In the bible, Jochebed is the name of the aunt and wife of Amram, mother of Moses (EXO 6:20). Meaning of the name: glorious; honorable. Related names are:
Amram,
Moses,
Aaron (and others ...)
. The translations of Jochebed in 2 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Ιωχαβεδ in Greek to
Yocheved in Hebrew!
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. (EXO 6:20)
And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. (NUM 26:59)