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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H251 matches the Hebrew אָח ('āḥ),
which occurs 630 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 12 (Gen 42:13–Gen 50:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - So they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers H251 in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother H251 comes here!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - “Send one of you that he may get your brother H251, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - if you are honest men, let one of your brothers H251 be confined in [fn]your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, bring grain for the famine of your households,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - and bring your youngest brother H251 to me, so your words may be proven true, and you will not die.” And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Then they said to one another H251, “Surely we are guilty concerning our brother H251 because we saw the distress of his soul when he begged us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:28 - So he said to his brothers H251, “My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack.” And their hearts [fn]sank, and they turned [fn]trembling to one another H251, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - ‘We are twelve brothers H251, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers H251 with me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - ‘But bring your youngest brother H251 to me that I may know that you are not spies, but [fn]honest men. I will give your brother H251 to you, and you may trade in the land.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But [fn]Jacob said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother H251 is dead, and he alone remains. If harm should befall him on the journey on which you are going, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:3 - Judah spoke to him, however, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother H251 is with you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - “If you send our brother H251 with us, we will go down and buy you food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:5 - “But if you do not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother H251 is with you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:6 - Then Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly [fn]by telling the man whether you still had another brother H251?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - But they said, “The man questioned particularly about us and our kin, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother H251?’ So we told him concerning these things. Could we possibly have known that he would say, ‘Bring your brother H251 down’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 - “And take your brother H251 also, and arise, return to the man;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - and may [fn]God Almighty grant you compassion before the man, so that he will release to you your other brother H251 and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - Then he lifted his eyes and saw his brother H251 Benjamin, his mother’s son. And he said, “Is this your youngest brother H251, of whom you spoke to me?” And he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - And Joseph hurried out for [fn]he was deeply stirred with compassion over his brother H251, and he sought a place to weep; and he entered his chamber and wept there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14 -

Then Judah and his brothers H251 came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. So they fell to the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - “My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father or a brother H251?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - “And we said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother H251 is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - “You said to your servants, however, ‘If your youngest brother H251 does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - “But we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother H251 is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man’s face if our youngest brother H251 is not with us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - “So now, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a slave to my lord, and let the boy go up with his brothers H251.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:1 -

Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he called out, “Have everyone go out from me.” So there [fn]was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers H251.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - Then Joseph said to his brothers H251, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers H251 could not answer him, for they were terrified at his presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 -

Then Joseph said to his brothers H251, “Please come near to me.” And they came near. And he said, “I am Joseph, your brother H251, whom you sold into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12 - “And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother H251 Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - Then he fell on his brother H251 Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - He kissed all his brothers H251 and wept on them, and afterward his brothers H251 talked with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16 -

Now the [fn]news was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers H251 have come.” And it was good in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:17 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers H251, ‘Do this: load your beasts and [fn]go to the land of Canaan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 -

So he sent his brothers H251 away, and they departed. And he said to them, “Do not be stirred up on the journey.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - And Joseph said to his brothers H251 and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and say to him, ‘My brothers H251 and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me;

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Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh and said, “My father and my brothers H251 and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - And he took five men from among his brothers H251 and set them before Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - Then Pharaoh said to his brothers H251, “What is your occupation?” So they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - Then Pharaoh said to [fn]Joseph, “Your father and your brothers H251 have come to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - “The land of Egypt is [fn]at your disposal; have your father and your brothers H251 settle in the best of the land, let them settle in the land of Goshen; and if you know any excellent men among them, then [fn]put them in charge of my livestock.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - So Joseph settled his father and his brothers H251 and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - And Joseph provided his father and his brothers H251 and all his father’s household with [fn]food, according to their little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6 - “But your kin that [fn]have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the [fn]names of their brothers H251 in their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother H251 shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become the fullness of nations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - “And I give you one [fn]portion more than your brothers H251, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 -

“Simeon and Levi are brothers H251;

Their swords are implements of violence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 -

“Judah, as for you, your brothers H251 shall praise you;

Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;

Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 -

“The blessings of your father

Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors

Up to the [fn]utmost bound of the everlasting hills;

May they be on the head of Joseph,

And on the top of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers H251.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - and all the household of Joseph and his brothers H251 and his father’s household; they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen.

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