What does אִשָּׁה · אֶחָד mean in the Bible?
אִשָּׁה · אֶחָד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman".
Hebrew · H802, H259
אֵשֶׁת הָאֶחָד
A woman · properly, united , i.e. one ; or (as an ordinal) first
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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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אֶחָד H259 properly, united , i.e. one ; or (as an ordinal) first
Pronunciation echad
One fundamentally means "united" or "unified" — emphasizing wholeness and integration rather than mere singularity or counting.
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What does אֵשֶׁת הָאֶחָד (eshet ha'echad) mean in the Bible?
אִשָּׁה · אֶחָד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a woman".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H802, H259?
H802, H259 is connected to 1,757 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a woman
Strong's H802, H259
Lexical occurrences 1,757 verses Source Gloss
a woman
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אֵשֶׁת הָאֶחָד 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