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• Luke 8Bible

  Luke 8 is the chapter in which Jesus travels through the region of Galilee proclaiming the kingdom of God. He teaches the parable of the sower, calms a storm, heals a demon-possessed man and a woman with an issue of blood, and raises the daughter of Jairus.

• TasselsBible

  Tassels (fringes) were the cords that the people of Israel attached to the four corners of their outer garments in accordance with Old Testament law. They served as a sign reminding the wearer of God's commandments. In the New Testament they are frequently discussed in connection with the account of the woman with the issue of blood who touched the edge of Jesus' garment.

• Mark 5Bible

  Mark 5 is the chapter in which Jesus heals a demon-possessed man called "Legion" in the country of the Gerasenes and, after returning across the sea, heals a woman who had suffered from an issue of blood for twelve years and raises the daughter of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue.

• Leviticus 15Bible

  Leviticus 15 is a chapter of purity law addressing the uncleanness caused by bodily discharges and the procedures for cleansing. It sets out, in turn, regulations for a man's running issue, an emission of semen, a woman's menstruation, and a prolonged flow of blood.

• Proverbs 9Bible

  Proverbs 9 is the final chapter of the introductory section of Proverbs (chapters 1–9). In it, personified Wisdom and the foolish woman each prepare a feast and call out to the simple, setting before them a choice between the way of life and the way of death.

• HazerothBible

  Hazeroth was an encampment where the Israelites stopped after Kibroth-hattaavah during their wilderness journey following the Exodus. There Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, and Miriam was stricken with leprosy.

• Medium of EndorPeople

  The medium of Endor is a woman in 1 Samuel 28 who was said to call up the spirits of the dead. According to the biblical account, she called up the deceased Samuel at the request of King Saul on the eve of his battle with the Philistines.

• Simon the LeperPeople

  Simon the Leper was a resident of Bethany in whose house Jesus was dining shortly before His Passion when a woman poured ointment on His head. He is mentioned by name only in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark.

• NaamahPeople

  Naamah was a wife of Solomon and the mother of Rehoboam, king of Judah. First Kings and Second Chronicles identify her as an Ammonite. A different woman with the same name appears in Genesis.

• EndorBible

  Endor was an ancient town east of the Jezreel Valley. It is known as the place where King Saul sought out a woman with a familiar spirit before his final battle against the Philistines.

• Wiley ForsythePeople

  Wiley Hamilton Forsythe (1873–1918) was an American medical missionary sent to Korea by the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern Presbyterian Church); his Korean name was Bo Wi-ryeom. In 1909 he brought a woman with leprosy whom he had found collapsed by the roadside to Gwangju, an act widely regarded as the beginning of ministry to people with Hansen's disease in the Gwangju region.

• Revelation 17Bible

  Revelation 17 is the chapter in which one of the angels with the seven bowls shows John the "great whore" riding a scarlet beast and explains the meaning of the woman, the beast, the seven heads, and the ten horns.

• Hosea 3Bible

  Hosea 3 is the chapter in which God commands Hosea to love an adulterous woman once more. Hosea buys the woman back at a price, and this act leads into a prophecy that Israel will live for many days without king or sacrifice but will at last return to the LORD.

• Great WhoreBible

  The great whore is a symbolic figure in Revelation 17–19. She is depicted riding a scarlet beast, drunk with the blood of the saints, and committing fornication with the kings of the earth, and she is called "Babylon the Great."

• Samaritan WomanPeople

  The Samaritan woman is an unnamed woman in John 4 who spoke with Jesus at Jacob's well near the Samaritan town of Sychar and then told the people of her town about him.

• Proverbs 31:30Bible Verses

  Proverbs 31:30 declares that favour and beauty are vain but that a woman who fears the LORD shall be praised. It forms the conclusion of the poem of the "virtuous woman" at the end of the Book of Proverbs. The verse is frequently cited as a model of the woman of faith, and interpreters differ on how that portrait should be understood.

• Song of Songs 5:2Bible Verses

  A scene in the Song of Songs in which the beloved, drenched with the night dew, asks the sleeping woman to open the door to him. The verse is read as a poem celebrating love between a man and a woman, and also as a picture of Christ knocking at the door of the church and of the believer's heart, a reading frequently cited in preaching.

• 1 Corinthians 11:5Bible Verses

  In this verse Paul states that a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head. The verse is frequently discussed in debates over whether head coverings in worship should still be observed today, and in discussions of women's public speech and the ordination of women.

• Genesis 2:24Bible Verses

  Genesis 2:24 states that a man shall leave his father and his mother and cleave unto his wife, and "they shall be one flesh." Quoted by both Jesus and Paul, it is a foundational text on marriage and is regularly cited in discussions of the definition of marriage, divorce, and family relationships.