Dictionaries :: Jochebed

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jochebed:

Jehovah is her glory, the wife of Amram, and the mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses (Num 26:59). She is spoken of as the sister of Kohath, Amram's father (Exd 6:20; comp. 16, 18; 2:1-10).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Jochebed:

glorious; honorable

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Jochebed:

jok'-e-bed (yokhebhedh, "Yahweh is glory"): Daughter of Levi, wife of Amram and mother of Moses (Ex 6:20; Nu 26:59). According to Ex 6:20, she was a sister of Kohath, Amram's father.

Nave's Topical Bible

Jochebed: Mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses

Exd 6:20; Num 26:59

Jochebed: Nurses Moses

When he is adopted by Pharaoh's daughter,

Exd 2:1-9.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jochebed:

(whose glory is Jehovah) the wife and at the same time the aunt of Amram and the mother of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 2:1; 6:20; Numbers 26:59).