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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 12 / 12 (Eze 18:10–Mal 2:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:10 - If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like H251 to any one of these things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother H251 by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:23 - And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 - Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, H251 saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:21 - And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, H251 or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:14 - And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: H251 concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:1 - Say ye unto your brethren, H251 Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 - He took his brother H251 by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though he be fruitful among his brethren, H251 an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:8 - Neither shall one thrust another; H251 they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9 - Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly H251 covenant:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother H251 with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 - For thy violence against thy brother H251 Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:12 - But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother H251 in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:3 - Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren H251 shall return unto the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2 - The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother H251 with a net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:9 - Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother H251 in your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:2 - I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? H251 saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, H251 by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

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