Characteristics of Notable Women
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Gen 3:6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the
tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable
for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some
to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
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Gen 21:14-19 Gen 21:14 Early the next morning Abraham
took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set
them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went
on her way and wandered in the desert of Beersheba. Gen 21:15 When
the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the
bushes. Gen 21:16 Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a
bowshot away, for she thought, "I cannot watch the boy die." And
as she sat there nearby, she began to sob. Gen. 21:17 God heard
the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven
and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God
has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Gen 21:18 Lift the boy
up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."
Gen 21:19 Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water.
So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
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Num 12:1 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against
Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.
Num 12:2 "Has the LORD spoken only through Moses?" they asked. "Hasn't
he also spoken through us?" And the LORD heard this.
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| Judg 4:4 Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time. |
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| Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. |
| 1 Sam 1:20 So in the course of time Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I asked the LORD for him." 1 Sam 2:19 Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice. |
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1 Sam 25:3 His name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was surly and mean in his dealings. |
| 2 Ki 4:8 - 10 One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. She said to her husband, "I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let's make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us." |
| "The Woman for an Emergency," Est 4:14 - 16 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?" Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: "Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish." |
| Mat 15:22 - 28 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession." Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us." He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said. He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs." "Yes, Lord," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." Then Jesus answered, "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed from that very hour. |
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Luke 1:5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. Luke 1:24 After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. Luke 1:36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. Luke 1:43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Luke 1:57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. |
| Luke 1:30 - 38 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end." "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God." "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her. |
| John 4:29 "Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" |
| Dorcas - Acts 9:36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas ), who was always doing good and helping the poor. |
| Acts 16:14 & 15 One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message. When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us. |
| Luke 10:39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. |
| Luke 8:2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; |
| Mark 15:40 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. |
| Acts 12:12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. |
| Rom 16:6 Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you. |
| Mat 26:7 – 13 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked. "This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor." Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her." |