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Strong H251H251Gאָח

brother: male-sibling

One of the 3 senses of Strong H251

Transliteration
'âch
Pronunciation
awkh
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

: 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

General definition

A primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)): - {another} brother ({-ly}) {kindred} {like} other. Compare also the proper names beginning with Ah- or Ahi-.

In the Bible

Strong H251G appears in 327 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • brother185
  • brethren140
  • let2
  • give1
  • other1
  • pray1
  • take1
  • to1
  • well1

First verses

  1. Genesis 4:2
    And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
  2. Genesis 4:8
    And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
  3. Genesis 4:9
    And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
  4. Genesis 4:10
    And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
  5. Genesis 4:11
    And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
  6. Genesis 4:21
    And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
  7. Genesis 9:22
    And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
  8. Genesis 9:25
    And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
  9. Genesis 10:21
    Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
  10. Genesis 10:25
    And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
  11. Genesis 12:5
    And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
  12. Genesis 13:11
    Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
  13. Genesis 14:12
    And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
  14. Genesis 14:13
    And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
  15. Genesis 19:7
    And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
  16. Genesis 20:5
    Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
  17. Genesis 20:13
    And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
  18. Genesis 20:16
    And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
  19. Genesis 22:20
    And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
  20. Genesis 22:21
    Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
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