מוֹלֶ֫דֶת
mo.le.det
“relatives”
Definition
nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family
from H3205 (יָלַד);
- kindred, birth, offspring, relatives 1a) kindred 1b) birth, circumstances of birth 1c) one born, begotten, issue, offspring, female offspring
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מוֹלֶ֫דֶת appears 20 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
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but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.