ach H251

אָח (ach) means “brother: male-sibling” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אָח Hebrew · H251 629 tagged occurrences in 571 verses

Pronunciation guide: awkh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0251G

אָח · ach · brother: male-sibling

: male-sibling 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

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TBESH · H0251H

אָח · ach · brother: male-relative

: male-relative 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

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TBESH · H0251I

אָח · ach · brother: compatriot

: compatriot 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

KJV glosses: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

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How translators render H251

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
brother	39
his brothers	37
brothers	36
and his brothers	35
your brothers	34
your brother	30
his brother	27
their brothers	18
another	17
my brothers	14
and brothers	13
my brother	13
and his brother	12
the brother	11
of his brother	8
of his brothers	7
and his associates	6
of his relatives	6
of your brothers	6
his relatives	5
or brother	5
our brothers	5
relatives	5
their relatives	5
a brother	4
and his relatives	4
and their associates	4
is your brother	4
other	4
to your brother	4
among his brothers	3
and his fellow	3
and your brother	3
for his brother	3
for your brother	3
our brother	3
their fellow	3
their kinsmen	3
to his brother	3
against your brother	2
and my brother	2
from your brothers	2
his fellow	2
his relative	2
is my brother	2
is our brother	2
it to his brothers	2
kinsmen	2
nor my brothers	2
of her brother	2
of my brothers	2
of their brothers	2
of their relatives	2
than a brother	2
the brothers	2
their brother	2
to her brother	2
to his brothers	2
to my brothers	2
to your brothers	2
with his brothers	2
your fellow	2
a countryman	1
a fellow	1
a relative	1
against brother	1
against his brother	1
along with his relatives	1
along with their associates	1
although my brothers	1
among his associates	1
among jerijahs relatives	1
among them	1
among your relatives	1
and	1
and a brother	1
and he made jehoiachins relative	1
and his kinsmen	1
and my brothers	1
and relatives	1
and their relatives	1
and they	1
and your relatives	1
and yours	1
another brother	1
anyone else	1
are brothers	1
are just like our countrymen	1
are kinsmen	1
are my brothers	1
belonged to our brother	1
brother is harder to win	1
brother of jehoahaz	1
but as for your brothers	1
but her brother	1
but his brothers	1
but my brothers	1
but they	1
but your brothers	1
but your countryman	1
did our brothers	1
eliakims brother	1
for your brothers	1
for your fellow countrymen	1
from their kinsmen	1
from your kinsmen	1
from your own brothers	1
had a brother	1
has given your brothers	1
has your brother	1
have your brother	1
he grasped his brothers	1
hemans kinsman	1
her brother	1
his associates	1
his brothers were	1
his companions	1
his countrymen	1
his family	1
his own people	1
his uncles	1
how your brothers	1
is brother	1
jehorams brothers	1
joabs brother	1
josephs brothers	1
let my brother	1
like a brother	1
like his brothers	1
my relative	1
of brotherhood	1
of joabs brother	1
of my brother	1
of our brother	1
of our brothers	1
of the brother	1
of their associates	1
of their fellow	1
of them	1
of your kinsmen	1
on your brother	1
one of his own people	1
one of your brothers	1
or his brother	1
our relatives	1
over his brother	1
over his brothers	1
shall your brothers	1
some relatives	1
some time later josephs brothers	1
than his brothers	1
that your countryman	1
the bodies of your cousins	1
the boys brother	1
the kinsmen	1
the others	1
their associates	1
their countrymen	1
their cousins	1
their fellow priests	1
their relatives did	1
then i put my brother	1
then joseph sent his brothers	1
then samsons brothers	1
to cains brother	1
to his relatives	1
to my brother	1
to their	1
to their brothers	1
to their fellow levites	1
to their fellow priests	1
were my brothers	1
were their kinsmen	1
what his brother	1
when his brothers	1
when josephs brothers	1
whether he is a brother	1
with his associates	1
with our brothers	1
yes your brother	1
your brother as well	1
your brother here	1
your countryman	1
your own brothers	1
your relatives	1
your very own brother	1
yourselves	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
and his brethren	59
his brother	43
brother	35
thy brother	26
brethren	19
and their brethren	17
his brethren	16
their brethren	16
my brother	15
the brother	15
unto his brethren	14
to another	10
your brethren	10
my brethren	9
of his brother	9
of his brethren	7
to his brother	7
of their brethren	6
of your brethren	6
our brother	6
with his brethren	6
and thy brethren	5
another	5
thy brethren	5
thy brothers	5
with their brethren	5
your brother	5
brothers	4
his brothers	4
of thy brethren	4
our brethren	4
the brethren	4
against his brother	3
all his brethren	3
among his brethren	3
and brethren	3
and his brother	3
and his brothers	3
and if thy brother	3
from his brethren	3
if thy brother	3
of thy brothers	3
their brother	3
to his brethren	3
to thy brother	3
unto my brethren	3
unto their brethren	3
unto thy brother	3
above his brethren	2
against thy brother	2
against your brethren	2
all your brethren	2
and all his brethren	2
and my brethren	2
and of his brethren	2
and when his brethren	2
for their brethren	2
he and his brethren	2
her brother	2
of all his brethren	2
of my brother	2
of the brethren	2
than a brother	2
to their brethren	2
unto his brother	2
unto your brethren	2
upon his brother	2
with another	2
a brother	1
above thy brethren	1
against another	1
against their brethren	1
all the brethren	1
also as his brethren	1
also to her brother	1
also your brother	1
among brethren	1
and a brother	1
and all their brethren	1
and all thy brethren	1
and brother	1
and for his brother	1
and for their brethren	1
and he had brethren	1
and her brethren	1
and her brother	1
and if he have no brethren	1
and is become my brothers	1
and it shall be with thee until thy brother	1
and like your brethren	1
and my brother	1
and of their brethren	1
and thy brother	1
and to his brethren	1
and unto her brethren	1
and upon his brother	1
and with them their brethren	1
as all his brethren	1
as another	1
as his brother	1
as my brother	1
as well as another	1
before my brethren	1
between your brethren	1
but his brethren	1
but let your brethren	1
but over your brethren	1
but unto thy brother	1
by from our brethren	1
come upon you and upon your brethren	1
concerning our brother	1
do not thy brethren	1
except your brother	1
for brethren	1
for brother	1
for even thy brethren	1
for every brother	1
for his brother	1
for my brethren	1
for thee my brother	1
for your brethren	1
from the other	1
from thy brother	1
had a brother	1
have no brethren	1
he took his brother	1
him more than all his brethren	1
him nay my brother	1
how thy brethren	1
i am a brother	1
i and my brethren	1
i my brothers	1
i pray you brethren	1
if brethren	1
if not i pray thee let my brother	1
in her brother	1
into thy brothers	1
is brother	1
it his brethren	1
lest his brethrens	1
me my brethren	1
me my brother	1
nevertheless my brethren	1
nor brother	1
not the brotherly	1
not thy brother	1
not with his brethren	1
now for thy brethren	1
now to thy brother	1
of my brethren	1
of our brethren	1
of thee of thy brethren	1
of them with their brethren	1
of thy brother	1
one of his brethren	1
one with another	1
or a brother	1
or of his brother	1
or their brethren	1
over against their brethren	1
over another	1
over thy brethren	1
shall be against his brother	1
shall he be unto his brethren	1
shall your brethren	1
so neither i nor my brethren	1
than his brethren	1
that behold his brother	1
that his brethren	1
that his brother	1
that i gave my brother	1
that thy brother	1
that which his brother	1
the kindred	1
the like	1
then his brethren	1
then thy brother	1
there unto him all his brethren	1
to her brother	1
to thy brethren	1
to you of your brethren	1
toward another	1
toward his brother	1
until thy brothers	1
unto him behold thy brother	1
unto him my brethren	1
unto his brothers	1
unto our brethren	1
unto them my brethren	1
unto thy brethren	1
unto thy brothers	1
upon another	1
when our brethren	1
wherefore their brethren	1
whether ye had yet a brother	1
which is thine with thy brother	1
who with his brethren	1
whom thy brethren	1
whose brethren	1
why have our brethren	1
with the brethren	1
with thy brethren	1
with you for his brother	1
with your brethren	1
ye and your brethren	1
ye not in any brother	1
ye unto your brethren	1
you your brother	1

Verses containing H251

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2 Chronicles 28:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
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2 Chronicles 29:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 29:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.
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2 Chronicles 30:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.
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2 Chronicles 30:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
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2 Chronicles 31:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.
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2 Chronicles 31:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
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2 Chronicles 31:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.
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2 Chronicles 35:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites.
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2 Chronicles 35:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”
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2 Chronicles 35:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Additionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites 5,000 Passover offerings and 500 bulls.
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2 Chronicles 35:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were 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 need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
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2 Chronicles 36:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
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2 Chronicles 36:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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Ezra 3:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
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Ezra 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
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Ezra 3:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
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Ezra 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.
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Ezra 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
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Ezra 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;
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Ezra 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
also Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.
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Ezra 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
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Ezra 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
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Nehemiah 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
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Nehemiah 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Next to him, their countrymen made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-district of Keilah.
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Nehemiah 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
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Source alternate reference: 3.34
Nehemiah 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said 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, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
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Source alternate reference: 4.8
Nehemiah 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.
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Source alternate reference: 4.13
Nehemiah 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
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Source alternate reference: 4.17
Nehemiah 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
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Nehemiah 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
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Nehemiah 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
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Nehemiah 5:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
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Nehemiah 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
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Nehemiah 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
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Nehemiah 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
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Nehemiah 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
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Source alternate reference: 10.11
Nehemiah 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
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Source alternate reference: 10.30
Nehemiah 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah 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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Nehemiah 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and his associates, the leaders of families—242 men; Amashai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer;
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Nehemiah 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and his associates—128 mighty men of valor. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was their overseer.
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Nehemiah 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
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Nehemiah 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
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Nehemiah 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
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Nehemiah 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
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Nehemiah 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.
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Nehemiah 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
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Nehemiah 12:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.
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Nehemiah 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
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