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;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]]

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