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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 Box Gen 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee: they shall be male and female.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9 - there came two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:16 - And they that came, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And Jehovah shut him in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1 - And if his offering be a sacrifice of peace-offering, -- if he present it of the herd, whether a male or female, he shall present it without blemish before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah be of small cattle, male or female, he shall present it without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:28 - if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge, then he shall bring his offering, a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 - and he shall bring his trespass-offering to Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the small cattle, a sheep or doe goat, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him to cleanse him from his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - And if she bear a female, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation; and she shall continue sixty-six days in the blood of her cleansing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - And he shall present it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her; and she shall be clean from the flux of her blood. This is the law for her that hath borne a male or a female.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33 - and for a woman who is sick in her separation, and for him that hath his flux; for the man and for the woman, and for him that lieth with her that is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - and if it be of a female, thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, thy valuation of the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, thy valuation of the male shall be five shekels of silver; and for the female thy valuation shall be three shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - And if it be from sixty years old and above, if it be a male, thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels; and for the female ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - both male and female shall ye put out; outside the camp shall ye put them, that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15 - and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long wilt thou wander about, thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall encompass a man.
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