Was Atlas in the Bible?

No, Atlas was not in the Bible, as Atlas is a figure from Greek mythology while the Bible is a collection of Hebrew and Christian scriptures with different cultural origins. Atlas is a Titan from ancient Greek mythology who was condemned by Zeus to hold up the sky or heavens on his shoulders for eternity after the Titanomachy, the war between Titans and Olympian gods. He appears in works by Hesiod, Homer, and other Greek poets, not in biblical texts. The Bible does not mention Greek Titans or Olympian gods by name as real figures, though it does mention some Greek cultural concepts in the New Testament when addressing Greek audiences. The Bible has its own cosmology where the heavens are supported by God's power, not by a Titan, with verses like Job 26:7 stating God suspends the earth over nothing. Some people confuse Atlas with biblical figures who bear burdens or with references to pillars of the earth in Job and Psalms, but those are poetic metaphors for God's creation, not references to Atlas. The name Atlas also appears in modern contexts like the Book of Atlas meaning maps, named after the mythological figure, but that is unrelated to scripture. The Bible's focus is on God, prophets, and figures like Adam, Moses, David, and Jesus, not Greek mythological Titans. So Atlas belongs to Greek mythology and classical literature, not biblical canon, and there is no character named Atlas in Old or New Testament.