Woman: taken out of Man (Gen 2:23)

Eve: mother of all living (Gen 3:20)

By God (Gen 1:27; 5:2; Mt 19:4)

In God’s image and likeness (Gen 1:26-27)

Out of man (Gen 2:22-23)

For man

• As his Helper (Gen 2:18, 20)

• For his Glory (1 Cor 11:7-9)

Comparable to man (Gen 2:18,20)

Beautiful/lovely/fair

• Abigail (1 Sam 25:3)

• Abishag (1 Kgs 1:4)

• Bathsheba (2 Sam 11:2)

• Daughters of Job (Job 42:15)

• Daughters of Zion (Jer 6:2)

• Esther (Esth 2:7)

• Rachel (Gen 29:17)

• Rebekah (Gen 24:16)

• Sarai (Gen 12:11,14)

• Shulamite Woman (Song 1:8)

• Tamar (Absalom’s daughter) (2 Sam 14:27)

• Vashti (Esth 1:11)

• Unnamed (Job 42:15; Ps 45:11; Songs 1:8; Jer 6:2; Amos 8:13; Zech 9:17)

Charitable (Prov 31:20; Acts 9:36; 1 Tim 5:10)

Chaste (Titus 2:4; 1 Pet 3:2)

Compassionate (Is 49:15)

Delicate (Jer 6:2)

Discreet (Titus 2:4)

Excellent (Prov 12:4)

Fears the Lord (Prov 31:30; 1 Pet 3:2)

Gentle (1 Pet 3:4)

Gracious (Pov 11:16)

Helpful/serving (Lk 10:40; Rom 16:1-2, 6)

Holy (1 Pet 3:5)

Honorable (Ps 45:9)

Hospitable (Gen 24:17; 2 Kgs 4:9-10; Lk 8:2-3; Lk 10:38; 1 Tim 5:10)

Loving and affectionate (2 Sam 1:26)

Love family (Titus 2:4)

Loyal (Ruth 1:14-18)

Prudent (Prov 19:14)

Quiet (1 Pet 3:4)

Reverent (Titus 2:3)

Trustworthy (Prov 31:11)

Virtuous (Ruth 3:11; Prov 31:10-28)

Wise (2 Sam 20:16; Prov 14:1)

Related to being a wife

• Excellent (Prov 12:4)

• Gentle & quiet spirit (1 Pet 3:4)

• Pure (1 Pet 3:2)

• Fears the Lord (Prov 31:30)

• Trustworthy (Prov 31:11)

• Does her husband good (Prov 31:12)

• Crown of her husband (Prov 12:4)

• A good thing for the husband (Prov 18:22)

• Prudent (Prov 19:14)

Related to being a mother

• Love for children (Is 49:15)

• Called blessed by children (Prov 31:28)

Adulterous (Prov 6:26; Prov 30:20; Ezek 16:32; Hos 4:13; Jn 8:3-11)

Always learning but never know the truth (2 Tim 3:7)

Complacency (Is 32:9-11)

Contentious (Prov 19:13; Prov 21:9, 19; Prov 25:24; Prov 27:15)

Evil (Prov 6:24)

Examples of

• Jezebel, wife of Ahab (1 Kgs 18:4, 13; 1 Kgs 19:2; 1 Kgs 21:7-15)

• Athaliah (12 Kgs 11:1)

• Maacah (2 Chron 15:16)

• Pagan women (Neh 13:26)

• Zeresh, wife of Mordecai (Esth 5:14)

• Job’s wife (Job 2:9)

• Herodias’ daughter (Mt 14:6-11; Mk 6:22-27)

Exchange the natural use for what is against nature (Rom 1:26)

Flattering tongue (Prov 6:24)

Foolish (Job 2:10; Prov 14:1)

Given to much wine (Titus 2:3)

Gullible (2 Tim 3:6)

Haughty in deportment (Is 3:16)

Heart, related to

• Crafty heart (Prov 7:10; Ecc 7:26)

• Deceitful heart (See Crafty heart)

• Prophecy out of their own heart (Ez 13:17)

• Snares and nets (Ecc 7:26)

Idols, related to

• Make idols (2 Kings 23:7; 2 Chr 15:16)

• Make offerings for other gods (Jer 7:18)

• Wept for Tammuz (note: a foreign god) (Ez 8:14)

• Wove hangings for wooden image (2 Kgs 23:7)

• Burned incense to other gods (Jer 44:15-19, 25)

Immoral (see <topic id=”513” startswith=”Immoral Women” nth=”1”>Types of &gt; Immoral Women</topic>) 

Jewelry, clothing, adornment (Prov 7:10; Is 3:16-24; Jer 2:32; 1 Tim 2:9; 1 Pet 3:3-4)

Lead man to disobey or turn away from God (Gen 3:6, 11, 12; 1 Kgs 11:4-7; 1 Kgs 21:25; Neh 13:26; Prov 6:24-26; Prov 7:6-27; Ecc 7:26)

Led away by lusts (Rom 1:26; 2 Tim 3:6)

Related to being a mother

• Boiled their own children (2 Kgs 6:28-29; Lam 4:10)

Related to being a wife

• Adulterous (Ezek 16:32)

• Contentious (Prov 19:13; 21:9, 19; 25:24)

• Disobeying husband (Est 1:12)

• Causes shame is rottenness to his bones (Prov 12:4)

  • Examples of

    • Delilah (Jdg 16:6, 18-29)
    • Jezebel (1 Kgs 21:25)
    • Job’s wife (Job 2:9-10)

Rule over men (Is 3:12)

Sew magic charms (Ez 13:18-23)

Slanders (Titus 2:3)

Strange (See Immoral)

Tempted by serpent (Gen 3:1-6,13; 2 Co 11:3; 1 Ti 2:14)

Through a curse (Gen 3:16)

Through submission to man/husband (Gen 3:16; 1 Co 11:3; Eph 5:22; 1 Pe 3:1, 5)

Through silence & submission (1Co 14:34; 1 Ti 2:11)

Through obedience to husband (1 Pet 3:6; Tit 3:5)

Through honoring husband (Est 1:18-20)

Through silence (1 Tim 2:12)

Abominations of the earth (Rev 17:4-6)

Babylon the great (Rev 17:4-6)

Great city which reigns over the kings of the earth (Rev 17:18)

Harlot who corrupted the earth (Rev 19:2)

In John’s apocalyptical vision (Rev 12:1-6)

Mother of harlots (Rev 17:4-6)

Woman in the basket representing wickedness (Zech 5:7-8)

Lo-Ruhamah represents God having no mercy on Israel (Hos 1:6)

Ohalah represents Samaria  (Ez 23:4)

Oholibah represents Jerusalem (Ez 23:4)

A good thing (Prov 18:22)

Children of Israel (Jer 50:37)

Daughter of Zion (Jer 6:2)

David’s love for Jonathan (2 Sam 1:26)

Egypt (Is 19:16)

God’s compassion for Zion (Is 49:15)

God’s love for Zion (Is 49:15)

Harlots

• Israel played the harlot (Hos 4:12-15)

Mother

• Jerusalmen likened to (Gal 4:26)

Mighty men of Babylon (Jer 51:30)

People of Nineveh (Nah 3:13)

Weaker vessel compared to men (1 Pet 3:7)

Virgin

• Chaste virgin (2 Cor 11:2)

• Ten virgins (Mt 25:1-13)

• Ones who are not defiled with women are called virgins (Rev 14:4)

Wife

• fruitful vine (Ps 128:3)

• rottenness to husband’s bones (Prov 12:4)

Woman in labor

• Babylon’s pain likened to woman in childbirth (Is 13:8)

• A Cry like a woman in labor (Is 42:14)

• Sudden destruction likened to labor pains (1 Thess 5:3)

Virgin will bear a son called Immanuel (Is 7:14)

Salvation through the seed of (Gen 3:15; Is 7:14)

Salvation in childbearing (1 Tim 2:15)

Made equal in Christ (Gal 3:28)

Hair (1 Cor 11:5-15)

Marriage & divorce (1 Cor 10:10-13,15)

Dress/attire (Deut 22:5; 1 Ti 2:9-10; 1 Pet 3:3-4)

Family (Prov 31:15, 21, 27)

• Being a wife (Est 1:20; 1 Cor 7:10-11; 1 Cor 11:3; Eph 5:22; Col 3:18; Tit 2:4-5; 1 Pet 3:1,5-6)

  • Of a deacon (1 Ti 3:11)

• Being a mother (Is 49:15; Tit 2:4)

Young women (Tit 2:4)

• Love their husbands

• Love their children

• Discreet

• Chaste

• Homemakers

• Good

• Obedient to husband

Older women (Tit 2:3)

• Reverent in behavior

• Not slanderers

• Not given to much wine

• Teachers of good things

Widows (1 Tim 5:3-16)

Hear the law (Deut 31:12; Josh 8:35)

Apparel (see Dress)

Betrothal (Deut 22:23-27)

Blood discharge (Lev 14:19-30)

Childbirth (Lev 12)

Dress (Deut 22:5, 11)

Fathers marrying daughters (1 Cor 7:36)

Infidelity (Num 5:12-31)

Inheritance (Num 27:1-11; Num 36; Josh 17:3-6)

Injuring a woman with child (Ex 21:22-25)

Menstruation (See <topic id=”513” startswith=”Blood discharge” nth=”1”>Blood discharge</topic>)

Prostitution (Lev 19:29)

Violated virgins (Ex 22:16-17; Deut 22:28-29)

Vows to the Lord

• When unmarried (Num 30:3-5)

• When married (Num 30:6-9)

• When widowed or divorced (Num 30:9-15)

Anointed Jesus (Mk 26:7; Mk 14:3; Lk 7:38; Jn 12:3)

Builds her house (Prov 14:1)

Burned incense to other gods (Jer 44:15-19, 25)

Fast and pray (Esth 4:16)

Forged letters (1 Kgs 21:8)

Keeps a vineyard (Song 1:6)

Make idols (2 Kings 23:7; 2 Chr 15:16)

Make offerings for other gods (Jer 7:18)

Ministering to Jesus (Mt 27:55-56)

Offered jewelry to the Lord (Ex 35:22)

Pulls down her house (Prov 14:1)

Purification after blood discharge (menstruation) (Lev 15:19-33; 2 Sam 11:4)

Purification after childbirth (Lev 12; Lk 2:22)

Remains in the tent (Gen 18:9)

Sell a piece of land (Ruth 4:3)

Set boughs on fire (Is 27:11)

Sold for husband’s debts (Mt 18:25)

Spun yarn (Ex 35:25) (see also <topic id=”513” startswith=”Textile” nth=”1”>Works/Roles of &gt; Textile</topic>)

Veil and cover in presence of other sex (Gen 24:65)

Wash feet (Lk 7:37-38; 1 Tim 5:10)

Wept for Tammuz (note: a foreign god) (Ez 8:14)

Wove hangings for wooden image (2 Kgs 23:7)

Agriculture (Ruth 2:7-8; Sol 1:6)

Artisans (Ex 35:25)

Baker (Gen 18:6; 1 Sam 8:13; Jer 7:18)

Businesswoman (Prov 31:14-18, 24; Acts 16:14)

Childbearering (Gal 4:4; 1 Tim 2:15)

• Curse of increased sorrow and pain (Gen 3:16)

• Rachel had hard labor (Gen 35:16)

• Pain to be felt by Babylon likened to woman in childbirth (Is 13:8)

• Cry likened to a woman in labor (Is 42:14)

• Sorrow in labor but joy after childbirth (Jn 16:21)

• Sudden destruction likened to labor pains (1 Thess 5:3)

Cook/Provide food (Gen 18:6; Gen 27:9; 1 Sam 8:13; Prov 31:15; Jer 7:18)

Dance (Ex 15:20-21; Jdgs 11:34; Jdgs 21:21; 1 Sam 18:6-7; Jer 31:13; Mt 14:6)

Drawing and carrying water (Gen 24:11, 13, 15-16, 19-20; 1 Sam 9:11; Jn 4:7)

Evangelize (Jn 4:29, 39-42)

Glean wheat (Ruth 2:7-8)

Grinding at the mill (Mt 24:41; Lk 17:35)

Helper  (Gen 2:18; Rom 16:2)

Homemakers (Tit 2:4)

Judge (Jdgs 4:4-5)

Keeper of vineyards (Song 1:6)

Kneading meal (Gen 18:6)

Laborers for the Lord (Ex 38:8; Mt 27:55-56; LK 8:2-3; Lk 10:40; Rom 16:1-3,6 12; Phil 4:3; 1 Tim 5:10)

Medium (1 Sam 28:8-23)

Midwives (Ex 1:15-21)

Military leader (Jdgs 4:6-9)

Mother (Ex 2:2-10; 1 Sam 2:19; 2 Kgs 4:20; Prov 31:1-9; Prov 31:15; Prov 31:27; Is 49:15; 2 Tim 1:5; 2 Tim 3:15; 1 Tim 5:10; Tit 3:4)

• Hagar, mother of Ishmael (Gen 21:16)

• Mary, mother of Jesus (Jn 19:25-27)

• Moses’ mother (Ex 2:2-3)

• Hannah, mother of Samuel (1 Sam 1:20,22-28; 2:19,21)

• Rizpah lost two sons (2 Sam 21:8-11)

• Mother in Solomon’s time (1 Kgs 3:26)

• Shunammite woman’s son was sick (2 Kgs 4:20,30,36-37)

• Canaanite woman’s daughter was demon-possessed (Mt 15:22)

Mourners & wailers (Jer 9:17,20)

Music (Ex 15:20-21; Jdgs 5 1 Chr 25:5-6; Ezra 2:65; Neh 7:67)

Offered/sang words of praise

• Miriam (Ex 15:21)

• Deborah (Jdgs 5)

• Hannah (1 Sam 2:1-10)

• Mary (Lk 1:46-55)

Peacemaker (1 Sam 25:18-35)

Perfumers (1 Sam 8:13)

Pray (Acts 1:14; Acts 12:12; 1 Co 11:5)

Prophetess

• Miriam (Ex 15:20)

• Noadiah (Neh 6:14)

• Deborah (Jdgs 4:4)

• Huldah (2 Kgs 22:14-20; 2 Chr 34:22-28)

• Anna (Lk 2:36-37)

• Philip’s four virgin daughters (Acts 21:9)

Queen

• Athaliah (2 Kgs 8:26; 2 Kgs 11:1, 13-16; 2 Chr 22:2,10; 2 Chr 23:12-15)

• Bathsheba (2 Sam 11:27)

• Candace (Acts 8:27)

• Esther (Esth 2:17)

• Jezebel

Serve (Lk 10:40) (see also <topic id=”513” startswith=”Laborers for the Lord” nth=”1”>Laborers for the Lord</topic>)

Shepherdess (Gen 29:6,9; Ex 2:16)

Teachers of good things (Tit 2:3)

Textile (Ex 35:25-26; 1 Sam 2:19; Prov 31:13, 19, 22, 24; Acts 9:39)

Wife (Prov 12:4; Prov 31:15; Prov 31:27; 1 Pet 3:1-6; Tit 3:4)

• Joined to man to become one flesh (Gen 2:24)

• Likened to a fruitful vine (Ps 128:3)

• Wife of one’s youth (Prov 5:18; Isa 54:6; Mal 2:14-15)

False prophetess (Ezek 13:17)

Immoral women (Prov 2:16-19; Prov 5:3-6; Prov 22:14)

• Adulterous (Prov 6:26; Prov 30:20; Ezek 16:32; Hos 4:13; Jn 8:3-11)

• Harlots (Gen 34:31; Prov 7:10-20; Prov 29:3; Hos 4:13-15; Lk 15:30; 1 Cor 6:16)

  • Wages considered an abomination to the Lord (Deut 23:18)

  • Solomon judges between two harlots (1 Kgs 3:16-27)

  • Laws concerning

    • Fathers should not prostitute daughters (Lev 19:29)

    • High Priests should not marry a harlot (Lev 21:14)

    • Wages not accepted as a vowed offering (Deut 23:18)

    • He who joined to a harlot is one body with her (1 Cor 6:16)

• Seductress (Prov 2:16-19; Prov 6:24)

Holy (1 Pet 3:5)

Older (1 Tim 5:2; Titus 2:3)

Pagan (Neh 13:26; Gen 24:3-4)

Pregnant (Rev 12:2)

Prostitutes (See <topic id=”513” startswith=”Harlots (Gen 34:31” nth=”1”>Types of &gt; Immoral Women &gt; Harlots</topic>)

Prominent (Acts 17:12)

Royal

• Wears robes of many colors (2 Sam 13:18; Ps 45:14)

Sorceress (Ezek 13:18-20)

Violated (Gen 34:2; 2 Sam 13:11-14)

Virgin (Gen 19:8; Jdgs 11:37; Ps 78:63; Prov 30:19; Lam 1:18)

Virtuous (Ruth 3:11; Prov 31:10-31)

• Worth beyond rubies (Prov 31:10)

• Trusted by husband (Prov 31:11)

• Does good for the husband (Prov 31:11-12)

• Works with her hands (Prov 31:13, 19, 22, 24)

• Takes care of household (Prov 31:14-15, 21, 27)

• Rises early (Prov 31:15)

• Makes decisions (considers field and buys it, plants vineyard, sells garments) (Prov 31:16, 24)

• Girds herself with strength (Prov 31:17)

• Charitable (Prov 31:20)

• Wise (Prov 31:26)

• Kind (Prov 31:26)

• Praised (Prov 31:28-31)

Widow

• Types of (1 Tim 5:3-16)

  • Who has family (1 Ti 5:4,8,16)

  • Who is alone (1 Tim 5:3,5-7)

  • Who is under sixty (1 Tim 5:9-11)

  • Who is younger (1 Tim 5:11-15)

• Neglected in the daily distribution in the Apostalic church Acts 6:1

• Wept for Dorcas, who made tunics and garments for them Acts 9:39

• In the Bible (see <topic id=”513” startswith=”Widow” nth=”3”>In the Bible &gt; Widow</topic>)

Younger (1 Tim 5:2; Titus 2:4)

A hateful woman (Prov 30:23)

Takes away a her reproach (Is 4:1)

Not given to marriage is

• Lamented (Jdgs 11:37)

• A consequence of provoking God (Ps 78:63)

Laws for when the woman lies with another man voluntarily (Deut 22:23-24)

Laws for when the woman lies with another man involuntarily (Deut 22:25-27)

Taken as spoil or captive (Num 31:9, 18, 35; Deut 20:14; 1 Sam 30:2; Lam 1:18; Ez 30:17-18)

Terrorized, treated with cruelty, killed (Num 31:15-17; Deut 32:25; 2 Kgs 8:12; Lam 2:21; Lam 5:11; Ez 9:6; Ez 26:8; Hos 13:16)

Abi

• Wife of Ahaz (2 Kgs 18:1-2)

• Mother of King Hezekiah (2 Kgs 18:1-2)

• Daughter of Zechariah (2 Kgs 18:2)

Abigail

• Abigail

  • Wife of Nabal (1 Sam 25:3)

  • A woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance (1 Sam 25:3)

  • Made peace with David for Nabal’s wrongdoing (1 Sam 25:18-31)

  • Marries David (1 Sam 25:42)

• Abigail

  • Sister of David (1 Chron 2:16)

Abihail

• Wife of Abishur (1 Chron 2:29)

• Mother of Ahban and Molid (1 Chron 2:29)

Abijah

• Wife of Hezron (1 Chron 2:24)

• Mother of Ashur (1 Chron 2:24)

Abishag

• A young Shunammite virgin (1 Kgs 1:2, 3)

• Cared for David in his old age (1 Kgs 1:2, 4)

• Described as lovely (1 Kgs 1:4)

Abital

• Wife of David (2 Sam 3:4)

• Mother of David’s fifth son Shephatiah (2 Sam 3:4)

Achsah

• Daughter of Caleb (Josh 15:16)

• Given to Othniel as wife because he attacked and took Kirjath Sepher (Josh 15:16-17)

• Asked Caleb for a blessing (Josh 15:19)

• Caleb gave her the upper springs and lower springs (Josh 15:19)

Adah

• Adah

  • First wife of lamech (Gen 4:19)

• Adah (see “Basemath”)

  • Wife of Esau (Gen 36:2)

  • From Canaan, a Hittite (Gen 36:2)

  • Mother of Eliphaz (Gen 36:4, 10)

Ahinoam

• Ahinoam

  • Wife of Saul (1 Sam 14:50)

  • Daughter of Ahimaaz (1 Sam 14:50)

• Ahinoam

  • Wife of David (1 Sam 25:43; 2 Sam 3:2)

  • A Jezreelitess (2 Sam 3:2)

  • Mother of David’s firstborn son Amnon (2 Sam 3:2)

Anah

• Mother of Aholibamah (Gen 36:2)

• Daughter of Zibeon the Hivite (Gen 36:2)

Anna

• Elderly prophetess (Lk 3:36)

• A widow (Lk 3:37)

• Served Lord with fasting and prayers day and night (Lk 3:37)

• Spoke of the Lord to those seeking redemption in Jerusalem (Lk 2:38)

Apphia

• A believer in Colosse (Phil 2)

Asenath

• Given to be Joseph’s wife by Pharaoh of Egypt (Gen 41:45)

• Mother of Manasseh and Ephraim (Gen 41:50-52)

Atarah

• Wife of Jerahmeel (1 Chron 2:26)

• Mother of Onam (1 Chron 2:26)

Azubah

• Azubah

  • Wife of Caleb (1 Chron 2:18)

  • Mother of Jesher, Shobab and Ardon (1 Chron 2:18)

• Azubah

  • Wife of Asa (1 Kgs 22:41)

  • Mother of Jehoshaphat (1 Kgs 22:42)

  • Daughter of Shilhi (1 Kgs 22:42)

Athaliah

• Mother of King Ahaziah (2 Kgs 8:26; 2 Chron 22:10)

• Destroyed all the royal heirs after her son’s death (2 Kgs 11:1; 2 Chron 22:10)

• Reigned for six years (2 Kgs 11:3; 2 Chron 22:12)

• Overthrown and killed (2 Kgs 11:13-16; 2 Chron 23:21)

Baara

• Wife of Shaharaim (1 Chron 8:8)

• Sent away by Shaharaim (1 Chron 8:8)

Basemath

• Basemath

  • Wife of Esau (Gen 26:34)

  • Daughter of Elon, a Hittite (Gen 26:34)

  • A grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah (Gen 26:34)

  • (Possibly a.k.a Adah Gen 36:2,10)

• Basemath

  • Wife of Esau (Gen 36:3)

  • Daughter of Ishmael (Gen 36:3) 

  • (Possibly a.k.a  Mahalath Gen 28:9)

• Basemath

  • Wife of Ahimaaz (1 Kgs 4:15)

  • Daughter of Solomon (1 Kgs 4:15)

Bathsheba

• Beautiful to behold (2 Sam 11:2)

• Wife of Uriah the Hittite (2 Sam 11:3)

• Conceived a child through David who died (2 Sam 11:4-5; 12:14-23)

• Mourned for the death of Uriah (2 Sam 11:26)

• Became David’s wife (2 Sam 11:27)

• Bore Solomon through David (2 Sam 12:24)

• Children bore through David (1 Chr 3:5)

• Other References (1 Kgs 1:11, 31; 2:13)

Bernice

• Accompanied King Agrippa (II) to hear Paul’s case (Acts 25:13, 23; Acts 26:30)

• According to Josephus she is Agrippa I’s daughter and Agrippa II’s sister

Bilhah

• Given by Laban to be Rachel’s maid (Gen 29:29)

• Given by Rachel to be Jacob’s wife (Gen 30:4)

• Conceived and bore children (Gen 35:24)

  • First son is Dan (Gen 30:6)

  • Second son is Naphtali (Gen 30:8)

Bithiah – daughter of the Lord

• Daughter of Pharaoh (1 Chron 4:18)

• Wife of Mered (1 Chron 4:18)

Candace

• Queen of Ethiopia (Acts 8:27)

• Her eunuch was converted by Philip (Acts 8:27-39)

Chloe

• Her household told Paul about the contentions in Corinth (1 Cor 1:11)

Claudia

• Believer from Rome (2 Tim 4:21)

Cozbi

• Midianite woman (Num 25:15)

• Daughter of Cozbi (Num 25:15)

• Killed with Zimri, an Israelite (Num 25:14, 18)

Damaris

• Believer in Athens (Acts 17:34)

Deborah

• Deborah

  • Judge of Israel (Jdgs 4:4-6)

  • A prophetess (Jdgs 4:4)

  • Work with Barak (Jdgs 4:6-5:31)

  • Called “mother of Israel” (Jdgs 5:7)

• Deborah

  • Rebekah’s nurse (Gen 35:8)

Delilah

• Name

  • “Her name (perhaps meaning ‘loose hair’ or ‘small, slight’) is a pun on the Hebrew word for ‘night’ (laylah) while Samson’s is related to ‘sun’ (shemesh).” 


  • Languishing

  • Poor; small; head of hair

  • Lustful

• Loved by Samson (Jdgs 16:4)

• Enticed Samson for the cause of his strength (Jdgs 16:5-20)

Dinah

• Daughter of Leah and Jacob (Gen 34:1)

• Violated by Shechem (Gen 34:2)

Dorcas

• Also known as Tabitha

• Full of good works and charitable deeds (Acts 9:36, 39)

• Became sick and died (Acts 9:37)

• Resurrected through Peter (Acts 9:40)

Drusilla

• Wife of Felix (Acts 24:24)

• Jewish (Acts 24:24)

Eglah

• Wife of David (2 Sam 3:5)

• Mother of David’s sixth son Ithream (2 Sam 3:5)

Elizabeth

• Wife of Zacharias (Lk 1:5)

• Was barren (Lk 1:7)

• Conceived with child in her old age (Lk 1:13)

• Visited by Mary (Lk 1:39-45)

• Filled with the Holy Spirit (Lk 1:41)

• Gave birth to John the Baptist in her old age (Lk 1:57-66)

Elisheba

• Wife of Aaron (Ex 6:23)

• Daughter of Amminadab (Ex 6:23)

• Sister of Hahshon (Ex 6:23)

• Mother of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar (Ex 6:23)

Ephah

• Concubine of Caleb (1 Chron 2:46)

• Mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez (1 Chron 2:46)

Ephrath

• Wife of Caleb (1 Chron 2:19)

• Mother of Hur (1 Chron 2:19)

Esther

• Also known as Hadasah (Esth 2:7)

• Had no father and mother, raised by Mordecai (Esth 2:7)

• Selected as queen for Ahasuerus (or Xerxes) (Esth 2:17)

• Fasted and prayed (Esth 4:16)

• Held two feasts for King Ahasuerus and Mordecai (Esth 5:1-8; 7:1-8)

• Asked the king to revoke Haman’s letters (Esth 8:5)

Eunice

• Timothy’s mother (2 Tim 1:5)

• Has genuine faith (2 Tim 1:5)

Euodia

• Encouraged by Paul to be of the same mind in the Lord as Syntyche (Phil 4:2)

• Labored with Paul in the gospel (Phil 4:3)

Eve

• Means “mother of all living” (Gen 3:20)

• Created from Adam (Gen 2:21-22)

• Created as a helper comparable to Adam (Gen 2:18,20,23)

• Tempted by the serpent (Gen 3:1-6)

• Hid from the presence of God (Gen 3:8)

• Blamed the serpent (Gen 3:13)

• Cursed by God (Gen 3:16)

• Bore Cain and Abel (Gen 4:1-2)

Gomer

• A harlot (Hos 1:2)

• Wife of Hosea (Hos 1:2)

• Figurative of the spiritual harlotry of the land (Hos 1:2)

• Daughter of Diblaim (Hos 1:3)

• Bore children

  • Firstborn son Jezreel (Hos 1:3-4)

  • First daughter Lo-Ruhamah (Hos 1:6)

  • Second son Lo-Ammi (Hos 1:8-9)

Hagar

• Egyptian maidservant of Sarah (Gen 16:1)

• Given to Abraham to become his wife by Sarah (Gen 16:3)

• Conceived and bore Ishmael through Abraham (Gen 16:4-5; Gen 16:15-16)

• Ran away from Sarah’s presence (Gen 16:6-7)

• Encountered the Angel of the Lord (Gen 16:7-12; Gen 21:17-19)

• Sent away by Abraham (Gen 21:14)

Haggith

• Wife of David (2 Sam 3:4)

• Mother of David’s fourth son Adonijah (2 Sam 3:4)

Hammoleketh

• Sister of Gilead (1 Chron 7:18)

• Mother of Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah (1 Chron 7:18)

Hamutal

• Mother of Jehoahaz (2 Kgs 23:31)

• Daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah (2 Kgs 23:31)

Hannah

• Was barren (1 Sam 1:2, 5)

• Prayed for a son (1 Sam 1:11)

• Poured out her soul before the Lord (1 Sam 1:15)

• Gave birth to Samuel (1 Sam 1:20)

• Prayer of praise to the Lord (1 Sam 2:1-10)

Hazelelponi

• Daughter of the father of Etam (1 Chron 4:1-3)

• Sister of Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash (1 Chron 4:1-3)

Helah

• Wife of Ashhur (1 Chron 4:5)

• Mother of Zereth, Zohar and Ethnan (1 Chron 4:7)

Hephzibah

• Mother of Manasseh (2 Kgs 21:1)

Herodias

• Wife of Philip (Mt 14:3; Mk 6:17; Luke 3:19)

• Sister-in-law of Herod (Mt 14:3)

• Told her daughter to ask for John the Baptist’s head (Mt 14:8; Mk 6:24)

• John the Baptist was imprisoned for her sake (Mk 6:17)

• Wanted to kill John the Baptist (Mk 6:19)

Hodesh

• Wife of Shaharaim (1 Chron 8:8)

• Mother of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha and Malcam (1 Chron 8:9)

Hoglah

• Daughter of Zelophehad (Num 26:33)

Huldah

• Wife of Shallum (2 Kgs 22:14)

• A prophetess (2 Kgs 22:14)

• Prophecy for King Josiah (2 Kgs 22:15-20; 2 Chr 34:22-28)

Hushim

• Wife of Shaharaim (1 Chron 8:8)

• Mother of Abitub and Elpaal (1 Chron 8:11)

Iscah

• Daughter of Haran (Gen 11:29)

• Sister of Milcah (Gen 11:29)

Jael

• Wife of Hebber (Jdgs 4:17)

• Sisera fled to her tent by foot (Jdgs 4:17-20)

• Drove a tent peg into Sisera’s temple (Jdgs 4:21)

Jecholiah

• Mother of Azariah (2 Kgs 15:1-2)

• Wife of Amaziah (2 Kgs 15:1-2)

• From Jerusalem (2 Kgs 15:2)

Jedidah

• Mother of Jedidah (2 Kgs 22:1)

• Daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath (2 Kgs 22:1)

Jehoaddan

• Mother of Amaziah (2 Kgs 14:1-2)

• Wife of Joah (2 Kgs 14:1-2)

• From Jerusalem (2 Kgs 14:2)

Jehosheba

• Daughter of King Joram (2 Kgs 11:2)

• Sister of Ahaziah (2 Kgs 11:2)

• Hid Joash from Athaliah for six years (2 Kgs 11:2-3)

Jemimah

• Daughter of Job (Job 42:13-14)

• Described as beautiful (Job 42:15)

Jerioth

• Wife of Caleb (1 Chron 2:18)

Jerusha

• Mother of Jotham (2 Kgs 15:32-33)

• Wife of Uzziah (2 Kgs 15:32-33)

• Daughter of Zadok (2 Kgs 15:33)

Jezebel

• Queen of Ahab

• Massacred the prophets of the Lord (1 Kgs 18:4)

• Four hundred Asherah prophets eat at her table (1 Kgs 18:19)

• Wanted to take Elijah’s life (1 Kgs 19:2)

• Killed Naboth and took his vineyard for Ahab (1 Kgs 21:5-15)

• Prophesied death (1 Kgs 22:23; 2 Kgs 9:10; 2 Kgs 9:30-37)

• Stirred up Ahab to do wickedness (1 Kgs 21:25)

• Death of (2 Kgs 9:30-37)

Joanna

• Wife of Chuza (Lk 8:3)

• Provided for Jesus (Lk 8:3)

Jochebed

• Mother of Moses and Aaron (Ex 6:20)

• Wife of Amram (Ex 6:20)

• Hid Moses for three months because  he was a beautiful child (Ex 2:2)

• Put Moses in an ark of bulrushes (Ex 2:3)

• Nursed Moses for the daughter of Pharaoh (Ex 2:7-8)

Judith

• Wife of Esau (Gen 26:34)

• Daughter of Beeri (Gen 26:34)

Julia

• Rom 16:15

Keren-Happuch

• Daughter of Job (Job 42:13-14)

• Described as beautiful (Job 42:15)

Keturah

• Wife of Abraham (Gen 25:1)

• Mother of Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah (Gen 25:1)

Keziah

• Daughter of Job (Job 42:13-14)

• Described as beautiful (Job 42:15)

Leah

• Daughter of Laban (Gen 29:16)

• Had delicate eyes (Gen 29:17)

• Jacob’s first wife (Gen 29:25)

• Unloved by Jacob (Gen 29:31)

• Conceived and bore children (Gen 35:23)

  • Firstborn is Reuben (Gen 29:32)

  • Second son is Simeon (Gen 29:33)

  • Third son is Levi (Gen 29:24)

  • Fourth son is Judah (Gen 29:35)

  • Fifth son is Issachar (Gen 30:18)

  • Sixth son is Zebulun (Gen 30:20)

  • First daughter is Dinah (Gen 30:21)

• Gave her maid Zilpah to be Jacob’s wife (Gen 30:9)

• Buried in the field of Machpelah (Gen 49:30-31)

Lois

• Timothy’s grandmother (2 Tim 1:5)

• Has genuine faith (2 Tim 1:5)

Lo-Ruhamah – no mercy

• Daughter of Hosea and Gomer (Hos 1:6)

• Figurative to God showing no mercy on Israel (Hos 1:6)

Lydia

• Seller of purple (Acts 16:14)

• Conversion (Acts 16:14-15)

Maacah, Maachah

• Maacah, Maachah

  • Daughter of Nahor and Reumah (Gen 22:23)

  • Sister of Tebah, Gaham and Thahash (Gen 22:24)

• Maacah, Maachah

  • Wife of David (2 Sam 3:2-3)

  • Mother of David’s third son Absalom (2 Sam 3:3)

  • Daughter of King Talmai (2 Sam 3:3)

• Maacah, Maachah

  • Mother of Abijam (1 Kgs 15:1-2)

  • Granddaughter of Abishalom (1 Kgs 15:2) 

• Maacah, Maachah

  • Grandmother of Asa (1 Kgs 15:9)

  • Granddaughter of Abishalom (1 Kgs 15:10)

• Maacah, Maachah

  • Concubine of Caleb (1 Chron 2:48)

  • Mother of Sheber and Tirhanah (1 Chron 2:48)

• Maacah, Maachah

  • Wife of Machir (1 Chron 7:15-16)

  • Sister of Huppim and Shuppim (1 Chron 7:15)

  • Mother of Peresh (1 Chron 7:16)

• Maacah, Maachah

  • Wife of the Jeiel (1 Chron 8:35)

  • Mother of Gibeon (1 Chron 8:29, 35)

• Maacah, Maachah

  • Mother of Asa (2 Chr 15:16)

  • Made an obscene scene of Asherah (2 Chr 15:16)

  • Removed from being queen mother (2 Chr 15:16)

Mahalath

• Mahalath

  • Wife of Esau (Gen 28:9)

  • Daughter of Ishmael (Gen 28:9)

  • Sister of Nebajoth (Gen 28:9)

  • (Possibly a.k.a Basemath)

• Mahalath

  • Wife of Rehoboam (2 Chron 11:18)

  • Daughter of Jerimoth (2 Chron 11:18)

  • Granddaughter of David (2 Chron 11:18)

Mahlah

• Daughter of Zelophehad (Num 26:33)

• Sister of Noah, Noglah, Milcah and Tirzah (Num 26:33)

Mara – bitter (Ruth 1:20) (see Naomi)

Martha

• Sister of Mary and Lazarus (Lk 10:39; Jn 11:32)

• Loved by Jesus (Jn 11:5)

• Welcomed Jesus to her house (Lk 10:38)

• Distracted with much serving (Lk 10:40)

• Complaint about her sister Mary (Lk 10:40)

Mary

• Mary, mother of Jesus

  • Betrothed to Joseph (Mt 1:18; Lk 1:27)

  • Angel appeared to her concerning the birth of Jesus (Lk 1:26-35)

  • Found with child through the Holy Spirit before marriage (Mt 1:18; Lk 1:34-35)

  • Visited Elizabeth (Lk 1:39-42, 56)

  • Magnified the Lord (Lk 1:46-55)

  • Gave birth to Jesus (Mt Lk 2:6-20; Lk 2:5-7)

  • Mother of Jesus, James, Joses, Judas and Simon (Mk 6:3)

  • Fled with Joseph to Egypt (Mt 2:13-18)

  • Went with Joseph and Jesus to Jerusalem for Feast of the Passover (Lk 2:41-52)

  • Told Jesus there was no wine at a wedding (Jn 2:3,5)

  • Ministered to Jesus (Mt 27:55-56)

  • Stood by the cross of Jesus (Jn 19:25)

  • Entrusted to Jesus’ disciple at the cross (Jn 19:26-27)

• Mary of Bethany

  • Sister of Martha and Lazarus (Lk 10:39; Jn 11:32)

  • Loved by Jesus (Jn 11:5)

  • Wept for Lazarus’ death (Jn 11:32-33)

  • Sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word (Lk 10:39)

  • Chosen the good part (Lk 10:42)

  • Anointed Jesus with alabaster jar of oil (Mt 26:6-13; Mk 14:3-9; Jn 12:2-8)

  • Commended by Jesus (Mt 26:10,13; Mk 14:6,9)

• Mary Magdalene

  • Healed of evil spirits and infirmities (Lk 8:2)

  • Provided for Jesus (Lk 8:3)

  • Ministered to Jesus (Mt 27:55-56)

  • Stood by the cross of Jesus (Jn 19:25)

  • Went to the tomb to anoint Jesus (Mk 16:1-2; Jn 20:1)

  • Wept because she does not know where Jesus was taken (Jn 20:11-13)

  • Jesus first appeared to her after resurrection (Mk 16:9; Jn 20:14-18)

  • Told the disciples that she saw Jesus after His death (Mk 16:10-11; Jn 20:18)

• Mary

  • Wife of Clopas (Jn 19:25)

  • Stood by the cross of Jesus (Jn 19:25)

• Mary

  • Mother of John (surname is Mark) (Acts 12:12)

  • Many gathered at her house praying (Acts 12:12)

• Mary

  • Greeted by Paul (Rom 16:6)

  • Labored much for Paul, et al. (Rom 16:6)

Matred

• Mother of Mehetabel (Gen 36:39)

• Daughter of Mezahab (Gen 36:39)

Mehetabel

• Wife of Hadar (Gen 36:39)

• Daughter of Matred (Gen 36:39)

Merab

• Firstborn daughter of Saul (1 Sam 14:49)

• Sister of Jonathan, Jishui, Malchishua, and Michal (1 Sam 14:49)

Meshullemeth

• Wife of Manasseh (2 Kgs 21:18-19)

• Mother of Amon (2 Kgs 21:18-19)

• Daughter of Haruz of Jotbah (2 Kgs 21:19)

Michal – who is like God?

• Daughter of King Saul (1 Sam 14:49)

• Loves and marries David (1 Sam 18:20-28)

• Saves David from Saul (1 Sam 19:11-17)

• Given to Palti by Saul (1 Sam 25:44)

• Demanded by David from Abner (2 Sam 3:13-16)

• Despised David (2 Sam 6:16, 20)

• Became barren (2 Sam 6:23)

Milcah

• Milcah

  • Wife of Nahor (Gen 11:29)

  • Daughter of Haran (Gen 11:29)

  • Mother of Huz, Buz, Kemeul, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel (Gen 22:20-22)

• Milcah

  • Daughter of Zelophehad (Num 26:33)

  • Sister of Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah and Tirzah (Num 26:33)

Miriam

• Miriam

  • Recommended her mother to be her brother’s nurse (Ex 2:7-8)

  • Sister of Aaron and Moses (Ex 14:20; Num 26:59)

  • A prophetess (Ex 15:20)

  • Spoke against Moses (Num 12:1-2)

  • Struck with leprosy (Num 12:10)

  • Died and buried at Kadesh (Num 20:1)

  • Other references (Mic 6:4)

• Miriam

  • Relative of Ezrah (1 Chron 4:17)

  • Sister of Shammai and Ishbah (1 Chron 4:17)

Naamah

• Naamah

  • Daughter of Lamech and Zillah (Gen 4:19, 22)

  • Sister of Tubal-Cain (Gen 4:22)

• Naamah

  • Wife of Solomon (1 Kgs 14:21)

  • Mother of Rehoboam (1 Kgs 14:21)

  • An Ammonitess (1 Kgs 14:21)

Naarah

• Wife of Ashhur (1 Chron 4:5)

• Mother of Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari (1 Chron 4:5)

Naomi – sweet

• Wife of Elimelech (Ruth 1:2)

• Mother of Mahlon and Chilion (Ruth 1:2)

• Mother-in-law of Orpah and Ruth (Ruth 1:4)

• Lost husband and sons in the land of Moab (Ruth 1:2-3)

• Returned to Bethlehem with Ruth (Ruth 1:19)

• Changed name to Mara (Ruth 1:20)

• Seeks security for Ruth (Ruth 3:1)

• Sold a piece of land (Ruth 4:3)

Nehushta

• Mother of Jehoiachin (2 Kgs 24:8)

• Daughter of Elnathan (2 Kgs 24:8)

Noahiah

• A prophetess (Neh 6:14)

• Attempted to make Nehemiah afraid (Neh 6:14)

Noah

• Daughter of Zelophehad (Num 26:33)

• Sister of Mahlah, Milcah, Hoglah and Tirzah (Num 26:33)

Ohalah

• Committed harlotry (Ezek 23:3-10)

• Symbolizes Samaria (Ezek 23:3, 11-21)

• Predicted punishment from God (Ezek 23:9-10)

Oholibah

• Committed harlotry (Ezek 23:3, 11-21)

• Symbolize Jerusalem (Ezek 23:4)

• Predicted punishment from God (Ezek 23:22-35)

Orpah

• A Moabitess (Ruth 1:4)

• Daughter-in-law of Naomi (Ruth 1:4, 22)

• Became a widow (Ruth 1:4-5)

• Went back to her people and to her gods (Ruth 1:14-15)

Peninnah

• Wife of Elkanah (1 Sam 1:2, 4)

• Had children (1 Sam 1:2)

• Provoked Hannah because she was barren (1 Sam 1:6-7)

Persis

• Greeted by Paul (Rom 16:12)

• Labored much for the Lord (Rom 16:12)

Phoebe

• Servant of the church in Cenchrea (Rom 16:1)

• Helper of many including Paul (Rom 16:2)

Priscilla

• Wife of Aquila (Acts 18:2)

• Explained the words of God more accurately to Apollos (Acts 18:26)

• Fellow worker of Paul (Acts 18:18; Rom 16:3)

Puah

• Hebrew midwife (Ex 1:15)

• Told to kill Hebrew sons when the were born (Ex 1:16)

• Feared God and saved the male children alive (Ex 1:17)

• God dealt with her kindly (Ex 1:20-21)

Rachel

• Younger daughter of Laban Gen 29:6, 10, 16

• Shepherdess Gen 29:6, 9

• Kissed by Jacob Gen 29:11

• Beautiful in form and appearance Gen 29:17

• Loved by Jacob Gen 29:18, 20, 30

• Jacob’s wife Gen 29:28

• Was barren Gen 29:31

• Gave her maid Bilhah to be Jacob’s wife Gen 30:3-4

• Concieved and bore Children Gen 35:24

  • First son is Joseph Gen 30:22-24

  • Second son is Benjamin Gen 35:18

• Stole Laban’s household idols Gen 31:19, 34

• Had hard labor during childbirth Gen 35:16

• Died and buried in Ephrath (Bethlehem) Gen 35:19

Rahab

• A harlot (Josh 2:1)

• Lived in Jericho (Josh 2:1-2)

• Hid Joshua and two spies in her house (Josh 2:1)

• Lied to the king of Jericho about the location of the spies (Josh 2:3-6)

• Hid the spies on the roof (Josh 2:6)

• Proclaimed her faith in the God of Israel (Josh 2:9-11)

• Peace-bargained for the lives of her family members (Josh 2:12-14)

• Helped the spies escape (Josh 2:15-16)

• Bound a scarlet cord in the window (Josh 2:18-19, 21)

• Spared from destruction (Josh 6:17)

• Her faith cited (Heb 11;31)

• Justified by her works (James 2:25)

• Part of the genealogy of Jesu Christ (Mt 1:5)

Rebekah

• Daughter of Bethuel (Gen 22:20-23)

• Sister of Laban

• Beautiful (Gen 24:16; Gen 26:7)

• A Virgin before she married Isaac (Gen 24:16)

• Asked by Abraham’s old servant for a drink of water (Gen 24:17-18)

• Drew water for Abraham’s old servant’s camel (Gen 24:19)

• Hospitable to Abraham’s old servant (Gen 24:25)

• Agreed to go with Abraham’s old servant to be Isaac’s wife (Gen 24:58)

• Blessings from her family before her departure (Gen 24:60)

• Veiled and covered herself when she met Isaac (Gen 24:65)

• Became Isaac’s wife and loved by him (Gen 24:67)

• Was barren but later conceived through Isaac’s plea to the Lord (Gen 25:21)

• Posed as Isaac’s sister (Gen 26:6-11)

• Prophecy concerning her two children (Gen 25:23)

• Gave birth to twins, Esau and Jacob (Gen 25:24-26)

• Loved Jacob (Gen 25:28)

• Plotted for Jacob to receive the firstborn blessing (Gen 27:5-17)

• Told Jacob to flee to Laban because Esau wanted to kill him (Gen 27:42-45) 

• Death of (Gen 49:29-31)

• Buried in the field of Machpelah (Gen 49:30-31)

• Mentioned by Paul (Rom 9:10)

Reumah

• Concubine of Nahor (Gen 22:20, 24)

• Mother of Tebah, Baham, Thahash and Maachah (Gen 22:24)

Rhoda

• Recognized Peter’s voice after he was released from prison (Acts 12:14)

Rizpah

• Wife of Saul

• Two sons were given over to the Gibeonites (2 Sam 21:8-10)

Ruth

• A Moabitess (Ruth 1:4)

• Daughter-in-law of Naomi (Ruth 1:4, 22)

• Became a widow (Ruth 1:4-5)

• Expression of loyalty for Naomi (Ruth 1:14-18)

• Went to Bethlehem with Naomi (Ruth 1:19-22)

• Gleans grain in Boaz’ field (Ruth 2)

• Described as virtuous (Ruth 3:11)

• Marries Boaz (Ruth 4:9-12)

• Bore Obed (Ruth 4:13)

Salome

• Looked at Jesus’ crucifixion from afar (Mk 15:40)

• Visited Jesus’ empty tomb (Mk 16:1-8)

Sapphira

• Wife of Ananias (Acts 5:1)

• Brought a partial offering to the apostles (Acts 5:2-3)

• Lied to Peter (Acts 5:8)

• Died immediately (Acts 5:10)

Sarai (see “Sarah”)

Sarah – Princess

• Obeyed Abraham (1 Pet 3:6)

• Wife of Abram (later Abraham) (Gen 12:5)

• Beautiful countenance (Gen 12:11,14)

• Posed as Abraham’s sister (Gen 12:13; Gen 20:2)

• Bore no children (Gen 16:1-2)

• Gave her maid Hagar to be Abraham’s wife (Gen 16:2-3)

• Despised by Hagar (Gen 16:4-5)

• Dealt harshly with Hagar (Gen 16:6)

• Name changed from Sarai to Sarah (Gen 17:15)

• Promised she will give birth to a son (Gen 17:16, 19, 21; Gen 18:10, 14)

• Made cakes for three strangers (Gen 18:6)

• Laughed within herself (Gen 18:12)

• Taken by Abimelech to be his wife (Gen 20:2)

• Conceived and bore Isaac (Gen 21:3)

• Asked Abraham to cast out Hagar and Ishmael (Gen 21:10)

• Death of Sarah (Gen 22:1-2, 19)

• Buried in the field of Machpelah (Gen 49:30-31)

Serah

• Daughter of Asher (Gen 46:17)

• Sister of Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui and Beriah (Gen 46:17)

Sheerah

• Daughter of Beriah (1 Chron 7:23-24)

• Built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah (1 Chron 7:24)

Shelomith

• Shelomith

  • Mother of a man who blasphemed the name of the Lord and cursed (Lev 24:11)

  • Daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan (Lev 24:11)

• Shelomith

  • Daughter of Zerubbabel (1 Chron 3:19)

  • Sister of Meshullam, Hananiah (1 Chron 3:19)

Shimeath

• Mother of Zabad (2 Chron 24:26)

• An Ammonitess (2 Chron 24:26)

Shimrith

• Mother of Jehozabad  (2 Chron 24:26)

• A Moabitess (2 Chron 24:26)

Shiphrah

• Hebrew midwife (Ex 1:15)

• Told to kill Hebrew sons when the were born (Ex 1:16)

• Feared God and saved the male children alive (Ex 1:17)

• God dealt with her kindly (Ex 1:20-21)

Shua

• Daughter of Heber (1 Chron 7:32)

• Sister of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham (1 Chron 7:32)

Susanna

• Provided for Jesus (Lk 8:3)

Syntyche

• Encouraged by Paul to be of the same mind in the Lord as Syntyche (Phil 4:2)

• Labored with Paul in the gospel (Phil 4:3)

Tabitha (See Dorcas)

Tahpenes

• Wife of Hadad (1 Kgs 11:19)

• A Queen (1 Kgs 11:19)

• Weaned Genubath, her sister’s son (1 Kgs 11:20)

Tamar

• Tamar

  • Wife of Er (Gen 38:6)

  • Became a widow (Gen 38:7)

  • Pretended to be a harlot Gen 38:14-15

  • Conceived a child with Judah, her father-in-law Gen 38:16-18, 24-26

  • Gave birth to twins Perez and Zerah Gen 38:28-30

• Tamar

  • Violated by Amnon (2 Sam 13:7-14)

  • Daughter of David (2 Sam 13:1)

  • Sister of Absalom (2 Sam 13:1)

• Tamar

  • Daughter of Absalom (2 Sam 14:27)

  • Described as having beautiful appearance (2 Sam 14:27)

Taphath

• Wife of Ben-Abinadab (1 Kgs 4:11)

• Daughter of Solomon (1 Kgs 4:11)

Timna

• Concubine of Eliphaz (Gen 36:12)

• Mother of Amalek (Gen 36:12)

Tirzah

• Daughter of Zelophehad (Num 26:33)

• Sister of Mahlah, Milcah, Hoglah and Noah (Num 26:33)

Tryphena

• Labored in the Lord (Rom 16:12)

• Greeted by Paul (Rom 16:12)

Tryphosa

• Encouraged by Paul to be of the same mind in the Lord as Syntyche (Phil 4:2)

• Labored with Paul in the gospel (Phil 4:3)

Vashti

• Queen of Ahasuerus (Est 1:1)

• Beautiful (Est 1:11)

• Refuse to obey Ahasuerus (Est 1:12)

• Dethroned (Est 1:19)

Unnamed Women

• Herodias’ daughter

  • Dance pleased Herod (Mt 14:6-7; Mk 6:22-23)

  • Asked for the head of John the Baptist (Mt 14:8-11; Mk 6:24-28)

• Job’s wife

  • Told Job to curse God and die (Job 2:9)

  • Job says his breath is offensive to his wife (Job 19:17)

• Lot’s daughters

  • Gen 19:8

  • Led out of Sodom (Gen 19:16)

  • Laid with their father to preserve lineage of their father (Gen 19:31-38)

• Lot’s wife

  • Led out of Sodom (Gen 19:16)

  • Looked back at Sodom and became a pillar of salt (Gen 19:26)

  • Jesus used Lot’s wife as a warning (Lk 17:31-32)

• Midianite woman

  • Presented to Moses as a worshipper of Baal of Peor (Num 25:5-6)

  • Body was pierced by the Phinehas’ javelin (Num 25:7-8)

  • Her death stopped the plague among the Israelites (Num 25:8)

• Pilate’s wife (Mt 27:19)

• Potiphar’s wife

  • Wanted to have sexual relationship with Joseph (Gen 39:7, 10, 12)

  • Accused Joseph of wanting to have a sexual relationship with her (Gen 39:14-18)

• Samson’s mother

  • Saw Man of God (Jdgs 13:3-23)

  • Gave birth to Samson (Jdgs 13:24)

• Samson’s wife, daughter of Timnah

  • A Philistine (Jdgs 14:1)

  • Enticed Samson for the answer to a riddle (Jdgs 14:16-17)

  • Given to Samson’s best man (Jdgs 14:20; Jdgs 15:2)

• Servant girl

  • Asked Peter if he was with Jesus, which Peter denied (Mt 26:69; Jn 18:16-17)

• Shunammite woman

  • A notable woman (2 Kgs 4:8)

  • Hospitable to Elisha (2 Kgs 4:8-10)

  • Bore a son as Elisha promised (2 Kgs 4:16-17)

  • Brought sick son to Elisha (2 Kgs 4:20-30)

  • Sick son was healed (2 Kgs 4:32-37)

• Sinner who anointed Jesus’ feet with alabaster jar of oil (Lk 7:37-39)

• Solomon’s gentile wives

  • Turned Solomon’s heart to other Gods (1 Kgs 11:4)

  • Caused Solomon to sin (Neh 13:26)

• Syro-Phoenician Woman (Mt 15:21-28)

  • Young daughter was demon possessed (Mt 15:22; Mk 7:25-26)

  • Great faith is commended by Jesus (Mt 15:28)

• Widow

  • Persistent widow (Lk 18:1-8)

  • Offered two mites (Mk 12:41-44; Lk 21:2-4)

  • Whose son was resurrected by Jesus (Lk 7:12-15)

  • With the jar of oil (2 Kgs 4:1-7)

  • Of Zarephath (1 Kgs 17:9-16)

    • Provided for Elijah (1 Kgs 17:9)

    • Flour was not used up, oil did not run dry (1 Kgs 17:16)

    • Dead son resurrected (1 Kgs 17:17-24)

• Woman caught in adultery

  • Brought by scribes and Pharisees to test Jesus (Jn 8:3-6)

  • No condemned by people or by Jesus (Jn 8:10-11)

  • Told to “sin no more” by Jesus (Jn 8:11)

• Woman with the flow of blood

  • Touched Jesus’ garment (Mt 9:20-21)

  • Healed by Jesus (Mt 9:22)

• Women of Samaria

  • Boiled son and ate him (2 Kgs 6:28-29)

• Women of Midian

  • Caused children of Israel to trespass against the Lord (Num 31:15,16)

Zebudah

• Mother of Jehoiakim (2 Kgs 23:36)

• Daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah (2 Kgs 23:36)

Zeresh

• Haman’s wife (Esth 5:14; Esth 6:13)

• Advised Haman to make a gallow to hang Mordecai (Esth 5:14)

Zeruah

• Mother of Jeroboam (1 Kgs 11:26)

• Wife of Nebat (1 Kgs 11:26)

• A Widow (1 Kgs 11:26)

• Rebelled against King Solomon (1 Kgs 11:26)

Zeruiah

• Sister of Nahash (2 Sam 17:25)

• Mother of Joab (2 Sam 17:25)

Zibiah

• Mother of Jehoash (2 Kgs 12:1)

• From Beersheba  (2 Kgs 12:1)

Zillah

• Wife of Lamech (Gen 4:19)

• Mother of Tubal-Cain and Naamah (Gen 4:22)

Zilpah

• Given by Laban to be Leah’s maid (Gen 29:24)

• Given by Leah to be Jacob’s wife (Gen 30:9)

• Conceived and bore children (Gen 35:26)

  • First son is Gad (Gen 30:11)

  • Second son is Asher (Gen 30:13)

Zipporah

• Daughter of Reuel (aka Jethro) (Ex 2:18, 21)

• Given by Reuel to be wife of Moses (Ex 2:21)

• Gave birth to Gershom (Ex 2:22; Ex 18:3)

• Performed circumcision for her son (Ex 4:25)

• Gave birth to Eliezer (Ex 18:4)

• Sent back to Jethro by Moses (Ex 18:2)

• Brought back to Moses by Jethro (Ex 18:5-6)

Dwells in a separated tent or house (Gen 18:9; Gen 24:67; Gen 31:33; Est 2:9,11)

A disgrace for a man to be killed by (Jdgs 9:54)

Called maids (Exodus 2:8; Luke 8:51,52)

Called damsels (Genesis 24:55; Mark 5:39)

Called virgins (Gen 24:16; Lam 1:4)

Gay and merry (Zechariah 9:17)

Required to learn from and imitate their elders (Tit 2:4)

Could not marry without consent of parents (Gen 24:3,4; 34:6; Ex 22:17)

Had a court of the tabernacle assigned to them (Ex 38:8; 1 Sam 2:2)

Spinning (Prov 31:13-14)

Embroidery (Prov 31:22)

Acting as hostess to church (Phl 2)

Insight of, noted (Jdgs 13:23)

Duty of cleanliness and care in dress (Ecc 9:8)

Undue anxiety of concerning dress is forbidden

Evil Women (Mat 14:6)

Modesty of (Gen 24:65)

(Ecc 7:28)