Eve

Also known as Chavah, Yves

Eve is a figure from the Book of Genesis (ספר בראשית) in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman to be created by God. Eve is known also as Adam's wife.

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Eve is the first woman in the creation story told in the Book of Genesis, part of the Hebrew Bible shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. She is significant because she appears in the foundational origin narrative of these major world religions and is identified as the wife of Adam, the first man.

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Person.name: Eve
Person.image: Albrecht Dürer - Eva.jpg
Person.caption: Panel from Adam and Eve (Dürer).
Person.era: Edenic and Antediluvian
Person.spouse: Adam
Person.children: Cain, Abel, Seth, other unnamed sons and daughters
Person.parents: God (Father/Creator)

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Commons gallery: Eve
date of birth: 3760-00-00
native label: حَوَّاء‎
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Commons category: Eve (Biblical figure)

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Etymology
In Genesis
Creation Story
Expulsion from Eden
Mother of humanity
In other works
Religious views
Judaism
Christianity
Gnosticism
Islam
Baháʼí Faith
Historicity
Literature
Milton's Eve
Gallery
Family tree of Adam and Eve
See also
References
Bibliography

Her name means "living one" or "source of life". The name has been compared to that of the Hurrian goddess Ḫepat, who was worshipped in Jerusalem during the Late Bronze Age. It has been suggested that the Hebrew name Eve () bears resemblance to an Aramaic word for "snake" (Old Aramaic language ; Aramaic ). The origin for this etymological hypothesis is the rabbinic pun present in Genesis Rabbah 20:11 (c. 300-500 CE), utilizing the similarity between Heb. Ḥawwāh and Aram. ḥiwyāʾ. Notwithstanding its rabbinic ideological usage, scholars like Julius Wellhausen and Theodor Nöldeke argued for its etymological relevance.