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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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Strong's Number H802 matches the Hebrew אִשָּׁה ('iššâ),
which occurs 49 times in 40 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:2 - So David went up thither, and his two wives H802 also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife H802 the Carmelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife H802 of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:5 - And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. H802 These were born to David in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman? H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:14 - And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife H802 Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13 - And David took him more concubines and wives H802 out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women H802 as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman H802 washing herself; and the woman H802 was very beautiful to look upon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:3 - And David sent and enquired after the woman. H802 And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife H802 of Uriah the Hittite?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:5 - And the woman H802 conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? H802 as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:21 - Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman H802 cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:26 - And when the wife H802 of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27 - And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, H802 and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives H802 into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife H802 to be thy wife, H802 and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10 - Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife H802 of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives H802 before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives H802 in the sight of this sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:15 - And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife H802 bare unto David, and it was very sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:24 - And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, H802 and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, H802 and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman H802 that had a long time mourned for the dead:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:4 - And when the woman H802 of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:5 - And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, H802 and mine husband is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:8 - And the king said unto the woman, H802 Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - And the woman H802 of Tekoah said unto 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 - Then the woman H802 said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:13 - And the woman H802 said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:18 - Then the king answered and said unto the woman, H802 Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman H802 said, Let my lord the king now speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman H802 answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27 - And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman H802 of a fair countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:16 - And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, H802 which were concubines, to keep the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:19 - And the woman H802 took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - And when Absalom's servants came to the woman H802 to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman H802 said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, H802 and the lives of thy concubines;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women H802 his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16 - Then cried a wise woman H802 out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - And when he was come near unto her, the woman H802 said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman H802 said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman H802 went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
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