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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 630 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 12 (Gen 4:2–Gen 28:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - Again she gave birth, to Kayin's brother Hevel. Hevel was a keeper of sheep, but Kayin was a tiller of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - Kayin said to Hevel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." It happened, when they were in the field, that Kayin rose up against Hevel, his brother, and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - The LORD said to Kayin, "Where is Hevel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 - The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - His brother's name was Yuval, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - Ham, the father of Kana`an, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - He said, "Cursed be Kana`an; A servant of servants will he be to his brothers."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 - To Shem, the father of all the children of `Ever, the elder brother of Yefet, to him also were children born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - To `Ever were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the eretz divided. His brother's name was Yoktan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - Avram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls who they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Kana`an. Into the land of Kana`an they came.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - Avram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - So Lot chose the Plain of the Yarden for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - They took Lot, Avram's brother's son, who lived in Sedom, and his goods, and departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - One who had escaped came and told Avram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amori, brother of Eshkol, and brother of `Aner; and these were allies of Avram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Avram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 - He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 - It happened after these things, that it was told Avraham, saying, "Behold, Milkah, she also has borne children to your brother Nachor:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - `Utz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemu'el the father of Aram,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23 - Betu'el became the father of Rivka. These eight Milkah bore to Nachor, Avraham's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - It happened, before he had done speaking, that behold, Rivka came out, who was born to Betu'el the son of Milkah, the wife of Nachor, Avraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Avraham, who has not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, the LORD has led me in the way to the house of my master's relatives."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 - Rivka had a brother, and his name was Lavan. Lavan ran out to the man, to the spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - I bowed my head, and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Avraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - The servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rivka. He gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Mitzrayim, as you go toward Ashshur. He lived opposite all his relatives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esav's heel. He was named Ya`akov. Yitzchak was sixty years old when she bore them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Yitzchak sent them away, and they departed from him in shalom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - Rivka spoke to Ya`akov her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esav your brother, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - Ya`akov said to Rivka his mother, "Behold, Esav my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - He didn't recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esav's hands. So he blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - Let peoples serve you, Nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, Blessed be everyone who blesses you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - It happened, as soon as Yitzchak had made an end of blessing Ya`akov, and Ya`akov had just gone out from the presence of Yitzchak his father, that Esav his brother came in from his hunting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37 - Yitzchak answered Esav, "Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, That you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - Esav hated Ya`akov because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esav said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Ya`akov."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - The words of Esav, her elder son, were told to Rivka. She sent and called Ya`akov her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esav comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Lavan, my brother, in Haran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - Arise, go to Paddan-Aram, to the house of Betu'el your mother's father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Lavan, your mother's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - Yitzchak sent Ya`akov away. He went to Paddan-Aram to Lavan, son of Betu'el the Arammian, Rivka's brother, Ya`akov's and Esav's mother.

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