אִשָּׁה

ish.shahwoman
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine781 occurrences33 books686 verses
This word comes from the name of Jerusalem wives.

Definition

feminine of H376 or H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as H582) a woman
Traditional renderings: (adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

781 total
  1. Genesis 49:31 (2×)אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ · and his wife; אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ · and his wife
    There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
  2. Exodus 1:19כַנָּשִׁ֛ים · women
    The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
  3. Exodus 2:2הָאִשָּׁ֖ה · and she
    …and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
  4. Exodus 2:7אִשָּׁ֣ה · women
    Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
  5. Exodus 2:9הָאִשָּׁ֛ה · So the woman
    Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
  6. Exodus 3:22אִשָּׁ֤ה · Every
    Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
  7. Exodus 4:20אִשְׁתּ֣וֹ · his wife
    So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
  8. Exodus 6:20לְאִשָּׁ֔ה
    And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
  9. Exodus 6:23לְאִשָּׁ֑ה
    And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
  10. Exodus 6:25לְאִשָּׁ֔ה
    Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
  11. Exodus 11:2וְאִשָּׁה֙ · and women alike
    Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
  12. Exodus 15:20הַנָּשִׁים֙ · the women
    Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
  13. Exodus 18:2אֵ֣שֶׁת · his wife
    After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,
  14. Exodus 18:5וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ · wife
    Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
  15. Exodus 18:6וְאִ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ · you with your wife
    He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
  16. Exodus 19:15אִשָּֽׁה׃ · a woman
    “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
  17. Exodus 20:17אֵ֣שֶׁת · wife
    You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
  18. Exodus 21:3 (2×)אִשָּׁה֙ · arrived with a wife; אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ · [she]
    If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.
  19. Exodus 21:4 (2×)אִשָּׁ֔ה · a wife; הָאִשָּׁ֣ה · the woman
    If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
  20. Exodus 21:5אִשְׁתִּ֖י · and my wife
    But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
  21. Exodus 21:22 (2×)אִשָּׁ֤ה · woman; הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה · the woman’s
    If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
  22. Exodus 21:28אִשָּׁ֖ה · woman
    If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
  23. Exodus 21:29אִשָּׁ֑ה · woman
    But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
  24. Exodus 22:16לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ · to be his wife
    If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
  25. Exodus 22:24נְשֵׁיכֶם֙ · then your wives
    My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
  26. Exodus 26:3 (2×)אִשָּׁ֖ה · together; אִשָּׁ֖ה · [as well]
    Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.
  27. Exodus 26:5אִשָּׁ֖ה · opposite
    Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.
  28. Exodus 26:6אִשָּׁ֤ה · together
    Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.
  29. Exodus 26:17אִשָּׁ֖ה · each
    Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
  30. Exodus 32:2נְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם · your wives
    So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
  31. Exodus 35:22הַנָּשִׁ֑ים · women
    So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
  32. Exodus 35:25אִשָּׁ֥ה · woman
    Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.
  33. Exodus 35:26הַ֨נָּשִׁ֔ים · the skilled women
    And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.
  34. Exodus 35:29וְאִשָּׁ֗ה · and women
    So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
  35. Exodus 36:6וְאִשָּׁ֗ה · or woman
    After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,
  36. Leviticus 12:2אִשָּׁה֙ · A woman who
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  37. Leviticus 13:29אִשָּׁ֔ה · woman
    If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
  38. Leviticus 13:38אִשָּׁ֔ה · a woman
    When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,
  39. Leviticus 15:18וְאִשָּׁ֕ה · a woman
    If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
  40. Leviticus 15:19וְאִשָּׁה֙ · a woman
    When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
  41. Leviticus 15:25וְאִשָּׁ֡ה · a woman
    When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  42. Leviticus 18:8אֵֽשֶׁת־ · wife
    You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
  43. Leviticus 18:11אֵ֤שֶׁת · wife
    You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
  44. Leviticus 18:14אִשְׁתּוֹ֙ · his wife
    You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
  45. Leviticus 18:15אֵ֤שֶׁת · wife
    You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.