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נְקֵבָה
nᵉqêbâh · Hebrew · Strong's H5347 · 22 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “female”
What it means
female (from the sexual form)
from H5344 (נָקַב);
How the KJV renders it
female
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
22 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Deuteronomy 4:16 HNcfsaGenesis 1:27 HC/NcfsaGenesis 5:2 HC/NcfsaGenesis 6:19 HC/NcfsaGenesis 7:3 HC/NcfsaGenesis 7:9 HC/NcfsaGenesis 7:16 HC/NcfsaJeremiah 31:22 HNcfsaLeviticus 3:1 HNcfsaLeviticus 3:6 HNcfsaLeviticus 4:28 HNcfsaLeviticus 4:32 HNcfsaLeviticus 5:6 HNcfsaLeviticus 12:5 HNcfsaLeviticus 12:7 HRd/NcfsaLeviticus 15:33 HC/Rd/NcfsaLeviticus 27:4 HNcfsaLeviticus 27:5 HC/Rd/NcfsaLeviticus 27:6 HC/Rd/NcfsaLeviticus 27:7 HC/Rd/NcfsaNumbers 5:3 HNcfsaNumbers 31:15 HNcfsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.