STRONGS NUMBER H860


Word Summary
athon: a female donkey
Original Word: אָתוֹן
Transliteration: athon
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-thone')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a female donkey
Meaning: a female donkey
Strong's Concordance
she ass

Probably from the same as 'eythan (in the sense of patience); a female donkey (from its docility) -- (she) ass.

see HEBREW 'eythan

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H860. athon

אָתוֺןnoun feminineGenesis 45:23 she-ass (Arabic , Aramaic אַתָּנָא‎, , Assyrian atânu) — אָתוֺןNumbers 22:23 10t.; אֲתֹנְךָ22:30, 32; אֲתֹנוֺGenesis 49:11 2t.; plural absolute אֲתֹנֹת12:16 2t.; אֲתֹנוֺתJudges 5:10 12t.; אֲתוֺנוֺתJob 1:3; 42:12; — she-ass, as dam Genesis 49:11; Zechariah 9:9; as property (constituting wealth) Genesis 12:16; 32:16; Job 1:3, 14; 42:12 compare 1 Chronicles 27:30; so of the asses of Kish 8 t. 1 Samuel 9:3 (twice in verse); 9:5, 20; 10:2 (twice in verse); 10:14, 16; as beasts of burden Genesis 45:23; for riding Judges 5:10; Numbers 22:21-22, 2 Kings 4:22, 24; of Balaam's ass 14 t. Numbers 22:21-22, 23 (3 t. in verse); 22:25, 27 (twice in verse); 22:28-29, 30 (twice in verse); 22:32-33,.

אַתֵּנָה אַתֵּן,‎ see below אנת‎.

אֶתְנָה‎ see תנה‎.