Nave's Topical Bible: Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D.

WOMEN

• Creation of Gen. 1:27, 2:21, 22
• Named Gen. 2:23
• Fall of, and curse upon Gen. 3:1-16; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14
• Promise to Gen. 3:15
• Had separate apartments in dwellings Gen. 24:67, 31:33; Esther 2:9, 11
• Veiled the face Gen. 24:65
  • See VAIL
• Vows of Num. 30:3-16
• When jealously charged with infidelity, their guilt or innocence was to be determined by an ordeal Num. 5:12-31
• Took part in ancient worship Ex. 15:20; 21, 38:8; 1 Sam. 2:22
  • In chorus 1 Chr. 25:5, 6; Ezra 2:65; Neh. 7:67
  • Worshiped in separate compartments Ex. 38:8; 1 Sam. 2:22
• Consecrated jewels to tabernacle Ex. 35:22
  • Mirrors Ex. 38:8
• Required to attend to the reading of the law of Moses Dt. 31:12; Josh. 8:35
• Purifications of
  • After menstruation Lev. 15:19-33; 2 Sam. 11:4
  • After childbirth Lev. 12; Lk. 2:22
• Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children Lev. 12
• Religious privileges of, among early Christians Acts 1:14, 12:12, 13; 1 Cor. 11:5, 14:34; 1 Tim. 2:11
• Domestic duties of Gen. 18:6; Pr. 31:15-19; Mt. 24:41
• Cooked Gen. 18:6
• Spun Ex. 35:25, 26; 1 Sam. 2:19; Pr. 31:19-24
• Embroidered Pr. 31:22
• Made garments Acts 9:39
• Gleaned Ruth 2:8
• Kept vineyards Song 1:6
• Tended flocks and herds Gen. 24:11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 29:9; Ex. 2:16
• Worked in fields Isa. 27:11; Ezek. 26:6, 8
• Was a doorkeeper Mt. 26:69; Jn. 18:16, 17; Acts 12:13, 14
• Forbidden to wear men's costume Dt. 22:5
• Wore hair long 1 Cor. 11:5-15
• Rules for dress of Christian 1 Tim. 2:9, 10; 1 Pet. 3:3, 4
• Ornaments of Isa. 3:16-23
• Weaker than men 1 Pet. 3:7
• Are timid Isa. 19:16; Jer. 50:37, 51:30; Nah. 3:13
• Are affectionate 2 Sam. 1:26
• Are tender to her offspring Isa. 49:15; Lam. 4:10
• Are mirthsome Judg. 11:34, 21:21; Jer. 31:13; Zech. 9:17
• Are courteous to strangers Gen. 24:17
• Could not marry without the consent of parents Gen. 24:3, 4, 34:6; Ex. 22:17
• Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity Judg. 11:37; Ps. 78:63; Isa. 4:1
• Taken captive Num. 31:9, 15, 17, 18, 35; Lam. 1:18; Ezek. 30:17, 18
• Punishment to be inflicted upon men for seducing, when betrothed Dt. 22:23-27
• Punishment for seducing, when not betrothed Ex. 22:16, 17; Dt. 22:28, 29
• Treated with cruelty in war Dt. 32:25; Lam. 2:21, 5:11
• Virtuous, held in high estimation Ruth 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; Eccl. 7:26
• Silly, and easily led into error 2 Tim. 3:6
• Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry Jer. 7:18; Ezek. 13:17, 23
• Active in instigating to iniquity Num. 31:15, 16; 1 Ki. 21:25; Neh. 13:26
• Guilty of sodomy 2 Ki. 23:7; Rom. 1:26
• As rulers Isa. 3:12
  • Deborah Judg. 4:4
  • Athaliah 2 Ki. 11:1-16; 2 Chr. 22:2, 3, 10-12
  • Queen of Sheba 1 Ki. 10:1-13
  • Queen Candace Acts 8:27
  • A Persian queen sat on a throne beside her king Neh. 2:6
• Patriotic
  • Miriam Ex. 15:20
  • Deborah Judg. 5
  • The women of Israel 1 Sam. 18:6
  • The women of the Philistines 2 Sam. 1:20
• Help in defensive operations Judg. 9:53
• As poets
  • Miriam Ex. 15:21
  • Deborah Judg. 5
  • Hannah 1 Sam. 2:1-10
  • Elisabeth Lk. 1:42-45
  • Mary Lk. 1:46-55
• As prophets
  • Miriam Ex. 15:20, 21; Mic. 6:4
  • Deborah Judg. 4:4, 5
  • Huldah 2 Ki. 22:14-20; 2 Chr. 34:22-28
  • Noadiah Neh. 6:14
  • Anna Lk. 2:36-38
  • Philip's four unmarried daughters Acts 21:9
• False prophets Ezek. 13:17-23
• In business Pr. 31:14-18, 24
• Property rights of
  • In inheritance Num. 27:1-11; Num. 36; Josh. 17:3-6; Job 42:15
  • To sell real estate Ruth 4:3-9
• Sold for husband's debts Mt. 18:25
• First to sin Gen. 3:6
• Last at the cross Mt. 27:55, 56; Mk. 15:40, 41
• First at the gravesite Mk. 15:46, 47, 16:1-6; Lk. 23:27, 28, 49, 55, 56, 24:1-10
• First to whom the risen Lord appeared Mk. 16:9; Jn. 20:14-18
• Converted by preaching of Paul Acts 16:14, 15, 17:4, 12, 34
• Social status of
  • In Persia Esther 1:10-22; Dan. 5:1-12
  • In Roman customs Acts 24:24, 25:13, 23, 26:30
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Gen. 2:18, 21-24, 3:16; Esther 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; 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; Tit. 2:3-5
• GOOD
  • INSTANCES OF
    • Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader Judg. 4; 5
    • Mother of Samson Judg. 13:23
    • Naomi Ruth 1; 2, 3:1
    • Ruth Ruth 1:4, 14-22 And Ruth 2-4
    • Hannah, the mother of Samuel 1 Sam. 1:9-18, 24-28
    • Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine 1 Ki. 17:8-24
    • The Shunammite woman, who gave hospitality to Elisha 2 Ki. 4:8-38
    • Vashti Esther 1:11, 12
    • Esther Esther 4:15-17
    • Mary Lk. 1:26-38
    • Elisabeth Lk. 1:6, 41-45
    • Anna Lk. 2:37
    • The widow who put her two mite (small coins, Greek: leptas) into the treasury Mk. 12:41-44; Lk. 21:2-4
    • Mary and Martha Mk. 14:3-9; Lk. 10:42; Jn. 11:5
    • Mary Magdalene Mk. 16:1; Lk. 8:2; Jn. 20:1, 2, 11-16
    • Pilate's wife Mt. 27:19
    • Dorcas (Tabitha) Acts 9:36
    • Lydia Acts 16:14
    • Priscilla (Prisca) Acts 18:26
    • Phoebe Rom. 16:1, 2
    • Julia Rom. 16:15
    • Mary Rom. 16:6
    • Lois and Eunice 2 Tim. 1:5
    • The Philippian Christians Phil. 4:3
  • FIGURATIVE
    • Of the body (ekklesia) of Christ Ps. 45:2-15; Gal. 4:26; Rev. 12:1
    • Of saints Mt. 25:1-4; 2 Cor. 11:2; Rev. 14:4
• WICKED 2 Ki. 9:30-37, 23:7; Jer. 44:15-19, 25; Ezek. 8:14; Rom. 1:26
  • Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry 2 Ki. 23:7; Hos. 4:13, 14
  • Full of deceit and licentiousness Pr. 2:16-19, 5:3-20, 6:24-29, 32-35, 7:6-27; Eccl. 7:26; Ezek. 16:32
  • Commits forgery 1 Ki. 21:8
  • Silly and wayward 2 Tim. 3:6
  • INSTANCES OF
    • Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband Gen. 3:6; 1 Tim. 2:14
    • Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar Gen. 21:9-11; with 21:12-21
    • Lot's wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of Sodom Gen. 19:26; Lk. 17:32
    • The daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lust Gen. 19:31-38
    • Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac's blessing Gen. 27:11-17
    • Rachel, in her jealousy of Leah Gen. 30:1
    • Rachel, in stealing images Gen. 31:19, 34
    • Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children Gen. 30:9-18
    • Dinah, in her fornication Gen. 34:1, 2
    • Tamar, in her adultery Gen. 38:14-24
    • Potiphar's wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against Joseph Gen. 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 Num. 12
    • Rahab, in her harlotry Josh. 2:1
    • Delilah, in her conspiracy against Samson Judg. 16:4-20
    • Peninnah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Hannah 1 Sam. 1:4-8
    • The Midianite woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery Num. 25:6-8
    • Michal, in her derision of David's religious zeal 2 Sam. 6:16, 20-23
    • Bath-sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband's murderer 2 Sam. 11:4, 5, 27, 12:9, 10
    • Solomon's wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon 1 Ki. 11:1-11; Neh. 13:26
    • Jezebel, in her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord 1 Ki. 18:4, 13
    • Jezebel, in her persecution of Elijah 1 Ki. 19:2
    • Jezebel, in her conspiracy against Naboth, to cheat him out of his vineyard 1 Ki. 21:1-16
    • Jezebel, in her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab 1 Ki. 21:25; with 21:17-27 and 2 Ki. 9:30-37
    • The cannibalistic mothers of Samaria 2 Ki. 6:28, 29
    • Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne 2 Ki. 11:1-16; 2 Chr. 22:10, 12, 23:12-15
    • The sodomites of the southern kingdom (Judah) 2 Ki. 23:7
    • Noadiah, a false prophetess in attempting to intimidate the Jews when they were restoring Jerusalem Neh. 6:14
    • Haman's wife, in advising him to hang Mordecai Esther 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 Hos. 1:2, 3, 3:1
    • Herodias, in her incestuous marriage with Herod Antipas Mt. 14:3, 4; Mk. 6:17-19; Lk. 3:19
    • Herodius, by indirectly causing John the Baptist to be decapitated Mt. 14:6-11; Mk. 6:24-28
    • The daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the Baptist Mt. 14:8; Mk. 6:18-28
    • Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehood Acts 5:2-10
    • The woman caught in the act of adultery and brought to Jesus in the temple Jn. 8:1-11
  • FIGURATIVE
    • Of backsliding Jer. 6:2; Rev. 17:4, 18
    • Of evil people Isa. 32:9, 11; Mt. 25:1-13
• SYMBOLICAL
  • Of wickedness Zech. 5:7, 8; Rev. 17, 19:2
• See WIDOW
• See WIFE
• See also HUSBANDS
• See PARENTS