Topic
Aunt
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 6:20ISBE
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.
- Leviticus 18:14ISBE
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
- Leviticus 20:20ISBE
And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
ant dodhah, ("loving"): A father's sister (Ex 6:20); an uncle's wife (Le 18:14; 20:20). See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.