18 occurrences in 13 translations

'Sister' in the Bible

And then I heard the sound of the wings of the living beings as they touched one another and [I heard] the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rushing sound.

Verse ConceptsWingsWheelsAngel's WingsTouching Holy ThingsSound

Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FathersSpiritual MothersRelated NationsHating IndividualsMothersmomsMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsFathers And Daughters

And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

Verse ConceptsRelated Nations

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

Verse ConceptsNot Imitating Evil

Samaria didn't commit half of your sins you practiced more detestable deeds than they did! You've caused your sister to be more righteous than you, because of the detestable practices that you've committed.

Verse ConceptsComparisonsAppearancesHalf Of ThingsPeople In RighteousnessGod's People Sinning

Also, you bear your disgrace, [by] which you furnished justification to your sisters through your sins [by] which you acted more abominably than they; they were more righteous than you, and also, you be ashamed and bear your disgrace through your making your sister righteous.

Verse ConceptsAppearancesPeople In RighteousnessShame Has ComeGod's People Sinning

Your sister Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former status. Samaria and her daughters will be restored to their former status. Then you and your daughters will be restored to your former status.

For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

Verse ConceptsProud People

Then you'll remember your behavior and be ashamed when you greet your sisters your elder sister and your younger sister. I'll give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

Verse ConceptsShamePeople RememberingRelated NationsShame Of Bad ConductBuilding Relationships

And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsLewdnessdaughtersOffenceSexual Sin, Nature OfSisters

And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

Verse ConceptsRelated NationsPeople Belong To God

And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.

Verse ConceptsAppetite, SexualSpiritual HarlotryRelative Greatness

So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

Verse ConceptsNakedness

Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.

Verse ConceptsEvil WaysRelated Nationsfootsteps

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The cup of thy sister thou dost drink, The deep and the wide one, (Thou art for laughter and for scorn,) Abundant to contain.

Verse ConceptsRidicule, Nature OfDeep Things

Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

Verse ConceptsDestructionRelated NationsPeople Appalled

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

Verse ConceptsBrothersdaughtersParentsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSinglenessSistersLove Between RelativesHonouring ParentsPollution ForbiddenRules About CorpsesUnmarriedRelationships With Boyfriend

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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

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