Return to: Women of the Bible Part I: Abhiahill to Bathshemath
Bathsheba | II Samuel 11:2-3; 12:24 I Kings 1:11-31; 2:13-19 |
Woman whose beauty led to adultery and murder. Wife of Uriah one of David’s mighty men, mother of Solomon by David |
Bernice | Acts 25:13, 23: 26:30 | Eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa, eventually becomes wife of her uncle and consort of her brother Agrippa |
Bilhah | Genesis 29:29; 30:3-7; 35:22, 25; 37:2; 46:25 I Chronicles 4:29; 7:13 |
Handmaid of Rachel, given to Jacob as secondary wife, mother of Dan and Naphtali |
Bithiah | I Chronicles 4:18 | Daughter of Pharoah married to Mered of the tribe of Judah |
Candace | Acts 8:27 | Her eunuch is converted to God and baptized in the desert by Philip |
Chloe | I Corinthians I:10-11 | Mother of Christian household at Corinth where Paul stayed |
Claudia | II Timothy 4:21 | Mentioned in Pauls letter to Timothy |
Cozbi | Numbers 25:6-18 | Midianite woman killed by Phinehas son of Elezar to stop the plague of idolatry and whoredom overtaking Israel |
Damaris | Acts 17:34 | One of Paul’s converts as he preached onMar Hill in Athens |
Deborah | Genesis 24:59; 35:8 | Rebekah’s nurse maid, a devoted friend who died revered and loved by the family |
Deborah | Judges 4 and 5 Hebrews 11:32-34 |
Prophetess, warrior and only female judge of ancient Israel, wife of Lapidoth |
Delilah | Judges 16:4-21 | Prostitute, traitor, wife of Samson the strong in body but weak in will |
Dinah | Genesis 34 | The daughter of Jacob and Leah, defiled by Prince Shechem who desired her to wife, sibling of the men who slaughtered the Shechemites in reparation |
Dorcas (Tabitha) | Acts 9:36-43 | The charitable member of the church at Joppa who gave much Christian service, when she died Peter raised her from the dead |
Drusilla | Acts 24:10-27 | One of three daughters of Herod Agrippa. Just as loosely moraled as the rest, she was the wife of Felix when Paul appears before his court the second time. |
Eglah | II Samuel 3:5 | Another of the eight wives of David; mother of Ithream |
Elisabeth | Luke 1:5-80 | A descendent of Aaron, wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist in her old age |
Elisheba | Exodus 6:23 | Wife of Aaron, sister-in-law to Moses, daughter of Amminadab |
Ephah | I Chronicles 2:46 | Concubine of Caleb; mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez |
Ephrath | I Chronicles 2:19,50; 4:4 | Caleb’s second wife, mother of Hur, after death of Caleb she has a son by her step-son |
Esther (Hadassah) | Esther | The queen who saved her people from destruction |
Eunice | Acts 16:1-3 II Timothy 1:5; 3:14 – 15; 4:5 |
Daughter of Lois, mother of Timothy |
Euodias | Philippians 4:2 | One of the first converts at Philippi |
Eve | Genesis 2 and 3 | Wife of Adam, first woman, mother of all, she first partook of the fruit; mother of a prophet and a murderer |
Gomer | Hosea 1:1-11; 3:1-5 | Wife of Hosea, a harlot – the story of this couple symbolizes God’s love for his adulterous people who wander after strange gods |
Hagar | Genesis 16; 21:9-17; 25:12 Galatians 4:24-25 |
Handmaid of Sarah, mother of Ishmael by Abraham when he was 86, visited by an angel who declared the promise that her son also would be the father of many nations |
Haggith | II Samuel 3:4-5 I Kings 1:5, 11; 2:13 I Chronicles 3:2 |
Fifth wife of David, mother of Adonijah |
Hammoleketh | I Chronicles 7:17-18 | Daughter of Machir, sister of Gilead, an ancestress of Gilead |
Hamutal | Jeremiah 52:1, 2 II Kings 23:31; 24:18 |
Daughter of Jeremiah, mother of Jehoahaz and Mattaniah or Zedekiah a wicked king |
Hannah | I Samuel 1; 2:1, 21 | Mother of Samuel the prophet, the barren wife of a man with two wives, she prayed and offered her child, if given one, to God. Samuel is that child, later she bears five more children |
Women of the Bible Timeline Part I Abhiahill to Bathshemath
Women of the Bible Part III Hazelelponi to Maachah
Women of the Bible Timeline Part IV Maachah to Noah
Women of the Bible Timeline Part V Orpah to Tamar
Women of the Bible Timeline Part VI Tamar II to Zipporah