אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth · aw-khoth'
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: irregular feminine of H251 (אָח);
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (an-) other, sister, together.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָחוֹת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
114 occurrences · 114 OT · 0 NT · 80 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sister20 · 24%
- their sister10 · 12%
- his sister6 · 7%
- the sister6 · 7%
- my sister5 · 6%
- of thy sister4 · 5%
- she is my sister4 · 5%
- thy sisters4 · 5%
- to another3 · 4%
- her sister2 · 2%
- is my sister2 · 2%
- his sister's2 · 2%
- thou art my sister2 · 2%
- and his sister2 · 2%
- and the sister2 · 2%
- she is thy sister1 · 1%
- against another1 · 1%
- of another1 · 1%
- with our sister1 · 1%
- our sister1 · 1%
- with my sister1 · 1%
- together with1 · 1%
- thou, she is my sister1 · 1%
- art our sister1 · 1%
- upon his sister's1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.