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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 - And she further bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, but Cain was a husbandman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - And Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 - And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of those who handle the harp and pipe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - And indeed your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each the blood of his brother, will I require the life of Man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 - And to Shem -- to him also were sons born; he is the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and the souls that they had obtained in Haran, and they went out to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - And Abram said to Lot, I pray thee let there be no contention between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - And they took Lot and his property, Abram's brother's son, and departed. For he dwelt in Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. And he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol, and the brother of Aner. And these were Abram's allies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive; and he led out his trained servants, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - And he brought back all the property, and brought again his brother Lot and his property, and the women also, and the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 - And he will be a wild-ass of a man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell before the face of all his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - and said, I pray you, my brethren, do not wickedly!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Did he not say to me, She is my sister? and she, even she said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and in the innocency of my hands have I done this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - And it came to pass when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, Let this be thy kindness which thou shalt shew to me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, let that be to thee a covering of the eyes, in respect of all that are with thee, and with all; and she was reproved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 - And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also has borne sons to thy brother Nahor:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23 - (And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - And it came to pass before he had ended speaking, that behold, Rebecca came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother; and she had her pitcher upon her shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - and said, Blessed be Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who has not withdrawn his loving-kindness and his faithfulness from my master; I being in the way, Jehovah has led me to the house of my master's brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 - And Rebecca had a brother, named Laban; and Laban ran out to the man, to the well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - And I stooped, and bowed down before Jehovah; and I blessed Jehovah, God of my master Abraham, who has led me the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - And the servant brought forth silver articles, and gold articles, and clothing, and he gave them to Rebecca; and he gave to her brother, and to her mother, precious things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us some days, or say ten; after that she shall go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt, as one goes towards Assyria. He settled before the face of all his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - And Rebecca spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak to Esau thy brother, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be they that curse thee, And blessed be they that bless thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - And it came to pass when Isaac had ended blessing Jacob, and when Jacob was only just gone out from Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came from his hunting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and has taken away thy blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37 - And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him -- and what can I do now for thee, my son?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - And by thy sword shalt thou live; And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou rovest about, That thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, comforts himself that he will kill thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - and abide with him some days, until thy brother's fury turn away --

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; then I will send and fetch thee thence. Why should I be bereaved even of you both in one day?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

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