People of the Bible

Jaare-oregim

A 2 Samuel figure named as Elhanan’s father.

Jaasiel son of Abner

Jaasiel, Abner’s son, is named for Benjamin in 1 Chronicles 27:21.

Jaazaniah son of Azzur

A ruler of the people seen among twenty-five men at the eastern gate of the house of the LORD.

Jaazaniah Son of the Maacathite

Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite is listed with army officers who went to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

Jaaziah son of Merari

Jaaziah is named in 1 Chronicles within the line of Merari and as the father of Beno.

Jabal

Jabal is named as Adah’s son and as the father of tent-dwellers who raise livestock.

Jabesh Father of Shallum

Jabesh is named in 2 Kings as the one connected to Shallum by the phrase “son of Jabesh.”

Jacob, Father of Joseph

A Matthew ancestor named as Matthan’s son and Joseph’s father.

Jada (1 Chronicles 2:32)

Jada is named in 1 Chronicles as the father of Jether and Jonathan.

Jaddua

A Nehemiah figure named in three verses, including a reference to the days of Jaddua.

Jael

Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, killed Sisera with a tent peg.

Jahath (1 Chronicles 6:20)

A Jahath named in the genealogical sequence of 1 Chronicles 6:20.

Jahath son of Shobal

A genealogical figure in 1 Chronicles, named as the father of Ahumai and Lahad.

Jahaziel son of Zechariah

A Levite from the sons of Asaph upon whom the Spirit of the LORD came in the assembly.

Jahdai

Jahdai is named as the father of six sons in 1 Chronicles 2:47.

Jahdo son of Buz

Jahdo is named as the son of Buz and the father of Jeshishai in 1 Chronicles 5:14.

Jahleel

Jahleel is listed with Zebulun’s sons and is associated with the Jahleelite clan.

Jahzeiah son of Tikvah

A man identified as Tikvah’s son who supported a proposal alongside Jonathan son of Asahel.

Jahzerah son of Meshullam

Jahzerah is named in the ancestry of Maasai in 1 Chronicles 9:12.

Jahziel son of Naphtali

Jahziel is named among the sons of Naphtali in 1 Chronicles.

Jair

Jair, son of Manasseh, captured villages and gave them the name Havvoth-jair.

Jair

Jair is named as the father of Elhanan in 1 Chronicles.

Jair son of Shimei

Father of Mordecai, named in the genealogy-like identification of a Jewish man in Susa the citadel.

Jakeh

Jakeh is named as the father of Agur in Proverbs 30:1.

Jalam

Jalam is named among the sons of Esau and Oholibamah in Genesis.

Jalam son of Esau

Jalam is listed among the sons of Esau in 1 Chronicles.

James, Author of the Letter

James identifies himself as a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ and sends greetings to the twelve tribes in the dispersion.

James, Brother of Jude

James is identified only as Judas's brother in the opening of Jude.

James, Son of Mary

A James identified as Mary’s son in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

Jamin son of Ram

Jamin is listed among the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel.

Jamin son of Simeon

Jamin is listed as a son of Simeon in 1 Chronicles.

Jannes

Jannes is named with Jambres as an opponent of Moses in 2 Timothy.

Japhia

Japhia is named in a list in 2 Samuel.

Japhlet son of Heber

Japhlet, a son of Heber, is listed with his own sons in 1 Chronicles 7.

Jarah son of Ahaz

Jarah son of Ahaz is named in 1 Chronicles 9:42.

Jared

Jared is named as Mahalalel’s son and Enoch’s father.

Jarib son of Simeon

Jarib is listed among the sons of Simeon and is also named in Ezra’s records.

Jaroah son of Gilead

A 1 Chronicles son named within the line recorded at 1 Chronicles 5:14.

Jashen

Jashen is named as the father of Jonathan in 2 Samuel.

Jashobeam son of Zabdiel

Jashobeam son of Zabdiel oversaw the first division for the first month.

Jashub

Jashub is named with the clan of the Jashubites in Numbers.

Jason of Thessalonica

Jason of Thessalonica is the Acts host whose house was targeted during an uproar in the city.

Javan son of Japheth

Javan is listed among Japheth’s sons and is named as the father of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Jeatherai

Jeatherai is named as Zerah’s son in the lineage of 1 Chronicles 6:21.

Jeberechiah

Jeberechiah is named as the father of Zechariah in Isaiah 8:2.

Jecoliah

Jecoliah is named as the mother of Azariah (Uzziah) of Judah.

Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim

Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim is named as a king of Judah, Jehoiakim’s son, and the father of Assir and Shealtiel.

Jedaiah son of Harumaph

Jedaiah, identified as Harumaph's son, strengthened a section opposite his house.

Jedaiah son of Joiarib

A priest identified as the son of Joiarib.

Jedaiah son of Shimri

A genealogical figure named as Shimri’s son and Allon’s father in 1 Chronicles.

Jediael (1 Chronicles 7:10)

A person in 1 Chronicles named as Bilhan's father.

Jediael son of Shimri

Jediael, son of Shimri, is named with Joha in 1 Chronicles.

Jedidah

Jedidah is named as Josiah’s mother and Adaiah’s daughter.

Jeduthun

Jeduthun is named in the headings of three psalms in the Book of Psalm.

Jeduthun

Jeduthun is named as the father of Galal in Nehemiah’s listing.

Jeduthun (1 Chronicles 16:38)

Jeduthun is named as the father of Obed-edom in 1 Chronicles 16:38.

Jeduthun (1 Chronicles 9:16)

Jeduthun is named as the father of Galal in the lineage recorded at 1 Chronicles 9:16.

Jehallelel

Jehallelel is named as the father of Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel in 1 Chronicles 4:16.

Jehiel

An Ezra person named as the father of Obadiah and Shecaniah.

Jehieli (1 Chronicles 26:22)

Named in 1 Chronicles 26:22 as the one whose sons were Zetham and Joel.