Occurrences
ʼâchôwth occurs 114 times in 104 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (23), Exodus (8), Leviticus (8), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (10), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (10), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (3), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (6), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (20), Hosea (1)
- Genesis 4:22 — And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister (וַֽאֲח֥וֹת) of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
- Genesis 12:13 — Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister (אֲחֹ֣תִי): 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 (אֲחֹ֣תִי)? 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 (אֲחֹ֣תִי): and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
- Genesis 20:5 — Said he not unto me, She is my sister (אֲחֹ֣תִי)? 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 (אֲחֹתִ֤י); 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 (אֲחֹתוֹ֒) 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 24:30 — 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 (אֲחֹתוֹ֙), 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 — And they sent away Rebekah their sister (אֲחֹתָ֖ם), 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 (אֲחֹתֵ֕נוּ), 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 (אֲח֛וֹת) 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 (אֲחֹ֣תִי): 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 (אֲחֹ֣תִי)? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
- Genesis 28:9 — Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister (אֲח֧וֹת) of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
- Genesis 29:13 — And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s (אֲחֹת֗וֹ) 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 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister (בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ); and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- Genesis 30:8 — And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister (אֲחֹתִ֖י), and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
- Genesis 34:13 — And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister (אֲחֹתָֽם):
- Genesis 34:14 — And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister (אֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ) to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
- Genesis 34:27 — The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister (אֲחוֹתָֽם).
- Genesis 34:31 — And they said, Should he deal with our sister (אֲחוֹתֵֽנוּ) as with an harlot?
- Genesis 36:3 — And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister (אֲח֥וֹת) of Nebajoth.
- Genesis 36:22 — And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister (וַאֲח֥וֹת) was Timna.
- Genesis 46:17 — And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister (אֲחֹתָ֑ם): and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
- Exodus 2:4 — And his sister (אֲחֹת֖וֹ) stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
- Exodus 2:7 — Then said his sister (אֲחֹתוֹ֮) 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 — And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister (אֲח֥וֹת) of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Exodus 15:20 — And Miriam the prophetess, the sister (אֲח֧וֹת) of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Exodus 26:3 — The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another (אֲחֹתָ֑הּ); and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
- Exodus 26:3 — The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another (אֲחֹתָֽהּ).
- Exodus 26:5 — 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 (אֲחֹתָֽהּ).
- Exodus 26:6 — And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together (אֲחֹתָהּ֙) with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
- Exodus 26:17 — Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another (אֲחֹתָ֑הּ): thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
- Leviticus 18:9 — The nakedness of thy sister (אֲחֽוֹתְךָ֤), 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 — The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister (אֲחוֹתְךָ֖), thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
- Leviticus 18:12 — Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister (אֲחוֹת): she is thy father’s near kinswoman.
- Leviticus 18:13 — Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister (אֲחֽוֹת): for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
- Leviticus 18:18 — Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister (אֲחֹתָ֖הּ), to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
- Leviticus 20:17 — And if a man shall take his sister (אֲחֹת֡וֹ), 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 20:17 — 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 (אֲחֹת֛וֹ) nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 20:19 — And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister (אֲח֧וֹת), nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
- Leviticus 20:19 — And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister (וַאֲח֥וֹת): for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
- Leviticus 21:3 — And for his sister (וְלַאֲחֹת֤וֹ) a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
- Numbers 6:7 — He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister (וּלְאַ֣חֹת֔וֹ), when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
- Numbers 25:18 — 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 (אֲחֹתָ֔ם), which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.
- Numbers 26:59 — 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 (אֲחֹתָֽם).
- Deuteronomy 27:22 — Cursed be he that lieth with his sister (אֲחֹת֔וֹ), the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Joshua 2:13 — And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters (אַחְיוֹתַ֔י), and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
- Judges 15:2 — 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 (אֲחֹתָ֤הּ) fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
- 2 Samuel 13:1 — And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister (אָח֥וֹת), whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.