H2994 יְבֵמֶת (Yᵉbêmeth) yeb-ay'-meth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

sister-in-law

Strong's Definition

a sister-in-law

Derivation: feminine participle of H2992 (יָבַם);

KJV Usage: brother's wife, sister in law.

TWOT Reference: 836b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) sister-in-law, brother's wife, brother's widow

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G80 G1135 G1135

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יְבֵ֫מֶת (ye.ve.met) — sister-in-law. sister-in-law, brother's wife, brother's widow

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

יְבָמָה (H2994) — יְבֶמֶת

noun f · יבם

Relatives

sister-in-law = wife of a man's brother

DEU 25:7 · DEU 25:7 · DEU 25:9

Relatives

sister-in-law = wife of the brother of a woman's husband

RUT 1:15 · RUT 1:15

Timothy L. Wilt; Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[יְבֵ֫מֶת] n.f. sister-in-law base

Bible Occurrences (3)

25:7 25:9

1:15

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.

Deuteronomy 25:9

his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal -, spit in his face,... and declare, This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.

Ruth 1:15

Look, said Naomi, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow [her] back home....