HebrewH3115Proper Noun (Feminine)
יוֹכֶ֫בֶד
yo.khe.ved
“Jochebed”
2Occurrences
H3115Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Jokebed, the mother of Moses
from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) contracted and H3513 (כָּבַד); Jehovah-gloried;
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: Levi (H3878); sister of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Merari (H4847); married to Amram (H6019); mother of: Moses (H4872), Aaron (H0175) and Miriam (H4813) § Jochebed = "Jehovah is glory" the daughter of Levi, wife and at the same time aunt of Amram, and the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
N:N-F-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
יוֹכֶ֫בֶד appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Exodus
1
Numbers
1
Key Passages
Exodus 6:20BSB
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
Numbers 26:59BSB
and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
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