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The creation of the female is first described in the book of Genesis, where God forms Eve from Adam's rib, establishing the foundational relationship between man and woman. <a href="/genesis/2-22.htm">Genesis 2:22</a> states, "Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib He had taken out of the man, and He brought her to the man."<br><br><b>Creation and Purpose</b><br><br>The creation narrative in Genesis highlights the complementary nature of male and female. <a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27</a> declares, "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." This passage underscores the equal value and dignity of both genders, each reflecting the image of God. The female was created to be a "helper" suitable for the male (<a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">Genesis 2:18</a>), indicating a partnership designed for mutual support and fulfillment of God's purposes.<br><br><b>Roles and Responsibilities</b><br><br>Throughout the Bible, females are depicted in various roles, including wives, mothers, leaders, and prophets. The <a href="/bsb/proverbs/31.htm">Proverbs 31</a> woman is often cited as an ideal example of a virtuous woman, characterized by strength, wisdom, and industriousness. <a href="/proverbs/31-30.htm">Proverbs 31:30</a> states, "Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised."<br><br>In the New Testament, women played significant roles in the early church. Notable figures include Mary, the mother of Jesus, who is honored for her obedience and faith (<a href="/luke/1-38.htm">Luke 1:38</a>), and Priscilla, who, along with her husband Aquila, was instrumental in teaching and spreading the Gospel (<a href="/acts/18-26.htm">Acts 18:26</a>).<br><br><b>Marriage and Family</b><br><br>The Bible presents marriage as a sacred covenant between a man and a woman, with the female playing a vital role in the family unit. <a href="/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22-24</a> instructs, "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything." This passage emphasizes the order and harmony intended within the marital relationship, reflecting Christ's relationship with the Church.<br><br><b>Spiritual Equality</b><br><br>While the Bible outlines distinct roles for males and females, it also affirms their spiritual equality. <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a> proclaims, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." This verse highlights the unity and equal standing of all believers in Christ, transcending social and gender distinctions.<br><br><b>Notable Biblical Females</b><br><br>Several women in the Bible are celebrated for their faith and leadership. Deborah, a prophetess and judge, led Israel to victory (Judges 4-5). Esther, a queen, courageously saved her people from destruction (<a href="/esther/4-14.htm">Esther 4:14</a>). Mary Magdalene was the first to witness the resurrected Christ and announce His resurrection to the disciples (<a href="/john/20-18.htm">John 20:18</a>).<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The Bible presents a comprehensive view of females, emphasizing their creation in God's image, their roles in family and society, and their spiritual equality in Christ. Through various narratives and teachings, the Scriptures affirm the dignity, value, and purpose of women in God's redemptive plan.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.<p>3. (<I>a.</I>) Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.<p>4. (<I>a.</I>) Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness.<p>5. (<I>a.</I>) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">FEMALE</span><p>fe'-mal: Two Hebrew words are thus translated:<br><br>(1) neqebhah, which is merely a physiological description of the sexual characteristic (from naqabh, "to perforate"), and which corresponds to zakhar, "male" (see under the word).<br><br>(2) 'ishshah, with the irregular plural nashim (only <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2</a>, in all other places "wife," "woman"), the feminine form of 'ish, "man."<br><br>The Greek word is thelus, literally, "the nursing one," "the one giving suck" (from thelazo, "to suckle").<br><br>Israelitic law seems frequently guilty of unjust partiality in favor of the male sex, but we have to consider that most of these legal and religious disabilities of women can be explained from the social conditions prevailing at the time of legislation. They are therefore found also in contemporaneous Gentilereligions. Though traces of this prejudice against the weaker sex are found in the New Testament, the religious discrimination between the sexes has practically ceased, as is evident from <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>: "There can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus"; compare also <a href="/1_peter/3-7.htm">1 Peter 3:7</a>.<br><br>H. L. E. Luering<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2338.htm"><span class="l">2338. thelus -- <b>female</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> thelus. 2339 . <b>female</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: thelus Phonetic<br> Spelling: (thay'-loos) Short Definition: <b>female</b> Definition: <b>female</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2338.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3102.htm"><span class="l">3102. mathetria -- a <b>female</b> disciple</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>female</b> disciple. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mathetria Phonetic<br> Spelling: (math-ay'-tree-ah) Short Definition: a <b>female</b> disciple Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3102.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1399.htm"><span class="l">1399. doule -- <b>female</b> slave, bondmaid.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1398, 1399. doule. 1400 . <b>female</b> slave, bondmaid. <b>...</b> Word Origin fem. of doulos<br> Definition <b>female</b> slave, bondmaid. <b>female</b> slave, bondwoman <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1399.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1134.htm"><span class="l">1134. gunaikeios -- <b>female</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>female</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: gunaikeios Phonetic Spelling:<br> (goo-nahee-ki'-os) Short Definition: belonging to woman, of woman Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1134.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3102a.htm"><span class="l">3102a. mathetria -- a <b>female</b> disciple</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>female</b> disciple. Transliteration: mathetria Short Definition: disciple. Word Origin<br> fem. of mathetes Definition a <b>female</b> disciple NASB Word Usage disciple (1) <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3102a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/4211.htm"><span class="l">4211. porphuropolis -- a seller of purple fabrics</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of purple fabrics. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: porphuropolis<br> Phonetic Spelling: (por-foo-rop'-o-lis) Short Definition: a <b>female</b> seller of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4211.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3814.htm"><span class="l">3814. paidiske -- a young girl, maidservant</span></a> <br><b>...</b> girl, maidservant. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: paidiske Phonetic<br> Spelling: (pahee-dis'-kay) Short Definition: a <b>female</b> slave, maidservant <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3814.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4368.htm"><span class="l">4368. prostatis -- a patroness, protectress</span></a> <br><b>...</b> protectress. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: prostatis Phonetic<br> Spelling: (pros-tat'-is) Short Definition: a <b>female</b> guardian, protector <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4368.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/444.htm"><span class="l">444. anthropos -- a man, human, mankind</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 444 () relates to genders (male and <b>female</b>) as both are created in the image of<br> God -- each vested with individual personhood and destiny (cf. Gal 3:28). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/444.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/2364.htm"><span class="l">2364. thugater -- daughter</span></a> <br><b>...</b> thugater Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-gat'-air) Short Definition: a daughter Definition:<br> a daughter; hence (Hebraistic?), of any <b>female</b> descendent, however far <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2364.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5347.htm"><span class="l">5347. neqebah -- a <b>female</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 5346, 5347. neqebah. 5348 . a <b>female</b>. Transliteration: neqebah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (nek-ay-baw') Short Definition: <b>female</b>. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5347.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm"><span class="l">802. ishshah -- woman, wife, <b>female</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> woman, wife, <b>female</b>. Transliteration: ishshah Phonetic Spelling: (ish-shaw') Short<br> Definition: wife. <b>...</b> adulteress, each, every, <b>female</b>, many, none, one, together,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/802.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/860.htm"><span class="l">860. athon -- a <b>female</b> donkey</span></a><br><b>...</b> 859, 860. athon. 861 . a <b>female</b> donkey. Transliteration: athon Phonetic<br> Spelling: (aw-thone') Short Definition: donkey. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/860.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5795.htm"><span class="l">5795. ez -- <b>female</b> goat</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5794, 5795. ez. 5796 . <b>female</b> goat. Transliteration: ez Phonetic Spelling:<br> (aze) Short Definition: goat. Word Origin from an unused <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5795.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3482.htm"><span class="l">3482. Yisreelith -- <b>female</b> descendant of Isr.</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3481, 3482. Yisreelith. 3483 . <b>female</b> descendant of Isr. <b>...</b> Word Origin fem. of<br> Yisreeli Definition <b>female</b> desc. of Isr. NASB Word Usage Israelite (3). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3482.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2879.htm"><span class="l">2879. tabbachah -- <b>female</b> cook</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>female</b> cook. Transliteration: tabbachah Phonetic Spelling: (tab-baw-khaw') Short<br> Definition: cooks. <b>...</b> of tabbach Definition <b>female</b> cook NASB Word Usage cooks (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2879.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6646.htm"><span class="l">6646. tsebiyyah -- <b>female</b> gazelle</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>female</b> gazelle. Transliteration: tsebiyyah Phonetic Spelling: (tseb-ee-yaw') Short<br> Definition: gazelle. <b>...</b> roe. Feminine of tsbiy; a <b>female</b> gazelle -- roe. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6646.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7767.htm"><span class="l">7767. Shunammith -- <b>female</b> inhab. of Shunem</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7766, 7767. Shunammith. 7768 . <b>female</b> inhab. <b>...</b> Word Origin from Shunem Definition<br> <b>female</b> inhab. of Shunem NASB Word Usage Shunammite (8). Shunamite. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7767.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7548.htm"><span class="l">7548. raqqachah -- (<b>female</b>) ointment maker, perfumer</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7547, 7548. raqqachah. 7549 . (<b>female</b>) ointment maker, perfumer. Transliteration:<br> raqqachah Phonetic Spelling: (rak-kaw-khaw') Short Definition: perfumers. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7548.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3280.htm"><span class="l">3280. yaalah -- <b>female</b> mountain goat</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3279, 3280. yaalah. 3281 . <b>female</b> mountain goat. Transliteration: yaalah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (yah-al-aw') Short Definition: doe. Word Origin fem. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3280.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_female_sex_is.htm"><span class="l">Whether the <b>Female</b> Sex is an Impediment to Receiving Orders?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE IMPEDIMENTS TO THIS SACRAMENT (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the <b>female</b><br> sex is an impediment to receiving Orders? Objection 1: It <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the female sex is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/chapter_xxii_male_and_female.htm"><span class="l">Male and <b>Female</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Homily III. Chapter XXII."Male and <b>Female</b>. "But a companion was created<br> along with him, a <b>female</b> nature, much differing from him <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxii male and female.htm</font><p><a href="/library/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_cclxxxv_for_a_female.htm"><span class="l">For a <b>Female</b> Friendly Society.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCLXXXV. For a <b>Female</b> Friendly Society. 8.8.8.8 James Montgomery.<br> For a <b>Female</b> Friendly Society. Our soul shall magnify the Lord,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cclxxxv for a female.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_veiling_of_virgins/chapter_x_if_the_female_virgins.htm"><span class="l">If the <b>Female</b> virgins are to be Thus Conspicuous, Why not the Male <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter X."If the <b>Female</b> Virgins are to Be Thus Conspicuous, Why Not the<br> Male as Well? Nor, similarly, (is it permitted) on the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/on the veiling of virgins/chapter x if the female virgins.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/the_general_menaion/chapter_xx_the_service_to.htm"><span class="l">The Service to a <b>Female</b> Martyr.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER XX. THE SERVICE TO A <b>FEMALE</b> MARTYR. At the Vespers, for O Lord, I have<br> cried, the Stichera, Tone 4. Similar to: As a virtuous... <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xx the service to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/761__on_the_death.htm"><span class="l">On the Death of a <b>Female</b> Scholar.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> EARLY RELIGIOUS CULTURE. 761. " On the Death of a <b>Female</b> Scholar. 761. 8s.<br> & 7s. M. RC Waterston. On the Death of a <b>Female</b> Scholar. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/adams/hymns for christian devotion/761 on the death.htm</font><p><a href="/library/scholasticus/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_scholasticus/chapter_xv_of_hypatia_the_female.htm"><span class="l">Of Hypatia the <b>Female</b> Philosopher.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book VII. Chapter XV."Of Hypatia the <b>Female</b> Philosopher. There was a<br> woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, [945] daughter of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the ecclesiastical history of scholasticus/chapter xv of hypatia the female.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chesterton/whats_wrong_with_the_world/chapter_21_we_say_then.htm"><span class="l">We Say Then that the <b>Female</b> Holds up with Two Strong Arms These <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter 21 We say then that the <b>female</b> holds up with two strong arms these<br> two pillars? We say then that the <b>female</b> holds up with <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 21 we say then.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_apparel_of_women/chapter_ii_the_origin_of_female.htm"><span class="l">The Origin of <b>Female</b> Ornamentation, Traced Back to the Angels who <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book I. Chapter II."The Origin of <b>Female</b> Ornamentation, Traced Back to the<br> Angels Who Had Fallen. [89] For they, withal, who instituted <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/on the apparel of women/chapter ii the origin of female.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/the_general_menaion/chapter_xxi_the_service_common.htm"><span class="l">The Service Common to Two and Many <b>Female</b> Martyrs.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER XXI. THE SERVICE COMMON TO TWO AND MANY <b>FEMALE</b> MARTYRS. At the Vespers,<br> for O Lord, I have cried, the Stichera, Tone 4. Similar <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xxi the service common.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/female.htm"><span class="l"><b>Female</b> (95 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (a.) Belonging to an individual of the <b>female</b> sex; characteristic of woman; feminine;<br> as, <b>female</b> tenderness. <b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>FEMALE</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/female.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/female-child.htm"><span class="l"><b>Female</b>-child (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>Female</b>-child. <b>Female</b>, <b>Female</b>-child. Females . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Female</b>-child (1 Occurrence). Leviticus 12:5 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/female-child.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/maid.htm"><span class="l">Maid (57 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> maiden. 2. (n.) A man who has not had sexual intercourse. 3. (n.) A <b>female</b><br> servant. 4. (n.) The <b>female</b> of a ray or skate, esp. of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/maid.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/red.htm"><span class="l">Red (124 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4:12 and Numbers 19:3 are altogether different. The heifer is a <b>female</b>.<br> For the regular sin offering for the congregation, only <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/red.htm - 77k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/maiden.htm"><span class="l">Maiden (40 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not<br> experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid. 2. (n.) 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A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a<br><b>female</b> monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/q/queen.htm - 44k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/valuation.htm"><span class="l">Valuation (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB JPS DBY YLT NAS RSV). Leviticus 27:4 If it is a <b>female</b>, then your valuation<br> shall be thirty shekels. (WEB JPS DBY YLT NAS RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/valuation.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/estimation.htm"><span class="l">Estimation (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> sanctuary. (KJV ASV WBS). Leviticus 27:4 And if it be a <b>female</b>, then thy<br> estimation shall be thirty shekels. (KJV ASV WBS). Leviticus <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/estimation.htm - 13k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/female-genital-mutilation.html">Why do some cultures practice female genital mutilation (FGM)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/God-male-female.html">Is God male or female? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/angels-male-female.html">Are angels male or female? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/female.htm">Female: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Female (95 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-4.htm">Matthew 19:4</a></span><br />He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and <span class="boldtext">female</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/26-71.htm">Matthew 26:71</a></span><br />And he having gone forth to the porch, another <span class="boldtext">female</span> saw him, and saith to those there, 'And this one was with Jesus of Nazareth;'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/10-6.htm">Mark 10:6</a></span><br />But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and <span class="boldtext">female</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/15-9.htm">Luke 15:9</a></span><br />and having found, she doth call together the <span class="boldtext">female</span> friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-16.htm">John 18:16</a></span><br />and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the <span class="boldtext">female</span> keeping the door, and he brought in Peter.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-36.htm">Acts 9:36</a></span><br />And in Joppa there was a certain <span class="boldtext">female</span> disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16</a></span><br />And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain <span class="boldtext">female</span> slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/1-27.htm">Romans 1:27</a></span><br />and in like manner the males also, leaving the natural use of the <span class="boldtext">female</span>, were inflamed in their lust towards one another; males with males working shame, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was fit.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a></span><br />There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor <span class="boldtext">female</span>; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27</a></span><br />God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and <span class="boldtext">female</span> he created them. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/4-4.htm">Genesis 4:4</a></span><br />and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the <span class="boldtext">female</span> firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/5-2.htm">Genesis 5:2</a></span><br />He created them male and <span class="boldtext">female</span>, and blessed them, and called their name "Adam," in the day when they were created.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19</a></span><br />Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and <span class="boldtext">female</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2</a></span><br />You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his <span class="boldtext">female</span>. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3</a></span><br />Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and <span class="boldtext">female</span>, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/7-9.htm">Genesis 7:9</a></span><br />went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and <span class="boldtext">female</span>, as God commanded Noah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/7-16.htm">Genesis 7:16</a></span><br />Those who went in, went in male and <span class="boldtext">female</span> of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/12-16.htm">Genesis 12:16</a></span><br />He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants, female donkeys, and camels.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/15-9.htm">Genesis 15:9</a></span><br />He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a <span class="boldtext">female</span> goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/20-14.htm">Genesis 20:14</a></span><br />Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/20-17.htm">Genesis 20:17</a></span><br />Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants, and they bore children.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/24-35.htm">Genesis 24:35</a></span><br />Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants, and camels and donkeys.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/30-35.htm">Genesis 30:35</a></span><br />That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the <span class="boldtext">female</span> goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/30-43.htm">Genesis 30:43</a></span><br />The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-33.htm">Genesis 31:33</a></span><br />Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants; but he didn't find them. He went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38</a></span><br />"These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your <span class="boldtext">female</span> goats have not cast their young, and I haven't eaten the rams of your flocks.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/32-5.htm">Genesis 32:5</a></span><br />I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/32-14.htm">Genesis 32:14</a></span><br />two hundred <span class="boldtext">female</span> goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/32-15.htm">Genesis 32:15</a></span><br />thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty <span class="boldtext">female</span> donkeys and ten foals.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/45-23.htm">Genesis 45:23</a></span><br />To his father, he sent after this manner: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten <span class="boldtext">female</span> donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Exodus 11:5</a></span><br />and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of livestock.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10</a></span><br />but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Exodus 20:17</a></span><br />"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-7.htm">Exodus 21:7</a></span><br />"If a man sells his daughter to be a <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-20.htm">Exodus 21:20</a></span><br />"If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-26.htm">Exodus 21:26</a></span><br />"If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-27.htm">Exodus 21:27</a></span><br />If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-32.htm">Exodus 21:32</a></span><br />If the bull gores a male servant or a <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-12.htm">Exodus 23:12</a></span><br />"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/3-1.htm">Leviticus 3:1</a></span><br />"'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if he offers it from the herd, whether male or <span class="boldtext">female</span>, he shall offer it without blemish before Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/3-6.htm">Leviticus 3:6</a></span><br />"'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock; male or <span class="boldtext">female</span>, he shall offer it without blemish.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/4-28.htm">Leviticus 4:28</a></span><br />if his sin, which he has sinned, is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a <span class="boldtext">female</span> without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/4-32.htm">Leviticus 4:32</a></span><br />"'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a <span class="boldtext">female</span> without blemish.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/5-6.htm">Leviticus 5:6</a></span><br />and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned, a <span class="boldtext">female</span> from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/11-16.htm">Leviticus 11:16</a></span><br />and the <span class="boldtext">female</span> ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Leviticus 12:5</a></span><br />But if she bears a <span class="boldtext">female</span> child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six days.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Leviticus 12:7</a></span><br />and he shall offer it before Yahweh, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. "'This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a <span class="boldtext">female</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/14-10.htm">Leviticus 14:10</a></span><br />And on the eighth day let him take two male lambs, without any marks on them, and one <span class="boldtext">female</span> lamb of the first year, without a mark, and three tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/15-33.htm">Leviticus 15:33</a></span><br />and of her who is sick in her separation, and of him who hath an issue, the issue of a male or of a <span class="boldtext">female</span>, and of a man who lieth with an unclean woman.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Leviticus 18:22</a></span><br />"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-6.htm">Leviticus 25:6</a></span><br />The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-44.htm">Leviticus 25:44</a></span><br />"'As for your male and your <span class="boldtext">female</span> slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/27-4.htm">Leviticus 27:4</a></span><br />If it is a <span class="boldtext">female</span>, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/27-5.htm">Leviticus 27:5</a></span><br />If the person is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a <span class="boldtext">female</span> ten shekels.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/27-6.htm">Leviticus 27:6</a></span><br />If the person is from a month old even to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a <span class="boldtext">female</span> your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/27-7.htm">Leviticus 27:7</a></span><br />If the person is from sixty years old and upward; if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a <span class="boldtext">female</span> ten shekels.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/5-3.htm">Numbers 5:3</a></span><br />Both you shall put male and <span class="boldtext">female</span> outside of the camp; that they not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/15-27.htm">Numbers 15:27</a></span><br />"'If one person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a <span class="boldtext">female</span> goat a year old for a sin offering.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-15.htm">Numbers 31:15</a></span><br />And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every <span class="boldtext">female</span>?<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-18.htm">Numbers 31:18</a></span><br />But all the <span class="boldtext">female</span> children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.<br /><span class="source">(BBE WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-16.htm">Deuteronomy 4:16</a></span><br />Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or <span class="boldtext">female</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-14.htm">Deuteronomy 5:14</a></span><br />but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-21.htm">Deuteronomy 5:21</a></span><br />"Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-14.htm">Deuteronomy 7:14</a></span><br />You shall be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or <span class="boldtext">female</span> barren among you, or among your livestock.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-12.htm">Deuteronomy 12:12</a></span><br />You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your male servants, and your <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-18.htm">Deuteronomy 12:18</a></span><br />but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-15.htm">Deuteronomy 14:15</a></span><br />and the <span class="boldtext">female</span> ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-17.htm">Deuteronomy 15:17</a></span><br />then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant you shall do likewise.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11</a></span><br />and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-14.htm">Deuteronomy 16:14</a></span><br />and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18</a></span><br />You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God. "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-68.htm">Deuteronomy 28:68</a></span><br />Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I said to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall sell yourselves to your enemies for bondservants and for bondmaids, and no man shall buy you.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/5-30.htm">Judges 5:30</a></span><br />Do they not find? -- they apportion spoil, A <span class="boldtext">female</span> -- two females -- for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work -- a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil!<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/9-18.htm">Judges 9:18</a></span><br />and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-16.htm">1 Samuel 8:16</a></span><br />He will take your male servants, and your <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/17-17.htm">2 Samuel 17:17</a></span><br />Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David. For they might not be seen to come into the city. <br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/2-24.htm">2 Kings 2:24</a></span><br />He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Two <span class="boldtext">female</span> bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of those youths.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-10.htm">2 Chronicles 28:10</a></span><br />Now you purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondservants and bondmaids for yourselves: but aren't there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God? <br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">2 Chronicles 35:25</a></span><br />Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and behold, they are written in the lamentations.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/2-65.htm">Ezra 2:65</a></span><br />besides their male servants and their <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-67.htm">Nehemiah 7:67</a></span><br />besides their male servants and their <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/7-4.htm">Esther 7:4</a></span><br />For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/1-3.htm">Job 1:3</a></span><br />His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred <span class="boldtext">female</span> donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/31-13.htm">Job 31:13</a></span><br />"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, when they contended with me;<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12</a></span><br />So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand <span class="boldtext">female</span> donkeys.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/68-11.htm">Psalms 68:11</a></span><br />The Lord doth give the saying, The <span class="boldtext">female</span> proclaimers 'are' a numerous host.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/68-12.htm">Psalms 68:12</a></span><br />Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a <span class="boldtext">female</span> inhabitant of the house apportioneth spoil.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:7</a></span><br />I bought male servants and <span class="boldtext">female</span> servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:8</a></span><br />I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and <span class="boldtext">female</span> singers, and the delights of the sons of men-musical instruments, and that of all sorts.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/14-2.htm">Isaiah 14:2</a></span><br />And the people will take them with them to their place: and the children of Israel will give them a heritage in the Lord's land as men-servants and women-servants, making them prisoners whose prisoners they were; and they will be rulers over their masters.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/34-9.htm">Jeremiah 34:9</a></span><br />that every man should let his male servant, and every man his <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/34-10.htm">Jeremiah 34:10</a></span><br />All the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his <span class="boldtext">female</span> servant, go free, that none should make bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/34-11.htm">Jeremiah 34:11</a></span><br />but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/34-16.htm">Jeremiah 34:16</a></span><br />but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.<br /><span 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