Original Language Studio
Ezekiel 16:55
“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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H269 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
- Derivation
- irregular feminine of H251 (אָח);
- KJV renderings
- (an-) other, sister, together.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- אֲחוֹתַ֗יִ — common noun, feminine, plural, construct
- ךְ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 119 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:22Genesis 12:13Genesis 12:19Genesis 20:2Genesis 20:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָחוֹת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.