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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 -

So God created man in his own image;

he created him in the image of God;

he created them male and female.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 -

he created them male and female. When they were created, he blessed them and called them mankind.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 -

“You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 -

“and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky ​— ​in order to keep offspring alive throughout the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9 -

two of each, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, just as God had commanded him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:16 -

Those that entered, male and female of every creature, entered just as God had commanded him. Then the LORD shut him in.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1 -

“If his offering is a fellowship sacrifice, and he is presenting an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he is to present one without blemish before the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 -

“If his offering as a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD is from the flock, he is to present a male or female without blemish.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:28 -

“or if someone informs him about the sin he has committed, then he is to bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for the sin that he has committed.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:32 -

“Or if the offering that he brings as a sin offering is a lamb, he is to bring an unblemished female.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 -

“He must bring his penalty for guilt for the sin he has committed to the LORD: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 -

“But if she gives birth to a female child, she will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstrual impurity. She will continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 -

“He will present them before the LORD and make atonement on her behalf; she will be clean from her discharge of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or female.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33 -

“a woman who is in her menstrual period; anyone who has a discharge, whether male or female; and a man who sleeps with a woman who is unclean.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 -

“If the person is a female, your assessment is thirty shekels.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 -

“If the person is from five to twenty years old, your assessment for a male is twenty shekels and for a female ten shekels.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 -

“If the person is from one month to five years old, your assessment for a male is five silver shekels, and for a female your assessment is three shekels of silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 -

“If the person is sixty years or more, your assessment is fifteen shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 -

“Send away both male or female; send them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps where I dwell among them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15 -

“Have you let every female live? ” he asked them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 -

“so you don’t act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 -

How long will you turn here and there,

faithless daughter?

For the LORD creates something new in the land[fn] —

a female[fn] will shelter[fn] a man.

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