1 Corinthians 14:34
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Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak but to be subject, as also the law saith.

Genesis 3:16
To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee.

1 Corinthians 11:5
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

1 Corinthians 11:13
You yourselves judge. Doth it become a woman to pray unto God uncovered?

1 Corinthians 14:21
In the law it is written: In other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people: and neither so will they hear me, saith the Lord.

1 Corinthians 14:35
But if they would learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.

Ephesians 5:22
Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:

1 Timothy 2:11
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

1 Timothy 2:12
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.

1 Peter 3:1
In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives,

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Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak but to be subject, as also the law saith.

women.

1 Corinthians 11:5 But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

1 Timothy 2:11,12 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. . . .

they are.

1 Corinthians 14:35 But if they would learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.

1 Corinthians 11:3,7-10 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ: and the head of the woman is the man: and the head of Christ is God. . . .

Ephesians 5:22-24,33 Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: . . .

Colossians 3:18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord.

Titus 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands: that the word of God be not blasphemed.

1 Peter 3:1-6 In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives, . . .

as.

1 Corinthians 14:21 In the law it is written: In other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people: and neither so will they hear me, saith the Lord.

Genesis 3:16 To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee.

Numbers 30:3-13 If a woman vow any thing, and bind herself by an oath, being in her father's house, and but yet a girl in age: if her father knew the vow that she hath promised, and the oath wherewith she hath bound her soul, and held his peace, she shall be bound by the vow: . . .

Esther 1:17-20 For this deed of the queen will go abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands, and will say: King Assuerus commanded that queen Vasthi should come in to him, and she would not. . . .

Context
Orderly Worship
33For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace: as also I teach in all the churches of the saints. 34Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak but to be subject, as also the law saith. 35But if they would learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.…
Lexicon
women
γυναῖκες (gynaikes)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

are to be silent
σιγάτωσαν (sigatōsan)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4601: Intrans: I am silent, keep silence; trans: I keep secret; pass: I am kept secret. From sige; to keep silent.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
ταῖς (tais)
Article - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

churches.
ἐκκλησίαις (ekklēsiais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1577: From a compound of ek and a derivative of kaleo; a calling out, i.e. a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation.

They
αὐταῖς (autais)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

are not permitted
ἐπιτρέπεται (epitrepetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2010: To turn to, commit, entrust; I allow, yield, permit. From epi and the base of trope; to turn over, i.e. Allow.

to speak,
λαλεῖν (lalein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

but
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

must be in submission,
ὑποτασσέσθωσαν (hypotassesthōsan)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5293: From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey.

as
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Law
νόμος (nomos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.

says.
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.


Additional Translations
women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

let the women be silent in the churches. For it is not allowed to them to speak, but to be in submission, as the Law also says.

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted to them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also said the law.

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

Let [your] women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says.

Let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted to them to speak: but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says;

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.

Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;
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