List of prophets in the Bible
By azbible.com
There are about 88 prophets featured or mentioned in the Bible. A prophet is someone who receives revelations from God.
Of those, 63 are in the Old Testament and 25 are in the New Testament.
The list below shows the name of the prophet, in alphabetical order, and the first Bible verse in which they are referred to as being a prophet.
For Isaac, Job and Peter in the "First appearance" column, you'll see an asterisk after their Bible verses. These three prophets were not explicity identified as prophets but these Bible verses show examples of prophecies that these Biblical figures received.
The chart also shows the testament era in which the prophet lived.
1
Aaron
Exodus 7:2
Old Testament
2
Abel
Luke 11:50-51
Old Testament
3
Abraham
Genesis 20:7
Old Testament
4
Agabus
Acts 21:10
Old Testament
5
Agur
Book of Proverbs 30:1
Old Testament
6
Ahab
Jeremiah 29:21
Old Testament
7
Ahijah
1 Kings 11:29
Old Testament
8
Amos
Amos 7:14-15
Old Testament
9
Anna
Luke 2:36
New Testament
10
Antichrist
1 John 2:18-19
New Testament
11
Asaph
2 Chronicles 29:30
Old Testament
12
Azariah
2 Chronicles 15:8
Old Testament
13
Azur
Jeremiah 28:1
Old Testament
14
Barnabas
Acts 13:1
New Testament
15
Daniel
Matthew 24:15
Old Testament
16
David
Hebrews 11:32
Old Testament
17
Deborah
Judges 4:4
Old Testament
18
Eldad
Numbers 11:26
Old Testament
19
Eliezer
2 Chronicles 20:37
Old Testament
20
Elihu
Job 32-35
Old Testament
21
Elijah
1 Kings 18:36
Old Testament
22
Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist
Luke 1:41
New Testament
23
Elisha
2 Kings 9:1
Old Testament
24
Elymas (Bar-Jesus)
Acts 13:6-12
New Testament
25
Enoch
Jude 1:14
Old Testament
26
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 1:3
Old Testament
27
Gad
1 Samuel 22:5
Old Testament
28
Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1:1
Old Testament
29
Haggai
Haggai 1:1
Old Testament
30
Hanani
2 Chronicles 16:7
Old Testament
31
Hananiah
Jeremiah 28:5
Old Testament
32
Hosea
Hosea 1:1
Old Testament
33
Huldah
2 Kings 22:14
Old Testament
34
Iddo
2 Chronicles 13:22
Old Testament
35
Isaac
Genesis 26:2-5*
Old Testament
36
Isaiah
2 Kings 19:2
Old Testament
37
Jacob
Genesis 28:11-16
Old Testament
38
Jahaziel
2 Chronicles 20:14
Old Testament
39
Jehu
1 Kings 16:7
Old Testament
40
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 20:2
Old Testament
41
Jesus
Luke 24:19
New Testament
42
Jezebel (not the Jezebel of the Old Testament)
Revelation 2:20
New Testament
43
Job
Job 19:25-27*
Old Testament
44
Joel
Acts 2:16
Old Testament
45
John of Patmos
Revelation 1:1
New Testament
46
John the Baptist
Luke 7:28
New Testament
47
Jonah
2 Kings 14:25
Old Testament
48
Joseph
Genesis 37:5 - 11
Old Testament
49
Joseph, foster father of Jesus
Matthew 1:20
New Testament
50
Joshua
Joshua 1:1
Old Testament
51
Judas Barsabbas
Acts 15:32
New Testament
52
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
Daniel 2:1
Old Testament
53
King Saul
1 Samuel 10:10
Old Testament
54
King Solomon
1 Kings 3:5
Old Testament
55
Lucius of Cyrene
Acts 13:1
New Testament
56
Malachi
Malachi 1:1
Old Testament
57
Manaen
Acts 13:1
New Testament
58
Mary, mother of Jesus
Luke 1:26-28
New Testament
59
Medad
Numbers 11:26
Old Testament
60
Micah
Micah 1:1
Old Testament
61
Micaiah
1 Kings 22:9
Old Testament
62
Miriam
Exodus 15:20
Old Testament
63
Moses
Deuteronomy 34:10
Old Testament
64
Nahum
Nahum 1:1
Old Testament
65
Nathan
2 Samuel 7:2
Old Testament
66
Noadiah
Nehemiah 6:14
Old Testament
67
Noah
Genesis 7:1
Old Testament
68
Obadiah
Obadiah 1:1
Old Testament
69
Oded
2 Chronicles 28:9
Old Testament
70
Paul the Apostle
Acts of the Apostles 9:20
New Testament
71
Peter
2 Peter 3:1-18*
New Testament
72
Philip the Evangelist
Acts 8:26
New Testament
73
Samuel
1 Samuel 3:20
Old Testament
74
Shemaiah
1 Kings 12:22
Old Testament
75
Silas
Acts 15:32
New Testament
76
Simeon Niger
Acts 13:1
New Testament
77
Simeon of Jerusalem
Luke 2:25, 26
New Testament
78
Simon Magus
Acts 8:9-24
New Testament
79
The false prophet of the Book of Revelation
Revelation 16:13, 19:20, 20:10
New Testament
80
The four daughters of Philip the Evangelist
Acts 21:8, 9
New Testament
81
The seventy elders of Israel
Numbers 11:25
Old Testament
82
Two Witnesses
Revelation 11:3
New Testament
83
Urijah
Jeremiah 26:20
Old Testament
84
Zechariah, father of John the Baptist
Luke 1:67
New Testament
85
Zechariah, son of Berechiah
Zechariah 1:1
Old Testament
86
Zechariah, son of Jehoiada
2 Chronicles 24:20
Old Testament
87
Zedekiah
Jeremiah 29:21
Old Testament
88
Zephaniah
Zephaniah 1:1
Old Testament
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