Nave's Topical Bible - WOMEN

-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 2Ch 22:2, 2Ki 11:1-16; 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; Lu 23:27, 28, 49, 16:1-6; 55, 56; 24:1-10

-First to whom the risen Lord appeared Mr 16:9; Joh 20:14-18

-Converted by preaching of Paul 17:4, Ac 16:14, 15; 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; Joh 20:1, Lu 8:2; 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 Ge 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 1Ki 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


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