Woman (+) Topical References to the general concept of Woman in Scripture.

• Creation of Gen 1:27; Gen 2:21-22
• Named Gen 2:23
• Fall of, and curse upon Gen 3:1-16; 2Cor 11:3; 1Tim 2:14
• Promise to Gen 3:15
• Had separate apartments in dwellings Gen 24:67; Gen 31:33; Esth 2:9; Esth 2:11
• Veiled the face
– General references Gen 24:65 Veil
• Vows of Num 30:3-16
• When jealously charged with infidelity, guilt or innocence to be determined by trial Num 5:12-31
• Took part in ancient worship Exod 15:20-21; Exod 38:8; 1Sam 2:22
• Took part in choir 1Chr 25:5-6; Ezra 2:65; Neh 7:67
• Worshiped in separate compartments Exod 38:8; 1Sam 2:22
• Consecrated jewels to tabernacle Exod 35:22
• Consecrated mirrors to tabernacle Exod 38:8
• Required to attend reading of the law Deut 31:12; Josh 8:35
• Purifications of:
– After menstruation Lev 15:19-33; 2Sam 11:4
– After childbirth Lev 12:1-8; Luke 2:22
• Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children Lev 12:1-8
• Religious privileges of, among early Christians Acts 1:14; Acts 12:12-13; 1Cor 11:5; 1Cor 14:34; 1Tim 2:11
• Domestic duties of women:
– General references Gen 18:6; Prov 31:15-19; Matt 24:41
– Cooked Gen 18:6
– Spun Exod 35:25-26; 1Sam 2:19; Prov 31:19-24
– Embroidered Prov 31:22
– Made garments Acts 9:39
– Gleaned Ruth 2:8
– Kept vineyards Song 1:6
– Tended flocks and herds Gen 24:11; Gen 24:13-14; Gen 24:19-20; Gen 29:9; Exod 2:16
– Worked in fields Isa 27:11; Ezek 26:6; Ezek 26:8
– Was doorkeeper Matt 26:69; John 18:16-17; Acts 12:13-14
• Forbidden to wear men’s costume Deut 22:5
• Wore hair long 1Cor 11:5-15
• Rules for dress of Christian 1Tim 2:9-10; 1Pet 3:3-4
• Ornaments of Isa 3:16-23
• Weaker than men 1Pet 3:7
• Are timid Isa 19:16; Jer 50:37; Jer 51:30; Nah 3:13
• Are affectionate 2Sam 1:26
• Are tender to her off-spring Isa 49:15; Lam 4:10
• Are mirthsome Judg 11:34; Judg 21:21; Jer 31:13; Zech 9:17
• Are courteous to strangers Gen 24:17
• Could not marry without consent of parents Gen 24:3-4; Gen 34:6; Exod 22:17
• Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity Judg 11:37; Ps 78:63; Isa 4:1
• Taken captive Num 31:9; Num 31:15; Num 31:17-18; Num 31:35; Lam 1:18; Ezek 30:17-18
• Punishment to be inflicted on men for seducing:
– When betrothed Deut 22:23-27
– When not betrothed Exod 22:16-17; Deut 22:28-29
• Treated with cruelty in war Deut 32:25; Lam 2:21; Lam 5:11
• Virtuous, held in high estimation Ruth 3:11; Prov 31:10-30
• Fond of self-indulgence Isa 32:9-11
• Fond of ornaments Jer 2:32
• Subtle and deceitful Prov 6:24-29; Prov 6:32-35; Prov 7:6-27; Eccl 7:26
• Silly, and easily led into error 2Tim 3:6
• Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry Jer 7:18; Ezek 13:17; Ezek 13:23
• Active in instigating to iniquity Num 31:15-16; 1Kgs 21:25; Neh 13:26
• Guilty of sodomy 2Kgs 23:7; Rom 1:26
• As rulers:
– General references Isa 3:12
– Deborah Judg 4:4
– Athaliah 2Kgs 11:1-16; 2Chr 22:2-3; 2Chr 22:10-12
– Queen of Sheba 1Kgs 10:1-13
– Candace Acts 8:27
– Persian queen sat on throne with the king Neh 2:6
• Patriotic:
– Patriotic: Exod 15:20
– Deborah Jude 1:5
– Women of Israel 1Sam 18:6
– Women of the Philistines 2Sam 1:20
• Aid in defensive operations Judg 9:53
• As poets:
– Miriam Exod 15:21
– Deborah Judges 4
– Hannah 1Sam 2:1-10
– Elizabeth Luke 1:42-45
– Mary Luke 1:46-55
• As Prophets:
– Miriam Exod 15:20-21; Mic 6:4
– Deborah Judg 4:4-5
– Huldah 2Kgs 22:14-20; 2Chr 34:22-28
– Noadiah Neh 6:14
– Anna Luke 2:36-38
– Philip’s daughters Acts 21:9
• False prophets Ezek 13:17-23
• In business Prov 31:14-18; Prov 31:24
• Property rights of:
– In inheritance Num 27:1-11; Num 36:1-13; Josh 17:3-6; Job 42:15
– To sell real estate Ruth 4:3-9
• Sold for husband’s debts Matt 18:25
• First to sin Gen 3:6
• Last at the cross Matt 27:55-56; Mark 15:40-41
• First at the sepulcher Mark 15:46-47; Mark 16:1-6; Luke 23:27-28; Luke 23:49; Luke 23:55-56; Luke 24:1-10
• First to whom the risen Lord appeared Mark 16:9; John 20:14-18
• Converted by preaching of Paul Acts 16:14-15; Acts 17:4; Acts 17:12; Acts 17:34
• Social status of women:
– In Persia Esth 1:10-22; Dan 5:1-12
– In Roman customs Acts 24:24; Acts 25:13; Acts 25:23; Acts 26:30
• Unclassified scriptures relating to
Gen 2:18; Gen 2:21-24; Gen 3:16; Esth 1:20-22; Prov 11:16; Prov 11:22; Prov 12:4; Prov 14:1; Prov 18:22; Prov 19:13-14; Prov 21:9; Prov 21:19; Prov 25:24; Prov 27:15-16; Prov 30:21-23; Prov 31:10-31; Eccl 7:26-28; Isa 3:16-24; Isa 32:9-12; Ezek 13:17-23; 1Cor 11:3-15; 1Cor 14:34-35; 1Tim 2:9-15; 1Tim 3:11; 1Tim 5:1-16; 2Tim 3:6-7; Titus 2:3-5 Widow; Wife; Husband; Parents

• Good women:
– Instances of:
› Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader Judge 4-5
› Mother of Samson Judg 13:23
› Naomi Ruth 1; Ruth 3:1
› Ruth Ruth 1:4; Ruth 1:14-22; Ruth 2
› Hannah, the mother of Samuel 1Sam 1:9-18; 1Sam 1:24-28
› Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine 1Kgs 17:8-24
› The Shunammite, who gave hospitality to Elisha 2Kgs 4:8-38
› Vashti Esth 1:11-12
› Esther Esth 4:15-17
› Mary Luke 1:26-38
› Elizabeth Luke 1:6; Luke 1:41-45
› Anna Luke 2:37
› The widow who cast her mite into the treasury Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:2-4
› Mary and Martha Mark 14:3-9; Luke 10:42; John 11:5
› Mary Magdalene Mark 16:1; Luke 8:2; John 20:1-2; John 20:11-16
› Pilate’s wife Matt 27:19
› Dorcas Acts 9:36
› Lydia Acts 16:14
› Priscilla Acts 18:26
› Phebe Rom 16:1-2
› Julia Rom 16:15
› Mary Rom 16:6
› Lois and Eunice 2Tim 1:5
› Philippians Phil 4:3
– Figurative:
› Of the church of Christ Ps 45:2-15; Gal 4:26; Rev 12:1
› Of saints Matt 25:1-4; 2Cor 11:2; Rev 14:4

• Wicked women:
– General references 2Kgs 9:30-37; 2Kgs 23:7; Jer 44:15-19; Jer 44:25; Ezek 8:14; Rom 1:26
– Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry 2Kgs 23:7; Hos 4:13-14
– Guileful and licentious Prov 2:16-19; Prov 5:3-20; Prov 6:24-29; Prov 6:32-35; Prov 7:6-27; Eccl 7:26; Ezek 16:32
– Commits forgery 1Kgs 21:8
– Silly and wayward 2Tim 3:6
– Instances of:
› Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband Gen 3:6; 1Tim 2:14
› Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar Gen 21:9-11; Gen 21:12-21
› Lot’s wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of Sodom Gen 19:26; Luke 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
› In stealing images Gen 31:19; Gen 31:34
› 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 Exod 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 Judges 16:4-20
› Peninnah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Hannah 1Sam 1:4-8
› The Midianitish woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery Num 25:6-8
› Michal, in her derision of David’s religious zeal 2Sam 6:16; 2Sam 6:20-23
› Bath-Sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband’s murderer 2Sam 11:4-5; 2Sam 11:27; 2Sam 12:9-10
› Solomon’s wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon 1Kgs 11:1-11; Neh 13:26
› Jezebel:
› In her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord 1Kgs 18:4; 1Kgs 18:13
› In her persecution of Elija 1Kgs 19:2
› In her conspiracy against Naboth, to despoil him of his vineyard 1Kgs 21:1-16
› In her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab 1Kgs 21:17-27; 2Kgs 9:30-37
› The cannibal mothers of Samaria 2Kgs 6:28-29
› Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne 2Kgs 11:1-16; 2Chr 22:10; 2Chr 22:12; 2Chr 23:12-15
› The Sodomites of Judah 2Kgs 23:7
› Noadiah, a false prophetess, in troubling the Jews when they were restoring Jerusalem Neh 6:14
› Haman’s wife, in counseling him to hang Mordecai Esth 5:14; Esth 6:13
› Job’s wife, in counseling him to curse God Job 2:9; Job 19:17
› The idolatrous wives of Hosea Hos 1:2-3; Hos 3:1
› Herodias:
› In her incestuous marriage with Herod Matt 14:3-4; Mark 6:17-19; Luke 3:19
› Compassing the death of John the Baptist Matt 14:6-11; Mark 6:24-28
› The daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the Baptist Matt 14:8; Mark 6:18-28
› Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehood Acts 5:2-10
› The woman taken in adultery and brought to Jesus in the temple John 8:1-11

› Figurative:
› Of backsliding Jer 6:2; Rev 17:4; Rev 17:18
› Of the wicked Isa 32:9; Isa 32:11; Matt 25:1-13
› Symbolic of wickedness Zech 5:7-8; Rev 17; Rev 19:2 Wife