Lexical Definition
θῆλυς thēlys (thay'-loos) female G:A
from the same as θηλάζω
female, woman.
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| θῆλυ | female | Matt.19.4 • Mark.10.6 • Gal.3.28 |
| θηλείασ | female | LXX.Lev.27.4 • LXX.Lev.27.5 • LXX.Lev.27.6 • LXX.Lev.27.7 • Rom.1.27 |
| θηλείαισ | females | LXX.Prov.30.31 • LXX.Amos.6.12 |
| θηλεία | female | LXX.Lev.15.33 |
| θήλυ | a female | LXX.Exod.1.16 • LXX.Lev.3.1 • LXX.Lev.5.6 • LXX.Lev.12.5 |
| female | LXX.Gen.1.27 • LXX.Gen.5.2 • LXX.Gen.6.19 • LXX.Gen.6.20 • LXX.Gen.7.2 • LXX.Gen.7.2 • LXX.Gen.7.3 • LXX.Gen.7.3 • LXX.Gen.7.9 • LXX.Gen.7.15 • LXX.Gen.7.16 • LXX.Exod.1.22 • LXX.Lev.3.6 • LXX.Lev.4.32 • LXX.Lev.12.7 • LXX.Num.31.15 | |
| θήλειαν | female | LXX.Lev.4.28 |
| θήλειαι | female | LXX.2Chr.9.25 • LXX.Job.1.14 • LXX.Job.42.12 |
| females | Rom.1.26 | |
| θήλεια | female | LXX.Job.1.3 |
Abbott-Smith
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.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 19:4 |
| Mark | 10:6 |
| Romans | 1:26 · 1:27 |
| Galatians | 3:28 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
θῆλυς, θήλεια, θῆλυ:
Epic dialect feminine θήλεα, accusative plural -εας[θῆλυς as \_feminine\_, 10.216, +others, as in other poets, see below): \_Ionic dialect\_ \_feminine\_ θήλεα, θήλεαν, θηλέης, θηλέῃ, \_plural\_ θήλεαι, θηλέας, θηλέων, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus: \_genitive\_ θήλυδος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1054 ">Refs 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. ἵππος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῷα θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄπαις θήλεος γόνου without female issue, [θῆλυς σπορά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 659; θήλειαι γυναῖκες [prev. author] “Or.” 1205; θ. κόραι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 764d: with \_masculine\_ nouns, ὁ θῆλυς ὀρεύς">Refs 5th c.BC+] the she-mule, [θῆλυς [prev. author] “PA” 688b31: \_masculine\_ \_plural\_, θήλεις χοροί 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 1.8D.; but μὴ εἶναι θεοὺς ἄρρενας μηδὲ θηλείας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 12. ">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, [θῆλυς φοῖνιξ 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.17; θῆλυ βούτομον 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.10.4. ">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+]