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Lexicon :: Strong's H860 - 'āṯôn

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אָתוֹן
Transliteration
'āṯôn
Pronunciation
aw-thone'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the same as אֵיתָן (H386) (sense of patience)
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TWOT Reference: 190a

Strong’s Definitions

אָתוֹן ʼâthôwn, aw-thone'; probably from the same as H386 (in the sense of patience); a female donkey (from its docility):—(she) ass.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H860 in the following manner: ass (34x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H860 in the following manner: ass (34x).

  1. she-ass, she-donkey

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָתוֹן ʼâthôwn, aw-thone'; probably from the same as H386 (in the sense of patience); a female donkey (from its docility):—(she) ass.
STRONGS H860: Abbreviations
† אָתוֺן noun feminineGenesis 45:23 she-ass (Arabic bdb008705, Aramaic אַתָּנָא, bdb008706, Assyrian atânu) — אָתוֺן Numbers 22:23 + 10 times; אֲתֹנְךָ Numbers 22:30, 32; אֲתֹנוֺ Genesis 49:11 + 2 times; plural absolute אֲתֹנֹת Genesis 12:16 + 2 times; אֲתֹנוֺת Judges 5:10 + 12 times; אֲתוֺנוֺת Job 1:3; Job 42:12; — she-ass, as dam Genesis 49:11; Zechariah 9:9; as property (constituting wealth) Genesis 12:16; Genesis 32:16; Job 1:3, 14; Job 42:12 compare 1 Chronicles 27:30; so of the asses of Kish + 8 times 1 Samuel 9:3 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 9:5, 20; 1 Samuel 10:2 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:14, 16; as beasts of burden Genesis 45:23; for riding Judges 5:10; Numbers 22:21, 22; 2 Kings 4:22, 24; of Balaam's ass + 14 times Numbers 22:21, 22, 23 (3 times in verse); Numbers 22:25, 27 (twice in verse); Numbers 22:28, 29, 30 (twice in verse); Numbers 22:32, 33.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:16; 12:16; 32:16; 45:23; 45:23; 49:11; 49:11

Numbers

22:21; 22:21; 22:22; 22:22; 22:23; 22:23; 22:25; 22:27; 22:28; 22:29; 22:30; 22:30; 22:32; 22:32; 22:33

Judges

5:10; 5:10

1 Samuel

9:3; 9:5; 9:20; 10:2; 10:14; 10:16

2 Kings

4:22; 4:24

1 Chronicles

27:30

Job

1:3; 1:3; 1:14; 42:12; 42:12

Zechariah

9:9

H860

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H860 matches the Hebrew אָתוֹן ('āṯôn),
which occurs 34 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - Therefore Pharaoh treated Abram well for her sake; he acquired sheep, oxen, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - thirty milking camels with their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten [donkey] colts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - To his father he sent the following: ten male donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father [to supply all who were with him] on the journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 -

“Tying [fn]his foal to the [strong] vine

And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,

He washes his clothing in wine [because the grapevine produces abundantly],

And his robes in the blood of grapes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:21 -

So Balaam got up in the morning and [fn]saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - But God’s anger was kindled because [fn]he was going, and the [fn]Angel of the LORD took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - When the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way and His drawn sword in His hand, the donkey turned off the path and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back toward the path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - When the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD, she pressed herself against the wall and crushed Balaam’s foot against it, and he struck her again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - When the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, so Balaam was angry and he struck the donkey [a third time] with his staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - Then Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:30 - The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life until this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?” And he said, “No.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - The Angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to stand against you, because your behavior was obstinate and contrary to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - “The donkey saw Me and turned away from Me these three times. If she had not turned away from Me, I would have certainly killed you now, and let her live.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:10 -

“Sing of it, you who ride on white donkeys,

You who sit on rich carpets,

And you who walk by the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:3 -

Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, had wandered off and were lost. Kish said to his son Saul, “Please take one of the servants with you and arise, go look for the donkeys.”

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When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, let us return, otherwise my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and become anxious about us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - “As for your donkeys which were lost three days ago, do not be concerned about them, for they have been found. And for whom are all things that are desirable in Israel? Are they not for you and for all your father’s household (family)?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - “When you leave me today, you will meet two men beside Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; they will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went to look for have been found. And your father has stopped caring about them and is worried about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:14 -

Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” And Saul said, “To look for the donkeys. And when we saw that they were nowhere to be found, we went to Samuel [for help].”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:16 - And Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel had mentioned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - Then she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so that I may run to the man of God and return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Drive [the animal] fast; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:30 - Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - He also possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke (pairs) of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very great number of servants, so that this man was the greatest [and wealthiest and most respected] of all the men of the east (northern Arabia).

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 -

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!

Shout aloud, O Daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your King (Messianic King) is coming to you;

He is righteous and endowed with salvation,

[fn]Humble and unassuming [in submission to the will of the Father] and riding on a [fn]donkey,

Upon a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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