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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 24 times in 23 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:22 - And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister H269 of Tubalcain was Naamah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: H269 that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19 - Why saidst thou, She is my sister? H269 so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: H269 and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Said he not unto me, She is my sister? H269 and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - And yet indeed she is my sister; H269 she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's H269 hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, H269 saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - And they sent away Rebekah their sister, H269 and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, H269 be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister H269 to Laban the Syrian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: H269 for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? H269 And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9 - Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister H269 of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's H269 son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:1 - And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; H269 and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:8 - And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, H269 and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: H269

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister H269 to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. H269

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31 - And they said, Should he deal with our sister H269 as with an harlot?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3 - And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister H269 of Nebajoth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:22 - And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister H269 was Timna.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:17 - And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: H269 and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
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