The Role of Women

Scriptural References

Huldah the prophetess
Kings 22:14

So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke with her.

Miriam the prophetess
Exodus 15:20–21 (KJV 1900)

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Deborah, a prophetess
Judges 4:4 (KJV 1900)

And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

Noadiah the prophet
Nehemiah 6:14 NLT

Remember, O my God, all the evil things that Tobiah and Sanballat have done. And remember Noadiah the prophet and all the prophets like her who have tried to intimidate me.

Isaiah’s wife, a prophetess
Isaiah 8:3

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

Anna, a prophetess
Luke 2:36

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

The Daughters of Phillip, who prophesied
Acts 21:8-9

On the next day we who were Paul's companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

Phoebe the Deaconess
Romans 16:1

Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess in the church at Cenchrea.

Women could prophesy in NT
1 Corinthians 11: 5

And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--it is just as though her head were shaved

Women to prophesy
Joel 2:28

And it shall come to pass afterward, That I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions:

Neither male or female
Galatians 3: 28

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.