APOCRYPHAL WOMEN

prominent women

Anna (Wife of Tobit) Tob 1:9; 20 +
Sarah (Wife of Tobias) Tob 3:7-17 +
Judith Judith 8:1-16:25
Susanna Daniel 13

less prominent women

*See Resources for Less Prominent Women of the Apocrypha here

Tobit

Foreign Wife Tob 4:12
Edna Tob 7:2-8, 13, 15-16; 8:11-12, 19, 21; 10:12-13; 14:13
Eve Tob 8:6; Sir 25:24; 40:1; 42:13
Jerusalem/Zion as Widow and Mother Tobit 13:9

Widows Tob 1:8
Deborah (Grandmother of Tobit) Tob 1:8
Kinship Wife Tob 1:9; 4:12-13; 6:11-13, 16; 7:10; 8:21
Female (and Male) Servants Tob 3:7-9; 8:12-14; 10:10
Wives Tob 3:8
Daughter (and Son) Tob 3:9

Esdras

Church as Mother and Wet Nurse 2 Esdras 2:15-32
Mother/Woman's Womb 2 Esdras 4:40-43; 5:35, 46-55; 6:21; 8:8-10; 16:38-39
Menstruous Women 2 Esdras 5:8
Earth as Mother 2 Esdras 5:48-49; 7:54-55, 62; 10:9-10
Weeping Woman--Jerusalem as a City Being Built 2 Esdras 9:38-10:59
Ravished Women 2 Esdras 10:22
Asia as a Prostitute 2 Esdras 15:46-63; 16:1-2
Mourning Women 2 Esdras 16:33
Virtuous Woman 2 Esdras 16:49
Righteousness and Iniquity as Females 2 Esdras 16:49-52

Mourning Women (and Men) 1 Esdras 1:32
Young Woman (and Man) as War Victims 1 Esdras 1:53
Women as Strongest 1 Esdras 3:12; 4:13-32, 34
Apame 1 Esdras 4:29-31
Women as Returning Exiles 1 Esdras 5:1, 41-42
Agia 1 Esdras 5:38
Foreign Daughters/Wives; Daughters of Judah 1 Esdras 8:70, 84, 92-93; 9:7, 9, 12, 17-36
Women (and Men) in Assembly 1 Esdras 8:91; 9:40-41
Female Images of God in the Apocryphal Books 2 Esdras 1:15-30; 2:2-4; 8:8-12
Widow 2 Esdras 2:2-4, 20; 15:49; 16:34, 44

Maccabees

Prostitutes/Women in Sacred Precincts 2 Macc 6:4
Martyred Mother with Seven Sons 2 Macc 7:1-42
Atargatis 2 Macc 12:26
Wives and Sisters (and Brothers) of Judas' Men 2 Macc 15:18
Arsinoë 3 Macc 1:1, 4
Wives (and Children) of Troops 3 Macc 1:4
Women Supplicants 3 Macc 1:18-20
Women Faithful in Persecution 3 Macc 3:25; 4:6-7; 5:49-51; 7:10-23
Martyred Mother with Seven Sons 4 Macc 1:8, 10; 8:3-4, 20; 10:2; 12:6-7; 13:19; 14:11-18:24
Wife 4 Macc 2:5, 11
Women Supplicants 4 Macc 4:9
Woman Made from Rib 4 Macc 18:7
Eve 4 Macc 18:7

Young Women (and Young Men); Brides (and Bridegrooms) 1 Macc 1:26-27
Women/Wives Persecuted by Antiochus IV 1 Macc 1:32; 2:30, 38; 5:13
Jerusalem/Zion as Widow and Mother 1 Macc 1:38-40
Women/Mothers With Circumcised Sons 1 Macc 1:60-61; 2 Macc 6:10; 4 Macc 4:25
Women/Wives Defended by Judas and Simon 1 Macc 3:20; 5:23, 45; 13:6, 45
Greek Brides and Wives 1 Macc 8:10; 9:37-42
Cleopatra Thea 1 Macc 10:54, 57-58; 11:9-12
Mother (and Father) of Simon 1 Macc 13:28
Nanea 2 Macc 1:13-17
Widows 2 Macc 3:10; 8:28, 30
Women Supplicants 2 Macc 3:19-20
Antiochis 2 Macc 4:30
Women/Wives as Victims of War 2 Macc 5:13, 24; 12:3-4

Additions to Esther

Mother of Esther Esth 2:7
Maids of Esther Esth 2:9; 4:4; 15:2-4, 7
Woman (or Man) Going Unbidden to King Esth 4:11
Zosara Esth 5:10, 14; 6:13
Female (and Male) Slaves Esth 7:4
Cleopatra II Esth 11:1 (Addition F)
Wives Esth 13:6 (Addition B)

Esther Esther
Women at Vashti's Banquet Esth 1:9
Noble Ladies of Persia and Media Esth 1:18-20
Vashti Esth 1:912-13,15-16; 2:1, 4
Young Virgins/Women Esth 2:2-3, 8, 12-14, 17
Women of the Harem Esth 2:3, 8, 13-14

Baruch

Epistle of Jeremiah

Cannibalized Daughters (and Sons) Bar 2:3
Bride (and Bridegroom) Bar 2:23
Hagar Bar 3:23
Jerusalem/Zion as Widow and Mother Baruch 4:5-5:9
Daughters (and Sons) of Zion Bar 4:10, 14, 16
Enemy Cities as Female Bar 4:32-35

Girl Who Loves Ornaments Ep Jer v 9
Prostitutes Ep Jer v 11
Wives of Priests Ep Jer vv 28, 33
Women and Bodily Emissions Ep Jer v 29
Women Who Serve Idols Ep Jer v 30
Widow Ep Jer v 38
Women With Cords Ep Jer vv 42-43

Bel and the Dragon

Susanna

Wives/Women of Priests Bel vv 10, 15, 20, 21

Mother of Susanna/Wife of Hilkiah Susanna vv 3, 30, 33, 63
Maid Susanna vv 15, 17, 19, 21, 36
Daughters of Israel/Daughter of Judah Susanna vv 48, 57

Judith

Virgin Defiled Jdt 9:2
Wives/Daughters of Sechem Jdt 9:4
Assyrian Women Jdt 12:13
Virgins as Spoil Jdt 16:4
Slave Girls Jdt 16:12

Women/Wives of Israel Jdt 4:10-12; 13:18; 15:12-13
Women/Wives of Bethulia Jdt 6:16; 7:22-23, 32
Sisters (and Brothers) Jdt 7:30
Women (and Men) Slaves Jdt 8:7
Maid of Judith Jdt 8:10, 33; 10:2, 5, 10, 17; 12:15, 19; 13:3, 9; 16:23

Wisdom of Solomon

Mother's Womb Wis 7:1
Serving Girl Wis 9:5
Daughters (and Sons) WIs 9:7
Wife of Lot Wis 10:7

Widow Wis 2:10
Foolish Wives Wis 3:12
Blessed Barren Woman Wis 3:13
Woman Wisdom Wisdom 6:12-11:1

Sirach

Wife of Another Man/Woman as Adulterer Sir 9:8-9; 23:22-27; 26:9; 41:21
Women and Beauty Sir 9:8; 25:21; 26:16-18; 36:27; 42:12
Bride Sir 15:2
Woman/Women in Labor Sir 19:11; 34:5; 48:19
Sisters (and Brothers) Sir 25:1
Widow Sir 35:17-18
Wife as Fit Helper Sir 36:29
Servant Girl Sir 41:22
Women of Solomon Sir 47:19

Mother's Womb Sir 1:14; 10:18; 40:1; 49:7; 50:22
Mother(s) Sir 3:2-11, 16; 4:10; 7:27-28; 15:2; 23:14; 41:17
Wife Sir 7:19, 26; 9:1; 25:1, 8, 13-26; 26:1-4, 6-9, 13-18, 19-27; 28:15; 33:20; 36:26-31; 37:11; 40:19, 23; 42:6, 12
Daughter Sir 7:24-25; 22:3-5; 26:10-12, 24; 42:9-12
Woman as Evil Sir 9:2; 25:13-15, 24; 42:12-14; 47:19
Prostitute(s) Sir 9:3, 6-7; 19:2-3; 26:22; 41:20
Singing Girl Sir 9:4
Virgin Sir 9:5; 42:10