List of minor New Testament figures

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.

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 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.

Admin
In some translations of, Admin is an ancestor of Jesus, the father of Aminadab and son of Arni.

Alexander
Alexander was a member of the Sanhedrin named in 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. 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
Azor is an ancestor of Jesus. He is the son of Eliakim, and the father of Zadok, and is mentioned in. According to Robert H. Gundry, Azor's name is a shorter name for Azariah.

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. .

Chuza
Chuza was the manager of Herod Antipas' household. His wife, Joanna, was a follower of Jesus (see ).

Claudia
Claudia was an associate of Paul the Apostle who greeted Saint Timothy in.

Cosam
Cosam was the son of Elmadam according to the Gospel of Luke, he was also the father of Addi or Addia in.

Eleazar
Eleazar was the son of Eliud, the father of Matthan, and an ancestor of Saint Joseph. He is mentioned in (Matthew 1:15); 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.
 * The father of Azor.

Eliezer
Eliezer was the son of Jorim and the father of Jose according to. He is also an ancestor of Jesus Christ.

Eliud
Eliud (meaning "God is my praise") was the great-great-grandfather of Saint Joseph. He is mentioned in.

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.

The Peshitta calls him Elmodad, but the Encyclopaedia Biblica suggests the reading "Elmatham," a form of the name Elnathan.

Er
Er was the son of Jose and the father of Elmodam according to.

Esli
Esli was an ancestor of Jesus according to the Gospel of Luke being the son of Naggai and the father of Nahum.

Eubulus
Eubulus was an associate of Paul the Apostle who greeted Saint Timothy in.

Heli
Heli was the son of Matthat and the father of St. Joseph only according to Luke; He was also the grandfather of Jesus Christ. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jacob was the father of St. 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.

Jacob
Jacob was the son of Matthan and the father of St. Joseph in the Genealogy of Jesus according to St. 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 St. Joseph as well. The name "Jacob" appears two times in the Genealogy of Jesus. Here's a chart representing that Heli and Jacob are both the father of Joseph:

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 St. Joseph) according to 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 ).

Joanan
Joanan was the son of Rhesa and the father of Joda or Judah, 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.

Jorim
Jorim was the son of Matthat and the father of Eliezer, according to the Gospel of Luke.

Josech
Josech was the father of Semein or Semei and the son of Joda according to. His name is sometimes translated as Joseph.

Joseph
There are 2 patriarchal ancestors of Jesus named Joseph, besides from his step-father St. Joseph.


 * A son of Judah and the father of Simeon mentioned in.
 * A son of Mattathias and father of Jannai mentioned in . He is also the great-great-great-great-grandfather of St. Joseph.

Joshua
Joshua, Jose or Jesus was the son of Eliezer which was the son of Jorim. Joshua's name is sometimes translated as Jesus. 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.
 * The son of Joanan and the father of Josech. 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 ).

Julia
Julia was a Christian woman at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutations in, supposed to be the wife (or sister) of Philologus.

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.
 * Another ancestor of Jesus.

Maath
Maath is a figure who appears in the Genealogy of Jesus according to St. Luke. He was the son of Mattathias.

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.

Mattathias
There are two minor biblical figures in the New Testament named Mattathias.
 * Mattathias the son of Semein and the father of Maath in.
 * A son of Amos in the Genealogy of Jesus and the father of Joseph in.

Matthan


Matthan (meaning "gift") was the grandfather of Saint Joseph. He is mentioned in.

Matthat
Possibly also translated as Matthan.
 * The son of Levi, and father of Heli, great-grandfather to Jesus
 * Son of another Levi, 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.
 * Father of Levi and son of Jannai mentioned in the Gospel of Luke according to.

Melea
The son of Menan (or Menna) and father of Eliakim, he is briefly mentioned as an ancestor of Jesus.

Menna
Menna, also called Menan, was the son of Mattatha and the father of Melea according to.

Mnason
A Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged. He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas, and was well known to the Christians of Caesarea. 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.

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.

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. 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." Beyond this brief reference, nothing more is known for certain of the person referred to.

Naum
See Nahum.

Nereus
Nereus was a Christian mentioned with his unnamed sister in 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 instead of Jeconiah the King of Judah. He was the son of Melchi .. Could possibly be the case of Levirate Marriage.

Phygelus
Phygelus or Phygellus is described in 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 as the Roman governor of Malta who welcomed Paul the Apostle and his cohorts and who had his dysentery-afflicted father healed by Paul.

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.

Sadoc
See Zadok

Semein
Semein was the son of Josech also called Joseph. He was also the father of Mattathias according to.

Simeon
Simeon (not to be confused with St. Simeon) was the father of Levi and the son of Judah according to.

Simon Iscariot
Simon Iscariot was the father of Judas Iscariot (see, , and ).

Tryphosa
Tryphosa was a Christian mentioned in 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

Zadok
Zadok or Sadoc was the son of Azor, and the father of Achim according to, Sadoc is his name in the King James Bible.