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Creation of Genesis 1:27 · Genesis 2:21,22
Named Genesis 2:23
Fall of, and curse upon Genesis 3:1-16 · 2 Corinthians 11:3 · 1 Timothy 2:14
Promise to Genesis 3:15
Had separate apartments in dwellings Genesis 24:67 · Genesis 31:33 · Esther 2:9,11
Veiled the face Genesis 24:65
See also: Vail
Vows of Numbers 30:3-16
When jealously charged with infidelity, their guilt or innocence was to be determined by an ordeal Numbers 5:12-31
Took part in ancient worship Exodus 15:20 · Exodus 21 · Exodus 38:8 · 1 Samuel 2:22
In chorus 1 Chronicles 25:5,6 · Ezra 2:65 · Nehemiah 7:67
Worshiped in separate compartments Exodus 38:8 · 1 Samuel 2:22
Consecrated jewels to tabernacle Exodus 35:22
Mirrors Exodus 38:8
Required to attend to the reading of the law of Moses Deuteronomy 31:12 · Joshua 8:35
Purifications of
After menstruation Leviticus 15:19-33 · 2 Samuel 11:4
After childbirth Leviticus 12 · Luke 2:22
Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children Leviticus 12
Religious privileges of, among early Christians Acts 1:14 · Acts 12:12,13 · 1 Corinthians 11:5 · 1 Corinthians 14:34 · 1 Timothy 2:11
Domestic duties of Genesis 18:6 · Proverbs 31:15-19 · Matthew 24:41
Cooked Genesis 18:6
Embroidered Proverbs 31:22
Made garments Acts 9:39
Gleaned Ruth 2:8
Kept vineyards Song of Solomon 1:6
Tended flocks and herds Genesis 24:11,13,14,19,20 · Genesis 29:9 · Exodus 2:16
Worked in fields Isaiah 27:11 · Ezekiel 26:6,8
Was a doorkeeper Matthew 26:69 · John 18:16,17 · Acts 12:13,14
Forbidden to wear men' s costume Deuteronomy 22:5
Wore hair long 1 Corinthians 11:5-15
Rules for dress of Christian 1 Timothy 2:9,10 · 1 Peter 3:3,4
Ornaments of Isaiah 3:16-23
Weaker than men 1 Peter 3:7
Are timid Isaiah 19:16 · Jeremiah 50:37 · Jeremiah 51:30 · Nahum 3:13
Are affectionate 2 Samuel 1:26
Are tender to her offspring Isaiah 49:15 · Lamentations 4:10
Are mirthsome Judges 11:34 · Judges 21:21 · Jeremiah 31:13 · Zechariah 9:17
Are courteous to strangers Genesis 24:17
Could not marry without the consent of parents Genesis 24:3,4 · Genesis 34:6 · Exodus 22:17
Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity Judges 11:37 · Psalms 78:63 · Isaiah 4:1
Taken captive Numbers 31:9,15,17,18,35 · Lamentations 1:18 · Ezekiel 30:17,18
Punishment to be inflicted upon men for seducing, when betrothed Deuteronomy 22:23-27
Punishment for seducing, when not betrothed Exodus 22:16,17 · Deuteronomy 22:28,29
Treated with cruelty in war Deuteronomy 32:25 · Lamentations 2:21 · Lamentations 5:11
Virtuous, held in high estimation Ruth 3:11 · Proverbs 31:10-30
Fond of self-indulgence Isaiah 32:9-11
Fond of ornaments Jeremiah 2:32
Subtle and deceitful Proverbs 6:24-29,32-35 · Proverbs 7:6-27 · Ecclesiastes 7:26
Silly, and easily led into error 2 Timothy 3:6
Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry Jeremiah 7:18 · Ezekiel 13:17,23
Active in instigating to iniquity Numbers 31:15,16 · 1 Kings 21:25 · Nehemiah 13:26
Guilty of sodomy 2 Kings 23:7 · Romans 1:26
As rulers Isaiah 3:12
Deborah Judges 4:4
Athaliah 2 Kings 11:1-16 · 2 Chronicles 22:2,3,10-12
Queen of Sheba 1 Kings 10:1-13
Queen Candace Acts 8:27
A Persian queen sat on a throne beside her king Nehemiah 2:6
Patriotic
Miriam Exodus 15:20
Deborah Judges 5
The women of Israel 1 Samuel 18:6
The women of the Philistines 2 Samuel 1:20
Help in defensive operations Judges 9:53
As poets
Miriam Exodus 15:21
Deborah Judges 5
Hannah 1 Samuel 2:1-10
Elisabeth Luke 1:42-45
Mary Luke 1:46-55
As prophets
Miriam Exodus 15:20,21 · Micah 6:4
Deborah Judges 4:4,5
Huldah 2 Kings 22:14-20 · 2 Chronicles 34:22-28
Noadiah Nehemiah 6:14
Anna Luke 2:36-38
Philip' s four unmarried daughters Acts 21:9
False prophets Ezekiel 13:17-23
In business Proverbs 31:14-18,24
Property rights of
In inheritance Numbers 27:1-11 · Numbers 36 · Joshua 17:3-6 · Job 42:15
To sell real estate Ruth 4:3-9
Sold for husband' s debts Matthew 18:25
First to sin Genesis 3:6
Last at the cross Matthew 27:55,56 · Mark 15:40,41
First at the gravesite Mark 15:46,47 · Mark 16:1-6 · Luke 23:27,28,49,55,56 · Luke 24:1-10
First to whom the risen Lord appeared Mark 16:9 · John 20:14-18
Converted by preaching of Paul Acts 16:14,15 · Acts 17:4,12,34
Social status of
In Persia Esther 1:10-22 · Daniel 5:1-12
In Roman customs Acts 24:24 · Acts 25:13,23 · Acts 26:30
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Genesis 2:18,21-24 · Genesis 3:16 · Esther 1:20-22 · Proverbs 11:16,22 · Proverbs 12:4 · Proverbs 14:1 · Proverbs 18:22 · Proverbs 19:13,14 · Proverbs 21:9,19 · Proverbs 25:24 · Proverbs 27:15,16 · Proverbs 30:21-23 · Proverbs 31:10-31 · Ecclesiastes 7:26-28 · Isaiah 3:16-24 · Isaiah 32:9-12 · Ezekiel 13:17-23 · 1 Corinthians 11:3-15 · 1 Corinthians 14:34,35 · 1 Timothy 2:9-15 · 1 Timothy 3:11 · 1 Timothy 5:1-16 · 2 Timothy 3:6,7 · Titus 2:3-5
See also: Widow
See also: Wife
See also: Also Husbands
See also: Parents
GOOD
INSTANCES OF
Mother of Samson Judges 13:23
Ruth Ruth 1:4,14-22
Hannah, the mother of Samuel 1 Samuel 1:9-18,24-28
Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine 1 Kings 17:8-24
The Shunammite woman, who gave hospitality to Elisha 2 Kings 4:8-38
Vashti Esther 1:11,12
Esther Esther 4:15-17
Mary Luke 1:26-38
Elisabeth Luke 1:6,41-45
Anna Luke 2:37
The widow who put her two mite (small coins, Greek: leptas) into the treasury Mark 12:41-44 · Luke 21:2-4
Mary and Martha Mark 14:3-9 · Luke 10:42 · John 11:5
Mary Magdalene Mark 16:1 · Luke 8:2 · John 20:1,2,11-16
Pilate' s wife Matthew 27:19
Dorcas (Tabitha) Acts 9:36
Lydia Acts 16:14
Priscilla (Prisca) Acts 18:26
Phoebe Romans 16:1,2
Julia Romans 16:15
Mary Romans 16:6
Lois and Eunice 2 Timothy 1:5
The Philippian Christians Philippians 4:3
FIGURATIVE
Of the body (ekklesia) of Christ Psalms 45:2-15 · Galatians 4:26 · Revelation 12:1
Of saints Matthew 25:1-4 · 2 Corinthians 11:2 · Revelation 14:4
WICKED 2 Kings 9:30-37 · 2 Kings 23:7 · Jeremiah 44:15-19,25 · Ezekiel 8:14 · Romans 1:26
Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry 2 Kings 23:7 · Hosea 4:13,14
Full of deceit and licentiousness Proverbs 2:16-19 · Proverbs 5:3-20 · Proverbs 6:24-29,32-35 · Proverbs 7:6-27 · Ecclesiastes 7:26 · Ezekiel 16:32
Commits forgery 1 Kings 21:8
Silly and wayward 2 Timothy 3:6
INSTANCES OF
Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband Genesis 3:6 · 1 Timothy 2:14
Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar Genesis 21:9-11
Lot' s wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of Sodom Genesis 19:26 · Luke 17:32
The daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lust Genesis 19:31-38
Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac' s blessing Genesis 27:11-17
Rachel, in her jealousy of Leah Genesis 30:1
Rachel, in stealing images Genesis 31:19,34
Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children Genesis 30:9-18
Dinah, in her fornication Genesis 34:1,2
Tamar, in her adultery Genesis 38:14-24
Potiphar' s wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against Joseph Genesis 39:7-20
Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of his religious obligations Exodus 4:25,26
Miriam, in her sedition with Aaron against Moses Numbers 12
Rahab, in her harlotry Joshua 2:1
Delilah, in her conspiracy against Samson Judges 16:4-20
Peninnah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Hannah 1 Samuel 1:4-8
The Midianite woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery Numbers 25:6-8
Michal, in her derision of David' s religious zeal 2 Samuel 6:16,20-23
Bath-sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband' s murderer 2 Samuel 11:4,5,27 · 2 Samuel 12:9,10
Solomon' s wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon 1 Kings 11:1-11 · Nehemiah 13:26
Jezebel, in her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord 1 Kings 18:4,13
Jezebel, in her persecution of Elijah 1 Kings 19:2
Jezebel, in her conspiracy against Naboth, to cheat him out of his vineyard 1 Kings 21:1-16
Jezebel, in her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab 1 Kings 21:25
And 2 Kings 9:30-37
The cannibalistic mothers of Samaria 2 Kings 6:28,29
Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne 2 Kings 11:1-16 · 2 Chronicles 22:10,12 · 2 Chronicles 23:12-15
The sodomites of the southern kingdom (Judah) 2 Kings 23:7
Noadiah, a false prophetess in attempting to intimidate the Jews when they were restoring Jerusalem Nehemiah 6:14
Haman' s wife, in advising him to hang Mordecai Esther 5:14 · Esther 6:13
Gomer, the adulterous wife of Hosea Hosea 1:2,3 · Hosea 3:1
Herodias, in her incestuous marriage with Herod Antipas Matthew 14:3,4 · Mark 6:17-19 · Luke 3:19
Herodius, by indirectly causing John the Baptist to be decapitated Matthew 14:6-11 · Mark 6:24-28
The daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the Baptist Matthew 14:8 · Mark 6:18-28
Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehood Acts 5:2-10
The woman caught in the act of adultery and brought to Jesus in the temple John 8:1-11
FIGURATIVE
Of backsliding Jeremiah 6:2 · Revelation 17:4,18
Of evil people Isaiah 32:9,11 · Matthew 25:1-13
SYMBOLICAL
Of wickedness Zechariah 5:7,8 · Revelation 17 · Revelation 19:2
See also: Wife
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