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Strong's #269 - אָחוֹת

Transliteration

ʼâchôwth

Phonetics

aw-khoth'

Root Word (Etymology)

irregular f of (H251)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TWOT

62c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) sister

1a) sister (same parents)

1b) half-sister (same father)

1c) relative

1c1) (metaphorically) of Israel’s and Judah’s relationship

1d) beloved

1d1) bride

1e) (figuratively) of intimate connection

1f) another

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 79 ‑ ἀδελφή (ad‑el‑fay'); 2087 ‑ ἕτερος (het'‑er‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (113)

Genesis 24

Exodus 9

Leviticus 10

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 7

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 23

Hosea 1

NAS (109)

Genesis 24

Exodus 4

Leviticus 10

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 7

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 24

Hosea 1

HCS (112)

Genesis 24

Exodus 9

Leviticus 10

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 7

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 23

Hosea 1

BSB (116)

Genesis 26

Exodus 9

Leviticus 10

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 7

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 24

Hosea 1

ESV (98)

Genesis 24

Leviticus 10

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 24

Hosea 1

WEB (113)

Genesis 24

Exodus 8

Leviticus 10

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 1

Joshua 1

Judges 1

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 3

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Song of Solomon 7

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 24

Hosea 1

KJV (113)

another 6

other 1

sister 90

sister's 5

sisters 10

with 1

NAS (109)

another 2

other 1

sister 90

sister's 5

sisters 11

HCS (112)

sister 1

* 5

Abigail was a sister 1

She was the sister 1

and sister 3

another 1

are the sister 1

my sister 1

other 1

sister 81

sister's 3

sisters 11

the sister 2

BSB (116)

* 4

And his sister 1

And the sister 3

And their sister 1

And your sisters 1

Her sister 1

His sister 1

My sister 1

Our sister 1

Their sisters 1

Then his sister 1

[was] their sister 1

about his sister's 1

and her sister 1

and of your sisters 1

and sister 3

and sisters 1

and the sister 1

and their sister 2

another 3

are my sister 1

are the sister 1

for our sister 1

for your sisters 1

have made your sisters 1

her sister 2

his sister 6

his sister's 1

is my sister 3

is my sister' 2

is your sister 1

let my sister 2

my sister 11

of his sister 2

of their sister 1

of your sister 3

of your sisters 1

one another 1

or sister 1

other 1

our sister 2

since you have made your sisters 1

sister 18

sisters 3

than her sister 1

the sister 5

their sister 6

your sister 3

your sister's 1

ESV (98)

another 3

sister 80

sister's 4

sisters 11

WEB (113)

* 13

For your sister 1

Her sister 1

His sister 2

Please let my sister 1

She is my sister 2

The sister 1

Then his sister 1

You are my sister 1

Your sisters 1

and all his sisters 1

and my sisters 1

and their sisters 1

and to your sisters 1

and you are the sister 1

another 2

are my sister 1

because of his sister 1

for our sister 1

for she was the sister 1

for your sisters 1

from her sister 1

her sister 3

his sister 5

is my sister 2

my sister 5

of her sister 1

of their sister 1

of your sister 4

of your sisters 1

or for his sister 1

or for sister 1

our sister 1

since she is your sister 1

sister 20

sisters 1

the sister 6

their sister 8

to another 4

to her sister 1

toward the other 1

was their sister 2

with his sister 1

with my sister 1

with our sister 1

your sister 1

your sisters 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1008) h a (אהה AHh) AC: Protect CO: Hearth AB: Brotherhood: The pictograph a represents strength. The h is a wall. Combined these pictographs mean "strong wall". In Hebrew thought, a wall is more than a vertical barrier but anything that separates or divides. The hearth around the fire protected the house from the heat and embers of the fire.

A) h a (אהה AHh) AC: ? CO: Hearth AB: ?

N^f ) h a (אהה AHh) - I. Hearth:A dividing wall that protects the family from the fire. II. Brother:One who stands between the enemy and the family, a protector. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (634): brethren, brother, another, brotherly, kindred, hearth - Strongs: H251 (אָח), H252 (אַח), H254 (אַח)

N^f3) t f h a (אההות AHhWT) - Sister: KJV (114): sister, another - Strongs: H269 (אָחוֹת)

r^m) f h a (אההו AHhW) - Marsh Grass: The tall grasses that line a marsh as a wall. KJV (3): meadow, flag - Strongs: H260 (אָחוּ)

J) h f a (אוהה AWHh) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

N^m ) h f a (אוהה AWHh) - Oahh: An unknown animal. KJV (1): creature - Strongs: H255 (אֹחַ)

K) f h a (אההו AHhW) AC: ? CO: Hearth AB: ?

N^f1 ) e f h a (אההוה AHhWH) - Brotherhood: A company of brothers. KJV (1): brotherhood - Strongs: H264 (אַחֲוָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אָחוֺת₁₁₄ noun feminine sister (Phoenician אחת, Aramaic אֲחָת

, Arabic

, Assyrian a—âtu, Dl^{w, Ethiopic}

Sabean in proper name אחֿתאמהו Os^{ZMG 1865,273}) — absolute ׳אָ 2 Samuel 13:1 + (never with article); construct אֲחוֺת Genesis 4:22 +; suffix אֲחֹתִי (אֲחוֺתִי) Genesis 12:13 +, etc.; plural suffix אַחְוֺתַי (Qr אַחְיוֺתַי) Joshua 2:13; אֲחוֺתַיִח Ezekiel 16:51 (Qr; Kt אחותך) + 2t. (Co all ׳אחיו); אַחֲיוֺתֵח Ezekiel 16:52 (Co תֿיך); אֲחוֺתֵח Ezekiel 16:52 (must be plural, but strike out Co); אַחְיֹתָיו Job 42:11; אֲחוֺתֵיכֶם Hosea 2:3; אַחְיֹתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 2:16; Job 1:4 —

1 sister Genesis 4:22; Genesis 12:13,19; Genesis 20:2,5,12 (same father, different mother) so Leviticus 18:11 compare Ezekiel 22:11; Genesis 24:30 (twice in verse) +, Exodus 2:4,7; Leviticus 18:9 (either parent same) so Deuteronomy 27:22; Numbers 6:7; 2 Samuel 13:1,2,4 +, Song of Solomon 8:8 (twice in verse); called upon, in mourning for dead Jeremiah 22:18; = near relative Genesis 24:59,60 (or because Laban prominent ? so Di); /man of same nationality Numbers 25:18 compare Hosea 2:3.

2 = beloved Song of Solomon 4:9,10,12; Song of Solomon 5:12 (4t. "" כַּלָּה bride; phrase originally implying that marriage with half-sister — of same father — was allowed? compare Nö^{ZMG 1886}, 150 & Genesis 20:12).

3 symbolic of Judah, Samaria, Sodom & Jerusalem Jeremiah 3:7,8,10; Ezekiel 16:45,52 (twice in verse) (strike out Co) +, Ezekiel 23:4,11 +.

4 figurative of intimate connectionקָרָאתִי ֗֗֗ אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּה Job 17:14; אֱמֹר לַחָכְמָהאֲחֹתִי אַתְּ Proverbs 7:4.

5. another, אִשָּׁה אֶלאֲֿחֹתָהּ, of curtains of tabernacle Exodus 26:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:6; loops Exodus 26:5, tenons Exodus 26:17; of wings of living creatures, Ezekiel's vision Ezekiel 1:9,23; Ezekiel 3:13; not of persons, but see רְעוּת.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אָחוֹת f. (for אֲתֹוֶת, from the masc. אֲחוּ, which in Arab. and Chald. is the same as אֲחִי), pl. with suff. אֲחוֹתַיִךְ Ezekiel 16:55 (sing. אָחָה), and אַחְיוֹחֵךְ Ezekiel 16:52 (sing. אַחְיָה, which is from the masc. אֲחִי), comp. Lehrg. p. 602.

A sister (Arab. أُخْتُ, Syr. ܚܳܬܳܐ for ܐ̱ܚܳܬܳܐ, Ch. אֲחָת id.). It properly signifies an own sister, born of the same parents, but (where accuracy of expression is not important) used also of a sister, ὁμοπατρία, Genesis 20:12; 2 Samuel 13:2, 2 Samuel 13:5, or ὁμομητρία, uterine, Leviticus 18:9, 11 Leviticus 18:11, 20:17. The Hebrews also called sister

(1) a female relative, kinswoman, Job 42:11; Genesis 24:60, where the mother and brother say to Rebecca, אֲחוֹחֵנוּ אַתְּ “thou art our sister.”

(2) one of the same tribe or people, Numbers 25:18.

(3) an ally, a confederate city or state, Ezekiel 16:46, 23:31.

(4) after אִשָּׁה, one … another; used also of inanimate things of the feminine gender, Exodus 26:3, “five curtains shall be joined אִשָּׁה אֶל אֲחוֹתָהּ one to another;” verses Exodus 26:5, Exodus 26:6, 17 Exodus 26:17; Ezekiel 1:9, 3:13.

(5) metaph. sister is used of anything very closely connected with us; Proverbs 7:4, “say to wisdom: thou art my sister;” Job 17:14. Compare the rest of the words which bear the signification of propinquity, especially אָב No. 6, אָח No. 7.

(6) a spouse is lovingly so called, Song of Solomon 4:9, seq. Compare Tibull. iii. 1, 26.

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List of Word Forms

אֲח֖וֹת אֲח֛וֹת אֲח֣וֹת אֲח֥וֹת אֲח֧וֹת אֲח֨וֹת אֲחֹ֣תִי אֲחֹותַ֔יִךְ אֲחֹת֔וֹ אֲחֹת֖וֹ אֲחֹת֗וֹ אֲחֹת֛וֹ אֲחֹת֡וֹ אֲחֹת֥וֹ אֲחֹתִ֖י אֲחֹתִ֗י אֲחֹתִ֣י אֲחֹתִ֤י אֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּ אֲחֹתָ֑הּ אֲחֹתָ֑ם אֲחֹתָ֔ם אֲחֹתָ֖הּ אֲחֹתָ֖ם אֲחֹתָ֤הּ אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃ אֲחֹתָֽם׃ אֲחֹתָהּ֙ אֲחֹתֽוֹ׃ אֲחֹתוֹ֒ אֲחֹתוֹ֙ אֲחֹתוֹ֮ אֲחֽוֹתְךָ֤ אֲחֽוֹת־ אֲחוֹתְךָ֖ אֲחוֹתִ֜י אֲחוֹתִ֤י אֲחוֹתִֽי׃ אֲחוֹתֵ֑ךְ אֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְ אֲחוֹתֵ֖ךְ אֲחוֹתֵ֜ךְ אֲחוֹתֵ֥ךְ אֲחוֹתֵֽנוּ׃ אֲחוֹתֵךְ֙ אֲחוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ אֲחוֹתָ֑הּ אֲחוֹתָ֔הּ אֲחוֹתָ֖הּ אֲחוֹתָ֖ם אֲחוֹתָ֛הּ אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃ אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ אֲחוֹת־ אַחְיֹֽותֵיהֶ֔ם אַחְיֹותַ֔י אַחְיֹותָ֜יו אַחְיוֹתֵֽךְ׃ אָח֑וֹת אָח֥וֹת אחות אחות־ אחותה אחותה׃ אחותי אחותי׃ אחותיך אחותך אחותם אחותם׃ אחותנו׃ אחיותי אחיותיהם אחיותיו אחיותך׃ אחתה אחתה׃ אחתו אחתו׃ אחתי אחתם אחתם׃ אחתנו בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ באחתה וְאַחְיֹותֵיהֶ֖ם וְלַאֲחֹת֤וֹ וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י וַֽאֲח֥וֹת וַאֲח֥וֹת וַאֲח֨וֹת וַאֲחֹת֖וֹ וַאֲחוֹתֵ֞ךְ וַאֲחוֹתֵ֨ךְ וַאֲחוֹתַ֗יִךְ וּלְאַ֣חֹת֔וֹ וּלְאָח֛וֹת ואחות ואחותיך ואחותך ואחיותיהם ואחתו ואחתי ולאחות ולאחותיכם ולאחתו לַֽאֲחוֹתֵ֔ךְ לַאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ לאחותך לאחתנו ’ă·ḥō·ṯāh ’ă·ḥō·ṯām ’ă·ḥō·ṯê·nū ’ă·ḥō·ṯî ’ă·ḥō·ṯōw ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯa·yiḵ ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯāh ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯām ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯê·nū ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯî ’ă·ḥō·wṯ ’ā·ḥō·wṯ ’ă·ḥō·wṯ- ’ă·ḥō·wṯ·ḵā ’aḥ·yō·w·ṯāw ’aḥ·yō·w·ṯay ’aḥ·yō·w·ṯê·hem ’aḥ·yō·w·ṯêḵ ’ăḥōṯāh ’ăḥōṯām ’ăḥōṯênū ’ăḥōṯî ’ăḥōṯōw ’ăḥōwṯ ’āḥōwṯ ’ăḥōwṯ- ’ăḥōwṯāh ’ăḥōwṯām ’ăḥōwṯayiḵ ’ăḥōwṯêḵ ’ăḥōwṯênū ’ăḥōwṯî ’ăḥōwṯḵā ’aḥyōwṯāw ’aḥyōwṯay ’aḥyōwṯêhem ’aḥyōwṯêḵ aChot achoTah achoTam achoTayich achotCha achoTech achoTenu aChoti achoTo achyoTai achyoTav achyoTech achyoteiHem ba’ăḥōṯāh ba·’ă·ḥō·ṯāh baachoTah la’ăḥōṯênū la’ăḥōwṯêḵ la·’ă·ḥō·ṯê·nū la·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ laachoTech laachoTenu ū·lə·’a·ḥō·ṯōw ū·lə·’ā·ḥō·wṯ ūlə’aḥōṯōw ūlə’āḥōwṯ uleaChot uleAchoTo vaaChot vaachoTayich vaachoTech vaachoTi vaachoTo veachyoteiHem velaachoteiChem velaachoTo wa’ăḥōṯî wa’ăḥōṯōw wa’ăḥōwṯ wa’ăḥōwṯayiḵ wa’ăḥōwṯêḵ wa·’ă·ḥō·ṯî wa·’ă·ḥō·ṯōw wa·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯa·yiḵ wa·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯêḵ wa·’ă·ḥō·wṯ wə’aḥyōwṯêhem wə·’aḥ·yō·w·ṯê·hem wə·la·’ă·ḥō·ṯōw wə·la·’ă·ḥō·w·ṯê·ḵem wəla’ăḥōṯōw wəla’ăḥōwṯêḵem