אִשָּׁה

Strong’s Definition

a woman

Etymology & Derivation

feminine of H376 (אִישׁ) or H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ); irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ))

KJV Usage

(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.woman, wife, female
• 2.woman (opposite of man)
• 3.wife (woman married to a man)
• 4.female (of animals)
• 5.each, every (pronoun)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼishshâh; Pronunciation: ish-shaw'