γυνή gunē

Greek word for “woman” · Strong’s G1135 · used 216 times in 194 verses

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Meaning

γυνή, -αικός, ἡ; 1. a woman, married or unmarried: 14:21, al.;

Senses in the lexicon

• woman (122)
• woman: wife (94)

How it is translated

Glosses given for gunē in context, with how often each is used:

• woman 92
• wife 69
• women 32
• wives 11
• wife? 5
• woman? 3
• woman is 3
• bride 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 7 (15), John 4 (12), 1 Corinthians 11 (11), Revelation 12 (8), Ephesians 5 (7), Revelation 17 (6), Matthew 19 (5), Luke 1 (5), Luke 7 (5), 1 Timothy 2 (5)

Forms

• γυνὴ 59
• γυναῖκα 50
• γυναικὸς 17
• γυνή 14
• γυναῖκες 13
• γυναικῶν 11
• γυναικὶ 11
• γυναῖκας 10
• γύναι 9
• γυναικός 6

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gunē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 46
• γαμέω gameō “to marry” 12
• ἑπτά hepta “seven” 12
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 17
• κεφαλή kephalē “head” 11
• τέκνον teknon “child” 10
• ἀπολύω apoluō “to release” 9
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 15
• ἀφίημι aphiēmi “to release” 10
• εἰ ei “if” 14
• ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō “to die” 9
• σπέρμα sperma “seed” 7

Key verses

The verses using gunē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 1:20 — But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee…
• Luke 1:13 — But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
• Luke 14:26 — If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my…
• Acts 16:14 — And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended…
• 1 Corinthians 5:1 — It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his…
• Galatians 4:4 — But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
• Ephesians 5:25 — Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
• 1 Peter 3:1 — Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the…
• Revelation 2:20 — Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my…
• Revelation 14:4 — These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from…
• Revelation 17:6 — And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
• Revelation 19:7 — Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.