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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 Box1Ch 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19 - 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 Box1Ch 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:32 - And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42 - And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - And Jabez was more honoured than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with pain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27 - and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - for Judah prevailed among his brethren, and of him was the prince, but the birthright was Joseph's),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7 - And his brethren by their families, in the genealogical register of their generations, were: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - And their brethren according to their fathers' houses were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jaachan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:39 - And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5 - And their brethren among all the families of Issachar valiant men of might, registered by genealogy, in all eighty-seven thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:16 - And Maachah 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 Box1Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:35 - And the sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, and Jimna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:32 - And Mikloth begot Shimeah. And these also dwelt beside their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:39 - And the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6 - And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel; and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 - and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were chief fathers in their fathers' houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty; able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:17 - And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers, set over the camp of Jehovah, were keepers of the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:25 - And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after every seven days from time to time with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:32 - And some of the sons of the Kohathites, their brethren, were over the loaves to be set in rows, to prepare them every sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:38 - and Mikloth begot Shimeam. And they also dwelt beside their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - And the valiant men of the forces were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:38 - Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:45 - Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left with stones and with arrows on the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - And of the children of Issachar, who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their bidding.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39 - And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - And David said to all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good to you, and it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad to our brethren everywhere, that are left in all the lands of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:6 - of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:8 - of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:9 - of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10 - of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12 - and he said to them, Ye are the chief fathers of the Levites; hallow yourselves, ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren, the singers, with instruments of music, lutes, and harps, and cymbals, that they should sound aloud, lifting up the voice with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17 - And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their brethren of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:7 - Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to give thanks to Jehovah through Asaph and his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37 - And he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to do the service before the ark continually, as every day's duty required;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38 - and Obed-Edom, and their brethren, sixty-eight; Obed-Edom also, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah as doorkeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:39 - And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11 - and the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

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