Questions tagged [gender]
Questions about the different roles and characteristics of men and women as described in the bible.
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In Exodus 22:16-17, is it showing God's love and care for women?
I came across this verse in a sermon, talking about Exodus 22:16-17. This two verses appeared on this forum before, but my question is from another perspective, please don't label this as 'duplicated.'...
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Was Dinah Jacob's Only Daughter? ( Gen. 30:21 vs Gen 34:21b)
Genesis 30:
20 and Leah said, “God has brought me a precious gift. This time my
husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons”; so she
named him Zebulun. 21 Afterwards she gave birth to a ...
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Does the meaning of “adelphoi” change throughout 1 Corinthians? [closed]
I have been thinking through gender theology and of course 1 Corinthians 14:35 is an important passage. One thing I haven’t found a scholarly discussion on is the meaning of “adelphoi” throughout the ...
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Was it a cultural custom that women draw water at evening and men during the day?
Genesis 24.11 And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water
The time for women and men are divided here it ...
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What does Daniel mean in saying that the anti-christ will not have a desire of women?
Daniel said that a man with no desire of women will rise up to oppose God. Will this man suppress his feelings or will he be born naturally without the desire for women?
Neither shall he regard the ...
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Is 1 Timothy 2:11-12 Talking About Wives and Husbands? [duplicate]
1 Timothy 2:11-12
11 γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ· 12 διδάσκειν δὲ γυναικὶ οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω, οὐδὲ αὐθεντεῖν ἀνδρός, ἀλλʼ εἶναι ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. ...
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1 Timothy 2:9-15: how to understand it?
In the movie Agora, a priest cites 1 Timothy 2:9-15 against Hypatia, who was a female teacher and philosopher. The passage states:
'A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not
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Who is meant by “this sort” in 2 Timothy 3:6-7? Could that include the women of verse 6, and are those women also meant in verse 7?
It seemed straightforward from verse 1, listing evidence of ungodliness despite showing a “form” of godliness. Such people could mean both men and women. Then verses 6 -7 speak of them creeping into ...
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Is "gullible" the best translation of "gunaikarion" (γυναικάριον) in 2 Timothy 3:6?
I am no Greek scholar but have been doing some studies on gender roles. According to Strong's Lexicon 'gunaikarion' more literally means "little women" or "silly women" and implies ...
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In 1 Timothy 2:14 (KJV), what exactly is meant by the phrase "but the woman being deceived was in the transgression"?
1 Timothy 2:11-15 YLT
11 Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,
12 and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
13 for Adam was first formed, then ...
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Is the use of "aner" in 1 timothy 2:12 to be translated "husband" (as Young's does) given the example of Adam and Eve in verses 13-15?
1 Timothy 2:9-15 KJV
9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10 But (which ...
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Jewelry and adornment [closed]
I have been reading a lot of Church Fathers like Tertullian or Clement of Alexandria and they all condemn women adorning themselves in any way and wearing jewelry is strictly prohibited by them. It ...
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Can women preform miracles? [closed]
1 Timothy 2:15 (ESV)
15 Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in
faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
Scripture says women are saved through childbearing. It also ...
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Does Genesis 6:2, imply that angels can have sex?
In Genesis 6:2 it says,
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
But if angels are spirit than how can they have sex with ...
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The gender of the Hebrew word Spirit in Hebrew English Interlinear
Every resource I've come accross that coments on the gender of the Hebrew word for Spirit mentions that it is generally female in gender. For example 'The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old ...
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