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.
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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).