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Strong's H269 אָחוֹת (achoth)

Achoth means “sister” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G269 — amachos (“not a brawler”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H269
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 104
Books 18

Strong's H269 Quick Answer

Strong's H269 אָחוֹת (achowth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. achowth (aw-khoth') n-f. 1. a sister (used very widely (like H0250), literally and figuratively) [irregular feminine of H251] It has 104 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include sister, sisters, sister's, other, and be. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
achowth (aw-khoth') n-f. 1. a sister (used very widely (like H0250), literally and figuratively) [irregular feminine of H251]
Usage
104 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
sister, sisters, sister's, other, and be

Meaning and Definition

achowth (aw-khoth') n-f. 1. a sister (used very widely (like H0250), literally and figuratively) [irregular feminine of H251] KJV: (an-)other, sister, together. Root(s): H251 See also: H250

Original Word
אָחוֹת
Transliteration
achowth
Derivation
First root strongs: 251
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H269. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

sister

Usage: 1) sister 1a) sister (same parents) 1b) half-sister (same father) 1c) relative 1c1) (metaph) of Israel's and Judah's relationship 1d) beloved 1d1) bride 1e) (fig.) of intimate connection 1f) another

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How Strong's H269 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render achowth, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

sister Genesis 4:22 84× sisters Joshua 2:13 sister's Genesis 24:30 other Exodus 26:3 be Genesis 12:13 together Exodus 26:6

How Strong's H269 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 104 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H269 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H269 in the Old Testament

104 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 4:22 KJV

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Genesis 12:13 KJV

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 KJV

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 104 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H269.

Genesis 4:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
Genesis 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
Genesis 24:59 Old Testament, KJV
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Genesis 24:60 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
Genesis 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 28:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
Genesis 29:13 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
Genesis 30:1 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 30:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Genesis 34:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
Genesis 34:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
Genesis 34:27 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Genesis 34:31 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
Genesis 36:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
Genesis 36:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
Genesis 46:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
Exodus 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
Exodus 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
Exodus 6:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Exodus 15:20 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Exodus 26:3 Old Testament, KJV
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
Exodus 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
Exodus 26:6 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
Exodus 26:17 Old Testament, KJV
Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Leviticus 18:9 Old Testament, KJV
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
Leviticus 18:11 Old Testament, KJV
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:12 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
Leviticus 18:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
Leviticus 18:18 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
Leviticus 20:17 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 20:19 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
Leviticus 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
Numbers 6:7 Old Testament, KJV
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
Numbers 25:18 Old Testament, KJV
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
Numbers 26:59 Old Testament, KJV
And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Deuteronomy 27:22 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Joshua 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
Judges 15:2 Old Testament, KJV
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
2 Samuel 13:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
2 Samuel 13:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her.
2 Samuel 13:4 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
2 Samuel 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
2 Samuel 13:6 Old Testament, KJV
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
2 Samuel 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
2 Samuel 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
2 Samuel 13:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel 13:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain 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 forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel 17:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
1 Kings 11:19 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Kings 11:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.
2 Kings 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
1 Chronicles 1:39 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
1 Chronicles 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
1 Chronicles 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
1 Chronicles 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
1 Chronicles 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
1 Chronicles 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
1 Chronicles 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
1 Chronicles 7:18 Old Testament, KJV
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
1 Chronicles 7:30 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
1 Chronicles 7:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
2 Chronicles 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
Job 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job 17:14 Old Testament, KJV
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Job 42:11 Old Testament, KJV
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 over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
Proverbs 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Song of Solomon 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Song of Solomon 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Song of Solomon 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
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 milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Song of Solomon 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
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 with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Song of Solomon 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
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 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Jeremiah 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
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 sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Jeremiah 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
Ezekiel 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
Ezekiel 1:23 Old Testament, KJV
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
Ezekiel 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
Ezekiel 16:45 Old Testament, KJV
Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
Ezekiel 16:46 Old Testament, KJV
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 daughters.
Ezekiel 16:48 Old Testament, KJV
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
Ezekiel 16:49 Old Testament, KJV
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 strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 16:51 Old Testament, KJV
Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
Ezekiel 16:52 Old Testament, KJV
Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
Ezekiel 16:55 Old Testament, KJV
When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
Ezekiel 16:56 Old Testament, KJV
For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
Ezekiel 16:61 Old Testament, KJV
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 daughters, but not by thy covenant.
Ezekiel 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
Ezekiel 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
Ezekiel 23:11 Old Testament, KJV
And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
Ezekiel 23:18 Old Testament, KJV
So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
Ezekiel 23:31 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.
Ezekiel 23:32 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
Ezekiel 23:33 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
Ezekiel 44:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
Hosea 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H269, grouped by book.

Genesis 23 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 8 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 8 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 10 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 10 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 6 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 20 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H269 FAQ

What does achoth (אָחוֹת) mean?

Achoth (Strong's H269) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "sister". achowth (aw-khoth') n-f. 1. a sister (used very widely (like H0250), literally and figuratively) [irregular feminine of H251]

How many times is achoth (אָחוֹת) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 104 linked usages for Strong's H269 across 18 books.

Where can I study achoth (אָחוֹת) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H269 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate achoth (אָחוֹת)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sister, sisters, sister's, other, be, and together. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.