Women in the Bible 2.0
by David Pleacher



ANSWERS:

W     Tamar     1. She was the widow of Er and Onan. She slept with her father-in-law. (Genesis 38)

A     Apphia     2. She was likely the wife of Philemon and was stoned to death along with Philemon
and Archippus during the reign of Nero. (Philemon 1:1)

L     Keturah     3. Abraham’s second wife. (Genesis 25)


B     Bilhah     4. Rachel’s maid who had children with Jacob. ( Genesis 30)

Y     Zilpah     5. Leah’s maid who had children with Jacob. (Genesis 30)

D     Dinah     6. The daughter of Jacob and Leah who was raped by Sechum. (Genesis 34)


Z     Zipporah     7. Moses’ wife from Midian. (Exodus 2)

J     Jochebed     8. Moses’ mother who was born in Egypt and was a descendant of Levi. (Numbers 26:59)

R     Peninnah     9. The two wives of Elkanah were Hannah and this woman. (1 Samuel 1)


W     Tamar     10. David’s daughter who was raped by her half brother Amnon. (2 Samuel 13)

T     Puah     11. Shiphrah and this woman were Hebrew midwives who were ordered by the King of
Egypt to kill the sons born to Hebrew women. (Exodus 1)

N     Merab     12. Saul’s elder daughter who was to be given to David as his wife, but instead was
given to Adriel. (1 Samuel 18)


O     Michal     13. Saul’s younger daughter, who was in love with David, and was given to him for a wife. (1 Samuel 18)

E     Eglah     14. At Hebron, David had six sons born to six different wives: Ahinoan, Abigail, Maacah,
Haggith, Abital, and this woman. (2 Samuel 3:2)

X     Tirzah     15. Zelophehad had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and this woman.
(Joshua 17)


C     Chloe     16. This woman informed Paul about the divisions and quarreling among the people in the
church at Corinth. (1 Corinthians 1:11)

I     Jael     17. The wife of Heber the Kenite who killed Sisera at the battle of Mount Tabor.
(Judges 4-5)

P     Nympha     18. She hosted a church in her home and is mentioned by the Apostle Paul. (Colossians 4:15)


V     Syntyche     19. Euodia and this woman had some disagreement at the church in Philippi, and Paul urged
them to agree in the Lord. (Philippians 4:2)

S     Persis     20. In the book of Romans, Paul commands us to greet one another with a holy kiss, and then
he mentions many people by name including Julia, Tryphaena, Tryposa, and this woman
who he described as the beloved. (Romans 16:12-16)

Q     Orpah     21. This woman was the daughter-in-law of Naomi and the sister-in-law of Ruth, and was
married to Chilion. (Ruth 1:4)


H     Herodias     22. Her daughter danced for King Herod on his birthday. (Matthew 14:6)

K     Judith     23. She was the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and she married Esau when he was 40 years
old. (Genesis 26:34)

M     Lois     24. Timothy’s grandmother. (2 Timothy 1:5)


G     Gomer     25. The wife of the prophet Hosea, who was a promiscuous woman, but married by Divine
command. (Hosea 1:2-3)

U     Serah     26. The daughter of Asher and granddaughter of Jacob. (Genesis 46:17)

F     Elisheba     27. The wife of Aaron, and the mother of four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
(Exodus 6: 23)

CHARM IS DECEITFUL AND
BEAUTY IS PASSING,
BUT A WOMAN WHO FEARS THE
LORD, SHE SHALL BE PRAISED.





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