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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1 Chronicles 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.
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1 Chronicles 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.
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1 Chronicles 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His relatives by their clans are recorded in their genealogy: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,
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1 Chronicles 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their kinsmen by families were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
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1 Chronicles 6:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
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Source alternate reference: 6.24
1 Chronicles 6:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
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Source alternate reference: 6.29
1 Chronicles 6:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.
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Source alternate reference: 6.33
1 Chronicles 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
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1 Chronicles 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
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1 Chronicles 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
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1 Chronicles 7:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
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1 Chronicles 8:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.
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1 Chronicles 8:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of his brother Eshek: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.
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1 Chronicles 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.
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1 Chronicles 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and 956 of their relatives according to their genealogy. All these men were heads of their families.
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1 Chronicles 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
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1 Chronicles 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;
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1 Chronicles 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.
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1 Chronicles 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.
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1 Chronicles 9:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.
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1 Chronicles 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
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1 Chronicles 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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1 Chronicles 11:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,
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1 Chronicles 11:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jediael son of Shimri and his brother Joha the Tizite,
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1 Chronicles 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):
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1 Chronicles 12:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
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Source alternate reference: 12.30
1 Chronicles 12:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
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Source alternate reference: 12.33
1 Chronicles 12:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
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Source alternate reference: 12.40
1 Chronicles 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
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1 Chronicles 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;
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1 Chronicles 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;
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1 Chronicles 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;
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1 Chronicles 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;
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1 Chronicles 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from the Hebronites, Eliel the chief and 80 of his relatives;
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1 Chronicles 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the chief and 112 of his relatives.
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1 Chronicles 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
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1 Chronicles 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
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1 Chronicles 15:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
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1 Chronicles 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
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1 Chronicles 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:
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1 Chronicles 16:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David left Asaph and his associates there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,
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1 Chronicles 16:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.
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1 Chronicles 16:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
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1 Chronicles 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
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1 Chronicles 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
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1 Chronicles 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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1 Chronicles 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
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1 Chronicles 23:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
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1 Chronicles 23:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
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