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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.
“female”
also renders thēlys (G2338), ʼishshâh (H802)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
22 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Deuteronomy 4:16 · HNcfsa
lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Genesis 1:27 · HC/Ncfsa
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
Genesis 5:2 · HC/Ncfsa
He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.
Genesis 6:19 · HC/Ncfsa
Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
Genesis 7:3 · HC/Ncfsa
Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
Genesis 7:9 · HC/Ncfsa
went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
Genesis 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.