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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 - And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - thirty milking camels and their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 - Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:21 - So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - But God’s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pushed against the wall and pressed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So 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. And Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - Then 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 Box Num 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:30 - And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?” And he said, “No.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - And the angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse[fn] before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let her live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:10 - “Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys,
you who sit on rich carpets[fn]
and you who walk by the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:3 - Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the young men with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant[fn] who was with him, “Come, let us go back, lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father’s house?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:14 - Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” And he said, “To seek the donkeys. And when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant, “Urge the animal on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:30 - Over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. Over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys 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. And 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 is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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