adjective

thēluas

Greekθῆλυς (thēlus)

Strong’sG2338

female

stem thēlu-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

female3×women2×

What it means

θῆλυς, -εια, -υ,

[in LXX chiefly for נְקֵבָה;]

female: as subst., ἡ θ., a female, a woman: Ro 1:26, 27; τὸ θ., Mt 19:4, Mk 10:6, Ga 3:28.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2338 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidthay'-loos

female

Fromfrom the same as G2337;

King Jamesfemale, woman.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	thēluos	thēluas	thēluem3×θῆλυ	thēluois	thēluais1×θήλειαι	thēlueim
object accusative	thēluon	thēluan		thēluoin	thēluain
direct address vocative	thēluor	thēluar		thēluoir	thēluair
of, belonging to genitive	thēluou	thēluau1×θηλείας	thēlueu	thēluoiu	thēluaiu	thēlueiu
to, for dative	thēluo	thēlua	thēlue	thēluoi	thēluai	thēluei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

thēlustem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

thēlu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

thēluau“women”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Romans 1:27“women”homoiōs tē kai tois arsēnois afiēkaratois tan fusikan chrēsian tau thēluau ekkaiila en ta orexia autoiu eis allēloin, arsēnois en arsēnoi tan aschēmosunan katergazerōtois kai tan antimisthian han date tau planau autoiu en heautoi apolambarōtois.Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

thēluem“female”subject or objectdirect singular3×

Matthew 19:4“female”tos de apokriniratos legata; Ouk anaginōskava hoti tos ktizaratos apo archau arsēnem kai thēluem poiata autoinJesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

Mark 10:6“female”apo de archau ktisiau arsēnem kai thēluem poiata autoin;However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’

Galatians 3:28“female”ouk eniatō Ioudaios oude Hellēnos, ouk eniatō doulos oude eleutheros, ouk eniatō arsēnem kai thēluem; pantois gar vis henos avō en Christo Iēso.There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

thēluais“women”subjectnominative plural1×

Romans 1:26“women”Dia houtem paradōata autoin tos theos eis patheim atimiau; tais tē gar thēluais autoiu metallassala tan fusikan chrēsian eis tan para fusian,For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.