[Ed.⁰ This is a colloquialism¹; 1 Samuel 13:14,Acts 13:22:

Colloquialisms were the original shibboleths, tbh, but no sexism or other -*isms intended or defended by the aforementioned, admittedly sexist, canonical quotation]

⁰ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor%27s_note

¹ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Samuel#C...