List of Biblical figures
A categorical and alphabetical list of people featured in the Bible. (Note, the Torah or "Old Testament" of Judaism is the source of the Bible. Judaism does not accept the New Testament of Christianity.) However, Messianic Judaism does accept the New Testament.
Names
New Testament
- Agabus
- Agrippa I, called "Herod" in Acts of the Apostles
- Andrew
- Anna
- Apollos
- Aquila
- Barnabas
- Bartholomew
- Caiaphas
- Dionysius the Areopagite
- Epaphras fellow prisoner of Paul Philemon 1:23 Fellow worker Colossians 4:12-13
- Gallio Acts 18:12
- Herod the Great
- Herod Antipas
- James
- Jesus
- John the Baptist or baptizer
- Joseph
- Judas
- Judas Iscariot (the traitor)
- Jude
- Lazarus
- Luke
- Mark
- Martha
- Mary Magdalene
- Mary, mother of Jesus
- Mary, sister of Martha
- Matthew
- Onesimus
- Paul also known as Saul
- Peter
- Philemon
- Pontius Pilate
- Priscilla
- Silas
- Sopater
- Stephen first martyr
- Timothy
- Thomas
- Titus
Priests
Old Testament
- Aaron
- Elazar
- Eli
- Phinehas
New Testament
- Caiaphas
Prophets
Old Testament
- Amos
- Aaron
- Daniel
- Deborah
- Elijah
- Elisha
- Ezekiel
- Habakkuk
- Hosea
- Joel
- Samuel
- Moses
New Testament
- Agabus
- Anna
- John the Baptist
- Jesus Yeshua HaMashiach
Hebrew Scriptures
Tribes of Israel
According to the Book of Genesis, all the Israelites were desendents of the sons of Jacob, who was also blessed with the name Israel. His twelve male children become the ancestors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
- Asher
- Benjamin
- Dan
- Gad
- Issachar
- Joseph, which was split into two tribes descended from his sons:
- Tribe of Ephraim
- Tribe of Manasseh
- Judah
- Levi
- Naphtali
- Reuben
- Simeon
- Zebulun
New Testament
Christian Apostles of Jesus
- Peter (Simon Kefa)
- Andrew (Simon's brother)
- James son of Zebedee
- John son of Zebedee (aka John the Evangelist)
- Philip
- Bartholomew
- Thomas
- Matthew
- James son of Alphaeus
- Judas son of James (aka Thaddeus or Judas Lebbaeus)
- Simon the Canaanite
- Judas Iscariot (the traitor)