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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H802 matches the Hebrew אִשָּׁה ('iššâ),
which occurs 38 times in 34 verses in 'Exo' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19 - Then the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women H802; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife can come to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 - And the woman H802 conceived and bore a son; and she saw [fn]that he was [fn]beautiful, so she hid him for three months.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call [fn]a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman H802 took the child and nursed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:22 - “But every woman H802 shall ask of her neighbor and of the woman who lives in her house, for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:20 - So Moses took his wife H802 and his sons and mounted them on a donkey and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:20 -

And Amram took his father’s sister Jochebed as a wife H802, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of Amram’s life were 137 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23 -

And Aaron took H802 Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as a wife H802, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 -

And Aaron’s son Eleazar took one of the daughters of Putiel as a wife H802, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:2 - “Speak now in the [fn]hearing of the people so that each man may ask from his neighbor and each H802 woman H802 from her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 -

And Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the tambourine in her hand, and all the women H802 went out after her with tambourines and with [fn]dancing.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:2 - And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife H802 Zipporah, after he had sent her away,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 -

Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife H802 to Moses [fn]in the wilderness where he was camped, at the mount of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:6 - And he [fn]sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife H802 and her two sons with her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman H802.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 -

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife H802 or his male slave or his female slave or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:3 - “If he comes [fn]alone, he shall go out [fn]alone; if he is the husband of a wife H802, then his wife H802 shall go out with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4 - “If his master gives him a wife H802, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife H802 and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out [fn]alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:5 - “But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife H802, and my children; I will not go out as a free man,’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:22 -

“And if men struggle with each other and [fn]strike a woman H802 with child so that [fn]she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s H802 husband [fn]will set for him, and he shall pay [fn]as the judges decide.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 -

“And if an ox gores a man or a woman H802 [fn]to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - “If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it puts a man or a woman H802 to death, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:16 -

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife H802.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - and My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives H802 shall become widows and your children fatherless.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - “Five curtains shall be [fn]joined to one H802 another, and the other five curtains shall be [fn]joined to one H802 another.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5 - “You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the [fn]edge of the curtain that is in the second [fn]set; the loops shall be opposite each H802 other.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - “You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and you shall [fn]join the curtains to one H802 another with the clasps so that the [fn]tabernacle will be a unit.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - There shall be two [fn]tenons for each board, [fn]fitted to one H802 another; thus you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:2 - And Aaron said to them, “Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives H802, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:22 - Then all whose hearts were willing, both men and women H802, came and brought brooches and [fn]earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who waved it as a wave offering of gold to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - All the women H802 [fn]wise at heart spun with their hands and brought what they had spun, in [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:26 - And all the women H802 whose heart [fn]stirred with wisdom spun the goats’ hair.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:29 - The sons of Israel—all the men and women H802 whose heart was willing to bring material for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded through the hand of Moses to do—brought a freewill offering to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses commanded and a [fn]proclamation was passed throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman H802 any longer do the work for the [fn]contributions of the sanctuary.” Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more.
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