Bible Dictionary: Polygamy: Sought by Women

◄ Polygamy: Sought by Women ►

Nave's Topical Index

Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.
Nave's Topical Index

Library

Women who Witnessed the Fall of Rome
... was more severely opposed to bigamy and polygamy than it ... It is on record that many
Christian women, in order ... from what they dreaded still more, sought death in ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/vii women who witnessed the.htm

Pride of Prosperity
... inclination gained the ascendancy over reason, self-confidence increased, and he
sought to carry ... These women were numbered by hundreds ... Polygamy was countenanced ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 3 pride of prosperity.htm

Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel
... with what he knows of the noble women of Greece and ... without gathering from it the
conviction, that polygamy was not ... from the sons of Eli, who sought to enrich ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 9 mothers daughters and.htm

Chapter xvi
... for his share in this case: he sought the seed ... Women of standing like Sarai had their
personal maids, who were ... Now at this point the evils of polygamy begin to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xvi.htm

The Supposed Effects of Christianity.
... influence of religion is not to be sought for in ... Parthia do the Christians, though
Parthians, use polygamy; nor in ... not only the men, but even the women of all ...
/.../paley/evidences of christianity/chapter vii the supposed effects.htm

Letter Lxix. To Oceanus.
... privacy of his own chamber when he sought to obey ... the example of the patriarchs had
made polygamy familiar to ... written in Isaiah, "Make haste ye women and come ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter lxix to oceanus.htm

Trust in God --True Wisdom
... the commission of the error of polygamy, and make ... and these were selfish sinners;
she sought another way ... but up this she saw men and women carrying tremendous ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/trust in godtrue wisdom.htm

The Journey of the Three Holy Kings to Bethlehem
... heard not only that the kings sought a lodging ... from the outer court of the women
into the ... conquered extreme temptations to commit idolatry, polygamy, and to ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xiii the journey of the.htm

Chaldaean Civilization
... had triumphed by their command, he sought before all ... children were those of courtesans
or women who had ... No doubt polygamy and frequently divorce exercised here ...
/.../chapter iiichaldaean civilization.htm

The Israelites
... of Syria to the Red Sea; while Jacob sought his wives ... consisting partly of serfs,
partly of women and children ... had their origin partly in the polygamy in which ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter i the israelites.htm

Subtopics

Bigamy

Multiple Wives

Polygamy

Polygamy with Solomon