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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)
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 630 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 10 / 12 (2Ch 28:15–Neh 13:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - Then the men who were designated by name arose, took the captives, and they clothed all their naked ones from the spoil; and they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers; H251 then they returned to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:15 - They assembled their brothers, H251 consecrated themselves, and went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the commandment of the king by the words of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were too few, so that they were unable to skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their brothers H251 the Levites helped them until the work was completed and until the other priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more [fn]conscientious to consecrate themselves than the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:7 - “Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, H251 who were unfaithful to the LORD God of their fathers, so that He made them a horror, as you see.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9 - “For if you return to the LORD, your brothers H251 and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - They faithfully brought in the contributions and the tithes and the consecrated things; and Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them and his brother H251 Shimei was second.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath and Benaiah were overseers [fn]under the authority of Conaniah and Shimei his brother H251 by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - [fn]Under his authority were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests, to distribute faithfully their portions to their brothers H251 by divisions, whether great or small,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:5 - “Moreover, stand in the holy place according to the sections of the fathers’ households of your brethren H251 the [fn]lay people, and according to the Levites, by division of a father’s household.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:6 - “Now slaughter the Passover animals, sanctify yourselves and prepare for your brethren H251 to do according to the word of the LORD by Moses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, H251 and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 from the flocks and 500 bulls.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers, the sons of Asaph, were also at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers at each gate did not have to depart from their service, because the Levites their brethren H251 prepared for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother H251 king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Joahaz his brother H251 and brought him to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the LORD, and he made his kinsman H251 Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2 - Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers H251 the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers H251 arose and built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers H251 the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to oversee the work of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:9 - Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers H251 stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of [fn]Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers H251 the Levites, to oversee the workmen in the temple of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:20 - For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, both for their brothers H251 the priests and for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:17 - I sent them to Iddo the [fn]leading man at the place Casiphia; and I [fn]told them what to say to [fn]Iddo and his brothers, H251 the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring ministers to us for the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:18 - According to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of insight of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, and his sons and brothers, H251 18 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:19 - and Hashabiah and [fn]Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brothers H251 and their sons, 20 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:24 - Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers; H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:18 - Among the sons of the priests who had married foreign wives were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: H251 Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2 - that Hanani, one of my brothers, H251 and [fn]some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:1 - Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers H251 the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They consecrated [fn]the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:18 - After him their brothers H251 carried out repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, official of the other half of the district of Keilah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - He spoke in the presence of his brothers H251 and the [fn]wealthy men of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the [fn]dusty rubble even the burned ones?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - When I saw their fear, I rose and spoke to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people: “Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, H251 your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall far from one another. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - So neither I, my brothers, H251 my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us removed our clothes, each took his weapon even to the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:1 - Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5 - “Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, H251 our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and [fn]we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I consulted with myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, “You are exacting usury, each from his brother!” H251 Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8 - I said to them, “We according to our ability have [fn]redeemed our Jewish brothers H251 who were sold to the nations; now would you even sell your brothers H251 that they may be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a word to say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10 - “And likewise I, my brothers H251 and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - Moreover, from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, for twelve years, neither I nor my [fn]kinsmen H251 have eaten the governor’s food allowance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:2 - then I put Hanani my brother, H251 and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:10 - also their brothers H251 Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are joining with their [fn]kinsmen, H251 their nobles, and are [fn]taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of [fn]GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 - and their [fn]kinsmen H251 who performed the work of the [fn]temple, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:13 - and his kinsmen, H251 heads of fathers’ households, 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14 - and their brothers, H251 valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of [fn]Haggedolim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:17 - and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of [fn]Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the [fn]leader in beginning the thanksgiving at prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; H251 and [fn]Abda the son of [fn]Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:19 - Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren H251 who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:7 - Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their [fn]kinsmen H251 in the days of Jeshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:8 - The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who was [fn]in charge of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:9 - Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, H251 stood opposite them in their service divisions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers H251 opposite them, to praise and give thanks, [fn]as prescribed by David the man of God, division corresponding to division.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:36 - and his [fn]kinsmen, H251 Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:13 - In charge of the storehouses I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and in addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered reliable, and it was [fn]their task to distribute to their [fn]kinsmen. H251

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