Occupations and roles
Explore the trades, offices and roles of the people in the Bible, with the verses that name them.
- Administrative officer (3)
- Administrator over satraps (1)
- Apostle (14)
- Apostle (1) · Heavenly role
- Archer (4)
- Armor-bearer (2)
- Army division commander (13)
- Baptizer (1)
- Bronze worker (1)
- Captain of a band (4)
- Captain of hundreds (5)
- Captain of the guard (5)
- Captain of thousands (9)
- Centurion (2)
- Champion in single combat (1)
- Chancellor (1)
- Chariot commander (1)
- Chief governor over the wise men (1)
- Chief herdsman (1)
- Chief of a Levite clan (6)
- Chief of court officials (3)
- Chief of district officers (1)
- Chief of gatekeepers (2)
- Chief of magicians (1)
- Chief of priests (1)
- Chief of the island (1)
- Chief of the Levite leaders (1)
- Chief of the Levites (10)
- Chief of the Thirty (3)
- Chief of the Three (2)
- Chief of warriors (1)
- Chief royal official (1)
- Chief tax collector (1)
- Chief temple officer (1)
- Christian minister (4)
- Church elder (1)
- City governor (4)
- City steward (1)
- Clan chief (14)
- Commander of a tribal army (13)
- Commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites (1)
- Commander of the LORD’s army (1) · Heavenly role
- Coppersmith (1)
- Council member (1)
- Court official (14)
- Craft designer (1)
- Craftsman (4)
- Cupbearer (1)
- Deputy city governor (1)
- Deputy overseer of offerings (1)
- District officer (12)
- District ruler (8)
- Doorkeeper of the ark (2)
- Edomite chief (32)
- Embroiderer (2)
- Emperor (1)
- Enemy of the Jews (1)
- Evangelist (1)
- Expedition commander (3)
- False prophet (2)
- Farmer (3)
- Fisher (4)
- Fortress commander (1)
- Gatekeeper (2)
- Goldsmith (1)
- Governor (10)
- Governor of Egypt (1)
- Great prince (1) · Heavenly role
- Harlot (1)
- Head of an ancestral house (16)
- Herdsman (1)
- High priest (1) · Heavenly role
- High priest (13)
- Household steward (2)
- Hunter (2)
- Jewish ruler (1)
- Judge (16)
- Keeper of the concubines (1)
- Keeper of the king's forest (1)
- Keeper of the women (1)
- King (175)
- Labor force overseer (1)
- Leader of a company of prophets (1)
- Leader of Gilead (1)
- Leader of thanksgiving in prayer (1)
- Leader of the Aaronites (1)
- Leader of the house of Judah (1)
- Leader of the people (35)
- Leader's attendant (1)
- Legal expert (1)
- Levite minister before the ark (1)
- Levite tabernacle servant (1)
- Levite temple servant (21)
- Metalworker (1)
- Midwife (2)
- Mighty warrior of David (32)
- Military commander (30)
- Military officer (2)
- Military tribune (1)
- Minister of the gospel (1)