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Mentioned one verse later is Makir's wife, also named Maacah. [106] "I Chronicles" [107] Mahalath – daughter of Ishmael and 3rd wife of Esau. Genesis [108] Mahalath – granddaughter of David and the first wife of King Rehoboam. II Chronicles [4] Mahlah – one of the daughters of Zelophehad Numbers, Joshua [71] [109] Mahlah – I Chronicles [60]
In an unsolved mystery, arising in verse 3 of the passage, Paul calls upon an unnamed individual, charging him to intervene directly to assist in ending the quarrel between Euodia and Syntyche. According to different translations, Paul addresses this person as "my true yokefellow" or "my true comrade".
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]
The name Martha is a Latin transliteration of the Koine Greek Μάρθα, itself a transliteration of the Aramaic מָרְתָא Mârtâ, "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress", feminine of מר "master."
By associating these verses with the "decency and order" of verse 40, the redactor undermined the egalitarian interpretation of the canonical version, and incorrectly presented the Corinthian voice as the voice of Paul. Thus the ancient editor effectively harmonized the text with the parallel passage of 1 Timothy.
Bible translator Hayk Hovhannisyan says Junia was a woman and there is consensus supporting this view. [132]: 297 [133]: 241, 242 He says that "Some scholars argue that Junia was really a man by the name of Junias... Whether this name is masculine or feminine depends on how the word was accented in Greek. ...scribes wrote Junia as feminine.
Eve [c] is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story [1] of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman to be created by God. Eve is known also as Adam's wife. According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God by taking her from the rib [2] of Adam, to be Adam's companion.
The New Testament of the Bible refers to a number of women in Jesus' inner circle—notably his Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene who is stated to have discovered the empty tomb of Christ and known as the "apostle to the apostles" since she was the one commissioned by the risen Jesus to go and tell the 11 disciples that he was risen, according to ...