Strong H6989קְטוּרָה

Keturah

Transliteration: qeţûrâh
Pronunciation: ket-oo-raw'
Morphology: Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

Feminine passive participle of H6999; perfumed;
{Keturah} a wife of Abraham: - Keturah.

Meaning of the name

Keturah = "incense"

Detailed definition

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.1; married to Abraham (H85);
mother of: Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744)

In the biblical story

Keturah

Abraham's wife after Sarah's death

Keturah was the wife Abraham took after the death of Sarah, and she bore him six sons.

In the Bible

Strong H6989 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

keturah4

First verses

Genesis 25:1
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
Genesis 25:4
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
1 Chronicles 1:32
Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
1 Chronicles 1:33
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

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