Influential Women From the Bible Quiz

Hannah was very troubled because she had no children. Hannah prayed and promised that if God would give her a son then she would offer him back to God all of the days of his life.

Potiphar's wife lied on Joseph, who resisted her sexual advances, saying that he tried to seduce her. Potiphar, an Egyptian Officer, believed his wife and jailed Joseph.

A Hebrew infant was placed in an ark of bulrushes and placed in the river. While Pharaoh's daughter was washing herself in the river, she saw the child, rescued him and named him Moses.

Although Elizabeth and her husband Zacharias were both up in age, God blessed them with a male child. When the baby was born, they named him "John," just as the angel of God had instructed.

Mary was a virgin espoused to Joseph, of David's lineage. Angel Gabriel informed Mary that she would conceive through the Holy Spirit and give birth to a son, who would be called Jesus.

Mary's action toward Jesus was truly humble and showed her level of devotion. Tending to the feet of guests was the work of servants.

Miriam was sister to Moses and Aaron. God afflicted Miriam with leprosy and exiled her from the camp for seven days, because she and Aaron questioned Moses's relationship with God.

Jabin, king of Canaan, had been oppressing Israel. God advised Deborah, a judge and prophetess, that He would give Jabin's army into the hands of Israel.

Nabal's wife, Abigail, heard that Nabal had scorned David's request for food and that he sent David's men back empty-handed. David vowed to kill Nabal for the dishonor. In reaction to her husband's foolishness, Abigail bribed David to forgive her husband.

When Jesus visited Mary and Martha's home, Martha was very concerned about making necessary preparations while Mary sat at Jesus's feet. Martha asked Jesus to send Mary to assist her with the preparations, but Jesus told Martha that she was troubled by many things and that Mary was concerned about the correct part.

Abraham instructed his servant to find a wife for his son Isaac. Rebekah was the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.

Esther was wife to King Ahasuerus, who has been tricked into issuing a decree to destroy all Jewish people. Ahasuerus's trickster was Haman, who was an enemy of the Israelites. Esther, a secret Jew, risked her life to plead to the king without having been summoned.

Ruth was totally committed to her mother-in-law, Naomi, to whom she is speaking in the referenced quote. Ruth, a Moabite, was willing to leave her people in order to embrace Naomi, Naomi's people, the Israelites, and Naomi's God.

While Jesus and his disciples observed how the people were putting money into the treasury, they noticed rich people contributing large sums of money. But a poor widow also came to contribute two mites, which equaled two small copper coins or one cent.

Herod's wife, Herodias, held a grudge against John the Baptist because he informed her husband that it was unlawful for him to have his brother's wife. Herodias arranged to have John placed in prison, and asked for his head through her daughter during the daughter's dance.

The Syrophenician woman's daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit. She'd heard of Jesus and went to him, falling at his feet and begging that he cast out the demon from her daughter.

Both Rachel and her sister Leah were Jacob's wives, but Jacob loved Rachel more than he loved Leah. Rachel had been barren, but Leah was able to give Jacob children.

God told Lot that Sodom and Gomorrah would be destroyed by brimstone and fire because of the wickedness there, and he was told to flee. Lot and his family were warned not to look back, but Lot's wife didn't want to let go and turned into a pillar of salt as a result of defying God's instruction.

Elijah had been a nuisance to Jezebel. He killed eight hundred and fifty of her false prophets on Mount Carmel. When Jezebel heard of the slayings, she was infuriated and swore to kill him.

Laban tricked Jacob, who loved his younger daughter Rachel, into marrying his eldest daughter Leah first. Jacob eventually took both daughters as wives. God saw that Jacob did not love Leah, and He opened her womb to bring forth the blessing of six sons.

Jewish leaders ignored the law by accusing the woman and not the man for the offense. The leaders questioned Jesus about the accused woman in order to trick him.

The Israelite maid refers to Naaman as "lord" and the "prophet" is Elisha. The Israelite maid's level of faith motivated Naaman to humble himself to Elisha's healing care.

As Pilate decided Jesus's fate during his trial, his wife sent him a message to tell him not to have anythig to do with "that just man." Pilate's wife suffered many things that day in a dream because of Jesus.

The Samaritan woman was extremely humbled by the fact that Jesus knew all about her private life. She ran back to her village to tell the people, "come see a man."

Bathsheba grieved heavily over the death of her first child. Shortly thereafter, David married her. She conceived and gave birth to Solomon.

The Shunammite woman and her husband lodged the prophet Elisha during his visit to their area, and as a reward for her kindness, Elisha prophesied that the childless couple would have a son.

Jesus cast out evil spirits and healed Mary Magdalene as well as other women. Mary Magdalene and other women started following Jesus, and he counseled them according to their individual needs.

Naomi preferred to be called Mara because she said that God had dealt very bitterly with her. Naomi suffered many hardships. She left Israel with a husband and financial security, and she returned widowed and poor.

When the Queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she asked him a series of difficult questions. Solomon answered all of her questions to her satisfaction. The Queen of Sheba told him that everything she had heard was a true report.

Jesus's mother was the Virgin Mary; John the Baptist's mother was Elizabeth; and Moses's mother was Jochebed. The name of Samson's father, Manoah, is given in the book of Judges, but Samson's mother's name is not mentioned. She is referred to as "the woman."

God intended to kill Moses because he had not circumcised his son. Moses's wife Zipporah used a sharp stone to remove her son's foreskin, which she threw at Moses's feet.

Abram's wife, Sarai, was advanced in years, and she believed she could not bare Abram any children. Sarai gave Hagar, her Egyptian maid, to Abram so that Sarai might obtain children by her. Ishmael was the result of Abram and Hagar's union.

The book of Matthew lists Jesus's genealogy to include Rahab as Boaz's mother. Boaz was the husband of Ruth, who was King David's great-grandmother, as recorded in the book of Ruth in the Old Testament.

Salome was one of the women who ventured to the sepulchre at the rising of the sun to anoint Jesus's body because the Sabbath had passed. It was a violation of Jewish law to do physical work on the Sabbath.

Paul regarded Timothy as his son in the gospel. Paul addressed Timothy in the second book of Timothy in the New Testament, bringing to his remembrance that Timothy's grandmother Lois shared Timothy's same level of sincere faith.