Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
KJV
Et vocavit Adam nomen uxoris suæ, Heva : eo quod mater esset cunctorum viventium.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀδὰμ τὸ ὄνομα τῆς γυναικὸς Ζωή, ὅτι αὕτη μήτηρ πάντων τῶν ζώντων.
LXX
And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
ASV
וַ/יִּקְרָ֧א הָֽ/אָדָ֛ם שֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ חַוָּ֑ה כִּ֛י הִ֥וא הָֽיְתָ֖ה אֵ֥ם כָּל חָֽי
Hebrew
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11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
חַוָּ֑ה
chvh
proper_noun · 2×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
Typology
Historic Christian voices
10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§489Throughout the Old Covenant the mission of many holy women prepared for that of Mary. At the very beginning there was Eve; despite her disobedience, she receives the promise of a posterity that will be victorious over the evil one, as well as the promise that she will be the mother of all the living.128 By virtue of this promise, Sarah conceives a son in spite of her old age.12…
§28That He completed His work on the gibbet of the Cross is the unanimous teaching of the holy Fathers who assert that the Church was born from the side of our Savior on the Cross like a new Eve, mother of all the living. [28] "And it is now," says the great St. Ambrose, speaking of the pierced side of Christ, "that it is built, it is now that it is formed, it is now that it is...…
Theology of the Body · 3 passages
In the First Chapters of Genesis, Marriage Is One and Indissoluble Let us recall that when questioned about the unity and indissolubility of marriage, Christ referred to what was "in the beginning." He quoted the words written in the first chapters of Genesis. In the course of these reflections, we are trying to penetrate the specific meaning of these words and these chapters.…
The Mystery of Woman Is Revealed in Motherhood In the preceding meditation, we analyzed the sentence of Genesis 4:1 and, in particular, the term "knew." The original text used this word to define conjugal union. We also pointed out that this biblical knowledge establishes a kind of personal archetype of corporality and human sexuality. That seems absolutely fundamental in orde…
The Knowledge-Generation Cycle and the Perspective of Death We are drawing to the end of the cycle of reflections wherein we have tried to follow Christ's appeal handed down to us by Matthew 19:3-9 and by Mark 10:1-12: "Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, `For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 1:20 — Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
- Acts 17:26 — And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
- Acts 17:26 — And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
- Exod 2:10 — And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
- Gen 2:20 — And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
- Gen 2:23 — And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
- Gen 5:29 — And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
- Gen 16:11 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
- Gen 29:32 — And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
- Gen 35:18 — And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
- Matt 1:21 — And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
- Matt 1:23 — Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.