Israelite Tribes

This is a list of the tribes of Israel in the bible and the persons and places associated with them, and namesakes. We have done all the tribes except for 4 which we have not yet been able to finish (Levi, Judah, Dan, Joseph).

Reuben: Shechem, Hanoch, Elizur, Shammua, Dathan/Abiram, Peleth/Eliab, Jazer/Gilead, Heshbon, Aroer/Arnon, Ramoth, Bohan, Bezer, Merari, Beerah, Pul, Adina, Eliezer.

Simeon: Shechem, Jemuel/Nemuel/Shemuel, Shelumiel/Shemuel, Shaphat, Shephatiah, Zimri, Seir, Pelatiah.

Levi: Maccabees, Jeremiah, Hilkiah, Aaron, Korah, Moses, John Baptist, Zechariah, Eli, Miriam, Amran, Kohath, Matthew/Levi, Josephus, Ezekiel, Ezra, Shechem, Priestly/Aaronic Messiah, Jesua, kin of high priest in John, Lewinsky, Levine, ....

(Priests: Melchizedek, Aaron, Jeremiah, Macabees, Boethusian, Jesus, Zechariah, Micah, Jeshua, Prester John, Wicked priest, Ezra.)

Judah: Jeoud, David, Absalom, Adonijah, Rehoboam, Solomon, Menelik, Zedekiah, Zerubbabel, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Nathan, Zerah, Perez, Boaz, Caleb, Kenaz, Othniel, Hillel, Jude, James, Herod, Judith, Judas, Tekoa/Amos, Daniel, Jerahmeelites, ....

(Kings/queens: Nimrod, Melchizedek, Pharaoh, Jobab (Edomite), Moloch/Milcom, Adonizedek, Adonibezek, Abimelech, Saul, David, Absalom, Solomon, Sheba/Makeda/Tamrin/Bilqis/Nicaule, Lemuel, Jeroboam, Jezebel, Omri, Ahasuerus, Maccabees/Hasmonean, Melkiresha, Herod, Jesus, Abaddon/Apollyon.)

Gad: Ziphion, Eliasaph, Gaddiel, Gaddi, Geuel, Zephon, Dibon, Horhaggidgad, Gilead, Ramoth, Baalgad, Hazargaddah, Migdalgad, prophet Gad, Bani, Aroer, Gadi, Bethgader, Ezer, Azgad, Malcam.

Asher: Anna, Imnah, Pagiel, Sethur, Serach, Ahihud, Bethshean? Mishal/Mashal, Acco, Baana.

Dan: Daniel, Samson, Antichrist, Eldad Hadani, ....

Naphtali: Ebal, Jesus, Jahzeel/Jahziel, Ahira, Nahbi, Pedahel, Kedesh, Bethshemesh, Barak, Ahimaaz, Hiram, Benhadad, Pul, Jeremoth, Tobit, Elijah/Tishbite.

Isacchar: Gerizzim, Tola, Nethanel, Igal, Paltiel, Bethshean/Ibleam/Dor? Kishion, Deborah, Dodo, Jehoshaphat, Baasha, Kedesh, Omri, Judas Iscariot.

Zebulun: Sered/Sarid, Eliab, Gaddiel, Elizaphan, Jokneam, Kitron, Elon, Rimmono, Ishmaiah, Jesus.

Joseph: Messiah ben Joseph, Joseph Smith, Joses, Josephus, Goebbels, J Campbell, Asaph, Lehi, Manasseh, Ephraim, other sons, Machir, Gilead, Samuel, Joshua, Nephi, Laman, Joseph father of Jesus, ....

Ephraim: Jesus, Elishama, Hoshea/Joshua, Shuthelah, Kemuel, Gezer, Tappuah, Timnathserah, Shechem, Eleazar/Phineas, Timnathheres, (Ehud,) Deborah, Amalek, (Gideon,) Tola, (Jephthah,) Gileadites, Abdon, Micah, Levite (Judges), Elkanah, Samuel, Ishbosheth, Baalhazor, Absalom, Sheba, Jeroboam, gate of Ephraim, Helez, Benaiah, Zemaraim, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, (Amaziah,) Zichri, Azariah, Hezekiah, son of Remaliah, Samaria, Jareb, Tyre.

Manasseh: Machir, Gamaliel, Gaddi, Gilead, Zelopehad, Jair, Hanniel, Tappuah, Bethshean, Golan, Taanach, Gideon, Abimelech, Jephthah, Pul, Aner, Asriel, Jerusalem, Adnah, Joel, Iddo, Hezekiah.

Benjamin: Ephratha, Bela, Abidan, Palti, Elidad, Jericho, Gibeon, Kish/Cush, Saul, Mordechai, Esther, Paul, Jebus, Ehud, Gibeah, Mari, Rimmon, Zelzah, Geba, Baanah/Rechab, Beeroth, Shimei, Gera/Ela, Sheba, Zela, Ittai/Ithai, Sallu, Abiezer, Jaasiel, Eliada, Anathoth, Jeremiah, Jerusalem, Irijah, Gilead, Ishbosheth, Jonathan.

(Prophets/"Prophets": Enoch, Moses, The/That Prophet like Moses, Balaam, Deborah, Samuel, Nathan, Gad, Elijah, (Gehazi,) Elishah, Joel, Isaiah, Jonah, Huldah, Jeremiah, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Anna, Jesus, Agabus, Merlin, Mohammed, Joseph Smith, (Barry Smith said he was not a prophet as such,) False Prophet.)

Jews/Yiddish / Hebrews/Ivrit / Israelis / Chosen:
Abraham, Adler? Barabbas, Barkochba, Bengurion, Beria, Benhur, Bambergs, Columbus? Cagliostro, Cohen, Dreyfus, Neil Daimond, King David, Daniel, Kirk Douglas, Disraeli, Esther, Kurt Eisner, Eisenhower, Einstein, Ann Frank, Freud, Franco, Gamaliel, Herzl, "Heydrich", Hamilton (US history), Herod, Hasidic, Hillel, EM House, Benny Hinn, Isaac, Jacob/Israel, Jesus, Juwes (JTR), Joseph, Judith, Judah, Judas, Jude, Koestler, Kuhn, John Key (part Jewish ancestry, NZ), Levi, Lewinsky, Anton Lavey, Peter Marsh, Moses, Karl Marx, Mordechai, Macabees, Matthew/Levi, Maimonides, Netanyahu, Paul/Saul, Perez, Petrus Romanus, Peter, Rothschilds, Ravage, Rabin, Bob Sell (NZ), Sylvester Stalone (Rambo), Sanders (US pres candidate), Shamir, Zecharia Sitchin, Shicklegruber (Hilter), Samson, Teacher of Righteousness, Trosky, Tobit, The Wandering Jew, Immanuel Velikovsky, Julius Vogel (NZ), Weishaupt, Wicked priest, Weizman.


A related topic to this post's subject is the question of whether it was 70 or 72 or 75 souls who came down into Egypt with Jacob. So here is what we put together on that:

Was it 70 or 72 or 75 souls that came with Jacob/Israel down into Egypt? (Genesis 46, Exodus 1, Lxx, Acts 7, Josephus, Jashar.) Was Stephen wrong?
Firstly there is a common connection in myth etc of 10 & 12, 40 & 42, 70 & 72, 100 & 120. Eg 70/72 is found in biblical with the 70/72 nations of Genesis 10, the 70 elders/Sanhedrin, the Septuagint, the 70/72 disciples of Jesus. Numbers are also often sometimes rounded off.
However Stephen's 75 is probably from the Septuagint since i have seen that that source does say "75" in Genesis 46 & Exodus 1.

66 sons/daughters & grandsons/greatgrandsons, + 3/9 (Jose, Manasseh, Ephraim), + 1 (Jacob/Israel), = 70/75.

32/33 (6 s/b, 1/2 d, 4 s, 6/5 s (5/4 s, 1 s, -3 s), 3 s, +/- 1 d, -2 s, 1 s, 2 s, 2 gs, 4 s, 3 s) of Leah,
+ 14/18 (2 s, 10/9/7 s/gs, 2 s, - other sons, 1 gs, 1 ggs, 2 gs, 1 ggs) of Rachel,
= 47,
+ 7 (2, 4, 1) of Bilhah,
= 54,
+ 16 (2 s, 7 s, 4/3 s, 1 d, 2 gs) of Zilpah,
= 69/70,
+ 1 Jacob/Leah,
= 70/71/75,
+ 3 (Leah, Blihah, Zilpah, - Rachel),
= 75?
(1 missing in the Leah group has been proposed to be explained by "Jacob had another (missing) daughter" since verse 15 says "daughters (plural)", possibly though it might be either Jacob or Leah or the Canaanitess or Jochebed or Tamar or Hirah?)

Note by the way that Benjamins sons list differs between Genesis, Numbers, and Chronicles. (Judah's 5 sons in Chronicles also is different?)