How to Pronounce Jochebed

JAHK-uh-bed

Jochebed is pronounced JAHK-uh-bed (ˈdʒɑkəbɛd): three syllables, stress on the first.

What does Jochebed mean?

Jochebed means “glorious; honorable”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Who was Jochebed?

Jochebed was the wife of Amram and the mother of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. She was a daughter of Levi, born in Egypt, whom Amram took to wife (Exodus 6:20, Numbers 26:59).

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