Strong H3115יוֹכֶ֫בֶד

Jochebed

Transliteration: yôkebed
Pronunciation: yo-keh'-bed
Morphology: Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

From H3068 contracted and H3513; Jehovah-gloried;
{Jokebed} the mother of Moses: - Jochebed.

Meaning of the name

Jochebed = "Jehovah is glory"

Detailed definition

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 (H175) and Miriam (H4813)

In the biblical story

Jochebed

Mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam

Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, married her nephew Amram and became the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam (Exo.6.20; Num.26.59).

In the Bible

Strong H3115 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Exodus 6:20
And 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.
Numbers 26:59
And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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