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Woman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. plural women. [a compound of womb and man.]

2. The female of the human race, grown to adult years.

3. And the rib, which the Lord god had taken from the man, made he a woman Genesis 2:22 .

4. Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible.

5. We see every day women perish with infamy, by having been too willing to set their beauty to show.

6. I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more tan the men; that wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest.

7. A female attendant or servant.

Woman [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To make pliant.

Woman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

2. The female part of the human race; womankind.

3. A female attendant or servant.

Woman [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it.

2. To make effeminate or womanish.

3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.

Woman-hater [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who has an aversion to the female sex.

Womaned [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Accompanied or united with a woman. [Not used.]

Womanhead [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Womanhede

Womanhede [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Womanhood.

Womanhood [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

the state, character or collective qualities of a woman.

Womanhood [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.

2. Women, collectively; womankind.

Womanise [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To make effeminate. [Not used.]

Womanish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Suitable to a woman; having the qualities of a woman; feminine; as womanish habits; womanish tears; a womanish voice.

Womanish [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate.

Womanize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make like a woman; to make effeminate.

Womankind [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The female sex; the race of females of the human kind.

Womankind [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The females of the human race; women, collectively.

Womanless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without a woman or women.

Womanlike [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Like a woman; womanly.

Womanliness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being womanly.

Womanly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Becoming a woman; feminine; as womanly behavior.

2. A blushing womanly discovering grace.

Womanly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In the manner of a woman.

Womanly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior.

Womanly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In the manner of a woman; with the grace, tenderness, or affection of a woman.

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Genesis 2:22

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

Genesis 2:23

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

Genesis 3:2

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Genesis 3:4

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

Genesis 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 3:12

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Genesis 3:13

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Genesis 3:16

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Genesis 12:11

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

Genesis 12:14

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

Genesis 12:15

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

Genesis 21:10

Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

Genesis 21:13

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

Genesis 24:5

And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

Genesis 24:8

And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”

Genesis 24:39

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

Genesis 24:44

And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.

and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.