23 occurrences

'Sister' in the Bible

Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. Tubal Cain's sister was Naamah.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofAbel and CainBronzeequipping, physicalIronMetalsToolsInventionsBlacksmithsBrassNamed SistersBronze Shacklesmakeup

Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."

Verse ConceptsExamples Of Deceitdoubt, results ofNot DyingMisrepresentationsisterhood

Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way."

Verse ConceptsMisrepresentationReinstating PeopleTransferring WivesRelationship Troubles

Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."

Verse ConceptsMisrepresentationPlea Of Innocence

Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningSistersOther WivesSiblingsFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And Daughterssisterhoodsarah

It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

Verse ConceptsJewelleryNamed Sisters

They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."

Verse ConceptsBenedictionsBlessedA Million And MoreCapturing GatesPeople OvercomingPeople Who Blessed OthersChildren Being A Blessing

Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsNamed Sisters

The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife," lest, he thought, "the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at."

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathWhy Do You Do This?Transferring Wives

Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

Verse ConceptsPolygamyNamed Sisters

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenJealousyPolygamySistersSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnger Of Man, CausePossibility Of DeathThose Jealous Of People

Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWrestlingPeople With Apt Names

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

Verse ConceptsRapePeople Being PollutedNamed SistersThose Who Deceivedhumor

and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsUncircumcisionImpossible For PeopleNamed SistersUnable To Do Other Things

But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone."

Verse ConceptsSetting Out

Jacob's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Verse ConceptsRapePeople Being PollutedNamed Sisters

They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"

Verse ConceptsNamed Sisters

and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.

Verse ConceptsNamed Sisters

The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan's sister was Timna.

Verse ConceptsNamed Sisters

The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelNamed Sisters

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחות 
'achowth 
Usage: 114

דּודה 
Dowdah 
Usage: 3

יבמת 
Y@bemeth 
Usage: 5

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ἀδελφή 
Adelphe 
Usage: 18

ἀνέψιος 
Anepsios 
Usage: 1

Μαρία Μαριάμ 
Maria 
Mary the mother of Jesus , Mary Magdalene , Mary the sister of Martha , Mary the mother of James , Mary the mother of John Mark , Mary of Rome
Usage: 52