Where to find Women in the Bible
Links to the stories and the Bible text
Book of Genesis
Genesis 2:18 – 4-2; 4:25 Eve, great mother
Genesis 11-12, 16-18 Sarah, princess of her tribe
Genesis 16, 17, 21 Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian slave
Genesis 39 Potiphar’s wife’s revenge
Genesis 41:45, 41:50-52 Asenath
Book of Exodus
Exodus 2, 15, Numbers 12, 20 Miriam
Book of Judges
Judges 4, Judges 5 Deborah & Jael, warrior women
Judges 11 Jephtah’s daughter, a human sacrifice
Judges 16:4-31 Delilah, Samson’s temptress
Judges 19:1-30 The Levite’s murdered concubine
Book of Joshua
Joshua 2, 6:12-25 Rahab the prostitute
Samuel 1 & 2
1 Samuel 1-28, 2:1-10, 18-21) Hannah, a persistent woman
1 Samuel 18:17-29, 19:8-18, 25:44, 2 Samuel 3:12-16, 6:16-23 Michal married for love…
1 Samuel 25 Abigail, wife of King David
1 Samuel 28:3-25 The Witch of Endor
2 Samuel 3:1, 6-7, 21:1-14 Rizpah, concubine of Saul – her story
2 Samuel 3:3, 1 Chronicles 3:1-2, 11:26-47 Maacah, forgotten princess
2 Samuel 11:1-26, 12:15-25, 1 Kings 1:1-37, 2:10-25 Bathsheba, wife of David, mother of Solomon
Kings 1 & 2
1 Kings 4:7-15 Basemath & Tapheth, Solomon’s daughters
1 Kings 10:1-13 Queen of Sheba
1 Kings 14:21-28 Naamah, foreign wife of Solomon
1 Kings 15:1-14, 2 Chronicles 11:20-22 Beloved, tragic Maacah II
1 Kings 16:29-34, 18:17-40, 19:1-3, 21:1-16, 22:29-40, 2 Kings 9:21-28, 30-37 Jezebel, queen of Israel
2 Kings 11:1-16, 2 Chronicles 22:10 – 23:15 Athaliah, queen of Judah
2 Kings 22:8-20, Chronicles 34:14-28 Huldah, the ‘king’s weasel’
Book of Esther
Book of Esther, Esther with Additions Esther
Book of Ruth
Book of Judith
The Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John
Mary of Nazareth Mark 3:31-35, 6:1-6 ,Luke 1:26-56, 2:1-7, 2:21-38, 2:41-52, 4:16-30, 8:19-21, Matthew 1:18-25, 2:13-21, 12:46-50, 13:53-58, John 2:1-11, 19:25-27, Acts of the Apostles 1:13-14
Mary Magdalene, apostle Matthew 27:55-56, 61, 28:1-10, Mark 15:40-41, 16:1-11, Luke 8:1-3, 23:55-56, 24:1-11, John 19:25, 20:1-18,
Elizabeth, kinswoman of Mary of Nazareth Luke 1
Martha & Mary Luke 10:38-42, John 11:1-44, 12:1-8
Peter’s mother-in-law Matthew 8:14-15, Mark 1:29-31, Luke 4.38-39
Mark 5:24-34, Luke 8:43-48, Matthew 9:20-22 Menstruating woman
Matthew 15:21-28, Mark 7:24-30 Syrophoenician woman
Mark 12:41-44, Luke 21:1-4 Widow’s mite
Acts 18:1-3, 18-26, Romans 16:3, 1 Corinthians 16:19, 2 Timothy 4:19 Prisca-Priscilla
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