List of women in the Bible
Appearance
- The following is a list of women found in the Hebrew and Christian Bible. The list appears in alphabetical order.
- Abigail - The mother of Amasa, Sister of David. [1]
- Abigail - The wife of the wicked Nabal, who became a wife of David after Nabal's death. [2]
- Adah -
- Anna -
- Athaliah - Queen of Judah during the reign of King Jehoram, and later became sole ruler of Judah for five years.
- 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.
- Bilhah - Rachel's handmaid and a concubine of Jacob who bears him two sons, Dan and Naphtali. [3]
- Deborah - Prophetess and the fourth, and the only female, Judge of pre-monarchic Israel in the Old Testament. [4]
- Delilah - The "woman in the valley of Sorek" whom Samson loved, and who was his downfall.
- Dianh - Daughter of Jacob, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites and Leah, his first wife.
- Elisabeth
- Esther - Queen of the Persian Empire in the Hebrew Bible, the queen of Ahasuerus.
- Eve - First woman, wife of Adam.
- Hagar - Egyptian handmaiden of Sarah, wife of Abraham. Hagar became the mother of Abraham's son, Ishmael.
- Hannah -
- Huldah
- Jael
- Jezebel
- Keturah
- Leah
- Martha
- Mary
- Michal
- Miriam
- Naomi
- Noah
- Phoebe
- Pharaoh's daughter
- Priscilla
- Rachel
- Rahab
- Rebekah
- Ruth
- Sarah
- Salome
- Sapphira
- Tabitha
- Tamar
- Vashti
- Zeruiah
- Zilpah
- Zipporah