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Lexicon :: Strong's H802 - 'iššâ

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אִשָּׁה
Transliteration
'iššâ
Pronunciation
ish-shaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 137a

Strong’s Definitions

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'; feminine of H376 or H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym;(used in the same wide sense as H582) a woman:—(adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 780x

The KJV translates Strong's H802 in the following manner: wife (425x), woman (324x), one (10x), married (5x), female (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 780x
The KJV translates Strong's H802 in the following manner: wife (425x), woman (324x), one (10x), married (5x), female (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

  1. woman, wife, female

    1. woman (opposite of man)

    2. wife (woman married to a man)

    3. female (of animals)

    4. each, every (pronoun)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'; feminine of H376 or H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym;(used in the same wide sense as H582) a woman:—(adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
STRONGS H802: Abbreviations
אִשָּׁה 775 noun feminine woman, wife, female (Arabic bdb006102, Sabean אנתֿת etc. DHMZK 1884, 360, Aramaic אִתְּתָא, אִנְתְּתָא, אִתָּא, bdb006103, Palmyrene, Nabataean אנתתא, Ethiopic bdb006104 Phoenician אשת, Assyrian aššatu COTGloss) — א׳ absolute Genesis 2:33 +; construct אֵשֶׁת Genesis 11:29 + (apparently absolute Deuteronomy 21:11; 1 Samuel 28:7; Psalm 58:9 but compare Bö§ 728 Ges§ 130. 5); suffix אִשְׁתִּי Genesis 20:11 +; אִשְׁתְּךָ Genesis 12:18 + (אֶשְׁתְּךָ Psalm 128:3), etc.; Plural אִשֹּׁת Ezekiel 23:44 (Co לעשׂות); נָשִׁים Genesis 4:19 +; construct נְשֵׁי Genesis 4:23 +; suffix נָשַׁי Genesis 30:26; 1 Kings 20:7; נְשֵׁיכֶם Exodus 22:23 +, etc.; —
1. woman Genesis 3:1, 2; Genesis 12:11 +; opposed to man Genesis 2:22, 23; Exodus 35:29; Exodus 36:6; Deuteronomy 7:2, 5; Deuteronomy 22:22; 1 Samuel 21:5 +; א׳ emphatic a Genuine (or ideal) woman Ecclesiastes 7:28 (|| אדם); simile of men as feeble, timid Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:30; note especially הַטַּף בַּנָּשִׁים the children among the women, female children Numbers 31:18 (P); as conceiving Exodus 2:2; Leviticus 12:2; 2 Samuel 11:5 +; travailing Jeremiah 13:21; bearing children Judges 13:24; 1 Kings 3:18; compare Job 14:1; Job 15:14; Job 25:4 +, etc.; suckling Isaiah 49:15; אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים Genesis 18:11; דֶּרֶח נָשִׁים Genesis 31:35; with adjective, or app., מֵינֶקֶת א׳ nursing woman, nurse Exodus 2:7; זוֺנָה א׳ harlot Joshua 2:1; Joshua 6:22; Judges 11:1; Judges 16:1; 1 Kings 3:16; Proverbs 6:26; Jeremiah 3:3; Ezekiel 16:30; Ezekiel 23:44; so זָרָה א׳ Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 7:5; compare also Ezekiel 23:44 above; מְנָאָ֑פֶת א׳ adulteress Proverbs 30:20 (compare אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ Proverbs 6:26), אֵשֶׁת זְנוּנִים Hosea 1:2; נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת foreign women 1 Kings 11:1, 8; Ezra 10:2, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 44; Nehemiah 13:26, 27 (compare Nehemiah 13:23); חֲכָמָה א׳ wise woman, one known as clever, shrewd 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 20:16, etc.; also מִּילֶגֶשׁ א׳ concubine Judges 19:1, 27: אַלְמָנָה א׳ widow 2 Samuel 14:5; 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 17:9, 10; נְבִיאָה א׳ prophetess Judges 4:4; also construct before noun of quality אֵשֶׁת רָ֑ע Proverbs 6:24; בְּסִילוּת א׳ Proverbs 9:13; חֵן א׳ Proverbs 11:16; חַיִל א׳ Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 31:10; Ruth 3:11; מִדְיָנִים א׳ Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:15; וָכָ֑עַס מ׳ א׳ Proverbs 21:19.
2. Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually construct or suffix) Genesis 2:24, 25; Genesis 3:8, 17; Genesis 4:1, 17 + often; of one betrothed (ארשׂ) Deuteronomy 20:7; Deuteronomy 28:30; בַּעַל (הָ)אִשָּׁה Exodus 21:3, 22; אִישׁ הָאִשָּׁה Judges 20:4; לְאִשָּׁה to wife Genesis 2:22; Genesis 12:19; Genesis 16:3; Genesis 34:21 + often (after לָקַח, נָתַן husband or father subject); for wife (after הָֽיְתָה, woman subject) Genesis 20:12; Numbers 36:3, 6 (twice in verse); Numbers 36:11, 12; Deuteronomy 22:19, 29 +; for unfaithful wife compare 1; construct in phrase אֵשֶׁת חֵיקֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 13:7; compare Deuteronomy 28:54; נְעוּרֶיךָ א׳ Proverbs 5:18; Malachi 2:14, 15; בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ א׳ Malachi 2:14; אֵשֶׁת אָב = step-mother Leviticus 18:8, 11; Leviticus 20:11.
3. Female of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse); see also below 4
†4. With distributive & reciprocal sense, מֵאֵת א׳ רְעוּתָהּ each woman from her neighbour Exodus 11:2 (E); compare Ruth 1:8, 9; Jeremiah 9:19; each one, of birds of prey Isaiah 34:15 compare Isaiah 34:16 (strike out Bi Che); of cows (figurative of heartless women of Israel) Amos 4:3; of sheep (figurative of Israel) Zechariah 11:9; & of inanimate things (P, & late) אֶל אֲחֹתָהּ א׳ Exodus 26:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:5, 6, 17 (P) Ezekiel 1:9 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 1:23; Ezekiel 3:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:22; 2:22; 2:23; 2:24; 2:25; 3:1; 3:2; 3:8; 3:17; 4:1; 4:17; 4:19; 4:23; 7:2; 11:29; 12:11; 12:18; 12:19; 16:3; 18:11; 20:11; 20:12; 30:26; 31:35; 34:21

Exodus

2:2; 2:7; 11:2; 21:3; 21:22; 22:23; 26:3; 26:5; 26:6; 26:17; 35:29; 36:6

Leviticus

12:2; 18:8; 18:11; 20:11

Numbers

31:18; 36:3; 36:6; 36:11; 36:12

Deuteronomy

7:2; 7:5; 13:7; 20:7; 21:11; 22:19; 22:22; 22:29; 28:30; 28:54

Joshua

2:1; 6:22

Judges

4:4; 11:1; 13:24; 16:1; 19:1; 19:27; 20:4

Ruth

1:8; 1:9; 3:11

1 Samuel

21:5; 28:7

2 Samuel

11:5; 14:2; 14:5; 20:16

1 Kings

3:16; 3:18; 11:1; 11:8; 11:26; 17:9; 17:10; 20:7

Ezra

10:2; 10:10; 10:11; 10:14; 10:17; 10:18; 10:44

Nehemiah

13:23; 13:26; 13:27

Job

14:1; 15:14; 25:4

Psalms

58:9; 128:3

Proverbs

2:16; 5:18; 6:24; 6:26; 6:26; 7:5; 9:13; 11:16; 12:4; 21:9; 21:19; 25:24; 27:15; 30:20; 31:10

Ecclesiastes

7:28

Isaiah

34:15; 34:16; 49:15

Jeremiah

3:3; 9:19; 13:21; 50:37; 51:30

Ezekiel

1:9; 1:23; 3:13; 16:30; 23:44; 23:44; 23:44

Hosea

1:2

Amos

4:3

Zechariah

11:9

Malachi

2:14; 2:14; 2:15

H802

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Strong's Number H802 matches the Hebrew אִשָּׁה ('iššâ),
which occurs 781 times in 686 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 11 / 14 (1Ch 9:35–Est 2:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:35 - And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's H802 name was Maachah:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:3 - And David took more wives H802 at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:3 - And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, H802 to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - The son of a woman H802 of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11 - And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife H802 shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18 - And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, H802 and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives H802 and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, H802 and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23 - And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:21 - But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, H802 and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:13 - That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:13 - And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, H802 and their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:6 - And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: H802 and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:14 - Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, H802 and all thy goods:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; H802 so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife H802 of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:3 - And Jehoiada took for him two wives; H802 and he begat sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18 - And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: H802 and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 - And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, H802 sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:9 - For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives H802 are in captivity for this.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:18 - And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, H802 and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:22 - And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife H802 of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:61

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:61 - And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife H802 of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:1 - Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women H802 and children: for the people wept very sore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives H802 of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, H802 and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10 - And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, H802 to increase the trespass of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11 - Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives H802 in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:17 - And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives H802 by the first day of the first month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:18 - And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: H802 namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:19 - And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; H802 and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:44 - All these had taken strange wives: H802 and some of them had wives H802 by whom they had children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, H802 and your houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:1 - And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives H802 against their brethren the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:63

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:63 - And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, H802 and was called after their name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2 - And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, H802 and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, H802 and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, H802 their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:43 - Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives H802 also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:23 - In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives H802 of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:26 - Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women H802 cause to sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27 - Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women H802 in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, H802 so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives H802 shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, H802 unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; H802 and let their things for purification be given them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11 - And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's H802 house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, H802 (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) H802

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