Help QuickNav Adv. Options
KJV

KJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H251 - 'āḥ

Choose a new font size and typeface
אָח
Transliteration
'āḥ
Pronunciation
awkh
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H251 matches the Hebrew אָח ('āḥ),
which occurs 630 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 12 (Gen 50:14–Num 25:6)

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14 - And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, H251 and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15 - And when Joseph's brethren H251 saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, H251 and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:18 - And his brethren H251 also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:24 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, H251 I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:6 - And Joseph died, and all his brethren, H251 and all that generation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:11 - And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, H251 and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. H251

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? H251 I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren H251 which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:1 - And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother H251 shall be thy prophet.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:2 - Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother H251 shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - They saw not one another, H251 neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:15 - And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, H251 It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; H251 toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:1 - And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, H251 and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:2 - And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother H251 for glory and for beauty.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, H251 and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41 - And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, H251 and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, H251 and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:29 - For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; H251 that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; H251 even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. H251

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:4 - And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren H251 from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, H251 the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, H251 that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:14 - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, H251 thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:16 - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's H251 wife: it is thy brother's H251 nakedness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - Thou shalt not hate thy brother H251 in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:21 - And if a man shall take his brother's H251 wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's H251 nakedness; they shall be childless.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2 - But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, H251

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:10 - And he that is the high priest among his brethren, H251 upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: H251

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - If thy brother H251 be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother H251 sold.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35 - And if thy brother H251 be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:36 - Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother H251 may live with thee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39 - And if thy brother H251 that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:46 - And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren H251 the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another H251 with rigour.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother H251 that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:48 - After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren H251 may redeem him:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:37 - And they shall fall one upon another, H251 as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, H251 or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - But shall minister with their brethren H251 in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4 - And they said one to another, H251 Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren H251 the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - And thy brethren H251 also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - And I, behold, I have taken your brethren H251 the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren H251 died before the LORD!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:8 - Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, H251 and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother H251 Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6 - And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren H251 a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
KJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
KJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan