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Women of the Bible
Learn more about the women of the bible.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |