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Lexicon :: Strong's H269 - 'āḥôṯ

Aa
אָחוֹת
Transliteration
'āḥôṯ
Pronunciation
aw-khoth'
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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.
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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

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

Page 3 / 3 (Eze 23:32–Hos 2:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Thou shalt drink H8354 of H3563➔ thy sister's H269 cup ➔H3563 deep H6013 and large: H7342 thou shalt be H1961 laughed to scorn H6712 and had in derision; H3933 it containeth H3557 much. H4767

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 - Thou shalt be filled H4390 with drunkenness H7943 and sorrow, H3015 with the cup H3563 of astonishment H8047 and desolation, H8077 with the cup H3563 of thy sister H269 Samaria. H8111

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - And H413➔ they shall come H935 at ➔H413 no H3808 dead H4191 person H120 to defile themselves: H2930 but H3588 for father, H518 H1 or for mother, H517 or for son, H1121 or for daughter, H1323 for brother, H251 or for sister H269 that H834 hath had H1961 no H3808 husband, H376 they may defile themselves. H2930

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:1 - Say ye H559 unto your brethren, H251 Ammi; H5971 and to your sisters, H269 Ruhamah. H7355

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