King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H269
Transliteration: achoth
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-khoth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: sister
Meaning: sister -- a sister
Word Summary
achoth: sister
Original Word: אָחוֹתTransliteration: achoth
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-khoth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: sister
Meaning: sister -- a sister
Strong's Concordance
another, sister, together Irregular feminine of 'ach; a sister (used very widely (like 'Ezrachiy), literally and figuratively) -- (an-)other, sister, together.
see HEBREW 'ach
see HEBREW 'Ezrachiy
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H269. achoth
אָחוֺת114 noun feminine sister (Phoenician אחת, Aramaic אֲחָת , Arabic , Assyrian a—âtu, Dlw, Ethiopic Sabean in proper name אחֿתאמהו OsZMG 1865, 273) — absolute ׳אָ 2 Samuel 13:1 + (never with article); construct אֲחוֺת Genesis 4:22 +; suffix אֲחֹתִי (אֲחוֺתִי) 12:13 +, etc.; plural suffix אַחְוֺתַי (Qr אַחְיוֺתַי) Joshua 2:13; אֲחוֺתַיִח Ezekiel 16:51 (Qr; Kt אחותך) + 2 t. (Co all ׳אחיו); אַחֲיוֺתֵח 16:52 (Co תֿיך); אֲחוֺתֵח 16:52 (must be plural, but strike out Co); אַחְיֹתָיו Job 42:11; אֲחוֺתֵיכֶם Hosea 2:3; אַחְיֹתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 2:16; Job 1:4 —
1 sister Genesis 4:22; 12:13, 19; 20:2, 5, 12 (same father, different mother) so Leviticus 18:11 compare Ezekiel 22:11; Genesis 24:30 (twice in verse) +, Exodus 2:4, 7; Leviticus 18:9 (either parent same) so Deuteronomy 27:22; Numbers 6:7; 2 Samuel 13:1-2, 4 +, Song of Solomon 8:8 (twice in verse); called upon, in mourning for dead Jeremiah 22:18; = near relative Genesis 24:59-60, (or because Laban prominent ? so Di); /man of same nationality Numbers 25:18 compare Hosea 2:3.
2 = beloved Song of Solomon 4:9-10, 12; 5:12 (4 t. "" כַּלָּה bride; phrase originally implying that marriage with half-sister — of same father — was allowed? compare NöZMG 1886, 150 & Genesis 20:12).
3 symbolic of Judah, Samaria, Sodom & Jerusalem Jeremiah 3:7-8, 10; Ezekiel 16:45, 52 (twice in verse) (strike out Co) +, 23:4, 11 +.
4 figurative of intimate connection לָרִמָּה וַאֲחֹתִי אִמִּי ֗֗֗ קָרָאתִי Job 17:14; אַתְּ אֲחֹתִי לַחָכְמָה אֱמֹר Proverbs 7:4.
5. another, אֶלאֲֿחֹתָהּ אִשָּׁה, of curtains of tabernacle Exodus 26:3 (twice in verse); 26:6; loops 26:5, tenons 26:17; of wings of living creatures, Ezekiel's vision Ezekiel 1:9, 23; 3:13; not of persons, but see רְעוּת.