Women

Women Creation of
Gen 1:27; Gen 2:22
Named
Gen 2:23
Fall of, and curse upon
Gen 3:16; 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14
Promise to
Gen 3:15
Had separate apartments in dwellings
Gen 24:67; Gen 31:33; Est 2:9; Est 2:11
Veiled the face
- General references
Gen 24:65
Veil
Vows of
Num 30:16
When jealously charged with infidelity, guilt or innocence to be determined by trial
Num 5:31
Took part in ancient worship
Exo 15:21; Exo 38:8; 1Sa 2:22
Took part in choir
1Ch 25:6; Ezr 2:65; Neh 7:67
Worshiped in separate compartments
Exo 38:8; 1Sa 2:22
Consecrated jewels to tabernacle
Exo 35:22
Consecrated mirrors to tabernacle
Exo 38:8
Required to attend reading of the law
Deu 31:12; Jos 8:35
Purifications of:
- After menstruation
Lev 15:33; 2Sa 11:4
- After childbirth
Lev 12:8; Luk 2:22
Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children
Lev 12:8
Religious privileges of, among early Christians
Act 1:14; Act 12:13; 1Co 11:5; 1Co 14:34; 1Ti 2:11
Domestic duties of women:
- General references
Gen 18:6; Pro 31:19; Mat 24:41
- Cooked
Gen 18:6
- Spun
Exo 35:26; 1Sa 2:19; Pro 31:24
- Embroidered
Pro 31:22
- Made garments
Act 9:39
- Gleaned
Rth 2:8
- Kept vineyards
Son 1:6
- Tended flocks and herds
Gen 24:11; Gen 24:14; Gen 24:20; Gen 29:9; Exo 2:16
- Worked in fields
Isa 27:11; Eze 26:6; Eze 26:8
- Was doorkeeper
Mat 26:69; Joh 18:17; Act 12:14
Forbidden to wear men's costume
Deu 22:5
Wore hair long
1Co 11:15
Rules for dress of Christian
1Ti 2:10; 1Pe 3:4
Ornaments of
Isa 3:23
Weaker than men
1Pe 3:7
Are timid
Isa 19:16; Jer 50:37; Jer 51:30; Nah 3:13
Are affectionate
2Sa 1:26
Are tender to her off-spring
Isa 49:15; Lam 4:10
Are mirthsome
Jdg 11:34; Jdg 21:21; Jer 31:13; Zec 9:17
Are courteous to strangers
Gen 24:17
Could not marry without consent of parents
Gen 24:4; Gen 34:6; Exo 22:17
Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity
Jdg 11:37; Psa 78:63; Isa 4:1
Taken captive
Num 31:9; Num 31:15; Num 31:18; Num 31:35; Lam 1:18; Eze 30:18
Punishment to be inflicted on men for seducing:
- When betrothed
Deu 22:27
- When not betrothed
Exo 22:17; Deu 22:29
Treated with cruelty in war
Deu 32:25; Lam 2:21; Lam 5:11
Virtuous, held in high estimation
Rth 3:11; Pro 31:30
Fond of self-indulgence
Isa 32:11
Fond of ornaments
Jer 2:32
Subtle and deceitful
Pro 6:29; Pro 6:35; Pro 7:27; Ecc 7:26
Silly, and easily led into error
2Ti 3:6
Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
Jer 7:18; Eze 13:17; Eze 13:23
Active in instigating to iniquity
Num 31:16; 1Ki 21:25; Neh 13:26
Guilty of sodomy
2Ki 23:7; Rom 1:26
As rulers:
- General references
Isa 3:12
- Deborah
Jdg 4:4
- Athaliah
2Ki 11:16; 2Ch 22:3; 2Ch 22:12
- Queen of Sheba
1Ki 10:13
- Candace
Act 8:27
- Persian queen sat on throne with the king
Neh 2:6
Patriotic:
- Patriotic:
Exo 15:20
- Deborah

- Women of Israel
1Sa 18:6
- Women of the Philistines
2Sa 1:20
Aid in defensive operations
Jdg 9:53
As poets:
- Miriam
Exo 15:21
- Deborah

- Hannah
1Sa 2:10
- Elizabeth
Luk 1:45
- Mary
Luk 1:55
As Prophets:
- Miriam
Exo 15:21; Mic 6:4
- Deborah
Jdg 4:5
- Huldah
2Ki 22:20; 2Ch 34:28
- Noadiah
Neh 6:14
- Anna
Luk 2:38
- Philip's daughters
Act 21:9
False prophets
Eze 13:23
In business
Pro 31:18; Pro 31:24
Property rights of:
- In inheritance
Num 27:11; Num 36:13; Jos 17:6; Job 42:15
- To sell real estate
Rth 4:9
Sold for husband's debts
Mat 18:25
First to sin
Gen 3:6
Last at the cross
Mat 27:56; Mar 15:41
First at the sepulcher
Mar 15:47; Mar 16:6; Luk 23:28; Luk 23:49; Luk 23:56; Luk 24:10
First to whom the risen Lord appeared
Mar 16:9; Joh 20:18
Converted by preaching of Paul
Act 16:15; Act 17:4; Act 17:12; Act 17:34
Social status of women:
- In Persia
Est 1:22; Dan 5:12
- In Roman customs
Act 24:24; Act 25:13; Act 25:23; Act 26:30
Unclassified scriptures relating to
Gen 2:18; Gen 2:24; Gen 3:16; Est 1:22; Pro 11:16; Pro 11:22; Pro 12:4; Pro 14:1; Pro 18:22; Pro 19:14; Pro 21:9; Pro 21:19; Pro 25:24; Pro 27:16; Pro 30:23; Pro 31:31; Ecc 7:28; Isa 3:24; Isa 32:12; Eze 13:23; 1Co 11:15; 1Co 14:35; 1Ti 2:15; 1Ti 3:11; 1Ti 5:16; 2Ti 3:7; Tit 2:5
Widow; Wife; Husband; Parents
Good women:
- Instances of:
b Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader

b Mother of Samson
Jdg 13:23
b Naomi
Rth 1; Rth 3:1
b Ruth
Rth 1:4; Rth 1:22; Rth 2
b Hannah, the mother of Samuel
1Sa 1:18; 1Sa 1:28
b Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine
1Ki 17:24
b the Shunammite, who gave hospitality to Elisha
2Ki 4:38
b Vashti
Est 1:12
b Esther
Est 4:17
b Mary
Luk 1:38
b Elizabeth
Luk 1:6; Luk 1:45
b Anna
Luk 2:37
b the widow who cast her mite into the treasury
Mar 12:44; Luk 21:4
b Mary and Martha
Mar 14:9; Luk 10:42; Joh 11:5
b Mary Magdalene
Mar 16:1; Luk 8:2; Joh 20:2; Joh 20:16
b Pilate's wife
Mat 27:19
b Dorcas
Act 9:36
b Lydia
Act 16:14
b Priscilla
Act 18:26
b Phebe
Rom 16:2
b Julia
Rom 16:15
b Mary
Rom 16:6
b Lois and Eunice
2Ti 1:5
b Philippians
Phi 4:3
- Figurative:
b of the church of Christ
Psa 45:15; Gal 4:26; Rev 12:1
b of saints
Mat 25:4; 2Co 11:2; Rev 14:4
Wicked women:
- General references
2Ki 9:37; 2Ki 23:7; Jer 44:19; Jer 44:25; Eze 8:14; Rom 1:26
- Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry
2Ki 23:7; Hos 4:14
- Guileful and licentious
Pro 2:19; Pro 5:20; Pro 6:29; Pro 6:35; Pro 7:27; Ecc 7:26; Eze 16:32
- Commits forgery
1Ki 21:8
- Silly and wayward
2Ti 3:6
- Instances of:
b Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband
Gen 3:6; 1Ti 2:14
b Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar
Gen 21:11; Gen 21:21
b Lot's wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of Sodom
Gen 19:26; Luk 17:32
b the daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lust
Gen 19:38
b Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac's blessing
Gen 27:17
b Rachel:
b in her jealousy of Leah
Gen 30:1
b in stealing images
Gen 31:19; Gen 31:34
b Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children
Gen 30:18
b Dinah, in her fornication
Gen 34:2
b Tamar, in her adultery
Gen 38:24
b Potiphar's wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against Joseph
Gen 39:20
b Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of his religious obligations
Exo 4:26
b Miriam, in her sedition with Aaron against Moses
Num 12
b Rahab, in her harlotry
Jos 2:1
b Delilah, in her conspiracy against Samson

b Peninnah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Hannah
1Sa 1:8
b the Midianitish woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery
Num 25:8
b Michal, in her derision of David's religious zeal
2Sa 6:16; 2Sa 6:23
b Bath-Sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband's murderer
2Sa 11:5; 2Sa 11:27; 2Sa 12:10
b Solomon's wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon
1Ki 11:11; Neh 13:26
b Jezebel:
b in her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord
1Ki 18:4; 1Ki 18:13
b in her persecution of Elija
1Ki 19:2
b in her conspiracy against Naboth, to despoil him of his vineyard
1Ki 21:16
b in her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab
1Ki 21:27; 2Ki 9:37
b the cannibal mothers of Samaria
2Ki 6:29
b Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne
2Ki 11:16; 2Ch 22:10; 2Ch 22:12; 2Ch 23:15
b the Sodomites of Judah
2Ki 23:7
b Noadiah, a false prophetess, in troubling the Jews when they were restoring Jerusalem
Neh 6:14
b Haman's wife, in counseling him to hang Mordecai
Est 5:14; Est 6:13
b Job's wife, in counseling him to curse God
Job 2:9; Job 19:17
b the idolatrous wives of Hosea
Hos 1:3; Hos 3:1
b Herodias:
b in her incestuous marriage with Herod
Mat 14:4; Mar 6:19; Luk 3:19
b Compassing the death of John the Baptist
Mat 14:11; Mar 6:28
b the daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the Baptist
Mat 14:8; Mar 6:28
b Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehood
Act 5:10
b the woman taken in adultery and brought to Jesus in the temple
Joh 8:11
b Figurative:
b of backsliding
Jer 6:2; Rev 17:4; Rev 17:18
b of the wicked
Isa 32:9; Isa 32:11; Mat 25:13
b Symbolic of wickedness
Zec 5:8; Rev 17; Rev 19:2
Wife