γυνή
gunē
woman
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word γυνή (gunē) is defined as "woman," and it appears 123 times in the Bible. This term is a fundamental unit of human identity, referring to an adult female human being, as opposed to a child or an animal. The frequency and prevalence of γυνή in the biblical text suggest its importance in the ancient Hebrew world. Analyzing the occurrences of γυνή, we can observe its use in various contexts, including relationships (husband-wife, parent-child), community (neighbor, friend, or community member), and roles (wife, daughter, widow). This suggests that γυνή is not limited to a single definition but encompasses a range of social, relational, and cultural aspects of being a woman. The significance of γυνή lies in its reflection of the social and cultural context in which the biblical writers lived. As a common noun, γυνή acknowledges the ubiquitous presence of women in ancient society, often overlooked or undervalued in their time. By analyzing γυνή, we gain a glimpse into the lives, roles, and experiences of women in the ancient biblical world.
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Occurrences in Scripture
123 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 9:20Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
Matthew 9:22But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
Matthew 11:11Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 13:33He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
Matthew 14:21Those who ate were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.
Matthew 15:22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
Matthew 15:28Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Matthew 15:38Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
Matthew 22:27After them all, the woman died.
Matthew 26:7a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
Matthew 26:10However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me.
Matthew 27:55Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
Matthew 28:5The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
Mark 5:25A certain woman, who had a discharge of blood for twelve years,
Mark 5:33But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
Mark 7:25For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
Mark 7:26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
Mark 12:22and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.
Mark 14:3While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
Mark 15:40There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
Luke 1:28Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”
Luke 1:42She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
Luke 13:12When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
Luke 4:26Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Luke 7:28“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”
Luke 7:37Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
Luke 7:39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
Luke 7:44Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
Luke 7:44Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
Luke 7:50He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
Luke 8:2and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
Luke 8:43A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians and could not be healed by any
Luke 8:47When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
Luke 10:38As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luke 11:27It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
Luke 13:11Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
Luke 13:21It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
Luke 15:8Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
Luke 20:32Afterward the woman also died.
Luke 22:57He denied Jesus, saying, “Woman, I don’t know him.”
Luke 23:27A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.
Luke 23:49All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things.
Luke 23:55The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.
Luke 24:22Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb;
Luke 24:24Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn’t see him.”
John 2:4Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come.”
John 4:7A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
John 4:9The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
John 4:9The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)