Strong's Hebrew · H2994
יְבֵמֶת
Yᵉbêmeth · yeb-ay'-meth
brother's wife, sister in law.
Definition
a sister-in-law
Derivation
feminine participle of H2992 (יָבַם);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
““Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.””
“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.””
“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.””
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).