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 Samuel 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
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1 Samuel 1:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
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1 Samuel 2:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
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1 Samuel 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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1 Samuel 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
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1 Samuel 14:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
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1 Samuel 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
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1 Samuel 15:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
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1 Samuel 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
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1 Samuel 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
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1 Samuel 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
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1 Samuel 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
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1 Samuel 18:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
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1 Samuel 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
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1 Samuel 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
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1 Samuel 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
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Source alternate reference: 21.6
1 Samuel 22:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
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1 Samuel 25:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
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1 Samuel 25:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
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1 Samuel 25:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.
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1 Samuel 25:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
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1 Samuel 25:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
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1 Samuel 25:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
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1 Samuel 25:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
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1 Samuel 25:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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1 Samuel 27:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
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1 Samuel 27:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
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1 Samuel 27:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
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1 Samuel 28:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
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1 Samuel 28:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
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1 Samuel 28:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”
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1 Samuel 28:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Whom shall I bring up for you?” the woman asked. “Bring up Samuel,” he replied.
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1 Samuel 28:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”
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1 Samuel 28:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
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1 Samuel 28:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
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1 Samuel 28:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
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1 Samuel 28:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
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1 Samuel 30:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
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1 Samuel 30:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
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1 Samuel 30:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
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1 Samuel 30:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
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1 Samuel 30:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
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2 Samuel 1:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
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2 Samuel 2:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
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2 Samuel 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
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2 Samuel 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and his sixth was Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.
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2 Samuel 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
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2 Samuel 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
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2 Samuel 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
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2 Samuel 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.
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