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נְקֵבָה H5347
H5347 is the Hebrew word נְקֵבָה, transliterated nᵉqêbâh and said nek-ay-baw'. The King James Version most often renders it female.
What it means
female (from the sexual form).
Where it comes from
from H5344 (נָקַב).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: female.
Verses using נְקֵבָה
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 1:27 · KJV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 5:2 · KJV
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 7:3 · KJV
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 7:9 · KJV
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:16 · KJV
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
Leviticus 3:1 · KJV
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
Leviticus 3:6 · KJV
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Leviticus 4:28 · KJV
Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
Leviticus 4:32 · KJV
And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
Leviticus 5:6 · KJV
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
Leviticus 12:5 · KJV
But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
Leviticus 15:33 · KJV
And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
Leviticus 27:4 · KJV
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
Leviticus 27:5 · KJV
And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Leviticus 27:6 · KJV
And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
Leviticus 27:7 · KJV
And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Numbers 5:3 · KJV
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
Numbers 31:15 · KJV
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Jeremiah 31:22 · KJV
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5347 mean?
H5347 is the Hebrew word נְקֵבָה (nᵉqêbâh), meaning female (from the sexual form).
How is H5347 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it female (12 times), or female (2 times), woman (2 times), maid child (1 time), if it be a female (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5347 appear in the Bible?
נְקֵבָה (nᵉqêbâh) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5347 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5344 (נָקַב).
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