Bible Dictionary
Eve
Eve was the first woman, created by God as Adam’s wife and companion. She was deceived by the serpent, disobeyed God’s command concerning the forbidden fruit, and gave it to Adam.
Definition
Eve was the first woman and the wife of Adam. Her name means life or living. She was created as a suitable companion for Adam and shared his human nature and origin.
Biblical Usage
The serpent deceived Eve, and she violated God’s command concerning the forbidden fruit, giving it also to Adam. Afterward she became the mother of Cain and other children, including Seth.
Historical Background
Her creation is presented as the foundation of the union between man and wife. The account gives sanction to marriage as the companionship of man and woman.
Scripture References
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Life; living, the name given by Adam to his wife (Gen. 3:20; 4:1). The account of her creation is given in Gen. 2:21, 22. The Creator, by declaring that it was not good for man to be alone, and by creating for him a suitable companion, gave sanction to monogamy. The commentator Matthew Henry says: “This companion was taken from his side to signify that she was to be dear unto him as his own flesh. Not from his head, lest she should rule over him; nor from his feet, lest he should tyrannize over her; but from his side, to denote that species of equality which is to subsist in the marriage state.” And again, “That wife that is of God’s making by special grace, and of God’s bringing by special providence, is likely to prove a helpmeet to her husband.” Through the subtle temptation of the serpent she violated the commandment of God by taking of the forbidden fruit, which she gave also unto her husband (1 Tim. 2:13-15; 2 Cor. 11:3). When she gave birth to her first son, she said, “I have gotten a man from the Lord” (R.V., “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord,” Gen. 4:1). Thus she welcomed Cain, as some think, as if he had been the Promised One the “Seed of the woman.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(life), the name given in Scripture to the first woman. The account of Eve’s creation is found at (Genesis 2:21,22) Perhaps that which we are chiefly intended to learn from the narrative is the foundation upon which the union between man and wife is built, viz., identity of nature and oneness of origin. Through the subtlety of the serpent Eve was beguiled into a violation of the one commandment which had been imposed upon her and Adam. The Scripture account of Eve closes with the birth of Seth.