θῆλυςthēlys
female: as as a noun, ἡ θ., a female, a woman: Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27; τὸ θ., Matthew 19:4, Mark 10:6, Galatians 3:28.
Greek (New Testament) · G2338
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 19:4 “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’”
- Mark 10:6 But ‘God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation.
- Romans 1:26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.
- Romans 1:27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.
- Galatians 3:28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.