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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 20 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:9 - their wings touched one another H269; their faces did not turn as they went; each went straight forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - And underneath the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other H269; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:13 - And I heard the sound of the wings of the living creatures touching one another H269 and the sound of the wheels beside them, even a great rumbling sound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:45 - “You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and children. You are also the sister H269 of your sisters H269, 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 - “Now your older sister H269 is Samaria, who lives [fn]north of you with her [fn]daughters; and your younger sister H269, who lives [fn]south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:48 - “As I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “Sodom your sister H269 and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49 - “Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister H269 Sodom: she and her daughters had lofty pride, abundant food, and quiet ease, but she did not strengthen the hand of the afflicted and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51 - “Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. Thus you have made your sisters H269 appear righteous by all your abominations which you have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - “Also bear your dishonor in that you have [fn]made judgment favorable for your sisters H269. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your dishonor, in that you made your sisters H269 appear righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:55

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:55 - “Your sisters H269, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, [fn]will return to their former state, and you with your daughters will also return to your former state.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - “As the name of your sister H269 Sodom was not heard in your mouth in your day of lofty pride,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61 - “Then you will remember your ways and feel dishonor when you receive your sisters H269, both your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - “One has also done what is an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has violated his sister H269, his father’s daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4 - “Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister H269. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And 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 her sister H269 Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister H269.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 - “And she uncovered her harlotries and uncovered her nakedness; then My soul became disgusted with her, as My soul had become disgusted with her sister H269.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - ‘You have walked in the way of your sister H269; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - “Thus says Lord Yahweh,

‘You will drink your sister’s H269 cup,

Which is deep and wide.

[fn]You will be laughed at and held in derision;

It contains much.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 -

‘You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,

The cup of horror and desolation,

The cup of your sister H269 Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - “But [fn]they shall not go to a dead person to make themselves unclean; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister H269 who has not had a husband, they may make themselves unclean.
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