Strong's Hebrew · H269
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth · aw-khoth'
Definitiona sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Derivationirregular feminine of H251 (אָח);
KJV usage(an-) other, sister, together.
Occurrences114 in the KJV · 104 verses
אָחוֹת in Scripture
Genesis 4:22
And Zillah, she also bore Tubal -cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal -cain was Naamah.
Genesis 12:13
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
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
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:5
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
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
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 spoke the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
Genesis 24:59
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham' s servant, and his men.
Genesis 24:60
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
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan -aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
Genesis 26:7
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
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.
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