List of Jewish biblical figures

Hebrew Bible

Aaron, brother of Moses and Miriam, and the first High Priest

Abigail, a prophetess who became a wife of King David

Abishai, one of King David's generals and relative

Abner, cousin of King Saul and commander of his army, assassinated by Yoav

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Judaism's "Three Patriarchs"

Absalom, rebellious son of King David

Amram and Jochebed, both Levites, parents of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam

Bathsheba, queen, wife of King David, and mother of King Solomon

Boaz, husband of Ruth and ancestor of King David

Daniel

Ezra, Nehemiah and Zerubbabel, prophets and leaders of the Babylonian captivity and Return to Zion

Elijah and Elisha, important prophets who rebuked the kings of Israel

Elkanah and Hannah, parents of the judge and prophet Samuel

Esther and Mordechai, Persian queen, and her cousin, saviors of the Jews on Purim

Gedaliah, last governor of Judea appointed by Babylonians, (assassinated)

Gershom and Eliezer, Moses and Zipporah's sons

Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (fellow exiles with and friends of Daniel) were thrown into a furnace by Nebuchadnezzar, yet survived "without the smell of smoke"

Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, the Twelve Minor Prophets

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the Major Prophets

Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, Jehoram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoshea, the kings of the northern Kingdom of Israel

Jethro, a priest of Midian, Zipporah's father, and father-in-law of Moses, became a convert after Mt. Sinai

Jonah, prophet during Kingdom of Israel

Jonathan, son of King Saul and slain with him in battle, trusted friend of David

Joshua, Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Barak, Gideon, Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, Samson, and Eli, Samuel, the Judges who ruled after Moses and before the kings

Saul, David, and Solomon, the kings who ruled the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah

Leah, wife of Jacob

Melchizedek King of Salem at the time of Abraham

Miriam, prophetess, sister of Moses and Aaron

Moses, adopted by Pharaoh's daughter in Egypt, leader of the Exodus from Egypt received the Torah, Mosaic Law

Nathan, prophet in time of King David

Neriah a prophet, and his son Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Gad, Asher, Dan, Naphtali, Joseph, Benjamin, the Twelve Tribes the Children of Israel, sons of Jacob called Israel. (Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph's sons were also counted as part of the twelve tribes at times.)

Rachel, wife of Jacob

Rebecca, wife of Isaac and mother of Esau and Jacob

Rehoboam, Abijam, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Ahaziah, (Queen) Athaliah, Jehoash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, Zedekiah, the kings of the southern Kingdom of Judah

Ruth, Moabite convert and ancestor of King David

Samuel, last of the Judges and first of the Prophets

Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah, Judaism's Four Matriarchs

Tamar, daughter-in-law, and then levirate wife, of Judah

Tamar, daughter of David, raped by Amnon

Yoav, relative of King David, impulsive military leader

Zilpah and Bilhah, additional wives of Jacob, mothers of four of the twelve Tribes

Zipporah, Moses' wife, daughter of Jethro, a convert

New Testament

Jesus

Mary, mother of Jesus

Joseph

Paul the Apostle

Mary Magdalene

Martha

Mary of Bethany

Lazarus of Bethany

Saint Peter

John the Apostle