The wife of Adam and the first woman created. Her significance lies in being the first to be deceived and become disobedient to God. She is only given her name (which resembles the word for “living”) by Adam after the expulsion from Eden.
Eve was created in the image of God
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Eve was a companion for Adam in Eden
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
Eve was deceived
Genesis 3:1–7 See also Genesis 3:13; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:13–14
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’” “You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman. “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
Events in Eve's life
Her creation
Genesis 1:26–27, Genesis 2:21–23
Her shame
The curse upon her
Adam names her
The LORD clothes her
She becomes a mother
Related themes
Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.