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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 99 times in 95 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19 - Two sons were born to Eber: the name of the one was [fn]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s H251 name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:32 - The sons of Jada the brother H251 of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan, and Jether died without sons.

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Now the sons of Caleb, the brother H251 of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and [fn]his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - Jabez was more honorable than his brothers H251, and his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I gave birth to him in pain.”

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Chelub the brother H251 of Shuhah fathered Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27 - Now Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers H251 did not have many sons, nor did all their family increase like the sons of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - Though Judah prevailed over his brothers H251, and from him came the leader, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7 - His relatives H251 by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, were Jeiel the chief, then Zechariah

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - Their relatives H251 of their fathers’ households were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:39 - Heman’s brother H251 Asaph stood at his right hand, Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - On the left hand were their kinsmen H251 the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - Their kinsmen H251 the Levites were [fn]appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5 - Their relatives H251 among all the families of Issachar were valiant warriors, registered by genealogy, eighty-seven thousand in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:16 - Maacah the wife of Machir gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh; the name of his brother H251 was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives H251 came to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:35 - The [fn]sons of his brother H251 Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:32 - Mikloth fathered [fn]Shimeah. They also lived with their relatives H251 in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives H251.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:39 - The sons of his brother H251 Eshek were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6 - From the sons of Zerah were Jeuel and their relatives H251, 690 of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 - and their relatives H251 according to their generations, 956. All these men were heads of fathers’ households according to their fathers’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - and their relatives H251, heads of their fathers’ households, 1,760 competent men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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Now the gatekeepers were [fn]Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives H251 (Shallum the chief

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum the son of Kore, the son of [fn]Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives H251 of his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, doorkeepers of the tent; and their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:25 - Their relatives H251 in their settlements were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with [fn]them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:32 - Some of their relatives H251 of the sons of the Kohathites were in charge of the showbread to prepare it every Sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:38 - Mikloth fathered Shimeam. And they also lived with their relatives H251 in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives H251.

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As for [fn]Abshai the brother H251 of Joab, he was chief of the [fn]thirty, and he wielded his spear against three hundred [fn]and killed them; and he had a name [fn]as well as the [fn]thirty.

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Now the mighty men of the armies were Asahel the brother H251 of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:38 - Joel the brother H251 of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:45 - Jediael the son of Shimri and his brother H251 Joha the Tizite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and shoot arrows with the bow; they were Saul’s kinsmen H251 from Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - From the sons of Benjamin, Saul’s kinsmen H251, three thousand; for until now the majority of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - From the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen H251 were at their command.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39 - They were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen H251 had prepared for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is from the LORD our God, [fn]let us send word everywhere to our kinsmen H251 who remain in all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they meet with us;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:5 - of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and 120 of his relatives H251;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:6 - of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 of his relatives H251;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7 - of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and 130 of his relatives H251;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:8 - of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and two hundred of his relatives H251;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:9 - of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and eighty of his relatives H251;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10 - of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and 112 of his relatives H251.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12 - and he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves, you and your relatives H251, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.

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Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives H251 as the singers, with musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals, playing to raise sounds of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17 - So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives H251, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives H251, Ethan the son of Kushaiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their relatives H251 of the second rank, Zechariah, [fn]Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.

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Then on that day David first assigned [fn]Asaph and his relatives H251 to give thanks to the LORD.

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So he left Asaph and his relatives H251 there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38 - and Obed-edom with [fn]his sixty-eight relatives H251; Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah as gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:39 - He left Zadok the priest and his relatives H251 the priests before the [fn]tabernacle of the LORD in the high place which was at Gibeon,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11 - But the remainder of the people he placed [fn]under the command of [fn]Abshai his brother H251; and they lined up against the sons of Ammon.

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