NOTABLE WOMEN OF THE BIBLE

Old Covenant (Testament)

Name Bible Book

Unnamed heroine of Song of Solomon Song of Solomon Songs Songs

Eve; Sarah*; Hagar; Rebekah; Rachel; Genesis Dinah; Tamar, daughter-in-law of Judah

Miriam* Exodus

Leviticus daughters of Zelophehad Numbers,

Rahab Joshua 2:1 daughter of Caleb; Deborah*; daughter of Judges Jephthah; mother of Samson; Delilah

Hannah*; Michal; Abigail* 1 Samuel

Bathsheba; Tamar, daughter of King David; 2 Samuel unnamed wise woman of Tekoah, Unnamed wise woman of Abel Bethmaacah the unnamed prostitute who was the 1 Kings mother of a baby claimed by another prostitute, queen of Sheba, Jezebel, a widow of Zarephath,

Vashti, Esther* Esther

1 Chronicles, Deuteronomy The starving widow with two sons, the 2 Kings childless Shunammite woman who is given a child who is later healed, brought back from the grave; and later the woman gets back her property upon her return from abroad, the maid of Naaman's wife, Queen Athaliah, Huldah*

Ruth, Orpah, Naomi Ruth queen of Sheba; Queen Athaliah; Jehosheba, 2 Chronicles sister of King Ahaziah; Huldah*

Ezra, Nehemiah, Ezra-Nehemiah, Nahum, Obadiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Lamentations, Daniel, Haggai, Ecclesiastes, Jeremiah, Job, Micah, Hosea, Habakkuk, Zechariah, First Isaiah, Joel, Jonah wisdom personified as a woman in Proverbs Proverbs Chapter; sensuality personified as a female prostitute; the virtuous, hard- working, woman of Proverbs

Zephaniah, Malachi the king’s daughter Psalms 1-74

Psalms 75-150, Third Isaiah, Second Isaiah woman created in the image of God Genesis 1:1-2:5

New Covenant (Testament)

1 Thessalonians, Galatians

Euodias and Syntyche, warring women, Philippians

Philemon

Priscilla 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians

Sarah*;Rebecca; Phebe, Priscilla, Mary, Romans Andronicus, Junia , Tryphena, Tryphosa, Persis, Rufus’s mother, Julia, Nereus=s sister

Simon Peter’s wife’s mother; Mary, mother Mark of Jesus; woman with issue of blood; Herodias; Herodias’s daughter, called Salome; the Syrophenician woman; a certain poor widow; woman in the leper Simon’s house; Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses and Salome

Tamar; Rahab; Ruth, the wife of Uriah; Matthew Bathsheba; Mary, the mother of Jesus; Rachel; Peter’s wife’s mother; woman with issue of blood; Herodias; the daughter of Herodias; Syrophenician woman; the mother of Jesus’ disciples James and John; the five wise virgins awaiting a wedding; the woman who anoints Jesus in the house of Simon the leper; Pilate’s wife; Mary Magdalene; Mary the mother of James and Joses

Elizabeth; Mary the mother of Jesus; the Luke prophetess Anna; Herodias; the widow of Sidon; Simon Peter’s wife’s mother; the sinful woman who anoints Jesus in the house of Simon the Pharisee; Mary Magdalene; Joanna; Susanna; woman with the issue of blood; the sisters Martha and Mary; the queen of the South (Sheba); woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; Lot’s wife; the persistent widow; the poor, generous widow; Mary the mother of James; women at the sepulcher of Jesus

Mary the mother of Jesus; Sapphira; Acts Pharaoh’s daughter who took in Moses; Candace; Tabitha; Rhoda; mother of Timothy; Lydia, damsel with a spirit of divination; Priscilla; the four daughters of Philip the evangelist; Paul’s sister; Drusilla; Bernice;

Mary, the mother of Jesus; a woman of John Samaria; the woman caught committing adultery; the sisters Mary and Martha; the sister of the mother of Jesus; Mary the wife of Cleophas; Mary Magdalene;

Colossians, Ephesians, 2 Thessalonians

Eve 1 Timothy

Lois, Eunice, Priscilla 2 Timothy

Titus

Sarah* 1 Peter

Sarah*; the Pharaoh’s daughter; Rahab Hebrews

Rahab James

Jude, 1 John, 2 John, 2 Peter

Jezebel, a woman clothed with the sun who Revelation was to bring forth a Christly ruler; the character of a woman sitting upon a scarlet colored beast; the Lamb’s bride

The women listed in each Bible Book are listed in the order of their first appearance in the book.

The Jews consider there to be seven prophetesses in the Old testament: these prophetesses, which are indicated with an *, include: Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah and Esther.