Word Study · Strong's H3115 · Hebrew

יוֹכֶבֶד

Yokebed

yo-keh'-bed

Strong's 1890 spelling: Yôwkebed

“Jokebed, the mother of Moses”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Jokebed, the mother of Moses

Rendered in the KJV as

Jochebed.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

יוֹכֶ֤בֶד1
יוֹכֶ֙בֶד֙1

How it is rendered · 2

[was] Jochebed1
Jochebed1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

proper noun (a name)2

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Where this word lives

Exodus1 of 2 · 50%
Numbers1 of 2 · 50%

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Exodus1 occurrence

Exodus 6:20יוֹכֶ֤בֶדyokhevedproper noun (a name)And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.here: Jochebed

Numbers1 occurrence

Numbers 26:59יוֹכֶ֙בֶד֙yokhevedproper noun (a name)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.here: [was] Jochebed

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