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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.

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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 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 Box Gen 7:16

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 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 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 Box Num 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - This command applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I live among them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form—whether of a man or a woman,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you wander,
my wayward daughter?
For the LORD will cause something new to happen—
Israel will embrace her God.[fn]”
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