γυναικεῖος, γυναικεῖα, γυναικεῖον, of or belonging to a woman, feminine, female: 1Pe_3:7. (From Homer down; the Sept.)

γυναικεῖος gynaikeios 1x pertaining to women, female, 1Pe_3:7

γυναικεῖος , -α , -ον ( < γυνή ), [in LXX chiefly for H802 ;] female: 1Pe_3:7 .†

γυναικεῖος [page 133] An apt parallel to the use of this word in 1Pe_3:7 is afforded by P Oxy II. 261 .12 (A.D. 55) where a woman appoints her grandson to act as her representative in a lawsuit ο̣ὐ̣ δυναμένη προσκαρτερῆσαι τῷ κριτηρίῳ διὰ γυναικείαν ἀσθένειαν , since she is unable owing to womanly weakness to remain at the court (Edd.). See also P Petr I. 12 .6 (B.C. 238) as completed II. Introd. p. 12 χιτῶνος ἐρέου γυναικείου , a woman s woollen chiton , PSI I. 64 .19 (? i/B.C.) in which a woman comes under a solemn promise to a man . . . οὐθενὶ ἄλλωι [ἀ ]νθρώπων σ̣[υ ]νέσεσθαι κατὰ γυναικεῖον τρόπον πλὴ [ν ] σοῦ , P Lond 191 .7 (A.D. 103 17) (= II. p. 264) δίφρος χαλκοῦς γυναικεῖος , P Oxy III. 493 .18 (early ii/A.D.) γυνικεῖον ( l. γυναικ ) κόσμον , P Hamb I. 10 .21 (ii/A.D.) γυναικείας συνθέσις , ladies evening dresses, to which robbers had helped themselves, together with ten πλατύσημο [ι γ ]υ̣ναικεῖα̣[ι , lati clavi. The word is naturally quite common.

γυναικεῖος [Etym: γυνή] "of or belonging to women, like women, befitting them, feminine", Lat. muliebris, Od. , etc.:— ἡ γ. θεός, the Roman "bona dea", Plut. : γ. πόλεμος war "with women", Anth. in bad sense, "womanish, effeminate", Plat. , etc. as Subst. ἡ γυναικηΐη = γυναικών, "the women's apartments, harem", Hdt.

γυναικεῖος, -α, -ον (γυνή), [in LXX chiefly for אִשָּׁה ;] female: 1Pe.3:7.† (AS)