Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4813: מִרְיָם

Miryâm · pronounced meer-yawm' · “Miriam”

Definition

Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses

KJV translates it as: Miriam.

Word origin: from H4805 (מְרִי); rebelliously;

Extended definition

A woman of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.15.20;
daughter of: Amram (H6019) and Jochebed (H3115);
sister of: Moses (H4872) and Aaron (H0175)
§ Miriam = "rebellion"
1) elder sister of Moses and Aaron
2) a woman of Judah

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4813 is translated

  • miriam ×15

Bible verses with H4813 (Miryâm)

Miryâm appears in 13 verses.

  • Exodus 15:20

    And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

  • Exodus 15:21

    And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

  • Numbers 12:1

    And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

  • Numbers 12:4

    And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.

  • Numbers 12:5

    And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.

  • Numbers 12:10

    And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

  • Numbers 12:15

    And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

  • Numbers 20:1

    Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

  • Numbers 26:59

    And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

  • Deuteronomy 24:9

    Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:17

    And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:3

    And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • Micah 6:4

    For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

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