Eve
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[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek Εὕα (Heua) < Hebrew חַוָּה (havah) = 'life; living one; lively; giving life'.
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Eve
- (Biblical) According to the Bible and Qur'an, the first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.
- An unspecified primordial woman, from whom many or all people are descended.
- The Seven Daughters of Eve; mitochondrial Eve
- A female given name.
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- 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.
- 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."
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the first woman
given name
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