Many of the women we read about in the Bible were married. In the case of some of these women, their husbands’ names were not mentioned. Miriam the sister of Moses, Anna, Eunice the mother of Timothy, Lois the mother of Eunice, Lydia, and many others, though were married will not be included in this list because their husbands were not mentioned. This is the list of wives and their husbands in the Bible:
Old Testament
- Eve – Adam (Genesis 2:21-25; 3:20)
- Adah – Lamech (Genesis 4:19)
- Zillah – Lamech (Genesis 4:19)
- Sarah – Abraham (Genesis 11:29-30; 17:15-16)
- Hagar – Abraham (Genesis 16:3-4)
- Keturah – Abraham (Genesis 25:1)
- Rebekah – Isaac (Genesis 24:67; 25:20)
- Basemath (1) or Adah, daughter of Elon – Esau (Genesis 26:34-35; Genesis 36:2,3)
- Judith – Esau (Genesis 26:34-35)
- Oholibamah – Esau (Genesis 36:2,3)
- Mahalath or Bashemath (2), daughter of Ishmael – Esau (Genesis 28:9; Genesis 36:2,3)
- Leah – Jacob (Genesis 29:23-30)
- Rachel – Jacob (Genesis 29:28-30; 30:22-24)
- Bilhah – Jacob (Genesis 30:4-5)
- Zilpah – Jacob (Genesis 30:9-10)
- Tamar – Er (Genesis 38:6)
- Asenath – Joseph (Genesis 41:45; Genesis 41:50)
- Elisheba – Aaron (Exodus 6:23)
- Zipporah – Moses (Exodus 2:21; Exodus 4:25)
- Azubah – Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:19)
- Ephrath – Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:19)
- Ephah – Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:46)
- Rahab – Salmon (Matthew 1:5, Joshua 6:25)
- Deborah – Lappidoth (Judges 4:4)
- Delilah – Samson (Judges 16:4-21, though not explicitly called his wife)
- Naomi – Elimelech (Ruth 1:2-3)
- Orpah – Chilion (Ruth 1:4-5)
- Ruth – (1) Mahlon (Ruth 1:4-5) → (2) Boaz (Ruth 4:13)
- Hannah – Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:1-2, 8-20)
- Peninnah – Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:2)
- Ahinoam – King Saul (1 Samuel 14:50)
- Rizpah – King Saul (2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 21:8; 2 Samuel 21:11)
- Abigail – (1) Nabal (1 Samuel 25:3, 25:37-38) → (2) David (1 Samuel 25:42-43)
- Ahinoam – David (1 Samuel 25:43; 2 Samuel 3:2)
- Maacah – David (2 Samuel 3:3)
- Haggith – David (2 Samuel 3:4)
- Abital – David (2 Samuel 3:4)
- Eglah – David (2 Samuel 3:5, 1 Chronicles 3:3)
- Bathsheba – (1) Uriah (2 Samuel 11:3-27) → (2) David (2 Samuel 12:24-25)
- Michal – (1) David (1 Samuel 18:20-27) → (2) Paltiel (2 Samuel 3:14-16)
- Naamah – King Solomon (1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 14:31; 2 Chronicles 12:13)
- Michaiah/Maachah – King Rehoboam (1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20; 2 Chronicles 13:2)
- Azubah – King Asa (1 Kings 22:42; 2 Chronicles 20:31)
- Athaliah – Jehoram of Judah (2 Kings 8:26; 2 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 22:10)
- Zibiah – Ahaziah of Judah (2 Kings 12:1)
- Jehoaddan – Jehoash of Judah (2 Kings 14:2; 2 Chronicles 25:1)
- Jecoliah – King Amaziah (2 Chronicles 26:3)
- Jerushah – King Uzziah (2 Chronicles 27:1)
- Abijah – King Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1-2; 2 Chronicles 29:1)
- Hephzibah – King Hezekiah (2 Kings 21:1; Isa 62:4)
- Meshullemeth – King Manasseh (2 Kings 21:19)
- Jedidah – King Amon (2 Kings 22:1)
- Hamutal – King Josiah (2 Kings 23:31, 2 Kings 24:18)
- Zebudah – King Josiah (2 Kings 23:36)
- Nehushta – King Jehoiakim (2 Kings 24:8)
- Jezebel – Ahab (1 Kings 16:31)
- Athaliah – Jehoram (2 Kings 8:18, 11:1-16)
- Huldah – Shallum (2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22)
- Vashti – King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I of Persia) (Esther 1:9, 12, 15-19)
- Esther – Ahasuerus (Xerxes) (Esther 2:17)
- Gomer – Hosea (Hosea 1:2-3)
New Testament
- Elizabeth – Zechariah (Luke 1:5-7)
- Mary (Mother of Jesus) – Joseph (Matthew 1:16, 18-25; Luke 1:27)
- Joanna – Chuza (Luke 8:3)
- Herodias – (1) Philip (Mark 6:17) → (2) Herod Antipas (Mark 6:18)
- Sapphira – Ananias (Acts 5:1-10)
- Drusilla – Felix (Acts 24:24)
- Priscilla – Aquila (Acts 18:2-3, 18, 26; Romans 16:3)