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Lexicon :: Strong's H251 - 'āḥ

Aa
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)
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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 3 / 12 (Gen 42:13–Gen 50:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - And they said, H559 Thy servants H5650 are twelve H8147 H6240 brethren, H251 the sons H1121 of H376 one H259 man H376 in the land H776 of Canaan; H3667 and, behold, H2009 the youngest H6996 is this day H3117 with H854 our father, H1 and one H259 is not. H369
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - Hereby H2063 ye shall be proved: H974 By the life H2416 of Pharaoh H6547 ye shall H3318 not H518 go forth H3318 hence, H2088 except H3588 H518 your H251 youngest H6996 brother  H251 come H935 hither. H2008
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - Send H7971 one H259 of you, H4480 and let him fetch H3947 your brother, H251 and ye H859 shall be kept in prison, H631 that H974 your words H1697 may be proved, H974 whether H571 there be any truth H571 in you: H854 or else H518 H3808 by the life H2416 of Pharaoh H6547 surely H3588 ye H859 are spies. H7270
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - If H518 ye H859 be true H3651 men, let H631 one H259 of your brethren H251 be bound H631 in the house H1004 of your prison: H4929 go H3212 ye, H859 carry H935 corn H7668 for the famine H7459 of your houses: H1004
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - But H853 bring H935 your H251 youngest H6996 brother  H251 unto me; H413 so shall H539 your words H1697 be verified, H539 and H3808 ye shall H4191 not H3808 die. H4191 And they did H6213 so. H3651
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - And they said H559 one H376 to H413 another, H251 We H587 are verily H61 guilty H818 concerning H5921 our brother, H251 in that H834 we saw H7200 the anguish H6869 of his soul, H5315 when he besought H2603 us, H413 and H3808 we would H8085 not H3808 hear; H8085 therefore H5921 H3651 is H935 this H2063 distress H6869 come H935 upon us. H413
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:28 - And he said H559 unto H413 his brethren, H251 My money H3701 is restored; H7725 and, H1571 lo, H2009 it is even H1571 in my sack: H572 and H3318 their heart H3820 failed H3318 them, and they were afraid, H2729 saying H559 one H376 to H413 another, H251 What H4100 is this H2063 that God H430 hath done H6213 unto us?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - We H587 be twelve H8147 H6240 brethren, H251 sons H1121 of our father; H1 one H259 is not, H369 and the youngest H6996 is this day H3117 with H854 our father H1 in the land H776 of Canaan. H3667
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - And H559 the man, H376 the lord H113 of the country, H776 said H559 unto us, H413 Hereby H2063 shall I know H3045 that H3588 ye H859 are true H3651 men; leave H3240 one H259 of your brethren H251 here with me, H854 and H853 take H3947 food for the famine H7459 of your households, H1004 and be gone: H3212
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - And bring H935 your H251 youngest H6996 brother  H251 unto me: H413 then shall I know H3045 that H3588 ye H859 are no H3808 spies, H7270 but H3588 that ye H859 are true H3651 men: so will I deliver H5414 you your brother, H251 and H853 ye shall traffick H5503 in the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - And he said, H559 My son H1121 shall H3381 not H3808 go down H3381 with you; H5973 for H3588 his brother H251 is dead, H4191 and he H1931 is left H7604 alone: H905 if H7122 mischief H611 befall him H7122 by the way H1870 in the which H834 ye go, H3212 then shall ye bring down H3381 my gray hairs H7872 with sorrow H3015 to the grave. H7585
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:3 - And H559 Judah H3063 spake H559 unto him, H413 saying, H559 The man H376 did H5749 solemnly H5749 protest H5749 unto us, saying, H559 Ye shall H7200 not H3808 see H7200 my face, H6440 except H1115 your brother H251 be with you. H854
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - If H518 thou wilt H3426 send H7971 our brother H251 with us, H854 we will go down H3381 and buy H7666 thee food: H400
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:5 - But if H518 thou H369 wilt H7971 not H369 send H7971 him, we will H3381 not H3808 go down: H3381 for H3588 the man H376 said H559 unto us, H413 Ye shall H7200 not H3808 see H7200 my face, H6440 except H1115 your brother H251 be with you. H854
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:6 - And H559 Israel H3478 said, H559 Wherefore H4100 dealt ye so ill H7489 with me, H589 as to tell H5046 the man H376 whether H5750 ye had yet H5750 a brother? H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - And they said, H559 The man H376 asked us H7592 straitly H7592 of our state, and of our kindred, H4138 saying, H559 Is your father H1 yet H5750 alive? H2416 have H3426 ye another brother? H251 and we told H5046 him according H5921 to the tenor H6310 of H1697 these H428 words: H1697 could H3045 we H3045 certainly H3045 know H3045 that H3588 he would say, H559 Bring H3381 your brother H251 down? H3381
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 - Take H3947 also H853 your brother, H251 and arise, H6965 go again H7725 unto H413 the man: H376
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - And God H410 Almighty H7706 give H5414 you mercy H7356 before H6440 the man, H376 that he may send away H7971 your other H312 brother, H251 and H853 Benjamin. H1144 If H834 I H589 be bereaved H7921 of my children, I am bereaved. H7921
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - And he lifted up H5375 his eyes, H5869 and saw H7200 his brother H251 Benjamin, H1144 his mother's H517 son, H1121 and said, H559 Is this H2088 your H251 younger H6996 brother,  H251 of whom H834 ye spake H559 unto me? H413 And he said, H559 God H430 be gracious unto thee, H2603 my son. H1121
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - And H4116 Joseph H3130 made haste; H4116 for H3588 his bowels H7356 did yearn H3648 upon H413 his brother: H251 and he sought H1245 where to weep; H1058 and he entered H935 into his chamber, H2315 and wept H1058 there. H8033
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14 - And H935 Judah H3063 and his brethren H251 came H935 to H1004 Joseph's H3130 house; H1004 for he H1931 was yet H5750 there: H8033 and they fell H5307 before him H6440 on the ground. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - My lord H113 asked H7592 his servants, H5650 saying, H559 Have H3426 ye a father, H1 or H176 a brother? H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said H559 unto H413 my lord, H113 We have H3426 a father, H1 an old man, H2205 and a child H3206 of his old age, H2208 a little one; H6996 and his brother H251 is dead, H4191 and H3498 he H1931 alone H905 is left H3498 of his mother, H517 and his father H1 loveth him. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - And thou saidst H559 unto H413 thy servants, H5650 Except H518 H3808 your H251 youngest H6996 brother  H251 come down H3381 with you, H854 ye H3254 shall see H7200 my face H6440 no H3808 more. H3254
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - And we said, H559 We cannot H3808 H3201 go down: H3381 if H518 our H251 youngest H6996 brother  H251 be H3426 with us, H854 then will we go down: H3381 for H3588 we may H3201 not H3808 see H7200 the man's H376 face, H6440 except H369 our H251 youngest H6996 brother  H251 be with us. H854
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - Now therefore, H6258 I pray thee, H4994 let H3427 thy servant H5650 abide H3427 instead H8478 of the lad H5288 a bondman H5650 to my lord; H113 and H5288 let H5927 the lad H5288 go up H5927 with H5973 his brethren. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:1 - Then H3808 Joseph H3130 could H3201 not H3808 refrain himself H662 before all H3605 them that stood H5324 by him; H5921 and he cried, H7121 Cause H3318 every H3605 man H376 to go out H3318 from me. H5921 And H3808 there stood H5975 no H3808 man H376 with him, H854 while H3045 Joseph H3130 made himself known H3045 unto H413 his brethren. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - And H559 Joseph H3130 said H559 unto H413 his brethren, H251 I H589 am Joseph; H3130 doth H2416 my father H1 yet H5750 live? H2416 And H3808 his brethren H251 could H3201 not H3808 answer H6030 him; H853 for H3588 they were troubled H926 at his presence. H6440
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - And H559 Joseph H3130 said H559 unto H413 his brethren, H251 Come near H5066 to me, H413 I pray you. H4994 And they came near. H5066 And he said, H559 I H589 am Joseph H3130 your brother, H251 whom H834 ye sold H4376 into Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12 - And, behold, H2009 your eyes H5869 see, H7200 and the eyes H5869 of my brother H251 Benjamin, H1144 that H3588 it is my mouth H6310 that speaketh H1696 unto you. H413
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - And he fell H5307 upon H5921 his brother H251 Benjamin's H1144 neck, H6677 and wept; H1058 and Benjamin H1144 wept H1058 upon H5921 his neck. H6677
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - Moreover he kissed H5401 all H3605 his brethren, H251 and wept H1058 upon them: H5921 and after H310 that H3651 his brethren H251 talked H1696 with him. H854
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16 - And the fame thereof H6963 was heard H8085 in H1004 Pharaoh's H6547 house, H1004 saying, H559 Joseph's H3130 brethren H251 are come: H935 and it pleased H3190 H5869 Pharaoh H6547 well, H3190 and H5869 his servants. H5650
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:17 - And H559 Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto H413 Joseph, H3130 Say H559 unto H413 thy brethren, H251 This H2063 do ye; H6213 lade H2943 your beasts, H1165 and go, H3212 get you H935 unto the land H776 of Canaan; H3667
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 - So he sent H7971 his brethren H251 away, H7971 and they departed: H3212 and he said H559 unto them, H413 See that ye fall H7264 not H408 out H7264 by the way. H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - And H559 Joseph H3130 said H559 unto H413 his brethren, H251 and unto H413 his father's H1 house, H1004 I will go up, H5927 and shew H5046 Pharaoh, H6547 and say H559 unto him, H413 My brethren, H251 and H1004 my father's H1 house, H1004 which H834 were in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 are come H935 unto me; H413
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - Then H935 Joseph H3130 came H935 and told H5046 Pharaoh, H6547 and said, H559 My father H1 and my brethren, H251 and their flocks, H6629 and their herds, H1241 and all H3605 that H834 they have, are come H935 out of the land H776 of Canaan; H3667 and, behold, they H2005 are in the land H776 of Goshen. H1657
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - And H7097 he took H3947 some H7097 of his brethren, H251 even five H2568 men, H376 and presented them H3322 unto H6440 Pharaoh. H6547
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - And H559 Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto H413 his brethren, H251 What H4100 is your occupation? H4639 And they said H559 unto H413 Pharaoh, H6547 Thy servants H5650 are shepherds, H7462 H6629 both H1571 we, H587 and also H1571 our fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - And H559 Pharaoh H6547 spake H559 unto H413 Joseph, H3130 saying, H559 Thy father H1 and thy brethren H251 are come H935 unto thee: H413
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - The land H776 of Egypt H4714 is before thee; H6440 in the best H4315 of the land H776 make H3427 thy father H1 and H853 brethren H251 to dwell; H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657 let them dwell: H3427 and if H518 thou knowest H3045 any men H376 of activity H2428 among them, then make them H7760 rulers H8269 over H5921 my H589 cattle. H4735
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - And H3427 Joseph H3130 placed H3427 his father H1 and H853 his brethren, H251 and gave H5414 them a possession H272 in the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 in the best H4315 of the land, H776 in the land H776 of Rameses, H7486 as H834 Pharaoh H6547 had commanded. H6680
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - And H3557 Joseph H3130 nourished H3557 his father, H1 and H853 his brethren, H251 and H853 all H3605 his father's H1 household, H1004 with bread, H3899 according to H6310 their families. H2945
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6 - And thy issue, H4138 which H834 thou begettest H3205 after them, H310 shall be H1961 thine, and shall be called H7121 after H5921 the name H8034 of their brethren H251 in their inheritance. H5159
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - And H3985 his father H1 refused, H3985 and said, H559 I know H3045 it, my son, H1121 I know H3045 it: he H1931 also H1571 shall become H1961 a people, H5971 and H1571 he H1931 also H1571 shall be great: H1431 but truly H199 his H251 younger H6996 brother  H251 shall be greater H1431 than he, H4480 and his seed H2233 shall become H1961 a multitude H4393 of nations. H1471
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - Moreover I H589 have given H5414 to thee one H259 portion H7926 above H5921 thy brethren, H251 which H834 I took H3947 out of the hand H3027 of the Amorite H567 with my sword H2719 and with my bow. H7198
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878 are brethren; H251 instruments H3627 of cruelty H2555 are in their habitations. H4380
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - Judah, H3063 thou H859 art he whom H3034 thy brethren H251 shall praise: H3034 thy hand H3027 shall be in the neck H6203 of thine enemies; H341 thy father's H1 children H1121 shall bow down H7812 before thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - The blessings H1293 of thy father H1 have prevailed H1396 above H5921 the blessings H1293 of my progenitors H2029 unto H5704 the utmost bound H8379 of the H1389 everlasting H5769 hills: H1389 they shall be H1961 on the head H7218 of Joseph, H3130 and on the crown of the head H6936 of him that was separate H5139 from his brethren. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - And all H3605 the house H1004 of Joseph, H3130 and his brethren, H251 and H1004 his father's H1 house: H1004 only H7535 their little ones, H2945 and their flocks, H6629 and their herds, H1241 they left H5800 in the land H776 of Goshen. H1657

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