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HebrewH4813Proper Noun (Feminine)

מִרְיָם

mir.yam

12Occurrences
H4813Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses

from H4805 (מְרִי); rebelliously;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; daughter of: Amram (H6019) and Jochebed (H3115); sister of: Moses (H4872) and Aaron (H0175) § Miriam = "rebellion" 1) elder sister of Moses and ) a woman of Judah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

מִרְיָם appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
7
Exodus
2
1 Chronicles
1
Deuteronomy
1
Micah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:17BSB

The sons of Ezrah:Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

Exodus 15:20BSB

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

Micah 6:4BSB

For I brought you up from the land of Egyptand redeemed you from the house of slavery.I sent Moses before you,as well as Aaron and Miriam.

Numbers 12:4BSB

And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,

Numbers 12:10BSB

As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.