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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 - He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 - He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:21 - Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam 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 road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it to get it back on the road.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat the donkey 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, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:30 - The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?” “No,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If it had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:10 - “You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on your saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, consider

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - When they reached the district of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, “Come, let’s go back, or my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them; they have been found. And to whom is all the desire of Israel turned, if not to you and your whole family line?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb, at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried about you. He is asking, “What shall I do about my son?” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:14 - Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where have you been?” “Looking for the donkeys,” he said. “But 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 - Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - She called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God quickly and return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - She saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Lead on; don’t slow down 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. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:9 - Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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