Usually translated as
wife, woman, one, each, female, adulteress, every, none, together, many
Occurrences
ʼishshâh occurs 767 times in 674 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (132), Exodus (33), Leviticus (31), Numbers (35), Deuteronomy (32), Joshua (8), Judges (54), Ruth (14), 1 Samuel (47), 2 Samuel (40), 1 Kings (33), 2 Kings (17), 1 Chronicles (20), 2 Chronicles (18), Ezra (11), Nehemiah (10), Esther (18), Job (8), Psalms (3), Proverbs (23), Ecclesiastes (3), Song of Songs (3), Isaiah (11), Jeremiah (31), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (17), Daniel (2), Hosea (4), Amos (2), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Zechariah (7), Malachi (2)
- Genesis 2:22 — And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman (לְאִשָּׁ֑ה), and brought her unto the man.
- Genesis 2:23 — And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman (אִשָּׁ֔ה), because she was taken out of Man.
- Genesis 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife (בְּאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ): and they shall be one flesh.
- Genesis 2:25 — And they were both naked, the man and his wife (וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ), and were not ashamed.
- Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman (הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה), Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Genesis 3:2 — And the woman (הָֽאִשָּׁ֖ה) said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
- Genesis 3:4 — And the serpent said unto the woman (הָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה), Ye shall not surely die:
- Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman (הָֽאִשָּׁ֡ה) saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- Genesis 3:8 — And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife (וְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ) hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
- Genesis 3:12 — And the man said, The woman (הָֽאִשָּׁה֙) whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
- Genesis 3:13 — And the LORD God said unto the woman (לָאִשָּׁ֖ה), What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
- Genesis 3:13 — And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman (הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה) said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
- Genesis 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman (הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה), and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Genesis 3:16 — Unto the woman (הָאִשָּׁ֣ה) he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
- Genesis 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife (אִשְׁתֶּךָ֒), and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Genesis 3:20 — And Adam called his wife’s (אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ) name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
- Genesis 3:21 — Unto Adam also and to his wife (וּלְאִשְׁתּ֛וֹ) did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
- Genesis 4:1 — And Adam knew Eve his wife (אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ); and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
- Genesis 4:17 — And Cain knew his wife (אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ); and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
- Genesis 4:19 — And Lamech took unto him two wives (נָשִׁ֑ים): the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
- Genesis 4:23 — And Lamech said unto his wives (לְנָשָׁ֗יו), Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
- Genesis 4:23 — And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives (נְשֵׁ֣י) of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
- Genesis 4:25 — And Adam knew his wife (אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ) again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
- Genesis 6:2 — That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives (נָשִׁ֔ים) of all which they chose.
- Genesis 6:18 — But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife (וְאִשְׁתְּךָ֥), and thy sons’ wives with thee.
- Genesis 6:18 — But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives (וּנְשֵֽׁי) with thee.
- Genesis 7:2 — Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female (וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ): and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
- Genesis 7:2 — Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female (וְאִשְׁתּֽוֹ).
- Genesis 7:7 — And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife (וְאִשְׁתּ֧וֹ), and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
- Genesis 7:7 — And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives (וּנְשֵֽׁי) with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
- Genesis 7:13 — In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife (וְאֵ֣שֶׁת), and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
- Genesis 7:13 — In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives (נְשֵֽׁי) of his sons with them, into the ark;
- Genesis 8:16 — Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife (וְאִשְׁתְּךָ֛), and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
- Genesis 8:16 — Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives (וּנְשֵֽׁי) with thee.
- Genesis 8:18 — And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife (וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹ), and his sons’ wives with him:
- Genesis 8:18 — And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives (וּנְשֵֽׁי) with him:
- Genesis 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives (נָשִׁ֑ים): the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- Genesis 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife (אֵֽשֶׁת) was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- Genesis 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife (אֵֽשֶׁת), Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- Genesis 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife (אֵ֖שֶׁת); and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
- Genesis 12:5 — And Abram took Sarai his wife (אִשְׁתּ֜וֹ), and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
- Genesis 12:11 — And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife (אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ), Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
- Genesis 12:11 — And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman (אִשָּׁ֥ה) to look upon:
- Genesis 12:12 — Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife (אִשְׁתּ֣וֹ): and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
- Genesis 12:14 — And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman (הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה) that she was very fair.
- Genesis 12:15 — The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman (הָאִשָּׁ֖ה) was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
- Genesis 12:17 — And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife (אֵ֥שֶׁת).
- Genesis 12:18 — And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife (אִשְׁתְּךָ֖)?
- Genesis 12:19 — Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife (לְאִשָּׁ֑ה): now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
- Genesis 12:19 — Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife (אִשְׁתְּךָ֖), take her, and go thy way.