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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 1 / 12 (Gen 4:2–Gen 28:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:2 - Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:8 - And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:10 - And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 - And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:16 - And he got back all the goods, and Lot, his brother's son, with his goods and the women and the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 - And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - And he said, My brothers, do not this evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 - After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 - Uz the oldest, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel, the father of Aram,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:23 - Bethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 - Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37 - And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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