To win the girl of his dreams-Saul’s daughter Michal-David had to come up with foreskins from one hundred Philistines; he came up with two hundred.

Female parent who carries, give birth to, and cares for a child. Usually refers to humans but may refer to animals or even as a metaphor for deity. In the Bible a wife has two equally important roles; to love, support, and provide companionship and sexual satisfaction for her husband and to bear and rear children. So important was the latter that a stigma was attached to barrenness (Gen 16:1-2; 18:9-15; 30:1; 1 Sam 1:1-20; Luke 1:5-25, esp. vs 25).