Strong H251H251Iאָח

brother: compatriot

One of the 3 senses of Strong H251

Transliteration
'âch
Pronunciation
awkh
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

: 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

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 H251I appears in 121 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • brethren53
  • brother49
  • to9
  • another4
  • with2
  • against1
  • as1
  • brotherly1
  • come1
  • one1
  • over1
  • toward1

First verses

  1. Genesis 9:5
    And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
  2. Genesis 37:19
    And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
  3. Genesis 42:21
    And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
  4. Genesis 42:28
    And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
  5. Exodus 2:11
    And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
  6. Exodus 10:23
    They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
  7. Exodus 16:15
    And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.
  8. Exodus 25:20
    And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
  9. Exodus 32:27
    And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
  10. Exodus 32:29
    For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
  11. Exodus 37:9
    And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
  12. Leviticus 7:10
    And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.
  13. Leviticus 19:17
    Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
  14. Leviticus 25:14
    And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
  15. Leviticus 25:25
    If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
  16. Leviticus 25:35
    And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
  17. Leviticus 25:36
    Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
  18. Leviticus 25:39
    And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
  19. Leviticus 25:46
    And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
  20. Leviticus 25:47
    And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:
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