Yôwkebed — H3115

Definition

feminine proper noun

Jokebed, the mother of Moses

1. Jochebed = "Jehovah is glory"
2. the daughter of Levi, wife and at the same time aunt of Amram, and the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam

Usually translated as

Jochebed

Origin

from H3068 contracted and H3513; Jehovah-gloried

• Derived from Yᵉhôvâh (H3068)
• Derived from Kâbad (H3513)

Occurrences

Yôwkebed occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (1)

• Exodus 6:20 — And Amram took him Jochebed (יוֹכֶ֤בֶד) his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
• Numbers 26:59 — And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed (יוֹכֶ֙בֶד֙), the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.