Bible Facts
Women in the Bible
Direct biblical statementTabitha was raised to lifeIn Joppa, Peter prayed and said "Tabitha, get up!" and she opened her eyes.Direct biblical statementLot's wife looked backAs Lot's family fled Sodom, Lot's wife looked back and became a pillar of salt; Jesus later said "Remember Lot's wife."Direct biblical statementJohn leaped before he was bornWhen Mary greeted Elizabeth, the baby in Elizabeth's womb leaped for joy.Direct biblical statementAbraham was 100 when Isaac was bornAbraham was one hundred years old when Isaac was born, and Sarah about ninety.Translation-dependent observationGod is not named in EstherThe book of Esther, as it appears in Protestant Bibles, never uses the word God or the LORD's name.Direct biblical statementEve is named in Genesis 3The woman is first called "Eve" in Genesis 3:20, after the fall: "because she would be the mother of all the living".Translation-dependent observationAnna's age can be read two waysLuke 2:37 can mean that Anna was a widow of eighty-four years of age, or that she had been a widow for eighty-four years.Direct biblical statementWomen were the first at the empty tombAll four Gospels say women came first to the tomb; Mary Magdalene is named in each account.Direct biblical statementDeborah judged under a palm treeDeborah, a prophetess, judged Israel sitting under "Deborah's palm tree" between Ramah and Bethel.Direct biblical statementEsther risked her life for her peopleQueen Esther went to the king without being called, risking death, to plead for her people.Direct biblical statementA baby prince was hidden for six yearsWhen Queen Athaliah killed the royal family, Jehosheba hid the infant Joash in the temple for six years.Direct biblical statementMiriam watched over Moses and later led a songMoses' sister watched over the baby in the reeds; later Miriam the prophetess led the women in a song by the sea.Direct biblical statementRuth was David's great-grandmotherRuth, a Moabite woman, married Boaz; their son Obed was the father of Jesse, the father of David.Direct biblical statementRahab hid the spies under flaxRahab hid Joshua's two spies on her roof under stalks of flax and let them down by a rope through her window.Direct biblical statementHannah's prayer was answeredHannah prayed for a son so earnestly that Eli thought she was drunk; she named her son Samuel.Direct biblical statementLydia sold purple clothLydia, a seller of purple cloth from Thyatira, became the first named believer in Europe in Acts and hosted Paul's team.Direct biblical statementPriscilla and Aquila taught ApollosWhen Apollos preached knowing only John's baptism, Priscilla and Aquila took him aside and explained the way of God more accurately.Direct biblical statementKing Josiah's officials consulted HuldahWhen the book of the law was found, King Josiah's officials went to the prophetess Huldah for God's word.Direct biblical statementPaul commended PhoebePaul commended Phoebe, a servant (deacon) of the church at Cenchreae, and asked the Romans to help her.Direct biblical statementWomen supported Jesus' workLuke names women, including Mary Magdalene, Joanna and Susanna, who travelled with Jesus and supported him from their own means.Direct biblical statementDorcas made clothes for widowsWhen Tabitha (Dorcas) died, the widows showed Peter the coats and garments she had made for them.Literary or interpretive observationHannah's song and Mary's songMary's song in Luke 1 shares many themes with Hannah's song in 1 Samuel 2: God lifts the humble and fills the hungry.Direct biblical statementA young girl pointed Naaman to the prophetNaaman's healing began with a young Israelite girl, taken captive, who told her mistress about the prophet in Samaria.