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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H802 matches the Hebrew אִשָּׁה ('iššâ),
which occurs 41 times in 34 verses in 'Deu' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - “So we captured all his cities at that time and [fn]devoted to destruction [fn]the men, women H802, and little ones of every city. We left no survivor remaining.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - “And we [fn]devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, [fn]devoting to destruction [fn]the men, women H802, and little ones of every city.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:19 - ‘But your wives H802 and your little ones and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall remain in your cities which I have given you,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:21 -

‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife H802, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male slave or his female slave, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 -

“If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife H802 [fn]you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:2 -

“If there is found in your midst, in any of your gates of the towns which Yahweh your God is giving you, a man or a woman H802 who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, by trespassing against His covenant,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:5 - then you shall bring out that man or that woman H802 who has done this evil deed to your gates, that is, the man or the woman H802, and you shall stone them, and they will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:17 - “And he shall not multiply wives H802 for himself, [fn]or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:7 - ‘And who is the man that is engaged to a woman H802 and has not [fn]married her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man [fn]marry her.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - “Only the women H802 and the little ones and the animals and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall plunder for yourself; and you shall consume the spoil of your enemies which Yahweh your God has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:11 - and see among the captives a beautiful woman H802 and set your affection on her and would take her as a wife H802 for yourself,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - “She shall also [fn]remove the clothes of her captivity and shall remain in your house and weep for her father and mother a full month; and after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife H802.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:15 -

“If a man has two wives H802, the one loved and the other [fn]unloved, and both the loved and the [fn]unloved have borne him sons, if the firstborn son belongs to the [fn]unloved,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:5 -

“A woman H802 shall not wear man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s H802 clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:13 -

“If any man takes a wife H802 and goes in to her and then [fn]turns against her,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:14 - and charges her with shameful deeds and brings forth against her a bad name and says, ‘I took this woman H802, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:16 - “Then the girl’s father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife H802, but he [fn]turned against her;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 - and they shall fine him [fn]one hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father because he brought forth a bad name against a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife H802; he cannot [fn]divorce her all his days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 -

“If a man is found lying with a married woman H802, then both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman H802, and the woman H802; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them, and they will die; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife H802. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:29 - then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife H802 because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:30 -

[fn]A man shall not take his father’s wife H802 so that he will not uncover his father’s skirt.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 -

“If a man takes a wife H802 and marries her, and it happens [fn]that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:3 - and if the latter husband [fn]turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife H802,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:4 - then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife H802, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before Yahweh, and you shall not bring sin on the land which Yahweh your God gives you as an inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:5 -

“When a man takes a new wife H802, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give gladness to his wife H802 whom he has taken.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:5 -

“If brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, then the wife H802 of the one who died shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her and take her to himself as wife H802 and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:11 -

“If two men, a man and his brother, are struggling together, and the wife H802 of one comes near to deliver her husband from the hand of the one who is striking him, and she puts out her hand and seizes his genitals,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 -

‘Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife H802 because he has uncovered his father’s skirt.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:30 - “You shall betroth a wife H802, but another man will violate her; you shall build a house, but you will not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not [fn]use its fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - “The man who is [fn]refined and very delicate among you [fn]shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife H802 [fn]he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:11 - your little ones, your wives H802, and the sojourner who is within your camps, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - lest there be among you a man or woman H802, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12 - “Assemble the people, the men and the women H802 and little ones and [fn]the sojourner who is within your gates, so that they may hear and so that they may learn and fear Yahweh your God and be careful to do all the words of this law.
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