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Lexicon :: Strong's H269 - 'āḥôṯ

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אָחוֹת
Transliteration
'āḥôṯ
Pronunciation
aw-khoth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Irregular f of אָח (H251)
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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 114 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 - And Sella [fn]also bore Thobel; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Thobel was Noëma.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19 - Wherefore didst thou say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, thy wife is before thee, take her and go quickly away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraam said concerning Sarrha his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerara sent and took Sarrha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Said he not to me, She is my sister, and said she not to me, He is my brother? with a pure heart and in the righteousness of my hands have I done this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - For truly she is my sister by my father, but not by my mother, and she became my wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - And it came to pass when he saw the ear-rings and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebecca his sister, saying, Thus the man spoke to me, that he went to the man, as he stood by the camels at the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - So they sent forth Rebecca their sister, and her goods, and the servant of Abraam, and his attendants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the cities of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - Abraam begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took to wife Rebecca, daughter of Bathuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the place should slay him because of Rebecca, because she was [fn]fair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then thy wife? why hast thou said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9 - Esau went to Ismael, and took Maeleth the daughter of Ismael, the son of Abraam, the sister of Nabeoth, a wife in addition to his other wives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - And it came to pass when Laban heard the name of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him, and brought him into his house; and he told Laban all these sayings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 - And Rachel having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:8 - And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - And the sons of Jacob answered to Sychem and Emmor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dina their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - And Symeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - But the sons of Jacob came upon the [fn]wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31 - And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as an harlot?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3 - and Basemath, daughter of Ismael, sister of Nabaioth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:22 - And the sons of Lotan were Chorrhi and Hæman; and the sister of Lotan, Thamna.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:17 - And the sons of Aser; Jemna, Jessua, and Jeul, and Baria, and Sara their sister. And the sons of Baria; Chobor, and Melchiil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:4 - And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - And his sister said to the daughter of Pharao, Wilt thou that I call to thee a nurse of the Hebrews, and shall she suckle the child for thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23 - And Aaron took to himself to wife Elisabeth daughter of Aminadab sister of Naasson, and she bore to him both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - And Mariam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, having taken a timbrel in her hand—then there went forth all the women after her with timbrels and dances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5 - Fifty loops shalt thou make for one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make on the part of the curtain answering to the coupling of the second, opposite each other, corresponding to each other [fn]at each point.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - And thou shalt make fifty golden rings; and thou shalt join the curtains to each other with the rings, and it shall be one tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - Two joints shalt thou make in one post, answering the one to the other: so shalt thou do to all the posts of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - The nakedness of thy sister by thy father or by thy mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:11 - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of thy father's wife; she is thy sister by the same father: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:12 - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister, for she is near akin to thy father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, for she is near akin to thy mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - Thou shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - Whosoever shall take his sister by his father or by his mother, and shall see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness, it is a reproach: they shall be destroyed before the children of their family; he has uncovered his sister's nakedness, they shall bear their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister, or of the sister of thy mother; for that man has uncovered the nakedness of one near akin: they shall bear their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3 - and for a virgin sister that is near to one, that is not espoused to a man; for these one shall defile himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - to his father or his mother, or to his brother or his sister; he shall not defile himself for them, when they have died, because the vow of God is upon him on his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - for they are enemies to you by the treachery wherein they ensnare you through Phogor, and through Chasbi their sister, daughter of a prince of Madiam, who was smitten in the day of the plague because of Phogor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - And the name of his wife was Jochabed, daughter of Levi, who bore these to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Mariam their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - Cursed is he that lies with his sister by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - and save alive the house of my father, my mother, and my brethren, and all my house, and all that they have, and ye shall rescue my soul from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - And her father spoke, saying, I said that thou didst surely hate her, and I gave her to one of thy friends: is not her younger sister better than she? let her be to thee instead of her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 - And it happened after this that Abessalom the son of David had a very beautiful sister, and her name was Themar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - And Amnon was distressed even to sickness, because of Themar his sister; for she was a virgin, and it seemed very difficult for Amnon to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said to him, What ails thee that thou art thus weak, O son of the king, morning by morning? [fn]wilt thou not tell me? and Amnon said, I love Themar the sister of my brother Abessalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - And Jonadab said to him, Lie upon thy bed, and make thyself sick, and thy father shall come in to see thee; and thou shalt say to him, Let, I pray thee, Themar my sister come, and feed me with morsels, and let her prepare food before my eyes, that I may see and eat at her hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick; and the king came in to see him: and Amnon said to the king, Let, I pray thee, my sister Themar come to me, and make a couple of cakes in my sight, and I will eat them at her hand.

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