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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

H251

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H251 matches the Hebrew אָח ('āḥ),
which occurs 26 times in 24 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - Also the Levites H3881 which were the singers, H7891 all of them H3605 of Asaph, H623 of Heman, H1968 of Jeduthun, H3038 with their sons H1121 and their brethren, H251 being arrayed H3847 in white linen, H948 having cymbals H4700 and psalteries H5035 and harps, H3658 stood H5975 at the east end H4217 of the altar, H4196 and with them H5973 an hundred H3967 and twenty H6242 priests H3548 sounding H2690 with trumpets:) H2689

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 Ye shall H5927➔ not H3808 go up, ➔H5927 nor H3808 fight H3898 against H5973 your brethren: H251 return H7725 every man H376 to his house: H1004 for H3588 this H2088 thing H1697 is done H1961 of me. H854 And they obeyed H8085 the words H1697 of the LORD, H3068 and returned H7725 from going H3212 against H413 Jeroboam. H3379

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - And H5975➔ Rehoboam H7346 made ➔H5975 Abijah H29 the son H1121 of Maachah H4601 the chief, H7218 to be ruler H5057 among his brethren: H251 for H3588 he thought to make him king. H4427

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - And H3605➔ what H834 cause H7379 soever ➔H3605 shall come H935 to you H5921 of your brethren H251 that dwell H3427 in their cities, H5892 between H996 blood H1818 and blood, H1818 between H996 law H8451 and commandment, H4687 statutes H2706 and judgments, H4941 ye shall even warn H2094 them H853 that H3808➔ they trespass H816 not ➔H3808 against the LORD, H3068 and so H1961➔ wrath H7110 come ➔H1961 upon you, H5921 and upon H5921 your brethren: H251 this H3541 do, H6213 and H3808➔ ye shall H816➔ not ➔H3808 trespass. ➔H816

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:2 - And he had brethren H251 the sons H1121 of Jehoshaphat, H3092 Azariah, H5838 and Jehiel, H3171 and Zechariah, H2148 and Azariah, H5838 and Michael, H4317 and Shephatiah: H8203 all H3605 these H428 were the sons H1121 of Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:4 - Now when H6965➔ Jehoram H3088 was risen up ➔H6965 to H5921 the kingdom H4467 of his father, H1 he strengthened himself, H2388 and slew H2026 all H3605 his brethren H251 with the sword, H2719 and divers also H1571 of the princes H8269 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - But hast walked H3212 in the way H1870 of the kings H4428 of Israel, H3478 and hast made H2181➔ Judah H3063 and H853 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 to go a whoring, ➔H2181 like to the whoredoms H2181 of the house H1004 of Ahab, H256 and also H1571 hast slain H2026 thy brethren H251 of H1004➔ thy father's H1 house, ➔H1004 which were better H2896 than thyself: H4480

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - And it came to pass, H1961 that, when H8199➔ Jehu H3058 was executing judgment ➔H8199 upon H5973 the house H1004 of Ahab, H256 and found H4672 the princes H8269 of Judah, H3063 and the sons H1121 of the brethren H251 of Ahaziah, H274 that ministered H8334 to Ahaziah, H274 he slew them. H2026

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 - And H7617➔ the children H1121 of Israel H3478 carried away captive ➔H7617 of their brethren H251 two hundred H3967 thousand, H505 women, H802 sons, H1121 and daughters, H1323 and H1571➔ took H962➔ also ➔H1571 away ➔H962 much H7227 spoil H7998 from them, H1992 and brought H935 the spoil H7998 to Samaria. H8111

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - Now H6258➔ hear me H8085 therefore, ➔H6258 and deliver H7725➔ the captives H7633 again, ➔H7725 which H834 ye have taken captive H7617 of your brethren: H251 for H3588 the fierce H2740 wrath H639 of the LORD H3068 is upon you. H5921

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - And H6965➔ the men H376 which H834 were expressed H5344 by name H8034 rose up, ➔H6965 and took H2388 the captives, H7633 and H3605➔ with H4480 the spoil H7998 clothed H3847 all ➔H3605 that were naked among them, H4636 and arrayed them, H3847 and shod them, H5274 and gave them to eat H398 and to drink, H8248 and anointed them, H5480 and carried H5095➔ all H3605 the feeble H3782 of them ➔H5095 upon asses, H2543 and brought them H935 to Jericho, H3405 the H8558➔ city H5892 of palm trees, ➔H8558 to H681 their brethren: H251 then they returned H7725 to Samaria. H8111

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:15 - And they gathered H622 their brethren, H251 and sanctified themselves, H6942 and came, H935 according to the commandment H4687 of the king, H4428 by the words H1697 of the LORD, H3068 to cleanse H2891 the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But H7535 the priests H3548 were H1961 too few, H4592 so that H3808➔ they could H3201 not ➔H3808 flay H6584 all H3605 the burnt offerings: H5930 wherefore H2388➔ their brethren H251 the Levites H3881 did help them, ➔H2388 till H5704 the work H4399 was ended, H3615 and until H5704 the other priests H3548 had sanctified themselves: H6942 for H3588 the Levites H3881 were more upright H3477 in heart H3824 to sanctify themselves H6942 than the priests. H3548

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:7 - And H408➔ be H1961➔ not ➔H408 ye ➔H1961 like your fathers, H1 and like your brethren, H251 which H834 trespassed H4603 against the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers, H1 who therefore gave them up H5414 to desolation, H8047 as H834 ye H859 see. H7200

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9 - For H3588 if ye turn again H7725 unto H5921 the LORD, H3068 your brethren H251 and your children H1121 shall find compassion H7356 before H6440 them that lead them captive, H7617 so that they shall come again H7725 into H776➔ this H2063 land: ➔H776 for H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is gracious H2587 and merciful, H7349 and H3808➔ will H5493➔ not ➔H3808 turn away ➔H5493 his face H6440 from you, H4480 if H518 ye return H7725 unto him. H413

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - And brought in H935 the offerings H8641 and the tithes H4643 and the dedicated H6944 things faithfully: H530 over which H5921 Cononiah H3562 the Levite H3881 was ruler, H5057 and Shimei H8096 his brother H251 was the next. H4932

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - And Jehiel, H3171 and Azaziah, H5812 and Nahath, H5184 and Asahel, H6214 and Jerimoth, H3406 and Jozabad, H3107 and Eliel, H447 and Ismachiah, H3253 and Mahath, H4287 and Benaiah, H1141 were overseers H6496 under the hand H3027 of Cononiah H3562 and Shimei H8096 his brother, H251 at the commandment H4662 of Hezekiah H2396 the king, H4428 and Azariah H5838 the ruler H5057 of H1004➔ the H430➔ house ➔H1004 of God. ➔H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - And H5921 next him H3027 were Eden, H5731 and Miniamin, H4509 and Jeshua, H3442 and Shemaiah, H8098 Amariah, H568 and Shecaniah, H7935 in the cities H5892 of the priests, H3548 in their set office, H530 to give H5414 to their brethren H251 by courses, H4256 as well to the great H1419 as to the small: H6996

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:5 - And stand H5975 in the holy H6944 place according to the divisions H6391 of the families H1004 of the fathers H1 of your brethren H251 the people, H1121 H5971 and after the division H2515 of the families H1004 H1 of the Levites. H3881

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:6 - So kill H7819 the passover, H6453 and sanctify yourselves, H6942 and prepare H3559 your brethren, H251 that they may do H6213 according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the hand H3027 of Moses. H4872

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Conaniah also, H3562 and Shemaiah H8098 and Nethaneel, H5417 his brethren, H251 and Hashabiah H2811 and Jeiel H3273 and Jozabad, H3107 chief H8269 of the Levites, H3881 gave H7311 unto the Levites H3881 for passover offerings H6453 five H2568 thousand H505 small cattle, and H1241➔ five H2568 hundred H3967 oxen. ➔H1241

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - And the singers H7891 the sons H1121 of Asaph H623 were in H5921 their place, H4612 according to the commandment H4687 of David, H1732 and Asaph, H623 and Heman, H1968 and Jeduthun H3038 the king's H4428 seer; H2374 and the porters H7778 waited at every gate; H8179 H8179 they might H5493➔ not H369 depart ➔H5493 from H5921 their service; H5656 for H3588 their brethren H251 the Levites H3881 prepared H3559 for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - And H4427➔ the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 made ➔H4427➔ Eliakim H471 his brother H251 king ➔H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem, H3389 and turned H5437 his name H8034 to Jehoiakim. H3079 And H853 Necho H5224 took H3947 Jehoahaz H3099 his brother, H251 and carried him H935 to Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - And when H8666➔ the year H8141 was expired, ➔H8666 king H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 sent, H7971 and brought him H935 to Babylon, H894 with H5973 the goodly H2532 vessels H3627 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and made H4427➔ Zedekiah H6667 his brother H251 king ➔H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem. H3389
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