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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 119 times in 104 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Sa 13:11–Eze 23:31)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:11 - And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. H269

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: H269 he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister H269 Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister H269 Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister H269 to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:19 - And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister H269 of his own wife, the sister H269 of Tahpenes the queen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - And the sister H269 of Tahpenes bare 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 Box 2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister H269 of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:39 - And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister. H269

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Whose sisters H269 were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. H269

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:19 - And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: H269

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3 - And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister H269 was Hazelelponi:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:19 - And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister H269 of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:15 - And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's H269 name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:18 - And his sister H269 Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:30 - The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. H269

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:32 - And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. H269

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister H269 of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters H269 to eat and to drink with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. H269

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, H269 and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4 - Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; H269 and call understanding thy kinswoman:

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:9 - Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, H269 my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How fair is thy love, my sister, H269 my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden inclosed is my sister, H269 my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I am come into my garden, my sister, H269 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: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, H269 my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:8 - We have a little sister, H269 and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister H269 in the day when she shall be spoken for?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:7 - And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister H269 Judah saw it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8 - And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister H269 Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:10 - And yet for all this her treacherous sister H269 Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! H269 they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:9 - Their wings were joined one to another; H269 they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: H269 every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:13 - I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, H269 and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:45 - Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister H269 of thy sisters, H269 which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - And thine elder sister H269 is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, H269 that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:48 - As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister H269 hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49 - Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister H269 Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:51

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51 - Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters H269 in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:52

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, H269 bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. H269

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:55

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:55 - When thy sisters, H269 Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:56

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - For thy sister H269 Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:61

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61 - Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, H269 thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, H269 his father's daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4 - And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: H269 and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11 - And when her sister H269 Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister H269 in her whoredoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 - So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. H269

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; H269 therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.

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