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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 1 / 3 (Gen 4:22–2Sa 13:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - As for Zillah H6741, she also H1571 gave H3205 birth H3205 to Tubal-cain H8423, the forger H3913 of all H3605 implements H2790 of bronze H5178 and iron H1270; and the sister H269 of Tubal-cain H8423 was Naamah H5279.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - “Please H4994 say H559 that you are my sister H269 so H4616 that H4616 it may go H3190 well H3190 for me because H5668 of you, and that [fn]I may live H2421 on account H1558 of you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19 - “Why H4100 did you say H559, ‘She is my sister H269,’ so that I took H3947 her for myself as a wife H802? Now H6258 then, [fn]here H2009 is your wife H802, take H3947 her and go H1980!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraham H85 said H559 of his wife H802 Sarah H8283, “She is my sister H269.” So Abimelech H40 king H4428 of Gerar H1642 sent H7971 men and took H3947 Sarah H8283.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - “Did he himself H1931 not say H559 to me, ‘She is my sister H269’? And she herself H1931 said H559, ‘He is my brother H251.’ In the integrity H8537 of my heart H3824 and the innocence H5356 of my [fn]hands H3709 I have done H6213 this H2088.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - “Besides H1571, she actually H546 is my sister H269, the daughter H1323 of my father H1, but not the daughter H1323 of my mother H517; and she became H1961 my wife H802;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - When he saw H7200 the ring H5141 and the bracelets H6781 on his sister’s H269 [fn]wrists H3027, and when he heard H8085 the words H1697 of his sister H269 Rebekah H7259, saying H559, “[fn]This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the man H376 said H1696 to me,” he went H935 to the man H376; and behold H2009, he was standing H5975 by the camels H1581 at the spring H5869.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - So they sent H7971 away H7971 their sister H269 Rebekah H7259 and her nurse H3243 with Abraham’s H85 servant H5650 and his men H376.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - And they blessed H1288 Rebekah H7259 and said H559 to her,

“May you, our sister H269,

Become H1961 thousands H505 of ten H7233 thousands H7233,

And may your [fn]descendants H2233 possess H3423

The gate H8179 of those who hate H8130 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - and Isaac H3327 was forty H705 years H8141 old H1121 when he took H3947 Rebekah H7259, the daughter H1323 of Bethuel H1328 the [fn]Aramean H761 of Paddan-aram H6307, the sister H269 of Laban H3837 the [fn]Aramean H761, to be his wife H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - When the men H376 of the place H4725 asked H7592 about his wife H802, he said H559, “She is my sister H269,” for he was H3372 afraid H3372 to say H559, “my wife H802,” thinking, “[fn]the men H376 of the place H4725 might kill H2026 me on H5921 account H5921 of H5921 Rebekah H7259, since H3588 she is beautiful H2896.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Then Abimelech H40 called H7121 Isaac H3327 and said H559, “Behold H2009, she certainly H389 is your wife H802! So how H349 is it that you said H559, ‘She is my sister H269’?” And Isaac H3327 said H559 to him, “Because H3588 I thought H559, ‘otherwise H6435 I might H6435 be killed H4191 on H5921 account H5921 of H5921 her.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9 - and Esau H6215 went H1980 to Ishmael H3458, and [fn]married H3947 H802, besides H5921 the wives H802 that he had, Mahalath H4258 the daughter H1323 of Ishmael H3458, Abraham’s H85 son H1121, the sister H269 of Nebaioth H5032.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 -

So when Laban H3837 heard H8085 the news H8088 about Jacob H3290, his sister’s H269 son H1121, he ran H7323 to meet H7122 him, and embraced H2263 him and kissed H5401 him, and brought H935 him to his house H1004. Then he told H5608 Laban H3837 all H3605 these H428 things H1697.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 -

Now when Rachel H7354 saw H7200 that she had not borne H3205 Jacob H3290 any children H3205, [fn]she became H7065 jealous H7065 of her sister H269; and she said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Give H3051 me children H1121, or else H518 H369 I am going to die H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:8 - So Rachel H7354 said H559, “With [fn]mighty H430 wrestling H5319 I have [fn]wrestled H6617 with my sister H269, and I have indeed H1571 prevailed H3201.” And she named H7121 him Naphtali H5321.

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But Jacob’s H3290 sons H1121 answered H6030 H1696 Shechem H7927 and his father H1 Hamor H2544 with deceit H4820, because H834 he had defiled H2930 their sister H269 Dinah H1783.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - They said H559 to them, “We cannot H3201 H3808 do H6213 this H2088 thing H1697, that is, give H5414 our sister H269 to a man H376 who H834 is uncircumcised H6190, for that would be a disgrace H2781 to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - Jacob’s H3290 sons H1121 came H935 upon those killed H2491 and looted H962 the city H5892, because H834 they had defiled H2930 their sister H269.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31 - But they said H559, “Should he [fn]treat H6213 our sister H269 like a prostitute H2181?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3 - also Basemath H1315, Ishmael’s H3458 daughter H1323, the sister H269 of Nebaioth H5032.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:22 - And the sons H1121 of Lotan H3877 were Hori H2752 and [fn]Hemam H1950; and Lotan’s H3877 sister H269 was Timna H8555.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:17 - And the sons H1121 of Asher H836: Imnah H3232, Ishvah H3438, Ishvi H3440, Beriah H1283, and their sister H269 Serah H8294. And the sons H1121 of Beriah H1283: Heber H2268 and Malchiel H4439.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:4 - And his sister H269 stood H3320 at a distance H7350 to [fn]find H3045 out what H4100 would [fn]happen H6213 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - Then his sister H269 said H559 to Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323, “Shall I go H1980 and call H7121 a woman H802 for you who is nursing H3243 from the Hebrew H5680 women H5680, so that she may nurse H3243 the child H3206 for you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23 - Aaron H175 [fn]married H3947 H802 Elisheba H472, the daughter H1323 of Amminadab H5992, the sister H269 of Nahshon H5177, and she bore H3205 him Nadab H5070 and Abihu H30, Eleazar H499 and Ithamar H385.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 -

Miriam H4813 the prophetess H5031, Aaron’s H175 sister H269, took H3947 the tambourine H8596 in her hand H3027, and all H3605 the women H802 went H3318 out H3318 after H310 her with tambourines H8596 and with [fn]dancing H4246.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - “Five H2568 curtains H3407 shall be [fn]joined H2266 to one H802 another H259, and the other five H2568 curtains H3407 shall be [fn]joined H2266 to one H802 another H259.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5 - “You shall make H6213 fifty H2572 loops H3924 in the one H259 curtain H3407, and you shall make H6213 fifty H2572 loops H3924 on the [fn]edge H7097 of the curtain H3407 that is in the second H8145 [fn]set H4225; the loops H3924 shall be opposite H6901 each H802 other H259.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - “You shall also make H6213 fifty H2572 clasps H7165 of gold H2091, and [fn]join H2266 the curtains H3407 to one H802 another H259 with the clasps H7165 so that the [fn]tabernacle H4908 will be a unit H259.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - “There shall be two H8147 tenons H3027 for each H259 board H7175, [fn]fitted H7947 to one H802 another H259; that H3651 is H3651 what H3651 you shall do H6213 for all H3605 the boards H7175 of the tabernacle H4908.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - ‘As for the nakedness H6172 of your sister H269, either your father’s H1 daughter H1323 or H176 your mother’s H517 daughter H1323, whether born H4138 in the household H1004 or H176 born H4138 outside H2351 the household, you shall not uncover H1540 their nakedness H6172.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:11 - ‘The nakedness H6172 of your father’s H1 wife’s H802 daughter H1323, born H4138 to your father H1, she is your sister H269; you shall not uncover H1540 her nakedness H6172.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:12 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your father’s H1 sister H269; she is your father’s H1 blood H7607 relative H7607.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - ‘You shall not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your mother’s H517 sister H269, for she is your mother’s H517 blood H7607 relative H7607.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - ‘And you shall not [fn]marry H3947 a woman H802 in H413 addition H413 to H413 her sister H269 [fn]as a second H6887 wife H6887 while she is alive H2416, to uncover H1540 her nakedness H6172.

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‘If there is a man H376 who H834 takes H3947 his sister H269, his father’s H1 daughter H1323 or H176 his mother’s H517 daughter H1323, so that he sees H7200 her nakedness H6172 and she sees H7200 his nakedness H6172, it is a disgrace H2617; and they shall be cut H3772 off H3772 in the sight H5869 of the sons H1121 of their people H5971. He has uncovered H1540 his sister’s H269 nakedness H6172; he bears H5375 his guilt H5771.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - ‘You shall also not uncover H1540 the nakedness H6172 of your mother’s H517 sister H269 or of your father’s H1 sister H269, for such a one has uncovered H6168 his [fn]blood H7607 relative H7607; they will bear H5375 their guilt H5771.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3 - also for his virgin H1330 sister H269 who is near H7138 to him [fn]because H834 she has H1961 not had H1961 a husband H376; for her, he may defile H2930 himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - ‘He shall not make H2930 himself unclean H2930 for his father H1 or for his mother H517, for his brother H251 or for his sister H269, when they die H4194, because H3588 his consecration H5145 to God H430 is [fn]on his head H7218.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - for they have been H6887 hostile H6887 to you with their tricks H5231, with which H834 they have deceived H5230 you in the matter H1697 of Peor H6465 and in the matter H1697 of Cozbi H3579, the daughter H1323 of the leader H5387 of Midian H4080, their sister H269 who was killed H5221 on the day H3117 of the plague H4046 because H5921 H1697 of Peor H6465.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - And the name H8034 of Amram’s H6019 wife H802 was Jochebed H3115, the daughter H1323 of Levi H3878, who H834 was born H3205 to Levi H3878 in Egypt H4714; and she bore H3205 to Amram H6019 Aaron H175 and Moses H4872, and their sister H269 Miriam H4813.

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‘Cursed H779 is he who sleeps H7901 with his sister H269, the daughter H1323 of his father H1 or H176 of his mother H517.’ And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say H559, ‘Amen H543.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - and [fn]spare H2421 my father H1 and my mother H517, and my brothers H251 and my sisters H269, and all H3605 who H834 belong to them, and save H5337 our [fn]lives H5315 from death H4194.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - Her father H1 said H559, “I really H559 thought H559 that you hated H8130 her intensely H8130; so I gave H5414 her to your companion H4828. Is her younger H6996 sister H269 not [fn]more H4480 H2896 beautiful H2896 than H4480 she? Please H4994 let her be yours [fn]instead H8478.”

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Now it was after H310 this H3651 that Absalom H53 the son H1121 of David H1732 had a beautiful H3303 sister H269 whose name H8034 was Tamar H8559, and Amnon H550 the son H1121 of David H1732 was in love H157 with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - But Amnon H550 was H6887 so frustrated H6887 on account H5668 of his sister H269 Tamar H8559 that he made H2470 himself ill H2470, for H3588 she was a virgin H1330, and it [fn]seemed H6381 H5869 too H6381 difficult H6381 to Amnon H550 to do H6213 anything H3972 to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said H559 to him, “Why H4069 are you, the king’s H4428 son H1121, so H3602 depressed H1800 morning H1242 after morning H1242? Will you not tell H5046 me?” So Amnon H550 said H559 to him, “I am in love H157 with Tamar H8559, the sister H269 of my brother H251 Absalom H53.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Jonadab H3082 then said H559 to him, “Lie H7901 down H7901 on your bed H4904 and pretend H2470 to H2470 be H2470 ill H2470; when your father H1 comes H935 to see H7200 you, say H559 to him, ‘Please H4994 have my sister H269 Tamar H8559 come H935 and give me food H3899 to eat H1262, and have her prepare H6213 the [fn]food H1279 in my sight H5869, so H4616 that H4616 I may see H7200 it and eat H398 from her hand H3027.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon H550 lay H7901 down H7901 and pretended H2470 to H2470 be H2470 ill H2470; when the king H4428 came H935 to see H7200 him, Amnon H550 said H559 to the king H4428, “Please H4994 have my sister H269 Tamar H8559 come H935 and make H3823 me a couple H8147 of pastries H3834 in my sight H5869, so that I may eat H1262 from her hand H3027.”

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