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Εὖα
Eua
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N:N-F-P Greek

Eve

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Eua identifies the woman named in accounts of Adam's formation and the serpent's deception.

Eua is used as the name of the woman placed after Adam in the formation statement and identified as the one deceived by the serpent.

Senses in use

  1. The woman named with Adam and the serpent · dominant

    In 1 Timothy 2:13, the nominative singular form occurs in the statement that Adam was formed first and then this woman; the APB renders the clause “then Eve.” In 2 Corinthians 11:3, the accusative singular form identifies the woman whom the serpent deceived; the APB renders “as the serpent deceived Eve by its craftiness.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Eve” in both verses: after Adam's formation in 1 Timothy 2:13 and as the serpent's deceived victim in 2 Corinthians 11:3. The verse is read as a whole.

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