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.

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JudgesJudgenaziriteWarriorDan

Son of Manoah; consecrated as a Nazirite from the womb. Endowed with prodigious strength as long as his hair was uncut. Judged Israel twenty years against the Philistines. Betrayed by Delilah, blinded, and finally killed thousands of Philistines with himself by collapsing the temple of Dagon at Gaza.

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”.