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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H251 matches the Hebrew אָח ('āḥ),
which occurs 48 times in 43 verses in 'Deu' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 - And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - Give the people these orders: ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, but be very careful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber, and traveled along the desert road of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:18 - I commanded you at that time: “The LORD your God has given you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:20 - until the LORD gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9 - That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the LORD is their inheritance, as the LORD your God told them.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the LORD’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3 - You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:7 - If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:9 - Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that you do not show ill will toward the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the LORD against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 - If any of your people—Hebrew men or women—sell themselves to you and serve you six years, in the seventh year you must let them go free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - be sure to appoint over you a king the LORD your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not an Israelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - and not consider himself better than his fellow Israelites and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:2 - They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:7 - he may minister in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there in the presence of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:15 - The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:18 - I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:18 - The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:19 - then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party. You must purge the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:8 - Then the officers shall add, “Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his fellow soldiers will not become disheartened too.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1 - If you see your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it but be sure to take it back to its owner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:2 - If they do not live near you or if you do not know who owns it, take it home with you and keep it until they come looking for it. Then give it back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:3 - Do the same if you find their donkey or cloak or anything else they have lost. Do not ignore it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:4 - If you see your fellow Israelite’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, do not ignore it. Help the owner get it to its feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomites are related to you. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:19 - Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:20 - You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:3 - but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes. If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:5 - If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6 - The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - However, if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, “This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother’s family line.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:11 - If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:54

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:50

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:50 - There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - He said of his father and mother, ‘I have no regard for them.’ He did not recognize his brothers or acknowledge his own children, but he watched over your word and guarded your covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:16 - with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among[fn] his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:24 - About Asher he said: “Most blessed of sons is Asher; let him be favored by his brothers, and let him bathe his feet in oil.
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