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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)

From אִישׁ (H376) or אֱנוֹשׁ (H582)

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TWOT Reference: 137a

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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)

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STRONGS H802: Abbreviations

אִשָּׁה ₇₇₅ noun feminine woman, wife, female (Arabic bdb006102

, Sabean אנתֿת etc. DHM^{ZK 1884, 360}, Aramaic אִתְּתָא, אִנְתְּתָא, אִתָּא, bdb006103

, Palmyrene, Nabataean אנתתא, Ethiopic bdb006104

Phoenician אשת, Assyrian aššatu COT^Gloss) — 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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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

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Strong's Number H802 matches the Hebrew אִשָּׁה ('iššâ),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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2Ki 4:1 - Now there cried^H6817 a certain^H259 woman^H802 of the wives^H802 of the sons^H1121 of the prophets^H5030 unto Elisha,^H477 saying,^H559 Thy servant^H5650 my husband^H376 is dead;^H4191 and thou knowest^H3045 that thy servant^H5650 did fear^H3373 the LORD:^H3068 and the creditor^H5383 is come^H935 to take^H3947 unto him my two^H8147 sons^H3206 to be bondmen.^H5650

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2Ki 4:8 - And it fell on a day,^H3117 that Elisha^H477 passed^H5674 to Shunem,^H7766 where was a great^H1419 woman;^H802 and she constrained^H2388 him to eat^H398 bread.^H3899 And so it was, that as oft^H1767 as he passed by,^H5674 he turned^H5493 in thither to eat^H398 bread.^H3899

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2Ki 4:17 - And the woman^H802 conceived,^H2029 and bare^H3205 a son^H1121 at that season^H4150 that Elisha^H477 had said^H1696 unto her, according to the time^H6256 of life.^H2416

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2Ki 5:2 - And the Syrians^H758 had gone out^H3318 by companies,^H1416 and had brought away captive^H7617 out of the land^H776 of Israel^H3478 a little^H6996 maid;^H5291 and she waited on^H6440 Naaman's^H5283 wife.^H802

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2Ki 6:26 - And as the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 was passing by^H5674 upon the wall,^H2346 there cried^H6817 a woman^H802 unto him, saying,^H559 Help,^H3467 my lord,^H113 O king.^H4428

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2Ki 6:28 - And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered,^H559 This woman^H802 said^H559 unto me, Give^H5414 thy son,^H1121 that we may eat^H398 him to day,^H3117 and we will eat^H398 my son^H1121 to morrow.^H4279

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2Ki 6:30 - And it came to pass, when the king^H4428 heard^H8085 the words^H1697 of the woman,^H802 that he rent^H7167 his clothes;^H899 and he passed by^H5674 upon the wall,^H2346 and the people^H5971 looked,^H7200 and, behold, he had sackcloth^H8242 within^H1004 upon his flesh.^H1320

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2Ki 8:1 - Then spake^H1696 Elisha^H477 unto the woman,^H802 whose son^H1121 he had restored to life,^H2421 saying,^H559 Arise,^H6965 and go^H3212 thou and thine household,^H1004 and sojourn^H1481 wheresoever^H834 thou canst sojourn:^H1481 for the LORD^H3068 hath called^H7121 for a famine;^H7458 and it shall also come^H935 upon the land^H776 seven^H7651 years.^H8141

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2Ki 8:2 - And the woman^H802 arose,^H6965 and did^H6213 after the saying^H1697 of the man^H376 of God:^H430 and she went^H3212 with her household,^H1004 and sojourned^H1481 in the land^H776 of the Philistines^H6430 seven^H7651 years.^H8141

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2Ki 8:3 - And it came to pass at the seven^H7651 years'^H8141 end,^H7097 that the woman^H802 returned^H7725 out of the land^H776 of the Philistines:^H6430 and she went forth^H3318 to cry^H6817 unto the king^H4428 for her house^H1004 and for her land.^H7704

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2Ki 8:5 - And it came to pass, as he was telling^H5608 the king^H4428 how he had restored^H2421 ➔ a dead body^H4191 to life,^H2421 that, behold, the woman,^H802 whose son^H1121 he had restored to life,^H2421 cried^H6817 to the king^H4428 for her house^H1004 and for her land.^H7704 And Gehazi^H1522 said,^H559 My lord,^H113 O king,^H4428 this is the woman,^H802 and this is her son,^H1121 whom Elisha^H477 restored to life.^H2421

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2Ki 8:6 - And when the king^H4428 asked^H7592 the woman,^H802 she told^H5608 him. So the king^H4428 appointed^H5414 unto her a certain^H259 officer,^H5631 saying,^H559 Restore^H7725 all that was hers, and all the fruits^H8393 of the field^H7704 since the day^H3117 that she left^H5800 the land,^H776 even until now.

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2Ki 8:18 - And he walked^H3212 in the way^H1870 of the kings^H4428 of Israel,^H3478 as did^H6213 the house^H1004 of Ahab:^H256 for the daughter^H1323 of Ahab^H256 was his wife:^H802 and he did^H6213 evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of the LORD.^H3068

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2Ki 14:9 - And Jehoash^H3060 the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 sent^H7971 to Amaziah^H558 king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 saying,^H559 The thistle^H2336 that was in Lebanon^H3844 sent^H7971 to the cedar^H730 that was in Lebanon,^H3844 saying,^H559 Give^H5414 thy daughter^H1323 to my son^H1121 to wife:^H802 and there passed^H5674 by a wild^H7704 beast^H2416 that was in Lebanon,^H3844 and trode down^H7429 the thistle.^H2336

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2Ki 22:14 - So Hilkiah^H2518 the priest,^H3548 and Ahikam,^H296 and Achbor,^H5907 and Shaphan,^H8227 and Asahiah,^H6222 went^H3212 unto Huldah^H2468 the prophetess,^H5031 the wife^H802 of Shallum^H7967 the son^H1121 of Tikvah,^H8616 the son^H1121 of Harhas,^H2745 keeper^H8104 of the wardrobe;^H899 (now she dwelt^H3427 in Jerusalem^H3389 in the college;)^H4932 and they communed^H1696 with her.

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2Ki 23:7 - And he brake down^H5422 the houses^H1004 of the sodomites,^H6945 that were by the house^H1004 of the LORD,^H3068 where the women^H802 wove^H707 hangings^H1004 for the grove.^H842

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2Ki 24:15 - And he carried away^H1540 Jehoiachin^H3078 to Babylon,^H894 and the king's^H4428 mother,^H517 and the king's^H4428 wives,^H802 and his officers,^H5631 and the mighty^H352^H193 of the land,^H776 those carried^H3212 he into captivity^H1473 from Jerusalem^H3389 to Babylon.^H894

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