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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Esther 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
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Job 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
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Job 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
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Job 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
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Job 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
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Job 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
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Job 30:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
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Job 41:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
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Source alternate reference: 41.9
Job 42:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
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Job 42:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
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Psalms 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
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Source alternate reference: 22.23
Psalms 35:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
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Psalms 49:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
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Source alternate reference: 49.8
Psalms 50:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
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Psalms 69:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
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Source alternate reference: 69.9
Psalms 122:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
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Psalms 133:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
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Proverbs 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
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Proverbs 17:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
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Proverbs 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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Proverbs 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
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Proverbs 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
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Proverbs 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
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Proverbs 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
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Proverbs 27:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
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Ecclesiastes 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
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Song of Solomon 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
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Isaiah 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
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Isaiah 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.
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Source alternate reference: 9.18
Isaiah 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
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Isaiah 41:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
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Isaiah 66:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
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Isaiah 66:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
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Jeremiah 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
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Jeremiah 9:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
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Source alternate reference: 9.3
Jeremiah 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
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Jeremiah 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
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Jeremiah 22:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
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Jeremiah 23:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
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Jeremiah 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
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Jeremiah 29:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
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Jeremiah 31:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
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Jeremiah 34:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.
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Jeremiah 34:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
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Jeremiah 34:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
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Jeremiah 35:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—
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Jeremiah 41:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
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Jeremiah 49:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
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Ezekiel 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
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Ezekiel 11:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
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