Women of the Bible
52 matriarchs, prophetesses, queens, judges, and everyday women named in the King James Bible - organized by era, from Eve to the women who followed Jesus. Each name links to a full biography with Scripture references, portrait, and narrated audio.
Patriarchal Age (10)
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Cain's Wife
The unnamed wife of Cain is referenced in Genesis 4:17 as the mother of his son Enoch after Cain fled to the land of Nod...
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Dinah
Dinah was the daughter of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Leah, whose encounter with the Canaanite prince Shechem in Ge...
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Eve
Eve is recognized in the Bible as the first woman, formed by God from one of Adam's ribs to serve as his suitable compan...
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Hagar
Hagar was the Egyptian maidservant of Sarah, wife of the patriarch Abraham. When Sarah remained childless, she gave Haga...
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Leah
Leah was the older daughter of Laban who became Jacob's first wife through her father's deception on the wedding night, ...
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Potiphar's Wife
Potiphar's wife appears in Genesis 39 as the unnamed spouse of an Egyptian official who purchases Joseph as a slave. Aft...
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Rachel
Rachel was the younger daughter of Laban and the beloved wife of the patriarch Jacob, whom he served fourteen years to m...
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Rebekah
Rebekah became the wife of Isaac after Abraham's servant identified her through a divine sign at a well in Haran, establ...
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Sarah
Sarah, originally named Sarai, was the wife of the patriarch Abraham and accompanied him from Ur through Canaan as part ...
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Tamar
Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah who became widowed after the deaths of her first two husbands, Er and Onan, and w...
Exodus & Wilderness (3)
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Miriam โฆ
Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, is identified in Scripture as a prophetess who exercised spiritual leadership amo...
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Pharaoh's Daughter
Pharaoh's daughter discovered the infant Moses floating in a basket on the Nile River, an act set against her father's d...
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Zipporah
Zipporah, the wife of Moses and daughter of the Midianite priest Jethro, played a pivotal role during Moses' return jour...
Judges (7)
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Deborah โฆ
Deborah served as a prophetess and judge in Israel during a period of oppression by the Canaanite king Jabin and his arm...
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Delilah โ
Delilah was a Philistine woman recruited by the lords of her people, who offered her a large sum of silver to uncover th...
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Hannah
Hannah was the wife of Elkanah and one of two women in his household during the period of the judges, when she faced bar...
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Naomi
Naomi, an Israelite from Bethlehem, moved with her husband Elimelech and their two sons to Moab to escape famine, only t...
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Rahab
Rahab, a Canaanite woman and resident of Jericho, sheltered two Israelite spies sent by Joshua ahead of the conquest of ...
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Ruth
Ruth was a Moabite woman who, after the death of her husband, demonstrated remarkable loyalty by accompanying her widowe...
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Jael
In the turbulent era of the judges, Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite became an unexpected instrument of Israel's delive...
United Kingdom (7)
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Abigail
Abigail was the intelligent and discerning wife of Nabal, a wealthy but arrogant landowner in the region of Carmel durin...
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Abishag
Abishag was a beautiful young woman from Shunem chosen by David's servants to attend the elderly king, lie beside him, a...
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Bathsheba
Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, one of King David's elite warriors, when David saw her bathing from his roo...
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Michal
Michal, the younger daughter of King Saul, fell in love with David and became his first wife, yet her loyalty was tested...
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Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba, ruler of a prosperous kingdom likely located in ancient Arabia or Ethiopia, traveled a great distanc...
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Rizpah
Rizpah was a concubine of King Saul whose two sons, Armoni and Mephibosheth, were among seven of Saulโs male descendants...
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Witch of Endor
The Witch of Endor was a medium whom King Saul secretly consulted before his final battle against the Philistines, after...
Divided Kingdom (5)
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Athaliah โ
Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, became queen of Judah through marriage to King Jehoram and seized sole power aft...
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Jezebel โ
Jezebel was the daughter of a Phoenician king who married Israel's ruler Ahab and used her royal authority to establish ...
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Widow of Zarephath
The Widow of Zarephath was a Phoenician woman living in the town of Zarephath during a severe drought and famine in the ...
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Huldah โฆ
Huldah was a prophetess in Jerusalem during the reign of Josiah, consulted by the king's officials when the lost Book of...
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Gomer โฆ
Gomer was the wife of the prophet Hosea, taken at God's command as 'a wife of whoredoms' to embody Israel's unfaithfulne...
Exile & Return (2)
New Testament (18)
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Anna (Prophetess) โฆ
Anna was an elderly prophetess from the tribe of Asher who, after being widowed early in life, devoted herself to consta...
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Dorcas (Tabitha)
Dorcas, also known as Tabitha, was a disciple in the coastal town of Joppa whose life exemplified Christian charity thro...
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth was the wife of the priest Zechariah and a relative of Mary, recognized in Scripture as a righteous woman who ...
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Herodias
Herodias was the wife of Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, after leaving her first husband, Herod's half-brother Philip, ...
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Lois and Eunice
Lois and Eunice were the grandmother and mother of Timothy, a key figure in the early church and companion of the apostl...
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Lydia
Lydia was a merchant dealing in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira who resided in Philippi, a Roman colony in Macedo...
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Martha
Martha was the sister of Mary and Lazarus who lived in Bethany and frequently hosted Jesus during his ministry. In Luke'...
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Mary (Mother of Jesus)
Mary, a young virgin from Nazareth, was chosen by God to conceive and bear his Son Jesus through the power of the Holy S...
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Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene was a woman from the Galilean town of Magdala who became one of Jesus' most dedicated followers after he ...
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Mary of Bethany
Mary of Bethany was the sister of Martha and Lazarus who lived in the village near Jerusalem. In Lukeโs Gospel she sat a...
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Phoebe
Phoebe served as a deacon in the church at Cenchreae, a port near Corinth, in the mid-first century. The apostle Paul co...
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Priscilla and Aquila
Priscilla and Aquila were a first-century Jewish Christian couple who worked as tentmakers and became trusted co-laborer...
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Rhoda
In the household of Mary the mother of John whose surname was Mark, Rhoda the servant girl attended to the door while th...
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Salome (Daughter of Herodias)
Salome was the daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, ruler over Galilee and Perea in the first century...
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The Samaritan Woman
The Samaritan woman encountered Jesus at Jacob's well in Sychar, where he initiated a conversation despite cultural tabo...
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Bernice
Accompanying her brother King Agrippa, Bernice attended the hearing in Caesarea where the apostle Paul offered his defen...
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Drusilla
Drusilla was the Jewish wife of Antonius Felix, the Roman procurator of Judea, and daughter of Herod Agrippa I. In Acts ...
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Euodia and Syntyche
Euodia and Syntyche were two women in the church at Philippi whom Paul commended as those who 'laboured with me in the g...
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