This page will, ultimately, be an exhaustive catalogue of every peoples in the Bible. Because this is such a large project, the page will remain up as a “work in progress” as it is expanded and refined. Please let me know of any errors.
Eventually, there will be two main sections: One for “Israelites”, as defined by the Biblical authors, and a larger one for all the people the Israelites wantonly slaughter. The list will not be comprehensive, since there are approximately 300,000,000 peoples listed in the Bible- in the tribal society, every town or family line is its own -ite, and I’m not really going to detail, say, the Kohanite lineage of the Levites. At least not until I get really really bored.
All names are given in their KJV spelling first, just to adhere to some standard. Hebrew names are given in plural if possible.
| Name/שם | Territory, Ethnicity | Notable Bible Antics | Fun Facts™ |
| Amalekites עמלקי |
Killed by Saul (1st Samuel 15) | ||
| Ammonites עמנים |
Transjordan | Not big players. | |
| Amorites אמרי |
Pretty vague | E’s term for Canaanites? | |
| Anakim/sons of Anak ילידי הענק |
Giants | Probably not real | |
| Arameans/Syrians ארם |
Do not confuse with Assyrians | ||
| Assyrians אשור |
Destroys the kingdom of Israel | Do not confuse with Syrians | |
| Canaanites כנעני |
Semitic people of Syria-Palestine; vaguely defined. | Ethnically cleansed in Joshua | Don’t worry, the ethnic cleansing is a myth. |
| Cherethites & Pelethites כרתי & פלתי |
Ethnicity not quite certain; Cherethites may be from Crete, Pelethites may be Philistines. | 2nd Samuel 8:18 | King David’s Blackwater |
| Edomites אדמיים |
Transjordan | Jacob & Esau story Gen. 25Won’t let Israel pass through land Numbers 20
Controlled by, later revolt against Israelites 2nd Samuel 8; 2nd Kings 8 |
Jacob & Esau tale portrays Israel and Edom as siblings |
| Egyptians מצרים |
You know this one! | Wore heavy eyeliner. | |
| Ethiopians/Cushites כושים |
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| Gezrites | |||
| Girgashites | |||
| Hagarites | |||
| Hittites | |||
| Hivites | |||
| Horites | |||
| Ishmeelites/Ishmaelites | |||
| Jebusites יבוסי |
city-state of Jerusalem | ||
| Jerahmeelites | |||
| Kadmonites | |||
| Kenites | |||
| Kenizzites | |||
| Maachathites | |||
| Maonites | |||
| Midianites | northern arabian penninsula | ||
| Moabites | Transjordan | ||
| Meunites | Some arabic tribe | 2nd Chr. 20 | |
| Perizzites | |||
| Philistines (Gazathites/Gazites, Ashdothites, Eshkalonites, Gittites, Ekronites, Avites) | Mycenaean Greeks, held five main cities to the southwest | (jsh 13:3) | Thought to be related to the “Sea People” who stirred shit up in the region. One of Israel’s top enemies. |
| Rehobites | |||
| Rephaim | Ghosts of the dead. | ||
| Sidonians/Zidonians | Phoenicians; Main city was Tyre | They get no props for building the Temple. | |
Tribes who are mentioned but only once or twice so nothing really can be side about them:
Geshurites
Asherites (related to “Asherah”?)
Better Than Esdras 