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Women of the Bible
Learn more about the women of the bible.
Question | Answer |
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Bath-sheba | Wife of David; mother of Solomon |
Deborah | A judge who defeated the Canaanites under Sisera. |
Delilah | Philistine woman who tricked Samson. |
Dinah | The only daughter of Jacob. |
Esther | Jewish captive in Persia; saved her people from destruction by the schemer Haman. |
Eve | The first woman. |
Gomer | The prophet Hosea's unfaithful wife. |
Hagar | Sarah's maid; mother of Ishmael. |
Jezebel | Wicked wife of King Ahab of the Northern Kingdom. |
Jochebed | Mother of Moses. |
Miriam | Sister of Moses. |
Naomi | Ruth's mother-in-law; great-great-grandmother of David. |
Orpah | Ruth's sister-in-law; Namoni's daughter-in-law. |
Rachel | Wife of Jacob. |
Rahab | Harlot who harbored Israel's spies; ancestor of Jesus. |
Ruth | Wife of Boaz, mother of Obed; great-grandmother of David; ancestor of Jesus. |
Sarah | Wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac. |
Tamar | A daughter of David. |
Zipporah | Wife of Moses. |
Anna | Recognized Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah. |
Bernice | Sister of Agrippa before whom Paul made his defense. |
Candace | A queen of Ethiopia. |
Chloe | A woman who knew of divisions in the church at Corinth. |
Claudia | Christian of Rome. |
Damaris | Woman of Athens converted under Paul's ministry. |
Dorcas (Tabitha) | Christian in Joppa who was raised from the dead by Peter. |
Drusilla | Wife of Felix; governor of Judea. |
Elizabeth | Mother of John the Baptist. |
Eunice | Mother of Timothy. |
Herodious | Queen who demanded the execution of John the Baptist. |
Joanna | Provided for the material needs of Jesus. |
Lois | Grandmother of Timothy. |
Lydia | Convert under Paul's ministry in Philippi. |
Martha & Mary | Sisters of Lazarus; friends of Jesus. |
Phoebe | A servant, perhaps a deaconess, in the church at Chechrea. |
Priscilla | Wife of Aquila; laborer with Paul at Corinth and Ephesus. |
Salome | Mother of Jesus's disciples, James and John. |
Sapphira | Lied about the nature of a gift of money in the early Christian community. |
Susanna | Provided for the material needs of Jesus. |