H2992 יָבַם
yâbam — to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
KJV: perform the duty of a husband's brother, marry.
Derived from יָבָם yâbâm (a brotherin-law)
Occurs 3 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [יָבַם] vb. denom., only Pi. do duty of יָבַם to a brother's widow
Where it occurs
- Genesis 38:8 — Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up…
- Deuteronomy 25:5 — If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a…
- Deuteronomy 25:7 — If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and…