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Orpah (Hebrew: עָרְפָּה ʿOrpā, meaning "neck" or "fawn") is a woman mentioned in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible. She was from Moab and was the daughter-in-law of Naomi and wife of Chilion. [1] After the death of her husband, Orpah and her sister-in-law Ruth wished to go to Judea with Naomi. However, Naomi tried to persuade both ...
Shelomit – daughter of Zerubbabel, sister of Meshullam and Hananiah. I Chronicles [187] Shiphrah – one of two midwives who saved the Hebrew boys. Exodus [157] Shua – daughter of Heber that mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7. Susanna #1 – a woman who was nearly sentenced to death due to false adultery accusations before being saved by Daniel ...
Phinehas slaying Zimri and Cozbi, by Joos van Winghe. Cozbi or Kozbi (Biblical Hebrew: כָּזְבִּי, tr. Kozbī) is mentioned in Numbers 25 in the Hebrew Bible as "[the] daughter of Zur", a prominent Midianite, and a wife or concubine of the Israelite Zimri, [1] son of Salu.
On April 27, 2012, a day before Adam Christopher Mayes was supposed to help the Bain family move to Arizona, [9] Mayes allegedly killed Jo Ann Bain and her oldest daughter Adrienne and kidnapped the two younger girls, Alexandria and Kyliyah. Gary Bain came home late that night and assumed his family members were sleeping.
The name of the Biblical figure Ruth is generally equated with the Aramaic רְעוּת (re'ut), meaning companion. [citation needed] This interpretation aligns with the actions of Ruth in the Biblical account, in which she chooses to remain with her mother-in-law Naomi after being widowed. Ruth expresses her commitment with the phrase ...
Shelomith bat Dibri (Hebrew: שלומית בת דברי) is the only woman named in the Book of Leviticus. [1] Her story is found in Leviticus 24:10-23. The focus of the passage is on Shelomith's son who committed blasphemy and was stoned to death.
Huldah (Hebrew: חֻלְדָּה Ḥuldā) is a prophetess mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in 2 Kings 22:14–20 and 2 Chronicles 34:22–28. After the discovery of a book of the Law during renovations at Solomon's Temple, on the order of King Josiah, Hilkiah together with Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan and Asaiah approach her to seek the Lord's opinion.
According to Ecclesiastes Rabbah, [7] Serach was the "wise woman" who caused the death of Sheba son of Bichri. [ 8 ] Another story, from the midrashic Pesikta de-Rav Kahana , [ 9 ] relates that Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai was discussing the parting of the Red Sea and wondered what the walls of water looked like.