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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Ezekiel 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
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Ezekiel 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
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Ezekiel 33:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’
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Ezekiel 38:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.
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Ezekiel 44:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,
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Ezekiel 47:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
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Hosea 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
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Source alternate reference: 2.3
Hosea 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
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Source alternate reference: 12.4
Hosea 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
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Joel 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
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Amos 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
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Amos 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
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Obadiah 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
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Obadiah 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
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Micah 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
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Source alternate reference: 5.2
Micah 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
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Haggai 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
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Zechariah 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
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Zechariah 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
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Malachi 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
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Malachi 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
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