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H0269אָחוֹתa.chot

sisterPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 24
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 3
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 10
  11. 3
  12. 1
  13. 10
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 3
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. 1
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. 7
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. 4
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 24
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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114 occurrences in 104 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Samuel 13:11

    And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her: 'Come lie with me, my sister.'

    אֲחוֹתִֽי׃ (אֲחוֹתִֽ) 'a.cho.T “O sister”

  2. 2 Samuel 13:20

    And Absalom her brother said unto her: 'Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but now hold thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; take not this thing to heart.' So Tamar remained desolate in her brother, Absalom's house.

    אֲחוֹתִ֤י (אֲחוֹתִ֤) 'a.cho.T “O sister”

  3. 2 Samuel 13:22

    And Absalom spoke unto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

    אֲחֹתֽוֹ׃ (אֲחֹתֽ) 'a.cho.T “sister”

  4. 2 Samuel 13:32

    And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said: 'Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he

    אֲחֹתֽוֹ׃ (אֲחֹתֽ) 'a.cho.T “sister”

  5. 2 Samuel 17:25

    And Absalom had set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Jesraelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

    אֲח֥וֹת 'a.Chot “[the] sister of”

  6. 1 Kings 11:19

    And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

    אֲח֣וֹת 'a.Chot “[the] sister of”אֲח֖וֹת 'a.Chot “[the] sister of”

  7. 1 Kings 11:20

    And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh.

    אֲח֣וֹת 'a.Chot “[the] sister of”

  8. 2 Kings 11:2

    But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bed-chamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that h

    אֲח֨וֹת 'a.Chot “[the] sister of”

  9. 1 Chronicles 1:39

    And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.

    וַאֲח֥וֹת (אֲח֥וֹת) 'a.Chot “[was] [the] sister of”

  10. 1 Chronicles 2:16

    And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

    וְאַחְיוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם (אַחְיוֹתֵי) 'ach.yo.tei. “sisters”

  11. 1 Chronicles 3:9

    All these were the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

    אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ (אֲחוֹתָֽ) 'a.cho.Ta “[was] sister”

  12. 1 Chronicles 3:19

    And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;

    אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ (אֲחוֹתָֽ) 'a.cho.Ta “sister”

  13. 1 Chronicles 4:3

    And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;

    אֲחוֹתָ֖ם (אֲחוֹתָ֖) 'a.cho.Ta “sister”

  14. 1 Chronicles 4:19

    And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

    אֲח֣וֹת 'a.Chot “[the] sister of”

  15. 1 Chronicles 7:15

    and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah--and the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

    אֲחֹתוֹ֙ (אֲחֹת) 'a.cho.T “sister”

  16. 1 Chronicles 7:18

    And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ish-hod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.

    וַאֲחֹת֖וֹ (אֲחֹת֖) 'a.cho.T “sister”

  17. 1 Chronicles 7:30

    The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

    אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ (אֲחוֹתָֽ) 'a.cho.Ta “[was] sister”

  18. 1 Chronicles 7:32

    And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

    אֲחוֹתָֽם׃ (אֲחוֹתָֽ) 'a.cho.Ta “sister”

  19. 2 Chronicles 22:11

    But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bed-chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada th

    אֲח֧וֹת 'a.Chot “[the] sister of”

  20. Job 1:4

    And his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

    אַחְיֽוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם (אַחְיֽוֹתֵי) 'ach.yo.tei. “sisters”

  21. Job 17:14

    If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';

    וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י (אֲחֹתִ֗) 'a.cho.T “sister”

  22. Job 42:11

    Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought upo

    אַחְיוֹתָ֜יו (אַחְיוֹתָ֜י) 'ach.yo.ta “sisters”

  23. Proverbs 7:4

    Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman;

    אֲחֹ֣תִי (אֲחֹ֣תִ) 'a.Cho.t “[are] sister”

  24. Song of Songs 4:9

    Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one bead of thy necklace.

    אֲחֹתִ֣י (אֲחֹתִ֣) 'a.cho.T “O sister”

  25. Song of Songs 4:10

    How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices!

    אֲחֹתִ֣י (אֲחֹתִ֣) 'a.cho.T “O sister”