אִשָּׁה
Transliteration
'iššâ
Pronunciation
ish-shaw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אִישׁ (H376) or אֱנוֹשׁ (H582)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 137a

Strong’s Definitions

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'; feminine of H376 or H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym;(used in the same wide sense as H582) a woman:—(adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 780x

The KJV translates Strong's H802 in the following manner: wife (425x), woman (324x), one (10x), married (5x), female (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 780x
The KJV translates Strong's H802 in the following manner: wife (425x), woman (324x), one (10x), married (5x), female (2x), miscellaneous (14x).
  1. woman, wife, female

    1. woman (opposite of man)

    2. wife (woman married to a man)

    3. female (of animals)

    4. each, every (pronoun)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'; feminine of H376 or H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym;(used in the same wide sense as H582) a woman:—(adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
STRONGS H802: Abbreviations
אִשָּׁה 775 noun feminine woman, wife, female (Arabic , Sabean אנתֿת etc. DHMZK 1884, 360, Aramaic אִתְּתָא, אִנְתְּתָא, אִתָּא, , Palmyrene, Nabataean אנתתא, Ethiopic Phoenician אשת, Assyrian aššatu COTGloss) — א׳ absolute Genesis 2:33 +; construct אֵשֶׁת Genesis 11:29 + (apparently absolute Deuteronomy 21:11; 1 Samuel 28:7; Psalm 58:9 but compare Bö§ 728 Ges§ 130. 5); suffix אִשְׁתִּי Genesis 20:11 +; אִשְׁתְּךָ Genesis 12:18 + (אֶשְׁתְּךָ Psalm 128:3), etc.; Plural אִשֹּׁת Ezekiel 23:44 (Co לעשׂות); נָשִׁים Genesis 4:19 +; construct נְשֵׁי Genesis 4:23 +; suffix נָשַׁי Genesis 30:26; 1 Kings 20:7; נְשֵׁיכֶם Exodus 22:23 +, etc.; —
1. woman Genesis 3:1, 2; Genesis 12:11 +; opposed to man Genesis 2:22, 23; Exodus 35:29; Exodus 36:6; Deuteronomy 7:2, 5; Deuteronomy 22:22; 1 Samuel 21:5 +; א׳ emphatic a Genuine (or ideal) woman Ecclesiastes 7:28 (|| אדם); simile of men as feeble, timid Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:30; note especially הַטַּף בַּנָּשִׁים the children among the women, female children Numbers 31:18 (P); as conceiving Exodus 2:2; Leviticus 12:2; 2 Samuel 11:5 +; travailing Jeremiah 13:21; bearing children Judges 13:24; 1 Kings 3:18; compare Job 14:1; Job 15:14; Job 25:4 +, etc.; suckling Isaiah 49:15; אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים Genesis 18:11; דֶּרֶח נָשִׁים Genesis 31:35; with adjective, or app., מֵינֶקֶת א׳ nursing woman, nurse Exodus 2:7; זוֺנָה א׳ harlot Joshua 2:1; Joshua 6:22; Judges 11:1; Judges 16:1; 1 Kings 3:16; Proverbs 6:26; Jeremiah 3:3; Ezekiel 16:30; Ezekiel 23:44; so זָרָה א׳ Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 7:5; compare also Ezekiel 23:44 above; מְנָאָ֑פֶת א׳ adulteress Proverbs 30:20 (compare אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ Proverbs 6:26), אֵשֶׁת זְנוּנִים Hosea 1:2; נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת foreign women 1 Kings 11:1, 8; Ezra 10:2, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 44; Nehemiah 13:26, 27 (compare Nehemiah 13:23); חֲכָמָה א׳ wise woman, one known as clever, shrewd 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 20:16, etc.; also מִּילֶגֶשׁ א׳ concubine Judges 19:1, 27: אַלְמָנָה א׳ widow 2 Samuel 14:5; 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 17:9, 10; נְבִיאָה א׳ prophetess Judges 4:4; also construct before noun of quality אֵשֶׁת רָ֑ע Proverbs 6:24; בְּסִילוּת א׳ Proverbs 9:13; חֵן א׳ Proverbs 11:16; חַיִל א׳ Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 31:10; Ruth 3:11; מִדְיָנִים א׳ Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:15; וָכָ֑עַס מ׳ א׳ Proverbs 21:19.
2. Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually construct or suffix) Genesis 2:24, 25; Genesis 3:8, 17; Genesis 4:1, 17 + often; of one betrothed (ארשׂ) Deuteronomy 20:7; Deuteronomy 28:30; בַּעַל (הָ)אִשָּׁה Exodus 21:3, 22; אִישׁ הָאִשָּׁה Judges 20:4; לְאִשָּׁה to wife Genesis 2:22; Genesis 12:19; Genesis 16:3; Genesis 34:21 + often (after לָקַח, נָתַן husband or father subject); for wife (after הָֽיְתָה, woman subject) Genesis 20:12; Numbers 36:3, 6 (twice in verse); Numbers 36:11, 12; Deuteronomy 22:19, 29 +; for unfaithful wife compare 1; construct in phrase אֵשֶׁת חֵיקֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 13:7; compare Deuteronomy 28:54; נְעוּרֶיךָ א׳ Proverbs 5:18; Malachi 2:14, 15; בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ א׳ Malachi 2:14; אֵשֶׁת אָב = step-mother Leviticus 18:8, 11; Leviticus 20:11.
3. Female of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse); see also below 4
†4. With distributive & reciprocal sense, מֵאֵת א׳ רְעוּתָהּ each woman from her neighbour Exodus 11:2 (E); compare Ruth 1:8, 9; Jeremiah 9:19; each one, of birds of prey Isaiah 34:15 compare Isaiah 34:16 (strike out Bi Che); of cows (figurative of heartless women of Israel) Amos 4:3; of sheep (figurative of Israel) Zechariah 11:9; & of inanimate things (P, & late) אֶל אֲחֹתָהּ א׳ Exodus 26:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:5, 6, 17 (P) Ezekiel 1:9 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 1:23; Ezekiel 3:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

Genesis 2:22; Genesis 2:22; Genesis 2:23; Genesis 2:24; Genesis 2:25; Genesis 3:1; Genesis 3:2; Genesis 3:8; Genesis 3:17; Genesis 4:1; Genesis 4:17; Genesis 4:19; Genesis 4:23; Genesis 7:2; Genesis 11:29; Genesis 12:11; Genesis 12:18; Genesis 12:19; Genesis 16:3; Genesis 18:11; Genesis 20:11; Genesis 20:12; Genesis 30:26; Genesis 31:35; Genesis 34:21

Exodus

Exodus 2:2; Exodus 2:7; Exodus 11:2; Exodus 21:3; Exodus 21:22; Exodus 22:23; Exodus 26:3; Exodus 26:5; Exodus 26:6; Exodus 26:17; Exodus 35:29; Exodus 36:6

Leviticus

Leviticus 12:2; Leviticus 18:8; Leviticus 18:11; Leviticus 20:11

Numbers

Numbers 31:18; Numbers 36:3; Numbers 36:6; Numbers 36:11; Numbers 36:12

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 13:7; Deuteronomy 20:7; Deuteronomy 21:11; Deuteronomy 22:19; Deuteronomy 22:22; Deuteronomy 22:29; Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:54

Joshua

Joshua 2:1; Joshua 6:22

Judges

Judges 4:4; Judges 11:1; Judges 13:24; Judges 16:1; Judges 19:1; Judges 19:27; Judges 20:4

Ruth

Ruth 1:8; Ruth 1:9; Ruth 3:11

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 21:5; 1 Samuel 28:7

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 11:5; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 14:5; 2 Samuel 20:16

1 Kings

1 Kings 3:16; 1 Kings 3:18; 1 Kings 11:1; 1 Kings 11:8; 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 17:9; 1 Kings 17:10; 1 Kings 20:7

Ezra

Ezra 10:2; Ezra 10:10; Ezra 10:11; Ezra 10:14; Ezra 10:17; Ezra 10:18; Ezra 10:44

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 13:23; Nehemiah 13:26; Nehemiah 13:27

Job

Job 14:1; Job 15:14; Job 25:4

Psalms

Psalms 58:9; Psalms 128:3

Proverbs

Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 5:18; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 6:26; Proverbs 6:26; Proverbs 7:5; Proverbs 9:13; Proverbs 11:16; Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:15; Proverbs 30:20; Proverbs 31:10

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 7:28

Isaiah

Isaiah 34:15; Isaiah 34:16; Isaiah 49:15

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 3:3; Jeremiah 9:19; Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:30

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1:9; Ezekiel 1:23; Ezekiel 3:13; Ezekiel 16:30; Ezekiel 23:44; Ezekiel 23:44; Ezekiel 23:44

Hosea

Hosea 1:2

Amos

Amos 4:3

Zechariah

Zechariah 11:9

Malachi

Malachi 2:14; Malachi 2:14; Malachi 2:15