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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 54 times in 47 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:2 - And he had two wives; H802 the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:4 - And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, H802 and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman H802 of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman H802 went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:19 - And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; H802 and the LORD remembered her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman H802 abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman H802 that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:20 - And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, H802 and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman H802 for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women H802 that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 - And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, H802 was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - And the name of Saul's wife H802 was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, H802 infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women H802 childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. H802 And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women H802 came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7 - And the women H802 answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:17 - And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: H802 only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:19 - But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:27 - Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:11 - Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife H802 told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:4 - And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5 - And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women H802 have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, H802 children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3 - Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife H802 Abigail: and she was a woman H802 of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, H802 saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37 - But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife H802 had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:40 - And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:43 - David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:44 - But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, H802 to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, H802 Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman H802 alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:11 - And David saved neither man nor woman H802 alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:7 - Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman H802 that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman H802 that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:8 - And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman H802 by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:9 - And the woman H802 said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:11 - Then said the woman, H802 Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:12 - And when the woman H802 saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman H802 spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:13 - And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman H802 said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman H802 came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, H802 compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:24 - And the woman H802 had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - And had taken the women H802 captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:3 - So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, H802 and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - And David's two wives H802 were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife H802 of Nabal the Carmelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18 - And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22 - Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife H802 and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
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