Bible Characters — People of the Old & New Testament

Aaron

Aaron, the brother of Moses, played a pivotal role in the Exodus narrative as Moses' spokesman before Pharaoh, articulat...

Abel

Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve, presented an offering from the firstborn of his flock that found favor with God, i...

Abigail

Abigail was the intelligent and discerning wife of Nabal, a wealthy but arrogant landowner in the region of Carmel durin...

Abimelech

Abimelech, the son of Gideon by a concubine from Shechem, seized power after his father's death by convincing the Sheche...

Abimelech of Gerar

Abimelech, the Philistine king of Gerar, took Sarah into his household after Abraham identified her as his sister during...

Abishag

Abishag was a beautiful young woman from Shunem chosen by David's servants to attend the elderly king, lie beside him, a...

Abner

Abner served as the commander of King Saul's army and, following Saul's death, backed his son Ish-bosheth's claim to the...

Abraham ★

Abraham is revered as the father of the Jewish nation, chosen by God to leave his homeland in Ur of the Chaldeans and jo...

Absalom

Absalom was the third son of King David, born to Maacah daughter of the king of Geshur, and gained renown for his handso...

Achan

Achan was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah who violated God's explicit command after the conquest of Jericho by secr...

Adam ★

Adam is described in the Bible as the first human being, formed by God from the dust of the ground and given life throug...

Agabus

Agabus was a prophet in the early Christian church who, according to the Book of Acts, foretold a severe famine that wou...

Ahab

Ahab ruled as king of the northern kingdom of Israel in the ninth century BC and is portrayed in Scripture as one of its...

Alexander the Coppersmith

Alexander the Coppersmith was a metalworker in the first century who actively opposed the apostle Paul's preaching of th...

Alexander the Coppersmith

Alexander the Coppersmith was a metalworker identified in 2 Timothy 4:14-15 as someone who caused the apostle Paul great...

Amnon

Amnon was the firstborn son of King David by Ahinoam the Jezreelite. He raped his half-sister Tamar after luring her to ...

Amos

Amos was a shepherd and tender of sycamore figs from Tekoa in Judah who received a divine call to leave his rural occupa...

Ananias (husband of Sapphira)

Ananias was a member of the early Jerusalem church who, together with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property yet se...

Ananias (of Damascus)

Ananias was a disciple living in Damascus who received a vision from the Lord directing him to visit Saul of Tarsus at t...

Ananias the High Priest

Ananias served as high priest in Jerusalem from approximately AD 47 to 59 and presided over the Sanhedrin during the apo...

Andrew

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter and a fisherman from Bethsaida, was among the first disciples called by Jesus while w...

Angel Gabriel

The Angel Gabriel is depicted in the Bible as one of the chief messengers of God, responsible for conveying divine revel...

Angel Michael

Michael is identified in Scripture as the archangel who serves as a warrior and protector of God's people, specifically ...

Anna (Prophetess)

Anna was an elderly prophetess from the tribe of Asher who, after being widowed early in life, devoted herself to consta...

Apollos

Apollos was an eloquent Jewish Christian from Alexandria, Egypt, who possessed a thorough knowledge of the Old Testament...

Asa

Asa served as the third king of Judah and distinguished himself through sweeping religious reforms that eliminated idols...

Athaliah

Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, became queen of Judah through marriage to King Jehoram and seized sole power aft...

Balaam

Balaam was a pagan prophet from Mesopotamia hired by Balak, king of Moab, to curse the Israelites as they approached the...

Barabbas

Barabbas was a criminal and insurrectionist imprisoned by the Romans for murder and rebellion in Jerusalem around the ti...

Barak

Barak served as an Israelite military commander during the period of the judges when the Canaanites under King Jabin opp...

Barnabas

Barnabas, originally named Joseph, was a Levite from Cyprus who earned the nickname Son of Encouragement from the apostl...

Bartholomew (Nathanael)

Bartholomew, also identified as Nathanael in the Gospel of John, was one of the twelve apostles selected by Jesus. After...

Bathsheba

Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, one of King David's elite warriors, when David saw her bathing from his roo...

Belshazzar

Belshazzar served as the last king of Babylon, the son of Nabonidus, and ruled during the final years of the Neo-Babylon...

Benjamin

Benjamin was the youngest of Jacob’s twelve sons and the second child born to his favored wife Rachel during their retur...

Boaz

Boaz was a wealthy and respected landowner in Bethlehem during the period of the judges, recognized for his faithfulness...

Boaz's Kinsman Redeemer

In the Book of Ruth, the unnamed nearer kinsman held the primary legal right under Israelite custom to redeem the land o...

Caiaphas

Caiaphas served as high priest of Israel from approximately 18 to 36 AD, appointed under Roman authority and presiding o...

Cain

Cain, the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, is presented in Genesis 4 as the first human to commit murder when he killed hi...

Cain's Wife

The unnamed wife of Cain is referenced in Genesis 4:17 as the mother of his son Enoch after Cain fled to the land of Nod...

Caleb

Caleb was one of the twelve Israelite spies sent by Moses to scout the Promised Land of Canaan. While ten of the spies r...

Cleopas

Cleopas was one of two disciples traveling from Jerusalem to Emmaus on the day of Jesus' resurrection, discussing the cr...

Cornelius

Cornelius was a Roman centurion stationed in Caesarea who, despite his Gentile background, devoutly feared God, gave gen...

Cyrus

Cyrus, the king of Persia, is recognized in the Bible as God's anointed servant who played a crucial role in the history...

Daniel ★

Daniel was a young Israelite taken captive to Babylon in the sixth century BC, where he rose to prominence as a wise adv...

David ★

David began his life as a humble shepherd boy in Bethlehem before being anointed by the prophet Samuel to succeed King S...

Deborah

Deborah served as a prophetess and judge in Israel during a period of oppression by the Canaanite king Jabin and his arm...

Delilah

Delilah was a Philistine woman recruited by the lords of her people, who offered her a large sum of silver to uncover th...

Demas

Demas served as a companion and fellow worker alongside the apostle Paul during his missionary efforts, receiving positi...

Dinah

Dinah was the daughter of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Leah, whose encounter with the Canaanite prince Shechem in Ge...

Dorcas (Tabitha)

Dorcas, also known as Tabitha, was a disciple in the coastal town of Joppa whose life exemplified Christian charity thro...

Ehud

Ehud served as a judge of Israel during a time when the nation faced eighteen years of oppression from the Moabites unde...

Eli

Eli served as high priest and judge of Israel at the tabernacle in Shiloh, overseeing worship during the closing years o...

Elijah ★

Elijah was a powerful prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, who act...

Elimelech

Elimelech, a man from Bethlehem in Judah, moved with his wife Naomi and their two sons to the land of Moab to escape a f...

Elisha

Elisha served as a prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel during the ninth century BC, succeeding Elijah after the ol...

Elizabeth

Elizabeth was the wife of the priest Zechariah and a relative of Mary, recognized in Scripture as a righteous woman who ...

Elkanah

Elkanah was a Levite residing in the hill country of Ephraim who maintained two wives, Hannah and Peninnah, during the p...

Enoch

Enoch, a descendant of Adam through Seth listed in Genesis 5, lived 365 years and is noted for walking faithfully with G...

Epaphras

Epaphras was a dedicated Christian minister from Colossae who played a pivotal role in establishing the church there dur...

Epaphroditus

Epaphroditus served as an emissary from the Philippian church, delivering financial gifts and personal support to the im...

Esau

Esau was the firstborn son of Isaac and Rebekah and the twin brother of Jacob. In a moment of hunger after returning fro...

Esther ★

Esther was a Jewish orphan raised by her cousin Mordecai who became queen of Persia after King Ahasuerus selected her fr...

Eutychus

Eutychus was a young man present in Troas during one of the apostle Paul's extended visits, when believers gathered on t...

Eve ★

Eve is recognized in the Bible as the first woman, formed by God from one of Adam's ribs to serve as his suitable compan...

Ezekiel ★

Ezekiel served as a prophet and priest among the Jewish exiles in Babylon following the first deportation from Judah in ...

Ezra

Ezra was a Jewish priest and scribe active in the fifth century BC during the Persian Empire's rule over the former Baby...

Felix

Antonius Felix served as the Roman procurator of Judea in the mid-first century AD, wielding authority over legal procee...

Festus

Porcius Festus succeeded Antonius Felix as Roman procurator of Judea around AD 59–60, inheriting the unresolved case of ...

Gamaliel

Gamaliel was a highly respected Pharisee and teacher of the law in first-century Jerusalem who held a seat on the Sanhed...

Gehazi

Gehazi served as the attendant to the prophet Elisha during the time when Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, soug...

Gideon

Gideon was a judge raised up by God during a time when the Israelites were oppressed by the Midianites due to their diso...

Goliath

Goliath was a formidable giant warrior from the Philistine city of Gath who stood over nine feet tall and served as the ...

Habakkuk

Habakkuk, a prophet active in Judah during the late seventh century BCE, openly questioned God about the unchecked evil ...

Hagar

Hagar was the Egyptian maidservant of Sarah, wife of the patriarch Abraham. When Sarah remained childless, she gave Haga...

Haggai

Haggai was a post-exilic prophet active around 520 BC who addressed the Jewish community that had returned from Babyloni...

Haman

Haman served as a high-ranking official in the Persian court of King Ahasuerus during the time of the Jewish exile. Enra...

Hannah

Hannah was the wife of Elkanah and one of two women in his household during the period of the judges, when she faced bar...

Herod Antipas

Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, ruled as tetrarch of Galilee and Perea from around 4 BC to AD 39, overseeing the ...

Herod Philip

Herod Philip was a son of Herod the Great and Mariamne II who ruled a small territory northeast of the Sea of Galilee as...

Herod the Great

Herod the Great ruled as the Roman-appointed king of Judea from 37 to 4 BC, a period that overlaps with the traditional ...

Herodias

Herodias was the wife of Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, after leaving her first husband, Herod's half-brother Philip, ...

Hezekiah

Hezekiah served as a righteous king of Judah in the late eighth century BC, following the Assyrian conquest of the north...

Hiram of Tyre

Hiram, the king of Tyre, formed a strategic alliance with both David and Solomon that supplied the skilled labor and res...

Hosea

Hosea was an eighth-century BC prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel whose marriage became a living parable when God...

Isaac

Isaac was the long-awaited son born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age, fulfilling God's explicit promise of an heir ...

Isaiah ★

Isaiah was an 8th-century BCE prophet who ministered in the kingdom of Judah during a time of political turmoil and spir...

Ishmael

Ishmael was born to Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian maidservant, after Sarah suggested the arrangement to fulfill Go...

Jacob ★

Jacob, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, played a pivotal role in the biblical narrative as one of the patriarch...

Jairus

Jairus served as a ruler of the synagogue, likely in Capernaum, and approached Jesus in urgent faith when his only daugh...

James (Brother of Jesus)

James, identified in the New Testament as a half-brother of Jesus through Mary, initially did not believe in his brother...

James (Son of Zebedee)

James, son of Zebedee, was one of the first apostles called by Jesus while fishing on the Sea of Galilee, along with his...

Jehoshaphat

Jehoshaphat ruled as king of Judah in the ninth century BC and distinguished himself by actively seeking the Lord, remov...

Jephthah

Jephthah served as a judge in Israel during the pre-monarchic period, leading the people against Ammonite oppression aft...

Jeremiah ★

Jeremiah was an Old Testament prophet active in Judah during the late seventh and early sixth centuries BC, called by Go...

Jeroboam

Jeroboam was the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, which formed after the united monarchy split following So...

Jesus ★

Jesus is portrayed in the Bible as the Son of God and the long-awaited Messiah whose coming fulfilled Old Testament prop...

Jezebel

Jezebel was the daughter of a Phoenician king who married Israel's ruler Ahab and used her royal authority to establish ...

Joab

Joab served as the commander of King David's army and played a pivotal role in many of Israel's military victories, incl...

Joash

Joash, also known as Jehoash, became king of Judah at the age of seven after being hidden in the temple as an infant by ...

Job

Job was a righteous and prosperous man living in the land of Uz, known for his deep faith and integrity. In the biblical...

John (Apostle) ★

John the Apostle, son of Zebedee and brother of James, was among Jesus' innermost circle of disciples and is traditional...

John the Baptist ★

John the Baptist was a first-century prophet who fulfilled Old Testament prophecies by preparing the way for the Messiah...

Jonah

Jonah was an Old Testament prophet commanded by God to preach a message of impending judgment and call for repentance to...

Jonathan

Jonathan was the eldest son of King Saul and a skilled warrior in ancient Israel who displayed exceptional courage by le...

Joseph ★

Joseph, the favored son of Jacob, aroused such jealousy in his brothers that they sold him into slavery in Egypt, where ...

Joseph (Father of Jesus)

Joseph was a righteous carpenter from Nazareth in the first century who became the earthly father of Jesus through his m...

Joseph called Barsabbas

Joseph called Barsabbas, also known as Justus, was one of two men nominated by the early church to replace Judas Iscario...

Joseph of Arimathea

Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy member of the Jewish Sanhedrin and a secret disciple of Jesus who took decisive action...

Joshua ★

Joshua served as the successor to Moses, guiding the Israelites across the Jordan River into the Promised Land after the...

Josiah

Josiah became king of Judah at the age of eight after his father Amon was assassinated, ruling for thirty-one years in t...

Judah

Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, who rose to prominence among his brothers by advocating for Joseph’s sale in...

Judas Iscariot

Judas Iscariot served as one of the twelve apostles selected by Jesus during his earthly ministry. Motivated by greed, h...

King Agrippa

Herod Agrippa II, the final ruler of the Herodian dynasty, governed territories in northern Judea as a Roman client king...

Korah

Korah, a Levite from the Kohathite clan, joined with Reubenites Dathan and Abiram plus 250 community leaders to challeng...

Laban

Laban was the brother of Rebekah and thus the maternal uncle of Jacob, residing in Paddan Aram as the father of Leah and...

Lamech (descendant of Cain)

Lamech, a descendant of Cain through Methushael in Genesis 4, is identified as the first polygamist in Scripture through...

Lazarus

Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha from the village of Bethany, fell gravely ill and died while Jesus was away. Fou...

Lazarus the Beggar

Lazarus the Beggar appears in Jesus' parable recorded in Luke 16:19-31 as a destitute man covered in sores who lay at th...

Leah

Leah was the older daughter of Laban who became Jacob's first wife through her father's deception on the wedding night, ...

Levi

Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah whose descendants formed one of the twelve tribes of Israel. After the tribe de...

Lois and Eunice

Lois and Eunice were the grandmother and mother of Timothy, a key figure in the early church and companion of the apostl...

Lot

Lot, Abraham's nephew, chose the fertile Jordan plain and settled near the notoriously wicked city of Sodom after the tw...

Luke

Luke was a first-century physician and a close companion of the apostle Paul during his missionary travels, as evidenced...

Lydia

Lydia was a merchant dealing in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira who resided in Philippi, a Roman colony in Macedo...

Malachi

Malachi served as the final prophet of the Old Testament in the mid-fifth century BCE, after the Jewish exiles had retur...

Malchus

Malchus served as an attendant to the high priest and was present among the armed crowd that came to arrest Jesus in the...

Manasseh

Manasseh reigned as king of Judah for fifty-five years and became the most wicked ruler in the nation's history by promo...

Manoah

Manoah was a member of the tribe of Dan whose wife remained childless during Israel's oppression by the Philistines. The...

Mark (John Mark)

John Mark, also known as Mark, served as a companion to the apostles Paul and Barnabas during their early missionary eff...

Martha

Martha was the sister of Mary and Lazarus who lived in Bethany and frequently hosted Jesus during his ministry. In Luke'...

Mary (Mother of Jesus) ★

Mary, a young virgin from Nazareth, was chosen by God to conceive and bear his Son Jesus through the power of the Holy S...

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene was a woman from the Galilean town of Magdala who became one of Jesus' most dedicated followers after he ...

Mary of Bethany

Mary of Bethany was the sister of Martha and Lazarus who lived in the village near Jerusalem. In Luke’s Gospel she sat a...

Matthew (Apostle)

Matthew, originally a tax collector named Levi working in Capernaum, was called directly by Jesus while sitting at his b...

Matthias

After the suicide of Judas Iscariot, the remaining eleven apostles gathered in Jerusalem to restore their number to twel...

Melchizedek

Melchizedek appears in Genesis 14 as the king of Salem and priest of God Most High, who met Abraham after his victory ov...

Mephibosheth

Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan and grandson of King Saul who became crippled as a young child when his nurse dropp...

Methuselah

Methuselah, the son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah through his son Lamech, is identified in Genesis 5 as the longest-l...

Micah

Micah was an eighth-century BCE prophet active in Judah amid widespread corruption, idolatry, and exploitation of the vu...

Michal

Michal, the younger daughter of King Saul, fell in love with David and became his first wife, yet her loyalty was tested...

Miriam

Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, is identified in Scripture as a prophetess who exercised spiritual leadership amo...

Mordecai

Mordecai was a Jewish exile living in the Persian capital of Susa who served as the cousin and guardian of Esther, the y...

Moses ★

Moses was a prophet chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt during the Exodus. Through a series of ...

Naaman

Naaman served as commander of the Syrian army under King Ben-Hadad and was afflicted with leprosy, a condition that carr...

Nabal

Nabal was a wealthy but harsh landowner in the region of Carmel whose flocks David’s men had protected while he was flee...

Naomi

Naomi, an Israelite from Bethlehem, moved with her husband Elimelech and their two sons to Moab to escape famine, only t...

Nathan (Prophet)

Nathan was a prophet in ancient Israel during the reign of King David who served as a divine messenger to confront royal...

Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar II ruled the Neo-Babylonian Empire in the sixth century BCE and led the conquest of Jerusalem, destroying...

Nebuzaradan

Nebuzaradan served as the captain of the guard under Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II and led the final assault on Jeru...

Nehemiah

Nehemiah served as cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes I in the fifth century BC, a trusted role that positioned hi...

Nicodemus

Nicodemus was a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling council, who sought out Jesus at night to discus...

Noah ★

Noah was a righteous man living in an era of widespread human wickedness and corruption, prompting God to decide on a gl...

Onesimus

Onesimus was a slave owned by Philemon, a Christian in Colossae, who ran away and later met the imprisoned apostle Paul ...

Othniel

Othniel, the nephew of Caleb and first of the judges, was empowered by the Spirit of the Lord to rescue Israel from eigh...

Paul ★

Paul, originally known as Saul of Tarsus, was a zealous Pharisee who actively persecuted early Christians before his dra...

Peter ★

Peter, originally a fisherman named Simon, was called by Jesus along the Sea of Galilee to become one of his first disci...

Pharaoh (of the Exodus)

The Pharaoh of the Exodus ruled Egypt during the period of Israelite enslavement and repeatedly refused Moses' repeated ...

Pharaoh's Daughter

Pharaoh's daughter discovered the infant Moses floating in a basket on the Nile River, an act set against her father's d...

Philemon

Philemon was a wealthy Christian in Colossae who hosted a church in his home and supported Paul’s ministry. While impris...

Philip (Apostle)

Philip, one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus, hailed from Bethsaida in Galilee and played a key role in introducin...

Philip (Evangelist)

Philip the Evangelist was one of the seven deacons appointed in Acts 6 to address practical needs in the Jerusalem churc...

Phinehas

Phinehas was the grandson of Aaron the high priest who served during Israel's time in the wilderness. In Numbers 25, whe...

Phoebe

Phoebe served as a deacon in the church at Cenchreae, a port near Corinth, in the mid-first century. The apostle Paul co...

Pontius Pilate

Pontius Pilate served as the Roman prefect of Judea from approximately 26 to 36 AD, exercising authority over legal and ...

Potiphar

Potiphar served as an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, purchasing Joseph as a slave from Midianite ...

Potiphar's Wife

Potiphar's wife appears in Genesis 39 as the unnamed spouse of an Egyptian official who purchases Joseph as a slave. Aft...

Priscilla and Aquila

Priscilla and Aquila were a first-century Jewish Christian couple who worked as tentmakers and became trusted co-laborer...

Publius

Publius served as the chief official of Malta when the apostle Paul and other survivors of a violent shipwreck washed as...

Queen of Sheba

The Queen of Sheba, ruler of a prosperous kingdom likely located in ancient Arabia or Ethiopia, traveled a great distanc...

Rachel

Rachel was the younger daughter of Laban and the beloved wife of the patriarch Jacob, whom he served fourteen years to m...

Rahab

Rahab, a Canaanite woman and resident of Jericho, sheltered two Israelite spies sent by Joshua ahead of the conquest of ...

Rebekah

Rebekah became the wife of Isaac after Abraham's servant identified her through a divine sign at a well in Haran, establ...

Rehoboam

Rehoboam, the son of King Solomon, succeeded his father as ruler over the united kingdom of Israel. When the people requ...

Reuben

Reuben, Jacob's firstborn son through Leah, was originally positioned to receive the primary inheritance and leadership ...

Rhoda

In the household of Mary the mother of John whose surname was Mark, Rhoda the servant girl attended to the door while th...

Rizpah

Rizpah was a concubine of King Saul whose two sons, Armoni and Mephibosheth, were among seven of Saul’s male descendants...

Ruth ★

Ruth was a Moabite woman who, after the death of her husband, demonstrated remarkable loyalty by accompanying her widowe...

Salome (Daughter of Herodias)

Salome was the daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, ruler over Galilee and Perea in the first century...

Samson

Samson served as a judge and leader of Israel during the period of Philistine oppression, when the nation lacked a king ...

Samuel ★

Samuel served as Israel's final judge and a major prophet during the transition from tribal leadership under the judges ...

Sapphira

Sapphira was the wife of Ananias, a member of the early Christian community in Jerusalem who, along with her husband, so...

Sarah ★

Sarah, originally named Sarai, was the wife of the patriarch Abraham and accompanied him from Ur through Canaan as part ...

Satan / The Devil

In Scripture, Satan is depicted as a once-high angelic being who rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven along w...

Saul (King)

Saul was anointed as the first king of Israel by the prophet Samuel after the people demanded a monarch to lead them lik...

Seth

Seth was the third son of Adam and Eve, born after Cain murdered Abel. In Genesis 4, Eve named him Seth, meaning “appoin...

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were three Jewish exiles from Judah serving in the Babylonian royal court under King Neb...

Shem

Shem was the eldest son of Noah who survived the great flood alongside his father and brothers aboard the ark. After the...

Shimei

Shimei, a Benjamite from the clan of Saul, confronted David as the king fled Jerusalem during Absalom’s rebellion, cursi...

Silas

Silas served as a respected leader in the Jerusalem church and was selected to deliver the apostolic letter from the Jer...

Simeon

Simeon was a righteous and devout man living in Jerusalem who was guided by the Holy Spirit and had received a divine pr...

Simon the Zealot

Simon the Zealot was one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus, distinguished from Simon Peter in the Gospel lists by h...

Sisera

Sisera served as the military commander for King Jabin of Hazor, leading a powerful Canaanite force that oppressed the I...

Solomon ★

Solomon, the son of King David and Bathsheba, succeeded his father as ruler of Israel around 970 BCE and initially reign...

Stephen

Stephen was one of seven deacons appointed by the apostles in the early Jerusalem church to ensure fair distribution of ...

Tamar

Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah who became widowed after the deaths of her first two husbands, Er and Onan, and w...

Tertullus

Tertullus was a professional Roman orator or advocate retained by the Jewish high priest Ananias and the elders to prese...

Thaddaeus

Thaddaeus, also identified in Scripture as Judas son of James to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot, was one of the twe...

The Angel of the Lord

The Angel of the Lord appears repeatedly in the Old Testament as a divine messenger who speaks and acts with God's own a...

The Centurion

The Roman centurion stationed in Capernaum approached Jesus requesting healing for his paralyzed and suffering servant. ...

The Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan appears in Jesus' parable recorded in Luke 10, told in response to a lawyer's question about the comm...

The Prodigal Son

The Prodigal Son appears in Jesus' parable in Luke 15, told to explain God's attitude toward sinners and the joy that ac...

The Rich Young Ruler

The Rich Young Ruler was a wealthy individual who approached Jesus inquiring about the requirements for obtaining eterna...

The Samaritan Woman

The Samaritan woman encountered Jesus at Jacob's well in Sychar, where he initiated a conversation despite cultural tabo...

Thomas

Thomas, one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus, is frequently identified in Scripture as the disciple who initially ...

Timothy

Timothy was a young disciple from Lystra whose Jewish mother Eunice and grandmother Lois had taught him the Scriptures f...

Titus

Titus was a Gentile convert to Christianity who became one of the apostle Paul's most trusted companions and co-workers ...

Uriah the Hittite

Uriah the Hittite served as one of King David's elite warriors and was the husband of Bathsheba. After David committed a...

Uzziah

Uzziah, also known as Azariah, ruled Judah for 52 years in the eighth century BC and achieved military victories, territ...

Widow of Zarephath

The Widow of Zarephath was a Phoenician woman living in the town of Zarephath during a severe drought and famine in the ...

Witch of Endor

The Witch of Endor was a medium whom King Saul secretly consulted before his final battle against the Philistines, after...

Zacchaeus

Zacchaeus served as the chief tax collector in Jericho during Jesus' ministry, a role that made him wealthy yet deeply r...

Zechariah (Father of John the Baptist)

Zechariah served as a priest in the Jerusalem temple during the reign of Herod, and he and his wife Elizabeth were right...

Zechariah (Prophet)

Zechariah was a post-exilic Hebrew prophet active in the late sixth century BC who ministered to the Jewish remnant that...

Zerubbabel

Zerubbabel, a descendant of King David, served as governor of Judah and led the first major wave of Jewish exiles back f...

Zephaniah

Zephaniah, identified as a descendant of King Hezekiah, served as a prophet in Judah during the reign of King Josiah in ...

Obadiah (Prophet)

Obadiah, whose name means "servant of the Lord," is traditionally credited with authoring the shortest book in the Old T...

Nahum

Nahum was an Old Testament prophet whose writings focus on the impending judgment against the Assyrian city of Nineveh. ...

Joel

The prophet Joel ministered to the people of Judah during a time of crisis caused by a massive locust infestation that d...

Jude

Jude, identified as the brother of James and a half-brother of Jesus in the Gospels, emerged as an early Christian leade...

Centurion at the Cross

The centurion at the cross was a Roman military officer responsible for overseeing Jesus' execution, during which he wit...

Philippian Jailer

The Roman jailer in Philippi encountered the transforming power of the gospel amid an earthquake that opened the prison ...

Ethiopian Eunuch

The Ethiopian Eunuch served as treasurer to Queen Candace of Ethiopia and was returning from worship in Jerusalem when P...

Bartimaeus

Bartimaeus was a blind beggar who sat by the roadside outside Jericho as Jesus passed through on his final journey to Je...

Simon of Cyrene

Simon of Cyrene, a Jewish man from the North African city of Cyrene, was compelled by Roman soldiers to carry Jesus' cro...

Annas

Annas served as high priest in Jerusalem from about 6 to 15 AD until removed by Roman officials, after which he retained...

Naboth

Naboth was an Israelite landowner in Jezreel whose vineyard lay beside King Ahab’s palace. When Ahab sought to acquire t...

Jael

In the turbulent era of the judges, Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite became an unexpected instrument of Israel's delive...

Hur

Hur, identified in Jewish tradition as the husband of Miriam and grandfather of the craftsman Bezalel, served as a trust...

Bezalel

Chosen by God to oversee the intricate work of building the tabernacle, Bezalel was filled with the Spirit in wisdom, un...

Obadiah (Servant of Ahab)

Obadiah served as the palace administrator under King Ahab of Israel, a ruler known for his idolatry and marriage to the...

Tychicus

Among the companions who aided the apostle Paul in spreading the gospel, Tychicus stands out as a trusted messenger entr...

Herod Agrippa II

Herod Agrippa II was the last king of the Herodian dynasty, ruling small territories in northern Palestine as a Roman cl...

Bernice

Accompanying her brother King Agrippa, Bernice attended the hearing in Caesarea where the apostle Paul offered his defen...

Drusilla

Drusilla was the Jewish wife of Antonius Felix, the Roman procurator of Judea, and daughter of Herod Agrippa I. In Acts ...

Vashti

In the opulent court of the Persian king Ahasuerus, Queen Vashti embodied a moment of quiet defiance when she refused hi...

Ahasuerus (Xerxes)

Ahasuerus, identified with the Persian ruler Xerxes I who reigned from 486 to 465 BC, ruled over a vast empire stretchin...

Jethro

As Moses father-in-law and a priest of Midian, Jethro witnessed the overwhelming task of leading and judging the vast as...

Zipporah

Zipporah, the wife of Moses and daughter of the Midianite priest Jethro, played a pivotal role during Moses' return jour...

Nadab and Abihu

Aaron's two eldest sons brought strange fire before the Lord in an unauthorized manner during the early days of the tabe...

Micaiah

Standing firm amid a chorus of four hundred prophets who assured King Ahab of victory, Micaiah alone delivered the unwel...

Baruch

Baruch served as the personal scribe to the prophet Jeremiah during a tumultuous period in Judah's history leading up to...

Gedaliah

Appointed governor by Nebuchadnezzar over the remnant left in Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem, Gedaliah son of ...

Sanballat

Sanballat served as governor of Samaria under Persian rule in the fifth century BC and mounted sustained opposition to N...

Tobiah

Among the challenges faced during the restoration of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile, Tobiah the Ammonite emerged a...

Uzziah (Azariah)

Uzziah, also known as Azariah, reigned over Judah for fifty-two years and initially walked in the ways of the Lord, stre...

Nadab

As the eldest son of Aaron and Elisheba, Nadab served as a priest during the Exodus and joined the elders on Mount Sinai...

Abihu

As a son of Aaron and Elisheba, Abihu served in the priestly role during the Exodus, yet he and his brother Nadab met su...

Eleazar

Eleazar was the third son of Aaron and served as a priest during the Exodus and wilderness period. He succeeded Aaron as...

Ithamar

Ithamar was the youngest son of Aaron and Elisheba and served as one of the first priests of Israel. He survived the dea...

Elisheba

Elisheba was the wife of Aaron the high priest and daughter of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah. She bore Aaron four sons...

Amram

A Levite living under the yoke of Egyptian slavery, Amram married Jochebed and fathered the three children who would sha...

Jochebed

Jochebed was a Levite woman and the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. She demonstrated faith by hiding her infant son ...

Keturah

Following Sarah's death, Abraham took Keturah as his wife and she bore him six sons whose descendants populated several ...

Bilhah

Bilhah was the Aramean handmaid given to Rachel by Laban upon her marriage to Jacob. She became Jacob's concubine and bo...

Zilpah

In the unfolding story of Jacob's household, Zilpah served faithfully as Leah's handmaid, given to her by Laban upon Lea...

Ephraim

Though born the younger son of Joseph and Asenath in Egypt, Ephraim bore a name declaring the fruitfulness God had grant...

Gershom

Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah, born while Moses lived in exile in Midian. His name, meaning "a str...

Asenath

Asenath, an Egyptian woman and daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, entered the biblical narrative when Pharaoh prese...

Shamgar

Shamgar was a minor judge of Israel who rescued the nation from Philistine oppression. He is noted for killing six hundr...

Merab

Merab, the eldest daughter of King Saul and member of Benjamin's tribe, found herself at the heart of royal intrigue whe...

Abishai

Abishai, the son of Zeruiah and nephew to King David, stood out among the mighty men for his fierce loyalty and bravery ...

Zeruiah

Zeruiah was the sister of King David and mother of three of his chief military commanders: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Sh...

Adonijah

The fourth son of King David by his wife Haggith, Adonijah sought to seize the throne as his father lay dying, enlisting...

Jehosheba

Jehosheba was a daughter of King Jehoram of Judah and sister to King Ahaziah. She rescued her infant nephew Joash from A...

Anna

Anna was an elderly prophetess and widow from the tribe of Asher who devoted her life to worship in the Jerusalem temple...

Priscilla

Priscilla was a first-century Christian woman and missionary who, together with her husband Aquila, supported the apostl...

Aquila

Aquila was a Jewish Christian and tentmaker from Pontus who, with his wife Priscilla, became a close companion of the Ap...

Dorcas

Dorcas, also known as Tabitha, was a Christian disciple living in Joppa who was renowned for her acts of charity and for...

Blind Man (John 9)

A man who had been blind from birth was healed by Jesus in Jerusalem. The healing, performed by making mud with saliva a...

Ahimelech

Ahimelech was the high priest at Nob during the reign of King Saul, serving as a faithful custodian of the tabernacle an...

Abiathar

Abiathar was the son of Ahimelech the priest and the sole survivor of the massacre at Nob, where King Saul ordered the e...

Ziba

Ziba was a servant of the house of Saul who played a complex and controversial role during the reign of King David. When...

Hushai

Hushai the Arkite was one of King David's most trusted friends and advisors, whose courageous espionage during Absalom's...

Ahithophel

Ahithophel was David's most brilliant counselor, whose advice was regarded as equivalent to receiving a direct oracle fr...

Balak

Balak was the king of Moab who, terrified by the approaching Israelite multitude after their victories over the Amorites...

Orpah

Orpah was a Moabite woman who married Chilion, one of the two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, an Israelite family that had ...