Bible characters
More than 100 people of the Bible, from Adam to John. Each profile tells who they were, the key moments of their life and what they teach us.
Old Testament 76
- AaronThe first high priest
- AbigailThe wise woman who calmed David
- AbrahamThe father of faith
- AbsalomThe flawless prince who rebelled against his father
- AhabThe king who served Baal
- Adam and EveThe first couple of humanity
- Hagar and IshmaelThe servant whom God saw and heard
- AmosThe shepherd who demanded justice
- HannahThe woman of prayer, mother of Samuel
- BalaamThe diviner hired to curse Israel
- BaruchJeremiah’s scribe
- BathshebaThe mother of Solomon
- BoazRuth’s kinsman-redeemer, ancestor of David
- Cain and AbelThe first two brothers
- CalebThe man who wholly followed the LORD
- CyrusThe Persian king God calls “my shepherd” and “his anointed”
- DanielThe faithful prophet at the court of empires
- DavidThe king after God’s own heart
- DeborahProphetess and judge, “a mother in Israel”
- EliThe priest of Shiloh who failed to restrain his sons
- ElijahThe prophet of fire
- ElishaThe prophet of the double portion
- IsaiahThe prophet of the Holy One of Israel and of the Messiah
- EsauThe hunter who sold his birthright
- EzraThe scribe who brought the people back to the law
- EstherThe queen who risked her life for her people
- HezekiahThe king who trusted in the LORD
- EzekielThe watchman-prophet of the exile
- GideonThe mighty man of valor with three hundred men
- EnochThe man who walked with God
- IsaacThe son of the promise
- JacobThe wrestler transformed by God
- JephthahThe outcast who became the deliverer of Gilead
- JeremiahThe weeping prophet
- Jeroboam IThe king who made Israel sin
- JethroThe priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law
- JezebelThe queen who served Baal
- JoabDavid’s army commander, brave and ruthless
- JoashThe child king saved from the massacre
- JobThe man of integrity tested by suffering
- JonahThe reluctant prophet and the mercy of God
- JonathanDavid’s faithful friend
- JehoshaphatThe king who sought the LORD
- JosephFrom the pit to the palace
- JosiahThe king who rediscovered the Word
- JoshuaThe conqueror of the promised land
- JudahThe repentant brother from whom kings descend
- LabanJacob’s father-in-law, a master of tricks
- LeahThe unloved wife whom God saw
- LotThe nephew who chose Sodom
- ManassehThe most guilty king, brought back through distress
- MordecaiEsther’s guardian, raised to second in the kingdom
- MelchizedekThe priest-king of Salem
- MicahThe prophet who announced Bethlehem
- MosesIsrael’s deliverer and lawgiver
- MiriamThe prophetess with the tambourine
- NaamanThe Syrian general healed of leprosy
- NaomiThe bitter widow who finds joy again in Bethlehem
- NathanThe prophet who told the king the truth
- NebuchadnezzarThe King of Babylon Who Destroyed Jerusalem and Praised the King of Heaven
- NehemiahThe Builder of the Walls of Jerusalem
- NoahThe Righteous Man Who Built the Ark
- HoseaThe Prophet of Faithful Love
- UzziahThe Mighty King Struck with Leprosy
- PhinehasThe Priest Zealous for His God
- RachelJacob’s beloved wife
- RahabThe prostitute saved by faith
- RebekahThe young woman who said, “I will go”
- RehoboamThe king who listened to the young men
- RuthThe faithful Moabite, ancestor of David
- SolomonThe wise king, builder of the temple
- SamsonThe Nazirite of prodigious strength
- SamuelProphet, last judge and kingmaker
- SarahThe mother of the promise
- SaulThe first king of Israel
- ZerubbabelThe governor who led the exiles home and rebuilt the temple
New Testament 36
- Ananias of DamascusThe disciple who called Saul “brother”
- AndrewThe one who brings others to Jesus
- ApollosThe orator from Alexandria
- BarnabasThe son of encouragement
- CaiaphasThe high priest who presided over Jesus’s trial
- CorneliusThe centurion whom God remembered
- StephenThe first martyr of the church
- The HerodsThe royal family that ruled in the time of Jesus and the first Christians
- James, son of ZebedeeThe son of thunder, the first apostle to be martyred
- James, the Lord’s brotherThe skeptical brother who became a pillar of the church
- John the BaptistThe forerunner of the Messiah
- John the apostleThe disciple whom Jesus loved
- Jesus ChristThe Son of God, Savior and Lord
- Joseph of NazarethThe carpenter who watched over the child Jesus
- Judas IscariotThe disciple who betrayed his Master
- Lazarus of BethanyThe friend of Jesus raised from the dead
- LukeThe beloved physician
- MarkThe coworker who got a second chance
- Mary MagdaleneThe first witness of the risen Lord
- Mary, mother of JesusThe servant of the Lord
- Martha and Mary of BethanyThe one who serves, the one who listens
- MatthewThe tax collector who became an apostle
- NathanaelAn Israelite Without Guile
- NicodemusThe Pharisee Who Came by Night
- PaulThe Apostle to the Gentiles
- Philip the EvangelistThe Evangelist of Samaria and the Gaza Road
- PhilipThe One Who Said, “Come and See”
- PeterThe fisherman who became a fisher of men
- Pontius PilateThe Roman governor who handed Jesus over to be crucified
- Priscilla and AquilaThe couple devoted to the gospel
- SilasPaul’s companion who sang in prison
- ThomasFrom doubt to confession of faith
- TimothyPaul’s spiritual son
- TitusPaul’s Greek companion, sent to Corinth and Crete
- Zechariah and ElizabethThe righteous couple, parents of the forerunner
- ZacchaeusThe chief tax collector whom Jesus called by name