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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 1 / 12 (Gen 4:2–Gen 28:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - rursusque peperit fratrem eius Abel fuit autem Abel pastor ovium et Cain agricola

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - dixitque Cain ad Abel fratrem suum egrediamur foras cumque essent in agro consurrexit Cain adversus Abel fratrem suum et interfecit eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - et ait Dominus ad Cain ubi est Abel frater tuus qui respondit nescio num custos fratris mei sum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 - dixitque ad eum quid fecisti vox sanguinis fratris tui clamat ad me de terra

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - nunc igitur maledictus eris super terram quae aperuit os suum et suscepit sanguinem fratris tui de manu tua

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - et nomen fratris eius Iubal ipse fuit pater canentium cithara et organo

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - sanguinem enim animarum vestrarum requiram de manu cunctarum bestiarum et de manu hominis de manu viri et fratris eius requiram animam hominis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - quod cum vidisset Ham pater Chanaan verenda scilicet patris sui esse nuda nuntiavit duobus fratribus suis foras

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - ait maledictus Chanaan servus servorum erit fratribus suis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 - de Sem quoque nati sunt patre omnium filiorum Eber fratre Iafeth maiore

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - natique sunt Eber filii duo nomen uni Faleg eo quod in diebus eius divisa sit terra et nomen fratris eius Iectan

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - tulitque Sarai uxorem suam et Loth filium fratris sui universamque substantiam quam possederant et animas quas fecerant in Haran et egressi sunt ut irent in terram Chanaan cumque venissent in eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - dixit ergo Abram ad Loth ne quaeso sit iurgium inter me et te et inter pastores meos et pastores tuos fratres enim sumus

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - elegitque sibi Loth regionem circa Iordanem et recessit ab oriente divisique sunt alterutrum a fratre suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - necnon et Loth et substantiam eius filium fratris Abram qui habitabat in Sodomis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - et ecce unus qui evaserat nuntiavit Abram Hebraeo qui habitabat in convalle Mambre Amorrei fratris Eschol et fratris Aner hii enim pepigerant foedus cum Abram

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - quod cum audisset Abram captum videlicet Loth fratrem suum numeravit expeditos vernaculos suos trecentos decem et octo et persecutus est eos usque Dan

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - reduxitque omnem substantiam et Loth fratrem suum cum substantia illius mulieres quoque et populum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 - hic erit ferus homo manus eius contra omnes et manus omnium contra eum et e regione universorum fratrum suorum figet tabernacula

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - nolite quaeso fratres mei nolite malum hoc facere

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - nonne ipse dixit mihi soror mea est et ipsa ait frater meus est in simplicitate cordis mei et munditia manuum mearum feci hoc

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - postquam autem eduxit me Deus de domo patris mei dixi ad eam hanc misericordiam facies mecum in omni loco ad quem ingrediemur dices quod frater tuus sim

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - Sarrae autem dixit ecce mille argenteos dedi fratri tuo hoc erit tibi in velamen oculorum ad omnes qui tecum sunt et quocumque perrexeris mementoque te deprehensam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 - his itaque gestis nuntiatum est Abraham quod Melcha quoque genuisset filios Nahor fratri suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - Hus primogenitum et Buz fratrem eius Camuhel patrem Syrorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23 - ac Bathuel de quo nata est Rebecca octo istos genuit Melcha Nahor fratri Abraham

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - necdum intra se verba conpleverat et ecce Rebecca egrediebatur filia Bathuel filii Melchae uxoris Nahor fratris Abraham habens hydriam in scapula

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - dicens benedictus Dominus Deus domini mei Abraham qui non abstulit misericordiam et veritatem suam a domino meo et recto me itinere perduxit in domum fratris domini mei

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 - habebat autem Rebecca fratrem nomine Laban qui festinus egressus est ad hominem ubi erat fons

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - pronusque adoravi Dominum benedicens Domino Deo domini mei Abraham qui perduxisset me recto itinere ut sumerem filiam fratris domini mei filio eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - prolatisque vasis argenteis et aureis ac vestibus dedit ea Rebeccae pro munere fratribus quoque eius et matri dona obtulit

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - responderunt fratres eius et mater maneat puella saltem decem dies apud nos et postea proficiscetur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - habitavit autem ab Evila usque Sur quae respicit Aegyptum introeuntibus Assyrios coram cunctis fratribus suis obiit

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - sexagenarius erat Isaac quando nati sunt parvuli

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - surgentes mane iuraverunt sibi mutuo dimisitque eos Isaac pacifice in locum suum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - dixit filio suo Iacob audivi patrem tuum loquentem cum Esau fratre tuo et dicentem ei

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - cui ille respondit nosti quod Esau frater meus homo pilosus sit et ego lenis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - et non cognovit eum quia pilosae manus similitudinem maioris expresserant benedicens ergo illi

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - et serviant tibi populi et adorent te tribus esto dominus fratrum tuorum et incurventur ante te filii matris tuae qui maledixerit tibi sit maledictus et qui benedixerit benedictionibus repleatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - vix Isaac sermonem impleverat et egresso Iacob foras venit Esau

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - qui ait venit germanus tuus fraudulenter et accepit benedictionem tuam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37 - respondit Isaac dominum tuum illum constitui et omnes fratres eius servituti illius subiugavi frumento et vino stabilivi eum tibi post haec fili mi ultra quid faciam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - erit benedictio tua vives gladio et fratri tuo servies tempusque veniet cum excutias et solvas iugum eius de cervicibus tuis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - oderat ergo semper Esau Iacob pro benedictione qua benedixerat ei pater dixitque in corde suo veniant dies luctus patris mei ut occidam Iacob fratrem meum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - nuntiata sunt haec Rebeccae quae mittens et vocans Iacob filium suum dixit ad eum ecce Esau frater tuus minatur ut occidat te

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - nunc ergo fili audi vocem meam et consurgens fuge ad Laban fratrem meum in Haran

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - habitabisque cum eo dies paucos donec requiescat furor fratris tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - et cesset indignatio eius obliviscaturque eorum quae fecisti in eum postea mittam et adducam te inde huc cur utroque orbabor filio in una die

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - sed vade et proficiscere in Mesopotamiam Syriae ad domum Bathuel patrem matris tuae et accipe tibi inde uxorem de filiabus Laban avunculi tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - cumque dimisisset eum Isaac profectus venit in Mesopotamiam Syriae ad Laban filium Bathuel Syri fratrem Rebeccae matris suae

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