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PROMINENT WOMEN IN PROPHETS

Rahab Joshua; Matthew
Daughters of Zelophehad Numbers; Joshua; 1 Chron
Deborah the Judge Judges
Jael Judges
Mother of Samson Judges
Wife of Samson Judges
Delilah Judges
Hannah 1 Samuel
Rachel Genesis; Ruth; 1 Samuel; Jeremiah; Matthew
Medium of Endor 1 Samuel
Bathsheba 2 Samuel; 1 Kings; 1 Chronicles; Matthew

Tamar (Daughter of David) 2 Samuel; 1 Chronicles
Concubines of David 2 Samuel; 1 Chronicles
Daughter of Pharaoh (Solomon’s Marriage Alliance) 1 Kings; 2 Chronicles
Women of Solomon 1 Kings; Nehemiah
Queen of Sheba 1 Kings; 2 Chronicles
Jezebel (Wife of Ahab) 1 Kings; 2 Kings
Athaliah 2 Kings; 2 Chronicles
Sarah/Sarai Genesis; Isaiah; Romans; Hebrews; 1 Peter
Miriam (Prophetess, Sister of Moses and Aaron) Exodus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; 1 Chronicles; Micah

LESS PROMINENT WOMEN

JOSHUA, JUDGES, 1 SAMUEL, 2 SAMUEL, 1 KINGS, 2 KINGS, ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZEKIEL, HOSEA, JOEL, AMOS, OBADIAH, JONAH, MICAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, ZEPHANIAH, HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, MALACHI

PERSONIFICATIONS & DEITIES

JOSHUA, JUDGES, 1 SAMUEL, 2 SAMUEL, 1 KINGS, 2 KINGS, ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZEKIEL, HOSEA, JOEL, AMOS, OBADIAH, JONAH, MICAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, ZEPHANIAH, HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, MALACHI

Women in scripture : a dictionary of named and unnamed women in the Hebrew Bible, is a resource that houses every one of the women listed on our website. If you would like to learn more about any one of these women, visit this link.

To correctly use the search bar, follow these guidelines:

Use proper capitalization (for example, capitalize “N” in “Naomi” instead of writing “naomi”)
Use proper spacing (“Mary of Bethany” as opposed to “MaryofBethany”)
Write out the full name of the woman you’re searching for, if you know it (for example, “The Samaritan Woman”). If writing out the full name does not work, simply type in “Samaritan” and see if “The Samaritan Woman” appears.
If the search bar is still not yielding your results, it might be because we have altered the woman’s name based on scholarship we found (for example, we have Naomi listed as “Naomi/Mara”). You can always find a specific woman by going to the navigation bar, clicking Old Testament or New Testament, and scrolling down to her appropriate genre and book.
To find a woman manually, note that the women listed on this site are listed in the order they appear in scripture (for example, women in Genesis chapter 1 are listed before women in Genesis chapter 2).

This project has been created by Founder and Executive Director Debbie McLeod alongside a team of Yale-educated researchers: Anna Grace Glaize, McKenzie Brummond, Moriah Asch, Brian Peterson, Laura Traverse, Phoebe Oler, and Sarah Ambrose