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 · וַֽאֲח֥וֹתZillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister was Naamah.Genesis 12:13 · אֲחֹ֣תִיPlease say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”Genesis 12:19 · אֲחֹ֣תִיWhy did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”Genesis 20:2 · אֲחֹ֣תִיAbraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.Genesis 20:5 · אֲחֹ֣תִיDidn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister?’ She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this.”Genesis 20:12 · אֲחֹתִ֤יBesides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.Genesis 24:30 · אֲחֹתוֹ֒ · אֲחֹתוֹ֙It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “This is what the man said to me,” that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.Genesis 24:59 · אֲחֹתָ֖םThey sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.Genesis 24:60 · אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּThey blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them.”Genesis 25:20 · אֲח֛וֹתIsaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.Genesis 26:7 · אֲחֹ֣תִיThe men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife,” lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”Genesis 26:9 · אֲחֹ֣תִיAbimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister?’” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”Genesis 28:9 · אֲח֧וֹתEsau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.Genesis 29:13 · אֲחֹת֗וֹIt happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister’s son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.Genesis 30:1 · בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּWhen Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”Genesis 30:8 · אֲחֹתִ֖יRachel said, “With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.Genesis 34:13 · אֲחֹתָֽם׃The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,Genesis 34:14 · אֲחֹתֵ֔נוּand said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.Genesis 34:27 · אֲחוֹתָֽם׃Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.Genesis 34:31 · אֲחוֹתֵֽנוּ׃ פThey said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”Genesis 36:3 · אֲח֥וֹתand Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth.Genesis 36:22 · וַאֲח֥וֹתThe children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan’s sister was Timna.Genesis 46:17 · אֲחֹתָ֑םThe sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.Exodus 2:4 · אֲחֹת֖וֹHis sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.Exodus 2:7 · אֲחֹתוֹ֮Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”Exodus 6:23 · אֲח֥וֹתAaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.Exodus 15:20 · אֲח֧וֹתMiriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.Exodus 26:3 · אֲחֹתָ֑הּ · אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.Exodus 26:5 · אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another.Exodus 26:6 · אֲחֹתָהּ֙You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be a unit.Exodus 26:17 · אֲחֹתָ֑הּThere shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.Leviticus 18:9 · אֲחֽוֹתְךָ֤“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad.Leviticus 18:11 · אֲחוֹתְךָ֖“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.Leviticus 18:12 · אֲחוֹת־“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister: she is your father’s near kinswoman.Leviticus 18:13 · אֲחֽוֹת־“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister: for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.Leviticus 18:18 · אֲחֹתָ֖הּ“‘You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.Leviticus 20:17 · אֲחֹת֡וֹ · אֲחֹת֛וֹ“‘If a man takes his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.Leviticus 20:19 · אֲח֧וֹת · וַאֲח֥וֹת“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, nor of your father’s sister; for he has made naked his close relative: they shall bear their iniquity.Leviticus 21:3 · וְלַאֲחֹת֤וֹand for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.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 his separation to God is on his head.Numbers 25:18 · אֲחֹתָ֔םfor they harassed you with their wiles, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”Numbers 26:59 · אֲחֹתָֽם׃The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.Deuteronomy 27:22 · אֲחֹת֔וֹ‘Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Joshua 2:13 · אַחְיוֹתַ֔יand that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.”Judges 15:2 · אֲחֹתָ֤הּHer father said, “I most certainly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her, instead.”2 Samuel 13:1 · אָח֥וֹתIt happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.2 Samuel 13:2 · אֲחֹת֔וֹAmnon was so troubled that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.2 Samuel 13:4 · אֲח֛וֹתHe said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”2 Samuel 13:5 · אֲחוֹתִ֜יJonadab said to him, “Lay down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.’”2 Samuel 13:6 · אֲחֹתִ֗יSo Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”2 Samuel 13:11 · אֲחוֹתִֽי׃When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister!”2 Samuel 13:20 · אֲחוֹתִ֤יAbsalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.2 Samuel 13:22 · אֲחֹתֽוֹ׃ פAbsalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.2 Samuel 13:32 · אֲחֹתֽוֹ׃Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered, “Don’t let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.2 Samuel 17:25 · אֲח֥וֹתAbsalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.1 Kings 11:19 · אֲח֣וֹת · אֲח֖וֹתHadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.1 Kings 11:20 · אֲח֣וֹתThe sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house 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 away from among the king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;1 Chronicles 1:39 · וַאֲח֥וֹתThe sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan’s sister.1 Chronicles 2:16 · וְאַחְיוֹתֵיהֶ֖םand their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.1 Chronicles 3:9 · אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ פAll these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.1 Chronicles 3:19 · אֲחוֹתָֽם׃The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;1 Chronicles 4:3 · אֲחוֹתָ֖םThese were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;1 Chronicles 4:19 · אֲח֣וֹתThe sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.1 Chronicles 7:15 · אֲחֹתוֹ֙and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.1 Chronicles 7:18 · וַאֲחֹת֖וֹHis sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.1 Chronicles 7:30 · אֲחוֹתָֽם׃The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.1 Chronicles 7:32 · אֲחוֹתָֽם׃Heber became the father of 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 away from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedroom. 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 didn’t kill him.Job 1:4 · אַחְיֽוֹתֵיהֶ֔םHis sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.Job 17:14 · וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗יIf I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’ to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘my sister;’Job 42:11 · אַחְיוֹתָ֜יוThen came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.Proverbs 7:4 · אֲחֹ֣תִיTell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,Song of Solomon 4:9 · אֲחֹתִ֣יYou have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.Song of Solomon 4:10 · אֲחֹתִ֣יHow beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!Song of Solomon 4:12 · אֲחֹתִ֣יA locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.Song of Solomon 5:1 · אֲחֹתִ֣יI have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. 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, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.Song of Solomon 5:2 · אֲחֹתִ֤יI was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”Song of Solomon 8:8 · אָח֥וֹת · לַאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּWe have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?Jeremiah 3:7 · אֲחוֹתָ֖הּI said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return; and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.Jeremiah 3:8 · אֲחוֹתָ֔הּI saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn’t fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.Jeremiah 3:10 · אֲחוֹתָ֛הּYet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.Jeremiah 22:18 · אָח֑וֹתTherefore thus says Yahweh 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 · וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם“Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’ and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’