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The Death of Ananias, by Raphael, Raphael Cartoons. Ananias (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ n aɪ. ə s /; Biblical Hebrew: חָנַנְיָהּ , romanized: Chānanyah) and his wife Sapphira (/ s ə ˈ f aɪ r ə /; סָפִירַה , Ṣafīrah) were, according to the biblical New Testament in Acts of the Apostles chapter 5, members of the early Christian church in Jerusalem.
Priscilla illustration from the Women of the Bible, Harold Copping. Priscilla was a woman of Jewish heritage and one of the earliest known Christian converts who lived in Rome. Her name is a Roman diminutive for Prisca which was her formal name. She is often thought to have been the first example of a female preacher or teacher in early church ...
Hannah (biblical figure) Often depicted as an infertile woman asking God for a child. Hannah (/ ˈhænə /; [1] Hebrew: חַנָּה Ḥannā "favor, grace") is one of the wives of Elkanah mentioned in the First Book of Samuel. According to the Hebrew Bible she was the mother of Samuel.
Mary Magdalene[ a ] (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to His crucifixion and resurrection. [ 1 ] She is mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels, more than most of the ...
Tamar #1 – daughter-in-law of Judah, as well as the mother of two of his children, the twins Zerah and Perez. Genesis[ 190 ] Tamar #2 – daughter of King David, and sister of Absalom. Her mother was Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. II Samuel[ 191 ] Tamar #3 – daughter of David's son Absalom.
Gomer (Hebrew: גומר, romanized:Gōmer) was the wife of the prophet Hosea (8th century BC), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible 's Book of Hosea (1:3). English translations of Hosea 1:2 refer to her alternatively as a " promiscuous woman " (NIV), a " harlot " (NASB), and a " whore " (KJV) but Hosea is told to marry her according to Divine ...
The bride of Christ, or the lamb's wife, [ 1 ] is a metaphor used in number of related verses in the Christian Bible, specifically the New Testament – in the Gospels, the Book of Revelation, the Epistles, with related verses in the Old Testament. The identity of the bride is generally considered within Christian theology to be the church ...
Ruth (biblical figure) Portrait of a woman as Ruth (c. 1853) by Francesco Hayez. Ruth (/ ruːθ /; Hebrew: רוּת, Modern: Rūt, Tiberian: Rūṯ) is the person after whom the Book of Ruth is named. She was a Moabite woman who married an Israelite, Mahlon. After the death of all the male members of her family (her husband, her father-in-law ...
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