Figures

Every named figure.

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

46 of 2,781 curated matching the active filters.

Adaiah son of Joiarib (Shilonite)
Adaiah son of Joiarib (Shilonite)
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Father of Hazaiah of the Shilonites (Nehemiah 11:5).

Akkub son of Elioenai
Akkub son of Elioenai
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:24.

Amariah son of Shephatiah (Judah)
Amariah son of Shephatiah (Judah)
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Great-grandfather of Athaiah (Nehemiah 11:4).

Anani son of Elioenai
Anani son of Elioenai
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Last Davidic name in 1 Chronicles 3; ends the post-exilic Davidic genealogy, c. 5th-4th century BC.

Arnan (Davidic line)
Arnan (Davidic line)
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Davidic descendant in the post-exilic genealogy of 1 Chronicles 3:21.

Asaiah (Shilonite firstborn)
Asaiah (Shilonite firstborn)
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Firstborn of the Shilonites among the Judahite returnees in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:5). Shilonites here = descendants of Shelah son of Judah.

Athaiah son of Uzziah
Athaiah son of Uzziah
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Of the descendants of Perez; one of the leaders dwelling in Jerusalem after the return (Nehemiah 11:4).

Azrikam son of Neariah
Azrikam son of Neariah
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:23.

Bariah son of Shemaiah
Bariah son of Shemaiah
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:22.

Baruch son of Col-hozeh
Baruch son of Col-hozeh
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Father of Maaseiah of the Shilonites (Nehemiah 11:5).

Berechiah son of Zerubbabel
Berechiah son of Zerubbabel
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Son of Zerubbabel listed in 1 Chronicles 3:20.

Dalaiah (Davidic descendant)
Dalaiah (Davidic descendant)
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One of the seven sons of Elioenai in the post-exilic Davidic genealogy (1 Chronicles 3:24).

Delaiah son of Elioenai
Delaiah son of Elioenai
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:24.

Eliashib son of Elioenai
Eliashib son of Elioenai
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:24. Distinct from Eliashib the high priest.

Elioenai son of Neariah
Elioenai son of Neariah
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Davidic descendant; father of seven sons (Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, Anani). The last (Anani) is the final Davidic name in 1 Chronicles 3.

Hananiah son of Zerubbabel
Hananiah son of Zerubbabel
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Son of Zerubbabel; father of Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; through him the Davidic line continues toward the post-exilic period.

Hasadiah son of Zerubbabel
Hasadiah son of Zerubbabel
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Son of Zerubbabel listed in 1 Chronicles 3:20.

Hashubah son of Zerubbabel
Hashubah son of Zerubbabel
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Son of Zerubbabel listed among five further sons in 1 Chronicles 3:20.

Hattush son of Shemaiah
Hattush son of Shemaiah
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Davidic descendant; led a group back to Jerusalem with Ezra (Ezra 8:2).

Hazaiah son of Adaiah
Hazaiah son of Adaiah
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Father of Col-hozeh of the Shilonites (Nehemiah 11:5).

Hizkiah son of Neariah
Hizkiah son of Neariah
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:23. Distinct from King Hezekiah.

Hodaviah son of Elioenai
Hodaviah son of Elioenai
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:24.

Igal son of Shemaiah
Igal son of Shemaiah
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:22.

Jeshaiah son of Hananiah
Jeshaiah son of Hananiah
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Davidic descendant of Zerubbabel through Hananiah.

Jeuel (of the Zerahites)
Jeuel (of the Zerahites)
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Of the sons of Zerah son of Judah, dwelling in Jerusalem after the return (1 Chronicles 9:6). Distinct from Jeuel the Reubenite chief and Jeuel the Levite.

Johanan son of Elioenai
Johanan son of Elioenai
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:24.

Jushab-hesed son of Zerubbabel
Jushab-hesed son of Zerubbabel
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Son of Zerubbabel listed in 1 Chronicles 3:20.

Maaseiah son of Baruch (Jerusalem)
Maaseiah son of Baruch (Jerusalem)
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Of the descendants of Shelah (Shilonites); leader living in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:5).

Meshezabel (father of Pethahiah of Zerah)
Meshezabel (father of Pethahiah of Zerah)
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Father of Pethahiah the king's representative (Nehemiah 11:24). Likely same as Meshezabel ancestor of the wall builder Meshullam (Nehemiah 3:4).

Meshullam son of Zerubbabel
Meshullam son of Zerubbabel
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Eldest son of Zerubbabel; brother of Hananiah.

Neariah son of Shemaiah
Neariah son of Shemaiah
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Davidic descendant; father of Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam.

Obadiah (Davidic line)
Obadiah (Davidic line)
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Davidic descendant in the post-exilic genealogy of 1 Chronicles 3:21. Distinct from Obadiah the prophet.

Ohel son of Zerubbabel
Ohel son of Zerubbabel
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Son of Zerubbabel listed in 1 Chronicles 3:20.

Pelaiah son of Elioenai
Pelaiah son of Elioenai
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:24.

Pelatiah son of Hananiah
Pelatiah son of Hananiah
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Davidic descendant of Zerubbabel through Hananiah.

Pethahiah son of Meshezabel (Judah, king's hand)
Pethahiah son of Meshezabel (Judah, king's hand)
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Of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah; the king's representative in all matters concerning the people (Nehemiah 11:24).

Rephaiah (Davidic line)
Rephaiah (Davidic line)
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Davidic descendant in the post-exilic genealogy of 1 Chronicles 3:21.

Shaphat son of Shemaiah
Shaphat son of Shemaiah
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:22.

Shecaniah son of Obadiah
Shecaniah son of Obadiah
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Davidic descendant in the post-exilic genealogy of 1 Chronicles 3:21-22.

Shelomith daughter of Zerubbabel
Shelomith daughter of Zerubbabel
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Sister of Meshullam and Hananiah; the only daughter of Zerubbabel named in scripture.

Shemaiah son of Shecaniah
Shemaiah son of Shecaniah
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Davidic descendant in 1 Chronicles 3:22; father of six sons (Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, Shaphat).

Sheshbazzar
Sheshbazzar
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Prince of Judah appointed governor by Cyrus; brought back the temple vessels and laid the foundation of the second temple. Many identify him with Shenazzar son of Jeconiah (1 Chronicles 3:18); some treat him as a separate figure or as another name for Zerubbabel.

Uthai son of Ammihud
Uthai son of Ammihud
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Of the sons of Perez son of Judah; named first among the Judahites who returned to Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:4). Distinct from Uthai son of Bigvai of Ezra 8:14.

Uzziah son of Zechariah (Athaiah's father)
Uzziah son of Zechariah (Athaiah's father)
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Father of Athaiah (Nehemiah 11:4).

Zechariah son of Amariah (Judah)
Zechariah son of Amariah (Judah)
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Grandfather of Athaiah (Nehemiah 11:4).

Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel
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Son of Shealtiel (or of Pedaiah per 1 Chr 3:19); Davidic governor of Judah after the return from Babylon under Cyrus 538 BC. Led the rebuilding of the second temple, completed in 516 BC. Recipient of the signet-ring oracle of Haggai 2:23. Appears in both Matthean and Lukan genealogies.

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”.