thēlys · female

What it means

thēlys (θῆλυς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “female”.

A woman.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Of the female sex; woman alongside man, as God created them.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• female ×4
• females ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Romans×2
• Galatians×1

• Matthew 19:4

  But he answered and said, “Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

• Mark 10:6

  But from the beginning of creation, ‘male and female he made them.’

• Romans 1:26

  For this reason God handed them over to passions of dishonor; for their females exchanged the natural use for that contrary to nature;

• Romans 1:27

  and likewise also the males, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their desire for one another, males with males committing the indecency and receiving in themselves the penalty that was due for their error.

• Galatians 3:28

  There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither slave nor free; there is no male and female; for you are all one in the Messiah Jesus.