I am Abiah, my name means God is Father, I a wife to Hezron, grandson of Judah by Pharez, and mother of Ashur, father of Tekoa.So I am in the genealogy of Jesus of Matthew 1 and Luke 4., I have the honor of being an ancestress of the Saviour. Abi, Abijah are also variations of my name and the prophet Samuel named his son Abiah as well. 1 Chronicles 2:24 Rebecca Jones / public domain
Month: October 2016
Chloe
I am Chloe and my name means green herb. I am a prominent Corinthian lady and head of a Christian household.We are not told anything about the background of this Corinthian matron and head of a Christian household. Paul was welcomed in my home ad it during his stay that her received news of strife in the early church. I tried to make my house a haven from his troubles. I was always a gracious hostess. 1 Corinthians 1:10,11 Rebecca Jones / Guillome Bolduc
Candace
I am Candace, Ethiopian queen, it is a title and used by many Queens throughout a Dynasty. is. The story is that the eunuch, a man of great authority, returning through the desert to Meroe, Ethiopia was reading Isaiah 53. Philip the Evangelist found him sitting in his chariot reading , and from this chapter and preached unto him Jesus. The eunuch was converted to God, and baptized there in the desert, God must have provided an oasis and returned to his country rejoicing. Tradition has it that he witnessed to the Candace of his newly-found Saviour and that she, too, embraced the Christian faith. Such was the influence of this converted eunuch, that many souls were saved and ultimately he became bishop of the first Christian Church in Ethiopia. Candace means Queen or Ruler of children, and also by some other translations, ” pure white “, and the Queens garment were that against a lovely dark skin. Acts 8:27 Rebecca Jones / public domain
Keturah
I am Keturah, after the death of his beloved Sarah, Abraham took me as his third wife, if you include Hagar as a wife. I am a young woman but I still love and care for an older Abraham even though I was referred to as a concubine. My name means incense and I am the mother of six sons, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah who will father six Arabian tribes of Southern and Eastern Palestine. Abraham did become the father of many nations. Genesis 25:1-6, 1 Chronicles 1:32,3 Rebecca Jones / Pixabay
Hodiah
My name is Hodiah, it means the splendor of Jehovah, but apparently it is also the name of a man, so you can believe I am the wife of Mered 1 Chronicles 4:18,19 or some say Hodiah is a man who married the sister of Nahum,then I would be Jehudijah and the mother of Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Nehemiah 10:18, one day the confusion will be clear, yet I am included as a beautiful woman of the Bible. Rebecca Jones
Sheera
I am Sheera, my name means relative by blood. My story is in 1 Chronicles 7:24. I am daughter of Ephraim. I have made a woman of strength and courage and I have built and fortified three villages and them made them larger for my family as I later received them as an inheritance. 2 Chronicles 8:5, it takes planning and vision but nothing is impossible if a woman sets her mind to it. Rebecca Jones / Miguel Runa
Jerusha
I am Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok, who was a priest. And My name means marriage. I am the wife of King Uzziah who died a leper, his death was deeply mourned by myself and even the prophet Isaiah, mentions him. Isaiah 6:1 My son, Jotham, became king of Israel. The household was one for you will read that Jotham “did that which was right in the sight of the Lord” and that he “became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord.” Please read 2 Kings 15:33, 1 Chronicles 6:12, 2 Chronicles 27:1-6 rebecca Jones / pixabay
The Syrophoenician Woman
My name, just call me Faith, Jesus called me out for it. I chased Him along asking for help for my daughter. He ignored me, by the third time I had asked, He answered me differently than referring to dogs. And that was not an insult to me, from some, yes. But not Jesus.
I was calling Him Master, when before I addressed Him as a Jewish person. Now He answered and told me my daughter would be well. She was vexed with a devil. I know I told Him that even dogs get crumbs and that He was right about being sent to the Jews first, I know that now, we don’t have to accept crumbs or scraps. We can sit at the Master’s table, for He came to the Gentiles also. Rebecca Jones / Pexels Matthew 5:21-28, Mark 7:25-30
Mehetabel
I am Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, and I became the wife of Hadar or Hadad who was the last of the ancient kings of Edom. A man in the book of Nehemiah also bears my name, which means ” whom God makes happy. ” Genesis 36:39, 1 Chronicles 1:50
Cozbi
I am Cozbi, my name means deceiver and I suppose I am one. Although a princess, my influence among leaders was evil. I corrupted the moral and religious Israelites. Some say I cast a spell over Zimri, son of Salu, prince among the Simeonites.
I have been called a temptress and was slain by Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron . A javelin “thrust through my belly” stayed the plague overtaking Israel for its whoredom and idolatry. I perished with thousands that day. I should have lived a different life and followed their God. Numbers 25:9 Rebecca Jones / Pexels