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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 630 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 12 / 12 (Eze 18:10–Mal 2:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:10 -

“However, he may father a violent son who sheds blood, and does any one of these things to a brother H251

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - “As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother H251, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his guilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:23 - ‘Your turbans will be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep; but you will rot away in your guilty deeds, and you will groan [fn]to one another H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 -

“But as for you, son of man, [fn]your fellow citizens who talk with one another about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, speak one with another, each with his brother H251, saying, ‘Come now and hear what the [fn]message is that comes from the LORD.’

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:21 - “And I will call for a sword against [fn]him on all My mountains,” declares the Lord GOD. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - [fn]They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother H251, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:14 - “And you shall divide it for an inheritance, each one [fn]equally with the other H251; for I [fn]swore to give it to your forefathers, and this land shall fall to you [fn]as an inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:1 -

[fn]Say to your brothers H251, “[fn]Ammi,” and to your sisters, “[fn]Ruhamah.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 -

In the womb he took his brother H251 by the heel,

And in his mature strength he contended with God.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 -

Though he flourishes among the [fn]reeds,

An east wind will come,

The wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness;

And his fountain will become dry

And his spring will dry up;

It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:8 -

They do not crowd each other H251,

Every warrior of them marches in his path;

When they [fn]burst through the [fn]defenses,

They do not break ranks.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three offenses of Tyre, and for four,

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because they turned an entire population over to Edom

And did not remember the covenant of [fn]brotherhood H251.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three offenses of Edom, and for four,

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because he pursued his brother H251 with the sword

And stifled his compassion;

His anger also tore continually,

And he maintained his fury forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 -

“Because of violence to your brother H251 Jacob,

Shame will cover you,

And you will be eliminated forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:12 -

“Do not [fn]gloat over your brother’s H251 day,

The day of his misfortune.

And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah

On the day of their destruction;

Yes, do not [fn]boast

On the day of their distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:3 -

Therefore He will give them up until the time

When she who is in labor has given birth.

Then the remainder of His kinsmen H251

Will return to the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2 -

The [fn]godly person has perished from the land,

And there is no upright person among mankind.

All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;

Each of them hunts the other H251 with a net.

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - ‘And I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the [fn]nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, every one by the sword of another H251.’
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:9 - “This is what the LORD of armies has said: ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother H251;
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:10 - and do not oppress the widow or the [fn]orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:2 -

“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have You loved us?” “Was Esau not Jacob’s brother H251?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob;

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 -

Do we not all have one Father? Is it not one God who has created us? Why do we deal treacherously, each against his brother H251 so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?


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