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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Remember Lot's wife.
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
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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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