People

2,922 people are named in the corpus.

People who share a name are told apart by where they are first named, following STEPBible's tagging — there are five Marys and more than twenty Zechariahs, and they are separate entries here.

1. David king written up

   964 passages

2. Jesus of Nazareth teacher written up

   944 passages

3. Moses prophet, lawgiver written up

   784 passages

4. Jacob patriarch written up

   345 passages

5. Aaron priest written up

   333 passages

6. Saul king written up

   328 passages

7. Abraham patriarch written up

   275 passages

8. Solomon king written up

   272 passages

9. Joseph patriarch, Egyptian official written up

   197 passages

10. Joshua military leader written up

    190 passages

11. Paul apostle written up

    178 passages

12. Peter apostle written up

    178 passages

13. Ephraim

    First named at Gen 41 52 · 157 passages

14. Benjamin

    First named at Gen 35 18 · 155 passages

15. Jeremiah prophet written up

    124 passages

16. Isaac patriarch written up

    123 passages

17. Samuel prophet, judge written up

    122 passages

18. Joab

    First named at 1Sa 26 6 · 120 passages

19. Hezekiah king written up

    116 passages

20. Edom

    First named at Gen 36 40 · 96 passages

21. Manasseh

    First named at Gen 41 51 · 96 passages

22. Absalom

    First named at 2Sa 3 3 · 92 passages

23. Elijah prophet written up

    92 passages

24. John the Baptist prophet written up

    91 passages

25. Jonathan prince written up

    82 passages

26. Jeroboam

    First named at 1Ki 11 26 · 81 passages

27. Ahab

    First named at 1Ki 16 28 · 79 passages

28. Reuben

    First named at Gen 29 32 · 69 passages

29. Jehoshaphat

    First named at 1Ki 15 24 · 67 passages

30. Esau

    First named at Gen 25 25 · 63 passages

31. Nebuchadnezzar II king written up

    62 passages

32. Eleazar

    First named at Exo 6 23 · 61 passages

33. Balaam

    First named at Num 22 5 · 59 passages

34. Levi

    First named at Gen 29 34 · 58 passages

35. Gad

    First named at Gen 30 11 · 54 passages

36. Isaiah prophet written up

    54 passages

37. Abner

    First named at 1Sa 14 50 · 53 passages

38. Asa

    First named at 1Ki 15 8 · 53 passages

39. Elisha prophet written up

    53 passages

40. Job

    First named at Job 1 1 · 53 passages

41. Pontius Pilate Roman prefect written up

    53 passages

42. Zedekiah

    First named at 2Ki 24 17 · 53 passages

43. Gideon

    First named at Jdg 6 11 · 50 passages

44. Mordecai

    First named at Est 2 5 · 50 passages

45. Daniel court official written up

    49 passages

46. Josiah king written up

    49 passages

47. Judah

    First named at Gen 29 35 · 48 passages

48. Sarah matriarch written up

    48 passages

49. Noah patriarch written up

    47 passages

50. Jehu

    First named at 1Ki 19 16 · 46 passages

51. Laban

    First named at Gen 24 29 · 46 passages

52. Naphtali

    First named at Gen 30 8 · 46 passages

53. Esther queen written up

    45 passages

54. Haman

    First named at Est 3 1 · 45 passages

55. Rachel

    First named at Gen 29 6 · 45 passages

56. Jesse

    First named at Rut 4 17 · 44 passages

57. Asher

    First named at Gen 30 13 · 43 passages

58. Zebulun

    First named at Gen 30 20 · 43 passages

59. Rehoboam

    First named at 1Ki 11 43 · 42 passages

60. Balak

    First named at Num 22 2 · 41 passages

61. Issachar

    First named at Gen 30 18 · 40 passages

62. Zadok

    First named at 2Sa 8 17 · 40 passages

63. Simeon

    First named at Gen 29 33 · 39 passages

64. Merari

    First named at Gen 46 11 · 38 passages

65. Abimelech

    First named at Jdg 8 31 · 37 passages

66. Ahaz

    First named at 2Ki 15 38 · 37 passages

67. Jehoiakim

    First named at 2Ki 23 34 · 37 passages

68. Samson

    First named at Jdg 13 24 · 37 passages

69. John apostle written up

    36 passages

70. Uzziah

    First named at 2Ki 14 21 · 36 passages

71. Amaziah

    First named at 2Ki 12 21 · 34 passages

72. Lot

    First named at Gen 11 27 · 34 passages

73. Sihon

    First named at Num 21 21 · 34 passages

74. Asaph

    First named at 1Ch 6 39 · 33 passages

75. Korah

    First named at Exo 6 21 · 32 passages

76. Leah

    First named at Gen 29 16 · 32 passages

77. Ahasuerus

    First named at Ezr 4 6 · 30 passages

78. Ahaziah

    First named at 2Ki 8 24 · 30 passages

79. Eli

    First named at 1Sa 1 3 · 30 passages

80. Nun

    First named at Exo 33 11 · 30 passages

81. Rebekah

    First named at Gen 22 23 · 30 passages

82. Abiathar

    First named at 1Sa 22 20 · 29 passages

83. Kohath

    First named at Gen 46 11 · 29 passages

84. Nathan

    First named at 2Sa 7 2 · 29 passages

85. Barnabas apostle written up

    28 passages

86. Caleb

    First named at Num 13 6 · 28 passages

87. Timothy bishop written up

    28 passages

88. Baasha

    First named at 1Ki 15 16 · 26 passages

89. Gedaliah

    First named at 2Ki 25 22 · 26 passages

90. Jehoiada

    First named at 2Ki 11 4 · 26 passages

91. Jephthah

    First named at Jdg 11 1 · 26 passages

92. Mary mother of Jesus written up

    26 passages

93. Nebat

    First named at 1Ki 11 26 · 25 passages

94. Zerubbabel

    First named at 1Ch 3 19 · 25 passages

95. Zeruiah

    First named at 1Sa 26 6 · 25 passages

96. Abishai

    First named at 1Sa 26 6 · 24 passages

97. Adonijah

    First named at 2Sa 3 4 · 24 passages

98. Gershon

    First named at Gen 46 11 · 24 passages

99. Herod Antipas tetrarch written up

    24 passages

100. Joash

     First named at 2Ki 11 2 · 24 passages

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