Strong H2859H2859Aחֹתֵן

Definition

General definition

In the Bible

Strong H2859A appears in 21 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• law20
• let1

First verses

1. Exodus 3:1
   Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2. Exodus 4:18
   And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
3. Exodus 18:1
   When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;
4. Exodus 18:2
   Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
5. Exodus 18:5
   And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
6. Exodus 18:6
   And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7. Exodus 18:7
   And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
8. Exodus 18:8
   And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.
9. Exodus 18:12
   And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.
10. Exodus 18:14
    And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
11. Exodus 18:15
    And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
12. Exodus 18:17
    And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
13. Exodus 18:24
    So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
14. Exodus 18:27
    And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
15. Numbers 10:29
    And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
16. Deuteronomy 27:23
    Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
17. Judges 1:16
    And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
18. Judges 4:11
    Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
19. Judges 19:4
    And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
20. Judges 19:7
    And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

Occurrences by book

• Exodus14
• Numbers1
• Deuteronomy1
• Judges5