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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Deuteronomy 33:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.
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Joshua 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,
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Joshua 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
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Joshua 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”
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Joshua 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.
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Joshua 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.
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Joshua 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
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Joshua 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
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Joshua 17:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.
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Joshua 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.
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Joshua 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
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Joshua 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
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Joshua 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
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Judges 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them.
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Judges 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
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Judges 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
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Judges 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
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Judges 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
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Judges 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
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Judges 9:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
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Judges 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
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Judges 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
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Judges 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
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Judges 9:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
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Judges 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.
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Judges 9:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
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Judges 9:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
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Judges 9:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
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Judges 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
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Judges 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
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Judges 16:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
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Judges 18:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”
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Judges 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
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Judges 19:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
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Judges 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
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Judges 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
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Judges 20:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
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Judges 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
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Judges 21:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
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Ruth 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
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Ruth 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
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1 Samuel 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
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1 Samuel 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
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1 Samuel 17:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
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1 Samuel 17:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
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1 Samuel 17:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
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1 Samuel 17:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
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1 Samuel 20:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
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1 Samuel 22:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
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1 Samuel 26:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
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