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אָחוֹת H269

H269 is the Hebrew word אָחוֹת, transliterated ʼâchôwth and said aw-khoth'. The King James Version most often renders it sister.

Word: אָחוֹתTransliteration: ʼâchôwthSaid: aw-khoth'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 98 verses

What it means

a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively).

Where it comes from

irregular feminine of H251 (אָח).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 102 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

sister 77×sisters 9×sister's 4×another 3×art my sister 2×art our sister 1×together with 1×against another 1×or for his sister 1×pray thee let my sister 1×whose sisters 1×whose sister's 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (an-) other, sister, together.

Verses using אָחוֹת

The first 40 of 98 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 4:22 · KJV

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Genesis 12:13 · KJV

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Genesis 12:19 · KJV

Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Genesis 20:2 · KJV

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Genesis 20:5 · KJV

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

Genesis 20:12 · KJV

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Genesis 24:30 · KJV

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

Genesis 24:59 · KJV

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

Genesis 24:60 · KJV

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

Genesis 25:20 · KJV

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

Genesis 26:7 · KJV

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

Genesis 26:9 · KJV

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

Genesis 28:9 · KJV

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

Genesis 29:13 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

Genesis 30:1 · KJV

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Genesis 30:8 · KJV

And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Genesis 34:14 · KJV

And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

Genesis 34:31 · KJV

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

Genesis 36:3 · KJV

And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

Genesis 36:22 · KJV

And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.

Genesis 46:17 · KJV

And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

Exodus 2:4 · KJV

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

Exodus 2:7 · KJV

Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

Exodus 6:23 · KJV

And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Exodus 15:20 · KJV

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Exodus 26:3 · KJV

The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

Exodus 26:6 · KJV

And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.

Exodus 26:17 · KJV

Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

Leviticus 18:9 · KJV

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

Leviticus 18:11 · KJV

The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Leviticus 18:12 · KJV

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.

Leviticus 18:13 · KJV

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.

Leviticus 18:18 · KJV

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

Leviticus 20:17 · KJV

And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 20:19 · KJV

And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

Leviticus 21:3 · KJV

And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

Numbers 6:7 · KJV

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

Numbers 25:18 · KJV

For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.

Deuteronomy 27:22 · KJV

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Joshua 2:13 · KJV

And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

Common questions

What does Strong's H269 mean?

H269 is the Hebrew word אָחוֹת (ʼâchôwth), meaning a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively).

How is H269 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it sister (77 times), sisters (9 times), sister's (4 times), another (3 times), art my sister (2 times), among others.

How many times does H269 appear in the Bible?

אָחוֹת (ʼâchôwth) is tagged in 98 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H269 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: irregular feminine of H251 (אָח).

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