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Miriam
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Woman of Judah
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Naamah
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Sister of Tubal-cain
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Naamah
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Mother of King Rehoboam
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Naarah
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Wife of Asher, tribe of Judah
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Naomi
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Mother-in-law to Ruth. Ruth refuses to abandon her.
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Noa
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Daughter of Zelophehad
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Noadiah
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Prophetess
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Orpah
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Sister-in-law to Ruth
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Peninnah
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Wife of Elkanah
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Puah
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One of two midwives who saved the Hebrew boys
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Rachel
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Second wife of Jacob, and sister of Leah. Mother of Joseph and Benjamin
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Rahab
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Canaanite woman in Jericho that helped hide Israelite spies. In return, her family was spared during the city’s destruction.
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Rebekah
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Wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau
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Reumah
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Concubine of Abraham’s brother Nahor
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Rizpah
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Daughter of Aiah and one of the concubines of King Saul
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Ruth
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Refuses to abandon her mother-in-law. Boaz and Ruth get married and have a son named Obed. Obed is the descendent of Perez the son of Judah, and the grandfather of David.
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Sarah
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Wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac.
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Sarah
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Wife of Tobias
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Serah
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Daughter of Asher
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Sheerah
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Founded three towns. Descendent of Ephraim
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Shelomit
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Mother of blasphemer
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Shelomit
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Daughter of Zerubbabel, sister of Meshullam and Hananiah
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Shiphrah
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One of the two midwives who saved the Hebrew boys
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Shua
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Daughter of Heber
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Susanna
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A woman who was nearly sentenced to death due to false adultery accusations before being saved by Daniel.
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Tahpenes
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An Egyptian Queen
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Tamar
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Daughter-in-law of Judah, as well as the mother of two of his children, the twins Zerah and Perez
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Tamar
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Daughter of King David, and sister of Absalom. Her mother was Maacah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur
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Tamar
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Daughter of David’s son Absalom
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Taphath
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Daughter of Solomon
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Timnah
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Concubine of Eliphaz and mother of Amalek
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Tirzah
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One of the daughters of Zelophehad
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Vashti
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Queen, and wife of King Ahasuerus
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Zibiah
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Mother of Joash
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Zeresh
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Wife of Haman
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Zeruiah
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Daughter or stepdaughter of Jesse of the Tribe of Judah, was an older sister of King David. She had three sons, Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, all of whom were soldiers in David’s army.
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Zillah
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Wife of Lamech and the mother of Tubal-Cain and Namaah.
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Zilpah
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Leah’s handmaid who becomes a wife of Jacob and bears him two sons, Gad and Asher
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Zipporah
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Wife of Moses, daughter of Jethro
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Anna
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A prophetess and widow who worshipped God through prayer and fasting.
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Berenice
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The oldest daughter of King Agrippa I, and sister of King Agrippa II, with whom she loved after her husband Herod, King of Chalcis, died. She and King Agrippa listened to the Apostle Paul’s defence after he was transferred to Rome for an appeal to Caesar.
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Candace
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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
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Chloe
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Leading early Christian woman in Corinth
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Claudia
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Greeted by Paul the Apostle
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Damaris
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An Athenian woman who converted to Christianity
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Dorcas
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Woman in the early Christian Church known for her charity. Resurrected by the Apostle Peter.
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Drusilla
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The wife of governor Felix and Jewish princes daughter of Herod Agrippa I
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Elizabeth
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Mother of John the Baptist and cousin to Mary the mother of Jesus
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Eunice
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Mother of Timothy
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Euodia
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Christian of the Church in Philippi
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Herodias
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Granddaughter of Herod the Great and mother of Salome; married her uncle Herod II (or Philip), divorced him to marry his half brother Herod Antipas
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Jezebel
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False prophetess
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Joanna
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One of the women who went to prepare Jesus’ body for burial, and was informed by two angels in shining garments that Jesus had risen. She was the wife of Cuza, a house-steward of Herod the Tetrarch. In Luke 8, she is listed as one of the women who had been healed either of an infirmity or an evil spirit, and who ministered to Jesus out of her resources.
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Julia
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She is one of the first century Christian woman who receives a special greeting from the apostle Paul at the clos of the epistle to the Romans.
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Junia
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Among those whom Paul greets at the close of the epistle to the Romans in Chapter 16.
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Lois
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Grandmother of Saint Timothy
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Lydia
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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.
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Martha
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Sister of Mary and Lazarus
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Mary
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Mother of Jesus
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Mary
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The mother of James and Joses (or Joseph)
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Mary
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The mother of John Mark
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Mary
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The sister of Martha
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Mary
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The wife of Cleophas and Jesus’ Mother’s sister
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Mary of Rome
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First century Christian woman, named among those Paul the Apostle greets at the end of the epistle to the Romans
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Mary Magdalene
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Important disciple of Jesus
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Persis
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First century Chirstian woman, named among those Paul the Apostle greets at the end of Romans
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Phoebe
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A first century Christian woman, commended by the Apostle Paul to the believers in Rome
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Priscilla
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Wife of Aquila, and missionary partner to Paul the Apostle
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Rhoda
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Servant in the house of Mary, mother of John Mark. Her testimony about Peter was not believed at first.
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Salome
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Daughter of Herodias. Persuaded Herod to have John the Baptist beheaded.
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Salome
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A follower of Jesus present at His crucifixion as well as the empty tomb.
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Sapphira
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She and her husband, Ananias, were land owners and lied about a donation from selling property. Both died suddenly.
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Susanna
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A follower of Jesus
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Syntyche
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Christian of the Church in Philippi mentioned with Euodia
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Tabitha
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She was always doing good and helping the poor
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Tryphena
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Recipient of greetings from Paul in the final chapter of the epistle to the Romans
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Tryphosa
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Recipient of greetings from Paul in the final chapter of the epistle to the Romans
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