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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 1 / 3 (Gen 4:22–2Sa 13:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:22

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:19

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - And yet indeed she is my sister: 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 - And it came to pass when he saw the ear-ring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me; that he came to the man; and behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:60

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 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 Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: 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 Box Gen 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, surely she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I should die on her account.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - And it came to pass when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's 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 - And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

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

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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,)

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:22

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:4 - And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:7 - Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go, and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23 - And Aaron took him Elisheba daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, for a wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5 - Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - And thou shalt make fifty buttons of gold, and couple the curtains together with the buttons: and it shall be one tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:11 - The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten by thy father, (she is thy sister) 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: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:18 - Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness besides the other in her life-time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3 - And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh to him, who hath had no husband: for her he may be defiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - For they distress you with their wiles, with which they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian their sister, who was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bore to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 - And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - And Amnon was so afflicted, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said to him, Why art thou, being the king's son, pining from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - And Jonadab said to him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say to him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me food, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down and made himself sick: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make for me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

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