List of women in the Bible

See also: Women in the Bible

The following is a list of women found in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles.

Old Testament

Name	Description	Appearances
Abigail	Mother of Amasa, Sister of David	I Chronicles 2:15–17[1]
Abigail	Wife of the wicked Nabal, who became a wife of David after Nabal's death.	I Samuel 25[2]
Abihail	wife of Abishur and mother of Ahban and Molid.	I Chronicles[3]
Abihail	wife of king Rehoboam	II Chronicles [4]
Abishag	concubine of aged King David.	I Kings[5]
Abital	one of King David's wives	II Samuel; I Chronicles[6][7]
Achsah	daughter of Caleb. When Caleb promised her to Othniel in marriage, she requested that he increased her dowry to include not only land, but springs of water as well.	Joshua, Judges, I Chronicles[8][9][10]
Adah	wife of Lamech	Genesis[11]
Adah	daughter of Elon, the Hittite and one of the wives of Esau. Possibly original name of Bashemath.	Genesis[12]
Ahinoam	wife of King Saul, mother of Michal (wife of King David)	I Samuel[13]
Ahinoam	one of King David's wives, mother of Amnon.	I Samuel; II Samuel; I Chronicles[14][15][16]
Aholibamah (or Oholibamah)	Daughter of Anah and one of Esau's wives. Also called Judith.	Genesis[17]
Asenath	Egyptian wife of Joseph.	Genesis[18]
Asherah	Consort of God (wife of El), Yahweh.	1 Kings and 2 Kings
Ashtoreth (or Ashtoreth)	Ancient Near Eastern goddess	Judges, 1 Kings, and 2 Kings
Atarah	second wife of Jerahmeel.	I Chronicles[19]
Athaliah	Queen of Judah during the reign of King Jehoram, and later became sole ruler of Judah for five years.	II Kings, II Chronicles[20][21]
Azubah	Caleb's wife.	I Chronicles[22]
Azubah	wife of King Asa, 3rd king of Judah, and mother of Jehoshaphat.	I Kings, II Chronicles[23][24]
Baara	Moabitess, wife of Shaharaim.	I Chronicles[25]
Basemeth	daughter of Elon, the Hittite, One of the wives of Esau.	Genesis[26]
Basemeth	daughter of Ishmael and 3rd wife of Esau.	Genesis[27]
Basemeth	daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz.	I Kings[28]
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.	II Samuel, I Kings, I Chronicles[29][30][31]
Bilhah	Rachel's handmaid and a concubine of Jacob who bears him two sons, Dan and Naphtali.	Genesis[32]
Bithiah	Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus). Also identified with/as Asiya in Muslim interpretations. Wife of Mered, a descendant of Judah.	1 Chronicles 4[33]
Cozbi	A Midianite princess who was killed by Phinehas (grandson of Aaron) because her evil influence was seen as the source of a plague among the Israelites.[34] The incident was then taken as a pretext for the War against the Midianites in Numbers 31.[35]	Numbers 25[34]
Deborah	Nursemaid to Rebekah and later to Jacob and Esau.	Genesis 35[36]
Deborah	Prophetess and the fourth, and the only female, Judge of pre–monarchic Israel in the Old Testament.	Judges 4[37]
Delilah	The "woman in the valley of Sorek" who Samson loved.	Judges[38]
Dinah	Daughter of Jacob, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites and Leah, his first wife.	Genesis[39]
Eglah	One of King David's wives.	II Samuel, I Chronicles[7][40]
Elisheba	Wife of Aaron.	Exodus[41]
Ephah	one of the concubines of Caleb (prince of Judah)	I Chronicles[42]
Ephrath	Second wife of Caleb (the spy)	I Chronicles[43]
Esther	Queen of the Persian Empire in the Hebrew Bible, the queen of Ahasuerus.	Esther
Eve	First woman, wife of Adam.	Genesis[44]
Gomer	Wife of Hosea and a prostitute.	Hosea[45]
Hadassah	Esther's Hebrew name, before she changed it to conceal her identity and became the queen of Persia and second wife of Ahasuerus.	Esther[46]
Hagar	Egyptian handmaiden of Sarah, wife of Abraham. Hagar became the mother of one of Abraham's sons, Ishmael.	Genesis[47]
Haggith	Wife of King David, mother of Adoniyah	II Samuel, I Kings, I Chronicles[48][49][50]
Hammolekheth	possibly ruled over portions of Gilead.	I Chronicles[51]
Hamutal	Wife of Josiah and mother of "ungodly" sons Jehoahaz and Mattaniah.	II Kings, Jeremiah[52][53]
Hannah	A worshipper at Jerusalem. Mother of Samuel.	I Samuel[54]
Hazzelelponi	daughter of Etam, tribe of Judah	I Chronicles[55]
Helah	One of the wives of Asshur	I Chronicles[56]
Hephziba	Wife of King Hezekiah and mother of Manasseh, who undid Hezekiah's good works.	II Kings[57]
Hodesh	one of the wives of Shaharaim	I Chronicles[58]
Hodiah's wife		I Chronicles[59]
Hogla	One of the five daughters of Zelophehad who were given the right to inherit their deceased father's property.	Numbers, Joshua[60][61]
Huldah	Prophetess	II Kings, II Chronicles[62][63]
Hushim	One of the wives of Shaharaim	I Chronicles[64]
Iscah	Daughter of Abraham's younger brother Haran	Genesis[65]
Jael	Heroine who killed Sisera to deliver Israel from the troops of king Jabin. She was the wife of Heber the Kenite.	Judges[66]
Jecholiah (or Jecoliah)	Wife of Amaziah (King of Judah) and mother of Uzziah.	II Kings, II Chronicles[67][68]
Jedidah	Wife of wicked king Manessah and mother of Josiah.	II Kings[69]
Jehoaddan (or Jehoaddin)	Wife of king Joash and mother of king Amaziah of Judah	II Kings, II Chronicles[70][71]
Jehosheba (or Jehoshebeath/Josaba)	Daughter of Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada. She saved her nephew Jehoash from massacre.	II Kings[72]
Jemima	One of Job's daughters.	Job[73]
Jerioth	Wife of Caleb (son of Hezron)	I Chronicles[74]
Jerusha	Daughter of Zadok, a priest, wife of King Uzziah and mother of Jotham.	II Kings, I Chronicles, II Chronicles[75][76]
Jezebel	Queen of ancient Israel.	I Kings, II Kings[77][78]
Jochebed	Mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.	Exodus, Numbers[79][80]
Judith	Hittite wife of Esau.	Genesis[81]
Judith	heroine of the deuterocanonical Book of Judith	Book of Judith
Keren–Happuch	One of Job's daughters.	Job[82]
Keturah	Wife of Abraham after Sarah's death.	Genesis, I Chronicles[83][84]
Keziah	Second daughter of Job.	Job[73]
Leah	First wife of Jacob who was given to him in place of Rachel whom he loved.	Genesis, Ruth[85][86]
Lo–Ruhamah	Daughter of Hosea and Gomer.	Hosea[87]
Maacah (or Maakah)	the daughter of King Talmi of Geshur, was married to King David and bore him his son Absalom.	2 Samuel 3:3
Maacah	2nd wife of King Rehoboam. Mother of Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith. Rehoboam loved Maacah more than any other of his wives or concubines.	II Chronicles[88]
Maacah	Sister of Makir, father of Gilead. Mentioned one verse later is Makir's wife, also named Maacah.	I Chronicles[89]
Mahalath	daughter of Ishmael and 3rd wife of Esau.	Genesis[90]
Mahalath	granddaughter of David and the first wife of King Rehoboam.	II Chronicles[4]
Mahlah	one of the daughters of Zelophehad	Numbers, Joshua[61][91]
Mahlah	A Gileadite	I Chronicles[51]
Matred	Mother of Mehetabel, daughter of Me-zahab	Genesis, I Chronicles[92][93]
Unnamed Witch of Endor	Witch, Medium or Oracle of Endor	1 Samuel 28[94]
Mehetabel	daughter of Matred.	Genesis; I Chronicles[92][93]
Merab	King Saul's oldest daughter.	I Samuel[95]
Me-Zahab	Mother of Matred	"Genesis, I Chronicles" [96][97]
Michal	daughter of Saul and wife of David.	I Samuel, II Samuel, I Chronicles[98][99][100]
Milcah	wife of Nahor and daughter of Haran.	Genesis[65][101]
Milcah	one of the daughters of Zelophehad.	Numbers, Joshua[61][91]
Miriam	Sister of Moses.	Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, I Chronicles[102][103][104][105][106]
Miriam	woman of Judah.	I Chronicles[107]
Unnamed	mother of King Lemuel that gave him the prophetic instruction	Proverbs 31
Naamah	Sister of Tubal-cain.	Genesis[108]
Naamah	Mother of King Rehoboam.	II Chronicles[109]
Naarah	wife of Asher, tribe of Judah.	I Chronicles[110]
Naomi	mother–in–law to Ruth.	Ruth[111]
Noa	daughter of Zelophehad.	Numbers[112]
Noadiah	prophetess.	Nehemiah[113]
Orpah	Sister-in-law to Ruth.	Ruth[114]
Peninnah	Wife of Elkanah.	I Samuel[115]
Puah	one of two midwives who saved the Hebrew boys.	Exodus[116]
Rachel	second wife of Jacob, and sister of Leah. Mother of Joseph and Benjamin.	Genesis, I Samuel, Jeremiah, Matthew[117][118][119][120]
Rahab	of Jericho.	Joshua, Matthew, Hebrews, James[121][122][123][124]
Rebekah	wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau.	Genesis, Romans[125][126]
Reumah	concubine of Abraham's brother Nahor.	Genesis[127]
Rizpah	daughter of Aiah and one of the concubines of King Saul.	II Samuel[128]
Ruth	Boaz and Ruth get married and have a son named Obed. Obed is the descendant of Perez the son of Judah, and the grandfather of (king) David.	Ruth, Matthew[129][130]
Sarah or Sarai	wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac. God changed her name to Sarah as part of a covenant with Yahweh after Hagar bore Abraham a son Ishmael.	Genesis, Isaiah, Romans, Galatians, Hebrews, I Peter[131][132][133][134][135][136]
Sarah	wife of Tobias.	Tobit[137]
Serah	daughter of Asher.	Genesis [138]
Sheerah	founded three towns. Descendant of Ephraim.	I Chronicles[139]
Shelomit	mother of blasphemer.	Leviticus[140]
Shelomit	daughter of Zerubbabel, sister of Meshullam and Hananiah.	I Chronicles[141]
Shiphrah	one of two midwives who saved the Hebrew boys.	Exodus[116]
Shua	daughter of Heber	1 Chronicles 7
Susanna	a woman who was nearly sentenced to death due to false adultery accusations before being saved by Daniel.	Daniel
Tahpenes	an Egyptian queen	I Kings
Tamar	daughter-in-law of Judah, as well as the mother of two of his children, the twins Zerah and Perez.	Genesis[142]
Tamar	daughter of King David, and sister of Absalom. Her mother was Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur.	II Samuel[143]
Tamar	daughter of David's son Absalom.	II Samuel[144]
Taphath	daughter of Solomon	I Kings[145]
Tharbis	according to Josephus, a Cushite princess who married Moses prior to his marriage to Zipporah as told in the Book of Exodus. This name is not found in the Bible, and there is debate on if "the Kushite" refers to Zipporah herself or a second woman (Tharbis).
Timnah (or Timna)	concubine of Eliphaz and mother of Amalek.	Genesis[146]
Tirzah	one of the daughters of Zelophehad.	Numbers, Joshua[61][91]
Vashti	queen, and wife of King Ahasuerus.	Esther[147]
Zibiah	mother of Joash	2 Kings 12:1 and 2 Chronicles 24:1
Zeresh	wife of Haman.	Esther[148]
Zeruiah	daughter or stepdaughter of Jesse of the Tribe of Judah, was an older sister of King David. Zeruiah had three sons, Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, all of whom were soldiers in David's army.	II Samuel, I Chronicles[149][150]
Zillah	wife of Lamech and the mother of Tubal-cain and Naamah.	Genesis[151]
Zilpah	Leah's handmaid who becomes a wife of Jacob and bears him two sons Gad and Asher.	Genesis[152]
Zipporah	wife of Moses, daughter of Jethro.	Exodus[153]
Unnamed, Zuleika	Potiphar's wife and Asenath's mother. Asenath married Joseph, so she is the grandmother of Ephraim and Manasseh (Tribe of Joseph).	Genesis 39:5–20

New Testament

Name	Description	Appearances
Anna the Prophetess	aged Jewish prophetess who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem.	Luke[154]
Berenice	sister of King Agrippa	Acts 25:13; Acts 25:23 and Acts 26:30
Candace (or Kandake)	Ethiopian queen; a eunuch under her authority and in charge of her treasury was witnessed to by Philip the Evangelist, led to God and baptized.	Acts[155]
Chloe	Leading early Christian woman in Corinth.	1 Corinthians 1:11
Claudia	greeted by Paul the Apostle.	2 Timothy[156]
Damaris		Acts[157]
Dorcas		Acts[158]
Drusilla	The wife of a judge named Felix	Acts 24:24
Elizabeth	Mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zacharias.	Luke[159]
Eunice	mother of Timothy	2 Timothy [160]
Euodia	Christian of the church in Philippi	Philippians [161]
Herodia	Granddaughter of Herod the great, married her uncle Philip, divorced him to marry Philip's half brother Herod Antipas, mother of Salome.	Matthew [162]
Jezebel	false prophetess.	Revelation[163]
Joanna	One of the women who went to prepare Jesus' body for burial.	Luke[164]
Julia		Romans [165]
Junia or Junias	Regarded highly by St. Paul in Romans. An apostle.	[166]
Lois	grandmother of Saint Timothy.	II Timothy[167]
Lydia of Thyatira	the first converted believer after the resurrection, and the first to introduce it in to her household. She was a successful business woman and she was pivotal to the spread of the name of Jesus.	Acts[168]
Martha		Luke, John[169][170]
Mary	Mother of Jesus.	Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Galatians[171][172][173][174][175][176]
Mary	the mother of James and Joses (or Joseph).	Matthew[177]
Mary	the mother of John Mark	Acts[178]
Mary	the sister of Martha.	Luke, John[179]
Mary	the wife of Cleophas.	John[180]
Mary	was greeted by Paul.	Romans[181]
Mary Magdalene	Disciple of Jesus	Matthew, Mark, Luke, John[182][183][184][185]
Persis	a "woman who has worked hard in the Lord" whom Paul the Apostle greeted.	Romans.[186]
Phoebe	A deaconess of the church of Cenchrea.	Romans[187]
Priscilla	wife of Aquila, and missionary partner to Paul the Apostle.	Acts, Romans, I Corinthians, II Timothy[188][189][190][191]
Rhoda		Acts[192]
Salome	daughter of Herodias.	Matthew, Mark[193][194]
Salome	a follower of Jesus present at His crucifixion as well as the empty tomb.	Mark[195]
Unnamed, later Photini (or Photine)	Samaritan woman at the well	John
Sapphira		Acts[196]
Susanna	A follower of Jesus.	Luke[197]
Syntyche	Christian of the church in Philippi mentioned with Euodia	Philippians[198]
Tabitha or Dorcas	Tabitha was always doing good and helping the poor.	Acts 9:36
Tryphena and Tryphosa	Greeted by Paul	Romans 16:12

See also

• List of minor biblical figures
• List of names for the biblical nameless
• Female disciples of Jesus