ʼâthôwn — H860

H860 · Hebrew — אתון

Pronunciation: aw-thone'

Definition

feminine noun

a female donkey (from its docility)

  1. she-ass, she-donkey

Usually translated as

ass

Origin

probably from the same as H386 (in the sense of patience)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼâthôwn occurs 34 times in 28 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Numbers (10), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1), Job (3), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — A