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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

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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She also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 -

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[fn] And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 -

Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel? ”

“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s guardian? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 -

Then he said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 -

“So now you are cursed, alienated from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 -

His brother was named Jubal; he was the first[fn] of all who play the lyre and the flute.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 -

“And I will require a penalty for your lifeblood;[fn] I will require it from any animal and from any human; if someone murders a fellow human, I will require that person’s life.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 -

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 -

he said:

Canaan is cursed.

He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 -

And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 -

Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg,[fn] for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 -

He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated, and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 -

So Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 -

So Lot chose the entire plain of the Jordan for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 -

They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, for he was living in Sodom, and they went on.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 -

One of the survivors came and told Abram the Hebrew, who lived near the oaks belonging to Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner. They were bound by a treaty with Abram.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 -

When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled[fn] his 318 trained men, born in his household, and they went in pursuit as far as Dan.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 -

He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 -

“This man will be like a wild donkey. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand will be against him; he will settle near all his relatives.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 -

He said, “Don’t do this evil, my brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 -

“Didn’t he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with a clear conscience[fn] and clean[fn] hands.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 -

“So when God had me wander from my father’s house, I said to her: Show your loyalty to me wherever we go and say about me, ‘He’s my brother.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 -

And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your brother one thousand pieces of silver. It is a verification of your honor[fn] to all who are with you. You are fully vindicated.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 -

Now after these things Abraham was told, “Milcah also has borne sons to your brother Nahor:

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 -

“Uz his firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel the father of Aram,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23 -

And Bethuel fathered Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 -

Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah ​— ​daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor ​— ​coming with a jug on her shoulder.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 -

and said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 -

Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and Laban ran out to the man at the spring.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 -

“Then I knelt low, worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who guided me on the right way to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 -

Then he brought out objects of silver and gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 -

But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl stay with us for about ten days. Then she[fn] can go.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 -

And they[fn] settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt as you go toward Asshur.[fn] He[fn] stayed near[fn] all his relatives.

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After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel with his hand. So he was named Jacob.[fn] Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 -

They got up early in the morning and swore an oath to each other.[fn] Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 -

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Listen! I heard your father talking with your brother Esau. He said,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 -

Jacob answered Rebekah his mother, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am a man with smooth skin.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 -

He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 -

May peoples serve you

and nations bow in homage to you.

Be master over your relatives;

may your mother’s sons bow in homage to you.

Those who curse you will be cursed,

and those who bless you will be blessed.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 -

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob had left the presence of his father Isaac, his brother Esau arrived from his hunting.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 -

But he replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37 -

But Isaac answered Esau, “Look, I have made him a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 -

You will live by your sword,

and you will serve your brother.

But when you rebel,[fn]

you will break his yoke from your neck.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 -

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 -

When the words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Listen, your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 -

“So now, my son, listen to me. Flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 -

“and stay with him for a few days until your brother’s anger subsides ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 -

“until your brother’s rage turns away from you and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose you both in one day? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 -

“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 -

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.


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