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BIBLICAL HISTORY · 201 GOVERNED IDENTITIES
Biblical People
Find a person by era, role, nation, book, family connection, or a familiar spelling. Every date retains its registered certainty.Eras
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Also explore 11 source figuresName search includes these figures; era, role, nation and book filters describe the 201 people.
50 of 201 people match.
Abraham
Also: Abram
Patriarch · Covenant Bearer
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- 2,166 BCE–2,100 BCE → 1,991 BCE–1,925 BCE
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- DISPUTED / DISPUTED
Adam
Patriarch · First Human Tradition
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- 4,004 BCE–3,950 BCE → 3,074 BCE–3,020 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Arphaxad
Patriarch
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- 2,348 BCE–2,300 BCE → 1,908 BCE–1,860 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Asenath
Matriarch Tradition
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- 1,910 BCE–1,855 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Asher
Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,918 BCE–1,863 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Benjamin
Patriarch · Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,900 BCE–1,850 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Dan
Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,922 BCE–1,867 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Dinah
Daughter Of Jacob
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- 1,915 BCE–1,860 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Eber
Patriarch
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- 2,283 BCE–2,235 BCE → 1,819 BCE–1,771 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Enoch
Patriarch · Walked With God Tradition
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- 3,382 BCE–3,328 BCE → 3,017 BCE–2,963 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Enosh
Patriarch
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- 3,769 BCE–3,715 BCE → 2,864 BCE–2,810 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Ephraim
Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,870 BCE–1,820 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Esau
Also: Edom
Patriarch Tradition
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- 2,006 BCE–1,950 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Eve
Matriarch · First Human Tradition
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- 4,004 BCE–3,950 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- MODELED / UNKNOWN
Gad
Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,919 BCE–1,864 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Hagar
Matriarch Tradition
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- 2,160 BCE–2,105 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Ham
Patriarch
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- 2,448 BCE–2,400 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- MODELED / UNKNOWN
Isaac
Patriarch
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- 2,066 BCE–2,010 BCE → 1,886 BCE–1,830 BCE
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- DISPUTED / DISPUTED
Ishmael
Patriarch Tradition
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- 2,080 BCE–2,025 BCE → 1,943 BCE–1,888 BCE
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- DISPUTED / DISPUTED
Issachar
Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,917 BCE–1,862 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Jacob
Also: Israel
Patriarch
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- 2,006 BCE–1,950 BCE → 1,859 BCE–1,800 BCE
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- DISPUTED / DISPUTED
Japheth
Patriarch
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- 2,448 BCE–2,400 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- MODELED / UNKNOWN
Jared
Patriarch
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- 3,544 BCE–3,490 BCE → 2,582 BCE–2,528 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Joseph
Patriarch · Vizier Tradition
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- 1,915 BCE–1,860 BCE → 1,805 BCE–1,750 BCE
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- DISPUTED / DISPUTED
Judah
Patriarch · Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,925 BCE–1,870 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Kenan
Also: Cainan
Patriarch
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- 3,679 BCE–3,625 BCE → 2,769 BCE–2,715 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Lamech (father of Noah)
Patriarch
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- 3,130 BCE–3,076 BCE → 2,353 BCE–2,299 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Leah
Matriarch
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- 2,000 BCE–1,945 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Levi
Tribal Ancestor · Levitical Ancestor
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- 1,926 BCE–1,871 BCE → 1,789 BCE–1,734 BCE
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- DISPUTED / DISPUTED
Lot
Relative Of Abraham
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- 2,160 BCE–2,100 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Mahalalel
Patriarch
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- 3,609 BCE–3,555 BCE → 2,714 BCE–2,660 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Manasseh (son of Joseph)
Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,870 BCE–1,820 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Melchizedek
Priest · King Tradition
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- 2,100 BCE–1,950 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Methuselah
Patriarch
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- 3,317 BCE–3,263 BCE → 2,348 BCE–2,294 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Nahor (grandfather of Abraham)
Patriarch
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- 2,157 BCE–2,109 BCE → 2,009 BCE–1,961 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Naphtali
Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,920 BCE–1,865 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Noah
Patriarch · Flood Survivor
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- 2,948 BCE–2,900 BCE → 1,998 BCE–1,950 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Peleg
Patriarch
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- 2,249 BCE–2,201 BCE → 2,010 BCE–1,962 BCE
- Boundary certainty
- MODELED / MODELED
Rachel
Matriarch
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- 1,998 BCE–1,943 BCE → 1,900 BCE–1,850 BCE
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- DISPUTED / DISPUTED
Rebekah
Matriarch
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- 2,040 BCE–1,985 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Reu
Patriarch
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- 2,219 BCE–2,171 BCE → 1,980 BCE–1,932 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Reuben
Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,930 BCE–1,875 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Sarah
Also: Sarai
Matriarch
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- 2,156 BCE–2,100 BCE → 2,029 BCE–1,975 BCE
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- DISPUTED / DISPUTED
Serug
Patriarch
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- 2,187 BCE–2,139 BCE → 1,957 BCE–1,909 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Seth
Patriarch
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- 3,874 BCE–3,820 BCE → 2,962 BCE–2,908 BCE
- Boundary certainty
- MODELED / MODELED
Shelah
Patriarch
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- 2,313 BCE–2,265 BCE → 1,880 BCE–1,832 BCE
- Boundary certainty
- MODELED / MODELED
Shem
Patriarch
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- 2,448 BCE–2,400 BCE → 1,848 BCE–1,800 BCE
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- MODELED / MODELED
Simeon
Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,928 BCE–1,873 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Terah
Patriarch
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- 2,127 BCE–2,070 BCE → 1,922 BCE–1,865 BCE
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- DISPUTED / DISPUTED
Zebulun
Tribal Ancestor
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- 1,916 BCE–1,861 BCE → Unknown boundary
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- DISPUTED / UNKNOWN
Dates in this directory are not presented as independently verified exact civil dates. Open a profile to see each endpoint’s certainty, note, source, and Scripture references. Nation lists only Judah and the northern kingdom, which are the people-group categories stored on these records.
More Biblical lives and connected traditions
Eleven additional portraits explore archangels, giants, wisdom stories and source-specific titles. Each card distinguishes its textual witnesses, later interpretations and artistic choices. Exact dates and physical likenesses remain unknown.
Also explore 11 source figures
No source figures match this name search. Try Goliath, Og, Mahaway, Ahikar, Susanna, an archangel, Lucifer or Queen of Heaven, or clear the search.
Michael (archangel)
Michael is presented here as an archangel. Symbolic human-form visualization of Michael in Daniel, Jude and Revelation. This is not a historical human portrait. Apparent age 42 is an artistic visual choice, not a lifespan claim. Daniel 10's unnamed messenger's body description is not assigned to Michael.
Gabriel (archangel)
Gabriel is presented here as an archangel. Symbolic human-form visualization of Gabriel in Daniel and Luke. Daniel uses human-form language; no empirical face, biological age or ethnicity is established. Apparent age 27 is artistic. The portrait does not combine separate vision descriptions into an exact anatomy.
Uriel (archangel)
Uriel is presented here as an archangel. Symbolic human-form visualization of Uriel, the answering angel in 2 Esdras 4 and a named angel in 1 Enoch 20. Their offices and cosmologies remain separate witnesses. This is distinct from human Biblical namesakes. Apparent age 55 is artistic, not an angelic age claim.
Raphael (archangel)
Raphael guides Tobiah and is sent to heal Tobit and Sarah in the Book of Tobit. He identifies himself among seven angels in Tobit 12. Christian tradition calls him an archangel; 1 Enoch gives a separate account of his role.
Lucifer (later Christian interpretation)
Symbolic human-form visualization of the pre-fall figure in a later Christian interpretation represented by Origen. Isaiah 14 itself frames a taunt against Babylon's king. This card does not merge those source identities into a verified biography. Apparent age 30 is artistic; no physical appearance or exact fall-date is claimed.
Queen of Heaven (Jeremiah's cult title)
Speculative human-form personification of the unnamed cult title in Jeremiah 7 and 44. It is not a verified goddess likeness, historical woman, archaeological cult-image reconstruction or a depiction of Mary. No exact equation with Ishtar, Astarte or Asherah is asserted. Apparent age 40 is artistic.
Og, king of Bashan
King of Bashan in the Biblical conquest narratives, associated with the Rephaim. Later rabbinic giant stories remain distinct from the Biblical account.
Goliath of Gath
The Philistine champion who faces David in 1 Samuel 17. His card compares the Biblical narrative with Josephus’s different height reading.
Mahaway (Mahway)
The giant envoy who seeks Enoch in the fragmentary Book of Giants. Name forms and surviving episodes differ across the Aramaic and Manichaean witnesses.
Ahikar (Ahiqar)
A wisdom sage linked with Tobit and with the separate Story of Ahikar. The card keeps the literary witnesses and their variant names distinct.
Susanna (Daniel narrative)
Susanna from the Greek Daniel narrative, known for the exposure of false witnesses. Distinct from the Susanna named among Jesus’s supporters in Luke 8.
The distinct Marian devotional title
In Catholic devotion, Queen of Heaven refers to Mary. This is a separate use from Jeremiah's cult title. Mary retains her existing portrait and person profile.