Biblica Analytica

אָתוֹן

a.ton (H0860)

she-ass

34 verses 8 books OT 28 / NT 0
AI Word Study

The Hebrew word "אָתוֹן" (a.ton), with the Strong's number H0860, specifically refers to a she-ass. It is a noun that appears 34 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the context of the ancient Israelites. In terms of range of usage, "אָתוֹן" is associated with various aspects of life, including agriculture, travel, and possibly even symbolic or metaphorical contexts. The consistent reference to a specific type of donkey suggests that the speaker is making a particular distinction from more common or generic terms for donkeys. The significance of "אָתוֹן" lies in its specificity, highlighting the importance of detail and accuracy in ancient Hebrew communication. Its repetition in the Bible underscores its relevance to the culture and way of life of the people described. The use of "אָתוֹן" demonstrates an attention to the nuances of nature and the world around them, which was likely essential for their survival and understanding of the world.

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Genesis 12:16

He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

Genesis 32:15

thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.

Genesis 45:23

He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

Genesis 49:11

Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

Numbers 22:21

Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

Numbers 22:22

God’s anger burned because he went; and Yahweh’s angel placed himself in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

Numbers 22:23

The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned out of the path, and went into the field. Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the path.

Numbers 22:25

The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. He struck her again.

Numbers 22:27

The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel, and she lay down under Balaam. Balaam’s anger burned, and he struck the donkey with his staff.

Numbers 22:28

Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

Numbers 22:29

Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.”

Numbers 22:30

The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long until today? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?” He said, “No.”

Numbers 22:32

Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me.

Numbers 22:33

The donkey saw me, and turned away before me these three times. Unless she had turned away from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.”

Judges 5:10

“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.

1 Samuel 9:3

The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Now take one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”

1 Samuel 9:5

When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come! Let’s return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys, and be anxious for us.”

1 Samuel 9:20

As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don’t set your mind on them; for they have been found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father’s house?”

1 Samuel 10:2

When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?” ’

1 Samuel 10:14

Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?” He said, “To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.”

1 Samuel 10:16

Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.” But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn’t tell him.

2 Kings 4:22

She called to her husband, and said, “Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.”

2 Kings 4:24

Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, “Drive, and go forward! Don’t slow down for me, unless I ask you to.”

1 Chronicles 27:30

and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite; and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.

Job 1:3

His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

Job 1:14

that there came a messenger to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

Job 42:12

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.