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Lexicon :: Strong's G2338 - thēlys

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θῆλυς
Transliteration
thēlys (Key)
Pronunciation
thay'-loos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as θηλάζω (G2337)
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Strong’s Definitions

θῆλυς thēlys, thay'-loos; from the same as G2337; female:—female, woman.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2338 in the following manner: woman (2x), female (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2338 in the following manner: woman (2x), female (3x).
  1. of the female sex

  2. a woman, a female

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θῆλυς thēlys, thay'-loos; from the same as G2337; female:—female, woman.
STRONGS G2338:
θῆλυς, -εια, , [cf. θηλάζω, at the beginning], of the female sex; θήλεια, a substantive, a woman, a female: Romans 1:26f; also τὸ θῆλυ, Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6; Galatians 3:28. (Genesis 1:27; Genesis 7:2; Exodus 1:16, etc.; in Greek writings from Homer down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:27; 7:2
Exodus
1:16
Matthew
19:4
Mark
10:6
Romans
1:26
Galatians
3:28

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2338 matches the Greek θῆλυς (thēlys),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:4 - “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:6 - “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:26 - Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:27 - In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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