Female Gender

† נְקֵבָה n.f. female (perforata (BaNB 166); so Thes and most; > another view in Schwally ZAW xi (1891), 181 f.; Idiot. 57; NH = BH; Aramaic נוּקְבָּא, נוּקְבְּתָא, ܢܶܩܒܳܐ, ܢܶܩܒܬܳܐ );—always abs. נ׳ Je 31:22 + 21 times (all Pent., and all P except Dt 4:16): 1. woman (or female child) Je 31:22 (opp. גֶּבֶר), Gn 1:27; 5:2; Lv 12:5, 7; 15:33; 27:4, 5, 6, 7; Nu 5:3 (all opp. זָכָר), Nu 31:15. 2. female animal Gn 6:19; 7:3, 9, 16; Lv 3:1, 6 (all opp. זָכָר), 4:28, 32; 5:6.—Dt 4:16 (opp. זָכָר) may include both women and animals.

θῆλυς, θήλεια, θῆλυ: Epic dialect feminine θήλεα, accusative plural -εαςRefs 8th c.BC+; accusative feminine θηλείην uncertain reading in Refs 8th c.BC+; in late Prose θηλύτερος, -ύτατος occur as comparative and superlative (see. below 11): (θη- 'suckle', compare θῆσαι):—female, θήλεια θεός a goddess, Refs 8th c.BC+; Ἥρη θῆλυς ἐοῦσα being female,Refs 5th c.BC+; θήλειαι ἵπποι mares, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὄϊς θῆλυς a ewe, Refs 8th c.BC+; θήλεια ἔλαφος a hind, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ θ. ἵπποςRefs 5th c.BC+; ζῷα θ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄπαις θήλεος γόνου without female issue, Refs 5th c.BC+ the she-mule, Refs 5th c.BC+ __b ἡ θήλεα, Attic dialect -εια, the female, Refs 5th c.BC+ __c τὸ θ. γένος the female sex, woman-kind, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ θ. alone, Refs; opposed to τὸ ἄρρεν, Refs 5th c.BC+ __d of plants and trees, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 of or belonging to women, κουράων θῆλυς ἀϋτή Refs 8th c.BC+; θήλεα νοῦσος among the Scythians (compare Ἐνάρεες), Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. φόνος murder by women, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II metaphorically, of persons and things, __II.1 soft, gentle, θῆλυς ἐέρση Refs 8th c.BC+; θ. νύξ (={ὕπομβρος}) Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.1.b ὕδωρ θ. καὶ μαλακόν Refs 4th c.BC+; θηλύτατον πεδίον most fruitful, Refs 3rd c.BC+; θηλύτατον ὕδωρ of the Nile, Refs __II.2 tender, delicate, Φοίβου θήλειαι.. παρειαί Refs; θῆλυς ἀπὸ χροιῆς delicate of skin, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of temper or character, soft, yielding, weak, θῆλυς ηὕρημαι τάλας Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ θῆλυ τῆς ψυχῆς effeminacy, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.3 in mechanics, those parts were called female into which others fitted, as the female vertebra, Refs 1st c.AD+ __II.4 Grammars, feminine, θήλεα [ὀνόματα] Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.5 Refs 4th c.BC+, of even numbers, Refs 1st c.AD+ __II.6 Astrology texts, of planets, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III θήλειαι, αἱ, kind of cheese made in Crete, Refs 2nd c.AD+

γῠναικ-εῖος, α, ον Refs 5th c.BC+: Ionic dialect γῠναικ-ήιος, η, ον: (γυνή):— of or belonging to women, feminine, γυναικεῖαι βουλαί a woman's designs, Refs 8th c.BC+; σκεῦος (i.e. woman) NT; γ.αἰδοῖον, τόποι, χῶροι, Refs 2nd c.AD+; κόλπος (={αἰδοῖον}) Refs 2nd c.AD+leucorrhoea, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡγ. θεός, = Latin bona dea, Refs 1st c.AD+; γ. πόλεμος war with women, Refs 1st c.BC+ __2 in bad sense, womanish, effeminate, πένθος Refs 7th c.BC+. adverb -είως, πικραίνεσθαι Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II as substantive, __II.1 ἡ γυναικεία, Ionic dialect -ηΐη, ={γυναικών}, part of the house reserved for the women, LXX+5th c.BC+ __II.1.b ἡ γ. (i.e. ἀγορά), Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.2 τὰ γυναικεῖα partes muliebres, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2.b ={τὰ καταμήνια}, LXX+5th c.BC+ __II.2.c lochia, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.2.d female disorders, title of works by Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2.e (i.e. φάρμακα) remedies for female complaints, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2.f women's garments, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II.3 γυναικεῖον, τό, ={στίβι}, Refs 1st c.AD+