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Abraham
Abraham is the foundational patriarch of Israel and a central figure in biblical redemptive history. Called by God from Ur of the Chaldees, he entered into...
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Jesus Christ is the foundational figure of the Christian faith, revealed throughout the New Testament as the divine Son of God, promised Messiah, and Redee...
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Matthias
Matthias was the disciple chosen by lot in Acts 1 to replace Judas Iscariot among the Twelve Apostles. Having accompanied Jesus throughout His earthly...
Melchizedek
Melchizedek appears in Genesis 14 as the king of Salem and priest of God Most High who blesses Abram. He is a pivotal figure in Psalm 110 and Hebrews,...
Memucan
Memucan was one of seven noble advisers in the Persian court whose counsel to King Ahasuerus led to the deposing of Queen Vashti, paving the way for E...
Menahem
Menahem son of Gadi was the sixteenth king of the northern kingdom of Israel. Reigning for ten years from Samaria, his rule was marked by extreme brut...
Mephibosheth
Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan and grandson of King Saul, was crippled in childhood and raised in obscurity. King David restored his inheritance and in...
Merab
Merab was the eldest daughter of King Saul, initially promised in marriage to David after his victories over the Philistines. However, Saul broke his...
Merari
Merari was the third son of Levi and founder of the Merarite clan. In the Old Testament, his descendants were assigned the vital task of transporting...
Meshach
Meshach, originally named Mishael, was a faithful Judean youth taken into Babylonian captivity alongside Daniel, Shadrach, and Abednego. He is renowne...
Methuselah
Methuselah is a biblical patriarch featured in the Book of Genesis, renowned for being the longest-lived person recorded in Scripture at 969 years. So...
Mica, son of Mephibosheth
Mica, the son of Mephibosheth and great-grandson of Saul, represents the continuation of Jonathan's line. Preserved through King David's covenant fait...
Micah
Micah of Moresheth was an eighth-century BC prophet who ministered in Judah during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He condemned social injus...
Micaiah son of Imlah
Micaiah son of Imlah was a faithful ninth-century BC prophet of Yahweh in Northern Israel. Recorded in 1 Kings 22 and 2 Chronicles 18, he fearlessly c...
Michael
Michael is identified in Holy Scripture as a chief prince and archangel who acts as the heavenly defender of God's covenant people. Appearing in Danie...
Michal
Michal, the younger daughter of King Saul, became the first wife of David. Her story in the Books of Samuel depicts royal romance, political conflict,...
Milcah
Milcah is a prominent patriarchal figure in the Book of Genesis, remembered as the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor and the grandmother of Rebekah. Her...
Miriam
Miriam, the elder sister of Moses and Aaron, played a pivotal role in Israel's deliverance from Egypt. Recognised as a prophetess, she led Israel in p...
Mordecai
Mordecai was a prominent Benjamite Jewish exile in Susa who saved King Ahasuerus from an assassination plot, raised his orphaned cousin Esther to beco...
Moses
Moses was the pre-eminent prophet, lawgiver, and deliverer chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, mediate the Sinai Covenant, a...
Mute spirit
A mute spirit refers to an unclean spirit described in the Gospels that rendered a boy unable to speak or hear. Jesus miraculously cast out the spirit...
Naamah, daughter of Lamech
Naamah, daughter of Lamech and Zillah, is one of the few women explicitly named in the pre-Flood genealogies of Genesis. Mentioned in Genesis 4:22 as...
Naaman
Naaman was a distinguished commander of the Syrian army who was cured of leprosy after obeying the prophet Elisha's instruction to wash in the Jordan...
Nabal
Nabal was a rich Calebite landowner from Maon who lived in Carmel during the reign of King Saul. Detailed in 1 Samuel 25, his foolish arrogance and re...
Nabonidus
Nabonidus was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigning from 556 to 539 BC. Although not named directly in the canonical Old Testament, his...
Naboth
Naboth the Jezreelite was an Israelite landholder during the reign of King Ahab. Recorded in 1 Kings 21, Naboth courageously refused to surrender his...
