Help QuickNav Adv. Options
BBE

BBE

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H269 - 'āḥôṯ

Aa
אָחוֹת
Transliteration
'āḥôṯ
Pronunciation
aw-khoth'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Irregular f of אָח (H251)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 62c

Strong’s Definitions

אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth, aw-khoth'; irregular feminine of H251; a sister (used very widely [like H251 number H250, corrected to H251], literally and figuratively):—(an-) other, sister, together.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 114x

The KJV translates Strong's H269 in the following manner: sister(s) (106x), another (6x), together with (with H802) (1x), other (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 114x
The KJV translates Strong's H269 in the following manner: sister(s) (106x), another (6x), together with (with H802) (1x), other (1x).

  1. sister

    1. sister (same parents)

    2. half-sister (same father)

    3. relative

      1. (metaph) of Israel's and Judah"s relationship

    4. beloved

      1. bride

    5. (fig.) of intimate connection

    6. another

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth, aw-khoth'; irregular feminine of H251; a sister (used very widely [like H251 number H250, corrected to H251], literally and figuratively):—(an-) other, sister, together.
STRONGS H269: Abbreviations
אָחוֺת 114 noun feminine sister (Phoenician אחת, Aramaic אֲחָת aXtxo, Arabic أُخْتً, Assyrian aḫâtu, Dlw, Ethiopic እኀት፡ Sabean in proper name א־חתאמהו OsZMG 1865, 273) — absolute אָ׳ 2 Samuel 13:1 + (never with article); construct אֲחוֺת Genesis 4:22 +; suffix אֲחֹתִי (אֲחוֺתִי) Genesis 12:13 +, etc.; plural suffix אַחְוֺתַי (Qr אַחְיוֺתַי) Joshua 2:13; אֲחוֺתַיִח Ezekiel 16:51 (Qr; Kt אחותך) + 2 times (Co all אחיו׳); אַחֲיוֺתֵח Ezekiel 16:52 (Co ־תיך); אֲחוֺתֵח Ezekiel 16:52 (must be plural, but strike out Co); אַחְיֹתָיו Job 42:11; אֲחוֺתֵיכֶם Hosea 2:3; אַחְיֹתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 2:16; Job 1:4 —
1. sister Genesis 4:22; Genesis 12:13, 19; Genesis 20:2, 5, 12 (same father, different mother) so Leviticus 18:11 compare Ezekiel 22:11; Genesis 24:30 (twice in verse) +, Exodus 2:4, 7; Leviticus 18:9 (either parent same) so Deuteronomy 27:22; Numbers 6:7; 2 Samuel 13:1, 2, 4 +, Songs 8:8 (twice in verse); called upon, in mourning for dead Jeremiah 22:18;＝near relative Genesis 24:59, 60 (or because Laban prominent ? so Di); man of same nationality Numbers 25:18 compare Hosea 2:3.
2.＝beloved Songs 4:9, 10, 12; Songs 5:12 (4 times || כַּלָּה bride; phrase originally implying that marriage with half-sister — of same father — was allowed? compare NöZMG 1886, 150, & Genesis 20:12).
3. symbolic of Judah, Samaria, Sodom & Jerusalem Jeremiah 3:7, 8, 10; Ezekiel 16:45, 52 (twice in verse) (strike out Co) +, Ezekiel 23:4, 11 +.
4. figurative of intimate connectionאִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּה ⬩⬩⬩ קָרָאתִי Job 17:14; אֱמֹר לַחָכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אַתְּ Proverbs 7:4.
† 5. another, אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחֹתָהּ, of curtains of tabernacle Exodus 26:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:6; loops Exodus 26:5, tenons Exodus 26:17; of wings of living creatures, Ezekiel's vision Ezekiel 1:9, 23; Ezekiel 3:13; not of persons, but see רְעוּת.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:22; 4:22; 12:13; 12:13; 12:19; 20:2; 20:5; 20:12; 20:12; 24:30; 24:59; 24:60

Exodus

2:4; 2:7; 26:3; 26:5; 26:6; 26:17

Leviticus

18:9; 18:11

Numbers

6:7; 25:18

Deuteronomy

27:22

Joshua

2:13

2 Samuel

13:1; 13:1; 13:2; 13:4

1 Chronicles

2:16

Job

1:4; 17:14; 42:11

Proverbs

7:4

Song of Songs

4:9; 4:10; 4:12; 5:12; 8:8

Jeremiah

3:7; 3:8; 3:10; 22:18

Ezekiel

1:9; 1:23; 3:13; 16:45; 16:51; 16:52; 16:52; 16:52; 22:11; 23:4; 23:11

Hosea

2:3; 2:3

H269

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H269 matches the Hebrew אָחוֹת ('āḥôṯ),
which occurs 119 times in 104 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 4:22–2Sa 13:6)

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, who is the father of every maker of cutting instruments of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19 - Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - And when he saw the nose-ring and the ornaments on his sister's hands, and when she gave him word of what the man had said to her, then he went out to the man who was waiting with the camels by the water-spring.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - So they sent their sister Rebekah and her servant with Abraham's servant and his men.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9 - So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 - Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:8 - And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31 - But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3 - And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:22 - The children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; Lotan's sister was Timna.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:17 - And the sons of Asher: Jimnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Sarah, their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:4 - And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, May I go and get you one of the Hebrew women to give him the breast?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23 - And Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon; and she gave birth to Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - And Miriam, the woman prophet, the sister of Aaron, took an instrument of music in her hand; and all the women went after her with music and dances.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - Five curtains are to be joined together, and the other five are to be joined together.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5 - Fifty twists on one curtain and fifty on the other, the twists to be opposite one another.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - Then make fifty gold hooks, joining the curtains together by the hooks, and in this way the House will be made.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - Every board is to be joined to the one nearest to it by two tongues, and so for every board in the House.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:11 - Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:12 - You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - And you may not have sex connection with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for they are his near relations: their sin will be on them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3 - And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - He may not make himself unclean for his father or his mother, his sister or his brother, if death comes to them; because he is under an oath to keep himself separate for God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - For they are a danger to you with their false ways, causing sin to come on you in the question of Peor, and because of Cozbi, their sister, the daughter of the chief of Midian, who was put to death at the time of the disease which came on you because of Peor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom he had in Egypt: by Amram she had Moses and Aaron and their sister Miriam.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - And that you will keep safe my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and all they have, so that death may not come on us?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 - Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - And he was so deeply in love that he became ill because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin, and so it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said to him, O son of the king, why are you getting thinner day by day? will you not say what your trouble is? And Amnon said to him, I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Then Jonadab said to him, Go to your bed, and let it seem that you are ill: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread, and get the food ready before my eyes, so that I may see it and take it from her hand.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon went to bed and made himself seem ill: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let my sister Tamar come and make me one or two cakes before my eyes, so that I may take food from her hand.

Search Results Continued…

1. Currently on page 1/3 (Gen 4:22–2Sa 13:6) Gen 4:22–2Sa 13:6

2. LOAD PAGE 2 2Sa 13:11–Eze 23:31

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Eze 23:32–Hos 2:1

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
BBE
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
BBE
Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan