Hebrew word study

אָתוֹןʼâthôwn — a female donkey (from its docility)

Pronounced “aw-thone'”

a female donkey (from its docility)

Translated in the King James as: (she) ass.

Appears 34 times in Scripture

Origin: probably from the same as H386 (אֵיתָן) (in the sense of patience);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 4×
Genesis 12:16Genesis 32:15Genesis 45:23Genesis 49:11
Numbers — 14×
Numbers 22:21Numbers 22:22Numbers 22:23Numbers 22:25Numbers 22:27Numbers 22:28Numbers 22:29Numbers 22:30Numbers 22:32Numbers 22:33+ 4 more in Numbers
Judges — 1×
Judges 5:10
1 Samuel — 8×
1 Sam 9:31 Sam 9:51 Sam 9:201 Sam 10:21 Sam 10:141 Sam 10:16+ 2 more in 1 Samuel
2 Kings — 2×
2 Ki 4:222 Ki 4:24
1 Chronicles — 1×
1 Chr 27:30
Job — 3×
Job 1:3Job 1:14Job 42:12
Zechariah — 1×
Zech 9:9

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.