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γυνή

gunēwomanHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine216 occurrences15 books195 verses

Definition

γυνή, -αικός, ἡ,

[in LXX for אִשָּׁה ;]

1. a woman, married or unmarried: Matthew 11:11; 14:21, al.; ὕπανδρος γ., Romans 7:2; γ. χήρα, Luke 4:26; in vocat., γύναι implies neither reproof nor severity, but is used frequently as a term of respect and endearment, Matthew 15:28, John 2:4; 4:21; 19:26.

2. a wife: Matthew 1:20, 1 Corinthians 7:3, 4 al.; γ. ἀπολύειν, Mark 10:2, al.; γ. ἔχειν Mark 6:18; γ. λαβεῖν, Mark 12:19; γ. γαμεῖν, Luke 14:20.

3. a deaconess, 1 Timothy 3:11 (CGT, in l.).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as γυνή:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

216 total
  1. 1 Corinthians 7:34γυνὴ · woman
    …and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:39Γυνὴ · A wife
    A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:5γυναῖκα · wife
    Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
  4. 1 Corinthians 11:3γυναικὸς · of [the] woman
    But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
  5. 1 Corinthians 11:5γυνὴ · woman
    And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
  6. 1 Corinthians 11:6γυνή · a woman; γυναικὶ · for a woman
    If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
  7. 1 Corinthians 11:7γυνὴ · woman
    A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
  8. 1 Corinthians 11:8γυναικός · woman; γυνὴ · woman
    For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
  9. 1 Corinthians 11:9γυναῖκα · woman; γυνὴ · woman
    Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
  10. 1 Corinthians 11:10γυνὴ · a woman
    For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
  11. 1 Corinthians 11:11γυνὴ · woman; γυναικὸς · of woman
    In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
  12. 1 Corinthians 11:12γυνὴ · woman; γυναικός · woman
    For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
  13. 1 Corinthians 11:13γυναῖκα · for a woman
    Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
  14. 1 Corinthians 11:15γυνὴ · a woman
    …but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
  15. 1 Corinthians 14:34γυναῖκες · Women
    Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
  16. 1 Corinthians 14:35γυναικὶ · for a woman
    If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
  17. Galatians 4:4γυναικός · a woman
    But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
  18. Ephesians 5:22γυναῖκες · Wives
    Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
  19. Ephesians 5:23γυναικὸς · wife
    For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
  20. Ephesians 5:24γυναῖκες · wives [should submit]
    Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
  21. Ephesians 5:25γυναῖκας · wives
    Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
  22. Ephesians 5:28γυναῖκας · wives; γυναῖκα · wife
    In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
  23. Ephesians 5:31γυναῖκα · wife
    “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
  24. Ephesians 5:33γυναῖκα · wife; γυνὴ · wife
    Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
  25. Colossians 3:18γυναῖκες · Wives
    Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
  26. Colossians 3:19γυναῖκας · wives
    Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
  27. 1 Timothy 2:9γυναῖκας · [the] women
    Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
  28. 1 Timothy 2:10γυναιξὶν · for women [who]
    …but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
  29. 1 Timothy 2:11Γυνὴ · A woman
    A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
  30. 1 Timothy 2:12γυναικὶ · a woman
    I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
  31. 1 Timothy 2:14γυνὴ · woman
    And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
  32. 1 Timothy 3:2γυναικὸς · wife
    An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
  33. 1 Timothy 3:11Γυναῖκας · [the] women
    In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
  34. 1 Timothy 3:12γυναικὸς · wife
    A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
  35. 1 Timothy 5:9γυνή · faithful
    A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,
  36. Titus 1:6γυναικὸς · wife
    An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.
  37. Hebrews 11:35γυναῖκες · Women
    Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
  38. 1 Peter 3:1γυναῖκες · Wives; γυναικῶν · wives
    Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
  39. 1 Peter 3:5γυναῖκες · women
    For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,
  40. Revelation 2:20γυναῖκα · woman
    But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
  41. Revelation 9:8γυναικῶν · of women
    They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.
  42. Revelation 12:1γυνὴ · a woman
    And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.