People
People in the Bible
Everyone named in Scripture, with their family, the verses that mention them, and the events they are part of. Many share a name (there are 6 Marys and 26 people called Zechariah), so each has a page of their own.
Main figures
Adam
Eve
Cain
Abel
Noah
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
Rebekah
Jacob
Rachel
Joseph
Moses
Aaron
Miriam
Joshua
Rahab
Deborah
Gideon
Samson
Ruth
Samuel
Saul
David
Solomon
Elijah
Elisha
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Daniel
Esther
Jonah
Job
Mary
Joseph (Mary's husband)
Herod the Great
John the Baptist
Herod Antipas
Peter
John the Apostle
James (son of Zebedee)
Judas Iscariot
Martha
Mary of Bethany
James (brother of Jesus)
Herod Agrippa I
Paul
Mary Magdalene
Most mentioned
3,067 people · page 1 of 52- God8,587 versesalso LORD, Father, Almighty, Holy, GOD, Saviour, JEHOVAH, Judge, Fathers, Ancient
- Jesus Christ1,831 versesalso Lord, Son, Lamb, Saviour, God, Holy, Word, JESUS, Light, Prince, Master, Branch, Immanuel, Judge, Emmanuel, Sun, King, Messiah, Wonderful, Counsellor, Prophet, Sceptre, Star, Shiloh
- Jacob (Israel)1,009 versesalso Israel
- David896 verses
- Moses774 verses
- Aaron331 verses
- Abraham277 versesalso Abram
- Solomon273 versesalso Jedidiah
- Saul265 verses
- Holy Spirit246 versesalso Spirits, Comforter, Holy Ghost
- Judah (patriarch)245 verses
- Joseph (son of Jacob)199 versesalso Zaphnath-paaneah
- Joshua189 versesson of Nun · also Jehoshua, Oshea, Jesus, Jeshua, Hoshea
- Paul179 versesalso Saul, Mercurius
- Simon Peter175 versesalso Cephas, Simeon
- Ephraim160 verses
- Benjamin (patriarch)157 versesalso Ben-oni
- Esau (Edom)151 versesalso Edom, Edomite
- Moab149 versesalso Moabitess, Moabitish, Moabites
- Pharaoh (of the Exodus)138 verses
- Jeremiah124 versesson of Hilkiah · also Jeremy, Jeremias
- Isaac123 verses
- Samuel122 versesalso Shemuel
- Joab119 versesson of Zeruiah
- Hezekiah116 versesson of Ahaz · also Ezekias
- Manasseh (son of Joseph)109 versesalso Manasses
- Elijah92 versesfirst named in 1 Kings 17:1 · also Elias
- Absalom91 versesalso Abishalom
- John the Baptist89 verses
- Nebuchadnezzar88 versesalso Nebuchadrezzar
- Canaan84 versesalso Canaanites, Canaanite
- Jonathan83 versesson of Saul
- Jeroboam81 versesson of Nebat
- Ahab80 versesson of Omri
- Daniel72 versesfirst named in Ezekiel 14:14 · also Belteshazzar
- Reuben70 verses
- Jehoshaphat69 versesson of Asa · also Josaphat
- Levi (patriarch)64 verses
- Dan63 verses
- Pharaoh (of Joseph)63 verses
- Eleazar61 versesson of Aaron
- Balaam59 verses
- Gad55 versesson of Jacob (Israel)
- Satan55 versesalso Beelzebub
- Pontius Pilate54 verses
- Abner53 verses
- Asa53 versesson of Abijah
- Elisha53 versesalso Eliseus
- Isaiah53 versesalso Esaias
- Job53 verses
- Baal52 versesfirst named in Numbers 22:41 · also Baal-peor
- Zedekiah52 versesson of Josiah · also Mattaniah
- Mordecai50 versesson of Jair
- Gideon49 versesalso Jerubbaal, Gedeon
- Josiah49 versesson of Amon · also Josias
- Naphtali49 versesalso Nephthalim
- Sarah48 versesalso Sarai
- Jehu47 versesson of Jehoshaphat
- Noah47 versesalso Noe
- Esther46 versesalso Hadassah