Word

γυνή

gynḗ · G1135 · Greek · 215 occurrences

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Meanings

woman

An adult female person of marriageable age

Examples
Matthew 5:28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 9:20 And behold, a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind Him, and touched the border of His cloak;
Matthew 9:22 But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, “Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.” And at once the woman was made well.
wife

A woman who is married to a man

Examples
Matthew 1:20 But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:24 And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,
Matthew 5:31 “Now it was said, ‘WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY IS TO GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE’;
to marry, to get married

(An idiom, literally: to touch a woman) To marry a woman

Examples
1 Corinthians 7:1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
to marry, to get married

(An idiom, literally: to take a woman) To marry a woman

Examples
Mark 12:19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, his brother is to marry the wife and raise up children for his brother.
Mark 12:20 “There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children.
Luke 20:28 and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife, and he is childless, that his brother is to marry the wife and raise up children for his brother.
to be married

(An idiom, literally: to have a woman) To be married to a woman

Examples
Mark 6:18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
Mark 12:23 “In the resurrection, which one’s wife will she be? For each of the seven had her as his wife.”
Luke 20:28 and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife, and he is childless, that his brother is to marry the wife and raise up children for his brother.

How it’s used In 11 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

39 occurrences in 13 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 18
ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 4
σύyou 3
τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 3
Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

34 occurrences in 27 groups

τὶςsomeone 6
εἰμίto be 3
εἷςone 3
ὄνομαname 3
Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (28) 28

Named alongside itApposition

31 occurrences in 32 groups

εἰμίto be 3
ἩρωδιάςHerodias 3
Other words · 30 groups that occur once or twice (32) 32

What it doesIt is the subject

65 occurrences in 53 groups

ἔρχομαιto come 5
λέγωto say 5
ἀποθνήσκωto die 3
ἅπτωto ignite 3
Other words · 49 groups that occur once or twice (54) 54

What is done to itIt is the object

46 occurrences in 25 groups

ἀπολύωto release, to send away 8
ἔχωto have 6
ἀγαπάωto love 5
λαμβάνωto receive, to take 4
ἀφίημιto leave, to forgive, to let 4
Other words · 20 groups that occur once or twice (21) 21

It is given or told toIndirect object

6 occurrences in 7 groups

δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
ἔπωto say 1
κολλάωto join 1
λέγωto say 1
παρέχωto cause, to give, to provide 1
ἀποδίδωμιto give back, to pay, to repay 1

Second object ofSecond object

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ἔχωto have 2
παραλαμβάνωto take along, to receive 1

What it is said to bePredicate

15 occurrences in 15 groups

ἀνήρman, husband 3
Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

4 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀνήρman, husband 3
γυνήwoman, wife 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

22 occurrences in 11 groups

πρόςto, toward, with 7
μετάwith, after 5
ἐνin 4
διάthrough 3
ἐκfrom 3
σύνwith, together with 3
Other words · 4 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

16 occurrences in 10 groups

ἀνήρman, husband 3
Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh · H802 · woman, wife, mate: Greek γυνή (woman/wife) is the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew אִשָּׁה (woman/wife), reflecting full semantic overlap across both the generic 'woman/female' sense and the relational 'wife' sense.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Wife10.54: Used of a married woman in relation to her husband, as of Joseph taking Mary as his wife in Matthew 1:20 and 1:24 and the certificate required to send a wife away in Matthew 5:31-32.
To marry, to get married34.70: Used within legal/relational contexts concerning marriage, drawn from the same broad range of meaning as the wife entry above.
Woman9.34: Used generally of a female person apart from marital status, as of looking at a woman with lust in Matthew 5:28.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

γυνήgynḗ · G1135γυναικάριον gynaikárion · G1133 · foolish woman, frivolous woman · 1×γυναικεῖος gynaikeîos · G1134 · woman, female, of women · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon γυναικός, ἡ; 1. universally, a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a…

γυναικός, ἡ;
1. universally, a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow: Mt 9:20; Mt 13:33; Mt 27:55; Lk 13:11; Acts 5:14, etc.; ἡ μεμνηστευμένῃ τίνι γυνή, Lk 2:5 R G; ἡ ὕπανδρος γυνή, Rom 7:2; γυνή χήρα, Lk 4:26 (1 Kgs 7:2 (); ;feminavidua, Nepos, praef. 4). 2. a wife: 1 Cor 7:3f, 10, 18; Eph 5:22, etc.; γυνή τίνος, Mt 5:31; Mt 19:3, Mt 19:5; Acts 5:1, Acts 5:7; 1 Cor 7:2; Eph 5:28; Rev 2:20 (G L WH marginal reading), etc. of a betrothed woman: Mt 1:20, Mt 1:24. ἡ γυνή τοῦ πατρός his step-mother: 1 Cor 5:1 (אָב אֵשֶׁת, Lev 18:8). ἔχειν γυναῖκα: Mt 14:4; Mt 22:28; Mk 6:18; Mk 12:23; Lk 20:33; see ἔχω, I. 2 b. at the end γύναι, as a form of address, may be used — either in indignation, Lk 22:57; or in admiration, Mt 15:28; or in kindness and favor, Lk 13:12; Jn 4:21; or in respect, Jn 2:4; Jn 19:26 (as in Homer, Iliad 3, 204; Odyssey 19, 221; Josephus, Antiquities 1, 16, 3).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Females120 occurrences Kinship Relations Based upon Marriage94 occurrences Marriage, Divorce1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0