אָחוֹתʼâchôwth
sister
Pronunciation: aw-khoth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H269
Meanings
1. sister (Genesis 4:22; Genesis 12:13; Genesis 12:19)
2. = beloved (Song of Solomon 4:9; Song of Solomon 4:10; Song of Solomon 4:12)
3. symbolic of Judah, Samaria, Sodom & Jerusalem (Jeremiah 3:7; Jeremiah 3:8; Jeremiah 3:10)
4. figurative of intimate connection (Job 17:14; Proverbs 7:4)
5. another (Exodus 26:3; Exodus 26:6; Exodus 26:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 114 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:22 Lamech’s other wife, Zillah, gave birth to a son named Tubal-cain. He became an expert in forging tools of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain had a sister named Naamah.
- Genesis 12:13 So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.”
- Genesis 12:19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ and allow me to take her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and get out of here!”
- Genesis 20:2 Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace.
- Genesis 20:5 Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘Yes, he is my brother.’ I acted in complete innocence! My hands are clean.”
- Genesis 20:12 And she really is my sister, for we both have the same father, but different mothers. And I married her.
See every passage
- Genesis 4:22, 12:13, 12:19, 20:2, 20:5, 20:12, 24:30, 24:59, 24:60, 25:20, 26:7, 26:9, 28:9, 29:13, 30:1, 30:8, 34:13, 34:14, 34:27, 34:31, 36:3, 36:22, 46:17
- Exodus 2:4, 2:7, 6:23, 15:20, 26:3, 26:5, 26:6, 26:17
- Leviticus 18:9, 18:11, 18:12, 18:13, 18:18, 20:17, 20:19, 21:3
- Numbers 6:7, 25:18, 26:59
- Deuteronomy 27:22
- Joshua 2:13
- Judges 15:2
- 2 Samuel 13:1, 13:2, 13:4, 13:5, 13:6, 13:11, 13:20, 13:22, 13:32, 17:25
- 1 Kings 11:19, 11:20
- 2 Kings 11:2
- 1 Chronicles 1:39, 2:16, 3:9, 3:19, 4:3, 4:19, 7:15, 7:18, 7:30, 7:32
- 2 Chronicles 22:11
- Job 1:4, 17:14, 42:11
- Proverbs 7:4
- Song of Solomon 4:9, 4:10, 4:12, 5:1, 5:2, 8:8
- Jeremiah 3:7, 3:8, 3:10, 22:18
- Ezekiel 1:9, 1:23, 3:13, 16:45, 16:46, 16:48, 16:49, 16:51, 16:52, 16:55, 16:56, 16:61, 22:11, 23:4, 23:11, 23:18, 23:31, 23:32, 23:33, 44:25
- Hosea 2:1
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).