What does אִשָּׁה · אָב mean in the Bible?
אִשָּׁה · אָב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman".
Hebrew · H802, H1
אֵשֶׁת אָבִיו
A woman · father , in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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אִשָּׁה H802 a woman
Pronunciation ishah
Woman or wife; context determines meaning—marriage, gender, or relational status all collapse into one term
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אָב H1 father , in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Pronunciation ʾāb
Father as both literal parent and figurative source/founder; extends to ancestor, chief, and originating authority
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What does אֵשֶׁת אָבִיו (eshet aviv) mean in the Bible?
אִשָּׁה · אָב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H802, H1?
H802, H1 is connected to 1,994 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a woman
Strong's H802, H1
Lexical occurrences 1,994 verses Source Gloss
a woman
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אֵשֶׁת אָבִיו is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain