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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 2 / 3 (2Sa 13:11–Eze 23:31)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:11 - Now when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - And Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. For Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - Then Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, “Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for only Amnon is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jithra,[fn] an Israelite,[fn] who had gone in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:19 - And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, that is, the sister of Queen Tahpenes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - Then the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house. And Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered; and they hid him and his nurse in the bedroom, from Athaliah, so that he was not killed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:39 - And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Homam; Lotan’s sister was Timna.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel—three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:19 - The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, Hananiah, Shelomith their sister,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3 - These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:19 - The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:15 - Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,[fn] whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead’s grandson[fn] was Zelophehad,[fn] but Zelophehad begot only daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:18 - His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:30 - The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:32 - And Heber begot Japhlet, Shomer,[fn] Hotham,[fn] and their sister Shua.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath,[fn] the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered, and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she did not kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - And his sons would go and feast in their houses, each on his appointed day, and would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4 - Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your nearest kin,

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:9 - You have ravished my heart,
My sister, my spouse;
You have ravished my heart
With one look of your eyes,
With one link of your necklace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How fair is your love,
My sister, my spouse!
How much better than wine is your love,
And the scent of your perfumes
Than all spices!

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden enclosed
Is my sister, my spouse,
A spring shut up,
A fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - The Beloved
I have come to my garden, my sister, my spouse;
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice;
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.

(To His Friends)
Eat, O friends!
Drink, yes, drink deeply,
O beloved ones!

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - The Shulamite
I sleep, but my heart is awake;
It is the voice of my beloved!
He knocks, saying,
“Open for me, my sister, my love,
My dove, my perfect one;
For my head is covered with dew,
My locks with the drops of the night.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:8 - The Shulamite’s Brothers
We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:7 - “And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8 - “Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10 - “And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

“They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’
They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his glory!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:9 - Their wings touched one another. The creatures did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - And under the firmament their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two which covered the other side of the body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:13 - I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:45 - “You are your mother’s daughter, loathing husband and children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and children; your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - “Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells with her daughters to the north of you; and your younger sister, who dwells to the south of you, is Sodom and her daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:48 - “As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “neither your sister Sodom nor her daughters have done as you and your daughters have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49 - “Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51 - “Samaria did not commit half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all the abominations which you have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - “You who judged your sisters, bear your own shame also, because the sins which you committed were more abominable than theirs; they are more righteous than you. Yes, be disgraced also, and bear your own shame, because you justified your sisters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:55

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:55 - “When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters return to their former state, then you and your daughters will return to your former state.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - “For your sister Sodom was not a byword in your mouth in the days of your pride,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61 - “Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters; for I will give them to you for daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - “One commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; and another in you violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4 - Their names: Oholah[fn] the elder and Oholibah[fn] her sister;
They were Mine,
And they bore sons and daughters.
As for their names,
Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11 - “Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 - She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness.
Then I alienated Myself from her,
As I had alienated Myself from her sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - ‘You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.’

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