Feminine
γυναικεῖοςStrong’s G1134gunaikeios
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Gunaikeios is the Greek word usually translated “female”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
Meaning
Usually translated “female”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- female 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Peter 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
γυναικεῖος gunaikeios · feminine
γυναικεῖος, -α, -ον (γυνή), [in LXX chiefly for אִשָּׁה ;] female: 1Pe.3:7.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “feminine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FEM'ININE, adjective
[Latin femininus, from femina, woman. The first syllable may be and probably is from wemb or womb, by the use of f for w; the b not being radical. The last part of the word is probably from man, quasi, femman, womb-man.]
- Pertaining to a woman, or to women, or to females; as the female sex.
- soft; tender; delicate.
- Effeminate; destitute of manly qualities.
- In grammar, denoting the gender or words which signify females, or the terminations of such words. words are said to be of the feminine gender, when they denote females, or have the terminations proper to express females in any given language.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.