In this thread post any person from the Bible . And please post a brief description of the person if they are not well known, and if possible a picture! :)

Oh and also as we usually do with the games here. One answer per turn unless a really long time elapses!!! ;)


A - Adam


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Belshazzar,who saw the writing on the wall..

C- Saint Christopher - The patron Saint of travel

http://www.prayerstooursaints.com/images/saintchristopher8.jpg

David, King of Israel

E- Eve

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/bm/2009/24

C- Saint Christopher - The patron Saint of travel

http://www.prayerstooursaints.com/images/saintchristopher8.jpg
Sorry he's barred due to him not being a biblical figure.

Sorry he's barred due to him not being a biblical figure.


My game!!! My rules!!!! Saints are included, any Religious figures!!!;)

F =Fortunatus was a Corinthian Christian who, with Stephanas and Achaicus, visited Paul at Ephesus shortly before Paul wrote his first letter to Fortunatus's home church. 1 Corinthians 16.17

(Sorry don't have picture)

God the Father

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H-King Herod,who slaughtered the innocents mentioned in Matthew.

I- Isaiah

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J (easy one!) = Jesus

Keturah- Abraham's 3rd wife

good game idea!

Sorry he's barred due to him not being a biblical figure.
I had questions about this, too, but since the title is "Biblical/Religious figures", it should be okay.

Levi, the founder of the Levites who were the priestly tribe of Israelites

M= Moses

N- Noah

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I had questions about this, too, but since the title is "Biblical/Religious figures", it should be okay.


Yeah, I guess didn't make it too clear! So, I changed the subject title and added Religious figures as well! ;)

O=Obadiah (pronounced /ˌoʊbəˈdaɪ.ə/, Hebrew: עבדיה‎ ʿOvadyah or עבדיהו ʿOvadyahu,[1] or in Modern Hebrew Ovadyah) is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant of God" or "worshipper of Yah."[2] The form of Obadiah's name used in the Septuagint is Obdios; in Latin it is Abdias. The Bishops' Bible has it as Abdi.

Pharaoh

Quirinius

Rachel

Samson

Thomas - One of the twelve apostles

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Uriah the Hittite,a soldier in King David's army,mentioned in the second Book of Samuel.

Yeah, I guess didn't make it too clear! So, I changed the subject title and added Religious figures as well! ;)
Okay,but don't expect me to play a game of Monopoly with you..

Vashti, the first queen of King Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, who was dismissed for her defiance, with Esther being chosen in her place.

John Wycliffe, precursor of the Protestant Reformation and Bible translator.

Xerxes - A Persian King from the book of Esther

Yahweh- another name for God

Zechariah - the father of John the Baptist

Abraham


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Bethsheba

Christ

David


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Eli

St. Francis of Assisi - The Patron Saint of animals (what a sweetheart. He is one of my favorite Saints )!


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Gabriel (the Archangel)

Hosea, one of the minor prophets in the Old Testament who was instructed by God to marry a faithless prostitute to illustrate God's love for Israel.

The Prophet Isaiah


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J=Jaasiel=Jaasiel was a Mezobaite, a soldier in David's army, according to the Chronicler. 1 Chronicles 11.47

Korah (a levite who lead a rebellion against Moses)

Levi- from whom all the priests came

Miriam - revered sister of Moses

Naomi- mother-in-law of Ruth

Obadiah - one of the "minor" prophets

Philemon, the shortest book in the New Testament; a Christian in the Colossian church to whom the Apostle Paul wrote concerning a runaway slave.

Queen of Sheba

R=Raamah was the fourth son of Cush, a great-grandson of Noah. Genesis 10.7

Silas

T=Talmon (1) was a gatekeeper of the tabernacle in the reign of David, according to the Chronicler. 1 Chronicles 9.17

Uriah the Hittite - King David slept with Uriah's wife, Bathsheba, and then arranged for Uriah to be killed in battle

Saint Veronica


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Witch of Endor- Saul got her to call Samuel from the dead.

Xavier, St. Francis, co-founder of the Jesuit order in the 1500's.

Skip Y

Z- The prophet Zephaniah

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Amnon, David's son who raped his sister

Skip Y

Z- The prophet Zephaniah

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Zephaniah.jpg

I imagine there have got to be some religious figures whose names begin with the letter Y. But they probably are few and far between.

Balaam, who received a divine message from a donkey he was riding

Saint Cecilia

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David - shepherd boy/harpist/King

Ezekiel, one of the major prophets of the Old Testament.

Porcius Festus --procurator of Judea, to whom the Apostle Paul appealed in regards to his rights as a Roman citizen.

Gabriel - an archangel who visited Mary to inform her she would be the mother of the Messiah

Hezekiah, one of the Godliest kings

Isaiah - one of the Old Testament prophets

Jehu, one of the kings of Israel, noted for destroying Ahab.

Keziah, one of Job's daughters.

Laban, father-in-law to Jacob, who underhandedly tricks him into marrying the "wrong" daughter as a reward for years of hard toil.

Mordecai, Esther's Jewish cousin

Nehemiah, who oversaw the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple in the Old Testament.

Obadiah - one of the "minor" prophets

Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who sought to acquit Jesus before giving in to the crowd who demanded Christ's crucifixion.

Quirinius - the governer of Syria at the time of Jesus birth who issued the decree for a census and taxing that caused Mary and Joseph to travel to Bethlehem

Rehoboam, one of the kings of Israel who became king of Judah after the kingdom split apart.

Salmon, the husband of Rahab and father of Boaz

Timothy, one of the younger apostles, a disciple mentored under Paul, who has two epistles bearing his name.

Uriah - a soldier in King David's army whose wife Bathsheba was coveted by David. In fact David had Uriah assigned to the front lines to increase the odd's og him being killed in battle

Vashni, the firstborn of the prophet Samuel.

Wotan - that is what Odin (the supreme god in Norse mythology) was called in Germany.

Francis Xavier, Roman Catholic co-founder of the Jesuits.

Ulrich Zwingli, Swiss Protestant Reformer.

Andrew

Barnabas, one of the Apostles

Cephas (St Peter's name in Aramaic).

Delilah- Samson's temptress

Ephraim, one of the sons of Joseph while in Egypt, the grandson of Jacob.

Frigg - the queen pf the Norse gods.

Gideon - he led the Israelites in a military route of the Midianites! But only after putting out a fleece to test if it was really God's will.

Hannah- Samuel's mother

Isaiah - Prophet

Jeremiah

going to K which was skipped
Keturah- Abraham's concubine

Nicodemus

Og, one of the Amorite kings, known to be of a giant race, who was slain by Moses and the Israelites.

Pontius Pilate

Quirinius (who was governer of Syria at the time of Jesus birth)

Rebekah

Sisera, commander of the Canaanite army who was killed by a tent peg being driven through his skull.

Thomas - the disciple who doubted Jesus resurrection until he was allowed to touch the wounds on Jesus body

Uzziah, one of the kings of Judah.

Vaniah, one of the sons of Bani who married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:36).

Widow with the pot of oil- one of the miracles Elisha performed in II Kings 4

Xerxes - Esther's husband, king of Persia.

Zephaniah, one of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament who warned of God's judgment on neighboring nations of Israel.

Aaron - the brother of Moses

Barabbas, the insurrectionist released by Pontius Pilate instead of Christ.

Caiaphas

Daniel - one of the major prophets.

Esther

Felix - a Roman official in front of whom Paul was tried and who was "almost convinced" to believe in Jesus

Gideon, one of the most successful judges in ancient Israel who conquered the Midianites.

Hagar - Abraham's concubine, Ishmael's mother

Isaac - son of Abraham

Jezebel, the queen wife of Ahab who sought to murder Elijah the prophet.

Korah, the leader of rebels who contested Moses' leadership.

Laban - Jacob's father-in-law (and uncle).

Mishael/Meshach - one of Daniel's 3 friends who were thrown into a fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to a statue of King Nebuchadnezzar

Naboth, a vineyard owner who refused to sell his plot of land to King Ahab, who conspired to steal it from him.

OTHNIEL Means "lion of God" or "strength of God" in Hebrew.
In the Old Testament he is a nephew of Caleb who becomes the first of the ruling judges of the Israelites.

Phinehas, one of the priests of the Tabernacle during the wandering in the Sinai wilderness who executed a couple for gross immorality in public.

Please note: I skipped "Q" due to the lack of names that begin with "Q" in the Bible.


RUFUS Roman cognomen which meant "red-haired" in Latin.
Several early saints had this name, including one mentioned in one of Paul's epistles in the New Testament. (Mark 15 :21, Romans 16:13)

Salmon- David and Jesus were descendants of him.

T= TAMAR Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.
Tamar is the daughter-in-law of Judah in the Old Testament.
Also in the Old Testament, this is the name of a daughter of David.

(GENESIS 38:6,11,18,24 ; RUTH 4:12; II SAMUAL 13:1-8, 10,19,20,22,32 ; 14:27; I CHRONICLES 2:4, 3:9; EZEKIEL 47:19, 48:28)

Uriah - The man who was sent on a suicide mission, so king David would be able to marry his wife.

Vaniah, one of the men listed in the Book of Ezra who had sinned by intermarrying a pagan woman of Babylon while the Jews were in exile.

W=Saint Wolfgang (Had to go to Catholic Saints to get "W")

A reformer and bishop of the Church, St. Wolfgang of Ratisbon was born in Swabia, Germany.

Wolfgang was a missionary in Hungary and Pannonia. He became bishop of Ratisbon in 972 on orders of Emporer Otto II reforming congregational spirituality and priestly discipline.

Tutor to the boy who became Emperor Henry II, Wolfgang was a tireless advocate of reform, education and the poor. He restored monasteries and was known as zealot and statesman. He died at Puppingen, Linz, Austria in 994. Pope St. Leo IX canonized him in 1052. His feast day is Oct. 31.

Xristos, the Greek name for Christ.

Y= Saint Ysarn [(d. 1048) + Benedictine abbot.] A native of Toulouse, France, he entered the Benedictines, served as a monk, and then was abbot of the monastery of St. Victor's at Marseilles.
Feast day: September 24.

Zachariah (father of John the Baptist who was made mute because he didn't believe God)

A= ACHIM
Possibly means "he will establish" in Hebrew.
In the New Testament this name is listed as an ancestor of Jesus. (Matt 1:14)

Balak, the Moabite king who was frustrated when, in spite of his offering of riches, was unable to incite the seer Balaam to curse Israel.

Cyrus - the king of Persia, who allowed the Jews to return to their home land.

D= DRUSILLA
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name DRUSUS.
In Acts in the New Testament Drusilla is the wife of Felix. Acts 24:24

Eli - a priest in the Old Testament who was a metor to the young Samuel

F= Felix was the name of the governor of Judea who imprisoned Saint Paul. (Acts 23:25)

Gamaliel, the respected rabbi under whom Saul, later the Apostle Paul, studied.

H=HAM

Means "hot, warm" in Hebrew.
In the Old Testament, Ham is one of Noah's three sons (Genesis 5:32)

Issachar, one of the sons of Jacob and Leah who founded one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Japheth, one of Noah's sons and Ham's brother

Keziah, one of the daughters born to Job.

Laban- Jacob's uncle who tricked him into marrying Leah

Manasseh, a king of Judah who committed evil by adopting forbidden pagan practices, considered one of the worst.

Naftali - One of Jacob's twelve sons.

Omri, one of the kings of the kingdom of Israel who established Samaria as its capital.

Peter

Qoheleth, another name for Ecclesiastes, or The Preacher, in Hebrew.

Rehoboam- Solomon's son. Under his poor leadership Israel split up into two kingdoms.

Sanballat, one of the Samaritan leaders who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls by Nehemiah.

Titus- had a New Testament book named after him

Uzziah, one of the most faithful kings of the kingdom of Judah.

Vashti- the queen who was deposed for Esther

Witch of Endor, the seer whom King Saul secretly consulted and managed to conjure the departed spirit of the prophet Samuel.

Xerxes- the king of Persia who made Esther queen

Yael, alternate spelling of Jael, the female heroine in the Book of Judges who enticed an evil warrior Sisera into her tent where she killed him with a tent peg in the skull as he slept.

Zaccheus- tax collector disciple of Jesus

Abimelech, the son of Gideon who became king, though he was known to be unscrupulous, combative, and did not follow in his father's righteous footsteps.

Bildad the Shuhite - one of Job's three friends

Cain- the 1st homicidal person in history

Daniel - first Survivor champion! (he survived a night in the lion's den)

Elisha, one of the most powerful prophets in the Old Testament who performed miraculous feats.

Francis of Assisi - not a biblical character, but still a very popular saint.

Gabriel the angel

Haman, the evil right-hand man of King Xerxes who conspired a heinous plot to eradicate the Jews in the empire.

Isaac- son of Abraham and father of Jacob

Jeremiah, one of the Major Prophets, considered the "Weeping Prophet" because of his dire, grim prophecies on the fate of Jerusalem and Judah.

Kish- King Saul's father

Leah - Jacob's first wife.

Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest who blesses Abraham.

Nahshon, grandfather of Boaz

Othniel, related to Caleb, was one of the judges who delivered the Israelites from captivity by a pagan kingdom due to their sins.

Pharaoh

Queen of Sheba, who complimented King Solomon on the grandeur of the Temple he constructed.

Ruth

Sennacherib, an Assyrian king who plotted against the kingdom of Judah.

Timothy - a young pastor who was mentored by the Apostle Paul

Uzzah, one of the Israelites who died when he accidentally touched the Ark of the Covenant when it was returned from Philistine captivity.

Vopshi, the father of the scout Nahbi, who was sent to survey the land of Canaan before the Israelites were to enter.

Walpurgis - an abbess in 12th century Germany, who would become a saint.

Pope Leo X, the pope who excommunicated Martin Luther in 1521 for the reformer's criticisms of the Catholic church.

X may not necessarily be a letter of the alphabet in this game. ;)

Yahweh- another name for God

Zerubbabel, governor of the Persian province of Judah who rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem.

Andrew

Bathsheba

Cain- who became the very first murderer when he killed his brother Abel

Delilah- Samson's temptress

Ephraim - one of Joseph's sons, who was the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Felix- Roman official who met with Paul

Gideon - one of the judges.

Herod

Issachar, one of the sons of Jacob who founded one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Judas Iscariot

Kehath, one of the sons of Levi, from whom the Kohathite tribe has come.

Lydia, a silk merchant from Philippi in Greece, who would become the first Christian in Europe.

Mary the mother of Jesus

Nathanael

Obadiah, a friend of Job and a prophet.

Peter

Quirinius

Rahab

Samson

Timothy

Uzziah- king of Judah who reigned for 52 years

Venus - Roman goddess of love

witch of Endor

Xerxes (king of Persia and Queen Esther's husband).

Yahweh

Zachariah

Abel- the first homicide victim in history

Bathsheba - one of King David's wives and King Salomon's mother.

Caiaphas

Darius the Mede

Ebenezer

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God

Hagar

Ishmael

Jacob

Kedar- son of Ishmael and grandson of Abraham

Laban

Methuselah

Nathan

Obadiah

Priscilla- wife of Aquila who worked with Paul

Quirinius - governer of Syria at the time of Jesus birth

Rachel

Solomon

Titus

Uriah

Vashti (Queen of Persia)

Woman at the well (to whom Jesus offered living water)

Xerxes - son of King Darius

Yahweh

Zacariah (the father of John the Baptist)

Amos

Barnabas

Caiaphas (the High Priest at the time of Jesus arrest and trial)

Deborah - Prophet and Judge

Elizabeth

The wife of Zachariah, the mother of John the Baptist and cousin of Mary

Felix, Judean Judge

Gideon (he tested God`s will with a fleece before going into battle and defeating the Midianites)

Hezekiah

Isaac - The son of Abraham and Sarah.

Jesus

King Nebuchadnezzar

Luke also known as the beloved Physician.

Martha

Nathan, a prophet during the reign of King David.

Obadiah- one of the minor prophets. He had a short Old Testament book that was one chapter with 21 verses. Obadiah's book is right before the more famous Jonah.

Peter - Disciple