13 occurrences

'Women' in the Bible

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in King Ahasuerus' royal palace.

Verse ConceptsQueensAnger Of Man, UnrighteousSocial Fellowshipwomanhood

For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying, 'When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.'

Verse ConceptsWivesWronging Other People

And let the king's decision which he will enact be disseminated throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly."

Verse ConceptsThe Honourable Will Be HonouredWives

The king's servants who attended him said, "Let a search be conducted in the king's behalf for attractive young women.

Verse ConceptsThose Looking For People

And let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the attractive young women to Susa the citadel, to the harem under the authority of Hegai, the king's eunuch who oversees the women, and let him provide whatever cosmetics they desire.

Verse ConceptsWeak Women

It so happened that when the king's edict and his law became known many young women were taken to Susa the citadel to be placed under the authority of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the royal palace to be under the authority of Hegai, who was overseeing the women.

This young woman pleased him, and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem.

Verse ConceptsCosmeticsSeven PeopleWomen's Beauty

At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus -- for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women --

Verse ConceptsMyrrhMarital SexFive Months And MoreOne YearMarital Sex BetweenYoung LadiesEtiquetteMonthsWomen's BeautyWomen's Rolesmakeupprocess

When it became the turn of Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai (who had raised her as if she were his own daughter) to go to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who was overseer of the women, had recommended. Yet Esther met with the approval of all who saw her.

Verse ConceptsHuman FavourMan's CounselWomen's Rolesmakeup

And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval more than all the other young women. So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen in place of Vashti.

Verse ConceptsCrowns, Worn ByAttractionCoronationsExchanging Of LeadersMan's FavouriteWomen's BeautyFavorCompetitioncrownsroyalty

Now when the young women were being gathered again, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.

Verse ConceptsSitting In The GatewaySecond Marriage

Letters were sent by the runners to all the king's provinces stating that they should destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to elderly, both women and children, on a particular day, namely the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), and to loot and plunder their possessions.

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Killing Israelites

The king thereby allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and to stand up for themselves -- to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any army of whatever people or province that should become their adversaries, including their women and children, and to confiscate their property.

Verse ConceptsPurimRules About Booty

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּטח 
Batach 
Usage: 120

זקן 
Zaqen 
Usage: 178

יקר 
Yaqar 
Usage: 36

מצרי 
Mitsriy 
Usage: 30

נאף 
Na'aph 
Usage: 31

נבל 
Nabal 
Usage: 18

קוּן 
Quwn 
Usage: 8

שׁוּר שׁירo 
Shiyr 
Usage: 86

שׁפחה 
Shiphchah 
Usage: 63

γυνή 
Gune 
Usage: 187

νέος νεώτερος 
Neos 
Usage: 11

πρεσβύτις 
Presbutis 
Usage: 1

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