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Strong's G2338 θῆλυς (thelys)

Thelys means “female” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2338 — chut (“join”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2338
Language Greek
Linked Usages 42
Books 16

Strong's G2338 Quick Answer

Strong's G2338 θήλυς (thelus) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. thelus (thay'-loos) adj. 1. female [from thele (the nipple)] It has 42 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include female and woman. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
thelus (thay'-loos) adj. 1. female [from thele (the nipple)]
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
female and woman

Meaning and Definition

thelus (thay'-loos) adj. 1. female [from thele (the nipple)] KJV: female, woman See also: G2337

Original Word
θήλυς
Transliteration
thelus
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2338. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

female

Usage: θῆλυς, -εια, -υ [in LXX chiefly for נְקֵבָה ;] female: as subst., ἡ θ., a female, a woman: Rom.1:26-27; τὸ θ.., Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Gal.3:28.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2338 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render thelus, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

female Matthew 19:4 woman Romans 1:27

How Strong's G2338 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 30 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2338 (θήλυς) appears 39 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2338 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2338 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 19:4 KJV

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

Mark 10:6 KJV

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

Romans 1:26 KJV

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

Strong's G2338 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:27 Septuagint / Brenton

And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.

Genesis 5:2 Septuagint / Brenton

male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them.

Genesis 6:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.

Strong's G2338 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 9:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with the servant: break down their stateliness by the hand of a woman.

Judith 13:15 Septuagint / Brenton

So she took the head out of the bag, and showed it, and said unto them, Behold the head of Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assyria, and behold the canopy, wherein he did lie in his drunkenness; and the Lord hath smitten him by the hand of a woman.

Judith 16:5 Septuagint / Brenton

He bragged that he would burn up my borders, And kill my young men with the sword, And dash the sucking children against the ground, And make mine infants as a prey, And my virgins as a spoil.

Strong's G2338 in 1 Enoch

3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 15:5 Septuagint / Brenton

and perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget

1 Enoch 15:7 Septuagint / Brenton

spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their dwelling.

1 Enoch 16:3 Septuagint / Brenton

to them): "You have been in heaven, but all the mysteries had not yet been revealed to you, and you knew worthless ones, and these in the hardness of your hearts you have made known to the women, and through these mysteries women and men work much evil on earth."

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2338.

Genesis 1:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.
Genesis 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them.
Genesis 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.
Genesis 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.
Genesis 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the clean cattle take in to thee sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female.
Genesis 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of clean flying creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth.
Genesis 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
pairs went in to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded Noah, and the Lord God shut the ark outside of him.
Exodus 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, When ye do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.
Exodus 1:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Whatever male child shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.
Leviticus 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if his gift to the Lord be a peace offering, if he should bring it of the oxen, whether it be male or whether it be female, he shall bring it unblemished before the Lord.
Leviticus 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if his gift be of the sheep, a peace offering to the Lord, male or female, he shall bring it unblemished.
Leviticus 4:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and his sin should be known to him, wherein he has sinned, then shall he bring a kid of the goats, a female without blemish shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned.
Leviticus 4:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he should offer a lamb for his sin offering, he shall offer it a female without blemish.
Leviticus 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring for his transgressions against the Lord, for his sin which he has sinned, a ewe lamb of the flock, or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and his sin shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if she should have born a female child, then she shall be unclean twice seven days, according to the time of her monthly courses; and for sixty-six days shall she remain in her unclean blood.
Leviticus 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall present it before the Lord, and the priest shall make atonement for her, and shall purge her from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who bears a male or a female.
Leviticus 15:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this is the law for her that has the issue of blood in her separation, and as to the person who has an issue of seed, in his issue: it is a law for the male and the female, and for the man who shall have lain with her that is set apart.
Leviticus 27:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachmas.
Leviticus 27:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if it be from five years old to twenty, the valuation of a male shall be twenty didrachmas, and of a female ten didrachmas.
Leviticus 27:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from a month old to five years old, the valuation of a male shall be five didrachmas, and of a female, three didrachmas of silver.
Leviticus 27:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if from sixty years old and upward, if it be a male, his valuation shall be fifteen didrachmas of silver, and if a female, ten didrachmas.
Numbers 31:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?
Judges 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye that mount a she-ass at noonday, Ye that sit on the judgment seat, And walk by the roads of them that sit in judgment by the way; Declare
2 Chronicles 9:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon had four thousand mares for chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he put them in the chariot cities, and with the king in Jerusalem.
Job 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, Three thousand camels, Five hundred yoke of oxen, Five hundred she-asses in the pastures, And a very great household, And he had a great husbandry on the earth; And that man was most noble of the men of the east.
Job 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, there came a messenger to Job, and said to him, The yokes of oxen were plowing, And the she-asses were feeding near them;
Job 42:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning: And his cattle were fourteen thousand sheep, Six thousand camels, A thousand yoke of oxen, A thousand she-asses of the pastures.
Proverbs 30:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.
Amos 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:
Matthew 19:4 New Testament, KJV
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Mark 10:6 New Testament, KJV
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Romans 1:26 New Testament, KJV
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Romans 1:27 New Testament, KJV
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Galatians 3:28 New Testament, KJV
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Judith 9:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with the servant: break down their stateliness by the hand of a woman.
Judith 13:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So she took the head out of the bag, and showed it, and said unto them, Behold the head of Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assyria, and behold the canopy, wherein he did lie in his drunkenness; and the Lord hath smitten him by the hand of a woman.
Judith 16:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He bragged that he would burn up my borders, And kill my young men with the sword, And dash the sucking children against the ground, And make mine infants as a prey, And my virgins as a spoil.
2 Maccabees 7:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, she exhorted every one of them in her own language, filled with courageous spirits; and stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly stomach, she said unto them,
1 Enoch 15:5 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
and perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget
1 Enoch 15:7 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their dwelling.
1 Enoch 16:3 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
to them): "You have been in heaven, but all the mysteries had not yet been revealed to you, and you knew worthless ones, and these in the hardness of your hearts you have made known to the women, and through these mysteries women and men work much evil on earth."

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2338, grouped by book.

Genesis 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 2 usages, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 3 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2338 FAQ

What does thelys (θῆλυς) mean?

Thelys (Strong's G2338) is a Greek word most simply glossed "female". thelus (thay'-loos) adj. 1. female [from thele (the nipple)]

How many times is thelys (θῆλυς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's G2338 across 16 books.

Where can I study thelys (θῆλυς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2338 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate thelys (θῆλυς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as female and woman. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2338 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 30 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2338, with linked reader references where each row is available.