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Women

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  1. Creation of Gen 1:27; 2:21, 22
  2. Named Gen 2:23
  3. Fall of, and curse upon Gen 3:1–16; 2 Cor 11:3; 1 Tim 2:14
  4. Promise to Gen 3:15
  5. Had separate apartments in dwellings Gen 24:67; 31:33; Esth 2:9, 11
  6. Veiled the face Gen 24:65
  7. See Vail
  8. Vows of Num 30:3–16
  9. When jealously charged with infidelity, their guilt or innocence was to be determined by an ordeal Num 5:12–31
  10. Took part in ancient worship Ex 15:20; 21; 38:8; 1 Sam 2:22
  11. In chorus 1 Chr 25:5, 6; Ezra 2:65; Neh 7:67
  12. Worshiped in separate compartments Ex 38:8; 1 Sam 2:22
  13. Consecrated jewels to tabernacle Ex 35:22
  14. Mirrors Ex 38:8
  15. Required to attend to the reading of the law of Moses Deut 31:12; Josh 8:35
  16. Purifications of
  17. After menstruation Lev 15:19–33; 2 Sam 11:4
  18. After childbirth Lev 12; Luke 2:22
  19. Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children Lev 12
  20. Religious privileges of, among early Christians Acts 1:14; 12:12, 13; 1 Cor 11:5; 14:34; 1 Tim 2:11
  21. Domestic duties of Gen 18:6; Prov 31:15–19; Matt 24:41
  22. Cooked Gen 18:6
  23. Spun Ex 35:25, 26; 1 Sam 2:19; Prov 31:19–24
  24. Embroidered Prov 31:22
  25. Made garments Acts 9:39
  26. Gleaned Ruth 2:8
  27. Kept vineyards Song 1:6
  28. Tended flocks and herds Gen 24:11, 13, 14, 19, 20; 29:9; Ex 2:16
  29. Worked in fields Isa 27:11; Ezek 26:6, 8
  30. Was a doorkeeper Matt 26:69; John 18:16, 17; Acts 12:13, 14
  31. Forbidden to wear men’s costume Deut 22:5
  32. Wore hair long 1 Cor 11:5–15
  33. Rules for dress of Christian 1 Tim 2:9, 10; 1 Pet 3:3, 4
  34. Ornaments of Isa 3:16–23
  35. Weaker than men 1 Pet 3:7
  36. Are timid Isa 19:16; Jer 50:37; 51:30; Nah 3:13
  37. Are affectionate 2 Sam 1:26
  38. Are tender to her offspring Isa 49:15; Lam 4:10
  39. Are mirthsome Judg 11:34; 21:21; Jer 31:13; Zech 9:17
  40. Are courteous to strangers Gen 24:17
  41. Could not marry without the consent of parents Gen 24:3, 4; 34:6; Ex 22:17
  42. Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity Judg 11:37; Ps 78:63; Isa 4:1
  43. Taken captive Num 31:9, 15, 17, 18, 35; Lam 1:18; Ezek 30:17, 18
  44. Punishment to be inflicted upon men for seducing, when betrothed Deut 22:23–27
  45. Punishment for seducing, when not betrothed Ex 22:16, 17; Deut 22:28, 29
  46. Treated with cruelty in war Deut 32:25; Lam 2:21; 5:11
  47. Virtuous, held in high estimation Ruth 3:11; Prov 31:10–30
  48. Fond of self-indulgence Isa 32:9–11
  49. Fond of ornaments Jer 2:32
  50. Subtle and deceitful Prov 6:24–29, 32–35; 7:6–27; Eccl 7:26
  51. Silly, and easily led into error 2 Tim 3:6
  52. Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry Jer 7:18; Ezek 13:17, 23
  53. Active in instigating to iniquity Num 31:15, 16; 1 Kgs 21:25; Neh 13:26
  54. Guilty of sodomy 2 Kgs 23:7; Rom 1:26
  55. As rulers Isa 3:12
  56. Deborah Judg 4:4
  57. Athaliah 2 Kgs 11:1–16; 2 Chr 22:2, 3, 10–12
  58. Queen of Sheba 1 Kgs 10:1–13
  59. Queen Candace Acts 8:27
  60. A Persian queen sat on a throne beside her king Neh 2:6
  61. Patriotic
  62. Miriam Ex 15:20
  63. Deborah Judg 5
  64. The women of Israel 1 Sam 18:6
  65. The women of the Philistines 2 Sam 1:20
  66. Help in defensive operations Judg 9:53
  67. As poets
  68. Miriam Ex 15:21
  69. Deborah Judg 5
  70. Hannah 1 Sam 2:1–10
  71. Elisabeth Luke 1:42–45
  72. Mary Luke 1:46–55
  73. As prophets
  74. Miriam Ex 15:20, 21; Mic 6:4
  75. Deborah Judg 4:4, 5
  76. Huldah 2 Kgs 22:14–20; 2 Chr 34:22–28
  77. Noadiah Neh 6:14
  78. Anna Luke 2:36–38
  79. Philip’s four unmarried daughters Acts 21:9
  80. False prophets Ezek 13:17–23
  81. In business Prov 31:14–18, 24
  82. Property rights of
  83. In inheritance Num 27:1–11; 36; Josh 17:3–6; Job 42:15
  84. To sell real estate Ruth 4:3–9
  85. Sold for husband’s debts Matt 18:25
  86. First to sin Gen 3:6
  87. Last at the cross Matt 27:55, 56; Mark 15:40, 41
  88. First at the gravesite Mark 15:46, 47; 16:1–6; Luke 23:27, 28, 49, 55, 56; 24:1–10
  89. First to whom the risen Lord appeared Mark 16:9; John 20:14–18
  90. Converted by preaching of Paul Acts 16:14, 15; 17:4, 12, 34
  91. Social status of
  92. In Persia Esth 1:10–22; Dan 5:1–12
  93. In Roman customs Acts 24:24; 25:13, 23; 26:30
  94. Unclassified scriptures relating to Gen 2:18, 21–24; 3:16; Esth 1:20–22; Prov 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; Eccl 7:26–28; Isa 3:16–24; 32:9–12; Ezek 13:17–23; 1 Cor 11:3–15; 14:34, 35; 1 Tim 2:9–15; 3:11; 5:1–16; 2 Tim 3:6, 7; Titus 2:3–5
  95. See Widow
  96. See Wife
  97. See also Husbands
  98. See Parents
  99. Good
  100. Instances of
  101. Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader Judg 4; 5
  102. Mother of Samson Judg 13:23
  103. Naomi Ruth 1; 2; 3:1
  104. Ruth Ruth 1:4, 14–22
  105. And Ruth 2; 3; 4
  106. Hannah, the mother of Samuel 1 Sam 1:9–18, 24–28
  107. Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine 1 Kgs 17:8–24
  108. The Shunammite woman, who gave hospitality to Elisha 2 Kgs 4:8–38
  109. Vashti Esth 1:11, 12
  110. Esther Esth 4:15–17
  111. Mary Luke 1:26–38
  112. Elisabeth Luke 1:6, 41–45
  113. Anna Luke 2:37
  114. The widow who put her two mite (small coins, Greek: leptas) into the treasury Mark 12:41–44; Luke 21:2–4
  115. Mary and Martha Mark 14:3–9; Luke 10:42; John 11:5
  116. Mary Magdalene Mark 16:1; Luke 8:2; John 20:1, 2, 11–16
  117. Pilate’s wife Matt 27:19
  118. Dorcas (Tabitha) Acts 9:36
  119. Lydia Acts 16:14
  120. Priscilla (Prisca) Acts 18:26
  121. Phoebe Rom 16:1, 2
  122. Julia Rom 16:15
  123. Mary Rom 16:6
  124. Lois and Eunice 2 Tim 1:5
  125. The Philippian Christians Phil 4:3
  126. Figurative
  127. Of the body (ekklesia) of Christ Ps 45:2–15; Gal 4:26; Rev 12:1
  128. Of saints Matt 25:1–4; 2 Cor 11:2; Rev 14:4
  129. Wicked 2 Kgs 9:30–37; 23:7; Jer 44:15–19, 25; Ezek 8:14; Rom 1:26
  130. Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry 2 Kgs 23:7; Hos 4:13, 14
  131. Full of deceit and licentiousness Prov 2:16–19; 5:3–20; 6:24–29, 32–35; 7:6–27; Eccl 7:26; Ezek 16:32
  132. Commits forgery 1 Kgs 21:8
  133. Silly and wayward 2 Tim 3:6
  134. Instances of
  135. Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband Gen 3:6; 1 Tim 2:14
  136. Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar Gen 21:9–11, 12–21
  137. Lot’s wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of Sodom Gen 19:26; Luke 17:32
  138. The daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lust Gen 19:31–38
  139. Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac’s blessing Gen 27:11–17
  140. Rachel, in her jealousy of Leah Gen 30:1
  141. Rachel, in stealing images Gen 31:19, 34
  142. Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children Gen 30:9–18
  143. Dinah, in her fornication Gen 34:1, 2
  144. Tamar, in her adultery Gen 38:14–24
  145. Potiphar’s wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against Joseph Gen 39:7–20
  146. Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of his religious obligations Ex 4:25, 26
  147. Miriam, in her sedition with Aaron against Moses Num 12
  148. Rahab, in her harlotry Josh 2:1
  149. Delilah, in her conspiracy against Samson Judg 16:4–20
  150. Peninnah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Hannah 1 Sam 1:4–8
  151. The Midianite woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery Num 25:6–8
  152. Michal, in her derision of David’s religious zeal 2 Sam 6:16, 20–23
  153. Bath-sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband’s murderer 2 Sam 11:4, 5, 27; 12:9, 10
  154. Solomon’s wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon 1 Kgs 11:1–11; Neh 13:26
  155. Jezebel, in her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord 1 Kgs 18:4, 13
  156. Jezebel, in her persecution of Elijah 1 Kgs 19:2
  157. Jezebel, in her conspiracy against Naboth, to cheat him out of his vineyard 1 Kgs 21:1–16
  158. Jezebel, in her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab 1 Kgs 21:25, 17–27
  159. And 2 Kgs 9:30–37
  160. The cannibalistic mothers of Samaria 2 Kgs 6:28, 29
  161. Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne 2 Kgs 11:1–16; 2 Chr 22:10, 12; 23:12–15
  162. The sodomites of the southern kingdom (Judah) 2 Kgs 23:7
  163. Noadiah, a false prophetess in attempting to intimidate the Jews when they were restoring Jerusalem Neh 6:14
  164. Haman’s wife, in advising him to hang Mordecai Esth 5:14; 6:13
  165. Job’s wife, in suggesting to him that he curse God and die Job 2:9; 19:17
  166. Gomer, the adulterous wife of Hosea Hos 1:2, 3; 3:1
  167. Herodias, in her incestuous marriage with Herod Antipas Matt 14:3, 4; Mark 6:17–19; Luke 3:19
  168. Herodius, by indirectly causing John the Baptist to be decapitated Matt 14:6–11; Mark 6:24–28
  169. The daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the Baptist Matt 14:8; Mark 6:18–28
  170. Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehood Acts 5:2–10
  171. The woman caught in the act of adultery and brought to Jesus in the temple John 8:1–11
  172. Figurative
  173. Of backsliding Jer 6:2; Rev 17:4, 18
  174. Of evil people Isa 32:9, 11; Matt 25:1–13
  175. Symbolical
  176. Of wickedness Zech 5:7, 8; Rev 17; 19:2
  177. See Wife

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.

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