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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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Strong's Number H251 matches the Hebrew אָח ('āḥ),
which occurs 630 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 12 (Deu 33:24–1Sa 26:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:24 - And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, H251 and let him dip his foot in oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:14 - Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren H251 armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:15 - Until the LORD have given your brethren H251 rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, H251 and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, H251 and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, H251 and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:8 - Nevertheless my brethren H251 that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17 - And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother H251 of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4 - And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. H251 Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren H251 of their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:3 - Ye have not left your brethren H251 these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, H251 as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:7 - Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren H251 on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:8 - And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, H251 Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, H251 took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17 - And Judah went with Simeon his brother, H251 and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:19 - And he said, They were my brethren, H251 even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, H251 and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother's brethren H251 spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren H251 the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;) H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21 - And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, H251 which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:26 - And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, H251 and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren H251 be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, H251 that they should not dwell in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:56 - Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his H251 seventy brethren: H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3 - Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, H251 and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, H251 or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:31 - Then his brethren H251 and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:8 - And they came unto their brethren H251 to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren H251 said unto them, What say ye?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 - Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, H251 Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, H251 nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren H251 the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:23 - (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? H251 And the LORD said, Go up against him.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, H251 or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, H251 and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren H251 come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother H251 Elimelech's:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, H251 and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, H251 the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: H251 and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 - And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren H251 an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; H251

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren H251 fare, and take their pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22 - And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. H251

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - And Eliab his H251 eldest brother H251 heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29 - And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, H251 he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. H251 Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren H251 and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 - Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother H251 to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

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