יוֹכֶבֶדYôwkebed
proper name, feminine: daughter of Levi, wife of Amram and mother of Moses (Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59)
Pronunciation: yo-keh'-bed · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3115
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 6:20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.)
- Numbers 26:59 and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.
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).