Women · Nave

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
Veiled the face Ge 24:65
See VAIL
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
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
Purifications of After menstruation Le 15:19-33; 2Sa 11:4 After childbirth Le 12; Lu 2:22
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
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
Patriotic Miriam Ex 15:20 Deborah Jud 5 The women of Israel 1Sa 18:6 The women of the Philistines 2Sa 1:20
Help in defensive operations Jud 9:53
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
False prophets Eze 13:17-23
In business Pr 31:14-18,24
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
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
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

Nave’s Topical Bible, Orville J. Nave (1896). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.