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Tharbis – according to Josephus, a Cushite princess who married Moses prior to his marriage to Zipporah as told in the Book of Exodus. This name is not found in the Bible, and there is debate on if "the Kushite" refers to Zipporah herself or a second woman (Tharbis). Timnah (or Timna) – concubine of Eliphaz and mother of Amalek. Genesis [194]
Paula memorised scripture, sang the psalms, [27] was fluent in Greek and Hebrew and acted as patron, financing Jerome's translation of the bible into Latin, now known as the Latin Vulgate bible. [28] [2] [29] Jerome dedicated many of his commentaries and books to her. [29] Macrina the Younger. saint, consecrated virgin, monastic leader, teacher ...
Salome (/ s ə ˈ l oʊ m i, ˈ s æ l ə m eɪ /; Hebrew: שְלוֹמִית, romanized: Shlomit, related to שָׁלוֹם, Shalom "peace"; Greek: Σαλώμη), [1] also known as Salome III, [2] [a] was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias. She was granddaughter of Herod the Great and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas.
While there is no archaeological evidence of a marriage between an Egyptian princess, the daughter of a Pharaoh, and a king of united Israel, claims of one are made at several places in the Hebrew Bible. (Note: All scripture quotes are taken from the 1917 Jewish Publication Society Bible, now in the public domain.)
Jezebel is introduced into the biblical narrative as a Phoenician princess, the daughter of Ithobaal I, king of Tyre (1 Kings 16:31 says she was "Sidonian", which is a biblical term for Phoenicians in general). [12] According to genealogies given in Josephus and other classical sources, she was the great-aunt of Dido, Queen of Carthage. [12]
Coat of arms of the kingdom of Jerusalem. This is a list of queens of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291.. Throughout 200 years of its existence, the Kingdom of Jerusalem had one protector, 18 kings (including 7 jure uxoris) and five queens regnant.
The exact number of named and unnamed women in the Bible is somewhat uncertain because of a number of difficulties involved in calculating the total. For example, the Bible sometimes uses different names for the same woman, names in different languages can be translated differently, and some names can be used for either men or women.
The Queen of Sheba (Hebrew: מַלְכַּת שְׁבָא, romanized: Malkaṯ Šəḇāʾ, [7] in the Hebrew Bible; Koinē Greek: βασίλισσα Σαβά, romanized: basílissa Sabá, in the Septuagint; [8] Syriac: ܡܠܟܬ ܫܒܐ; [9] [romanization needed] Ge'ez: ንግሥተ ሳባ, romanized: Nəgśətä Saba [10]), whose name is not stated, came to Jerusalem "with a very great retinue ...