In Christianity, the historical figures widely recognised as prophets are those mentioned as such in the Hebrew Bible and the canonical New Testament.
The main list below consists of only those individuals that have been clearly defined as prophets, either by explicit statement or strong contextual implication, (e.g. the authors of the books listed as the major prophets and minor prophets) along with the Biblical reference to their office.
In Roman Catholicism, prophets are recognised as having received either Public or Private Revelation. Public Revelation is part of the "deposit of faith", which refers to the entire revelation of Jesus Christ passed to successive generations in the forms of sacred scripture (the Bible) and sacred tradition.
The secondary list consists of those individuals who are recorded as having had a visionary or prophetic experience, but without a history of any major or consistent prophetic calling. A final list contains the names of those described in the Bible as prophets, but who either misused this gift or were fraudulent.
Main list by alphabetical order
A
- Aaron (Exodus 7:1)
- Abel (Luke 11:50-51)
- Abraham (Genesis 20:7)
- Agabus (Acts 21:10)
- Agur (Book of Proverbs 30:1)
- Ahijah (1 Kings 11:29)
- Amos (Amos 7:14-15)
- Anna (Luke 2:36)
- Asaph (2 Chronicles 29:30)
- Azariah (2 Chronicles 15:8)
B
- Barnabas (Acts 13:1)
D
- Daniel (Matthew 24:15)
- David (Hebrews 11:32)
- Deborah (Judges 4:4)
E
- Elijah (1 Kings 18:36)
- Elisha (2 Kings 9:1)
- Enoch (Jude 1:14)
- Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:3)
G
- Gad (2 Samuel 22:5)
H
- Habakkuk (Habakkuk 1:1)
- Haggai (Haggai 1:1)
- Hosea (Matthew 2:15)
- Huldah (2 Kings 22:14)
I
- Iddo (2 Chronicles 13:22)
- Isaiah (2 Kings 19:2)
J
- Jacob (Genesis 28:11-16)
- Jehu (1 Kings 16:7)
- Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:2)
- Jesus (God the Son and/or Son of God) (Luke 24:19)
- Joel (Acts 2:16)
- John the Baptist (Luke 7:28)
- John of Patmos (Revelation 1:1)
- Jonah (2 Kings 14:25)
- Joshua (Joshua 1:1)
- Judas Barsabbas (Acts 15:32)
L
- Lucius of Cyrene (Acts 13:1)
M
- Malachi (Malachi 1:1)
- Manahen (Acts 13:1)
- Micah (Micah 1:1)
- Micaiah (1 Kings 22:8)
- Miriam (Exodus 15:20)
- Moses (Deuteronomy 34:10)
N
- Nahum (Nahum 1:1)
- Nathan (2 Samuel 7:2)
- Noah (Genesis 7:1)
O
- Obadiah (Obadiah 1:1)
- Oded (2 Chronicles 28:9)
P
- Philip the Evangelist (Acts 8:26) Note: His four daughters also prophesied (Acts 21:8, 9)
- Paul the Apostle (Acts of the Apostles 9:20)
S
- Samuel (1 Samuel 3:20)
- Shemaiah (1 Kings 12:22)
- Silas (Acts 15:32)
- Simeon Niger (Acts 13:1)
T
- Two Witnesses (Revelation 11:3)
U
- Urijah (Jeremiah 26:20)
Z
- Zechariah, son of Berechiah (Zechariah 1:1)
- Zechariah, son of Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20)
- Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1)
Secondary list
- Eldad (Numbers 11:26)
- Eliezer (2 Chronicles 20:37)
- Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1:41)
- Jahaziel (2 Chronicles 20:14)
- Joseph (Genesis 37:5 - 11)
- Joseph, fosterfather of Jesus (Matthew 1:20)
- Mary, mother of Jesus (Luke 1:26-28)
- Medad (Numbers 11:26)
- King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (Daniel 2:1)
- King Saul (1Samuel 10:10)
- Simeon of Jerusalem (Luke 2:25, 26)
- King Solomon (1Kings 3:5)
- The seventy elders of Israel (Numbers 11:25)
- Zechariah, father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:67)
False prophets
- See main article False prophet
- Ahab (Jeremiah 29:21)
- Antichrist (1 John 2:18-19)
- Azur (Jeremiah 28:1)
- Elymas (a.k.a. Bar-Jesus) (Acts 13:6-12)
- Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:5)
- Jezebel (Revelation 2:20) (not to be confused with the Jezebel of the Old Testament)
- The false prophet of the Book of Revelation (16:13, 19:20, 20:10)
- Simon Magus (Acts 8:9â€"24)
- Zedekiah (Jeremiah 29:21)
See also
- Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions
- Bible prophecy
- Major prophet
- Minor prophet
- List of biblical names
- Prophets of Islam
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