Biblical and feminine?

[pearshateraqui.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity, can anyone think of any Biblical female names? The only one I can think of offhand is Esther. Thanks for any help!

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[wolf-shadow.livejournal.com]

Ruth
Hannah
Mary
Elizabeth
Miriam

[wolf-shadow.livejournal.com]

Hepzibah
Keziah
Sara
Rachel
Delilah
Eve / Eva
? Agnes
Abigail
Leah
Rebecca
? Tabitha
Magdalene
Martha

Those are all the ones which I can place where they definitely come from, as opposed to being associated with the bible, eg Christian, or a feminisation eg Joanna, Michelle etc.

[wolf-shadow.livejournal.com]

Useful link I just found: http://www.biblebell.org/namegirl.html

[namegirl.livejournal.com]

heh, namegirl.html :D

[pearshateraqui.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks! :)

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

Technically, Magdalene is not so much a name as an indication of where Mary was from. Mary of Magdala = Mary Magdalene.

Also, I don't remember an Agnes in the Bible. She's a later saint.

[ellycopter.livejournal.com]

there are HEAPS.

sarah
esther
judith
sarai
mary
magdelene

those are the ones i can think of off the top of my head, but if you google 'biblical female names' you will get a zillion hits.

[pearshateraqui.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Maybe I missed a load! XDD

[joyfulgal.livejournal.com]

Ruth
Hannah
Miriam
Lydia
Claudia
Rebecca
Leah
Rachel
Sara(h)
Abigail
Priscilla

Just to name a few...

[cocinadelfeto.livejournal.com]

Mary, Sarah, Delilah, Rebekah, Abigail, Anna, Eden, Eve, Elizabeth, Hannah, Magdalene, Martha, Rachel, Ruth, Susanna

off the top of my head....

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Old Testament:

Eve
Rachel
Leah
Dinah
Adah
Sarah
Athalia (Daniel's Egyptian wife)
Deborah
Jemima (daughter of Job)
Karen (daughter of Job)
Kezia (daughter of Job)
Mara
Michal (David's first wife)
Rebecca
Ruth
Sharon
Talitha (resurrected child. This word is Aramaic for little girl, so it may not have been her name, but rather what Jesus called her when He said,"arise, little girl."



New Testament:
Anna
Bethany
Berenice (Bernice in new translations)
Dorcas (translated Tabitha)
Elizabeth
Joanna
Susanna
Lois (Timothy's grandma)
Martha
Pheobe
Priscilla
Salome

Talitha

[ms-cucumber.livejournal.com]

If Jesus was involved, it's gotta be New Testament.

Re: Talitha

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

LOL yeah. I was remembering names randomly and just put it in the wrong heading. Hehe.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Don't think anyone mentioned Naomi...

[ms-cucumber.livejournal.com]

Vashti, Hagar, Serach, Zipporah, Dina.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I'm not religious in the slightest, but he bible is a good source of names! Some of the female names mean really horrible things though... ahhwell these are my favourite:

Adahlia
Athalia
Azalia
Azaria*
Ariel
Damaris
Eden
Kezia*
Leah
Lydia
Olivia
Ophira
Phoebe

[xcuore.livejournal.com]

my first tought was Eva (i think Eve is the english version).
i relly like Eva

oh and Sarah and Maria (Mary?)

[xcuore.livejournal.com]

from the sitelink which wolf_shadow posted i like;

Ava
Beaulah
Chloe
Eden
Emma
Eve (i prefer Eva)
Julia
Lydia
Sarai

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I'll do my best. I am only looking amoungst names from the Torah for my future kids. I would have more suggestions for you if I were home with my Hebrew baby name books :)
Sarah
Rebecca
Rachel
Naomi
Ruth
Yael
Eve
Hannah
Abigail
Miriam
Mara
Hagar
Michal
Ada
Leah
Tamar
Dinah
Bilhah
Zilpah
Bathsheba
Delilah
Deborah/Devorah
Elisheva
Kezia
Zillah
Naamah
Orpah
Penina
Rahab
Judith
Tzipporah

[alluminor.livejournal.com]

I like Tirzah from the Song of Songs and Talitha, which someone mentioned above.

[alluminor.livejournal.com]

Also, I recently saw the name Shulammite for a baby girl at our local hospital. It's also from the Song of Songs: "Return, return, O Shulammite. Return, return that we may gaze upon you." It can also be spelled with one M. I really love it.

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

The only one I can think of off the top of my head that hasnt already been posted is Sapphira.

*Runs off singing "Ananias and Sapphira got together to conspira"*

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

Two that haven't been posted so far:

Jael
Keturah

[alluminor.livejournal.com]

Jael is awesome!

[solyma.livejournal.com]

in song of songs, the woman is named shumalite, but it's a bad translation. a more proper translation is solyma (so-LEE-ma) which is the feminine of solomon. i think it's beautiful! *shrug* :)

also, not used as a Biblical name in the Bible, but the hebrew word for "lily" is shoshannah, which i think is also beautiful.

[pearshateraqui.livejournal.com]

Is your subname from the song by Delirious? by any chance? :) Really like the band, saw them live in March.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

solyma or shoshannah? :) no, it's not. i first heard about solyma from charles spurgeon's sermons, and shoshannah just from my hebrew name interest. but i have heard of delirious!

[krosp.livejournal.com]

This isn't meant to be at all offensive, but I just find it quite curious that if you could only think of one Biblical name off the top of your head, it would be Esther. Surely it would be Eve, or Mary? I thought they would be the most well-known ones.

Sorry, I just notice things like that :p

[pearshateraqui.livejournal.com]

It's fine :) I knew some of the obvious ones (Mary, Eve, Sarah), but I think flipping through it, Esther has a book in the Old Testament. I guess I wasn't clear but I meant the less obvious names, and everyone came up trumps.

Sorry for any typos, tempramental computer. ;)

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone said Lucy yet. :)