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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H251 matches the Hebrew אָח ('āḥ),
which occurs 28 times in 27 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2 - that Hanani, one of my brothers H251, and [fn]some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and remain from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 -

Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers H251 the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they set it apart as holy and made its doors stand. And they set apart as holy [fn]the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:18 - After him their brothers H251 made repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, the official of the other half of the district of Keilah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - He spoke in the presence of his brothers H251 and the [fn]wealthy men of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they complete it in a day? Can they bring the stones to life from the [fn]dusty rubble, though they are burned?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - Then I saw their fear. And I arose and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “Do not fear them; remember the Lord who is great and fearsome, and fight for your brothers H251, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall far from one another H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - So neither I, my brothers H251, my young men, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us removed our clothes, each took his weapon even to the water.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:1 -

Then there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers H251.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5 - “But now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers H251, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into subjugation, and we have no power in our hands to help, and our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I consulted within my own heart and contended with the nobles and the officials and said to them, “You are exacting usury, each from his brother H251!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8 - I said to them, “We, according to our ability, have bought back our Jewish brothers H251 who were sold to the nations; and now would you also sell your brothers H251 that they may be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a word to say.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10 - “And likewise I, my brothers H251, and my young men are lending them money and grain. Please, let us forsake this usury.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 -

Moreover, from the day that I was put in command to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, for twelve years, neither I nor my [fn]relatives H251 have eaten the governor’s food allowance.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2 - that I commanded Hanani my brother H251 and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, to be over Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:10 -

also their brothers H251 Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are [fn]joining with their [fn]relatives H251, their nobles, and are entering into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given by the hand of Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord and His judgments and His statutes;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 -

and their [fn]relatives H251 who did the work of the [fn]house, 822;

and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:13 -

and his relatives H251, heads of fathers’ households, 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14 -

and their relatives H251, mighty men of valor, 128.

And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of [fn]Haggedolim.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:17 -

and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of [fn]Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the [fn]chief in beginning the thanksgiving in prayer,

and Bakbukiah, the second among his relatives H251;

and [fn]Abda the son of [fn]Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:19 -

Now the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives H251 who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:7 -

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah.

These were the heads of the priests and their [fn]relatives H251 in the days of Jeshua.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:8 -

The Levites were

Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who was over of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers H251.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9 -

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers H251, stood opposite them in keeping their responsibilities.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 -

The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers H251 opposite them, to praise and give thanks, by the commandment of David the man of God, watch by watch.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:36 -

and his [fn]relatives H251, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:13 - In charge of the storehouses I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and in addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted as faithful, and it was [fn]their task to apportion everything to their [fn]relatives H251.
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