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Berenice – sister of King Agrippa Acts 25:13; Acts 25:23 and Acts 26:30; Bilhah – Rachel's handmaid and a concubine of Jacob who bears him two sons, Dan and Naphtali. Genesis [33] Bithiah – Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus). Also identified with/as Asiya in Muslim interpretations. Wife of Mered, a descendant of Judah. 1 Chronicles 4 [34]
By the end of the account in Acts, he was living in Caesarea Maritima with his four daughters: [2] The next day we left and came to Caesarea; and we went into the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the seven, and stayed with him. 9 He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.
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Phoebe (Koine Greek: Φοίβη) was a first-century Christian woman mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, verses 16:1–2.A notable woman in the church of Cenchreae, she was trusted by Paul to deliver his letter to the Romans. [1]
Potiphar's wife, as well as Potiphar himself, are not explicitly named in the Quran, though it alludes to a governor (Arabic: العزيز al-azīz) and his wife. The book narrates her treatment of Yusuf as follows: And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come to me!" He (Joseph) responded, "God forbid!
The patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites.These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age.
The Book of Revelation gives a list of the twelve tribes. However, the Tribe of Dan is omitted while Joseph is mentioned alongside Manasseh . In the vision of the Heavenly Jerusalem , the tribes' names (the names of the twelve sons of Jacob ) are written on the city gates ( Ezekiel 48:30–35 & Revelation 21:12–13 ).
The Greek verb used in Acts 9:36 is διερμηνεύω, transliterated diermēneuō, which means "to interpret fully, to explain", and in this passage it is rendered "is by interpretation", which in context leads to the literal meaning: "Tabitha, meaning Dorcas" (i.e. 'gazelle'). [11] [12]