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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 prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every sort thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9 - two by two they have come in unto Noah, unto the ark, a male and a female, as God hath commanded Noah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:16 - and they that are coming in, male and female of all flesh, have come in as God hath commanded him, and Jehovah doth close it for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1 - 'And if his offering is a sacrifice of peace-offerings, if out of the herd he is bringing near, whether male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near before Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - 'And if his offering is out of the flock for a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:28 - or his sin which he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a perfect one, a female, 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 in a sheep for his offering, for a sin-offering, a female, a perfect one, he doth bring in,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 - and hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female out of the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for him, because of his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - 'And if a female she bear, then she hath been unclean two weeks, as in her separation; and sixty and six days she doth abide for the blood of her cleansing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - and he hath brought it near before Jehovah, and hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who is bearing, in regard to a male or to a female.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33 - and of her who is sick in her separation, and of him who hath an issue, the issue of a male or of a female, and of a man who lieth with an unclean woman.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - And if it is a female -- then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - and if from a son of five years even unto a son of twenty years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male 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 from a son of a month even unto a son of five years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation is three shekels of silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - and if from a son of sixty years and above -- if a male, then hath thy valuation been fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - from male unto female ye do send out; unto the outside of the camp ye do send them; and they defile not their camps in the midst of which I do tabernacle.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15 - And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - Till when dost thou withdraw thyself, O backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath prepared a new thing in the land, Woman doth compass man.
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