Hebrew word · H3115

יוֹכֶ֫בֶד

yokheved

Jochebed

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A woman of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.20;

daughter of: Levi (H3878);

sister of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Merari (H4847); married to Amram (H6019);

mother of: Moses (H4872), Aaron (H0175) and Miriam (H4813)

§ Jochebed = "Jehovah is glory"

the daughter of Levi, wife and at the same time aunt of Amram, and the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Exodus · 1

  1. Exodus 6:20 יוֹכֶ֤בֶד Jochebed

    And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 26:59 יוֹכֶ֙בֶד֙ [was] Jochebed

    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.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.