraiah
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Head of the priestly family of Seraiah in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:12).

Meremoth (returnee priest)
Meremoth (returnee priest)

Meraioth (Nehemiah 12:15)

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Priest who returned with Zerubbabel; his son Helkai led the family in Joiakim's day. May be the same person as Meremoth son of Uriah, the wall builder.

Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz
Meremoth son of Uriah son of Hakkoz
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest who repaired two sections of the wall under Nehemiah; weighed the silver and gold brought back by Ezra.

Meshullam (head of Ezra family)
Meshullam (head of Ezra family)
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Head of the priestly family of Ezra in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:13).

Meshullam of Ginnethon
Meshullam of Ginnethon
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Head of the priestly family of Ginnethon in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:16).

Miamin (returnee priest)
Miamin (returnee priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest of the Miamin family who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:5). Distinct from Mijamin the priestly course leader of 1 Chronicles 24:9 and Miamin who sealed the covenant.

Micaiah (wall-dedication trumpeter)
Micaiah (wall-dedication trumpeter)
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Priest who blew a trumpet at the wall dedication ceremony (Nehemiah 12:41). Distinct from Micaiah son of Imlah the prophet and the Asaphite Micaiah of Nehemiah 12:35.

Mijamin (returnee priest)
Mijamin (returnee priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priestly head listed among those who returned with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:5). Distinct from Mijamin son of Parosh (Ezra 10:25), Mijamin head of priestly course six (1 Chronicles 24:9), and Mijamin the lay sealer (Nehemiah 10:7).

Miniamin (wall-dedication trumpeter)
Miniamin (wall-dedication trumpeter)
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Priest who blew a trumpet at the wall dedication ceremony (Nehemiah 12:41). Distinct from Miniamin the Levite tithe-distributor under Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:15) and Miniamin head of a priestly father's house in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:17).

Nethanel of Jedaiah
Nethanel of Jedaiah
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Head of the priestly family of the second Jedaiah in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:21).

Nethanel son of Pashhur (priest)
Nethanel son of Pashhur (priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest of the sons of Pashhur who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:22).

Obadiah (priest, sealer)
Obadiah (priest, sealer)
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Priest who sealed Nehemiah's covenant (Nehemiah 10:5). Distinct from Obadiah the prophet, Obadiah of Ahab, and others.

Piltai
Piltai
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Head of the priestly family of Moadiah (Maadiah) in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:17).

Rehum (returnee priest)
Rehum (returnee priest)

Harim (Nehemiah 12:15)

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Priest who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3); listed as Harim in Joiakim's day list. Distinct from Rehum son of Bani.

Sallu (returnee priest)
Sallu (returnee priest)

Sallai (Nehemiah 12:20)

ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest who returned with Zerubbabel; his son Kallai led the family in Joiakim's day.

Seraiah (returnee priest)
Seraiah (returnee priest)
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Chief of the priests who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:1, 12). Distinct from Seraiah the high priest executed at Riblah.

Shammua of Bilgah
Shammua of Bilgah
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Head of the priestly family of Bilgah in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:18).

Shebaniah (returnee priest)
Shebaniah (returnee priest)
ReturnPriestLeviAaronic priesthood

Priest who returned with Zerubbabel; his son Joseph led the family in Joiakim's day. Some manuscripts read 'Hattush' here.

Shecaniah (returnee priest)
Shecaniah (returnee priest)
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Priestly head listed among those who returned with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:3). Distinct from Shecaniah son of Obadiah of David's line, Shecaniah of the priestly course (1 Chronicles 24:11), and Shecaniah son of Jehiel.

Shemaiah (returnee priest)
Shemaiah (returnee priest)
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Priest who returned with Zerubbabel; his son Jehonathan led the family in Joiakim's day.

Shemaiah son of Harim (priest)
Shemaiah son of Harim (priest)
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Priest of the sons of Harim who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:21).

Uzzi of Jedaiah
Uzzi of Jedaiah
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Head of the priestly family of Jedaiah in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:19).

Uzziah son of Harim (priest)
Uzziah son of Harim (priest)
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Priest of the sons of Harim who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:21). Distinct from King Uzziah and Uzziah the Asaphite.

Zebadiah son of Immer (priest)
Zebadiah son of Immer (priest)
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Priest of the sons of Immer who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:20). Distinct from many other Zebadiahs.

Zechariah (wall-dedication trumpeter)
Zechariah (wall-dedication trumpeter)
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Priest who blew a trumpet at the wall dedication ceremony (Nehemiah 12:41). Distinct from Zechariah son of Jonathan the Asaphite trumpeter (Nehemiah 12:35), the prophet Zechariah, and many other Zechariahs.

Zechariah of Iddo (priest of Joiakim)
Zechariah of Iddo (priest of Joiakim)
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Head of the priestly family of Iddo in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:16). Likely the same as Zechariah the prophet (Zechariah 1:1).

Zichri of Abijah
Zichri of Abijah
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Head of the priestly family of Abijah in Joiakim's day (Nehemiah 12:17).

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”.