Famous Women of the Bible
This woman was turned into a pillar of salt.
Lot’s wife
Genesis 19:26
This mother taught her son the attributes of a virtuous woman.
Bathsheba
Proverbs 31:1
She laughed when told she would bear a son in her old age.
Sarah
Genesis 18:12
This virtuous woman was falsely accused of adultery, but saved by young Daniels wisdom.
Susanna
Susanna 1:45-60
Her father tricked someone into marrying her instead of her sister.
Leah
Genesis 29:23-25
She vowed to give her unborn child to the Lord if he granted her conception.
Hannah
1 Samuel 1:11
The first woman identified as a prophetess in the Bible.
Miriam
Exodus 15:20
This mother watched her sons die as martyrs rather than break God’s law, encouraging each of them until the end.
2 Maccabees 7
The Mother of 7 sons
This judge and prophetess helped lead Israel into victory.
Deborah
Judges 4-5
This woman drove a tent peg through an enemy commanders head while he slept.
Jael
Judges 4:21
This woman was raised from the dead by Peter.
Dorcas (Tabitha)
Acts 9:36-41
This faithful wife was wrongly accused by her blind husband of stealing a goat.
Anna
Tobit 2:11-14
This queen risked her life by approaching the king uninvited to save her people, after fasting and prayer.
Esther
Esther 5:1-2
This woman’s loyalty to her mother in law led her to become an ancestor of David.
Ruth
Ruth 4:17
This woman was healed after 12 years when she touched Christ‘s garment.
The woman with the issue of blood.
Matthew 9:20-22
This wealthy widow pretended to betray her people, joining the enemy camp, to behead their general in his own tent.
Judith
Judith 13:6-10
This woman anointed Christ’s feet with expensive ointment and wiped them with her hair.
Mary
John 12:3
This prophetess was consulted by King Josiah about the Book of the Law.
Huldah
2 Kings 22:14
She was the medium, who summoned the spirit of Samuel for Saul.
The Witch of Endor
1 Samuel 28:7
This woman‘s song of deliverance mirrors Miriam‘s and Deborah’s, celebrating God’s victory over Israel’s enemies.
Judith
Judith 16:1-17