Dodah דֹּדָה
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| דֹּדָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | dodah |
| Strong's number | H1733 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | aunt |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Leviticus (2) |
Dodah (Hebrew דֹּדָה, Strong's H1733) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “aunt”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
aunt
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | father's sister (1), aunt (1), uncle's wife (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | his father's sister (1), your aunt (1), his uncle's wife (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Dodah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 6:20And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 18:14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
- Leviticus 20:20And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).