1) sister 1a) sister (same parents) 1b) half-sister (same father) 1c) relative 1c1) (metaph) of Israel's and Judah's relationship 1d) beloved 1d1) bride 1e) (fig.) of intimate connection 1f) another
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H269 — אָחוֹת
a.chot · sister · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 4:22 · וַֽאֲח֥וֹתAnd Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain [was] Naamah.Genesis 12:13 · אֲחֹ֣תִיSay, 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.Genesis 12:19 · אֲחֹ֣תִיWhy saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.Genesis 20:2 · אֲחֹ֣תִיAnd Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.Genesis 20:5 · אֲחֹ֣תִיSaid he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.Genesis 20:12 · אֲחֹתִ֤יAnd 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.Genesis 24:30 · אֲחֹתוֹ֒ · אֲחֹתוֹ֙And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.Genesis 24:59 · אֲחֹתָ֖םAnd they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.Genesis 24:60 · אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּAnd they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.Genesis 25:20 · אֲח֛וֹתAnd Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.Genesis 26:7 · אֲחֹ֣תִיAnd 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.Genesis 26:9 · אֲחֹ֣תִיAnd Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she [is] thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.Genesis 28:9 · אֲח֧וֹתThen went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.Genesis 29:13 · אֲחֹת֗וֹAnd 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.Genesis 30:1 · בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּAnd when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.Genesis 30:8 · אֲחֹתִ֖יAnd Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.Genesis 34:13 · אֲחֹתָֽם׃And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:Genesis 34:14 · אֲחֹתֵ֔נוּAnd they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach unto us:Genesis 34:27 · אֲחוֹתָֽם׃The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.Genesis 34:31 · אֲחוֹתֵֽנוּ׃ פAnd they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?Genesis 36:3 · אֲח֥וֹתAnd Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.Genesis 36:22 · וַאֲח֥וֹתAnd the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister [was] Timna.Genesis 46:17 · אֲחֹתָ֑םAnd the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.Exodus 2:4 · אֲחֹת֖וֹAnd his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.Exodus 2:7 · אֲחֹתוֹ֮Then 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?Exodus 6:23 · אֲח֥וֹתAnd Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.Exodus 15:20 · אֲח֧וֹתAnd 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.Exodus 26:3 · אֲחֹתָ֑הּ · אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and [other] five curtains [shall be] coupled one to another.Exodus 26:5 · אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃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.Exodus 26:6 · אֲחֹתָהּ֙And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.Exodus 26:17 · אֲחֹתָ֑הּTwo tenons [shall there be] in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.Leviticus 18:9 · אֲחֽוֹתְךָ֤The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, [whether she be] born at home, or born abroad, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.Leviticus 18:11 · אֲחוֹתְךָ֖The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she [is] thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.Leviticus 18:12 · אֲחוֹת־Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she [is] thy father’s near kinswoman.Leviticus 18:13 · אֲחֽוֹת־Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she [is] thy mother’s near kinswoman.Leviticus 18:18 · אֲחֹתָ֖הּNeither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time].Leviticus 20:17 · אֲחֹת֡וֹ · אֲחֹת֛וֹAnd 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.Leviticus 20:19 · אֲח֧וֹת · וַאֲח֥וֹתAnd 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.Leviticus 21:3 · וְלַאֲחֹת֤וֹAnd for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.Numbers 6:7 · וּלְאַ֣חֹת֔וֹHe 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.Numbers 25:18 · אֲחֹתָ֔םFor they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.Numbers 26:59 · אֲחֹתָֽם׃And the name of Amram’s wife [was] Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom [her mother] bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.Deuteronomy 27:22 · אֲחֹת֔וֹCursed [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.Joshua 2:13 · אַחְיוֹתַ֔יAnd [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.Judges 15:2 · אֲחֹתָ֤הּAnd 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.2 Samuel 13:1 · אָח֥וֹתAnd 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.2 Samuel 13:2 · אֲחֹת֔וֹAnd Amnon was so vexed, 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.2 Samuel 13:4 · אֲח֛וֹתAnd he said unto him, Why [art] thou, [being] the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.2 Samuel 13:5 · אֲחוֹתִ֜יAnd Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see [it], and eat [it] at her hand.2 Samuel 13:6 · אֲחֹתִ֗יSo Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.2 Samuel 13:11 · אֲחוֹתִֽי׃And when she had brought [them] unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.2 Samuel 13:20 · אֲחוֹתִ֤יAnd Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he [is] thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.2 Samuel 13:22 · אֲחֹתֽוֹ׃ פAnd Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.2 Samuel 13:32 · אֲחֹתֽוֹ׃And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose [that] they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.2 Samuel 17:25 · אֲח֥וֹתAnd Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa [was] a man’s son, whose name [was] Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.1 Kings 11:19 · אֲח֣וֹת · אֲח֖וֹתAnd Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.1 Kings 11:20 · אֲח֣וֹתAnd the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.2 Kings 11:2 · אֲח֨וֹתBut Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons [which were] slain; and they hid him, [even] him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.1 Chronicles 1:39 · וַאֲח֥וֹתAnd the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna [was] Lotan’s sister.1 Chronicles 2:16 · וְאַחְיוֹתֵיהֶ֖םWhose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.1 Chronicles 3:9 · אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ פ[These were] all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.1 Chronicles 3:19 · אֲחוֹתָֽם׃And the sons of Pedaiah [were], Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:1 Chronicles 4:3 · אֲחוֹתָ֖םAnd these [were of] the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister [was] Hazelelponi:1 Chronicles 4:19 · אֲח֣וֹתAnd the sons of [his] wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.1 Chronicles 7:15 · אֲחֹתוֹ֙And Machir took to wife [the sister] of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name [was] Maachah;) and the name of the second [was] Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.1 Chronicles 7:18 · וַאֲחֹת֖וֹAnd his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.1 Chronicles 7:30 · אֲחוֹתָֽם׃The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.1 Chronicles 7:32 · אֲחוֹתָֽם׃And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.2 Chronicles 22:11 · אֲח֧וֹתBut Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.Job 1:4 · אַחְיֽוֹתֵיהֶ֔םAnd his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.Job 17:14 · וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗יI have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.Job 42:11 · אַחְיוֹתָ֜יוThen came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.Proverbs 7:4 · אֲחֹ֣תִיSay unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:Song of Solomon 4:9 · אֲחֹתִ֣יThou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.Song of Solomon 4:10 · אֲחֹתִ֣יHow fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!Song of Solomon 4:12 · אֲחֹתִ֣יA garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.Song of Solomon 5:1 · אֲחֹתִ֣יI am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.Song of Solomon 5:2 · אֲחֹתִ֤יI sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.Song of Solomon 8:8 · אָח֥וֹת · לַאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּWe have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?Jeremiah 3:7 · אֲחוֹתָ֖הּAnd I said after she had done all these [things], Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw [it].Jeremiah 3:8 · אֲחוֹתָ֔הּAnd I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.Jeremiah 3:10 · אֲחוֹתָ֛הּAnd yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 22:18 · אָח֑וֹתTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!Hosea 2:1 · וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖םSay ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.