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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)
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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 1 / 12 (Gen 4:2–Gen 28:5)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - And she again H3254 bare H3205 his brother H251 Abel. H1893 And H1961 Abel H1893 was H1961 a keeper H7462 of sheep, H6629 but Cain H7014 was H1961 a tiller H5647 of the ground. H127
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - And H559 Cain H7014 talked H559 with H413 Abel H1893 his brother: H251 and it came to pass, H1961 when they were H1961 in the field, H7704 that H6965 Cain H7014 rose up H6965 against H413 Abel H1893 his brother, H251 and slew him. H2026
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - And H559 the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Cain, H7014 Where H335 is Abel H1893 thy brother? H251 And he said, H559 I know H3045 not: H3808 Am I H595 my brother's H251 keeper? H8104
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 - And he said, H559 What H4100 hast thou done? H6213 the voice H6963 of thy brother's H251 blood H1818 crieth H6817 unto me H413 from H4480 the ground. H127
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - And now H6258 art thou H859 cursed H779 from H4480 the earth, H127 which H834 hath opened H6475 her mouth H6310 to receive H3947 thy brother's H251 blood H1818 from thy hand; H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - And H8034 his brother's H251 name H8034 was Jubal: H3106 he H1931 was H1961 the father H1 of all H3605 such as handle H8610 the harp H3658 and organ. H5748
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - And surely H389 your blood H1818 of your lives H5315 will I require; H1875 at the hand H3027 of every H3605 beast H2416 will I require it, H1875 and at the hand H3027 of man; H120 at the hand H3027 of every man's H376 brother H251 will I require H1875 the life H5315 of man. H120
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - And H7200 Ham, H2526 the father H1 of Canaan, H3667 saw H7200 the nakedness H6172 of his father, H1 and told H5046 his H251 two H8147 brethren  H251 without. H2351
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - And he said, H559 Cursed H779 be Canaan; H3667 a servant H5650 of servants H5650 shall he be H1961 unto his brethren. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 - Unto Shem also, H8035 the father H1 of all H3605 the children H1121 of Eber, H5677 the brother H251 of Japheth H3315 the elder, H1419 even H1571 to him H1931 were H3205 children born. H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - And unto Eber H5677 were born H3205 two H8147 sons: H1121 the name H8034 of one H259 was Peleg; H6389 for H3588 in his days H3117 was H6385 the earth H776 divided; H6385 and H8034 his brother's H251 name H8034 was Joktan. H3355
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And H3947 Abram H87 took H3947 Sarai H8297 his wife, H802 and H853 Lot H3876 his brother's H251 son, H1121 and H853 all H3605 their substance H7399 that H834 they had gathered, H7408 and H853 the souls H5315 that H834 they had gotten H6213 in Haran; H2771 and they went forth H3318 to go H3212 into the land H776 of Canaan; H3667 and H935 into the land H776 of Canaan H3667 they came. H935
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - And H559 Abram H87 said H559 unto H413 Lot, H3876 Let there be H1961 no H408 strife, H4808 I pray thee, H4994 between me H996 and thee, H996 and between H996 my herdmen H7473 and H996 thy herdmen; H7473 for H3588 we H587 be brethren. H376 H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - Then H977 Lot H3876 chose H977 him all H3605 the plain H3603 of Jordan; H3383 and H5265 Lot H3876 journeyed H5265 east: H6924 and they separated themselves H6504 the one H376 from H5921 the other. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - And they took H3947 Lot, H3876 Abram's H87 brother's H251 son, H1121 who H1931 dwelt H3427 in Sodom, H5467 and H853 his goods, H7399 and departed. H3212
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - And there came H935 one that had escaped, H6412 and told H5046 Abram H87 the Hebrew; H5680 for he H1931 dwelt H7931 in the plain H436 of Mamre H4471 the Amorite, H567 brother H251 of Eshcol, H812 and brother H251 of Aner: H6063 and these H1992 were confederate H1167 H1285 with Abram. H87
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And when H8085 Abram H87 heard H8085 that H3588 his brother H251 was taken captive, H7617 he armed H7324 his trained H2593 servants, born in H3211 his own house, H1004 three H7969 hundred H3967 and H7969 eighteen, H8083 H6240 and pursued H7291 them unto H5704 Dan. H1835
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - And he brought back H7725 all H3605 the goods, H7399 and also H1571 brought again H7725 his brother H251 Lot, H3876 and his goods, H7399 and H1571 the women H802 also, H1571 and H853 the people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 - And he H1931 will be H1961 a wild H6501 man; H120 his hand H3027 will be against every man, H3605 and H3027 every man's H3605 hand H3027 against him; and H5921 he shall dwell H7931 in H5921 the presence H6440 of all H3605 his brethren. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - And said, H559 I pray you, H4994 brethren, H251 do H7489 not H408 so wickedly. H7489
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Said H559 he H1931 not H3808 unto me, H589 She H1931 is my sister? H269 and she, H1931 even H1571 she H559 herself H1931 said, H559 He H1931 is my brother: H251 in the integrity H8537 of my heart H3824 and innocency H5356 of my hands H3709 have I done H6213 this. H2063
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H834 God H430 caused H8582 me H853 to wander H8582 from H1004 my father's H1 house, H1004 that I said H559 unto her, This H2088 is thy kindness H2617 which H834 thou shalt shew H6213 unto me; H5978 at H413 every H3605 place H4725 whither H834 we shall come, H935 say H559 of me, H589 He H1931 is my brother. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - And unto Sarah H8283 he said, H559 Behold, H2009 I have given H5414 thy brother H251 a thousand H505 pieces of silver: H3701 behold, H2009 he H1931 is to thee a covering H3682 of the eyes, H5869 unto all H3605 that H834 are with thee, H854 and with H853 all H3605 other: thus she was reproved. H3198
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 - And it came to pass H1961 after H310 these H428 things, H1697 that it was told H5046 Abraham, H85 saying, H559 Behold, H2009 Milcah, H4435 she H1931 hath H3205 also H1571 born H3205 children H1121 unto H5152 thy brother H251 Nahor; H5152
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - Huz H5780 his firstborn, H1060 and H853 Buz H938 his brother, H251 and H853 Kemuel H7055 the father H1 of Aram, H758
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23 - And Bethuel H1328 begat H3205 Rebekah: H7259 these H428 eight H8083 Milcah H4435 did bear H3205 to Nahor, H5152 Abraham's H85 brother. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - And it came to pass, H1961 before H2962 he H1931 had done H3615 speaking, H1696 that, behold, H2009 Rebekah H7259 came out, H3318 who H834 was born H3205 to Bethuel, H1328 son H1121 of Milcah, H4435 the wife H802 of Nahor, H5152 Abraham's H85 brother, H251 with her pitcher H3537 upon H5921 her shoulder. H7926
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - And he said, H559 Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 God H430 of my master H113 Abraham, H85 who H834 hath H5800 not H3808 left destitute H5800 my master H113 of his mercy H2617 and his truth: H571 I H595 being in the way, H1870 the LORD H3068 led me H5148 to the house H1004 of H251 my master's H113 brethren.  H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 - And Rebekah had H7259 a brother, H251 and his name H8034 was Laban: H3837 and H7323 Laban H3837 ran H7323 out H2351 unto H413 the man, H376 unto H413 the well. H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - And I bowed down my head, H6915 and worshipped H7812 the LORD, H3068 and blessed H1288 the LORD H3068 God H430 of my master H113 Abraham, H85 which H834 had led me H5148 in the H1870 right H571 way H1870 to take H3947 my master's H113 brother's H251 daughter H1323 unto his son. H1121
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - And H3318 the servant H5650 brought forth H3318 jewels H3627 of silver, H3701 and jewels H3627 of gold, H2091 and raiment, H899 and gave H5414 them to Rebekah: H7259 he gave H5414 also H4030 to her brother H251 and to her mother H517 precious things. H4030
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - And H559 her brother H251 and her mother H517 said, H559 Let H3427 the damsel H5291 abide H3427 with us H854 a few days, H3117 at the least H176 ten; H6218 after that H310 she shall go. H3212
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - And they dwelt H7931 from Havilah H2341 unto H5704 Shur, H7793 that H834 is before H5921 H6440 Egypt, H4714 as thou goest H935 toward Assyria: H804 and he died H5307 in H5921 the presence H6440 of all H3605 his brethren. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - And after that H310 H3651 came H3318 his brother H251 out, H3318 and his hand H3027 took hold H270 on H6119 Esau's H6215 heel; H6119 and H7121 his name H8034 was called H7121 Jacob: H3290 and Isaac H3327 was threescore H8346 years H8141 old H1121 when she bare H3205 them. H853
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - And they rose up betimes H7925 in the morning, H1242 and sware H7650 one H376 to another: H251 and H7971 Isaac H3327 sent them away, H7971 and they departed H3212 from him H854 in peace. H7965
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - And Rebekah H7259 spake H559 unto H413 Jacob H3290 her son, H1121 saying, H559 Behold, H2009 I heard H8085 thy father H1 speak H1696 unto H413 Esau H6215 thy brother, H251 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - And H559 Jacob H3290 said H559 to H413 Rebekah H7259 his mother, H517 Behold, H2005 Esau H6215 my brother H251 is a H376 hairy H8163 man, H376 and I H595 am a H376 smooth H2509 man: H376
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - And H3808 he discerned him H5234 not, H3808 because H3588 his hands H3027 were H1961 hairy, H8163 as H3027 his brother H251 Esau's H6215 hands: H3027 so he blessed him. H1288
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - Let H5647 people H5971 serve thee, H5647 and H7812 nations H3816 bow down H7812 to thee: be H1933 lord H1376 over thy brethren, H251 and let H7812 thy mother's H517 sons H1121 bow down H7812 to thee: cursed H779 be every one that curseth thee, H779 and H1288 blessed H1288 be he that blesseth thee. H1288
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - And it came to pass, H1961 as soon as H834 Isaac H3327 had made an end H3615 of blessing H1288 Jacob, H3290 and H1961 Jacob H3290 was H1961 yet H389 scarce H3318 gone out H3318 from H854 the presence H6440 of Isaac H3327 his father, H1 that Esau H6215 his brother H251 came in H935 from his hunting. H6718
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - And he said, H559 Thy brother H251 came H935 with subtilty, H4820 and hath taken away H3947 thy blessing. H1293
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37 - And H6030 Isaac H3327 answered H6030 and said H559 unto Esau, H6215 Behold, H2005 I have made him H7760 thy lord, H1376 and H853 all H3605 his brethren H251 have I given H5414 to him for servants; H5650 and with corn H1715 and wine H8492 have I sustained him: H5564 and what H4100 shall I do H6213 now H645 unto thee,  my son? H1121
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - And by H5921 thy sword H2719 shalt thou live, H2421 and H853 shalt serve H5647 thy brother; H251 and it shall come to pass H1961 when H834 thou shalt have the dominion, H7300 that thou shalt break H6561 his yoke H5923 from off H5921 thy neck. H6677
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - And H7852 Esau H6215 hated H7852 Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 wherewith H834 his father H1 blessed him: H1288 and H559 Esau H6215 said H559 in his heart, H3820 The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are at hand; H7126 then will I slay H2026 my brother H251 Jacob. H3290
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - And H5046 these words H1697 of Esau H6215 her H1121 elder H1419 son H1121 were told H5046 to Rebekah: H7259 and she sent H7971 and called H7121 Jacob H3290 her H1121 younger H6996 son, H1121 and said H559 unto him, H413 Behold, H2009 thy brother H251 Esau, H6215 as touching thee, doth comfort himself, H5162 purposing to kill thee. H2026
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - Now therefore, H6258 my son, H1121 obey H8085 my voice; H6963 and arise, H6965 flee H1272 thou to H413 Laban H3837 my brother H251 to Haran; H2771
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - And tarry H3427 with him H5973 a few H259 days, H3117 until H5704 thy brother's H251 fury H2534 turn away; H7725
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - Until H5704 thy brother's H251 anger H639 turn away H7725 from thee, H4480 and he forget H7911 that which H834 thou hast done H6213 to him: then I will send, H7971 and fetch thee H3947 from thence: H8033 why H4100 should I be deprived H7921 also H1571 of you both H8147 in H3117 one H259 day? H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - Arise, H6965 go H3212 to Padanaram, H6307 H6307 to the house H1004 of Bethuel H1328 thy mother's H517 father; H1 and take H3947 thee a wife H802 from thence H8033 of the daughters H1323 of Laban H3837 thy mother's H517 brother. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - And H7971 Isaac H3327 sent away H7971 Jacob: H3290 and he went H3212 to Padanaram H6307 H6307 unto H413 Laban, H3837 son H1121 of Bethuel H1328 the Syrian, H761 the brother H251 of Rebekah, H7259 Jacob's H3290 and Esau's H6215 mother. H517

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