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Eve [Heb.,=life], in the Bible, the first woman, wife of Adam and the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth. Fashioned from Adam's rib, she was beguiled by the serpent into eating the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge. Eve then tempted Adam to eat, whereupon they were banished from the Garden of Eden. See also Lilith.
(ēv) pronunciation

In the Bible, the first woman and the wife of Adam.

[Late Latin Ēva, Hēva, from Hebrew ḥawwâ, living, life, from ḥāyâ, to live.]


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