Miriam (sister of Moses)

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Miriam (sister of Moses)

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

Hebrew prophetess. The sister of Moses and Aaron, and the daughter of Amram and Jochebed.Miriam first appears in Exod 2 as the unnamed older sister of Moses who watches over his basket in the Nile, and arranges the services of their own mother as Moses’ wet-nurse. She is more than a decade older than Moses, and is referred to in Exod 2:8 as עַלְמָה‎ (almah), the term for a young woman of marriageable age.

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Miriam the Prophetess

Miriam the Prophetess (מִרְיָם‎, miryam). Hebrew prophetess. The sister of Moses and Aaron, and the daughter of Amram and Jochebed.Miriam first appears in Exod 2 as the unnamed older sister of Moses who watches over his basket in the Nile, and arranges the services of their own mother as Moses’ wet-nurse.

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Miriam (Person)

MIRIAM (PERSON) [Heb miryām (מִרְיָם‎)]. 1. A woman in Israel’s wilderness community who exercised religious leadership alongside Moses and Aaron (Mic 6:4). Introduced as prophetess and Aaron’s sister, Miriam led the women in the celebration at the Sea (Exod 15:20–21) and joined Aaron in a rebellion

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Miriam

Miriam. 1. Daughter of Amram and Jochebed and the sister of Aaron and Moses (Ex 15:20; Nm 26:59; 1 Chr 6:3). Miriam first appears in Scripture as a young girl commissioned with the task of watching her infant brother’s cradle hidden in the reeds of the Nile River (Ex 2:4), the result of a scheme conceived

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Miriam

1. Sister of Moses and Aaron, prophetess and influential member of the Exodus leadership. As the only known daughter of Amram and Jochebed, Miriam was probably the sister who stood watch over the ark of bulrushes which bore the fugitive baby Moses on the Nile (Ex. 2:4). Her quick thinking upon the discovery

Miriam

Miriam miriē-əm [Heb miryām; Gk Mariam, the name rendered Mary in the NT]. The name Miriam is difficult etymologically. It may mean “loved,” from Egyp mr; “loved of Yahweh” (mr + yw/m); “plump,” from Heb mr’ III; “bitter (ness),” from Heb mrʾ I/mrh/mrr (cf. Ruth 1:20); or some other option. Jerome

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Miriam

MIRIAM1. Daughter of Amram and Jochebed and the sister of Aaron and Moses (Ex 15:20; Nm 26:59; 1 Chr 6:3). Miriam first appears in Scripture as a young girl commissioned with the task of watching her infant brother’s cradle hidden in the reeds of the Nile River (Ex 2:4)—the result of a scheme conceived

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)

Miriam

Miriam (mihr´ee-uhm), the daughter of Amram and Jochebed and sister of Moses and Aaron (Num. 26:59; 1 Chron. 6:3). She is first mentioned when the infant Moses is placed in a basket on the Nile and his sister (not named) watches from a distance; when the baby is discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter, the

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Miriam

MIRIAM1. A descendant of Ezra through Mered (1 Chr 4:17, RSV).2. The daughter of Amram and Jochebed and the sister of Moses and Aaron (Ex 15:20; Num 26:59). No doubt she was the Miriam who protected the ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was hidden. She is mentioned by name for the first time

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition

Miriam

MIRIAM. (For derivation, see *Mary.) 1. The daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the sister of Aaron and Moses (Nu. 26:59). It is generally agreed that it was she who watched the baby Moses in the bulrushes and suggested her mother as his nurse. The term ‘the prophetess’ was used to describe her as she

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Miriam

Miriam (Heb. miryām)1. A prophet (ess) remembered for leading the Israelites in singing after their deliverance from the Egyptians at the Red Sea (Exod. 15:20–21). Many scholars consider this attribution of leadership in singing more ancient than that attributed to Moses and the Israelites in the earlier

Catholic Bible Dictionary

Miriam

MIRIAM The sister of Aaron and Moses and the daughter of Amram and Jochebed (Num 26:59; 1 Chr 6:3). “I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam,” the Lord says in Micah 6:4, giving Miriam a place beside the other two great leaders of the Exodus. Described as a prophetess, she led the women in a celebration

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Miriam

Mir´iam (rebellion), the sister of Moses, was the eldest of that sacred family; and she first appears, probably as a young girl, watching her infant brother’s cradle in the Nile, Ex. 2:4, and suggesting her mother as a nurse. ver. 7. After the crossing of the Red Sea “Miriam the prophetess” is her acknowledged

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