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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H860

אָתוֹן

athonaw-thone'

she-ass

34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼâthôwn

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H860is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 8 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 27
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H860

a female donkey (from its docility)

The King James renders it: (she) ass.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

athon is rendered "she-ass". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.

  • Fourteen of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 12:16He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-seven different ways.

The first use

He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

Genesis 12:16וַאֲתֹנֹ֖ת

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fourteen of the word's thirty-four uses are in Numbers.

The other 31 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the donkey10
  • the she-asses8
  • female donkeys6
  • donkey his3
  • and female donkeys1
  • and the female donkeys1
  • and to the she-asses1
  • donkey your1
  • female donkey your1
  • the donkeys1
  • to the donkey1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 34, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

27 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • אֲתֹנ֑וֹ2
  • הָֽאָתוֹן֙2
  • הָאָת֜וֹן2
  • הָֽאָת֔וֹן2
  • הָאֲתֹנ֔וֹת2
  • הָ֣אֲתֹנ֔וֹת2
  • הָאֲתֹנ֑וֹת2
  • אֲתוֹנ֔וֹת1
  • אֲתוֹנֽוֹת׃1
  • אֲתֹנ֔וֹ1
  • אֲתֹנ֨וֹת1
  • אֲתֹנֽוֹת׃1

and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular10HTd/Ncfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural9HTd/Ncfpa
  • noun · feminine plural6HNcfpa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcfsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcfsc/Sp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1HC/Rd/Ncfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Td/Ncfpa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1HRd/Ncfsa

Genesis

four uses
  • He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

    Genesis 12:16

    • וַאֲתֹנֹ֖תvaatonotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and female donkeys
  • 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

    Genesis 32:15

    • אֲתֹנֹ֣תʾatonotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: female donkeys
  • And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.

    Genesis 45:23

    • אֲתֹנֹ֡תʾatonotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: female donkeys
  • He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

    Genesis 49:11

    • אֲתֹנ֑וֹʾatononoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: donkey his

Numbers

fourteen uses
  • So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

    Numbers 22:21

    • אֲתֹנ֑וֹʾatononoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: donkey his
  • Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

    Numbers 22:22

    • אֲתֹנ֔וֹʾatononoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: donkey his
  • When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.

    Numbers 22:23

    • הָאָתוֹן֩haatonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the donkey
    • הָֽאָתוֹן֙haatonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the donkey
    • הָ֣אָת֔וֹןhaatonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the donkey
  • And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her once again.

    Numbers 22:25

    • הָאָת֜וֹןhaatonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the donkey
  • When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.

    Numbers 22:27

    • הָֽאָתוֹן֙haatonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the donkey
    • הָאָת֖וֹןhaatonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the donkey
  • Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

    Numbers 22:28

    • הָאָת֑וֹןhaatonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the donkey
  • Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”

    Numbers 22:29

    • לָֽאָת֔וֹןlaatonpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the donkey
  • But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.

    Numbers 22:30

    • הָאָת֜וֹןhaatonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the donkey
    • אֲתֹֽנְךָ֜ʾatonekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: donkey your
  • The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.

    Numbers 22:32

    • אֲתֹ֣נְךָ֔ʾatonekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: female donkey your
  • The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”

    Numbers 22:33

    • הָֽאָת֔וֹןhaatonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the donkey

Judges

one use
  • You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

    Judges 5:10

    • אֲתֹנ֨וֹתʾatonotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: female donkeys

1 Samuel

eight uses
  • One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”

    1 Samuel 9:3

    • הָאֲתֹנ֔וֹתhaatonotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the she-asses
    • הָאֲתֹנֹֽת׃haatonotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the she-asses
  • When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”

    1 Samuel 9:5

    • הָאֲתֹנ֖וֹתhaatonotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the she-asses
  • As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”

    1 Samuel 9:20

    • וְלָאֲתֹנ֞וֹתvelaatonotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and to the she-asses
  • When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

    1 Samuel 10:2

    • הָאֲתֹנוֹת֙haatonotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the she-asses
    • הָאֲתֹנ֔וֹתhaatonotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the she-asses
  • Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”

    1 Samuel 10:14

    • הָ֣אֲתֹנ֔וֹתhaatonotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the she-asses
  • And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.

    1 Samuel 10:16

    • הָאֲתֹנ֑וֹתhaatonotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the she-asses

2 Kings

two uses
  • And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”

    2 Kings 4:22

    • הָאֲתֹנ֑וֹתhaatonotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the donkeys
  • Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”

    2 Kings 4:24

    • הָֽאָת֔וֹןhaatonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the donkey

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.

    1 Chronicles 27:30

    • הָ֣אֲתֹנ֔וֹתhaatonotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the she-asses

Job

three uses
  • and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

    Job 1:3

    • אֲתוֹנ֔וֹתʾatonotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: female donkeys
  • a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

    Job 1:14

    • וְהָאֲתֹנ֖וֹתvehaatonotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the female donkeys
  • So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

    Job 42:12

    • אֲתוֹנֽוֹת׃ʾatonotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: female donkeys

Zechariah

one use
  • Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

    Zechariah 9:9

    • אֲתֹנֽוֹת׃ʾatonotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: female donkeys

The letters

Gematria 457· 1,107 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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