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θῆλυς

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
θῆλυς, εια, υ
Greek transliteration: 
thēlys
Simplified transliteration: 
thelys
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2338
GK Number: 
2559
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-2b
Gloss: 
female, pertaining to women
Definition: 
female;, τὸ θῆλυ, σχ. γένος, a female, Mt. 19:4; Mk. 10:6; Gal. 3:28; ἡ θήλεια, woman, Rom. 1:26, 27*

Greek-English Concordance for θῆλυς

Matthew 19:4 He answered, saying, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning ‘made them male and female?’” (thēly | θῆλυ | acc sg neut)
Mark 10:6 But from the beginning of creation, ‘male and female’ (thēly | θῆλυ | acc sg neut) he made them.
Romans 1:26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions. Their women (thēleiai | θήλειαι | nom pl fem) exchanged the natural sexual function for one that is unnatural,
Romans 1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned the natural sexual relation with women (thēleias | θηλείας | gen sg fem) and burned in their passion for one another — men with men committing shameless acts and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Galatians 3:28 Now there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female (thēly | θῆλυ | nom sg neut); for you are all one in Christ Jesus.