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Lexicon :: Strong's H802 - 'iššâ

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אִשָּׁה
Transliteration
'iššâ
Pronunciation
ish-shaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 bdb006102, Sabean אנתֿת etc. DHMZK 1884, 360, Aramaic אִתְּתָא, אִנְתְּתָא, אִתָּא, bdb006103, Palmyrene, Nabataean אנתתא, Ethiopic bdb006104 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

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

Exodus

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

Leviticus

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

Numbers

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

Deuteronomy

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

Joshua

2:1; 6:22

Judges

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

Ruth

1:8; 1:9; 3:11

1 Samuel

21:5; 28:7

2 Samuel

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

1 Kings

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

Ezra

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

Nehemiah

13:23; 13:26; 13:27

Job

14:1; 15:14; 25:4

Psalms

58:9; 128:3

Proverbs

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

Ecclesiastes

7:28

Isaiah

34:15; 34:16; 49:15

Jeremiah

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

Ezekiel

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

Hosea

1:2

Amos

4:3

Zechariah

11:9

Malachi

2:14; 2:14; 2:15

H802

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H802 matches the Hebrew אִשָּׁה ('iššâ),
which occurs 781 times in 686 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 14 (Gen 34:4–Exo 21:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:21 - These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, H802 and let us give them our daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives H802 took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:2 - Esau took his wives H802 of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:6 - And Esau took his wives, H802 and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:10 - These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife H802 of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife H802 of Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:13 - And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:14 - And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: H802 and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:17 - And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:18 - And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; H802 duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:39 - And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's H802 name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: H802 and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:6 - And Judah took a wife H802 for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:8 - And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, H802 and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:9 - And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, H802 that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife H802 died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 - And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's H802 hand: but he found her not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7 - And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife H802 cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8 - But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, H802 Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: H802 how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:19 - And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, H802 which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:45 - And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife H802 Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:27 - And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife H802 bare me two sons:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, H802 and bring your father, and come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, H802 in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:19 - The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; H802 Joseph, and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26 - All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, H802 all the souls were threescore and six;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:31 - There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; H802 there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; H802 and there I buried Leah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19 - And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women H802 are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 - And the woman H802 conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, H802 that she may nurse the child for thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman H802 took the child, and nursed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:22 - But every woman H802 shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:20 - And Moses took his wife H802 and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:20 - And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; H802 and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23 - And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; H802 and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; H802 and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:2 - Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman H802 of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women H802 went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:2 - Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, H802 after he had sent her back,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife H802 unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:6 - And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, H802 and her two sons with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, H802 nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:3 - If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, H802 then his wife H802 shall go out with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4 - If his master have given him a wife, H802 and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife H802 and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

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