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Eve

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: E By: James P. Boyd

Genesis 2:18‑25; 3:18‑4:25

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(life). The first woman; made of man and for him (Gen. 2:18-25; 3-4¹⁸And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. ¹⁹And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. ²⁰And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. ²¹And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; ²²And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. ²³And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. ²⁴Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. ²⁵And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. (Genesis 2:18‑25)).

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Boyd's Bible Dictionary: E

• Eve

• Evil-merodach

• Excommunication

• Executioner

• Expiation, Feast of

• Ezion-gaber, or geber