Women

Creation ofGen 1:27 Gen 2:21 Gen 2:22
NamedGen 2:23
Fall of, and curse uponGen 3:1–16 2Co 11:3 1Ti 2:14
Promise toGen 3:15
Had separate apartments in dwellingsGen 24:67 Gen 31:33 Est 2:9 Est 2:11
Veiled the faceGen 24:65
Vows ofNum 30:3–16
When jealously charged with infidelity, their guilt or innocence was to be determined by an ordealNum 5:12–31
Took part in ancient worshipExo 15:20 Exo 21 Exo 38:8 1Sa 2:22
In chorus1Ch 25:5 1Ch 25:6 Ezr 2:65 Neh 7:67
Worshiped in separate compartmentsExo 38:8 1Sa 2:22
Consecrated jewels to tabernacleExo 35:22
MirrorsExo 38:8
Required to attend to the reading of the law of MosesDeu 31:12 Jos 8:35
Purifications of
After menstruationLev 15:19–33 2Sa 11:4
After childbirthLev 12 Luk 2:22
Difference in ceremonies made between male and female childrenLev 12
Religious privileges of, among early ChristiansAct 1:14 Act 12:12 Act 12:13 1Co 11:5 1Co 14:34 1Ti 2:11
Domestic duties ofGen 18:6 Pro 31:15–19 Mat 24:41
CookedGen 18:6
SpunExo 35:25 Exo 35:26 1Sa 2:19 Pro 31:19–24
EmbroideredPro 31:22
Made garmentsAct 9:39
GleanedRut 2:8
Kept vineyards So 1:6
Tended flocks and herdsGen 24:11 Gen 24:13 Gen 24:14 Gen 24:19 Gen 24:20 Gen 29:9 Exo 2:16
Worked in fieldsIsa 27:11 Ezk 26:6 Ezk 26:8
Was a doorkeeperMat 26:69 Jhn 18:16 Jhn 18:17 Act 12:13 Act 12:14
Forbidden to wear men' s costumeDeu 22:5
Wore hair long1Co 11:5–15
Rules for dress of Christian1Ti 2:9 1Ti 2:10 1Pe 3:3 1Pe 3:4
Ornaments ofIsa 3:16–23
Weaker than men1Pe 3:7
Are timidIsa 19:16 Jer 50:37 Jer 51:30 Nam 3:13
Are affectionate2Sa 1:26
Are tender to her offspringIsa 49:15 Lam 4:10
Are mirthsomeJdg 11:34 Jdg 21:21 Jer 31:13 Zec 9:17
Are courteous to strangersGen 24:17
Could not marry without the consent of parentsGen 24:3 Gen 24:4 Gen 34:6 Exo 22:17
Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamityJdg 11:37 Psa 78:63 Isa 4:1
Taken captiveNum 31:9 Num 31:15 Num 31:17 Num 31:18 Num 31:35 Lam 1:18 Ezk 30:17 Ezk 30:18
Punishment to be inflicted upon men for seducing, when betrothedDeu 22:23–27
Punishment for seducing, when not betrothedExo 22:16 Exo 22:17 Deu 22:28 Deu 22:29
Treated with cruelty in warDeu 32:25 Lam 2:21 Lam 5:11
Virtuous, held in high estimationRut 3:11 Pro 31:10–30
Fond of self-indulgenceIsa 32:9–11
Fond of ornamentsJer 2:32
Subtle and deceitfulPro 6:24–29 Pro 6:32–35 Pro 7:6–27 Ecc 7:26
Silly, and easily led into error2Ti 3:6
Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatryJer 7:18 Ezk 13:17 Ezk 13:23
Active in instigating to iniquityNum 31:15 Num 31:16 1Ki 21:25 Neh 13:26
Guilty of sodomy2Ki 23:7 Rom 1:26
As rulersIsa 3:12
DeborahJdg 4:4
Athaliah2Ki 11:1–16 2Ch 22:2 2Ch 22:3 2Ch 22:10–12
Queen of Sheba1Ki 10:1–13
Queen CandaceAct 8:27
A Persian queen sat on a throne beside her kingNeh 2:6
Patriotic
MiriamExo 15:20
DeborahJdg 5
The women of Israel1Sa 18:6
The women of the Philistines2Sa 1:20
Help in defensive operationsJdg 9:53
As poets
MiriamExo 15:21
DeborahJdg 5
Hannah1Sa 2:1–10
ElisabethLuk 1:42–45
MaryLuk 1:46–55
As prophets
MiriamExo 15:20 Exo 15:21 Mic 6:4
DeborahJdg 4:4 Jdg 4:5
Huldah2Ki 22:14–20 2Ch 34:22–28
NoadiahNeh 6:14
AnnaLuk 2:36–38
Philip' s four unmarried daughtersAct 21:9
False prophetsEzk 13:17–23
In businessPro 31:14–18 Pro 31:24
Property rights of
In inheritanceNum 27:1–11 Num 36 Jos 17:3–6 Job 42:15
To sell real estateRut 4:3–9
Sold for husband' s debtsMat 18:25
First to sinGen 3:6
Last at the crossMat 27:55 Mat 27:56 Mrk 15:40 Mrk 15:41
First at the gravesiteMrk 15:46 Mrk 15:47 Mrk 16:1–6 Luk 23:27 Luk 23:28 Luk 23:49 Luk 23:55 Luk 23:56 Luk 24:1–10
First to whom the risen Lord appearedMrk 16:9 Jhn 20:14–18
Converted by preaching of PaulAct 16:14 Act 16:15 Act 17:4 Act 17:12 Act 17:34
Social status of
In PersiaEst 1:10–22 Dan 5:1–12
In Roman customsAct 24:24 Act 25:13 Act 25:23 Act 26:30
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TOGen 2:18 Gen 2:21–24 Gen 3:16 Est 1:20–22 Pro 11:16 Pro 11:22 Pro 12:4 Pro 14:1 Pro 18:22 Pro 19:13 Pro 19:14 Pro 21:9 Pro 21:19 Pro 25:24 Pro 27:15 Pro 27:16 Pro 30:21–23 Pro 31:10–31 Ecc 7:26–28 Isa 3:16–24 Isa 32:9–12 Ezk 13:17–23 1Co 11:3–15 1Co 14:34 1Co 14:35 1Ti 2:9–15 1Ti 3:11 1Ti 5:1–16 2Ti 3:6 2Ti 3:7 Tit 2:3–5
GOOD
INSTANCES OF
Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leaderJdg 4 Jdg 5
Mother of SamsonJdg 13:23
NaomiRut 1 Rut 2 Rut 3:1
RuthRut 1:4 Rut 1:14–22
AndRut 2 Rut 3 Rut 4
Hannah, the mother of Samuel1Sa 1:9–18 1Sa 1:24–28
Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine1Ki 17:8–24
The Shunammite woman, who gave hospitality to Elisha2Ki 4:8–38
VashtiEst 1:11 Est 1:12
EstherEst 4:15–17
MaryLuk 1:26–38
ElisabethLuk 1:6 Luk 1:41–45
AnnaLuk 2:37
The widow who put her two mite (small coins, Greek: leptas) into the treasuryMrk 12:41–44 Luk 21:2–4
Mary and MarthaMrk 14:3–9 Luk 10:42 Jhn 11:5
Mary MagdaleneMrk 16:1 Luk 8:2 Jhn 20:1 Jhn 20:2 Jhn 20:11–16
Pilate' s wifeMat 27:19
Dorcas (Tabitha)Act 9:36
LydiaAct 16:14
Priscilla (Prisca)Act 18:26
PhoebeRom 16:1 Rom 16:2
JuliaRom 16:15
MaryRom 16:6
Lois and Eunice2Ti 1:5
The Philippian ChristiansPhp 4:3
FIGURATIVE
Of the body (ekklesia) of ChristPsa 45:2–15 Gal 4:26 Rev 12:1
Of saintsMat 25:1–4 2Co 11:2 Rev 14:4
WICKED2Ki 9:30–37 2Ki 23:7 Jer 44:15–19 Jer 44:25 Ezk 8:14 Rom 1:26
Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry2Ki 23:7 Hos 4:13 Hos 4:14
Full of deceit and licentiousnessPro 2:16–19 Pro 5:3–20 Pro 6:24–29 Pro 6:32–35 Pro 7:6–27 Ecc 7:26 Ezk 16:32
Commits forgery1Ki 21:8
Silly and wayward2Ti 3:6
INSTANCES OF
Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husbandGen 3:6 1Ti 2:14
Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward HagarGen 21:9–11 Gen 21:12–21
Lot' s wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of SodomGen 19:26 Luk 17:32
The daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lustGen 19:31–38
Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac' s blessingGen 27:11–17
Rachel, in her jealousy of LeahGen 30:1
Rachel, in stealing imagesGen 31:19 Gen 31:34
Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of childrenGen 30:9–18
Dinah, in her fornicationGen 34:1 Gen 34:2
Tamar, in her adulteryGen 38:14–24
Potiphar' s wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against JosephGen 39:7–20
Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of his religious obligationsExo 4:25 Exo 4:26
Miriam, in her sedition with Aaron against MosesNum 12
Rahab, in her harlotryJos 2:1
Delilah, in her conspiracy against SamsonJdg 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 adulteryNum 25:6–8
Michal, in her derision of David' s religious zeal2Sa 6:16 2Sa 6:20–23
Bath-sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband' s murderer2Sa 11:4 2Sa 11:5 2Sa 11:27 2Sa 12:9 2Sa 12:10
Solomon' s wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon1Ki 11:1–11 Neh 13:26
Jezebel, in her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord1Ki 18:4 1Ki 18:13
Jezebel, in her persecution of Elijah1Ki 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, Ahab1Ki 21:25 1Ki 21:17–27
And2Ki 9:30–37
The cannibalistic mothers of Samaria2Ki 6:28 2Ki 6:29
Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne2Ki 11:1–16 2Ch 22:10 2Ch 22:12 2Ch 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 JerusalemNeh 6:14
Haman' s wife, in advising him to hang MordecaiEst 5:14 Est 6:13
Job' s wife, in suggesting to him that he curse God and dieJob 2:9 Job 19:17
Gomer, the adulterous wife of HoseaHos 1:2 Hos 1:3 Hos 3:1
Herodias, in her incestuous marriage with Herod AntipasMat 14:3 Mat 14:4 Mrk 6:17–19 Luk 3:19
Herodius, by indirectly causing John the Baptist to be decapitatedMat 14:6–11 Mrk 6:24–28
The daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the BaptistMat 14:8 Mrk 6:18–28
Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehoodAct 5:2–10
The woman caught in the act of adultery and brought to Jesus in the templeJhn 8:1–11
FIGURATIVE
Of backslidingJer 6:2 Rev 17:4 Rev 17:18
Of evil peopleIsa 32:9 Isa 32:11 Mat 25:1–13
SYMBOLICAL
Of wickednessZec 5:7 Zec 5:8 Rev 17 Rev 19:2

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