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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אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) means “woman” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ish-shaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
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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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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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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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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| 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 |
| 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 |
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But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
Read word by wordAbraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Read word by wordOne night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
Read word by wordNow return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
Read word by wordAbraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
Read word by wordBesides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
Read word by wordSo Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
Read word by wordThen Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
Read word by wordfor on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
Read word by wordAnd while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordAfter this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Read word by wordand I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
Read word by wordbut will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
Read word by wordThe servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
Read word by wordThe LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
Read word by wordAnd if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
Read word by wordBefore the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Read word by wordMy master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
Read word by wordMy master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
Read word by wordbut you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
Read word by wordThen I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
Read word by wordAnd he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
Read word by wordand she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
Read word by wordRebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
Read word by wordAnd Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
Read word by wordNow Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
Read word by wordThis was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
Read word by wordand Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Read word by wordLater, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Read word by wordBut when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
Read word by wordWhen Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Read word by wordAbimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
Read word by word“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
Read word by wordSo Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
Read word by wordWhen Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Read word by wordThen Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
Read word by wordSo Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
Read word by word“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Read word by wordNow Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
Read word by wordEsau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
Read word by wordFinally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
Read word by wordAnd Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
Read word by wordSo Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
Read word by wordWhen Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
Read word by wordGive me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
Read word by wordThen Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
Read word by wordRachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.
Read word by wordIf you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
Read word by wordDuring the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.23
When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
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