WOMEN
Thompson Chain Reference (1934)
(A) MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
(1) Creation and Temptation of
(2) Rights of
(3) The Subjection of
(4) As Wives
(5) Examples of the Persistence of
(B) WORK OF
(1) Manual Labour
- The Widow, Duties of.
(2) As Housekeepers
(3) Various Other fields of Activity
- In Beautifying the tabernacle
- acting as judges
- motherly duties
- meeting an emergency and saving her household
- Philanthropy
- serving the church
(C) WOMAN'S MINISTRY
- Hospitality to the Prophet
- Kindness to the Poor
- Contributing to Christ's Comfort
- Anointing Christ
- Washing the Saviour's Feet
- Serving the Church
- Co-Labourers with Paul
(D) PROPHETESSES
- Miriam
- Deborah
- Huldah
- Noadiah
- Anna
- Daughters of Philip
(E) CHURCH WORKERS
(F) NOTABLE WOMEN
- Eve, the woman of curiosity
- Hagar, the discarded wife
- Miriam, the ambitious woman
- Deborah, the patriotic woman
- Ruth, the woman of constancy
- Hannah, the ideal mother
- Abigail, the capable woman
- The Shunammite, the hospitable woman
- Esther, the self-sacrificing woman
- The Syrophenician, the woman of faith
- Mary Magdalene, the transformed woman
- Elisabeth, the humble woman
- Mary, the woman chosen of God
- Mary of Bethany, the woman immortalized by Christ
- Martha, the worried housekeeper
- The Woman Evangelist
- Dorcas, the benevolent seamstress
- Lydia, the business woman
(G) SOME SPECIAL DISTINCTIONS OF WOMEN
- Last at the Cross
- First at the tomb
- First to proclaim the resurrection
- First preacher to the Jews
- Attended the first prayer-meeting
- First to greet Christian Missionaries (Paul and Silas) in Europe
- First European convert
(H) SUFFERINGS OF
(1) Incident to Motherhood
(2) As Widows
(I) CROWNING QUALITIES OF WOMANHOOD
(1) A Devotional Spirit
- in Maternal Solicitude.
(2) Modesty
(3) Liberality
(4) Wisdom and Virtue
(J) EVIL WOMEN
(1) General References to
(2) Stir up Strife
(K) TEMPTRESSES
- Eve
- Delilah
- Jezebel
- Zeresh
- Job's Wife
- "Strange Women"
- Herodias and Salome
(L) HARLOTS
(1) General References to
(2) Warnings against
Creation of
Named
Fall of, and curse upon
Promise to
Had separate apartments in dwellings
Veiled the face
Vows of
When jealously charged with infidelity, their guilt or innocence was to be determined by an ordeal
Took part in ancient worship
In chorus
Worshiped in separate compartments
Consecrated jewels to tabernacle
Mirrors
Required to attend to the reading of the law of Moses
After menstruation
After childbirth
Difference in ceremonies made between male and female children
Religious privileges of, among early Christians
Domestic duties of
Cooked
Spun
Embroidered
Made garments
Gleaned
Kept vineyards
Tended flocks and herds
Worked in fields
Was a doorkeeper
Forbidden to wear men’ s costume
Wore hair long
Rules for dress of Christian
Ornaments of
Weaker than men
Are timid
Are affectionate
Are tender to her offspring
Are mirthsome
Are courteous to strangers
Could not marry without the consent of parents
Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity
Taken captive
Punishment to be inflicted upon men for seducing, when betrothed
Punishment for seducing, when not betrothed
Treated with cruelty in war
Virtuous, held in high estimation
Fond of self-indulgence
Fond of ornaments
Subtle and deceitful
Silly, and easily led into error
Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
Active in instigating to iniquity
Guilty of sodomy
As rulers
Deborah
Athaliah
Queen of Sheba
Queen Candace
A Persian queen sat on a throne beside her king
Miriam
The women of Israel
The women of the Philistines
Help in defensive operations
Hannah
Elisabeth
Mary
Huldah
Noadiah
Anna
Philip’ s four unmarried daughters
False prophets
In business
In inheritance
To sell real estate
Sold for husband’ s debts
First to sin
Last at the cross
First at the gravesite
First to whom the risen Lord appeared
Converted by preaching of Paul
In Persia
In Roman customs
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Deborah, a judge, prophetess, and military leader
Mother of Samson
Naomi
Ruth
And
Hannah, the mother of Samuel
Widow of Zarephath, who fed Elijah during the famine
The Shunammite woman, who gave hospitality to Elisha
Vashti
Esther
The widow who put her two mite (small coins, Greek: leptas) into the treasury
Mary and Martha
Mary Magdalene
Pilate’ s wife
Dorcas (Tabitha)
Lydia
Priscilla (Prisca)
Phoebe
Julia
Lois and Eunice
The Philippian Christians
Of the body (ekklesia) of Christ
Of saints
WICKED
Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry
Full of deceit and licentiousness
Commits forgery
Silly and wayward
Eve, in yielding to temptation and seducing her husband
Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward Hagar
Lot’ s wife, in her rebellion against her situation, and against the destruction of Sodom
The daughters of Lot, in their incestuous lust
Rebekah, in her partiality for Jacob, and her sharp practice to secure for him Isaac’ s blessing
Rachel, in her jealousy of Leah
Rachel, in stealing images
Leah, in her imitation of Rachel in the matter of children
Dinah, in her fornication
Tamar, in her adultery
Potiphar’ s wife, in her lascivious lust and slander against Joseph
Zipporah, in her persecution of Moses on account of his religious obligations
Miriam, in her sedition with Aaron against Moses
Rahab, in her harlotry
Delilah, in her conspiracy against Samson
Peninnah, the wife of Elkanah, in her jealous taunting of Hannah
The Midianite woman in the camp of Israel, taken in adultery
Michal, in her derision of David’ s religious zeal
Bath-sheba, in her adultery, in becoming the wife of her husband’ s murderer
Solomon’ s wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over Solomon
Jezebel, in her persecution and destruction of the prophets of the Lord
Jezebel, in her persecution of Elijah
Jezebel, in her conspiracy against Naboth, to cheat him out of his vineyard
Jezebel, in her evil counsels to, and influence over, Ahab
The cannibalistic mothers of Samaria
Athaliah, in destroying the royal household and usurping the throne
The sodomites of the southern kingdom (Judah)
Noadiah, a false prophetess in attempting to intimidate the Jews when they were restoring Jerusalem
Haman’ s wife, in advising him to hang Mordecai
Job’ s wife, in suggesting to him that he curse God and die
Gomer, the adulterous wife of Hosea
Herodias, in her incestuous marriage with Herod Antipas
Herodius, by indirectly causing John the Baptist to be decapitated
The daughter of Herodias, in her complicity with her mother in securing the death of John the Baptist
Sapphira, in her blasphemous falsehood
The woman caught in the act of adultery and brought to Jesus in the temple
Of backsliding
Of evil people
Of wickedness