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γυνή (gunē) means “woman” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

γυνή Greek · G1135 211 tagged occurrences in 190 verses

Pronunciation guide: goo-nay' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1135G

γυνή · gunē · woman

γυνή, -αικός, ἡ, [in LXX for אִשָּׁה ;] 1. a woman, married or unmarried: Mat.11:11 14:21, al.; ὕπανδρος γ., Rom.7:2; γ. χήρα, Luk.4:26; in vocat., γύναι implies neither reproof nor severity, but is used frequently as a term of respect and endearment, Mat.15:28, Jhn.2:4, 4:21 19:26. 2. a wife: Mat.1:20, 1Co.7:3, 4 al.; γ. ἀπολύειν, Mrk.10:2, al.; γ. ἔχειν Mrk.6:18; γ. λαβεῖν, Mrk.12:19; γ. γαμεῖν, Luk.14:20. 3. a deaconess, 1Ti.3:11 (CGT, in l.). (AS)

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TBESG · G1135H

γυνή · gunē · woman: wife

γυνή, -αικός, ἡ, [in LXX for אִשָּׁה ;] 1. a woman, married or unmarried: Mat.11:11 14:21, al.; ὕπανδρος γ., Rom.7:2; γ. χήρα, Luk.4:26; in vocat., γύναι implies neither reproof nor severity, but is used frequently as a term of respect and endearment, Mat.15:28, Jhn.2:4, 4:21 19:26. 2. a wife: Mat.1:20, 1Co.7:3, 4 al.; γ. ἀπολύειν, Mrk.10:2, al.; γ. ἔχειν Mrk.6:18; γ. λαβεῖν, Mrk.12:19; γ. γαμεῖν, Luk.14:20. 3. a deaconess, 1Ti.3:11 (CGT, in l.). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a woman, wife, my lady.

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How translators render G1135

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
woman 65
wife 54
women 24
a woman 21
wives 9
a wife 7
the women 4
for a woman 3
of women 3
widow 3
his wife 2
a woman was there 1
believing wife 1
bride 1
commitment 1
faithful 1
for women who 1
married 1
of the woman 1
of woman 1
the wife 1
their wives 1
to a wife 1
vvv 1
were married 1
wifes 1
wives should submit 1
woman was 1
womans 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
wife 54
the woman 42
a woman 22
women 22
woman 19
a wife 9
the wife 8
wives 7
of women 4
the women 4
a 3
of the woman 3
to wife 2
unto the women 2
for a woman 1
for women 1
her to wife 1
his wife 1
o wife 1
of the wife 1
of woman 1
on a woman 1
that a woman 1
that woman 1
the wives 1
to 1
to the woman 1
unto a wife 1
unto the wife 1
unto the woman 1
ye wives 1

Verses containing G1135

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  1. Acts 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

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  2. Acts 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

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  3. Acts 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.

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  4. Acts 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

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  5. Acts 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

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  6. Acts 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

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  7. Acts 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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  8. Acts 13:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

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  9. Acts 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

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  10. Acts 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

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  11. Acts 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

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  12. Acts 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

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  13. Acts 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

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  14. Acts 17:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.

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  15. Acts 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

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  16. Acts 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

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  17. Acts 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

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  18. Acts 24:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

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  19. Romans 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

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  20. 1 Corinthians 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

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  21. 1 Corinthians 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

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  22. 1 Corinthians 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

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  23. 1 Corinthians 7:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

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  24. 1 Corinthians 7:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

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  25. 1 Corinthians 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

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  26. 1 Corinthians 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

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  27. 1 Corinthians 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

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  28. 1 Corinthians 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

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  29. 1 Corinthians 7:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

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  30. 1 Corinthians 7:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

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  31. 1 Corinthians 7:27 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

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  32. 1 Corinthians 7:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

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  33. 1 Corinthians 7:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,

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  34. 1 Corinthians 7:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

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  35. 1 Corinthians 7:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

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  36. 1 Corinthians 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

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  37. 1 Corinthians 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

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  38. 1 Corinthians 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.

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  39. 1 Corinthians 11:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

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  40. 1 Corinthians 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

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  41. 1 Corinthians 11:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.

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  42. 1 Corinthians 11:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

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  43. 1 Corinthians 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

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  44. 1 Corinthians 11:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

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  45. 1 Corinthians 11:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

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  46. 1 Corinthians 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

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  47. 1 Corinthians 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

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  48. 1 Corinthians 14:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

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  49. 1 Corinthians 14:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.

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  50. Galatians 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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