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Lexicon :: Strong's H5347 - nᵊqēḇâ

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נְקֵבָה
Transliteration
nᵊqēḇâ
Pronunciation
nek-ay-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1409b

Strong’s Definitions

נְקֵבָה nᵉqêbâh, nek-ay-baw'; from H5344; female (from the sexual form):—female.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H5347 in the following manner: female (18x), woman (3x), maid (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H5347 in the following manner: female (18x), woman (3x), maid (1x).

  1. female

    1. woman, female child

    2. female animal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְקֵבָה nᵉqêbâh, nek-ay-baw'; from H5344; female (from the sexual form):—female.
STRONGS H5347: Abbreviations
† נְקֵבָה noun feminine female (perforata (BaNB 166); so Thes and most; > another view in SchwZAW xi (1891), 181f.; Idioticon 57; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic נוּקְבָּא, נוּקְבְּתָא, bdb066607, bdb066608); — always absolute נ׳ Jeremiah 31:22 + 21 times (all Pentateuch, and all P except Deuteronomy 4:16):
1. woman (or female child) Jeremiah 31:22 (opposed to גֶּבֶר), Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2; Leviticus 12:5, 7; Leviticus 15:33; Leviticus 27:4, 5, 6, 7) Numbers 5:3 (all opposed to זָבָר), Numbers 31:15.
2. female animal Genesis 6:19; Genesis 7:3, 9, 16; Leviticus 3:1, 6 (all opposed to זָכָר), Leviticus 4:28, 32; Leviticus 5:6. — Deuteronomy 4:16 (opposed to זָכָר) may include both women and animals.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:27; 5:2; 6:19; 7:3; 7:9; 7:16

Leviticus

3:1; 3:6; 4:28; 4:32; 5:6; 12:5; 12:7; 15:33; 27:4; 27:5; 27:6; 27:7

Numbers

5:3; 31:15

Deuteronomy

4:16; 4:16

Jeremiah

31:22; 31:22

H5347

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5347 matches the Hebrew נְקֵבָה (nᵊqēḇâ),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - And God made man, according to the image of God [fn] he made him, male and female he made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called [fn]his name Adam, in the day in which he made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by [fn]pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - And of clean flying creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9 - pairs went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:16 - And they that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded Noe, and the Lord God shut the ark outside of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1 - And if his gift to the Lord be a peace-offering, if he should bring it of the oxen, whether it be male or whether it be female, he shall bring it unblemished before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - And if his gift be of the sheep, a peace-offering to the Lord, male or female, he shall bring it unblemished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:28 - and his sin should be known to him, wherein he has sinned, then shall he bring a kid of the goats, a female without blemish shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:32 - And if he should offer a lamb for his sin-offering, he shall offer it a female without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 - And he shall bring for his transgressions against the Lord, for his sin which he has sinned, a ewe lamb of the flock, or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and his sin shall be forgiven him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - But if she should have born a female child, then she shall be unclean twice seven days, according to the time of her monthly courses; and for sixty-six days shall she remain in her unclean blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - And he shall present it before the Lord, and the priest shall make atonement for her, and shall purge her from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who bears a male or a female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33 - And this is the law for her that has the issue of blood in her separation, and as to the person who has an issue of seed, in his issue: it is a law for the male and the female, and for the man who shall have lain with her that is set apart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - And if it be from five years old to twenty, the valuation of a male shall be twenty didrachms, and of a female ten didrachms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - And from a month old to five years old, the valuation of a male shall be five didrachms, and of a female, three didrachms of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - And if from sixty years old and upward, if it be a male, his valuation shall be fifteen didrachms of silver, and if a female, ten didrachms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - Whether male or female, send them forth out of the camp; and they shall not defile their camps in which I dwell among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15 - And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - lest ye transgress, and make to yourselves a carved image, any kind of figure, the likeness of male or female,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - (LXX 38:22) How long, O disgraced daughter, wilt thou turn away? for the Lord has created safety for a new plantation: men shall go about in safety.
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