Female Bible Characters

Jericho woman who hid behind two men who had been sent to scout the city prior to their attack

Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau

Wife of Elkanah and mother of Samuel

Only female judge mentioned in the bible

Virgin mother of Jesus

Woman who gives her name to book of the Old Testament, who won the love of Boaz through her kindness

Witness to Jesus resurrecting her brother Lazarus

Older sister of Moses and Aaron

Mother of John the Baptist and wife of Zechariah

Concubine to Abraham and mother of Ishmael

Jewish Queen of a Persian King Ahasuerus

Unloved wife of Jacob and mother of Reuben

Favoured wife of Jacob, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, and younger sister of the previous answer

Married to Nabal and later married to King David

Lover and betrayer of Samson

Wife and half-sister of Abraham and mother of Isaac

Last wife of King David and mother of his successor Solomon

First woman and wife of Adam

Heroine who killed Sisera to deliver Israel from the troops of King Jabin

Queen who was the wife of Ahab with whom she instituted the worship of Baal and Asherah