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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, -υ, [cf. θηλάζω, at the beginning], of the female sex; ἡ 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 32 times in 30 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - So God created human beings[fn] in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them “human.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20 - Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice,[fn] and take one pair of each of the others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9 - They entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:16 - A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD closed the door behind them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:16 - “When you help the Hebrew women as they give birth, watch as they deliver.[fn] If the baby is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:22 - Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1 - “If you present an animal from the herd as a peace offering to the LORD, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - “If you present an animal from the flock as a peace offering to the LORD, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:28 - When they become aware of their sin, they must bring as an offering for their sin a female goat with no defects.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:32 - “If the people bring a sheep as their sin offering, it must be a female with no defects.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 - Then you must bring to the LORD as the penalty for your sin a female from the flock, either a sheep or a goat. This is a sin offering with which the priest will purify you from your sin, making you right with the LORD.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. After waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - The priest will then present them to the LORD to purify her.[fn] Then she will be ceremonially clean again after her bleeding at childbirth. These are the instructions for a woman after the birth of a son or a daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33 - or a woman during her menstrual period. It applies to any man or woman who has a bodily discharge, and to a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - A boy between the ages of five and twenty is valued at twenty shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at ten shekels[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - A boy between the ages of one month and five years is valued at five shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at three shekels[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - A man older than sixty is valued at fifteen shekels of silver; a woman of that age is valued at ten shekels[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15 - “Why have you let all the women live?” he demanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 - Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses.[fn] He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and he had 12,000 horses.[fn] He stationed some of them in the chariot cities, and some near him in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - a messenger arrived at Job’s home with this news: “Your oxen were plowing, with the donkeys feeding beside them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - So the LORD blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:31 - the strutting rooster,
the male goat,
a king as he leads his army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12 - Can horses gallop over boulders?
Can oxen be used to plow them?
But that’s how foolish you are when you turn justice into poison
and the sweet fruit of righteousness into bitterness.
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