Women

Creation of Ge 1:27; 2:21,22

Named Ge 2:23

Fall of, and curse upon Ge 3:1-16; 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14

Promise to Ge 3:15

Had separate apartments in dwellings Ge 24:67; 31:33; Es 2:9,11

Veiled the face Ge 24:65

See Vail

Vows of Nu 30:3-16

When jealously charged with infidelity, their guilt or innocence was to be determined by an ordealNu 5:12-31

Took part in ancient worship Ex 15:20; 21; 38:8; 1Sa 2:22

In chorus 1Ch 25:5,6; Ezr 2:65; Ne 7:67

Worshiped in separate compartments Ex 38:8; 1Sa 2:22

Consecrated jewels to tabernacle Ex 35:22

Mirrors Ex 38:8

Required to attend to the reading of the law of Moses De 31:12; Jos 8:35

Purifications of

• After menstruation Le 15:19-33; 2Sa 11:4
• After childbirth Le 12; Lu 2:22

Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children Le 12

Religious privileges of, among early Christians Ac 1:14; 12:12,13; 1Co 11:5; 14:34; 1Ti 2:11

Domestic duties of Ge 18:6; Pr 31:15-19; Mt 24:41

Cooked Ge 18:6

Spun Ex 35:25,26; 1Sa 2:19; Pr 31:19-24

Embroidered Pr 31:22

Made garments Ac 9:39

Gleaned Ru 2:8

Kept vineyards So 1:6

Tended flocks and herds Ge 24:11,13,14,19,20; 29:9; Ex 2:16

Worked in fields Isa 27:11; Eze 26:6,8

Was a doorkeeper Mt 26:69; Joh 18:16,17; Ac 12:13,14

Forbidden to wear men's costume De 22:5

Wore hair long 1Co 11:5-15

Rules for dress of Christian 1Ti 2:9,10; 1Pe 3:3,4

Ornaments of Isa 3:16-23

Weaker than men 1Pe 3:7

Are timid Isa 19:16; Jer 50:37; 51:30; Na 3:13

Are affectionate 2Sa 1:26

Are tender to her offspring Isa 49:15; La 4:10

Are mirthsome Jud 11:34; 21:21; Jer 31:13; Zec 9:17

Are courteous to strangers Ge 24:17

Could not marry without the consent of parents Ge 24:3,4; 34:6; Ex 22:17

Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity Jud 11:37; Ps 78:63; Isa 4:1

Taken captive Nu 31:9,15,17,18,35; La 1:18; Eze 30:17,18

Punishment to be inflicted upon men for seducing, when betrothedDe 22:23-27

Punishment for seducing, when not betrothed Ex 22:16,17; De 22:28,29

Treated with cruelty in war De 32:25; La 2:21; 5:11

Virtuous, held in high estimation Ru 3:11; Pr 31:10-30

Fond of self-indulgence Isa 32:9-11

Fond of ornaments Jer 2:32

Subtle and deceitful Pr 6:24-29,32-35; 7:6-27; Ec 7:26

Silly, and easily led into error 2Ti 3:6

Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry Jer 7:18; Eze 13:17,23

Active in instigating to iniquity Nu 31:15,16; 1Ki 21:25; Ne 13:26

Guilty of sodomy 2Ki 23:7; Ro 1:26

As rulers Isa 3:12

Deborah Jud 4:4

Athaliah 2Ki 11:1-16; 2Ch 22:2,3,10-12

Queen of Sheba 1Ki 10:1-13

Queen Candace Ac 8:27

A Persian queen sat on a throne beside her king Ne 2:6

Patriotic

• Miriam Ex 15:20
• Deborah Jud 5
• The women of Israel 1Sa 18:6
• The women of the Philistines 2Sa 1:20

Help in defensive operations Jud 9:53

As poets

• Miriam Ex 15:21
• Deborah Jud 5
• Hannah 1Sa 2:1-10
• Elisabeth Lu 1:42-45
• Mary Lu 1:46-55

As prophets

• Miriam Ex 15:20,21; Mic 6:4
• Deborah Jud 4:4,5
• Huldah 2Ki 22:14-20; 2Ch 34:22-28
• Noadiah Ne 6:14
• Anna Lu 2:36-38
• Philip's four unmarried daughters Ac 21:9

False prophets Eze 13:17-23

In business Pr 31:14-18,24

Property rights of

• In inheritance Nu 27:1-11; 36; Jos 17:3-6; Job 42:15
• To sell real estate Ru 4:3-9

Sold for husband's debts Mt 18:25

First to sin Ge 3:6

Last at the cross Mt 27:55,56; Mr 15:40,41

First at the gravesite Mr 15:46,47; 16:1-6; Lu 23:27,28,49,55,56; 24:1-10

First to whom the risen Lord appeared Mr 16:9; Joh 20:14-18

Converted by preaching of Paul Ac 16:14,15; 17:4,12,34

Social status of

• In Persia Es 1:10-22; Da 5:1-12
• In Roman customs Ac 24:24; 25:13,23; 26:30

UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ge 2:18,21-24; 3:16; Es 1:20-22; Pr 11:16,22; 12:4; 14:1;18:22; 19:13,14; 21:9,19; 25:24; 27:15,16; 30:21-23;31:10-31; Ec 7:26-28; Isa 3:16-24; 32:9-12; Eze 13:17-23;1Co 11:3-15; 14:34,35; 1Ti 2:9-15; 3:11; 5:1-16; 2Ti 3:6,7;Tit 2:3-5

• See Widow

• See Wife

• See Also husbands

• See Parents

GOOD

• INSTANCES OF
• Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader Jud 4; 5
• Mother of Samson Jud 13:23
• Naomi Ru 1; 2; 3:1
• Ruth Ru 1:4,14-22
• And Ru 2; 3; 4
• Hannah, the mother of Samuel 1Sa 1:9-18,24-28
• Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine 1Ki 17:8-24
• The Shunammite woman, who gave hospitality to Elisha 2Ki 4:8-38
• Vashti Es 1:11,12
• Esther Es 4:15-17
• Mary Lu 1:26-38
• Elisabeth Lu 1:6,41-45
• Anna Lu 2:37
• The widow who put her two mite (small coins, Greek: leptas) into the treasuryMr 12:41-44; Lu 21:2-4
• Mary and Martha Mr 14:3-9; Lu 10:42; Joh 11:5
• Mary Magdalene Mr 16:1; Lu 8:2; Joh 20:1,2,11-16
• Pilate's wife Mt 27:19
• Dorcas (Tabitha) Ac 9:36
• Lydia Ac 16:14
• Priscilla (Prisca) Ac 18:26
• Phoebe Ro 16:1,2
• Julia Ro 16:15
• Mary Ro 16:6
• Lois and Eunice 2Ti 1:5
• The Philippian Christians Php 4:3

FIGURATIVE

• Of the body (ekklesia) of Christ Ps 45:2-15; Ga 4:26; Re 12:1
• Of saints Mt 25:1-4; 2Co 11:2; Re 14:4

WICKED 2Ki 9:30-37; 23:7; Jer 44:15-19,25; Eze 8:14; Ro 1:26

• Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry 2Ki 23:7; Ho 4:13,14
• Full of deceit and licentiousness Pr 2:16-19; 5:3-20; 6:24-29,32-35; 7:6-27; Ec 7:26; Eze16:32
• Commits forgery 1Ki 21:8
• Silly and wayward 2Ti 3:6

INSTANCES OF

• Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband Ge 3:6; 1Ti 2:14
• Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar Ge 21:9-11; with 21:12-21
• Lot's wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of SodomGe 19:26; Lu 17:32
• The daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lust Ge 19:31-38
• Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac's blessingGe 27:11-17
• Rachel, in her jealousy of Leah Ge 30:1
• Rachel, in stealing images Ge 31:19,34
• Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children Ge 30:9-18
• Dinah, in her fornication Ge 34:1,2
• Tamar, in her adultery Ge 38:14-24
• Potiphar's wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against JosephGe 39:7-20
• Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of his religious obligationsEx 4:25,26
• Miriam, in her sedition with Aaron against Moses Nu 12
• Rahab, in her harlotry Jos 2:1
• Delilah, in her conspiracy against Samson Jud 16:4-20
• Peninnah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Hannah1Sa 1:4-8
• The Midianite woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery Nu 25:6-8
• Michal, in her derision of David's religious zeal 2Sa 6:16,20-23
• Bath-sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband's murderer2Sa 11:4,5,27; 12:9,10
• Solomon's wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon1Ki 11:1-11; Ne 13:26
• Jezebel, in her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord1Ki 18:4,13
• Jezebel, in her persecution of Elijah 1Ki 19:2
• Jezebel, in her conspiracy against Naboth, to cheat him out of his vineyard1Ki 21:1-16
• Jezebel, in her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab 1Ki 21:25; with 21:17-27
• And 2Ki 9:30-37
• The cannibalistic mothers of Samaria 2Ki 6:28,29
• Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne2Ki 11:1-16; 2Ch 22:10,12; 23:12-15
• The sodomites of the southern kingdom (Judah) 2Ki 23:7
• Noadiah, a false prophetess in attempting to intimidate the Jews when they were restoring JerusalemNe 6:14
• Haman's wife, in advising him to hang Mordecai Es 5:14; 6:13
• Job's wife, in suggesting to him that he curse God and die Job 2:9; 19:17
• Gomer, the adulterous wife of Hosea Ho 1:2,3; 3:1
• Herodias, in her incestuous marriage with Herod Antipas Mt 14:3,4; Mr 6:17-19; Lu 3:19
• Herodius, by indirectly causing John the Baptist to be decapitatedMt 14:6-11; Mr 6:24-28
• The daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the Baptist#Mt 14:8; Mr 6:18-28|
• Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehood #Ac 5:2-10|
• The woman caught in the act of adultery and brought to Jesus in the temple#Joh 8:1-11|

FIGURATIVE

• Of backsliding #Jer 6:2; Re 17:4,18|
• Of evil people #Isa 32:9,11; Mt 25:1-13|

SYMBOLICAL

• Of wickedness #Zec 5:7,8; Re 17; 19:2|
  • See Wife