- Abraham
Abraham (<small>Ashkenazi</small> "Avrohom" or "Avruhom" ;, "IbrahimGe'ez:, ') is a figure in the Torah, Bible, and Quran whom Jewish, Christian and Islamic believers regard as the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Arabs and Edomite peoples. In what is thus called Abrahamic religious tradition, Abraham is the forefather of these peoples. According to the Torah, Abraham was brought by God from Mesopotamia to the land of Canaan, … - Book Of Ezekiel
The Book of Ezekiel is an Old Testament book named after the prophet Ezekiel. - Moses
Moses (Arabic: موسىٰ, "; Ge'ez: ሙሴ "Musse) was an early Biblical Hebrew religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, military leader and historian. Much of the material in the Torah is traditionally attributed to Moses. He is also an important prophet in Islam and the Bahá'í Faith. According to the book of Exodus, Moses was born to a Hebrew mother who hid him when a Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed, … - Job
Job (Arabic: أَيُّوبٌ, "ʾAyyūb"), is a character in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible. In brief, the book begins with an introduction to Job's character - he is described as a rich, blessed man who fears God and lives righteously. Satan, however, challenges Job's integrity, and so God gives Job into Satan's hand, resulting in tragedy for Job: the loss of his children, wealth, and physical soundness. - Habakkuk
Habakkuk or Havakuk was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. The etymology of the name of Habakkuk is not clear. The name is possibly related to the Akkadian "khabbaququ", the name of a fragrant plant, or the Hebrew root חבק, meaning "embrace". He was the eighth of the twelve minor prophets and likely the author of the Book of Habakkuk, which bears his name. Practically nothing is known about Habakkuk's personal history, … - Zechariah
Zechariah or Zecharya (Lordwas a person in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. He was the author of the Book of Zechariah. It is a theophoric name, the ending -iah being a short Hebrew form for the Tetragrammaton, which was very commonly in its times in association with people & places names. He was a prophet of the two-tribe kingdom of Judah, and the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. - Ezekiel
Ezekiel is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible of the Book of Ezekiel. He is commemorated as a saint in the Calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on August 28. - Jeremiah
Jeremiah (Lordwill raise"}}), one of the 'greater prophets' of the Old Testament. He was the son of Hilkiah, a priest of Anathoth. His writings are collected in the book of Jeremiah and, according to tradition, the Book of Lamentations. Jeremiah is also famous as "the broken-hearted prophet" (who wrote or dictated a "broken book", which has been difficult for scholars to put into chronological order), whose heart-rending life, … - Adam
Adam (Standard Hebrew אָדָם, masculine proper noun; Arabic آدم) was the first man created by God in Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions. He is considered a prophet by the Jewish, Islamic, Mandaean and Bahá'í faiths. He is also commemorated as a patriarch in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod with Eve on December 19.fact} - Joseph
Joseph or Yosef, <small>Standard</small> "Yosef" <small>Tiberian</small> ', Arabic: يوسف, Yusuf ; "He (The Lord) increases/may add"), is a major figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). He was Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first.. Joseph is one of the best-known figures in the torah, … - Jacob
Jacob or Yaʿqob,, also known as Israel, is the third Biblical patriarch. His father is Isaac, and his grandfather is Abraham. Jacob plays a major part in some of the later events in the Book of Genesis. - Hosea
Hosea (LordGreek "' = Ōsēe"') was the son of Beeri and a prophet in Israel in the 8th century BCE. He is one of the Twelve Prophets of the Jewish Hebrew Bible / Minor Prophets of the Christian Old Testament. We know practically nothing about the life or social status of Hosea. According to the Book of Hosea, he married the prostitute Gomer, the daughter of Diblayim, at God's command. - Isaac
Isaac or Yitzchak was the only son of Abraham and Sarah, and the father of Jacob and Esau as described in the Hebrew Bible. His story is told in the Book of Genesis. Isaac was the longest-lived of the patriarchs, and the only biblical patriarch whose name was not changed. Isaac was the only patriarch who did not leave Canaan, although he once tried to leave and God told him not to do so. Compared to other patriarchs in the Bible, his story is less colorful, … - Eve
In the Bible, Eve is Adam's wife, created for and named by Adam. Derived from the words chavah, meaning "to breathe" and chayah, meaning "to live", her name occurs only five times in the Bible. Historically the name appears to have been derived from that of the Hurrian Goddess "Kheba", who was shown in the Amarna Letters to be worshipped in Jerusalem during the Late Bronze Age. It has been suggested that the name Kheba may derive from Kubau, … - Book Of Micah
The Book of Micah is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Micah the Prophet. - Samuel
Samuel or Shmu'el is an important leader of ancient Israel in the Book(s) of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. His status, as viewed by rabbinical literature, is that he was the last of the Hebrew Judges and the first of the major prophets who began to prophesy inside the Land of Israel. He was thus at the cusp between two eras. According to the text of the Book(s) of Samuel, … - Daniel
Daniel (Arabic: دانيال, Danyal) is a figure appearing in the Hebrew Bible and the central protagonist of the Book of Daniel. The name "Daniel" means "God is my judge". "Dan" = judge, "i" = my (roughly), and "el" = God. - Elijah
Elijah (also known as Elias) was a prophet in Israel in the 9th century BC. He appears in the Hebrew Bible, Talmud, Mishnah, Christian Bible, and the Qur'an. According to the Books of Kings, Elijah raised the dead, brought fire down from the sky, and ascended into heaven on a whirlwind. In many parts of the New Testament, both Jesus and John the Baptist are frequently thought to be Elijah. - Malachi
Malachi or Mal'achi was a prophet in the Bible, the Christian Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. He was the first of the minor prophets, and the writer of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament canon (Mal. 4:4, 5, 6) Christian editions, and is the last book of the Neviim (prophets) section in the Jewish Tanakh. No allusion is made to him by Ezra, however, and he does not directly mention the restoration of the temple. - Haggai
Haggai was one of the twelve minor prophets and the author of the Book of Haggai. He was the first of three prophets (with Zechariah, his contemporary, and Malachi, who lived about one hundred years later), whose ministry belonged to the period of Jewish history which began after the return from captivity in Babylon. Scarcely anything is known of his personal history. He may have been one of the captives taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. - Noah
English Noah or Noe, Noach (Arabic: نوح, ' ; "Rest") was the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs. His story is contained in the Hebrew Bible (Torah)'s book of Genesis, chapters 5-9. While the Deluge and Noah's Ark are the best-known elements of the story of Noah, he is also mentioned as the "first husbandman" and the inventor of wine, as well as in an episode of his drunkenness and the subsequent Curse of Ham. - Enoch
Enoch (Hebrew: "'; Tiberian: , Standard: "') is a name occurring twice in the generations of Adam. In one, he is described as having had a city named after him, but it is the other occurrence for which the name is famous. Despite the fame, the second mention of the name merely says that Enoch "walked with God, and was not, for God took him", that he lived 365 years, and the great-grandfather of Noah (Genesis 5:22-29). - Joshua
Joshua, Jehoshuah, or Yehoshua, born in Egypt, was an Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. His story is told in the Hebrew Bible, chiefly in the books Exodus, the Numbers, and, of course, Joshua. He was one of the twelve spies sent on by Moses to explore the land of Canaan who would later lead the conquest of that land. Joshua supposedly lived sometime in the late Bronze Age, around 1200 B.C. However, … - Amos
Amos is one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible, and putative author of the speeches reported in the Book of Amos. The only direct information about him comes from this book. On the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, his feast day is June 15. He is commemorated with the other Minor prophets in the Calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31. - Jonah
Jonah (Arabic: يونس, "Yunus" or يونان, "Yunaan" ; Latin Ionas ; "Dove") was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) and Qur'an who was swallowed by a great fish. - Joel
Joel is the second of the twelve minor prophets and the author of the Book of Joel. He was the son of Pethuel. His personal history is known only from his book. The name Joel means "The Lord Is God". On the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, his feast day is October 19.He is commemorated with the other Minor prophets in the Calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31. - Samson
Samson, Shimshon, <small>Standard</small> "Šimšon" <small>Tiberian</small> '; meaning "of the sun" – perhaps proclaiming he was radiant and mighty, or "[One who] Serves [God]") or Shama'un (Arabic) is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Children of Israel mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh. He is described in the Book of Judges chapters 13 to 16. Interestingly, while there are many common prophets in Jewish, … - Micah
Micah the titular prophet of the Book of Micah, also called "The Morasthite" He is not the same as another prophet, Micaiah son of Imlah. He is commemorated with the other Minor prophets in the Calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31. - Elisha
Elisha is a Biblical prophet. In Latin, (and in English to some Catholics) he is known as Eliseus; however, the standard English form of the name has been "Elisha," at least since the introduction of the King James Version of the Bible. He is also a prophet in Islam under the name Al-Yasa. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod as a prophet on June 14, as well as on the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, … - Zephaniah
Zephaniah or Tzfanya (Lordis the name of several people in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. He is also called "Sophonias" as in the "New Catholic Encyclopaedia" and in "Easton's [Bible] Dictionary". The name means "God has concealed", or "God of darkness". - Gideon
Gideon, also known as Jerub-Baal, is a judge appearing in the Book of Judges, in the Bible. His story is told in chapters 6 to 8. He is also named in the Epistle to the Hebrews as an example of a man of faith. He is the son of Joash, from the clan of Abieezer in the tribe of Manasseh. The name Gideon means "Destroyer", "Mighty warrior" or "Feller (of trees)". As is the pattern throughout the book of Judges, … - Baruch ben Neriah
Baruch ben Neriah was the scribe, disciple, secretary, and devoted friend of the Biblical prophet Jeremiah. According to Josephus, he was a Jewish aristocrat, a son of Neriah and brother of Seraiah ben Neriah, chamberlain of King Zedekiah of Judah. Some sources identify him with Zoroaster. Baruch wrote down the first and second editions of Jeremiah's prophecies as they were dictated to him by the prophet. - Obadiah
Obadiah is supposed to have received the gift of prophecy for having hidden the hundred and twenty eight prophets from the persecution of Jezebel. He hid the prophets in two caves, so that if those in one cave should be discovered those in the other might yet escape. (1 Kings 18:3, 4) Obadiah was very rich, but all his wealth was expended in feeding the poor prophets, until, in order to be able to continue to support them, … - Nahum
Nahum (נחום) was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Hebrew Bible. His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible. He wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire, and its capital city, Nineveh, in a vivid poetic style. Little is known about Nahum’s personal history. His name means "comforter," and he was from the town of Alqosh, (Nah 1:1) which scholars have attempted to identify with several cities, … - Hannah
Hannah (also occasionally transliterated as Chana) was a wife of Elkanah mentioned in the Books of Samuel. According to the Hebrew Bible she was the mother of Samuel. The Hebrew word "Hannah" has multiple meanings and interpretations such as beauty or passionate. In the Biblical narrative, Hannah is one of two wives of Elkanah; the other, "Peninnah", bore a child to Elkanah, but Hannah remained childless. Nevertheless, Elkanah preferred Hannah. - Barak
Barak ("Lightning"), the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, was a military general in the Book of Judges in the Bible. He was the commander of the army of Deborah, the prophet and heroine of the Hebrew Bible. Barak and Deborah are credited with defeating the Canaanite armies led by Sisera, who for twenty years had oppressed the Israelites. The story of the defeat of Canaanites under the prophetic leadership of Deborah and the military leadership of Barak, … - Seth
Seth, in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, is the third listed son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel and is the only other son mentioned by name. According to Genesis 4:25, Seth was born after the slaying of Abel by Cain, and Eve believed God had appointed him as "replacement" for Abel "because Cain killed him". He is commemorated as one of the Holy Forefathers in the Calendar of Saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 30. - Raphael
"Raphael" (Standard Hebrew רפאל, "God has healed", "God Heals", "God, Please Heal", and many other combinations of the two words, Arabic: Israfil, اسرافيل) is the name of an archangel of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, who performs all manner of healing. The Hebrew word for a doctor of medicine is "Rophe" connected to the same root word as "Raphael". The angels mentioned in the older books of the Hebrew Bible are without names. - Jephtha
- Eleazar
Eleazar (or Elazar), was a son of Aaron, a Levite priest and High Priest. His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas. After the death of Nadab and Abihu, he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary. He fulfilled a number of functions over the course of the Wilderness wanderings, from creating the plating to the altar out of the firepans of Korah's assembly to performing the ritual of the red heifer.
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