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Women of the Bible -The Prophetesses

        The prophetesses named in the Bible are women who have claimed to have been encountered by the supernatural or the divine, an interpreter of the will of God.

           This article contains a list of the Women of the Bible who are described asprophets or prophetesses. In religion, a prophet or prophetess, is aperson who has claimed to have been encountered by the supernatural orthe divine, an interpreter of the will of God. A prophet is anauthoritative person who serves as an intermediary with humanity. Aprophecy is a prediction uttered under divine inspiration. There aretwelve women in the Old Testament of the Bible who are described asprophetesses. These women of the Bible were close relatives ofprominent religious leaders and characters of the Old Testament andinclude the mothers, wives and sisters of these famous men of the Bible.

List of Women of the Bible who were prophetesses

Eve, the first woman

Sarah, daughter of Haran

Rebecca, daughter of Bethuel

Rebecca, daughter of Bethuel

Leah, daughter of Laban

Rachel, daughter of Laban and sister of Leah

Miriam, sister of Moses and daughter of Amram

Deborah, judge and wife of Lapidoth

Hannah, judge and wife of Elkanah

Ruth the Moabite

Abigail, wife of David

Huldah, daughter of Shallum

Esther, daughter of Abihail