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The following is a list of women found in the
Hebrew and
Christian Bibles . The list appears in alphabetical order.
A
Abigail – mother of
Amasa , Sister of
David . I Chronicles 2:15–17
[1]
Abigail – wife of the wicked
Nabal , who became a wife of
David after Nabal's death. I Samuel 25
[2]
Abihail #1 – wife of
Abishur and mother of Ahban and
Molid . I Chronicles
[3]
Abihail #2 – wife of king
Rehoboam II Chronicles
[4]
Abishag – concubine of aged
King David . I Kings
[5]
Abital – one of
King David 's wives II Samuel ; I Chronicles
[6]
[7]
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
[8]
[9]
[10]
Adah – Adah # 1 – wife of
Lamech , Genesis
[11]
Adah – Adah #2 – daughter of Elon, the
Hittite and one of the wives of
Esau . Possibly original name of
Bashemath . Genesis
[12]
Ahinoam #1 – wife of
King Saul , mother of
Michal (wife of
King David ) I Samuel
[13]
Ahinoam #2 – one of
King David 's wives, mother of
Amnon . I Samuel; II Samuel; I Chronicles
[14]
[15]
[16]
Aholibamah (or Oholibamah) – Daughter of
Anah and one of
Esau 's wives. Also called
Judith . Genesis
[17]
Anna the Prophetess – aged Jewish prophetess who prophesied about
Jesus at the
Temple of Jerusalem . Luke
[18]
Asenath – Egyptian wife of
Joseph . Genesis
[19]
Ashtoreth –
Ancient Near Eastern goddess that mentioned in
Judges ,
1 Kings , and
2 Kings
Atarah – second wife of
Jerahmeel . I Chronicles
[20]
Athaliah – Queen of
Judah during the reign of King
Jehoram , and later became sole ruler of Judah for five years. II Kings, II Chronicles
[21]
[22]
Azubah #1 –
Caleb 's wife. I Chronicles
[23]
Azubah #2 – wife of King
Asa , 3rd king of
Judah , and mother of
Jehoshaphat . I Kings, II Chronicles
[24]
[25]
B
Baara –
Moabitess , wife of Shaharaim. I Chronicles
[26]
Basemeth #1 – daughter of Elon, the
Hittite , One of the wives of
Esau . Genesis
[27]
Basemeth #2 – daughter of
Ishmael and 3rd wife of
Esau . Genesis
[28]
Basemeth #3 – daughter of
Solomon , wife of
Ahimaaz . I Kings
[29]
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
[30]
[31]
[32]
Berenice – sister of King Agrippa Acts 25:13; Acts 25:23 and Acts 26:30
Bilhah –
Rachel 's handmaid and a concubine of
Jacob who bears him two sons,
Dan and
Naphtali . Genesis
[33]
Bithiah –
Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus) . Also identified with/as
Asiya in Muslim interpretations. Wife of
Mered , a descendant of
Judah .
1 Chronicles 4
[34]
C
D
E
G
H
Hadassah – Esther's Hebrew name, before she changed it to conceal her identity and became the queen of Persia and second wife of Ahasuerus. Esther
[55]
Hagar – Egyptian handmaiden of
Sarah , wife of
Abraham . Hagar became the mother of one of Abraham's sons,
Ishmael . Genesis
[56]
Haggith – Wife of King
David , mother of Adoniyah II Samuel, I Kings, I Chronicles
[57]
[58]
[59]
Hammolekheth – possibly rules over portion of
Gilead . I Chronicles
[60]
Hamutal – Wife of
Josiah and mother of "ungodly" sons
Jehoahaz and
Mattaniah . II Kings, Jeremiah
[61]
[62]
Hannah – A prophetess and worshipper at
Jerusalem . Mother of Samuel. I Samuel
[63]
Hazzelelponi – daughter of Etam, tribe of Judah I Chronicles
[64]
Helah – I Chronicles
[65]
Hephziba – Wife of King
Hezekiah and mother of
Manasseh , who undid Hezekiah's good works. II Kings
[66]
Herodia – Granddaughter of Herod the great, married her uncle Philip, divorced him to marry Philip's half brother Herod Antipas, mother of Salome. "Matthew"
[67]
Hodesh – one of the wives of Shaharaim I Chronicles
[68]
Hodiah's wife – I Chronicles
[69]
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
[70]
[71]
Huldah – Prophetess II Kings, II Chronicles
[72]
[73]
Hushim – One of the wives of Shaharaim I Chronicles
[74]
I
J
Jael – Heroine who killed
Sisera to deliver
Israel from the troops of king
Jabin . She was the wife of Heber the
Kenite . Judges
[76]
Jecholiah (or Jecoliah) – Wife of
Amaziah (King of
Judah ) and mother of
Uzziah . II Kings, II Chronicles
[77]
[78]
Jedidah – Wife of wicked king Manessah and mother of
Josiah . II Kings
[79]
Jehoaddan (or Jehoaddin) – II Kings, II Chronicles
[80]
[81]
Jehosheba (or Jehoshebeath/Josaba) – Daughter of
Jehoram and wife of
Jehoiada . She saved her nephew
Jehoash from massacre. II Kings
[82]
Jemima – One of
Job 's daughters. Job
[83]
Jerioth – Wife of
Caleb (son of
Hezron ) I Chronicles
[84]
Jerusha – Daughter of
Zadok , a priest, wife of King
Uzziah and mother of
Jotham . II Kings, I Chronicles, II Chronicles
[85]
[86]
Jezebel #1 – Queen of ancient
Israel . I Kings, II Kings
[87]
[88]
Jezebel #2 –
false prophetess . Revelation
[89]
Joanna – One of the women who went to prepare Jesus' body for burial. Luke
[90]
Jochebed – Mother of
Moses ,
Aaron , and
Miriam . Exodus, Numbers
[91]
[92]
Judith –
Hittite wife of
Esau . Genesis
[93]
Judith, the heroine of the deuterocanonical
Book of Judith
[94]
Julia – Minor character in the new testament Romans
[95]
Junia or Junias – Regarded highly by St. Paul in Romans. An apostle.
[96]
K
L
Leah – First wife of
Jacob who was given to him in place of
Rachel whom he loved. Genesis, Ruth
[100]
[101]
Lois , grandmother of
Saint Timothy . II Timothy
[102]
Lo–Ruhamah – Daughter of
Hosea and
Gomer . Hosea
[103]
Lydia of Thyatira – the first converted believer after the resurrection, and the first to introduce it in to her household. She was a successful business woman and she was pivotal to the spread of the name of Jesus. Acts
[104]
M
Maacah, the daughter of King Talmi of Geshur, was married to King David and bore him his son Absalom. 2 Samuel 3:3 [also spelled Maakah]
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"
[105]
Maacah #2 – Sister of
Makir , father of
Gilead . Mentioned one verse later is Makir's wife, also named Maacah.
[106] "I Chronicles"
[107]
Mahalath – daughter of
Ishmael and 3rd wife of
Esau . Genesis
[108]
Mahalath – granddaughter of
David and the first wife of King
Rehoboam . II Chronicles
[4]
Mahlah – one of the daughters of
Zelophehad Numbers, Joshua
[71]
[109]
Mahlah – I Chronicles
[60]
Martha – Luke, John
[110]
[111]
Mary – Mother of
Jesus . Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Galatians
[112]
[113]
[114]
[115]
[116]
[117]
Mary the mother of James and Joses (or Joseph). Matthew
[118]
Mary the mother of John Mark Acts
[119]
Mary the sister of Martha. Luke, John
[120]
Mary the wife of Cleophas. John
[121]
Mary who was greeted by Paul. Romans
[122]
Mary Magdalene – Disciple of
Jesus Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
[123]
[124]
[125]
[126]
Matred – Genesis, I Chronicles
[127]
[128]
Medium of En Dor – 1 Samuel 28
[129]
Mehetabel – daughter of
Matred . Genesis; I Chronicles
[127]
[128]
Merab – King
Saul 's oldest daughter. I Samuel
[130]
Me-Zahab – Mother of
Matred , grandmother of
Mehetabel ."Genesis, I Chronicles"
[131]
[132]
Michal – daughter of
Saul and wife of
David . I Samuel, II Samuel, I Chronicles
[133]
[134]
[135]
Milcah – wife of Nahor and daughter of Haran. Genesis
[75]
[136]
Milcah – one of the daughters of
Zelophehad . Numbers, Joshua
[71]
[109]
Miriam –
Moses ' sister. Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, I Chronicles
[137]
[138]
[139]
[140]
[141]
Miriam – woman of Judah. I Chronicles
[142]
Mother of King Lemuel – mother of King Lemuel that gave him the prophetic instruction that became Proverbs 31
N
O
P
R
Rachel – second wife of
Jacob , and sister of
Leah . Mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Genesis, I Samuel, Jeremiah, Matthew
[158]
[159]
[160]
[161]
Rahab – of
Jericho . Joshua, Matthew, Hebrews, James
[162]
[163]
[164]
[165]
Rebekah – wife of
Isaac and the mother of
Jacob and
Esau . Genesis, Romans
[166]
[167]
Reumah – concubine of Abraham's brother Nahor. Genesis
[168]
Rhoda – Acts
[169]
Rizpah – daughter of Aiah and one of the concubines of King Saul. II Samuel
[170]
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
[171]
[172]
S
Salome #1 – daughter of
Herodias . Name in Hebrew reads שלומית (Shlomit) and is derived from Shalom שלום, meaning "peace". Matthew, Mark
[173]
[174]
Salome #2 – a follower of Jesus present at his crucifixion as well as the empty tomb. Mark
[175]
Samaritan woman at the well , or Photine is a well known figure from the Gospel of John
Sapphira – Acts
[176]
Sarah #1 – 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
[177]
[178]
[179]
[180]
[181]
[182]
Sarah #2 – wife of Tobias. Tobit
[183]
Serah – daughter of Asher mentioned briefly in Genesis. Genesis
[184]
Sheerah – founded three towns. Descendant of
Ephraim . I Chronicles
[185]
Shelomit – mother of blasphemer. Leviticus
[186]
Shelomit – daughter of Zerubbabel, sister of Meshullam and Hananiah. I Chronicles
[187]
Shiphrah – one of two midwives who saved the Hebrew boys. Exodus
[157]
Shua – daughter of Heber that mentioned in
1 Chronicles 7 .
Susanna #1 – a woman who was nearly sentenced to death due to false adultery accusations before being saved by
Daniel . Daniel
Susanna #2 – A follower of Jesus. Luke
[188]
Syntyche – Christian of the church in Philippi mentioned with Euodia
[189]
T
Tahpenes – an
Egyptian
queen mentioned in the
First Book of Kings .
Tamar #1 – daughter-in-law of
Judah , as well as the mother of two of his children, the twins
Zerah and
Perez . Genesis
[190]
Tamar #2 – daughter of King
David , and sister of
Absalom . Her mother was
Maacah , daughter of
Talmai , king of
Geshur . II Samuel
[191]
Tamar #3 – daughter of David's son
Absalom . II Samuel
[192]
Taphath – daughter of Solomon
[193]
Tharbis – according to
Josephus , a
Cushite princess who married
Moses prior to his marriage to
Zipporah as told in the
Book of Exodus . This name is not found in the Bible, and there is debate on if "the Kushite" refers to Zipporah herself or a second woman (Tharbis).
Timnah (or Timna) – concubine of Eliphaz and mother of Amalek. Genesis
[194]
Tirzah – one of the daughters of
Zelophehad . Numbers, Joshua
[71]
[109]
Tabitha (Acts 9:36) – from Joppa, Tabitha was always doing good and helping the poor. AKA 'Dorcas'
Tryphena and Tryphosa are Christian women mentioned in Romans 16:12 of the Bible ("Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord." KJV)
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See also
References
^
"1 Chronicles 2:15–17 KJV" . Bible.com. 12 July 2018.
^
"1 Samuel 25 KJV" . Bible.com. 12 July 2018. I Samuel 25
^ I Chronicles 2:29
^
a
b II Chronicles 11:18
^ I Kings 1:3,4; 2:13–25
^ II Samuel 3:4
^
a
b I Chronicles 3:3
^ Joshua 15:16–19
^ Judges 1:12–13
^ I Chronicles 2:49
^ Genesis 4:19–23
^ Genesis 26:34; 36:2
^ I Samuel 14:50
^ I Samuel 25:43; 27:3; 30:5, 18
^ II Samuel 2:2; 3:2
^ I Chronicles 3:1
^ Genesis 36:2–25
^ Luke 2:36–38
^ Genesis 41:45–50; 46:20
^ I Chronicles 2:26
^ II Kings 8:26; 11
^ II Chronicles 22; 23:13–21; 24:7
^ I Chronicles 2:18–19
^ I King 22:42
^ II Chronicles 20:31
^ I Chronicles 8:8
^ Genesis 26:34; 36:10
^ Genesis 28:9; 36:3, 4, 13, 17
^ I Kings 4:15
^ II Samuel 11:2,3; 12:24
^ I Kings 1:11–31; 2:13–19
^ I Chronicles 3:5
^
Genesis 30:3–5 ,
35:25
^
1 Chronicles 4:18
^ Acts8:27
^ 2 Timothy 4:21
^ Numbers 25:6–18
^ Shectman, Sarah (2009).
Women in the Pentateuch: A Feminist and Source-critical Analysis . Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press. p. 165.
ISBN
9781906055721 . Retrieved 14 March 2021 .
^ Acts 17:34
^ Genesis 35:8
^ Judges 4–5
^ Judges 16:4–21
^ Genesis 34
^ Acts 9:36–42
^ II Samuel 3:5
^ Luke 1:5–80
^ Exodus 6:23
^ I Chronicles 2:46
^ I Chronicles 2:19
^ Esther (entire book)
^ 2 Timothy 1:5
^ Philippians 4:2
^ Genesis 2–3
^ Hosea 1:1–11; 3:1–5
^ Esther 2:7
^ Genesis 16: 21:9–17; 25:12
^ II Samuel 3:4,5
^ I Kings 1:5, 11, 2:13
^ I Chronicles 3:2
^
a
b I Chronicles 7:18
^ II Kings 23:31; 24:18
^ Jeremiah 52:1,2
^ I Samuel 1:2, 5–20, 22–28; 2:1–10, 19–21
^ I Chronicles 4:3
^ I Chronicles 4:5,7
^ II Kings 21:1
^ Matthew 14
^ I Chronicles 8:8,9
^ I Chronicles 4:19
^ Numbers 26:33; 27:1–11; 36:1–12
^
a
b
c
d Joshua 17:3
^ II Kings 22:14–20
^ II Chronicles 34:22–33
^ I Chronicles 8:8, 11
^
a
b Genesis 11:29
^ Judges 4:17–22; 5:6,24–27
^ II Kings 15:2
^ II Chronicles 26:3
^ II Kings 22:1,2
^ II Kings 14:2
^ II Chronicles 25:1
^ II Kings 11:2
^
a
b Job 42:14
^ I Chronicles 2:18
^ II Kings 15:33
^ II Chronicles 27:1
^ I Kings 16:31; 18:4–19; 19:1,2; 21:5–25
^ II Kings 9
^ Revelation 2:20–23
^ Luke 8:2–3
^ Exodus 1; 2:1–11; 6:20
^ Numbers 26:59
^ Genesis 26:34
^
Book of Judith
^ Romans 16:15
^ Romans 16:7
^ Job 1:2; 42:14
^ Genesis 25:1–6
^ I Chronicles 1:32, 33
^ Genesis 29; 30; 49:31
^ Ruth 4:11
^ II Timothy 1:5
^ Hosea 1:6,8
^ Acts 16:14–15
^ II Chronicles 11:20–22
^
1611 King James Bible. First book of Chronicles, chapter 7, verses 15–16 .
Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. where
the Maacah) at the verse 15 may rendered into English with some
Hebrew diacritics , differently from the following verse
^ I Chronicles 7:15–16
^ Genesis 28:9
^
a
b
c Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11
^ Luke 10:38–42
^ John 11:1, 5, 19–28, 30, 38–40; 12:2
^ Matthew 1:16; 1:18–25; 2:11; 2:13–23; 12:46–50; 13:55
^ Mark 3:31–35; 6:3
^ Luke 1:26–38, 39–45, 46–56; 2:4–7, 16–20, 22–24, 33–35, 39–40, 41–52; 8:19–21
^ John 2:1–5, 12; 6:42; 19:25–27
^ Acts 1:14
^
Galatians 4:4
^ Matthew 27:56
^ Acts 12:6–19
^ John 11:1–2
^ John 19:25
^ Romans 16:6
^ Matthew 27:55–56; 27:61; 28:1–11
^ Mark 15:40–41, 47; 16:1–8
^ Luke 8:2–3; 24:10
^ John 19:25; 20:1–2, 11–18
^
a
b Genesis 36:39
^
a
b I Chronicles 1:50
^ 1Samuel 28
^ I Samuel 14:49; 18:17, 19
^ "Genesis 36:39"
^ "I Chronicles 1:50"
^ I Samuel 14:49; 17:25; 18:20, 25, 27–28; 19:11–14, 17; 25:44
^ II Samuel 3:13–16; 6:16, 20–23
^ I Chronicles 15:29
^ "Genesis 22:20"
^ Exodus 2:4, 7–9; 15:20–21
^ Numbers 12:1, 4–5, 10, 12, 14–15; 20:1; 26:59
^ Deuteronomy 24:9
^ I Chronicles 6:3
^ Micah 6:4;
^ 1 Chronicles 4:17
^ Genesis 4:22
^ II Chronicles 12:13
^ I Chronicles 4:5–6
^ Ruth 1:1–3, 5–8, 10–22; 2:1–2, 6, 11, 18–20, 22–23; 3:1–6, 16–18; 4:3, 5, 9, 14–17
^ Numbers 26:33
^ Nehemiah 6:14
^ Ruth 1:4, 6–15
^ I Samuel 1:2, 4, 6–7;
^ Romans 16:12
^ Romans 16:1
^ Acts 18:2, 18–19, 26
^ Romans 16:3–4
^ I Corinthians 16:19
^ II Timothy 4:19
^
a
b Exodus 1:15
^ Genesis 29:6, 9–13, 16–18, 20–21, 25, 27–30, 31; 30:1–8, 14–15, 22–25; 31:4, 14, 17, 19, 26, 28, 31–35, 41, 43, 50, 55; 32:22; 33:1–2, 5, 7; 35:16–20, 24; 37:10; 43:29; 44:27; 46:19, 22, 25; 48:7
^ I Samuel 10:2
^ Jeremiah 31:15
^ Matthew 2:18
^ Joshua 2:1–24; 6:17, 22–23, 25
^ Matthew 1:5;
^ Hebrews 11:31
^ James 2:25
^ Genesis 21:23; 24:15–67; 25:20–26, 28; 26:7–10, 35; 27:5–17, 42–46; 28:2, 5, 7; 29:10, 13; 35:8
^ Romans 9:10
^ Genesis 22:24
^ Acts 12:13–15
^ II Samuel 3:7
^ Ruth 1:1–4:22 (entire book)
^ Matthew 1:5
^ Matthew 14:6–12
^ Mark 6:21–29
^ Mark 15:40, 16:1
^ Acts 5:1–11
^ Genesis 11:29–31; 12:5, 11–20; 13:1; 16:1–6, 8–9; 17:15–17, 19, 21; 18:6, 9–15; 20:2–7, 11–14, 16, 18; 21:1–3, 6–7, 9–10, 12; 23:1–3, 19; 24:36; 25:10, 12; 49:31
^ Isaiah 51:2
^ Romans 4:19; 9:9
^ Galatians 4:22–24, 26, 30–31
^ Hebrews 11:11
^ I Peter 3:6
^ Tobit 3:7, 10, 17; 6:11–12; 7:8–10, 12, 16; 8:4; 10:10–12; 11:15, 17; 12:12, 14
^
"Serah, daughter of Asher: Midrash and Aggadah" . Jewish Women's Archive . Retrieved 2023-02-12 .
^ 1 Chronicles 7:24
^ Leviticus 24:11
^ I Chronicles 3:19
^ Luke 8:3
^ Philippians 4:2–3
^ Genesis 38
^ II Samuel 13
^ II Samuel 14:27
^ I Kings 4:11
^ Genesis 36:12
^
Esther 1 :9, 11–12, 15–19;
2 :4, 17
^ Esther 5:10–14; 6:13–14
^ II Samuel 17:25; 19:21–22; 21:17; 23:18
^ I Chronicles 2:16
^ Genesis 4:19, 22–23
^ [Genesis] 29:24; 30:9–13, 18; 31:33; 32:22; 33:1–2, 5–6; 35:26; 37:2; 46:18
^ Exodus 2:21–22; 4:20, 25–26; 18:2, 5–6
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