Genesis
Mothers
Old Testament
New Testament
No Specific Name
100

It's said I tempted my husband with an apple, but Genesis just calls it "fruit."

Eve

100

I was the mother of Jacob and Esau

Rebekah

100

His love for me brought this famous strong man down.

Delilah

100

I was resentful because my sister sat listening to Jesus while I did all the housework.

Martha

100

I turned into a pillar of salt

Lot's wife

200

I was Abraham's wife, and barren for some time before conceiving Isaac.

Sarai/Sarah

200

After I tearfully begged God for a son, He gave me Samuel.

Hannah

200

I showed loyalty to my mother-in-law ... and became King David's great-grandmother.

Ruth

200

Like my husband, I literally fell down dead after cheating the early church.

Sapphire

200

I touched the hem of Jesus' garment and I was healed

Woman with the issue of blood

300

My husband labored for 14 years to be able to marry me.

Rachel

300

I gave birth to John the Baptist.

Elizabeth

300

I was the sister of Moses and a prophetess in my own right.

Miriam

300

A woman who had lived a sinful life, came to the banquet and began to weep, her tears falling onto Jesus' feet, which she then wiped with her hair, kissed, and perfumed with ointment from a jar.

Mary Magdalene

300

Jesus asked me for a drink at the well

The Samaritan Woman

400

I'm Rachel's older sister, whom Jacob had to marry first.

Leah
400

I was blessed with a daughter-in-law, Ruth, who stuck with me in hard times.

Naomi

400

I was the only female judge of Israel.

Deborah

400

She had a gift of hospitality; she was always doing good and helping the poor in Joppa. She took care of the needs of the widows in her community.

Dorcas

400

I urged my husband to curse God and die

Job's wife

500

I was just a servant, but became the symbolic mother of the entire Arab world.

Hagar

500

I am the mother of Timothy, a disciple of Jesus Christ

Eunice

500

My husband was found in a reed basket in a river when he was an infant.

Zipporah

500

She was seemingly the first Gentile convert in Europe and the first believer to open her home as a worship center for European Christians.

Lydia

500

Joseph fled, leaving his garment behind, rather than commit a sin with me

Potiphar's wife

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