Name | Description | Appearances |
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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 |
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