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Lexicon :: Strong's H5347 - nᵊqēḇâ

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נְקֵבָה
Transliteration
nᵊqēḇâ
Pronunciation
nek-ay-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1409b

Strong’s Definitions

נְקֵבָה nᵉqêbâh, nek-ay-baw'; from H5344; female (from the sexual form):—female.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H5347 in the following manner: female (18x), woman (3x), maid (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H5347 in the following manner: female (18x), woman (3x), maid (1x).

  1. female

    1. woman, female child

    2. female animal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְקֵבָה nᵉqêbâh, nek-ay-baw'; from H5344; female (from the sexual form):—female.
STRONGS H5347: Abbreviations
† נְקֵבָה noun feminine female (perforata (BaNB 166); so Thes and most; > another view in SchwZAW xi (1891), 181f.; Idioticon 57; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic נוּקְבָּא, נוּקְבְּתָא, bdb066607, bdb066608); — always absolute נ׳ Jeremiah 31:22 + 21 times (all Pentateuch, and all P except Deuteronomy 4:16):
1. woman (or female child) Jeremiah 31:22 (opposed to גֶּבֶר), Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2; Leviticus 12:5, 7; Leviticus 15:33; Leviticus 27:4, 5, 6, 7) Numbers 5:3 (all opposed to זָבָר), Numbers 31:15.
2. female animal Genesis 6:19; Genesis 7:3, 9, 16; Leviticus 3:1, 6 (all opposed to זָכָר), Leviticus 4:28, 32; Leviticus 5:6. — Deuteronomy 4:16 (opposed to זָכָר) may include both women and animals.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:27; 5:2; 6:19; 7:3; 7:9; 7:16

Leviticus

3:1; 3:6; 4:28; 4:32; 5:6; 12:5; 12:7; 15:33; 27:4; 27:5; 27:6; 27:7

Numbers

5:3; 31:15

Deuteronomy

4:16; 4:16

Jeremiah

31:22; 31:22

H5347

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5347 matches the Hebrew נְקֵבָה (nᵊqēḇâ),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - “And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - “also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9 - two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:16 - So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1 - ‘When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - ‘If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD is of the flock, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:28 - ‘or if his sin which he has committed comes to his knowledge, then he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:32 - ‘If he brings a lamb as his sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 - ‘and he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - ‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her customary impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purification sixty-six days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - ‘Then he shall offer it before the LORD, and make atonement for her. And she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33 - ‘and for her who is indisposed because of her customary impurity, and for one who has a discharge, either man or woman, and for him who lies with her who is unclean.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - ‘If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - ‘and if from five years old up to twenty years old, then your valuation for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - ‘and if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - ‘and if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - “You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15 - And Moses said to them: “Have you kept all the women alive?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - “lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you gad about,
O you backsliding daughter?
For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman shall encompass a man.”
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