Abigail – The mother of Amasa, Sister of David. I Chronicles Abigail – The wife of the wicked Nabal, who became a wife of David after Nabal's death. I Samuel Abihail 1 – Mother of Zuriel, chief of the house of Merari. Numbers Abihail 2 – Wife of Abishur and mother of Ahban and Molid. I Chronicles Abishag – Concubine of aged King David. I Kings Abital – One of King David's wives II Samuel; I Chronicles Achsah or Acsah – Daughter of Caleb. When Caleb promised her to Othniel in marriage, she requested that he increased her dowry to include not only land, but springs of water as well. Joshua, Judges, I Chronicles Adah – Adah 1: Wife of Lamech, Genesis Adah – Adah 2 – Daughter of Elon, the Hittite and one of the wives of Esau. Possibly original name of Bashemath. Genesis Ahinoam 1 – Wife of King Saul, mother of Michal wife of King David I Samuel Ahinoam 2 – One of King David's wives, mother of Amnon. I Samuel; II Samuel; I Chronicles Ahlai 1 – Daughter of Sheshan. I Chronicles Ahlai 2 – Mother of Zabad in David's guardI Chronicles Aholibamah or Oholibamah – Daughter of Anah and one of Esau's wives. Also called Judith. Genesis Anna – An aged Jewish prophetess who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem. Luke Asenath – Egyptian wife of Joseph Genesis Atarah – 2nd wife of Jerahmeel. I Chronicles Athaliah – Queen of Judah during the reign of King Jehoram, and later became sole ruler of Judah for five years. II Kings, II Chronicles Azubah 1 – Caleb's wife. I Chronicles Azubah 2 – Wife of King Asa, 3rd king of Judah, and mother of Jehoshaphat. I Kings, II Chronicles Baara – A Moabitess, wife of Shaharaim. I Chronicles Basemeth 1 – Daughter of Elon, the Hittite, One of the wives of Esau. Genesis Basemeth 2 – Daughter of Ishmael and 3rd wife of Esau. Genesis Basemeth 3 – Daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz. I Kings Bathsheba – Wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah. She was the mother of Solomon, who succeeded David as king. II Samuel, I Kings, I Chronicles Bilhah – Rachel's handmaid and a concubine of Jacob who bears him two sons, Dan and Naphtali. Genesis Bithiah – daughter of Pharaoh, Wife of Mered, a descendant of Judah. I Chronicles Candace – Ethiopian queen; a eunuch under her authority and in charge of her treasury was witnessed to by Philip, led to God and baptized. Acts Cozbi – A Midianite princess who was killed by Phinehas grandson of Aaron because her evil influence was seen as the source of a plague among the Israelites. Numbers Damaris. Acts Deborah – Nursemaid to Rebekah and later to Jacob and Esau. Genesis Deborah – Deborah 2 Prophetess and the fourth, and the only female, Judge of pre–monarchic Israel in the Old Testament. Judges Delilah – The woman in the valley of Sorek whom Samson loved. Judges Dinah – Daughter of Jacob, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites and Leah, his first wife. Genesis Dorcas, also known as Tabitha. Acts Eglah – One of King David's wives. II Samuel, I Chronicles Elisabeth – Mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zacharias. Luke Elisheba – Wife of Aaron. Exodus Ephah – one of the concubines of Caleb prince of Judah I Chronicles Ephrath – Second wife of Caleb the spy I Chronicles Esther also known as Hadassah – Queen of the Persian Empire in the Hebrew Bible, the queen of Ahasuerus. Esther Eunice – Timothy Euodia - Christian of the church in Philippi Eve – First woman, wife of Adam. Genesis Gomer – Wife of Hoseah and a prostitute. Hosea Hagar – Egyptian handmaiden of Sarah, wife of Abraham. Hagar became the mother of one of Abraham's sons, Ishmael. Genesis Haggith – Wife of King David, mother of Adoniyah II Samuel, I Kings, I Chronicles Hammolekheth – possibly rules over portion of Gilead. I Chronicles Hamutal – Wife of Josiah and mother of ungodly sons Jehoahaz and Mattaniah. II Kings, Jeremiah Hannah – A prophetess and citizen of Jerusalem. Mother of Samuel. I Samuel Hazelelponi or Hazzelelponi – daughter of Etam, tribe of Judah I Chronicles Helah – I Chronicles Hephzibab – Wife of King Hezekiah and mother of Manasseh who undid his father's good works. II Kings Hodesh – one of the wives of Shaharaim I Chronicles Hodiah's wife – I Chronicles Hogla or Hoglah – One of the five daughters of Zelophehad who fought and won the right to inherit their deceased father's property. Numbers, Joshua Huldah – Prophet II Kings, II Chronicles Hushim – One of the wives of Shaharaim I Chronicles Iscah – Daughter of Abraham's younger brother Haran Genesis Jael – Heroine who killed Sisera to deliver Israel from the troops of king Jabin. She was the wife of Heber the Kenite. Judges Jecholiah or Jecoliah – Wife of Amaziah King of Judah and mother of Uzziah. II Kings, II Chronicles Jedidah – Wife of wicked king Manessah and mother of Josiah. II Kings Jehoaddan or Jehoaddin – II Kings, II Chronicles Jehosheba or Jehoshebeath/Josaba - Daughter of Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada. She saved her nephew Jehoash from massacre. II Kings Jemima – One of Job's daughters. Job Jerioth – Wife of Caleb son of Hezron I Chronicles Jerusha – Daughter of Zadok, a priest, wife of King Uzziah and mother of Jotham. II Kings, I Chronicles, II Chronicles Jezebel – Queen of ancient Israel. I Kings, II Kings Joanna - One of the women who went to prepare Jesus' body for burial. Luke Jochebed – Mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Exodus, Numbers Judith – Hittite wife of Esau. Genesis Julia - Minor character in the new testament Romans Junia or Junias - Called outstanding among the apostles by Paul. Keren–Happuch – One of Job's daughters. Job Keturah – Wife of Abraham after Sarah's death. Genesis, I Chronicles Keziah – Second daughter of Job. Job Leah – First wife of Jacob who was given to him in place of Rachel whom he loved. Genesis, Ruth Lois, grandmother of Saint Timothy. II Timothy Lo–Ruhamah – Daughter of Hosea and Gomer. Hosea Lydia – one of the first to convert to Christianity. Acts Maacah - 2nd wife of King Rehoboam. Mother of Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith. Rehoboam loved Maacah more than any other of his wives or concubines. II Chronicles Maacah 2 - Sister of Makir, father of Gilead. Mentioned one verse later is Makir's wife, also named Maacah. Difficult to determine whether they are the same person or not. I Chronicles Mahalath – daughter of Ishmael and 3rd wife of Esau. Genesis Mahalath – granddaughter of David and the first wife of King Rehoboam. II Chronicles Mahlah – one of the daughters of Zelophehad Numbers, Joshua Mahlah – I Chronicles Martha - Luke, John Mary – Mother of Jesus. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Galatians Mary the mother of James and Joses or Joseph. Matthew Mary the sister of Martha. Luke, John Mary the wife of Cleophas. John Mary who was greeted by Paul. Romans Mary Magdalene – Disciple of Jesus Matthew, Mark, Luke, John Matred – Genesis, I Chronicles Medium of En Dor - 1 Samuel 28 Mehetabel – daughter of Matred. Genesis; I Chronicles Merab – King Saul's oldest daughter. I Samuel Me-Zahab - Mother of Matred, grandmother of Mehetabel.Genesis, I Chronicles Michal – daughter of Saul and wife of David. I Samuel, II Samuel, I Chronicles Milcah - wife of Nahor and daughter of Haran. Genesis Milcah - one of the daughters of Zelophehad. Numbers, Joshua Miriam – Moses' sister. Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, I Chronicles Miriam - woman of Judah. I Chronicles Naamah – Sister of Tubal-cain. Genesis Naamah - Mother of King Rehoboam. II Chronicles Naarah - wife of Asher, tribe of Judah. I Chronicles Naomi – mother–in–law to Ruth. Ruth Noah - daughter of Zelophehad. Numbers Orpah - Sister-in-law to Ruth. Ruth Peninnah - Wife of Elkanah. I Samuel Phoebe – Romans Priscilla – wife of Aquila, and missionary partner to Paul. Acts, Romans, I Corinthians, II Timothy Puah - one of two midwives who saved the Hebrew boys. Exodus Queen Vashti - wife of King Ahasuerus. Esther Rachel – Second wife of Jacob, and sister of Leah. Genesis, I Samuel, Jeremiah, Matthew Rahab - of Jericho. Joshua, Matthew, Hebrews, James Rebekah - wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. Genesis, Romans Reumah - the concubine of Abraham's brother Nahor. Genesis Rhoda - Acts Rizpah - daughter of Aiah and one of the concubines of King Saul. II Samuel Ruth - Boaz and Ruth get married and have a son named Obed. Obed is the descendant of Perez the son of Judah, and the grandfather of king David. Ruth, Matthew Salome - Daughter of Herodias. Name in Hebrew reads שלומית Shlomit and is derived from Shalom שלום, meaning peace. Matthew, Mark Sapphira - Acts Sarah - the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac . Her name was originally Sarai. According to Genesis 17:15 God changed her name to Sarah as part of a covenant with Yahweh after Hagar bore Abraham a son Ishmael. Genesis, Isaiah, Romans, Galatians, Hebrews, I Peter Sheerah - Founded three towns. Descendant of Ephraim. I Chronicles Shelomit - mother of blasphemer. Leviticus Shelomit - daughter of Zerubbabel, sister of Meshullam and Hananiah. I Chronicles Shiphrah - one of two midwives who saved the Hebrew boys. Exodus Susanna - Luke Syntyche - Christian of the church in Philippi mentioned with Euodia Tamar 1: The daughter-in-law of Judah, as well as the mother of two of his children, the twins Zerah and Perez. Genesis Tamar 2: The daughter of King David, and sister of Absalom. Her mother was Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. II Samuel Tamar 3: daughter of David's son Absalom. II Samuel 14:27 Timnah or Timna - concubine of Eliphaz and mother of Amalek. Genesis Tirzah – one of the daughters of Zelophehad. Numbers, Joshua Tabitha Acts 9:36 From Joppa, Tabitha was always doing good and helping the poor. AKA 'Dorcas' Zeresh - wife of Haman. Esther Zeruiah - daughter or stepdaughter of Jesse of the Tribe of Judah, was an older sister of King David. Zeruiah had three sons, Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, all of whom were soldiers in David's army. II Samuel, I Chronicles Zillah, a wife of Lamech and the mother of Tubalcain and Naamah. Genesis Zilpah - Leah's handmaid who becomes a wife of Jacob and bears him two sons Gad and Asher. Genesis Zipporah – Wife of Moses, daughter of Jethro. Exodus
Monday, April 18, 2016
Women in Bible
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