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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, Thy servants are twelve brethren, H251 the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother H251 come hither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, H251 and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - If ye be true men, let one of your brethren H251 be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - But bring your youngest brother H251 unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - And they said one to another, H251 We are verily guilty concerning our brother, H251 in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:28 - And he said unto his brethren, H251 My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, H251 What is this that God hath done unto us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - We be twelve brethren, H251 sons of our father; one is not, 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 - And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren H251 here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - And bring your youngest brother H251 unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, H251 and ye shall traffick in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother H251 is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:3 - And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother H251 be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - If thou wilt send our brother H251 with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:5 - But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother H251 be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:6 - And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? H251 and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother H251 down?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 - Take also your brother, H251 and arise, go again unto the man:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, H251 and Benjamin. If I be 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 H251 Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, H251 of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: H251 and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14 - And Judah and his brethren H251 came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother H251 is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother H251 come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother H251 be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother H251 be with us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:1 - Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, H251 I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren H251 could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, H251 Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, H251 whom ye sold into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12 - And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother H251 Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - And he fell upon his brother H251 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 - Moreover he kissed all his brethren, H251 and wept upon them: and after that his brethren H251 talked with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16 - And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren H251 are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:17 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, H251 This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 - So he sent his brethren H251 away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, H251 and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, H251 and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, H251 and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - And he took some of his brethren, H251 even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, H251 What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren H251 are come unto thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren H251 to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, H251 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 nourished his father, and his brethren, H251 and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6 - And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren H251 in their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother H251 shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, H251 which I took out of the hand of the Amorite 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 brethren; H251 instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren H251 shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, H251 and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

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