Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Read in context →And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
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ʼishshâh · ish-shaw'
a woman
Strong's KJV usage: (adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Strong's first: Genesis 2:24Strong's last: Malachi 2:15
Open full H802 profile →gynḗ · goo-nay'
a woman; specially, a wife
Strong's KJV usage: :--wife, woman.
Strong's first: Matthew 1:20Strong's last: Revelation 21:9
Open full G1135 profile →Yᵉbêmeth · yeb-ay'-meth
a sister-in-law
Strong's KJV usage: brother's wife, sister in law.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 25:7Strong's last: Deuteronomy 25:9
Open full H2994 profile →bâʻal · baw-al'
to be master; hence, to marry
Strong's KJV usage: have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, × wife).
Strong's first: Genesis 20:3Strong's last: Isaiah 54:1
Open full H1166 profile →gaméō · gam-eh'-o
to wed (of either sex)
Strong's KJV usage: :--marry (a wife).
Strong's first: Matthew 22:25Strong's last: Matthew 22:25
Open full G1060 profile →gynaikeîos · goo-nahee-ki'-os
feminine
Strong's KJV usage: :--wife.
Strong's first: 1 Peter 3:7Strong's last: 1 Peter 3:7
Open full G1134 profile →dôwdâh · do-daw'
an aunt
Strong's KJV usage: aunt, father's sister, uncle's wife.
Strong's first: Leviticus 20:20Strong's last: Leviticus 20:20
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That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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WIFE, noun plural Wives. [G., a woman.]
1. The lawful consort of man; a woman who is united to man in the lawful bonds of wedlock; the correlative of husband.
The husband of one wife 1 Timothy 3:2.
Let every one of you in particular, so love his wife even as himself, and let the wife see that she reverence her husband. Ephesians 5:23.
2. A woman of low employment; as strawberry wives. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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