Eve

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The origin of the name Eve is Hebrew

 

This is how Eve is written in Hebrew:

חַוָּה = Chavvah

 

This is how Eve is written in Greek

Εὕα = Heua

 

The  biblical meaning of the name Eve is life-giver.

 

Eve was the first woman, wife of Adam

 

The name Eve appears in the bible in the following verses:

 

OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 3:20 KJV
And Adam called his wife’s name חַוָּה (Eve); because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 4:1 KJV
And Adam knew חַוָּה (Eve) his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

NEW TESTAMENT

2 Corinthians 11:3 KJV
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Εὕα (Eve) through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

1 Timothy 2:13 KJV
For Adam was first formed, then Εὕα (Eve).