Limitless Word
יְבֵמֶתYᵉbêmeth/yeb-ay'-meth/
HebrewH29945 occurrences (KJV)

a sister-in-law

KJV renders it: brother's wife, sister in law.

Where it appears(showing the first 3 of 5)

  • Deut 25:7If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”
  • Deut 25:9then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”
  • Ruth 1:15She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.”

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.