The Biblical Nameless
List of names for the biblical nameless
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Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Wives of the antediluvian patriarchs
| Patriarch | Wife |
|---|---|
| Cain | Âwân Nod[1] |
| Seth | Azûrâ |
| Enos | Nôâm |
| Kenan | Mûalêlêth |
| Mahalalel | Dinah |
| Jared | Baraka |
| Enoch | Edna |
| Methuselah | Edna |
| Lamech (Seth's line) | Betenos |
| Noah | Emzârâ Naamah[1] |
- Source: the book of Jubilees (part of the Oriental Orthodox deuterocanon)
- Appears in the Bible at: Genesis 4–5
The book of Jubilees provides names for a host of otherwise unnamed biblical characters, including wives for most of theantediluvian patriarchs. The last of these is Noah's wife, to whom it gives the name of Emzara. Other Jewish traditional sources contain many different names for Noah's wife.
The book of Jubilees says that Awan was Adam and Eve's first daughter. Their second daughter Azura married Seth.
For many of the early wives in the series, Jubilees notes that the patriarchs married their sisters.
The Cave of Treasures and the earlier Kitab al-Magall (part of Clementine literature) name entirely different women as the wives of the patriarchs, with considerable variations among the extant copies.
Cain and Abel's sisters
- Name: Calmana
- source: Golden Legend,[2] which also tells stories about many of the saints
- Appears in the Bible at: Genesis 4:17
- Name: Delbora
- source: Golden Legend,[2] which also tells stories about many of the saints
- Appears in the Bible at: Genesis 4
See also: Balbira and Kalmana for alternate traditions of names.
Noah's wife
- Name: Naamah
- Source: Midrash Genesis Rabbah 23:4
- Appears in the Bible at: Genesis 4:22; Gen. 7:7
Daughter of Lamech and Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain (Gen. iv. 22). According to Abba ben Kahana, Naamah was Noah's wife and was called "Naamah" (pleasant) because her conduct was pleasing to God. But the majority of the rabbis reject this statement, declaring that Naamah was an idolatrous woman who sang "pleasant" songs to idols.
See also Wives aboard the Ark for a list of traditional names given to the wives of Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Ham's wife
- Name: Egyptus
- Source: Book of Abraham
The Mormon Book of Abraham, first published in 1842, mentions Egyptus (Abraham 1:23) as being the name of Ham's wife; his daughter apparently had the same name (v. 25).
Nimrod's wife
- Name: Semiramis
- Source: The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop
A large body of legend has attached itself to Nimrod, whose brief mention in Genesis merely makes him "a mighty hunter in the face of the Lord". These legends usually make Nimrod to be a sinister figure, and they reach their peak in Hislop's The Two Babylons, which make Nimrod and Semiramis to be the original authors of every false and paganreligion.
Mother of Abraham
- Name: Amthlai bath (daughter of) Khrubu
- Source: Babylonian Talmud Tractate Baba Bathra Chapter 5[3]
- Appears in the Bible at: Book of Genesis
Lot's married daughter
Name: Paltith
- Source: Book of Jasher 19:24[4]
- Appears in the Bible at: Book of Genesis
Lot's wife
- Name: Ado ( or Edith )
Source: Book of Jasher 19:52- Appears in the Bible at: Book of Genesis
Laban's wife[edit]
- Name: Adinah
Source: Book of Jasher 28:28- Appears in the Bible at: Book of Genesis
Potiphar's wife
- Appears in the Bible at: Genesis 39:12
Potiphar's wife attempted to seduce Joseph in Egypt.
Pharaoh's daughter
- Name: Merris
- Source: Eusebius of Caesarea (Preparation for the Gospel 9.15)
- Name: Merrhoe
- Source: Eustathius of Antioch (Commentary on Hexameron MPG 18.785)
- Name: Thermutis
- Source: Flavius Josephus
- Name: Sobekneferu or Neferusobek
- Source: Unwrapping the Pharaohs
- Ashton, John; Down, David (22 September 2006). "Chapter 12: Pharaohs of the Oppression". Unwrapping the Pharaohs. Master Books. pp. 87–90. ISBN 978-0-890-51468-9. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
Pharaoh's daughter, who drew Moses out of the water, is known as Bithiah in Jewish tradition (identifying her with the "Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah" in 1 Chronicles 4:18).
Simeon's wife
- Name: Bunah
- Source: Book of Jasher 34:36[6] Legends of the Jews Volume 1 Chapter 6[7]
- Appears in the bible at: Genesis
Pharaoh's magicians
- Names: Jannes and Jambres
- Source: 2 Timothy 3:8,[8] Book of Jasher chapter 79[9] Antiquities of the Jews Book 2[10] Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ Chapter 109 [11] Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII[12]Easton's Bible Dictionary[13] The Book of the Bee Chapter 30[14] Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol. XIII[15] Legends of the Jews Volume 2 Chapter 4,[16] Chronicles of Jerahmeel, Papyrus Chester Beatty XVI: The Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres
- Appears in the Bible at: Exodus 7
The names of Jannes and Jambres, or Jannes and Mambres, were well known through the ancient world as magicians. In this instance, nameless characters from the Hebrew Bible are given names in the New Testament. Their names also appear in numerous Jewish texts.
The Cushitic wife of Mose
- Name: Tharbis
- Source: Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, Book II, Chapter 10 [17]
- Appears in the Bible at: Numbers 12
- Name: Adoniah
- Source: Book of Jasher, 23.5–25.5
Job's wives
- Names: Sitis, Dinah
- Source: The apocryphal Testament of Job[18]
- Appears in the Bible at: Book of Job
- Name: Raḥma
- Source: Islamic tradition[19]
The source does not tell which wife of Job has this name.
Jephthah's daughter
- Name: Seila
- Source: Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum
- Name: Adah
- Source: Order of the Eastern Star[20]
- Appears in the Bible at: Judges 11
The Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum falsely ascribes itself to the Jewish author Philo. It in fact did not surface until the sixteenth century; see Works of Philo.
Samson's mother
- Name: Z'llpunith
- Source: Babylonian Talmud Tractate Baba Bathra Chapter 5[3]
- Appears in the Bible at: Book of Judges 13
David's mother
- Name: Nzb'th, daughter of Edal
- Source: Babylonian Talmud Tractate Baba Bathra Chapter 5 (folio 91a)[3]
- Appears in the Bible at: Book of Samuel
The Witch of Endor
- Name: Sedecla
- Source: Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum
- Appears in the Bible at: 1 Samuel 28
The Man of God
- Name: Iddo
- Source:[21]
- Appears in the Bible at: 2 Chronicles 12:15 and 1 Kings 13
The wise woman of Abel
See also: Wise woman of Abel
- Name: Serah
- Source: Aggadic Midrash[22]
- Appears in the Bible at: 2 Samuel 20
The Queen of Sheba
See also: Queen of Sheba
- Name: Makeda
- Source: Traditional Ethiopian lore surrounding Emperor Menelik I; see the Kebra Nagast
- Name: Nicaule
- Source: Josephus
- Name: Bilqis
- Source: Islamic traditions
- Appears in the Bible at: 1 Kings 10; 2 Books of Chronicles 9
According to Ethiopian traditions, the Queen of Sheba returned to Ethiopia pregnant with King Solomon's child. She bore Solomon a son that went on to found a dynasty that ruled Ethiopia until the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974.
Haman's mother
- Name: Amthlai daughter of Urbthi
- Source: Babylonian Talmud Tractate Baba Bathra Chapter 5[3]
- Appears in the Bible at: Book of Esther
Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books
The Deuterocanonical books, sometimes called the "Apocrypha", are considered canonical by Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox(though these churches' lists of books differ slightly from each other), but are considered non-canonical by Jews and Protestants.
The woman with seven sons
The woman with seven sons is a Jewish martyr who is unnamed in 2 Maccabees 7, but is named Hannah, Miriam, Shamuna and Solomonia in other sources. According to Eastern Orthodox tradition, her sons, the "Holy Maccabean Martyrs" (not to be confused with the martyrs in theEthiopian book of Meqabyan), are named Abim, Antonius, Gurias, Eleazar, Eusebonus, Alimus and Marcellus.
The seven Archangels
Tobit 12:15 reads "I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One."[23] Of the six unnamed archangels, Michael is named in the Book of Daniel, and Gabriel is named in the Gospel of Luke.[citation needed]
The Book of Enoch, deuterocanonical in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, names the remaining four archangels Uriel, Raguel, Zerachiel, andRamiel.[24] Other sources name them Uriel, Izidkiel, Haniel, and Kepharel.[25] In the Coptic Orthodox Church the names of these four archangels are given as Suriel, Sedakiel, Sarathiel and Ananiel. Several other sets of names have also been given.
New Testament
The Magi
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- Names: Balthasar, Melqon, Gaspar
- Source: Armenisches Kindheitsevangelium [26]
- Names: Balthasar, Melchior, and Caspar (or Gaspar)
- Source: European folklore
- Names: Basanater, Hor, and Karsudan
- Source: The Book of Adam, an apocryphal Ethiopian text
- Names: Larvandad, Hormisdas, and Gushnasaph
- Source: Syrian Christian folklore
- Names: Manatho, Alchor, and Gaspar
- Source: White Shrine Of Jerusalem - Masonic
- Appear in the Bible at: Matthew 2
The Gospel does not state that there were, in fact, three magi or when exactly they visited Jesus, only that multiple magi brought three gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Nevertheless, the number of magi is usually extrapolated from the number of gifts, and the three wise men are a staple of Christian nativity scenes. While the European names have enjoyed the most publicity, other faith traditions have different versions. According to the Armenisches Kindheitsevangelium, the three magi were brothers and kings, namely Balthasar, king of India; Melqon, king of Persia; and Gaspar, king of Arabia. The Chinese Christian Church[clarification needed] believes that the astronomer Liu Shang was one of the wise men.
The Nativity shepherds
- Names: Asher, Zebulun, Justus, Nicodemus, Joseph, Barshabba, and Jose
- Source: The Syrian Book of the Bee
- Appear in the Bible at Luke 2
The Book of the Bee was written by Bishop Shelemon in the Aramaic language in the thirteenth century.
Sisters/step-sisters/female cousins of Jesus[edit]
- Names: Maria
- Source: Gospel of Philip[27]
- Names: Lysia and Lydia
- Names: Maria or Anna, Salomé
- Source: Epiphanus[28]
The Innocents
- Names: Sicarius of Brantôme, St. Memorius
- Source: St. Helena[29][30][31][32]
- Appears in the Bible at: Matthew 2:6–18
The Massacre of the Innocents was the infanticide of all young male children in the vicinity of Bethlehem ordered by Herod the Great so as to avoid the loss of his throne to a newborn King of the Jews whose birth had been announced to him by the Magi. None of the victims are named by Matthew, but a number of supposed victims were identified some centuries later, when their purported relics were found.
Herodias' daughter
- Name: Salome
- Source: The Jewish Antiquities of Josephus,[33] although that reference does not connect her with John the Baptist.
Syrophoenician woman
- Name: Justa
- Source: 3rd century pseudo-Clementine homily
According to the same source, her daughter was Berenice.
Hæmorrhaging woman
- Name: Bernice
- Source: The apocryphal Acts of Pilate
- Name: Veronica
- Source: Latin translation of the Acts of Pilate
- Appears in the Bible at: Matthew 9:20–22
Veronica is a Latin variant of Berenice (Greek: Βερενίκη). According to the Acts of the Apostles, Veronica or Berenice obtained some of Jesus' blood on a cloth at the Crucifixion. Tradition identifies her with the woman who was healed of a bleeding discharge in the Gospel (see also: Veil of Veronica).
Samaritan woman at the well
- Name: Photini
- Source: Eastern Orthodox Church Tradition
- Appears in the Bible at: John 4:5–42
In the tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the name of the woman at the well when she met Jesus is unknown, but she became a follower of Christ, received the name Photini in baptism, proclaimed the Gospel over a wide area, and was later martyred. She is recognized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Damned rich man
- Name: Phineas
- Source: Pseudo-Cyprian, De pascha computus
- Name: Dives
- Source: European Christian folklore
- Appears in the Bible at: Luke 16:19–31
Woman taken in adultery
- Name: Mary Magdalene
- Source: Western Christian tradition
- Appears in the Bible at: John 8
A long-standing Western Christian tradition first attested by Pope Gregory I identifies the woman taken in adultery with Mary Magdalene, and also with Mary of Bethany.[34] Jesus had exorcised seven demons out of Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9), and Mary Magdalene appears prominently in the several accounts of Jesus' entombment and resurrection, but there is no indication in the Bible that clearly states that Mary Magdalene was the same person as the adulteress forgiven by Jesus. Roman Catholics also have identified Mary Magdalene as the weeping woman who was a sinner, and who anoints Jesus' feet in Luke 7:36–50, and while the Church has dropped this interpretation to a degree, this remains one of her more famous portrayals.
The Eastern Orthodox Church has never identified Mary Magdalene as either the woman taken in adultery, or the sinful woman who anointed Jesus' feet.
The man born blind
- Name: Celidonius
- Source: Christian tradition
Pontius Pilate's wife
Main article: Pontius Pilate's wife
- Name: Claudia, Procla, Procula, Perpetua or Claudia Procles
- Source: European folklore; Dolorous Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ (as "Claudia Procles")[35]
- Appears in the Bible at: Matthew 27:19
During the trial of Jesus the wife of Pontius Pilate sent a message to him saying, "Have nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."
The proposed names of Procla and Procula may not be names at all, but simply a form of Pilate's official title of Procurator, indicating that she was the Procurator's wife.
Thieves crucified with Jesus
- Names: Titus and Dumachus
- Source: Acts of Pilate
- Names: Demas (the good thief)
- Appear in the Bible at: Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19
Dismas is revered as a saint under that name by Roman Catholics as well as by the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Soldier who pierced Jesus with a spear
- Name: Longinus
- Source: Acts of Pilate
- Appears in the Bible at: John 19:34
In tradition he is called Cassius before his conversion to Christianity.[37] The Lance of Longinus, also known as the Spear of Destiny, is supposedly preserved as a relic, and various miracles are said to be worked through it.
Man who offered Jesus vinegar
- Name: Stephaton
- Source: Codex Egberti, 10th century
- Appears in the Bible at: Matthew 27:48, Mark 15:36, & John 19:29–30
Guard(s) at Jesus' tomb
- Name: Petronius
- Source: Apocryphal Gospel of Peter
- Names: Issachar, Gad, Matthias, Barnabas, Simon
- Source: The Book of the Bee
- Appears in the Bible at: Matthew 27:62–66
Ethiopian Eunuch baptized by the Deacon Philip
- Name: Simeon Bachos
- Source: Adversus haereses (Against the Heresies, an early anti-Gnostic theological work) 3:12:8 (180 AD)
- Name: Bachos
- Source: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo tradition[38]
In Eastern Orthodox tradition[39] he is known as an Ethiopian Jew with the name Simeon also called the Black, the same name he is given in the Acts of the Apostles 13:1.
- Appears in the Bible at: Acts 13:1
- Non-canonical books referenced in the Bible
- Seventy Disciples
- Brother of Jared
- Tiberius Iulius Abdes Pantera, sometimes alleged to be the father of Jesus
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