H5347 - נְקֵבָה (nᵉqêbâh)

H5347 נְקֵבָה (nᵉqêbâh) nek-ay-baw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

female

Strong's Definition

female (from the sexual form)

Derivation: from H5344 (נָקַב);

KJV Usage: female.

TWOT Reference: 1409b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) female

1a) woman, female child

1b) female animal

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2338

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) female 1a) woman, female child 1b) female animal

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נְקֵבָה neqêbâh BDB Definition: 1) female 1a) woman, female child 1b) female animal Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5344 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1409b Total KJV Occurrences: 22

Bible Occurrences (22)

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

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

5:3 31:15

4:16

31:22

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in His [own] image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 5:2

Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them man.

Genesis 6:19

And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark — male and female - — to keep [them] alive with you.

Genesis 7:3

and seven [pairs] of [every kind of] bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

Genesis 7:9

came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

Genesis 7:16

And they entered..., the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded [Noah]. Then the LORD... shut him in.

Leviticus 3:1

If one’s offering [is] a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male... or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.

Leviticus 3:6

If, however, one’s peace offering... to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.