Woman
אִשָּׁהStrong’s H0802ishshah (ish-shah)
Appears in 686 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ishshah is the Hebrew word usually translated “woman”, “wife of” and “wife his”. It appears in 686 verses of the Old Testament.
“He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.”
Meaning
- Woman, wife, femalewoman (opposite of man) · wife (woman married to a man) · female (of animals) · each, every (pronoun)
How it's translated
- the woman 102
- wife of 84
- a woman 83
- wife his 65
- a wife 49
- to a wife 40
- the women 35
- women 32
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 132
- Judges 55
- 1 Samuel 47
- 2 Samuel 40
- Numbers 35
- Exodus 34
33 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:37In contextNeither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
- Zechariah 5:7In contextAnd, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
- Zechariah 5:9In contextThen lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
- Zechariah 11:9In contextThen said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
- Zechariah 12:12In contextAnd the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
- Zechariah 12:13In contextThe family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
All 686 verses, by book
- Genesis 132
- 2:222:232:242:253:13:23:43:63:83:123:133:153:163:173:203:214:14:174:194:234:256:26:187:27:77:138:168:1811:2911:3112:512:1112:1212:1412:1512:1712:1812:1912:2013:114:1616:116:317:1517:1918:918:1018:1119:1519:1619:2620:220:320:720:1120:1220:1420:1720:1821:2123:1924:324:424:524:724:824:1524:3624:3724:3824:3924:4024:4424:5124:6725:125:1025:2025:2126:726:826:926:1026:1126:3427:4628:128:228:628:929:2129:2830:430:930:2631:1731:3531:5032:2233:534:434:834:1234:2134:2936:236:636:1036:1236:1336:1436:1736:1836:3937:238:638:838:938:1238:1438:2039:739:839:939:1941:4544:2745:1946:546:1946:2649:31
- Exodus 34
- 1:192:22:72:93:224:206:206:236:2511:215:2018:218:518:619:1520:1721:321:421:521:2221:2821:2922:1622:2426:326:526:626:1732:235:2235:2535:2635:2936:6
- Leviticus 32
- 12:213:2913:3815:1815:1915:2518:818:1118:1418:1518:1618:1718:1818:1918:2018:2218:2319:2020:1020:1120:1320:1420:1620:1820:2120:2721:721:1321:1424:1024:1126:26
- Numbers 35
- 5:65:125:145:155:185:195:215:225:245:255:265:275:285:295:305:316:212:114:316:2725:825:1526:5930:330:1631:931:1731:1831:3532:2636:336:636:836:1136:12
- Deuteronomy 34
- 2:343:63:195:2113:617:217:517:1720:720:1421:1121:1321:1522:522:1322:1422:1622:1922:2222:2422:2922:3024:124:324:424:525:525:1127:2028:3028:5429:1129:1831:12
- Judges 55
- 1:121:133:64:44:94:174:215:248:309:499:519:539:5411:111:213:213:313:613:913:1013:1113:1313:1913:2013:2113:2213:2313:2414:114:214:314:714:1014:1514:1614:2015:115:616:116:416:2719:119:2619:2720:421:121:721:1021:1121:1421:1621:1821:2121:2221:23
- 1 Samuel 47
- 1:21:41:151:181:191:231:262:202:224:1914:5015:315:3318:618:718:1718:1918:2719:1121:421:522:1925:325:1425:3725:3925:4025:4225:4325:4427:327:927:1128:728:828:928:1128:1228:1328:2128:2328:2430:230:330:530:1830:22
- 2 Samuel 40
- 1:262:23:33:53:83:145:136:1911:211:311:511:1111:2111:2611:2712:812:912:1012:1112:1512:2414:214:414:514:814:914:1214:1314:1814:1914:2715:1617:1917:2019:520:320:1620:1720:2120:22
- 1 Kings 34
- 2:172:213:163:173:183:193:223:264:114:157:149:1611:111:311:411:811:1911:2614:214:414:514:614:1716:3117:917:1017:1717:2420:320:520:721:521:721:25
- Proverbs 24
- 2:165:186:246:266:296:327:57:109:1311:1611:2212:414:118:2219:1319:1421:921:1925:2427:1530:2031:331:1031:30
- Jeremiah 32
- 3:13:33:205:86:116:127:188:109:2013:2114:1616:218:2129:629:2335:838:2238:2340:741:1643:644:744:944:1544:2044:2444:2548:4149:2250:3751:2251:30
- Ezekiel 20
- 1:91:233:138:149:616:3016:3216:3416:4118:618:1118:1522:1123:223:1023:4423:4824:1833:2644:22
- Micah 1
- 2:9
- Nahum 1
- 3:13
Hebrew dictionary
אִשָּׁה ishshah · 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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “woman” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WOMAN, noun
plural women. [a compound of womb and man.]
- The female of the human race, grown to adult years.“And the rib, which the Lord god had taken from the man, made he a woman” Genesis 2:22
- A female attendant or servant.
All definitions and other forms of “woman”
WOMAN, verb intransitive
To make pliant.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.