King James Bible Dictionary

Creation of
Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:21-22

Named
Genesis 2:23

Fall of, and curse upon
Genesis 3:1-16; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:14

Promise to
Genesis 3:15

Had separate apartments in dwellings
Genesis 24:67; Genesis 31:33; Esther 2:9; Esther 2:11

Veiled the face

General references
Genesis 24:65
Veil

Vows of
Numbers 30:3-16

When jealously charged with infidelity, guilt or innocence to be determined by trial
Numbers 5:12-31

Took part in ancient worship
Exodus 15:20-21; Exodus 38:8; 1 Samuel 2:22

Took part in choir
1 Chronicles 25:5-6; Ezra 2:65; Nehemiah 7:67

Worshiped in separate compartments
Exodus 38:8; 1 Samuel 2:22

Consecrated jewels to tabernacle
Exodus 35:22

Consecrated mirrors to tabernacle
Exodus 38:8

Required to attend reading of the law
Deuteronomy 31:12; Joshua 8:35

Purifications of:

After menstruation
Leviticus 15:19-33; 2 Samuel 11:4

After childbirth
Leviticus 12:1-8; Luke 2:22

Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children
Leviticus 12:1-8

Religious privileges of, among early Christians
Acts 1:14; Acts 12:12-13; 1 Corinthians 11:5; 1 Corinthians 14:34; 1 Timothy 2:11

Domestic duties of women:

General references
Genesis 18:6; Proverbs 31:15-19; Matthew 24:41

Cooked
Genesis 18:6

Spun
Exodus 35:25-26; 1 Samuel 2:19; Proverbs 31:19-24

Embroidered
Proverbs 31:22

Made garments
Acts 9:39

Gleaned
Ruth 2:8

Kept vineyards
Song of Solomon 1:6

Tended flocks and herds
Genesis 24:11; Genesis 24:13-14; Genesis 24:19-20; Genesis 29:9; Exodus 2:16

Worked in fields
Isaiah 27:11; Ezekiel 26:6; Ezekiel 26:8

Was doorkeeper
Matthew 26:69; John 18:16-17; Acts 12:13-14

Forbidden to wear men's costume
Deuteronomy 22:5

Wore hair long
1 Corinthians 11:5-15

Rules for dress of Christian
1 Timothy 2:9-10; 1 Peter 3:3-4

Ornaments of
Isaiah 3:16-23

Weaker than men
1 Peter 3:7

Are timid
Isaiah 19:16; Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:30; Nahum 3:13

Are affectionate
2 Samuel 1:26

Are tender to her off-spring
Isaiah 49:15; Lamentations 4:10

Are mirthsome
Judges 11:34; Judges 21:21; Jeremiah 31:13; Zech 9:17

Are courteous to strangers
Genesis 24:17

Could not marry without consent of parents
Genesis 24:3-4; Genesis 34:6; Exodus 22:17

Not to be given in marriage considered a calamity
Judges 11:37; Psalms 78:63; Isaiah 4:1

Taken captive
Numbers 31:9; Numbers 31:15; Numbers 31:17-18; Numbers 31:35; Lamentations 1:18; Ezekiel 30:17-18

Punishment to be inflicted on men for seducing:

When betrothed
Deuteronomy 22:23-27

When not betrothed
Exodus 22:16-17; Deuteronomy 22:28-29

Treated with cruelty in war
Deuteronomy 32:25; Lamentations 2:21; Lamentations 5:11

Virtuous, held in high estimation
Ruth 3:11; Proverbs 31:10-30

Fond of self-indulgence
Isaiah 32:9-11

Fond of ornaments
Jeremiah 2:32

Subtle and deceitful
Proverbs 6:24-29; Proverbs 6:32-35; Proverbs 7:6-27; Ecclesiastes 7:26

Silly, and easily led into error
2 Timothy 3:6

Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
Jeremiah 7:18; Ezekiel 13:17; Ezekiel 13:23

Active in instigating to iniquity
Numbers 31:15-16; 1 Kings 21:25; Nehemiah 13:26

Guilty of sodomy
2 Kings 23:7; Romans 1:26

As rulers:

General references
Isaiah 3:12

Deborah
Judges 4:4

Athaliah
2 Kings 11:1-16; 2 Chronicles 22:2-3; 2 Chronicles 22:10-12

Queen of Sheba
1 Kings 10:1-13

Candace
Acts 8:27

Persian queen sat on throne with the king
Nehemiah 2:6

Patriotic:

Patriotic:
Exodus 15:20

Deborah
Jude 1:5

Women of Israel
1 Samuel 18:6

Women of the Philistines
2 Samuel 1:20

Aid in defensive operations
Judges 9:53

As poets:

Miriam
Exodus 15:21

Deborah
Jude 1:5

Hannah
1 Samuel 2:1-10

Elizabeth
Luke 1:42-45

Mary
Luke 1:46-55

As Prophets:

Miriam
Exodus 15:20-21; Micah 6:4

Deborah
Judges 4:4-5

Huldah
2 Kings 22:14-20; 2 Chronicles 34:22-28

Noadiah
Nehemiah 6:14

Anna
Luke 2:36-38

Philip's daughters
Acts 21:9

False prophets
Ezekiel 13:17-23

In business
Proverbs 31:14-18; Proverbs 31:24

Property rights of:

In inheritance
Numbers 27:1-11; Numbers 36:1-13; Joshua 17:3-6; Job 42:15

To sell real estate
Ruth 4:3-9

Sold for husband's debts
Matthew 18:25

First to sin
Genesis 3:6

Last at the cross
Matthew 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
Esther 1:10-22; Daniel 5:1-12

In Roman customs
Acts 24:24; Acts 25:13; Acts 25:23; Acts 26:30

Unclassified scriptures relating to
Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:21-24; Genesis 3:16; Esther 1:20-22; Proverbs 11:16; Proverbs 11:22; Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:13-14; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:15-16; Proverbs 30:21-23; Proverbs 31:10-31; Ecclesiastes 7:26-28; Isaiah 3:16-24; Isaiah 32:9-12; Ezekiel 13:17-23; 1 Corinthians 11:3-15; 1 Corinthians 14:34-35; 1 Timothy 2:9-15; 1 Timothy 3:11; 1 Timothy 5:1-16; 2 Timothy 3:6-7; Titus 2:3-5
Widow; Wife; Husband; Parents

Good women:

Instances of:

Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader
Jude 1:4-5

Mother of Samson
Judges 13:23

Naomi
Judges 8:1; Ruth 3:1

Ruth
Ruth 1:4; Ruth 1:14-22; Ruth 8:2

Hannah, the mother of Samuel
1 Samuel 1:9-18; 1 Samuel 1:24-28

Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine
1 Kings 17:8-24

The Shunammite, who gave hospitality to Elisha
2 Kings 4:8-38

Vashti
Esther 1:11-12

Esther
Esther 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
Matthew 27:19

Dorcas
Acts 9:36

Lydia
Acts 16:14

Priscilla
Acts 18:26

Phebe
Romans 16:1-2

Julia
Romans 16:15

Mary
Romans 16:6

Lois and Eunice
2 Timothy 1:5

Philippians
Philippians 4:3

Figurative:

Of the church of Christ
Psalms 45:2-15; Galatians 4:26; Revelation 12:1

Of saints
Matthew 25:1-4; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Revelation 14:4

Wicked women:

General references
2 Kings 9:30-37; 2 Kings 23:7; Jeremiah 44:15-19; Jeremiah 44:25; Ezekiel 8:14; Romans 1:26

Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry
2 Kings 23:7; Hosea 4:13-14

Guileful and licentious
Proverbs 2:16-19; Proverbs 5:3-20; Proverbs 6:24-29; Proverbs 6:32-35; Proverbs 7:6-27; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Ezekiel 16:32

Commits forgery
1 Kings 21:8

Silly and wayward
2 Timothy 3:6

Instances of:

Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband
Genesis 3:6; 1 Timothy 2:14

Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar
Genesis 21:9-11; Genesis 21:12-21

Lot's wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of Sodom
Genesis 19:26; Luke 17:32

The daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lust
Genesis 19:31-38

Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac's blessing
Genesis 27:11-17

Rachel:

In her jealousy of Leah
Genesis 30:1

In stealing images
Genesis 31:19; Genesis 31:34

Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children
Genesis 30:9-18

Dinah, in her fornication
Genesis 34:1-2

Tamar, in her adultery
Genesis 38:14-24

Potiphar's wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against Joseph
Genesis 39:7-20

Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of his religious obligations
Exodus 4:25-26

Miriam, in her sedition with Aaron against Moses
Exodus 4:12

Rahab, in her harlotry
Joshua 2:1

Delilah, in her conspiracy against Samson
Jude 16:4-20

Peninnah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Hannah
1 Samuel 1:4-8

The Midianitish woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery
Numbers 25:6-8

Michal, in her derision of David's religious zeal
2 Samuel 6:16; 2 Samuel 6:20-23

Bath-Sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband's murderer
2 Samuel 11:4-5; 2 Samuel 11:27; 2 Samuel 12:9-10

Solomon's wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon
1 Kings 11:1-11; Nehemiah 13:26

Jezebel:

In her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord
1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:13

In her persecution of Elija
1 Kings 19:2

In her conspiracy against Naboth, to despoil him of his vineyard
1 Kings 21:1-16

In her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab
1 Kings 21:17-27; 2 Kings 9:30-37

The cannibal mothers of Samaria
2 Kings 6:28-29

Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne
2 Kings 11:1-16; 2 Chronicles 22:10; 2 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Chronicles 23:12-15

The Sodomites of Judah
2 Kings 23:7

Noadiah, a false prophetess, in troubling the Jews when they were restoring Jerusalem
Nehemiah 6:14

Haman's wife, in counseling him to hang Mordecai
Esther 5:14; Esther 6:13

Job's wife, in counseling him to curse God
Job 2:9; Job 19:17

The idolatrous wives of Hosea
Hosea 1:2-3; Hosea 3:1

Herodias:

In her incestuous marriage with Herod
Matthew 14:3-4; Mark 6:17-19; Luke 3:19

Compassing the death of John the Baptist
Matthew 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
Matthew 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
Jeremiah 6:2; Revelation 17:4; Revelation 17:18

Of the wicked
Isaiah 32:9; Isaiah 32:11; Matthew 25:1-13

Symbolic of wickedness
Zech 5:7-8; Zech 66:17; Revelation 19:2
Wife

The position of women in the Hebrew commonwealth contrasts favorably with that which in the present day is assigned to them generally in eastern countries. The most salient point of contrast in the usages of ancient as compared with modern Oriental society was the large amount of liberty enjoyed by women. Instead of being immured in a harem, or appearing in public with the face covered. The wives and maidens of ancient times mingled freely and openly with the other sex in the duties and amenities of ordinary life. Rebekah travelled on a camel with her face unveiled until she came into the presence of her affianced. (Genesis 24:64,65) Jacob saluted Rachel with a kiss in the presence of the shepherds. (Genesis 29:11) Women played no inconsiderable part in public celebrations (Exodus 15:20,21; Judges 11:34) The odes of Deborah, Judges 5, and of Hannah, (1 Samuel 2:1) etc., exhibit a degree of intellectual cultivation which is in itself a proof of the position of the sex in that period. Women also occasionally held public office, particularly that of prophetess or inspired teacher. (Exodus 15:20; Judges 4:4; 2 Kings 22:14; Nehemiah 6:14; Luke 2:36) The management of household affairs devolved mainly on the women. The value of a virtuous and active housewife forms a frequent topic in the book of Proverbs. ch. (Proverbs 11:16; 12:4; 14:1; 31:10) etc. Her influence was of course proportionably great.

WOMEN, noun plural of woman. pronoun wimen. But it is supposed the word we pronounce is from Sax. wifman, and therefore should be written wimen.