She-ass
אָתוֹןStrong’s H0860aton (a-ton)
Appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aton is the Hebrew word usually translated “donkey”, “she-asses” and “female donkeys”. It appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament.
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”
Meaning
- She-ass, she-donkey
How it's translated
- the donkey 10
- the she-asses 8
- female donkeys 6
- donkey his 3
- and female donkeys 1
- to the donkey 1
- donkey your 1
- female donkey your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 10
- 1 Samuel 6
- Genesis 4
- Job 3
- 2 Kings 2
- Judges 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
- Genesis 32:15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
- Genesis 45:23And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
- Genesis 49:11Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
- Numbers 22:21And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
- Numbers 22:22And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
Hebrew dictionary
אָתוֹן aton · she-ass
she-ass, she-donkey
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.