4 occurrences

'Brother in law' in the Bible

So Judah instructed Onan, "You are to have sexual relations with your dead brother's wife, performing the duty of a brother-in-law with her, and have offspring for your brother."

Verse ConceptsBrothersLoyaltyMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningWidowsBrothers in lawSocial dutiesDutysexSiblingsRaising ChildrenRelationships And DatingWifeSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

"When two brothers are living together and one of them dies without leaving a son, his widow must not be married outside the family to a foreigner. Instead, the brother-in-law must go to her, take her as his wife, and by doing so perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

Verse Conceptsethics, personalBrothersLoyaltyStrangersLack Of SonsBrothers in lawDutyDeath Of A Family MemberRelationships With BoyfriendDeath Of A ChildMarriage Between Man And WomanRaising ChildrenWomen's RolesRelationships And DatingFamily Deathculture

But if the man does not want to marry his brother's widow, then she must go to the elders at the city gate and declare, "My husband's brother refuses to perform the duty of a brother-in-law in order to preserve the name of his brother in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law.'

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToTownComing To GatesPeople UnwillingBrothers in lawMarriage Between Man And Woman

then she is to approach her brother-in-law in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and say in response, "May this be done to the man who does not preserve the lineage of his brother.'

Verse ConceptsFacesSpittingSaliva

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Brother-In-Law (7 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
G80
ἀδελφός 
Adelphos 
Usage: 302

יבמת 
Y@bemeth 
Usage: 5

ἀνομία 
Anomia 
Usage: 10

νομοδιδάσκαλος 
Nomodidaskalos 
doctor of the law , teacher of the law
Usage: 3

אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

אח 
'ach (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

יבם 
Yabam 
Usage: 3

יבם 
Yabam 
Usage: 2

ריע רע 
Rea` 
Usage: 187

ψευδάδελφος 
Pseudadelphos 
Usage: 2

דּת 
Dath 
Usage: 22

דּת 
Dath (Aramaic) 
Usage: 14

חם 
Cham 
father in law
Usage: 4

חמת חמות 
Chamowth 
mother in law
Usage: 11

חק 
Choq 
Usage: 127

חקק 
Chaqaq 
Usage: 19

חתן 
Chathan 
Usage: 28

חתן 
Chathan 
Usage: 25

כּלּה 
Kallah 
Usage: 34

מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

משׁפּט 
Mishpat 
Usage: 421

צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

שׁלּיט 
Shalliyt (Aramaic) 
Usage: 10

תּרה תּורה 
Towrah 
law
Usage: 219

G60
ἀγοραῖος 
Agoraios 
Usage: 2

ἄνομος 
Anomos 
Usage: 9

ἀνόμως 
Anomos 
Usage: 2

ἔννομος 
Ennomos 
Usage: 2

ἔξεστι 
Exesti 
be lawful , may , let
Usage: 24

κρίμα 
Krima 
Usage: 23

κρίνω 
Krino 
judge , determine , condemn , go to law , call in question , esteem ,
Usage: 84

νομικός 
Nomikos 
lawyer , about the law
Usage: 7

νομοθεσία 
Nomothesia 
giving of the law
Usage: 1

νομοθετέω 
Nomotheteo 
Usage: 2

νομοθέτης 
Nomothetes 
Usage: 1

νόμος 
Nomos 
law
Usage: 179

νύμφη 
Numphe 
Usage: 5

πενθερά 
Penthera 
Usage: 3

πενθερός 
Pentheros 
father in law
Usage: 1

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