ish.shah H802

אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) means “woman” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אִשָּׁה Hebrew · H802 781 tagged occurrences in 686 verses

Pronunciation guide: ish-shaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0802G

אִשָּׁה · ish.shah · woman

: 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)

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TBESH · H0802H

אִשָּׁה · ish.shah · woman: wife

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

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TBESH · H0802I

אִשָּׁה · ish.shah · woman: another

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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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

KJV glosses: (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

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How translators render H802

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
wife	91
women	45
woman	43
the woman	37
wives	36
his wife	35
a woman	26
a wife	20
the women	18
and his wife	17
in marriage	15
the wife	15
your wife	10
my wife	9
vvv	9
your wives	9
and their wives	8
and wives	6
and women	6
the widow	6
among women	5
as a wife	5
her	5
his wives	5
then the woman	5
and your wife	4
as my wife	4
but the woman	4
of a woman	4
or woman	4
she	4
so the woman	4
their wives	4
when the woman	4
and his wifes	3
and the wife	3
and the woman	3
and woman	3
as his wife	3
by his wife	3
each	3
he is to have the woman	3
his wifes	3
including women	3
like women	3
of the woman	3
of woman	3
of women	3
one	3
the wives	3
to his wife	3
with his wife	3
about wives	2
and his wives	2
and its mate	2
and she	2
and the women	2
and your wives	2
as wives	2
but his wife	2
for a wife	2
is your wife	2
my wives	2
our wives	2
the harem	2
to a woman	2
to be his wife	2
to the woman	2
together	2
a prostitute	1
a woman who	1
about his wife	1
about the woman	1
along with their wives	1
am a woman	1
am the woman	1
and	1
and my wife	1
and naomi	1
and one	1
and the adulteress	1
and women alike	1
are a woman	1
are his wife	1
arrived with a wife	1
as a woman	1
as his wives	1
as well	1
as with a woman	1
as your own	1
as your wife	1
back my wife	1
be the woman	1
both a woman	1
but a woman	1
but davids wife	1
but lots wife	1
but when the woman	1
by these wives	1
by women	1
can a woman	1
each of you	1
each one	1
each young woman	1
every	1
female	1
for the women	1
from her	1
from women	1
has made women	1
has the woman	1
he married	1
her husband	1
his own wife	1
if a woman	1
in broad daylight	1
in the harem	1
in the wife	1
including the women	1
is his wife	1
is the woman	1
let their wives	1
like a wife	1
like a woman	1
like a womans	1
mans wife	1
married	1
mother	1
nor our wives	1
not one	1
now the wife	1
o women	1
of a prostitute	1
of an adulteress	1
of his wife	1
of other women	1
of the women	1
of your wives	1
on women	1
one such woman	1
opposite	1
or his wife	1
or to his mother	1
or woman alive	1
own	1
shall have the woman	1
she is my wife	1
so hannah	1
soon his wife	1
the foreign wives	1
the other women	1
the skilled women	1
the womans	1
the women and all	1
then jobs wife	1
then may my own wife	1
then she	1
then the mans wife	1
then the women	1
then your wives	1
they are like your women	1
they do a woman	1
this woman	1
to his wives	1
to my wife	1
to send their wives	1
to the wife	1
to your wife	1
visit the woman	1
was a woman	1
was your wife	1
were married	1
whose wife was	1
widow	1
wifes	1
with the wife	1
with their wives	1
with this woman	1
wives for them	1
womans	1
women as their wives	1
women have	1
womens	1
you with your wife	1
your wifes	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
wife	70
wives	42
his wife	41
woman	39
to wife	31
a wife	25
and the woman	25
women	20
the wife	18
the woman	17
and women	16
and his wife	15
unto the woman	14
a woman	13
of the women	11
thy wife	10
of a woman	9
and the women	8
of his wife	7
or woman	7
and woman	6
my wife	6
of women	6
one	6
among women	5
and their wives	5
apart and their wives	5
the women	5
their wives	5
them wives	5
with a woman	5
and all the women	4
his wives	4
and his wifes	3
and if a woman	3
and when the woman	3
him a wife	3
nor woman	3
of the woman	3
then the woman	3
to be his wife	3
to his wife	3
with the wife	3
with the women	3
your wives	3
all the wives	2
and every woman	2
and his female	2
and his wives	2
and if the woman	2
and she became his wife	2
and she shall be his wife	2
and the wife	2
and thy wives	2
and wives	2
but his wife	2
each	2
every one	2
for wives	2
he and his wife	2
her to him to wife	2
him to wife	2
if a woman	2
of your wives	2
or a woman	2
or that woman	2
so the woman	2
thee a wife	2
thee as a woman	2
this woman	2
to my wife	2
to the woman	2
unto a woman	2
unto his wife	2
whose wifes	2
with the woman	2
ye wives	2
a widows	1
above all his wives	1
above all the women	1
above women	1
according as the womans	1
after the woman	1
against the wife	1
all thy wives	1
also and his wives	1
also and to his wife	1
also or a woman	1
also or woman	1
and a wife	1
and became his wife	1
and behold all the women	1
and behold the woman	1
and every one	1
and for a wife	1
and for your wives	1
and had taken the women	1
and he shall cause the woman	1
and if they be married	1
and let their wives	1
and of their wives	1
and our wives	1
and she became my wife	1
and she shall be thy wife	1
and she was his wife	1
and the adulteress	1
and this womans	1
and thou hadst a whores	1
and thy wife	1
and to all the women	1
and to his wife	1
and to the women	1
and toward the wife	1
and when the wife	1
and your wives	1
as well to the women	1
be like unto women	1
behold the wife	1
between thee and the wife	1
between thee and the woman	1
but a woman	1
but all the women	1
but be as a woman	1
but every woman	1
but the women	1
but your wives	1
by a woman	1
can a woman	1
concerning this woman	1
did not a woman	1
every	1
every woman	1
for a wife	1
for my wifes	1
for the woman	1
for the women	1
for their wives	1
from the womans	1
from women	1
hath made women	1
he a woman	1
her for me to wife	1
her him to wife	1
her to be his wife	1
her to me to wife	1
herself and the woman	1
him a woman	1
himself and behold a woman	1
his wifes	1
house	1
i and this woman	1
if he were married	1
let my wife	1
let them marry	1
me a woman	1
mine thy wives	1
more wives	1
my wives	1
none	1
not my wife	1
not of me a woman	1
now therefore behold thy wife	1
o ye women	1
of a wife	1
of an harlot	1
of her and they shall become as women	1
of his own wife	1
of the wife	1
of the wives	1
of the womens	1
of their wives	1
of them and the woman	1
of them his wives	1
of this woman	1
of thy wife	1
of thy wives	1
on a womans	1
or his wife	1
or the wife	1
our wives	1
out of the womans	1
over his wife	1
peradventure the woman	1
seeing the women	1
shall be wife	1
shall cause the woman	1
shall she be above women	1
shall the women	1
shall they marry	1
she was a woman	1
that a woman	1
that all women	1
that behold the woman	1
that my wife	1
that our wives	1
that the woman	1
that the women	1
that their wives	1
that this woman	1
the one	1
the wives	1
the womans	1
thee and the woman	1
thee to him to wife	1
thee to wife	1
them their wives	1
then his wife	1
thence the woman	1
there an harlot	1
they became as women	1
they were married	1
thou and the woman	1
thou and thy wife	1
thou or to the woman	1
thou wife	1
thy wives	1
thyself therewith neither shall any woman	1
to be my wife	1
to be the wife	1
to be their wives	1
to be thy wife	1
to him a concubine	1
to thy wife	1
to us for wives	1
to wives	1
together with	1
together with the woman	1
unto all women	1
unto her the woman	1
unto him peradventure the woman	1
unto him to wife	1
unto his wives	1
unto me for my wives	1
unto the wives	1
unto thee a wife	1
unto thee and thy wife	1
unto women	1
was his wife	1
we our wives	1
were married	1
were no women	1
when a wife	1
where the women	1
wifes	1
with my wife	1
with thee in all this and the woman	1
with thy wife	1
with thy wives	1
womankind	1
womans	1
ye and your wives	1
ye women	1

Verses containing H802

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1 Chronicles 9:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.
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1 Chronicles 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.
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1 Chronicles 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.
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2 Chronicles 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
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Source alternate reference: 2.13
2 Chronicles 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
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2 Chronicles 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
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2 Chronicles 11:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
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2 Chronicles 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.
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2 Chronicles 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
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2 Chronicles 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
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2 Chronicles 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 21:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow.
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2 Chronicles 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.
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2 Chronicles 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.
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2 Chronicles 24:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
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2 Chronicles 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
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2 Chronicles 28:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.
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2 Chronicles 29:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.
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2 Chronicles 31:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The genealogy included all the little ones, wives, sons, and daughters of the whole assembly. For they had faithfully consecrated themselves as holy.
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2 Chronicles 34:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
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Ezra 2:61 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
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Ezra 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
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Ezra 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
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Ezra 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
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Ezra 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
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Ezra 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”
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Ezra 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
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Ezra 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
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Ezra 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
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Ezra 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.
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Ezra 10:44 · BSB · 2 occurrences
All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.
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Nehemiah 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
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Source alternate reference: 4.8
Nehemiah 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
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Nehemiah 7:63 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
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Nehemiah 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
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Nehemiah 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
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Nehemiah 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,
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Source alternate reference: 10.29
Nehemiah 12:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
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Nehemiah 13:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
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Nehemiah 13:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
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Nehemiah 13:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
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Esther 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
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Esther 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
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Esther 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
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Esther 2:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
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Esther 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.
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Esther 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.
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Esther 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.
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Esther 2:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.
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