Women Creation of
Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:22
Named
Genesis 2:23
Fall of, and curse upon
Genesis 3:16; 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; Esther 2:11
Veiled the face
- General references
Genesis 24:65
Veil
Vows of
Numbers 30:16
When jealously charged with infidelity, guilt or innocence to be determined by trial
Numbers 5:31
Took part in ancient worship
Exodus 15:21; Exodus 38:8; 1 Samuel 2:22
Took part in choir
1 Chronicles 25:6; Ezra 2:65; Nehemiah 7:67
Worshiped in separate compartments
Exodus 38:8; 1 Samuel 2:22
Consecrated jewels to tabernacle
Exodus 35:22
Consecrated mirrors to tabernacle
Exodus 38:8
Required to attend reading of the law
Deuteronomy 31:12; Joshua 8:35
Purifications of:
- After menstruation
Leviticus 15:33; 2 Samuel 11:4
- After childbirth
Leviticus 12:8; Luke 2:22
Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children
Leviticus 12:8
Religious privileges of, among early Christians
Acts 1:14; Acts 12:13; 1 Corinthians 11:5; 1 Corinthians 14:34; 1 Timothy 2:11
Domestic duties of women:
- General references
Genesis 18:6; Proverbs 31:19; Matthew 24:41
- Cooked
Genesis 18:6
- Spun
Exodus 35:26; 1 Samuel 2:19; Proverbs 31:24
- 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; Genesis 24:14; Genesis 24:20; Genesis 29:9; Exodus 2:16
- Worked in fields
Isaiah 27:11; Ezekiel 26:6; Ezekiel 26:8
- Was doorkeeper
Matthew 26:69; John 18:17; Acts 12:14
Forbidden to wear men's costume
Deuteronomy 22:5
Wore hair long
1 Corinthians 11:15
Rules for dress of Christian
1 Timothy 2:10; 1 Peter 3:4
Ornaments of
Isaiah 3:23
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 off-spring
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 consent of parents
Genesis 24:4; Genesis 34:6; Exodus 22:17
Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity
Judges 11:37; Psalms 78:63; Isaiah 4:1
Taken captive
Numbers 31:9; Numbers 31:15; Numbers 31:18; Numbers 31:35; Lamentations 1:18; Ezekiel 30:18
Punishment to be inflicted on men for seducing:
- When betrothed
Deuteronomy 22:27
- When not betrothed
Exodus 22:17; Deuteronomy 22:29
Treated with cruelty in war
Deuteronomy 32:25; Lamentations 2:21; Lamentations 5:11
Virtuous, held in high estimation
Ruth 3:11; Proverbs 31:30
Fond of self-indulgence
Isaiah 32:11
Fond of ornaments
Jeremiah 2:32
Subtle and deceitful
Proverbs 6:29; Proverbs 6:35; Proverbs 7:27; 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; Ezekiel 13:23
Active in instigating to iniquity
Numbers 31:16; 1 Kings 21:25; Nehemiah 13:26
Guilty of sodomy
2 Kings 23:7; Romans 1:26
As rulers:
- General references
Isaiah 3:12
- Deborah
Judges 4:4
- Athaliah
2 Kings 11:16; 2 Chronicles 22:3; 2 Chronicles 22:12
- Queen of Sheba
1 Kings 10:13
- Candace
Acts 8:27
- Persian queen sat on throne with the king
Nehemiah 2:6
Patriotic:
- Patriotic:
Exodus 15:20
- Deborah
- Women of Israel
1 Samuel 18:6
- Women of the Philistines
2 Samuel 1:20
Aid in defensive operations
Judges 9:53
As poets:
- Miriam
Exodus 15:21
- Deborah
- Hannah
1 Samuel 2:10
- Elizabeth
Luke 1:45
- Mary
Luke 1:55
As Prophets:
- Miriam
Exodus 15:21; Micah 6:4
- Deborah
Judges 4:5
- Huldah
2 Kings 22:20; 2 Chronicles 34:28
- Noadiah
Nehemiah 6:14
- Anna
Luke 2:38
- Philip's daughters
Acts 21:9
False prophets
Ezekiel 13:23
In business
Proverbs 31:18; Proverbs 31:24
Property rights of:
- In inheritance
Numbers 27:11; Numbers 36:13; Joshua 17:6; Job 42:15
- To sell real estate
Ruth 4:9
Sold for husband's debts
Matthew 18:25
First to sin
Genesis 3:6
Last at the cross
Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:41
First at the sepulcher
Mark 15:47; Mark 16:6; Luke 23:28; Luke 23:49; Luke 23:56; Luke 24:10
First to whom the risen Lord appeared
Mark 16:9; John 20:18
Converted by preaching of Paul
Acts 16:15; Acts 17:4; Acts 17:12; Acts 17:34
Social status of women:
- In Persia
Esther 1:22; Daniel 5:12
- In Roman customs
Acts 24:24; Acts 25:13; Acts 25:23; Acts 26:30
Unclassified scriptures relating to
Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:24; Genesis 3:16; Esther 1:22; Proverbs 11:16; Proverbs 11:22; Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:16; Proverbs 30:23; Proverbs 31:31; Ecclesiastes 7:28; Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 32:12; Ezekiel 13:23; 1 Corinthians 11:15; 1 Corinthians 14:35; 1 Timothy 2:15; 1 Timothy 3:11; 1 Timothy 5:16; 2 Timothy 3:7; Titus 2:5
Widow; Wife; Husband; Parents
Good women:
- Instances of:
b Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader
b Mother of Samson
Judges 13:23
b Naomi
Ruth 1; Ruth 3:1
b Ruth
Ruth 1:4; Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2
b Hannah, the mother of Samuel
1 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 1:28
b Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine
1 Kings 17:24
b the Shunammite, who gave hospitality to Elisha
2 Kings 4:38
b Vashti
Esther 1:12
b Esther
Esther 4:17
b Mary
Luke 1:38
b Elizabeth
Luke 1:6; Luke 1:45
b Anna
Luke 2:37
b the widow who cast her mite into the treasury
Mark 12:44; Luke 21:4
b Mary and Martha
Mark 14:9; Luke 10:42; John 11:5
b Mary Magdalene
Mark 16:1; Luke 8:2; John 20:2; John 20:16
b Pilate's wife
Matthew 27:19
b Dorcas
Acts 9:36
b Lydia
Acts 16:14
b Priscilla
Acts 18:26
b Phebe
Romans 16:2
b Julia
Romans 16:15
b Mary
Romans 16:6
b Lois and Eunice
2 Timothy 1:5
b Philippians
Philippians 4:3
- Figurative:
b of the church of Christ
Psalms 45:15; Galatians 4:26; Revelation 12:1
b of saints
Matthew 25:4; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Revelation 14:4
Wicked women:
- General references
2 Kings 9:37; 2 Kings 23:7; Jeremiah 44:19; Jeremiah 44:25; Ezekiel 8:14; Romans 1:26
- Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry
2 Kings 23:7; Hosea 4:14
- Guileful and licentious
Proverbs 2:19; Proverbs 5:20; Proverbs 6:29; Proverbs 6:35; Proverbs 7:27; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Ezekiel 16:32
- Commits forgery
1 Kings 21:8
- Silly and wayward
2 Timothy 3:6
- Instances of:
b Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband
Genesis 3:6; 1 Timothy 2:14
b Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar
Genesis 21:11; Genesis 21:21
b Lot's wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of Sodom
Genesis 19:26; Luke 17:32
b the daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lust
Genesis 19:38
b Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac's blessing
Genesis 27:17
b Rachel:
b in her jealousy of Leah
Genesis 30:1
b in stealing images
Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:34
b Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children
Genesis 30:18
b Dinah, in her fornication
Genesis 34:2
b Tamar, in her adultery
Genesis 38:24
b Potiphar's wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against Joseph
Genesis 39:20
b Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of his religious obligations
Exodus 4:26
b Miriam, in her sedition with Aaron against Moses
Numbers 12
b Rahab, in her harlotry
Joshua 2:1
b Delilah, in her conspiracy against Samson
b Peninnah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Hannah
1 Samuel 1:8
b the Midianitish woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery
Numbers 25:8
b Michal, in her derision of David's religious zeal
2 Samuel 6:16; 2 Samuel 6:23
b Bath-Sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband's murderer
2 Samuel 11:5; 2 Samuel 11:27; 2 Samuel 12:10
b Solomon's wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon
1 Kings 11:11; Nehemiah 13:26
b Jezebel:
b in her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord
1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:13
b in her persecution of Elija
1 Kings 19:2
b in her conspiracy against Naboth, to despoil him of his vineyard
1 Kings 21:16
b in her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab
1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 9:37
b the cannibal mothers of Samaria
2 Kings 6:29
b Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne
2 Kings 11:16; 2 Chronicles 22:10; 2 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Chronicles 23:15
b the Sodomites of Judah
2 Kings 23:7
b Noadiah, a false prophetess, in troubling the Jews when they were restoring Jerusalem
Nehemiah 6:14
b Haman's wife, in counseling him to hang Mordecai
Esther 5:14; Esther 6:13
b Job's wife, in counseling him to curse God
Job 2:9; Job 19:17
b the idolatrous wives of Hosea
Hosea 1:3; Hosea 3:1
b Herodias:
b in her incestuous marriage with Herod
Matthew 14:4; Mark 6:19; Luke 3:19
b Compassing the death of John the Baptist
Matthew 14:11; Mark 6:28
b the daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the Baptist
Matthew 14:8; Mark 6:28
b Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehood
Acts 5:10
b the woman taken in adultery and brought to Jesus in the temple
John 8:11
b Figurative:
b of backsliding
Jeremiah 6:2; Revelation 17:4; Revelation 17:18
b of the wicked
Isaiah 32:9; Isaiah 32:11; Matthew 25:13
b Symbolic of wickedness
Zechariah 5:8; Revelation 17; Revelation 19:2
Wife