אִשָּׁה

ish.shahNoun (Feminine)H0802

woman

From: feminine of H376 (אִישׁ) or H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ); irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ))

Short Definition

a woman

Full Lexicon Entry

woman 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Feminine)

Morphology H:N-F

DescriptionH:N-F

Occurrences

667 times

Appears 667 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Genesis
131
Judges
55
1 Samuel
45
2 Samuel
39
1 Kings
34

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 1:50
  • 2 Samuel 1:26
  • Ezk 18:11
  • Genesis 39:8
  • Joshua 2:4

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.