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H802 אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) ish-shaw'
Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

woman

Biblical Persons & Places

Jerusalem_wives Woman living at the time of United Monarchy
A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, implied at 2Sa.5.13 ; only referred to as Jerusalem_wives (.); wife of David; mother of Eliada, Eliphelet, Elpelet, Elishama, Elishua, Ibhar, Japhia, Jerimoth(?), Nepheg, Nogah.

Strong's Definition

a woman

Derivation: feminine of H376 (אִישׁ) or H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ); irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ))

KJV Usage: (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

TWOT Reference: 137a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

: woman 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נָשִׁים / אִשָּׁה ishshâh / nâshý̂ym BDB Definition: 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H376 or H582 Same Word by TWOT Number: 137a Total KJV Occurrences: 776

Bible Occurrences (683)

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