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אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh · Hebrew · Strong's H802 · 781 occurrences

The KJV renders 21 different Hebrew and Greek words as “one”

What it means

a woman

feminine of H376 (אִישׁ) or H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ); irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ))

How the KJV renders it

ess, each, every, female, one, wife, woman often unexpressed in english

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

one
also renders tìs (G5100), állos (G243), eirḗnē (G1515), hékastos (G1538), héteros (G2087), heîs (G1520), ʼechâd (H259), ʼîysh (H376), ʼalmônîy (H492), gibbôwr (H1368), gam (H1571), chad (H2297), chad (H2298), yâpheh (H3303), nephesh (H5315), pᵉthîy (H6612), rab (H7227), rûwm (H7311), rak (H7390), raʻ (H7451)
every
also renders hápas (G537), ʼechâd (H259), ʼîysh (H376), kôl (H3606)
each
also renders hékastos (G1538), ʼechâd (H259), ʼîysh (H376)
wife
also renders gynaikeîos (G1134), gynḗ (G1135), shêgâl (H7695)
female
also renders thēlys (G2338), nᵉqêbâh (H5347)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

781 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 1:50 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 2:18 HNcfsa1 Chronicles 2:24 HC/Ncfsc1 Chronicles 2:26 HNcfsa1 Chronicles 2:29 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 2:35 HR/Ncfsa1 Chronicles 3:3 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 4:5 HNcfpa1 Chronicles 4:18 HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 4:19 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 7:4 HNcfpa1 Chronicles 7:15 HNcfsa1 Chronicles 7:16 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 7:23 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 8:8 HNcfpc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 8:9 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 8:29 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 9:35 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 14:3 HNcfpa1 Chronicles 16:3 HNcfsa1 Kings 2:17 HR/Ncfsa1 Kings 2:21 HR/Ncfsa1 Kings 3:16 HNcfpa1 Kings 3:17 HC/Td/Ncfsa1 Kings 3:18 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 3:19 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 3:22 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 3:26 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 4:11 HR/Ncfsa1 Kings 4:15 HR/Ncfsa1 Kings 7:14 HNcfsa1 Kings 9:16 HNcfsc1 Kings 11:1 HNcfpa1 Kings 11:3 HNcfpa1 Kings 11:4 HNcfpc/Sp3ms1 Kings 11:8 HNcfpc/Sp3ms1 Kings 11:19 HNcfsa1 Kings 11:26 HNcfsa1 Kings 14:2 HNcfsc1 Kings 14:4 HNcfsc1 Kings 14:5 HNcfsc1 Kings 14:6 HNcfsc1 Kings 14:17 HNcfsc1 Kings 16:31 HNcfsa1 Kings 17:9 HNcfsa1 Kings 17:10 HNcfsa1 Kings 17:17 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 17:24 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 20:3 HC/Ncfpc/Sp2ms1 Kings 20:5 HC/Ncfpc/Sp2ms1 Kings 20:7 HR/Ncfpc/Sp1cs1 Kings 21:5 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Kings 21:7 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Kings 21:25 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 1:2 HNcfpa1 Samuel 1:4 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 1:15 HNcfsa1 Samuel 1:18 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 1:19 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 1:23 HTd/Ncfsa

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.