Figures

Every named figure.

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

1 of 2,781 curated matching the active filters.

NameChronological
Era
AllReturn518United kingdom441Divided kingdom324Judges253Patriarchal249Exile218
Role
AnyPriests169Warriors134Christ's line68levite64foreign-king61musician61
Tribe
AnyLevi503Judah323Benjamin234Aaronic priesthood173House of David107Manasseh63Moabites6
Active:Christ's lineMoabitesClear all
Ruth
Ruth
JudgesMatriarchJudahMoabitesChrist's line

Moabite widow of Mahlon; refused to leave Naomi ('whither thou goest, I will go'). Married Boaz under the levirate principle and bore Obed, grandfather of David. Named in Matthew 1:5.

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”.