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Adam and Eve are the Bible's first man and first woman. [9] [10] Adam's name appears first in Genesis 1 with a collective sense, as "mankind"; subsequently in Genesis 2–3 it carries the definite article ha, equivalent to English 'the', indicating that this is "the man". [9]
According to the Hebrew Bible, Amalek was the son of Eliphaz (himself the son of Esau, ancestor of the Edomites and the brother of Israel) and Eliphaz's concubine Timna. Timna was a Horite and sister of Lotan. [2] According to a midrash, Timna was a princess who tried to convert to Judaism. However, she was rejected by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Euodia ( Greek Εὐοδία, meaning unclear, but possibly "sweet fragrance" [1] [2] or "prosperous journey" [3]) and Syntyche ( Συντύχη, "fortunate," literally "with fate") are people mentioned in the New Testament. They were female members of the church in Philippi, and according to the text of Philippians 4: 2–3, they were involved ...
Mašyā may thus also appear as maṣ̌iiā or maš́iiā or mašiiāi (and variants). Originally and etymologically, Mašyā means "mortal being" as Old Persian martya, Persian mard and even Sanskrit martya also mean "mortal" and therefore "man". The root in Avesta and Sanskrit for death is mar, mr, "to die". The causative mâr means "to kill".
Adam. Adam [c] is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. [4] Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Gnosticism, Christianity, and Islam ). [5] According to Christianity, Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden by eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
According to the origin story of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman. Eve is known also as Adam 's wife. According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God ( Yahweh ) by taking her from the rib [2] of Adam, to be Adam's companion.
Junia (New Testament person) Junia or Junias ( Biblical Greek: Ἰουνία / Ἰουνίας, Iounia / Iounias) was a Christian in the first century known from Paul the Apostle 's letter to the Romans . There has been dispute surrounding both Junia's gender and apostolic status, although she has been viewed as female through most of Christian ...