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People of the Bible

Enhance your study by reading biographies of every person in the Bible. Many of the biographies come from Smith’s Bible Names Dictionary (1866).

This work is in the public domain and was authored over 100 years ago. In many cases, it does not reflect the findings of modern scholarship, but may be helpful in your personal study.

Aaron

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Abagtha

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Abda

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Abdeel

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Abdi

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Abdiel

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Abdon

Image of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Art: Daniel Refuses the King's Wine by Otto Adolph Stemler.

Abednego

Andrey Mironov, "Cain and Abel," 2015.

Abel

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Abi

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Abia, Abiah, or Abijah

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Abiasaph

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Abiathar

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Abida, or Abidah

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Abidan

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Abiel

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Abiezer

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Abigail

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Abihail

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Abihu

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Abihud

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Abijah or Abijam

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Abijam

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Abimael

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Abimelech

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Abimelech

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Abinadab

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Abiner

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Abinoam

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Abiram

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Abishag

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Abishai

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Abishalom

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Abishua

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Abishur

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Abital

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Abitub

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Abiud

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Abner

Offspring promised to Abram by Jan van 't Hoff.

Abraham

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Abram

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Achaicus

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Achan

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Achbor

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Achim

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Achish

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Achsa

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Achsah

William Blake, "Lamech and His Two Wives," 1795.

Adah

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Adaiah

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Adalia

Michelangelo, "The Creation of Adam," 1511.

Adam

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Adbeel

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Addar

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Addi

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Ader

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Adiel

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Adin

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Adina

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Adino or the Eznite

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Adlai

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Admatha

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Adna

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Adnah

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Adonibezek

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Adonijah

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Adoniram

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Almodad

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Amorites

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Amraphel

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Anamim

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Aner

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Arioch

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Arkites

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Arphaxad

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Ashkenaz

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Asshur

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Ben-ammi

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Bera

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Bethuel

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Birsha

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Buz

Andrey Mironov, "Cain and Abel," 2015.

Cain

Paolo Veronese, "The Family of Cain Wandering," ca. 1585.

Cain, Wife of

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Cainan

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Canaan

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Canaanites

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Chedorlaomer

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Chesed

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Cush

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Dedan

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Diklah

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Dumah

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Eber

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Elam

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Eldaah

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Elishah

Illustration of Enoch from the 1728 Figures de la Bible; illustrated by Gerard Hoet. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Enoch

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Enos

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Ephah

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Epher

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Ephron

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Esau

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Eshcol

Kylie Malchus, "No Other Way," 2019 Book of Mormon Central Art Contest.

Eve

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Gaham

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Gether

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, "God the Father," ca. 1510-1517.

God

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Gomer

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Hadad or Hadar

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Hadoram

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Hagar

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Ham

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Hamathites

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Hanoch

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Haran

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Hazarmaveth

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Hazo

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Heth

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Hivites

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Hul

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Huz

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Irad

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Isaac

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Iscah

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Ishbak

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Ishmael

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Jabal

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Jacob

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Japheth

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Jared

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Javan

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Jebusites

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Jerah

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Jidlaph

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Jobab

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Jokshan

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Joktan

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Jubal

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Kedar

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Kedemah

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Kemuel

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Keturah

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Laban

William Blake, "Lamech and His Two Wives," 1795.

Lamech

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Lehabim

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Letushim

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Leummim

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LORD

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Lot

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Lud

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Ludim

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Maachah

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Madai

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Magog

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Mahalaleel

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Mamre

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Mash

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Massa

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Medan

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Mehujael

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Melchizedek

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Mesech, Meshech

Image of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Art: Daniel Refuses the King's Wine by Otto Adolph Stemler.

Meshach

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Methusael

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Methuselah

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Mibsam

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Midian

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Midianites

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Milcah

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Mishma

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Mizraim

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Moab

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Moabites

Jan van 't Hoff, "The Covenant Renewal," Gospel Images.

Moses

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Naamah

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Nahor

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Naphish

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Naphtuhim

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Nebajoth or Nebaioth

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Nimrod

Noah's Offering by Jan van 't Hoff.

Noah

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Obal

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Ophir

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Pathrusim

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Peleg

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Phichol

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Phut, Put

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Pildash

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Raamah

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Rebekah

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Reu

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Reumah

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Riphath

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Sabtah

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Sabtecha, or Sabtechah

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Sala or Salah

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Sarah

Jan van 't Hoff, "The Fall of Man," Gospel Images.

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Serug

Icon of the Patriarch Seth in the Cathedral of the Assumption, St. Cyril-Belozersky Monastery.

Seth

Image of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Art: Daniel Refuses the King's Wine by Otto Adolph Stemler.

Shadrach

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Sheleph

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Shem

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Shemeber

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Shinab

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Shuah

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Sinite

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Tarshish

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Tebah

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Tema

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Terah

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Tidal

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Tiras

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Togarmah

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Tubal

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Tubal-cain

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Uzal

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Zemarites

William Blake, "Lamech and His Two Wives," 1795.

Zillah

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Zohar

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