נְקֵבָה
nᵉqêbâh · nek-ay-baw'
female (from the sexual form)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5344 (נָקַב);
female (from the sexual form)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: female.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְקֵבָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and female5 · 23%
- or female3 · 14%
- and for the female3 · 14%
- and the female2 · 9%
- a female2 · 9%
- it a female1 · 5%
- a maid child1 · 5%
- or a female1 · 5%
- and of the woman1 · 5%
- and if it be a female1 · 5%
- all the women1 · 5%
- a woman1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.