# H3115 יוֹכֶבֶד

יוֹכֶבֶד (Yôwkebed), Strong’s H3115: Jokebed, the mother of Moses KJV: Jochebed.. Occurs 2 times.

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*Yôwkebed* — Jokebed, the mother of Moses

KJV: Jochebed.

Built from [יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3068) (Jehovah, Jewish national name of God) + [כָּבַד kâbad](https://besorah.bible/word/H3513) (to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense) — means “Jehovah-gloried”

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- יוֹכֶ֫בֶד n.pr.f. (י׳ is glory) daughter of Levi, wife of Amram and mother of Moses

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 6:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/6?v=20) — Amram took Jochebed his father’s sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of…
- [Numbers 26:59](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/26?v=59) — The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and…