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Strong's #2993 - יָבָם

Transliteration
yâbâm
Phonetics
yaw-bawm'
Origin
from (the orig. of) (H2992)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
836a
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Definition   
  • Brown-Driver-Briggs
  • Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. brother-in-law, husband´s brother

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 80 ‑ ἀδελφός (ad‑el‑fos');  435 ‑ ἀνήρ (an'‑ayr);  
Frequency Lists
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  2. Word
Verse Results
ASV (2)
Deuteronomy 2
BSB (2)
Deuteronomy 2
CSB (1)
Deuteronomy 1
ESV (2)
Deuteronomy 2
KJV (2)
Deuteronomy 2
LEB (2)
Deuteronomy 2
LSB (4)
Deuteronomy 4
N95 (4)
Deuteronomy 4
NAS (4)
Deuteronomy 4
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (3)
Deuteronomy 3
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1036) mb (במ BM) AC: ? CO: High AB: ?: Anything that is tall or high.

G) meb (בהמ BHM) AC: ? CO: Beast AB: ?: A tall creature.

Nf1) emeb (בהמה BHMH) - Beast: KJV (190): beast, cattle - Strongs: H929 (בְּהֵמָה), H930 (בְּהֵמוֹת)

H) emb (במה BMH) AC: ? CO: High AB: ?

Nf ) emb (במה BMH) - High Place: KJV (102): high place, heights, wave - Strongs: H1116 (בּוּם)

L) mbi (יבמ YBM) AC: Marry CO: Brother-in-law AB: ?: When a husband dies his brother takes his place as his sister-in-laws husband. Any children born to him will be of his brothers line in order to continue, lift up, his family.

V) mbi (יבמ YBM) - Marry: The marrying of ones sister-in-law as the next of kin. KJV (3): (vf: Piel) marry - Strongs: H2992 (יָבַם)

Nm) mbi (יבמ YBM) - Brother-in-law: KJV (2): husbands brother - Strongs: H2993 (יָבָם)

Nf2) tmbi (יבמת YBMT) - Sister-in-law: KJV (5): brothers wife, sister in law - Strongs: H2994 (יְבָמָה)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 [יָבָם] noun masculine husband's brother (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7יַבְמָא; see Lag M ii. 78) — only suffix יְבֶמִי Deuteronomy 25:7, יְבָמָהּ Deuteronomy 25:5, in law of levirate marriage (compare Genesis 38:8; see also Dr Deuteronomy 25:5-10).


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יָבָם m. levir, a husband’s brother, who, by the law of Moses, was required to marry the wife of his brother who had died without children, -Deut. 25:59. Hence the denominative


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List of Word Forms
יְבָמִ֜י יְבָמָהּ֙ יבמה יבמי yə·ḇā·māh yə·ḇā·mî yəḇāmāh yəḇāmî yevaMah yevaMi
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