אָחוֹת achot
Hebrew word for “sister” · Strong’s H269 · used 114 times in 104 verses
Meaning
1) sister; 1a) sister (same parents);
How it is translated
Glosses given for achot in context, with how often each is used:
- sister 105
- sisters 9
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 24 | 1.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 24 | 1.3 | |
| Leviticus | 10 | 0.8 | |
| 2 Samuel | 10 | 0.9 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 10 | 0.9 | |
| Exodus | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Song of Solomon | 7 | 5.6 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 6 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
2 Samuel 13 (9), Ezekiel 16 (9), Ezekiel 23 (6), Leviticus 18 (5), Genesis 34 (4), Exodus 26 (4), 1 Chronicles 7 (4), Genesis 20 (3), Genesis 24 (3), Song of Solomon 4 (3)
Forms
- אחות 19
- אחתי 15
- אחתו 13
- אחותה 10
- אחותך 9
- אחתה 7
- אחותם 6
- ואחות 5
- אחתם 5
- אחותי 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with achot more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בַּת bat “daughter” 25
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 25
- תָּמָר tamar “Tamar” 9
- אֵם em “mother” 12
- אָב av “father” 18
- עֶרְוָה ervah “nakedness” 8
- אַמְנוֹן amnon “Amnon” 7
- גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 8
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 12
- אָח ach “brother” 10
- רִבְקָה rivqah “Rebekah” 5
- אֲבִישָׁלוֹם avishalom “Absalom” 6
Key verses
The verses using achot that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 30:1 — 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.
- Exodus 15:20 — 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.
- Song of Solomon 4:9 — Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
- Song of Solomon 5:1 — I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my…
- Song of Solomon 5:2 — I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled…
- Song of Solomon 8:8 — We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
- Jeremiah 3:8 — And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous…
- Jeremiah 3:10 — And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 22:18 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they…
- Ezekiel 16:46 — And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her…
- Ezekiel 16:49 — Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she…
- Ezekiel 16:61 — Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for…
See all 104 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.