Eve
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Etymology 1 [edit]
From Ancient Greek Εὔα (Εua), from Classical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwah).
Proper noun [edit]
Eve
- (Abrahamic religions) The first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 3:20:
- And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
- 1904, Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary:
- After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 3:20:
- An unspecified primordial woman, from whom many or all people are descended.
- The Seven Daughters of Eve; mitochondrial Eve
- A female given name.
- 1970, L.P.Hartley, My Sister's Keeper, page 113:
- "You were always a cynic," said Edith tolerantly. "I'm sure that Eve will want to have a baby - isn't that why we called her Eve?"
- "Of course not," said Herbert, as if the baby-cult had long been irritating him. "We called her Eve, or Evelyn, after your grandmother, who was going to leave, and did leave us some money."
- 1970, L.P.Hartley, My Sister's Keeper, page 113:
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Translations [edit]
the first woman
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given name
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Etymology 2 [edit]
A pun on eavesdropper.
Proper noun [edit]
Eve
- (cryptography) A conventional name for an agent attempting to intercept a message sent by Alice that is intended for Bob.
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Proper noun [edit]
Eve
- A female given name, variant of Eva and a short form of Evelin.
