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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(wife-
man
).
Hebrew
women cared for the
household
(
Gen. 18:6
6
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. (Genesis 18:6)
); carried water (
Gen. 24:15
15
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. (Genesis 24:15)
); tended flocks (
Gen. 29:6
6
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. (Genesis 29:6)
); spun (
Ex. 35:26
26
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. (Exodus 35:26)
); made clothes (
1 Sam. 2:19
19
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. (1 Samuel 2:19)
); acted as hostess and guest on social occasions (
Job 1:4
4
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. (Job 1:4)
;
John 2:3; 12:2
3
And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. (John 2:3)
2
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. (John 12:2)
); prophesied, composed, sang, and danced (
Ex. 15:20-21
20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
21
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. (Exodus 15:20‑21)
;
Judg. 11:31; 21:21
31
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. (Judges 11:31)
21
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. (Judges 21:21)
); feted (
1 Sam. 18:6-7
6
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
7
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. (1 Samuel 18:6‑7)
); held public positions (Judg. 4; 5;
2 Kings 22:14
14
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. (2 Kings 22:14)
;
Neh. 6:14
14
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. (Nehemiah 6:14)
;
Luke 2:36
36
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; (Luke 2:36)
); were workers in the
Church
(
Acts 18:18,26
18
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. (Acts 18:18)
26
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. (Acts 18:26)
;
Rom. 16:1
1
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: (Romans 16:1)
).
“Hebrew” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Designation of
Abraham
and of his descendants. The name is first met with when
Lot
had been carried away prisoner, one came and told
Abram
“the Hebrew” (
Gen. 14:13
13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. (Genesis 14:13)
). Hence it is applied to Abraham’s descendants through
Isaac
and
Jacob
in distinction to the name of Israelites (from the name of
Israel
given to Jacob), which is their
covenant
name, the name of promise. It may be remarked how
Saul
king of Israel had lost the sense of this when he said “Let the Hebrews hear” (
1 Sam. 13:3
3
And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. (1 Samuel 13:3)
).
The term occurs in the
New
Testament
only in
Acts 6:1
1
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. (Acts 6:1)
to distinguish the
Greek
-speaking Jews from those of
Palestine
, and in
2 Corinthians 11:22
22
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. (2 Corinthians 11:22)
and
Philippians 3:5
5
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; (Philippians 3:5)
concerning the ancestors of
Paul
, wherein, to meet the caviling of the Judaizing teachers, he calls himself a Hebrew of the Hebrews, one who had descended without any Gentile or
proselyte
blood
.
It is not very clear why Abraham was called a Hebrew. It is generally supposed to be derived from his ancestor
Eber
or
Heber
; but it will be seen from
Genesis 11:17-26
17
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. (Genesis 11:17‑26)
that there were five generations between Eber and Abraham, so by this derivation many others might have been called Hebrews.
Genesis 10:2
2
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (Genesis 10:2)
1 Says that
Shem
was “the
father
of all the
children
of Eber.” This shows that the Hebrews were Shemites, but many other tribes were “Shemites” that could not be called Hebrews. In
scripture
the name is not applied to any except to Abraham and his descendants, and
only
to those who descended through Isaac and Jacob, to the exclusion of the children of
Ishmael
and
Esau
. So that there must be some other reason for the name and for its being thus restricted.
The root of
the word
is “to pass over,” as when one passes over a
river
, or from one region to another. Abraham was bidden to leave his country and his kindred and to go into the
land of
Canaan
, and the word Hebrew is not employed until Abraham had left his country and was in the land of Canaan (
Gen. 14:13
13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. (Genesis 14:13)
). When there he was a “sojourner,” in a strange country, dwelling in tents (
Heb. 11:9
9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: (Hebrews 11:9)
). The name was therefore
characteristic
, and the people of the land could go to Abraham the “sojourner” and tell him that Lot had been taken prisoner.
Joseph
when in
Egypt
said he had been stolen from “the land of the Hebrews” (
Gen. 40:15
15
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. (Genesis 40:15)
). The above characteristic was doubtless subsequently lost, and nothing seen in it but the
natural
descent from Abraham through Isaac and Jacob; the same persons being mostly called Israelites. The descendants of Ishmael and Esau were not sojourners in the promised land, but wandered whither they would. The name Hebrew does not occur in the
Old Testament
after 1
Samuel
except in
Jeremiah 34:9,14
9
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. (Jeremiah 34:9)
14
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. (Jeremiah 34:14)
and once in
Jonah 1:9
9
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. (Jonah 1:9)
.
“Woman” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
It is evident from
scripture
that women were anciently held in much more honor and esteem in Eastern countries than they are now.
Solomon
, speaking of women, said that such as his
soul
sought for he did not find one in a thousand (
Eccl. 7:28
28
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. (Ecclesiastes 7:28)
). This tells of fallen human
nature
; but the true thought of woman is that she is the
glory
of the
man
, his true helpmeet. This is fulfilled in the relationship of the
church
to Christ.
In the
New
Testament
the true place of the woman in subjection to the man is plainly stated, as indicated in
creation
; and in the
assembly
the woman is to be silent, and not to teach. Her bearing and deportment are expressive of what she learns as taught of Christ (
1 Cor. 11:3-15
3
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
4
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.
5
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
6
For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
7
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
8
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
9
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
10
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
11
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
12
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
13
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
14
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
15
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. (1 Corinthians 11:3‑15)
;
1 Cor. 14:34-35
34
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
35
And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. (1 Corinthians 14:34‑35)
;
1 Tim. 2:11-12
11
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. (1 Timothy 2:11‑12)
). Nevertheless women were greatly honored in ministering to the
Lord
, and are accredited as helping on the work of the Lord in
the gospel
and among the saints (
Luke 8:2-3
2
And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
3
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. (Luke 8:2‑3)
; Luke 8:23:27, 55-56;
Rom. 16:1, 3, 6
1
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: (Romans 16:1)
3
Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: (Romans 16:3)
6
Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us. (Romans 16:6)
;
Phil. 4:2-3
2
I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
3
And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlaborers, whose names are in the book of life. (Philippians 4:2‑3)
;
2 John 1:1, 10
1
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; (2 John 1)
10
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: (2 John 10)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
5680
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
`Ibriy
Phonic:
ib-ree’
Meaning:
patronymic from
5677
; an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber
KJV Usage:
Hebrew(-ess, woman)
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
patronymic of Eber—an Eberite
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Opposite side of the river:―descendants of Eber, Gen. 40:15. {Ulterior fluvii ripa}
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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