WOMAN
- - Origin and cause of the name: ... Ge 2:23|
- - ORIGINALLY MADE
...... By God in his own image: ... Ge 1:27|
...... From one of Adam's ribs: ... Ge 2:21,22|
...... For man: ... 1Co 11:9|
...... To be an helpmeet for man: ... Ge 2:18,20|
...... Subordinate to man: ... 1Co 11:3|
...... To be the glory of man: ... 1Co 11:7|
- - Deceived by Satan: ... Ge 3:1-6; 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14|
- - Led man to disobey God: ... Ge 3:6,11,12|
- - Curse pronounced on: ... Ge 3:16|
- - Salvation promised through the seed of: ... Ge 3:15;
Isa 7:14|
- - Safety in childbirth promised to the faithful and holy:
... 1Ti 2:15|
- - CHARACTERISED AS
...... Weaker than man: ... 1Pe 3:7|
...... Timid: ... Isa 19:16; Jer 50:37; 51:30; Na 3:13|
...... Loving and affectionate: ... 2Sa 1:26|
...... Tender and constant to her offspring: ... Isa
49:15; La 4:10|
- - To wear her hair long as a covering: ... 1Co 11:15|
- - Good and virtuous, described: ... Pr 31:10-28|
- - Virtuous, held in high estimation: ... Ru 3:11;
Pr 31:10,30|
- - FREQUENTLY
...... Fond of self-indulgence: ... Isa 32:9-11|
...... Subtle and deceitful: ... Pr 7:10; 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|
- - Generally wore a vail in the presence of the other sex:
... Ge 24:65|
- - Generally lived in a separated apartment or tent: ...
Ge 18:9; 24:67; Es 2:9,11|
- - Submissive and respectful to husbands: ... 1Pe 3:6;
Ge 18:12|
- - OF DISTINCTION
...... Fair and graceful: ... Ge 12:11; 24:16; So 1:8;
Am 8:13|
...... Haughty in their deportment: ... Isa 3:16|
...... Fond of dress and ornaments: ... Isa 3:17-23|
...... Wore their hair plaited and adorned with gold and pearls:
... Isa 3:24; 1Ti 2:9|
- - Of the poorer classes swarthy from exposure to the sun:
... So 1:5,6|
- - YOUNG
...... Called maids: ... Ex 2:8; Lu 8:51,52|
...... Called damsels: ... Ge 24:55; Mr 5:39|
...... Called virgins: ... Ge 24:16; La 1:4|
...... Gay and merry: ... Jud 11:34; 21:21; Jer 31:13;
Zec 9:17|
...... Kind and courteous to strangers: ... Ge 24:17|
...... Fond of ornaments: ... Jer 2:32|
...... Required to learn from and imitate their elders: ...
Tit 2:4|
...... Inherited parents' property when there was no male
heir: ... Nu 27:8|
...... Could not marry without consent of parents: ...
Ge 24:3,4; 34:6; Ex 22:17|
...... Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity:
... Jud 11:37; Ps 78:63; Isa 4:1|
...... Often taken captive: ... La 1:18; Eze 30:17,18|
...... Punishment for seducing, when betrothed: ...
De 22:23-27|
...... Punishment for seducing when not betrothed: ...
Ex 22:16,17; De 22:28,29|
...... Often treated with great cruelty in war: ...
De 32:25; La 2:21; 5:11|
...... Of distinction, dressed in robes of various colours:
... 2Sa 13:18; Ps 45:14|
- - Were required to hear and obey the law: ... Jos
8:35|
- - Had a court of the tabernacle assigned to them: ...
Ex 38:8; 1Sa 2:2|
- - Allowed to join in the temple-music from the time of David:
... 1Ch 25:5,6; Ezr 2:65; Ne 7:67|
- - OFTEN ENGAGED IN
...... Domestic employments: ... Ge 18:6; Pr 31:15|
...... Agriculture: ... Ru 2:8; So 1:6|
...... Tending sheep: ... Ge 29:9; Ex 2:16|
...... Drawing and carrying water: ... Ge 24:11,13,15,16;
1Sa 9:11; Joh 4:7|
...... Grinding corn: ... Mt 24:41; Lu 17:35|
...... Spinning: ... Pr 31:13,14|
...... Embroidery: ... Pr 31:22|
...... Celebrating the victories of the nation: ...
Ex 15:20,21; Jud 11:34; 1Sa 18:6,7|
...... Attending funerals as mourners: ... Jer 9:17,20|
- - Vows of, when married not binding upon the husband: ...
Nu 30:6-8|
- - Unfaithfulness of, when married found out by the waters
of jealousy: ... Nu 5:14-28|
- - Punishment for injuring, when with child: ... Ex
21:22-25|
- - To be governed by, considered a calamity by the Jews:
... Isa 3:12|
- - To be slain by, considered a great disgrace: ...
Jud 9:54|
- - Considered a valuable booty in war: ... De 20:14;
1Sa 30:2|
- - Often treated with great cruelty in war: ... 2Ki
8:12; La 5:11; Eze 9:6; Ho 13:16|
- - ILLUSTRATIVE
...... (Gloriously arrayed,) of the Church of Christ: ...
Ps 45:13; Ga 4:26; Re 12:1|
...... (Delicate,) of backsliding Israel: ... Jer 6:2|
...... (Chaste and holy,) of saints: ... So 1:3; 2Co
11:2; Re 14:4|
...... (Lewd,) of the Roman apostasy: ... Re 17:4,18|
...... (Wise,) of saints: ... Mt 25:1,2,4|
...... (Foolish,) of mere professors: ... Mt 25:1-3|
...... (At ease and careless,) of a state of carnal security:
... Isa 32:9,11|
...... (Forsaken,) of Israel in her captivity: ... Isa
54:6|
- - 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
betrothed: ... De 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|
- - 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|
- - Vows of: ... Nu 30:3-16|
- - When jealously charged with infidelity, their guilt or
innocence was to be determined by an ordeal: ... Nu 5:12-31|
- - Help in defensive operations: ... Jud 9:53|
- - 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|
- - 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|
- - False prophets: ... Eze 13:17-23|
- - In business: ... Pr 31:14-18,24|
- - 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|
- - Veiled the face: ... Ge 24:65|
- - See VAIL
- - Purifications of
...... After menstruation: ... Le 15:19-33; 2Sa 11:4|
...... After childbirth: ... Le 12; Lu 2:22|
- - Patriotic
...... Miriam: ... Ex 15:20|
...... Deborah: ... Jud 5|
...... The women of Israel: ... 1Sa 18:6|
...... The women of the Philistines: ... 2Sa 1:20|
- - 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|
- - 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|
- - 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 treasury: ... Mr 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; Eze 16:32|
...... 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 Sodom: ... Ge 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 blessing: ... Ge 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 Joseph: ... Ge 39:7-20|
...... Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of
his religious obligations: ... Ex 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 Hannah: ... 1Sa 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 murderer: ... 2Sa 11:4,5,27; 12:9,10|
...... Solomon's wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence
over Solomon: ... 1Ki 11:1-11; Ne 13:26|
...... Jezebel, in her persecution and destruction of the
prophets of the Lord: ... 1Ki 18:4,13|
...... Jezebel, in her persecution of Elijah: ... 1Ki
19:2|
...... Jezebel, in her conspiracy against Naboth, to cheat
him out of his vineyard: ... 1Ki 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 throne: ... 2Ki 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 Jerusalem: ... Ne 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 decapitated: ... Mt 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
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