BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4813
mir.yam — Miriam
A woman of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.15.20; daughter of: Amram (H6019) and Jochebed (H3115); sister of: Moses (H4872) and Aaron (H0175) § Miriam = "rebellion" 1) elder sister of Moses and Aaron 2) a woman of Judah
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4872
mo.sheh — Moses
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.10; son of: Amram (H6019) and Jochebed (H3115); brother of: Aaron (H0175) and Miriam (H4813); married to Zipporah (H6855); father of: Gershom (H1647) and Eliezer (H0461H); also called Manasseh at Jdg.18.30(?) § Moses = "drawn" the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus
703 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H175
a.ha.ron — Aaron
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.4.14; son of: Amram (H6019) and Jochebed (H3115); brother of: Moses (H4872) and Miriam (H4813); married to Elisheba (H0472); father of: Nadab (H5070), Abihu (H0030), Eleazar (H0499) and Ithamar (H0385) Also named: Aarōn (Ἀαρών "Aaron" G0002) § Aaron = "light bringer" brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest
328 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6019
am.ram — Amram
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.18; son of: Kohath (H6955); brother of: Izhar (H3324), Hebron (H2275B) and Uzziel (H5816); married to Jochebed (H3115); father of: Moses (H4872), Aaron (H0175) and Miriam (H4813) Also named: am.ra.mi (עַמְרָמִי "Amramite" H6020) § Amram = "exalted people" 1) a descendant of Kohath and Levi and father of Moses 2) one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5031
ne.vi.ah — prophetess
1) prophetess 1a) ancient type endowed with gift of song (Miriam) 1b) later type consulted for a word (Huldah) 1c) false prophetess (Noadiah) 1d) wife of Isaiah the prophet
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8060
sham.may — Shammai
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.28; son of: Onam (H0208H); brother of: Jada (H3047); father of: Nadab (H5070I) and Abishur (H0051) § Shammai = "desolate" 1) a Judaite, son of Onam and descendant of Jerahmeel 2) a Judaite, son of Rekem, father of Maon, and descendant of Jerahmeel's brother, Caleb 3) a Judaite, son of Mered and brother of Miriam and Ishbah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3115
yo.khe.ved — Jochebed
A woman of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.20; daughter of: Levi (H3878); sister of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Merari (H4847); married to Amram (H6019); mother of: Moses (H4872), Aaron (H0175) and Miriam (H4813) § Jochebed = "Jehovah is glory" the daughter of Levi, wife and at the same time aunt of Amram, and the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4778
me.red — Mered
A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.17; son of: Ezrah (H5834); brother of: Jether (H3500J), Epher (H6081H) and Jalon (H3210); married to Bithiah (H1332)(?) and Jehudijah (H3057)(?); father of: Miriam (H4813H)(?), Shammai (H8060I)(?), Ishbah (H3431)(?), Jered (H3382H)(?), Heber (H2268I)(?) and Jekuthiel (H3354)(?) § Mered = "rebellion" son of Ezra and a descendant of Judah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6020
am.ra.mi — Amramite
Someone descended from Amram who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.18; son of: Kohath (H6955); brother of: Izhar (H3324), Hebron (H2275B) and Uzziel (H5816); married to Jochebed (H3115); father of: Moses (H4872), Aaron (H0175) and Miriam (H4813) Group of am.ram (עַמְרָם "Amram" H6019) § Amramites, of Aram "exalted" a branch of the Kohathite family of the tribe of Levi and descendants of Amram, the father of Moses
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1332
bit.yah — Bithiah
A woman of the Egyptians living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.18; daughter of: Pharaoh (H6547M); married to Mered (H4778)(?); mother of: Miriam (H4813H), Shammai (H8060I) and Ishbah (H3431) § Bithiah = "daughter of Jehovah" a daughter of a Pharaoh and wife of Mered of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3354
ye.qu.ti.el — Jekuthiel
A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.18; son of: Mered (H4778)(?) and Jehudijah (H3057); brother of: Jered (H3382H) and Heber (H2268I); half-brother of: Miriam (H4813H), Shammai (H8060I) and Ishbah (H3431) § Jekuthiel = "cleansing of God" a descendant of Caleb of the tribe of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3431
yish.bach — Ishbah
A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.17; son of: Mered (H4778) and Bithiah (H1332); brother of: Miriam (H4813H) and Shammai (H8060I); half-brother of: Jered (H3382H)(?), Heber (H2268I)(?) and Jekuthiel (H3354)(?); married to Hodiah (H1940)(?); father of: son_of_Hodiah (H3431H)(?) § Ishbah = "he will praise" father of Eshtemoa and descendant of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4873
mo.sheh — Moses
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.10; son of: Amram (H6019) and Jochebed (H3115); brother of: Aaron (H0175) and Miriam (H4813); married to Zipporah (H6855); father of: Gershom (H1647) and Eliezer (H0461H); also called Manasseh at Jdg.18.30(?) Aramaic of mo.sheh (מֹשֶׁה "Moses" H4872) § Moses = "drawn" the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3571
ku.shit — Cushitess
A woman from Cush woman, Moses' wife so-called by Miriam and Aaron Group of kush (כּוּשׁ "Cush" H3568A)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Their rebellion. (1.) The sister of Moses and Aaron (Ex. 2:4-10; 1 Chr. 6:3). Her name is prominent in the history of the Exodus. She is called “the prophetess” (Ex. 15:20). She took the lead in the song of triumph after the passage of the Red Sea. She died at Kadesh during the second encampment at that place, toward the close of the wanderings in the wilderness, and was buried there (Num. 20:1). (See AARON; MOSES.) (2.) 1 Chr. 4:17, one of the descendants of Judah.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
