Eve — the first woman, 'mother of all living.' The Greek form of Hebrew Chavvah (H2332), meaning 'life' or 'living.' Paul references Eve in key theological arguments about deception, the order of creation, and the entry of sin into the world.
Heua (Eve) is central to Paul's theology of the Fall and redemption. In 2 Corinthians 11:3, Paul fears believers will be deceived 'as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning' — making Eve the archetype of deception by the enemy. Yet in 1 Timothy 2:15, he points to salvation through childbearing — pointing to the protoevangelium (Genesis 3:15), where Eve's offspring would crush the serpent. Eve represents both humanity's fall and the beginning of redemption's promise.