Hard Women of the Bible

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Across
  1. 1. Mother of John the Baptist
  2. 6. Egyptian wife of Joseph
  3. 7. Fictional woman characterized in Proverbs 8
  4. 9. Archetypal woman characterized in Proverbs 9:13-18
  5. 11. Location of the ‘Woman of Valor’ poem
  6. 15. Prophetess who judged Israel beneath a palm tree
  7. 16. Israelite widow who returned from Moab
  8. 17. Daughter connected with Shechem’s city
  9. 19. Name Sarah had before God renamed her
  10. 20. Tent peg
  11. 21. Woman associated with Samson’s downfall
  12. 22. Prophetess and sister of Moses
  13. 23. Hebrew midwife who feared God
  14. 25. Deacon or servant of the church at Cenchreae
  15. 27. Mother of Solomon
  16. 29. Leah’s servant who bore sons for Jacob
  17. 31. Harlot of Jericho who sheltered the spies
  18. 34. Wife Abraham married after Sarah’s death
  19. 36. Merchant of purple cloth baptized in Philippi
  20. 38. Woman who secured justice from Judah
  21. 39. Servant who encountered God in the wilderness
Down
  1. 2. Queen who seized Judah’s throne
  2. 3. Queen who intervened for the Jewish people
  3. 4. Woman whose flour and oil did not run out
  4. 5. Daughter of Jethro
  5. 8. Follower from whom seven demons had gone out
  6. 10. The beloved of Song of Solomon was called this
  7. 12. Wife of Nabal who wisely met David
  8. 13. Teacher along with husband Aquila
  9. 14. Mother who dedicated Samuel to the Lord
  10. 18. Prophetess who spoke about Jesus in the temple
  11. 24. Mother of Jacob and Esau
  12. 26. Phoenician queen opposed by Elijah
  13. 28. First woman and mother of all living
  14. 30. Queen who refused the king’s summons
  15. 32. Wife of Chuza who supported Jesus’ ministry
  16. 33. Mother of Jesus
  17. 35. Rachel’s servant who bore sons for Jacob
  18. 36. Wife of Jacob and mother of Judah
  19. 37. Prophetess consulted after the Book of the Law was found