H2993 - יָבָם (yâbâm)

H2993 יָבָם (yâbâm) yaw-bawm'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

brother-in-law

Strong's Definition

a brotherin-law

Derivation: from (the orig. of) H2992 (יָבַם);

KJV Usage: husband's brother.

TWOT Reference: 836a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) brother-in-law, husband's brother

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G80 G435

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

brother-in-law, husband's brother

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יָבָם yâbâm BDB Definition: 1) brother-in-law, husbands brother Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from (the orig. of) H2992 Same Word by TWOT Number: 836a Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (2)

25:5 25:7

Deuteronomy 25:5

When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow... must not marry... outside [the family]. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

Deuteronomy 25:7

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.