אִשָּׁה
woman
also: wife, female fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 344 times (44%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 224 times (29%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 139 times (18%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct 74 times (9%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 781 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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2 Samuel 40 verses
- 2 Samuel 11:2 אִשָּׁ֛ה וְ/הָ֣/אִשָּׁ֔ה n c fs conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look on.
- 2 Samuel 11:3 לָֽ/אִשָּׁ֑ה אֵ֖שֶׁת prep det + n c fs n c fs cs David send and inquired after the woman. One said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
- 2 Samuel 11:5 הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֑ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
- 2 Samuel 11:11 אִשְׁתִּ֑/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
- 2 Samuel 11:21 אִשָּׁ֡ה n c fs who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then shall you say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
- 2 Samuel 11:26 אֵ֣שֶׁת n c fs cs When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.
- 2 Samuel 11:27 לְ/אִשָּׁ֔ה prep + n c fs When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.
- 2 Samuel 12:8 נְשֵׁ֤י n c fp cs I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.
- 2 Samuel 12:9 אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹ לְ/אִשָּׁ֑ה n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c fs Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
- 2 Samuel 12:10 אֵ֨שֶׁת֙ לְ/אִשָּֽׁה n c fs cs prep + n c fs Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
- 2 Samuel 12:11 נָשֶׁ֨י/ךָ֙ נָשֶׁ֔י/ךָ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms This is what Yahweh says: 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
- 2 Samuel 12:15 אֵֽשֶׁת n c fs cs Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
- 2 Samuel 12:24 אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;
- 2 Samuel 14:2 אִשָּׁ֣ה כְּ/אִשָּׁ֗ה n c fs prep + n c fs Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, Please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has a long time mourned for the dead:
- 2 Samuel 14:4 הָ/אִשָּׁ֤ה ptcl def.art + n c fs When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
- 2 Samuel 14:5 אִשָּֽׁה n c fs The king said to her, What ails you? She answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
- 2 Samuel 14:8 הָ/אִשָּׁ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.
- 2 Samuel 14:9 הָ/אִשָּׁ֤ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.
- 2 Samuel 14:12 הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king. He said, Say on.
- 2 Samuel 14:13 הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The woman said, Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
- 2 Samuel 14:18 הָ֣/אִשָּׁ֔ה הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs Then the king answered the woman, Please don't hide anything from me that I shall ask you. The woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
- 2 Samuel 14:19 הָ/אִשָּׁ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;
- 2 Samuel 14:27 אִשָּׁ֖ה n c fs To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.
- 2 Samuel 15:16 נָשִׁ֛ים n c fp The king went forth, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
- 2 Samuel 17:19 הָ/אִשָּׁ֗ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.
- 2 Samuel 17:20 הָ/אִשָּׁ֜ה הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? The woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 19:5 נָשֶׁ֔י/ךָ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
- 2 Samuel 20:3 נָשִׁ֣ים n c fp David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn't go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
- 2 Samuel 20:16 אִשָּׁ֥ה n c fs Then cried a wise woman out of the city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"
- 2 Samuel 20:17 הָ/אִשָּׁ֛ה ptcl def.art + n c fs He came near to her; and the woman said, Are you Joab? He answered, I am. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. He answered, I do hear.
- 2 Samuel 20:21 הָֽ/אִשָּׁה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
- 2 Samuel 20:22 הָ/אִשָּׁ֨ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
1 Kings 34 verses
- 1 Kings 2:17 לְ/אִשָּֽׁה prep + n c fs He said, Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.
- 1 Kings 2:21 לְ/אִשָּֽׁה prep + n c fs She said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.
- 1 Kings 3:16 נָשִׁ֥ים n c fp Then there came two women who were prostitutes, to the king, and stood before him.
- 1 Kings 3:17 הָ/אִשָּׁ֤ה וְ/הָ/אִשָּׁ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fs conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs The one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
- 1 Kings 3:18 הָ/אִשָּׁ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fs It happened the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
- 1 Kings 3:19 הָ/אִשָּׁ֥ה ptcl def.art + n c fs This woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.
- 1 Kings 3:22 הָ/אִשָּׁ֨ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The other woman said, No; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son. This said, No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.
- 1 Kings 3:26 הָ/אִשָּׁה֩ ptcl def.art + n c fs Then spoke the woman whose the living child was to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.
- 1 Kings 4:11 לְ/אִשָּֽׁה prep + n c fs Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
- 1 Kings 4:15 לְ/אִשָּֽׁה prep + n c fs Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
- 1 Kings 7:14 אִשָּׁה֩ n c fs He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
- 1 Kings 9:16 אֵ֥שֶׁת n c fs cs Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a portion to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
- 1 Kings 11:1 נָשִׁ֧ים n c fp Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
- 1 Kings 11:3 נָשִׁ֗ים נָשָׁ֖י/ו n c fp n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
- 1 Kings 11:4 נָשָׁי/ו֙ n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:8 נָשָׁ֖י/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms So did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods.
- 1 Kings 11:19 אִשָּׁה֙ אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹ n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
- 1 Kings 11:26 אִשָּׁ֣ה n c fs Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king.
- 1 Kings 14:2 לְ/אִשְׁתּ֗/וֹ אֵ֣שֶׁת prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fs cs Jeroboam said to his wife, Please get up and disguise yourself, that you not be known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get you to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spoke concerning me that I should be king over this people.
- 1 Kings 14:4 אֵ֣שֶׁת n c fs cs Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
- 1 Kings 14:5 אֵ֣שֶׁת n c fs cs Yahweh said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shall you tell her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.
- 1 Kings 14:6 אֵ֣שֶׁת n c fs cs It was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam; why feign you yourself to be another? for I am sent to you with heavy news.
- 1 Kings 14:17 אֵ֣שֶׁת n c fs cs Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: [and] as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
- 1 Kings 16:31 אִשָּׁ֜ה n c fs It happened, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.
- 1 Kings 17:9 אִשָּׁ֥ה n c fs Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.
- 1 Kings 17:10 אִשָּׁ֥ה n c fs So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- 1 Kings 17:17 הָ/אִשָּׁ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
- 1 Kings 17:24 הָֽ/אִשָּׁה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs The woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.
- 1 Kings 20:3 וְ/נָשֶׁ֧י/ךָ conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms Your silver and your gold is mine; your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.
- 1 Kings 20:5 וְ/נָשֶׁ֥י/ךָ conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms The messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Ben Hadad, saying, I sent indeed to you, saying, You shall deliver me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children;
- 1 Kings 20:7 לְ/נָשַׁ֤/י prep + n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cs Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Please notice how this man seeks mischief: for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn't deny him.
- 1 Kings 21:5 אִשְׁתּ֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?
- 1 Kings 21:7 אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
- 1 Kings 21:25 אִשְׁתּֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms (But there was none like Ahab, who did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
2 Kings 17 verses
- 2 Kings 4:1 וְ/אִשָּׁ֣ה מִ/נְּשֵׁ֣י conj + n c fs prep + n c fp cs Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear Yahweh: and the creditor is come to take to him my two children to be bondservants.
- 2 Kings 4:8 אִשָּׁ֣ה n c fs It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
- 2 Kings 4:17 הָ/אִשָּׁ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.
- 2 Kings 5:2 אֵ֥שֶׁת n c fs cs The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
- 2 Kings 6:26 וְ/אִשָּׁ֗ה conj + n c fs As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
- 2 Kings 6:28 הָ/אִשָּׁ֨ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The king said to her, What ails you? She answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
- 2 Kings 6:30 הָֽ/אִשָּׁה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh.
- 2 Kings 8:1 הָ/אִשָּׁה֩ ptcl def.art + n c fs Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for Yahweh has called for a famine; and it shall also come on the land seven years.
- 2 Kings 8:2 הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
- 2 Kings 8:3 הָ/אִשָּׁ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
- 2 Kings 8:5 הָ/אִשָּׁ֜ה הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs It happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, that behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
- 2 Kings 8:6 לָ/אִשָּׁ֖ה prep det + n c fs When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
- 2 Kings 8:18 לְ/אִשָּׁ֑ה prep + n c fs He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 14:9 לְ/אִשָּׁ֑ה prep + n c fs Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife: and there passed by a wild animal that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
- 2 Kings 22:14 אֵ֣שֶׁת n c fs cs So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.
- 2 Kings 23:7 הַ/נָּשִׁ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c fp He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
- 2 Kings 24:15 נְשֵׁ֨י n c fp cs He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
1 Chronicles 20 verses
- 1 Chronicles 1:50 אִשְׁתּ֤/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- 1 Chronicles 2:18 אִשָּׁ֖ה n c fs Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
- 1 Chronicles 2:24 וְ/אֵ֤שֶׁת conj + n c fs cs After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 2:26 אִשָּׁ֥ה n c fs Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
- 1 Chronicles 2:29 אֵ֥שֶׁת n c fs cs The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban, and Molid.
- 1 Chronicles 2:35 לְ/אִשָּׁ֑ה prep + n c fs Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.
- 1 Chronicles 3:3 אִשְׁתּֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife:
- 1 Chronicles 4:5 נָשִׁ֑ים n c fp Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
- 1 Chronicles 4:18 וְ/אִשְׁתּ֣/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
- 1 Chronicles 4:19 אֵ֣שֶׁת n c fs cs The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
- 1 Chronicles 7:4 נָשִׁ֖ים n c fp With them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
- 1 Chronicles 7:15 אִשָּׁה֙ n c fs and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 7:16 אֵֽשֶׁת n c fs cs Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
- 1 Chronicles 7:23 אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
- 1 Chronicles 8:8 נָשָֽׁי/ו n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms Shaharaim became the father of children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
- 1 Chronicles 8:9 אִשְׁתּ֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He became the father of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,
- 1 Chronicles 8:29 אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel], whose wife's name was Maacah;
- 1 Chronicles 9:35 אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:
- 1 Chronicles 14:3 נָשִׁ֖ים n c fp David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David became the father of more sons and daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 16:3 אִשָּׁ֑ה n c fs He dealt to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins.
2 Chronicles 18 verses
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 אִשָּׁ֞ה n c fs the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be [a place] appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
- 2 Chronicles 8:11 אִשָּׁ֥ה n c fs Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Yahweh has come.
- 2 Chronicles 11:18 אִשָּׁ֔ה n c fs Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
- 2 Chronicles 11:21 נָשָׁי/ו֙ נָשִׁ֤ים n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fp Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
- 2 Chronicles 11:23 נָשִֽׁים n c fp He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought [for them] many wives.
- 2 Chronicles 13:21 נָשִׁ֖ים n c fp But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 15:13 אִשָּֽׁה n c fs and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
- 2 Chronicles 20:13 נְשֵׁי/הֶ֥ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
- 2 Chronicles 21:6 אִשָּׁ֑ה n c fs He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 21:14 וּ/בְ/נָשֶׁ֖י/ךָ conj + prep + n c fp cs + sfx pers 2ms behold, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your substance;
- 2 Chronicles 21:17 וְ/נָשָׁ֑י/ו conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms and they came up against Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
- 2 Chronicles 22:11 אֵשֶׁת֩ n c fs cs But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn't kill him.
- 2 Chronicles 24:3 נָשִׁ֣ים n c fp Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 25:18 לְ/אִשָּׁ֑ה prep + n c fs Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife: and there passed by a wild animal that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
- 2 Chronicles 28:8 נָשִׁים֙ n c fp The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 29:9 וְ/נָשֵׁ֛י/נוּ conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cp For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
- 2 Chronicles 31:18 נְשֵׁי/הֶ֛ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp and those who were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.
- 2 Chronicles 34:22 אֵ֣שֶׁת n c fs cs So Hilkiah, and they whom the king [had commanded], went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter;) and they spoke to her to that effect.
Ezra 11 verses
- Ezra 2:61 אִשָּׁ֔ה n c fs Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
- Ezra 10:1 וְ/נָשִׁים֙ conj + n c fp Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.
- Ezra 10:2 נָשִׁ֥ים n c fp Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
- Ezra 10:3 נָשִׁ֜ים n c fp Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
- Ezra 10:10 נָשִׁ֣ים n c fp Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.
- Ezra 10:11 הַ/נָּשִׁ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c fp Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.
- Ezra 10:14 נָשִׁ֤ים n c fp Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges of it, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter be dispatched.
- Ezra 10:17 נָשִׁ֣ים n c fp They made an end with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
- Ezra 10:18 נָשִׁ֣ים n c fp Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: [namely], of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
- Ezra 10:19 נְשֵׁי/הֶ֑ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, [they offered] a ram of the flock for their guilt.
- Ezra 10:44 נָשִׁ֣ים נָשִׁ֔ים n c fp n c fp All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Nehemiah 10 verses
- Nehemiah 4:14 נְשֵׁי/כֶ֖ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 2mp I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
- Nehemiah 5:1 וּ/נְשֵׁי/הֶ֖ם conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
- Nehemiah 7:63 אִשָּׁ֔ה n c fs Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
- Nehemiah 8:2 אִשָּׁ֔ה n c fs Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
- Nehemiah 8:3 וְ/הַ/נָּשִׁ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c fp He read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were [attentive] to the book of the law.
- Nehemiah 10:28 נְשֵׁי/הֶ֖ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding;
- Nehemiah 12:43 הַ/נָּשִׁ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c fp They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
- Nehemiah 13:23 נָשִׁים֙ n c fp In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:
- Nehemiah 13:26 הַ/נָּשִׁ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c fp Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
- Nehemiah 13:27 נָשִׁ֥ים n c fp Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
Esther 18 verses
- Esther 1:9 נָשִׁ֑ים n c fp Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
- Esther 1:17 הַ/נָּשִׁ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c fp For this deed of the queen will come abroad to all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she didn't come.
- Esther 1:20 הַ/נָּשִׁ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c fp When the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
- Esther 2:3 הַ/נָּשִׁ֔ים הַ/נָּשִׁ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c fp ptcl def.art + n c fp and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them;
- Esther 2:8 הַ/נָּשִֽׁים ptcl def.art + n c fp So it happened, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
- Esther 2:9 הַ/נָּשִֽׁים ptcl def.art + n c fp The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her things for her purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.
- Esther 2:11 הַ/נָּשִׁ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c fp Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.
- Esther 2:12 הַ/נָּשִׁים֙ הַ/נָּשִֽׁים ptcl def.art + n c fp ptcl def.art + n c fp Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her as prescribed for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),
- Esther 2:13 הַ/נָּשִׁ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c fp then in this wise came the maiden to the king: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.
- Esther 2:14 הַ/נָּשִׁים֙ ptcl def.art + n c fp In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in to the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name.
- Esther 2:15 הַ/נָּשִׁ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c fp Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.
- Esther 2:17 הַ/נָּשִׁ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c fp The king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
- Esther 3:13 וְ/נָשִׁים֙ conj + n c fp Letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
- Esther 4:11 וְ/אִשָּׁ֡ה conj + n c fs All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.
- Esther 5:10 אִשְׁתּֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.
- Esther 5:14 אִשְׁתּ֜/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak you to the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go you in merrily with the king to the banquet. The thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
- Esther 6:13 אִשְׁתּ/וֹ֙ אִשְׁתּ֗/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.
- Esther 8:11 וְ/נָשִׁ֑ים conj + n c fp in which the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [their] little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
Job 8 verses
- Job 2:9 אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Then his wife said to him, "Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die."
- Job 14:1 אִשָּׁ֑ה n c fs "Man, who is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
- Job 15:14 אִשָּֽׁה n c fs What is man, that he should be clean? He who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 19:17 לְ/אִשְׁתִּ֑/י prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
- Job 25:4 אִשָּֽׁה n c fs How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
- Job 31:9 אִשָּׁ֑ה n c fs "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
- Job 31:10 אִשְׁתִּ֑/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Then let my wife grind for another, And let others sleep with her.
- Job 42:15 נָשִׁ֥ים n c fp In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
Psalms 3 verses
- Psalms 58:8 אֵ֝֗שֶׁת n c fs cs Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
- Psalms 109:9 וְ֝/אִשְׁתּ/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
- Psalms 128:3 אֶשְׁתְּ/ךָ֤ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of your house; Your children like olive plants, Around your table.
Proverbs 24 verses
- Proverbs 2:16 מֵ/אִשָּׁ֣ה prep + n c fs To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
- Proverbs 5:18 מֵ/אֵ֥שֶׁת prep + n c fs cs Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
- Proverbs 6:24 מֵ/אֵ֣שֶׁת prep + n c fs cs To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
- Proverbs 6:26 אִשָּׁ֥ה וְ/אֵ֥שֶׁת n c fs conj + n c fs cs For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
- Proverbs 6:29 אֵ֣שֶׁת n c fs cs So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
- Proverbs 6:32 אִשָּׁ֣ה n c fs He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
- Proverbs 7:5 מֵ/אִשָּׁ֣ה prep + n c fs That they may keep you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
- Proverbs 7:10 אִ֭שָּׁה n c fs Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, And with crafty intent.
- Proverbs 9:13 אֵ֣שֶׁת n c fs cs The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
- Proverbs 11:16 אֵֽשֶׁת n c fs cs A gracious woman obtains honor, But violent men obtain riches.
- Proverbs 11:22 אִשָּׁ֥ה n c fs Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- Proverbs 12:4 אֵֽשֶׁת n c fs cs A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, But a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 14:1 נָ֭שִׁים n c fp Every wise woman builds her house, But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 18:22 אִ֭שָּׁה n c fs Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor of Yahweh.
- Proverbs 19:13 אִשָּֽׁה n c fs A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
- Proverbs 19:14 אִשָּׁ֥ה n c fs House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
- Proverbs 21:9 מֵ/אֵ֥שֶׁת prep + n c fs cs It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.
- Proverbs 21:19 מֵ/אֵ֖שֶׁת prep + n c fs cs It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- Proverbs 25:24 מֵ/אֵ֥שֶׁת prep + n c fs cs It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.
- Proverbs 27:15 וְ/אֵ֥שֶׁת conj + n c fs cs A continual dropping on a rainy day And a contentious wife are alike:
- Proverbs 30:20 אִשָּׁ֗ה n c fs So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
- Proverbs 31:3 לַ/נָּשִׁ֣ים prep det + n c fp Don't give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
- Proverbs 31:10 אֵֽשֶׁת n c fs cs Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
- Proverbs 31:30 אִשָּׁ֥ה n c fs Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
Ecclesiastes 3 verses
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 הָֽ/אִשָּׁה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
- Ecclesiastes 7:28 וְ/אִשָּׁ֥ה conj + n c fs which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 אִשָּׁ֣ה n c fs Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
Song of Solomon 3 verses
- Song of Solomon 1:8 בַּ/נָּשִׁ֑ים prep det + n c fp If you don't know, most beautiful among women, Follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
- Song of Solomon 5:9 בַּ/נָּשִׁ֑ים prep det + n c fp How is your beloved better than another beloved, You fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, That you do so adjure us? Beloved
About this entry
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“woman” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun אשה (ʼishshâh). Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “wife” and “female”. It appears 686 verses across 33 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 2:22. It shares a root with איש, איש and אישון. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H802 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 686
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 686 distinct verses.
- 33 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #60
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 60 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 686 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 686 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 282 verses · 41%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 267 verses · 39%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 137 verses · 20%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Wife 257×, Woman 163×, Wives 96×
- American Standard Version†: Wife 183×, Woman 152×, Women 84×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Wife 242×, Woman 151×, Wives 88×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Woman 213×, Wife 209×, Women 88×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H802 across 778† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 94 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H802 across 775† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 122 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H802 across 712† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 62 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 60 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H802 across 803† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 44 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 4 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. woman Gn 3:1, 2; 12:11 +; opp. man 2:22, 23 Ex 35:29; 36:6; Dt 17:2, 5; 22:22; 1 S 21:5 +; א׳ emphat. a genuine (or ideal) woman Ec 7:28 (‖ אדם); sim. of men as feeble, timid Je 50:37; 51:30; note especially הַטַּף בַּנָּשִׁים the children among the women, female children Nu 31:18 (P); as conceiving Ex 2:2; Lv 12:2; 2 S 11:5 +; travailing Je 13:21; bearing children Ju 13:24; 1 K 3:18; cf. Jb 14:1; 15:14; 25:4 +, etc.; suckling Is 49:15; אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים Gn 18:11; דֶּרֶךְ נָשִׁים 31:35; with adj., or app., א׳מֵינֶקֶת nursing woman, nurse Ex 2:7; א׳ זוֹנָה harlot Jos 2:1; 6:22; Ju 11:1; 16:1; 1 K 3:16; Pr 6:26; Je 3:3 Ez 16:30; 23:44; so א׳ זָרָה Pr 2:16; 7:5; cf. also Ez 23:44 supr.; א׳ מְנָאָ֑פֶת adulteress Pr 30:20 (cf. אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ 6:26), אֵשֶׁת זְנוּנִים Ho 1:2; נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֹת foreign women 1 K 11:1, 8; Ezr 10:2, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 44; Ne 13:26, 27 (cf. v 23); א׳ חֲכָמָה wise woman, one known as clever, shrewd 2 S 14:2; 20:16, etc.; also א׳ פִּילֶגֶשׁ concubine Ju 19:1, 27: א׳ אַלְמָנָה widow 2 S 14:5; 1 K 11:26; 17:9, 10; א׳ נְבִיאָה prophetess Ju 4:4; also cstr. bef. noun of quality אֵשֶׁתרָ֑ע Pr 6:24; א׳ כְּסִילוּת 9:13; א׳ חֵן 11:16; א׳ חַיִל 12:4; 31:10; Ru 3:11; א׳ מִדְיָנִים Pr 21:9; 25:24; 27:15; א׳ מ׳ וָכָ֑עַס 21:19. e.g. Genesis 3:1
- 2. Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually cstr. or sf.) Gn 2:24, 25; 3:8, 17; 4:1, 17 + often; of one betrothed (ארשׂ) Dt 20:7; 28:30; בַּעַל (הָ)אִשָּׁה Ex 21:3, 22; אִישׁ הָאִשָּׁה Ju 20:4; לְאִשָּׁה to wife Gn 12:19; 16:3; 34:21 + often (after לָקַח, נָתַן husband or father subj.); for wife (after הָֽיְתָה, woman subj.) Gn 20:12; Nu 36:3, 6(×2), 11, 12; Dt 22:19, 29 +; for unfaithful wife cf. 1; cstr. in phr. אֵשֶׁת חֵיקֶ֑ךָ Dt 13:7 cf. 28:54; א׳ נְעוּרֶיךָ Pr 5:18; Mal 2:14, 15; א׳ בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ v 14; אֵשֶׁת אָב = step-mother Lv 18:8, 11; 20:11. e.g. Genesis 2:24
- 3. Female of animals Gn 7:2(×2); v. also sub 4. e.g. Genesis 7:2
- 4. With distrib. & recipr. sense, א׳ מֵאֵת רְעוּתָהּ each woman from her neighbour Ex 11:2 (E); cf. Ru 1:8, 9; Je 9:19; each one, of birds of prey Is 34:15 cf. v 16 (del. Bi Che); of cows (fig. of heartless women of Isr.) Am 4:3; of sheep (fig. of Isr.) Zc 11:9; & of inanimate things (P, & late) א׳ אֶל אֲחֹתָהּ Ex 26:3(×2), 5, 6, 17 (P) Ez 1:9 (del. Co) v 23; 3:13. e.g. Exodus 11:2
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.f. woman, wife, female (Arabic أُنْثَى, Sab. אנתֿת etc. DHMZK 1884, 360, Aramaic אִתְּתָא, אִנְתְּתָא, אִתָּא, ܐܰܢ̱ܬܬܴܐ, Palm. Nab. אנתתא, Ethiopic አንስት Ph. אשת, Assyrian aššatu COTGloss)—א׳ abs. Gn 2:23 +; cstr. אֵשֶׁת Gn 11:29 + (appar. abs. Dt 21:11; 1 S 28:7 ψ 58:9 but cf. Bö§ 728 Ges§ 130, 5); sf. אִשְׁתִּי Gn 20:11 +; אִשְׁתְּךָ Gn 12:18 + (אֶשְׁתְּךָ ψ 128:3), etc.; Pl. †אִשֹּׁת Ez 23:44 (Co לעשׂות); נָשִׁים Gn 4:19 +; cstr. נְשֵׁי Gn 4:23 +; sf. נָשַׁי Gn 30:26; 1 K 20:7; נְשֵׁיכֶם Ex 22:23 +, etc.;—
II. v. sub III. אנשׁ. אִשֶּׁה v. sub אֵשׁ.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from איש (ʼîysh) (H376) — man.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אִשָּׁה
- v. איש,, const. אֵשֶׁת, woman, wife. Pes. VIII, 1. Ab. Zar. 25ᵇ א׳ כלי זיינה עליה woman carries her weapon with her, is protected against murder by gentiles (who would rather assault her innocence). Ib. א׳ חשובה a woman of high rank (influential). Ib. אִשְתּוֹ משמרתו his wife’s presence guards him from wrong-doing; a. fr.—Pl. (נָשׁוֹת) נָשִׁים q. v.
אִשֶּׁה
- burnt-offering, v. אִישֶּׁה.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 238 distinct written forms H802 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 178 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H802, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- איש ʼîysh H377 to be a man
- אישון ʼîyshôwn H380 pupil
- אישחיל ʼÎysh-Chayil H381 a mighty man, valiant man
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- אישבשת ʼÎysh-Bôsheth H378 Ishbosheth
- אישהוד ʼÎyshᵉhôwd H379 Ishod
- אישטוב ʼÎysh-Ṭôwb H382 Ish-tob
- אשבעל ʼEshbaʻal H792 Eshbaal
- בןימיני Ben-yᵉmîynîy H1145 Benjamite
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 5 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 662 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 686 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:22
- Exodus 1:19
- Leviticus 12:2
- Numbers 5:6
- Deuteronomy 2:34
- Joshua 1:14
- Judges 1:12
- Ruth 1:1
- 1 Samuel 1:2
- 2 Samuel 1:26
- 1 Kings 2:17
- 2 Kings 4:1
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
