Jochebed

JOCHEBED jok'-e-bed (yokhebhedh, "Yahweh is glory"):

Daughter of Levi, wife of Amram and mother of Moses (Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59). According to Exodus 6:20, she was a sister of Kohath, Amram's father.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JOCHEBED'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.