List of minor New Testament figures

{{Short description|none}} {{See also|List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, A–K|List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, L–Z}}

This list contains persons named in the Bible in the New Testament of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections.

== A == ===Abihud=== '''Abihud''' or Abiud was the son of Zerubbabel according to the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 1:15), although he was not mentioned in the Old Testament as the son of Zerubbabel. He could possibly be the same as Obadiah.

===Achim=== '''Achim''' also called Akim, was the son of Zadok according to {{bibleverse|Matthew|1:14}} and the father of Eliud.

===Addi=== '''Addi''' or Addia was the son of Cosam, and the father of Melchi in the Genealogy of Jesus according to St. Luke.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luke 3:28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er |url=https://biblehub.com/luke/3-28.htm |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=biblehub.com}}</ref>

===Admin=== In some translations of {{Bibleverse|Luke|3:33|NLT}}, '''Admin''' is an ancestor of Jesus, the father of Aminadab and son of Arni.<ref>''New Living Translation,'' ''English Standard Version,'' ''New American Standard Bible,'' ''New English Translation.''</ref>

===Alexander=== {{see also|Alexander the Coppersmith}} '''Alexander''' was a member of the Sanhedrin named in {{bibleverse-lb||Acts|4:6|NIV}} as part of a group before whom Peter and John were required to give an account of their healing power, following their arrest on the day of Pentecost.

===Amos=== The 10th generation grandfather of Jesus through Joseph, according to {{bibleverse|Luke|3:25}}. He was also the son of Nahum and the father of Mattathias.

===Aristobulus=== '''Aristobulus''' is apparently the patriarch of a household; Paul of Tarsus instructed his followers to greet "those who belong to the household of Aristobulus". Romans 16:10.

===Azor=== {{See also|Azor (biblical figure)}} '''Azor''' is an ancestor of Jesus. He is the son of Eliakim, and the father of Zadok, and is mentioned in {{bibleverse||Matthew|1:13-14}}.<ref>{{cite news | title = Topical Bible: Azor | work = Bible Hub | url = https://biblehub.com/topical/a/azor.htm | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref> According to Robert H. Gundry, Azor's name is a shorter name for Azariah.<ref>Gundry, Robert H. ''Matthew a Commentary on his Literary and Theological Art.'' Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1982.</ref>

== C == ===Cainan=== '''Cainan''' was the son of Arphaxad and the father of Shelah according to the Gospel of Luke. He is not mentioned in the Old Testament but some other Masoretic Texts supports this idea.

===Chloe=== '''Chloe''' was a member and ostensible head of a Christian household in Corinth and associate of Paul the Apostle. ({{bibleverse||1 Corinthians|1:10-11}}).

===Chuza=== '''Chuza''' was the manager of Herod Antipas' household. His wife, Joanna, was a follower of Jesus (see {{bibleverse||Luke|8:1–3}}).

===Claudia=== '''Claudia''' was an associate of Paul the Apostle who greeted Saint Timothy in {{bibleverse|2 Timothy|4:21}}.

===Cosam=== '''Cosam''' was the son of Elmadam according to the Gospel of Luke, he was also the father of Addi or Addia in {{bibleverse|Luke|3:28}}.

== E == === Eleazar === {{distinguish|Eleazar}} '''Eleazar''' was the son of Eliud, the father of Matthan, and an ancestor of Saint Joseph. He is mentioned in (Matthew 1:15);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew 1:15 KJV - And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar - Bible Gateway |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201:15&version=KJV&interface=amp |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.biblegateway.com}}</ref> and is a descendant of Zerubbabel.

===Eli=== See Heli

===Eliakim=== Eliakim is the name of 2 different paternal ancestors of Saint Joseph: *The father of Jonam and the son of Melea. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%203&version=NIV |title=Luke 3:30 |quote=Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31 the son of Melea}}</ref> *The father of Azor.<ref>Matthew 1:13 "Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor"</ref>

===Eliezer=== '''Eliezer''' was the son of Jorim and the father of Jose according to {{bibleverse|Luke|3:29}}. He is also an ancestor of Jesus Christ.

===Eliud=== {{CSS image crop|Image=Eliud Elius filius Achim (titel op object) Liber Chronicarum (serietitel), RP-P-2016-49-26-9.jpg||bSize=456|cWidth=256|cHeight=290|oTop=80|oLeft=96|Description=Eliud as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493).}} '''Eliud''' (meaning "God is my praise") was the great-great-grandfather of Saint Joseph. He is mentioned in {{bibleverse||Matthew|1:14-15}}.<ref>{{cite news | title = Topical Bible: Eliud | work = biblehub | url = https://biblehub.com/topical/e/eliud.htm | access-date = 2015-10-02}}</ref>

===Elmadam=== '''Elmadam''' or '''Elmodam''' is the name of an ancestor of Saint Joseph, according to the genealogy found in the Gospel of Luke. He is the father of Cosam and the son of Er.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%203&version=NIV |title=Luke 3:28 |quote=Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer}}</ref>

The Peshitta calls him Elmodad, but the ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' suggests the reading "Elmatham," a form of the name Elnathan.<ref name="cb elmodam">{{cite book |editor1=T. K. Cheyne|editor2=J. Sutherland Black|date=1901|orig-year=1899 |chapter=Elmodam|title=Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabib02cheyuoft |volume=2, E–K|location=New York |publisher=The Macmillan Company }}</ref>

===Er=== {{distinguish|text=Er the son of Judah}} '''Er''' was the son of Jose and the father of Elmodam according to {{bibleverse|Luke|3:28-29}}.

===Esli=== '''Esli''' was an ancestor of Jesus according to the Gospel of Luke being the son of Naggai and the father of Nahum.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bible Gateway passage: Luke 3:25 - King James Version|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%25203%253A25&version=KJV|access-date=2023-01-01|website=Bible Gateway|language=en}}</ref>

===Eubulus=== '''Eubulus''' was an associate of Paul the Apostle who greeted Saint Timothy in {{bibleverse|2 Timothy|4:21}}.

== H == ===Heli=== {{See also|Heli (biblical figure)}} '''Heli''' was the son of Matthat and the father of Saint Joseph only according to Luke; He was also the grandfather of Jesus Christ. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jacob was the father of Saint Joseph instead of Heli and could possibly be the case of Levirate Marriage according to Sextus Julius Africanus.

=== Hermogenes === A '''Hermogenes''' is briefly mentioned in 2 Timothy 1:15, where he, along with someone named Phygelus, are described as having "turned away" from Paul the Apostle. Nothing more is known about Hermogenes.<ref name="cb hermogenes">{{cite book |editor1=T. K. Cheyne|editor2=J. Sutherland Black|date=1901|orig-year=1899 |chapter=Hermogenes|title=Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabib02cheyuoft |volume=2, E–K|location=New York |publisher=The Macmillan Company }}</ref>

== J == ===Jacob=== {{Distinguish|Jacob}} '''Jacob''' was the son of Matthan<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew 1:15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob |url=https://biblehub.com/matthew/1-15.htm |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=biblehub.com}}</ref> and the father of Saint Joseph in the Genealogy of Jesus according to Saint Matthew. According to Sextus Julius Africanus, Heli and Jacob were step-brothers, and Heli died without having children, and his widow married his brother Jacob and bore him a child according to the law of Levirate Marriage his brother was legally the father of Saint Joseph as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Writing iii. But in Order that what I have Said May be Made Evident... |url=https://biblehub.com/library/africanus/the_writings_of_julius_africanus/writing_iii_but_in_order.htm |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=biblehub.com}}</ref> The name "Jacob" appears two times in the Genealogy of Jesus. Here is a chart representing that Heli and Jacob are both the father of Joseph: {{chart top|width=100%|Family tree}} {{tree chart/start|align=center|style=margin:1em auto 1em auto; page-break-inside:avoid; font-size:90%}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | DAV | | | | | | | | | | | | DAV='''David'''}} {{tree chart| |,|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|^|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.| | | | }} {{tree chart| SOL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NAT | | | SOL='''Solomon'''|NAT='''Nathan'''}} {{tree chart| |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | }} {{tree chart| MG | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MG |MG=''Many Generations''}} {{tree chart| |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | }} {{tree chart| ELE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LEV | | | ELE='''Eleazar'''|LEV='''Levi'''}} {{tree chart| |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | |,|-|-|^|-|-|.| }} {{tree chart| MTT |~|y|~|~| EST |~|~|y|~| MEL | | | | PAN | MTT='''Matthan'''|EST=Estha|MEL='''Melchi'''|PAN=Panther}} {{tree chart| | | | |!| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | |!| }} {{tree chart| | | | JAC |y| QQQ |r2| ELI | | | ANN |y| JOA | JAC='''Jacob'''|QQQ=(''unnamed'')|ELI='''Heli'''|ANN=Anne|JOA=Joachim}} {{tree chart| | | | | | |o|P|P|P|Z| | | | |,|-|-|-|'| | | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | JOS |~|~|~|~|r2|~| MAR |m| JOS='''Joseph'''|MAR='''Mary'''}} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | |Y|P|P|P|P|p| | | }} {{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | JES | | JES='''Jesus'''}} {{tree chart/end}} {{chart bottom}}

===Jannai=== '''Jannai''' was an ancestor of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Luke. He was the son of Joseph (not to be confused with Saint Joseph) according to {{bibleverse|Luke|3:24}} and the father of Melchi which was the father of Levi.

===Jezebel=== '''Jezebel''' was a false prophetess whom Jesus warned the church in Thyatira not to follow. She encouraged her followers to be promiscuous and to eat food sacrificed to idols. Jesus gave her a chance to repent of her sins, but she did not; thus, Jesus promised to punish her (see {{bibleverse||Revelation|2:20–23}}).

===Joanan=== '''Joanan''' was the son of Rhesa and the father of Joda or Judah,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bible Gateway passage: Luke 3:26-27 - King James Version|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%25203%253A26-27&version=KJV|access-date=2023-01-01|website=Bible Gateway|language=en}}</ref> according to the Gospel of Luke.

===Jonah=== '''Jonah''' also called '''John''' was the father of Saint Peter according to Matthew 16:17 and John 1:42 who called him John instead of Jonah. It is unclear whether Jonah was also the father of Saint Andrew the brother of Simon bar-jona.

===Jonam=== '''Jonam''' was the son of Eliakim and the father of Joseph according to {{bibleverse|Luke|3:30}}.

===Jorim=== '''Jorim''' was the son of Matthat and the father of Eliezer, according to the Gospel of Luke.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|title=Bible Gateway passage: Luke 3:29 - American Standard Version|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%25203%253A29&version=ASV|access-date=2023-01-01|website=Bible Gateway|language=en}}</ref>

===Josech=== '''Josech''' was the father of Semein or Semei and the son of Joda according to {{bibleverse||Luke|3:26|}}. His name is sometimes translated as Joseph.

===Joseph=== There are 2 patriarchal ancestors of Jesus named '''Joseph''', besides from his stepfather Saint Joseph.

*A son of Judah and the father of Simeon mentioned in {{bibleverse||Luke|3:30|}}. *A son of Mattathias and father of Jannai mentioned in {{bibleverse||Luke|3:24-25|}}. He is also the great-great-great-great-grandfather of Saint Joseph.

===Joshua=== {{distinguish|Joshua (name)#Biblical figures{{!}}other Joshuas in the Bible}} '''Joshua''', Jose or Jesus was the son of Eliezer which was the son of Jorim. Joshua's name is sometimes translated as Jesus.<ref name="auto1"/> He is also the father of Er and an ancestor of Jesus Christ.

===Judah=== '''Judah''' was the name of 2 biblical individuals in the New Testament. His name is also called Joda or Juda.

*The father of Simeon and the son of Joseph according to the passage {{bibleverse||Luke|3:30|}}. *The son of Joanan and the father of Josech.<ref>{{bibleverse||Luke|3:26|}}</ref> His name is also sometimes translated as Joda.

===Judas of Straight Street in Damascus=== When he went blind at his conversion experience, Paul the Apostle stayed at the home of a man named '''Judas''' who lived on Straight Street in Damascus. Then, Jesus told Ananias to go to Judas' house and restore Paul's sight (see {{bibleverse||Acts|9:1–19}}).

===Julia=== '''Julia''' was a Christian woman at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutations in {{bibleverse|Romans|16:15|9}}, supposed to be the wife (or sister) of Philologus.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morris |first=Leon |title=The Epistle to the Romans |publisher=Wm. B Eerdmans |year=1988 |isbn=0-85111-747-3 |location=Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |pages=537 |language=English}}</ref>

== L == ===Levi=== '''Levi''' (Hebrew לֵוִי) was the name of two minor figures mentioned in the Bible. For the more famous biblical character by this name, see Levi. * The great-great-grandfather of Jesus; son of Melchi and father of Matthat. ({{bibleverse-lb||Luke|3:24}}) * Another ancestor of Jesus. ({{bibleverse-lb||Luke|3:29}})

== M ==

===Maath=== '''Maath''' is a figure who appears in the Genealogy of Jesus according to St. Luke. He was the son of Mattathias.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luke 3:26 - Bible Gateway |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Luke%203%3A26 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=www.biblegateway.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Mattatha === '''Mattatha''' is a figure who appears in the Genealogy of Jesus as the son of Nathan and the father of Menan, in the version found in the Gospel of Luke.<ref>{{bibleverse-lb||Luke|3:31}}</ref>

===Mattathias=== There are two minor biblical figures in the New Testament named '''Mattathias'''. *Mattathias the son of Semein and the father of Maath in {{bibleverse|Luke|3:26}}. *A son of Amos in the Genealogy of Jesus and the father of Joseph in {{bibleverse|Luke|3:25}}.

Luke makes no connection of either Mattathias to the Mattathias who led the Maccabean revolt, and neither name's ancestors nor descendants match those found for that Mattathias in 1 Maccabees (2:1).

===Matthan=== [[File:Nuremberg chronicles f 081v 3.png|thumb|Matthan depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493).]]

'''Matthan''' (meaning "gift") was the grandfather of Saint Joseph. He is mentioned in {{bibleverse||Matthew|1:15}}.<ref>{{cite news | title = Topical Bible: Matthan | work = biblehub | url = https://biblehub.com/topical/m/matthan.htm | access-date = 2015-10-02}}</ref>

===Matthat=== Possibly also translated as Matthan. * The son of Levi, and father of Heli ({{bibleverse-lb||Luke|3:24}}), great-grandfather to Jesus * Son of another Levi ({{bibleverse-lb||Luke|3:29}}), 31 generations before Jesus and 11 generations after King David

===Melchi=== (Meaning: "My king") there are two biblical figures named Melchi.

*A son of Addi, and father of Neri ({{bibleverse-lb||Luke|3:28}}). *Father of Levi and son of Jannai mentioned in the Gospel of Luke according to ({{bibleverse-lb||Luke|3:24}}).

===Melea=== The son of Menan (or Menna) and father of Eliakim, he is briefly mentioned as an ancestor of Jesus ({{bibleverse-lb||Luke|3:31}}).

===Menna=== '''Menna''', also called '''Menan''', was the son of Mattatha and the father of Melea according to {{bibleverse-lb||Luke|3:31}}.

===Mnason=== A Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged ({{bibleverse||Acts|21:16}}). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas ({{bibleverse||Acts|11:19–20}}), and was well known to the Christians of Caesarea ({{bibleverse||Acts|4:36}}). He was an "old disciple" (R.V., "early disciple"), i.e., he had become a Christian in the beginning of the formation of the Church in Jerusalem.

== N == === Naggai === '''Naggai''' (King James Version spelling '''Nagge''') is the name of a figure found in the genealogy of Jesus according to the Gospel of Luke.<ref name="auto">{{bibleverse-lb||Luke|3:25}}</ref><ref name="cb nagge">{{cite book |editor1=T. K. Cheyne|editor2=J. Sutherland Black|date=1901|orig-year=1899 |chapter=Nagge|title=Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabib03cheyuoft |volume=3, L–P|location=New York |publisher=The Macmillan Company }}</ref>

=== Nahum === '''Nahum''', in addition to being the name of the well-known biblical prophet Nahum, is also the name of a figure mentioned in passing in Luke's version of the genealogy of Jesus.<ref name="auto"/> The Nahum of Luke has his name spelled '''Naum''' in the King James Version.

=== Narcissus === '''Narcissus''' is mentioned briefly in Romans 16:11, which sends greetings to "Those of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord."<ref name="cb narcissus">{{cite book |editor1=T. K. Cheyne|editor2=J. Sutherland Black|date=1901|orig-year=1899 |chapter=Narcissus|title=Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediabib03cheyuoft |volume=3, L–P|location=New York |publisher=The Macmillan Company }}</ref> Beyond this brief reference, nothing more is known for certain of the person referred to.<ref name="cb narcissus" />

=== Naum === ''See Nahum.''

===Nereus=== '''Nereus''' was a Christian mentioned with his unnamed sister in {{bibleverse|Romans|16:15|9}} with other saints to whom Paul the Apostle sent greetings and salutations.

===Neri=== '''Neri''' according to the Gospel of Luke was the father of Shealtiel<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luke 3:27 NIV - the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, - Bible Gateway |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%203:27&version=NIV&interface=amp |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.biblegateway.com}}</ref> instead of Jeconiah the King of Judah. He was the son of Melchi {{bibleverse|Luke|3:27-28}}.. Could possibly be the case of Levirate Marriage.

==P== ===Phygelus=== '''Phygelus''' or '''Phygellus''' is described in {{bibleverse|2|Timothy|1:15|}} as an Asian citizen who along with Hermogenes turned away from the Apostle Paul from his ministry. Nothing else is known about Phygelus.

=== Publius === '''Publius''' is mentioned in {{Bibleverse|Acts|28:7}} as the Roman governor of Malta who welcomed Paul the Apostle and his cohorts and who had his dysentery-afflicted father healed by Paul.

==R== ===Rhesa=== '''Rhesa''' was the son of Zerubbabel according to the Gospel of Luke chapter 3, instead of Abiud, Luke added Rhesa as the son of Zerubbabel, he was also the father of Joanan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Luke 3:27 - the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Ze...|url=https://www.biblestudytools.com/luke/3-27.html|access-date=2023-01-01|website=biblestudytools.com|language=en}}</ref>

== S ==

===Sadoc=== See Zadok

===Semein=== '''Semein''' was the son of Josech also called Joseph. He was also the father of Mattathias according to {{bibleverse|Luke|3:26}}.

===Simeon=== '''Simeon''' (not to be confused with St. Simeon) was the father of Levi and the son of Judah according to {{bibleverse|Luke|3:29-30}}.

===Simon Iscariot=== Simon Iscariot was the father of Judas Iscariot (see {{bibleverse||John|6:71}}, {{bibleverse||John|13:2}}, and {{bibleverse||John|13:26}}).

== T == ===Tryphosa=== '''Tryphosa''' was a Christian mentioned in {{Bibleverse|Romans|16:12|9}} with other saints to whom Paul the apostle sent greetings and salutations.

===Tyrannus=== '''Tyrannus''' was the operator of a school in Ephesus which the apostle Paul used as a base according to {{Bibleverse|Acts|19:9|NKJV}}

== Z == ===Zadok=== {{distinguish|Zadok}} '''Zadok''' or Sadoc was the son of Azor,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 1:14 - King James Version |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201%3A14&version=KJV |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Bible Gateway |language=en}}</ref> and the father of Achim according to {{Bibleverse|Matthew|1:14|KJV}}, Sadoc is his name in the King James Bible.

== References == {{Reflist}} {{EBD}}

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