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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 41 times in 35 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way[fn] and so is unfaithful to the LORD is guilty

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:12 - “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 - and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure—or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[fn] of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - After the priest has had the woman stand before the LORD, he shall loosen her hair and place in her hands the reminder-offering, the grain offering for jealousy, while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse not harm you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - here the priest is to put the woman under this curse—“may the LORD cause you to become a curse[fn] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.” “ ‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering will enter her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:25 - The priest is to take from her hands the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD and bring it to the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:26 - The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial[fn] offering and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28 - If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:29 - “ ‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and makes herself impure while married to her husband,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 - or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the LORD and is to apply this entire law to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:31 - The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a vow of dedication to the LORD as a Nazirite,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:1 - Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27 - So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children and little ones at the entrances to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:15 - And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites[fn] in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:3 - “When a young woman still living in her father’s household makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:16 - These are the regulations the LORD gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and his young daughter still living at home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:26 - Our children and wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - This is what the LORD commands for Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within their father’s tribal clan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father’s tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:11 - Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12 - They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father’s tribe and clan.
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