Monday, December 23, 2013

Words God uses to describe an ungodly vs. a godly woman



Words God uses to describe a godless woman
{I used the following website for a concordance:  http://www.biblestudytools.com/concordances/strongs-exhaustive-concordance/)

I don’t know about you, but these verses really get to me!  I do not want to be a godless woman.  Ask God to cause you to HATE any sign of these things in your life and LOVE the things described in the verses describing a godly woman.  Believe and know that God will set you free!

Proverbs 9:13
 “A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.”
clamorous - to murmur, growl, roar, cry aloud, mourn, rage, sound, make noise, tumult, be clamorous, be disquieted, be loud, be moved, be troubled, be in an uproar.

Proverbs 14:1
“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.”
buildeth - to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
down - to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly.

Proverbs 11:22
“As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.”
fair - beautiful
discretion - taste, judgment.  The quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.

Proverbs 21:9
“It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.”
brawling - fight or quarrel in a rough or noisy way.

Proverbs 21:19
“It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.”
contentious - causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
angry - having a strong feeling of or showing annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.

Proverbs 27:15
“A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.”

Proverbs 30:21-23
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.”
odious - to hate, be hateful.

1 Timothy 5:13
“And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.”
idle - at leisure; lazy, shunning the labor which one ought to perform.
tattlers - of persons uttering or doing silly things, garrulous, babbling of things, foolish, trifling, vain.
busybodies - busy about trifles and neglectful of important matters; esp. busy about other folks' affairs, a busybody of things: impertinent and superfluous.

Proverbs 7:11
“She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:”
loud – to rage, be troubled, be in an uproar; to be in a stir, be in a commotion; to be boisterous, be turbulent
stubborn - to rebel, be stubborn, be rebellious, be refractory (unmanageable)
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Words God uses to describe a godly woman

Proverbs 31:30
“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.”
favour -, grace, charm, elegance, acceptance
deceitful - lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood, deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)
vain - vapour, breath, breath, vapour, vanity
praised - to shine (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour)

Proverbs 31:26
“She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.”
law - direction, instruction
kindness – mercy, loving kindness, goodness, merciful,

Titus 2:3-5
“3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;”
holiness - befitting men, places, actions or sacred things to God; reverent
accusers - prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely; a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer, metaph. applied to a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him.
{Really?  Act the part of the devil or to side with him?  Yikes!}

“4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,”
teach - restore one to his senses; to moderate, control, curb, disciple; to hold one to his duty; to admonish, to exhort earnestly
sober - restore one to his senses; to moderate, control, curb, disciple; to hold one to his duty; to admonish, to exhort earnestly 
{Isn’t that interesting that the same word, “teach” means the same as “sober” here?  The word is “Sophronizo” from the Strong’s concordance.}

“5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
discreet - of a sound mind, sane, in one's senses; curbing one's desires and impulses, self-controlled, temperate.
chaste - exciting reverence, venerable, sacred, pure , pure from carnality, chaste, modest, pure from every fault, immaculate, clean.
good - of good constitution or nature, useful, salutary, good, pleasant, agreeable, joyful, happy, excellent, distinguished, upright, honourable
obedient - to arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one's self, obey, to submit to one's control, to yield to one's admonition or advice, to obey, be subject,

A Greek military term meaning "to arrange [troop divisions] in a military fashion under the command of a leader". In non-military use, it was "a voluntary attitude of giving in, cooperating, assuming responsibility, and carrying a burden".
{Wow!  Long definition…interesting one, too.}

blasphemed - to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme; to be evil spoken of, reviled, railed at.

Proverbs 31:10
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.”
virtuous - strength, might, efficiency

1 Peter 3:1
“Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;”
to arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one's self, obey, to submit to one's control, to yield to one's admonition or advice, to obey, be subject,

A Greek military term meaning "to arrange [troop divisions] in a military fashion under the command of a leader". In non-military use, it was "a voluntary attitude of giving in, cooperating, assuming responsibility, and carrying a burden".
{Same word (“Hupotassoused to describe “obedient” in Titus 3:5}

conversation - manner of life, conduct, behavior.

If you know of other (I’m sure there must be some) great verses, let me know!

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