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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. Revelation 12:4γυναικὸς · woman
    His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
  2. Revelation 12:6γυνὴ · woman
    And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
  3. Revelation 12:13γυναῖκα · woman
    And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
  4. Revelation 12:14γυναικὶ · woman
    But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
  5. Revelation 12:15γυναικὸς · woman
    Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
  6. Revelation 12:16γυναικί · woman
    But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.
  7. Revelation 12:17γυναικί · woman
    And the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
  8. Revelation 14:4γυναικῶν · women
    These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
  9. Revelation 17:3γυναῖκα · a woman
    And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
  10. Revelation 17:4γυνὴ · woman
    The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
  11. Revelation 17:6γυναῖκα · woman [was]
    I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
  12. Revelation 17:7γυναικὸς · woman
    “Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
  13. Revelation 17:9γυνὴ · woman
    This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
  14. Revelation 17:18γυνὴ · woman
    And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
  15. Revelation 19:7γυνὴ · bride
    Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
  16. Revelation 21:9γυναῖκα · wife
    Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”