G2338: θῆλυς
thēlys · “female”
Definition
female
KJV translates it as: female, woman
Word origin: from the same as G2337 (θηλάζω);
Extended definition
[in LXX chiefly for נְקֵבָה ;]
female: as subst., ἡ θ., a female, a woman: Rom.1:26-27; τὸ θ.., Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Gal.3:28.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2338 is translated
- female ×3
- females ×1
- female; ×1
Bible verses with G2338 (thēlys)
Thēlys appears in 5 verses.
- Matthew 19:4
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
- Mark 10:6
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
- Romans 1:26
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
- Romans 1:27
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
- Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.