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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 3 / 12 (Gen 42:13–Gen 50:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:28 - He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!” At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:3 - But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:5 - But if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:6 - Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 - Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - May God Almighty[fn] grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - Then Joseph hurried out, for his compassion grew warm for his brother, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14 - When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell before him to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - Then you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down. For we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a servant to my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:1 - Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12 - And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them. After that his brothers talked with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16 - When the report was heard in Pharaoh’s house, “Joseph’s brothers have come,” it pleased Pharaoh and his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:17 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 - Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them settle in the land of Goshen, and if you know any able men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6 - And the children that you fathered after them shall be yours. They shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude[fn] of nations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope[fn] that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - “Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons of violence are their swords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - “Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons shall bow down before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties of the everlasting hills.[fn]
May they be on the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.

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