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Lexicon :: Strong's H251 - 'āḥ

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אָח
Transliteration
'āḥ
Pronunciation
awkh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
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TWOT Reference: 62a

Strong’s Definitions

אָח ʼâch, awkh; a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H1]):—another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 629x

The KJV translates Strong's H251 in the following manner: brethren (332x), brother (269x), another (23x), brotherly (1x), kindred (1x), like (1x), another (1x), other (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 629x
The KJV translates Strong's H251 in the following manner: brethren (332x), brother (269x), another (23x), brotherly (1x), kindred (1x), like (1x), another (1x), other (1x).

  1. brother

    1. brother of same parents

    2. half-brother (same father)

    3. relative, kinship, same tribe

    4. each to the other (reciprocal relationship)

    5. (fig.) of resemblance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָח ʼâch, awkh; a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H1]):—another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
STRONGS H251: Abbreviations
I. אָח 630 noun masculine brother (Phoenician אח, Arabic أَخ (construct أَخُو etc.), Sabean אחֿ (suffix אחֿיהו) CISiv. 1, 17 and 24 and others, Ethiopic እኀው፡ Assyrian aḫu compare DlW, Aramaic אַח, axoAf ; Palmyreme, Nabataean suffix אחוהי, אחיה); — absolute אָח Genesis 24:29 + (Ezekiel 18:10 strike out Co compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate; Ew Sm אַח; Dl BaEz x defends as＝one compare Assyrian aḫu) never with article; construct אֲחִי Genesis 10:21 +; suffix אָחִי Genesis 4:9 +; אָחִיךָ Genesis 4:9 +; אָחִיו Genesis 4:2 +; אָחִיהוּ Jeremiah 34:9 + 3 times etc.; plural אַחִים Genesis 13:8 +; so read Hosea 13:15 see DeCompl. Var. 23 compare below אָחוּ; construct אֲחֵי Numbers 27:10 +; suffix אַחַי Genesis 19:7 +; אֶחָ֑י 1 Samuel 20:29 + (but 1 Samuel 30:23 Greek Version of the LXX We אַחֲרֵי for אֶחָ֑י את); אַחֶיךָ Genesis 37:13 +; אֶחָיו Genesis 44:14 —
1. brother, born of same mother (& father) Genesis 4:2, 8, 9, 10, 11; Genesis 27:6, 11; Genesis 44:20; Genesis 49:5; compare Genesis 28:2; Genesis 29:10 (twice in verse) + Exodus 4:14 + often; also of half-brother Genesis 20:5, 13, 16 (on pa-rentage compare Genesis 20:12) Genesis 37:2, 4, 5 +, 2 Samuel 13:4, 7, 8 +.
2. indefinite＝relative; Lot, of Abraham Genesis 13:8; Genesis 14:12, 14, 16; Jacob, of Laban Genesis 29:12, 15 (nephew); hence of kinship in wider sense; member of same tribe Numbers 16:10; Numbers 18:2, 6; 2 Samuel 19:13; of same people Exodus 2:11 (twice in verse); Exodus 4:18; Deuteronomy 15:12; Judges 14:3; Isaiah 66:20; Nehemiah 5:1, 5, 8 see especially Leviticus 19:17 compare Leviticus 19:18 (extended to include sojourner גֵּר Leviticus 19:34); of Israel & Judah 2 Samuel 19:42; Israel & Edom Numbers 20:14; compare of Ishmael Genesis 16:12; Genesis 25:18; of friend 2 Samuel 1:26; 1 Kings 9:13; 1 Kings 20:32, 33 of allies בְּרִית א׳ Amos 1:9.
3. figurative of resemblance Job 30:29 אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים (|| רֵעַ לִבְנוֺת יַעֲנָה i.e. by reason of his crying, compare Di; Proverbs 18:9 מַשְׁחִית לְבַעַל הוּא אָח בִּמְלַאכְתּוֺ מִתְרַפֶּה.
4. in phrase one... another אִישׁ אָחִיו Genesis 9:5; Joel 2:8; Ze Joel 7:10; אִישׁ ֗֗֗ אָחִיו Genesis 13:11 + 25 times + Exodus 32:27 (where also same phrase with רֵעֵהוּ & קְרֹבוֺ — see these words — & also אִישׁ, אֶחָד; for development of idiom compare Deuteronomy 15:2; Isaiah 19:2; Jeremiah 34:14 (compare Jeremiah 34:15) Jeremiah 34:17 Ezekiel 38:21; Haggai 2:22; usually of men; of faces of golden cherubim Exodus 25:20; Exodus 37:9; of scales of crocodile Job 41:9. (H254 אָח fire-pot)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:2; 4:2; 4:8; 4:9; 4:9; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 9:5; 10:21; 13:8; 13:8; 13:11; 14:12; 14:14; 14:16; 16:12; 19:7; 20:5; 20:12; 20:13; 20:16; 24:29; 25:18; 27:6; 27:11; 28:2; 29:10; 29:12; 29:15; 37:2; 37:4; 37:5; 37:13; 44:14; 44:20; 49:5

Exodus

2:11; 4:14; 4:18; 25:20; 32:27; 37:9

Leviticus

19:17; 19:18; 19:34

Numbers

16:10; 18:2; 18:6; 20:14; 27:10

Deuteronomy

15:2; 15:12

Judges

14:3

1 Samuel

20:29; 30:23

2 Samuel

1:26; 13:4; 13:7; 13:8; 19:13; 19:42

1 Kings

9:13; 20:32; 20:33

Nehemiah

5:1; 5:5; 5:8

Job

30:29; 41:9

Proverbs

18:9

Isaiah

19:2; 66:20

Jeremiah

34:9; 34:14; 34:15; 34:17

Ezekiel

18:10; 38:21

Hosea

13:15

Joel

2:8

Amos

1:9

Haggai

2:22

H251

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Strong's Number H251 matches the Hebrew אָח ('āḥ),
which occurs 99 times in 95 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ch 1:19–1Ch 19:11)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19 - To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg[fn] (for in his days the earth was divided), and his brother’s name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:32 - The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42 - The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah[fn] his firstborn, who fathered Ziph. The son[fn] of Mareshah: Hebron.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:11 - Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27 - Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did all their clan multiply like the men of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - though Judah became strong among his brothers and a chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7 - And his kinsmen by their clans, when the genealogy of their generations was recorded: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - And their kinsmen according to their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:39 - and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5 - Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:16 - And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:35 - The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:32 - and Mikloth (he fathered Shimeah). Now these also lived opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:39 - The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6 - Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their kinsmen, 690.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 - and their kinsmen according to their generations, 956. All these were heads of fathers’ houses according to their fathers’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - besides their kinsmen, heads of their fathers’ houses, 1,760, mighty men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:17 - The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief);

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:25 - And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with these,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:32 - Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:38 - and Mikloth was the father of Shimeam; and these also lived opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty.[fn] And he wielded his spear against 300 men and killed them and won a name beside the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - The mighty men were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:38 - Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:45 - Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - They were bowmen and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul’s kinsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, 3,000, of whom the majority had to that point kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39 - And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and from the LORD our God, let us send abroad to our brothers who remain in all the lands of Israel, as well as to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasturelands, that they may be gathered to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:5 - of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with 120 of his brothers;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:6 - of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with 220 of his brothers;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7 - of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with 130 of his brothers;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:8 - of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with 200 of his brothers;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:9 - of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with 80 of his brothers;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10 - of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with 112 of his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12 - and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17 - So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:7 - Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the LORD by Asaph and his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37 - So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister regularly before the ark as each day required,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38 - and also Obed-edom and his[fn] sixty-eight brothers, while Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:39 - And he left Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11 - The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.

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