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γυνή
gynḗ · Greek · Strong's G1135 · 219 occurrences
The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew and Greek words as “woman”
What it means
a woman; specially, a wife
probably from the base of G1096 (γίνομαι);
How the KJV renders it
wife, woman
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“woman”
“wife”
Answers that weigh this word
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Are head coverings commanded in worship?
- What does 1 Timothy 2:12 mean about women teaching?
- Is the rapture biblical?
- Is eating meat sacrificed to idols permitted?
- Is a failure to be healed a failure of faith?
Where it appears
219 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 5:1 · N-ASF
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.
1 Corinthians 7:1 · N-GSF
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:2 · N-ASF
But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:3 · N-DSF
Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:4 · N-NSF
The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
1 Corinthians 7:10 · N-ASF
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
1 Corinthians 7:11 N-ASF1 Corinthians 7:12 N-ASF1 Corinthians 7:13 N-NSF1 Corinthians 7:14 N-DSF1 Corinthians 7:16 N-ASF1 Corinthians 7:27 N-ASF1 Corinthians 7:29 N-APF1 Corinthians 7:33 N-DSF1 Corinthians 7:34 N-NSF1 Corinthians 7:39 N-NSF1 Corinthians 9:5 N-ASF1 Corinthians 11:3 N-GSF1 Corinthians 11:5 N-NSF1 Corinthians 11:6 N-DSF1 Corinthians 11:7 N-NSF1 Corinthians 11:8 N-GSF1 Corinthians 11:9 N-ASF1 Corinthians 11:10 N-NSF1 Corinthians 11:11 N-GSF1 Corinthians 11:12 N-GSF1 Corinthians 11:13 N-ASF1 Corinthians 11:15 N-NSF1 Corinthians 14:34 N-NPF1 Corinthians 14:35 N-DSF1 Peter 3:1 N-GPF1 Peter 3:5 N-NPF1 Timothy 2:9 N-APF1 Timothy 2:10 N-DPF1 Timothy 2:11 N-NSF1 Timothy 2:12 N-DSF1 Timothy 2:14 N-NSF1 Timothy 3:2 N-GSF1 Timothy 3:11 N-APF1 Timothy 3:12 N-GSF1 Timothy 5:9 N-NSFActs 1:14 N-DPFActs 5:1 N-DSFActs 5:2 N-GSFActs 5:7 N-NSFActs 5:14 N-GPFActs 8:3 N-APFActs 8:12 N-NPFActs 9:2 N-APFActs 13:50 N-APFActs 16:1 N-GSFActs 16:13 N-DPFActs 16:14 N-NSFActs 17:4 N-GPFActs 17:12 N-GPFActs 17:34 N-NSFActs 18:2 N-ASFActs 21:5 N-DPFActs 22:4 N-APFActs 24:24 N-DSF
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