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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 (for in his days the earth was divided), and the name of his brother Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42 - The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerah'meel: Mare'shah his first-born, who was the father of Ziph. The sons of Mare'shah: Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:9

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."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7 - And his kinsmen by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Je-i'el, and Zechari'ah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - And their kinsmen according to their fathers' houses: Michael, Meshul'lam, Sheba, Jo'rai, Jacan, Zi'a, 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 Berechi'ah, son of Shim'e-a,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - On the left hand were their brethren the sons of Merar'i: 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 brethren 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 families of Is'sachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:16 - And Ma'acah 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 Box 1Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - And E'phraim 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 was the father of Shim'e-ah). Now these also dwelt 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 first-born, Je'ush the second, and Eliph'elet the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6 - Of the sons of Zerah: Jeu'el and their kinsmen, six hundred and ninety.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 - and their kinsmen according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. 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, one thousand seven hundred and sixty, very able 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, Ahi'man, and their kinsmen (Shallum being the chief),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum the son of Ko're, son of Ebi'asaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers' house, the Ko'rahites, 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 obliged to come in every seven days, from time to time, 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 Ko'hathites 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 Shim'e-am; and these also dwelt opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Now Abi'shai, the brother of Jo'ab, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - The mighty men of the armies were As'ahel the brother of Jo'ab, Elha'nan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:38 - Jo'el the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:45 - Jedi'a-el 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 Box 1Ch 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had hitherto kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - Of Is'sachar men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, two hundred 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 brethren 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 if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send abroad to our brethren who remain in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasture lands, that they may come together to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:5 - of the sons of Kohath, Uri'el the chief, with a hundred and twenty of his brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:6 - of the sons of Merar'i, Asai'ah the chief, with two hundred and twenty of his brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7 - of the sons of Gershom, Jo'el the chief, with a hundred and thirty of his brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:8 - of the sons of Eli-za'phan, Shemai'ah the chief, with two hundred of his brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:9 - of the sons of Hebron, Eli'el the chief, with eighty of his brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10 - of the sons of Uz'ziel, Ammin'adab the chief, with a hundred and twelve of his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12 - and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, 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 Box 1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren 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 Box 1Ch 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17 - So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Jo'el; and of his brethren Asaph the son of Berechi'ah; and of the sons of Merar'i, their brethren, Ethan the son of Kusha'iah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their brethren of the second order, Zechari'ah, Ja-a'ziel, Shemi'ramoth, Jehi'el, Unni, Eli'ab, Benai'ah, Ma-asei'ah, Mattithi'ah, Eliph'elehu, and Miknei'ah, and the gatekeepers O'bed-e'dom and Je-i'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:37

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38 - and also O'bed-e'dom and his sixty-eight brethren; while O'bed-e'dom, the son of Jedu'thun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:39 - And he left Zadok the priest and his brethren 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 Abi'shai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.

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