List of major biblical figures
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The Hebrew Bible is the Tanakh of Judaism. Judaism does not accept or use the term "Old Testament", nor does it recognize the deuterocanonical books or the New Testament of Christianity as canonical.
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Hebrew Bible
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Prophets
Template:Prophets of the Tanakh
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Priests
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Tribes of Israel
According to the Book of Genesis, all the Israelites were descendants 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:
- Judah
- Levi
- Naphtali
- Reuben
- Simeon
- Zebulun
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New Testament
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Jesus and his relatives
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Christian Apostles of Jesus
The Twelve:<ref>Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13</ref>
- Peter (Simon Kefa)
- Andrew (Simon's brother)
- James son of Zebedee
- John son of Zebedee (aka John the Evangelist)
- Philip
- Bartholomew
- Thomas also known as "Doubting Thomas"
- Matthew
- James son of Alphaeus
- Judas son of James (aka Thaddeus or Judas Lebbaeus)
- Simon the Canaanite
- Judas Iscariot (the traitor)
Others:
- Paul<ref>Paul is a self-described apostle.Rom 1:1, 1 Cor 1:1, 2 Cor 1:1, Gal 1:1, Eph 1:1, Col 1:1, 1 Tim 1:1, 2 Tim 1:1, and Titus 1:1</ref>
- Titus
- Matthias <ref>Matthias is the apostle who replaced Judas Iscariot. Acts 1:15-26</ref>
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Priests
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Prophets
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Other believers
- Apollos
- Aquila
- Barnabas
- Dionysius the Areopagite
- Epaphras, fellow prisoner of Paul (Template:Bibleref), fellow worker (Template:Bibleref)
- Joseph of Arimathea
- Lazarus
- Luke
- Mark
- Martha
- Mary Magdalene
- Mary, sister of Martha
- Nicodemus
- Onesimus
- Philemon
- Priscilla
- Silas
- Sopater
- Stephen, first martyr
- Timothy
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Secular rulers
- Herod the Great
- Herod Antipas, called "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod" in the Gospels and in Acts 4:27
- Pontius Pilate
- Agrippa I, called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12
- Felix governor of Judea who was present at the trial of Paul, and his wife Drusilla in Acts 24:24
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See also
- Bible
- List of biblical names - long alphabetical list of names with their meanings
- List of Jewish Biblical figures
- List of minor Biblical figures - long list of minor figures with brief explanations & Bible references
- List of burial places of biblical figures
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