H251 Definition

Strong's number
H251
Lemma
אָח
Transliteration
ʼâch
Pronunciation
awkh
Strong's definition
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)) another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'. a primitive word;

573 instances of the word אָח ʼâch (H251)


  • 1 Chronicles 7:16 - bare And Maachah the wife of Machir a son and she called and the name Peresh and the name of his brother was Sheresh a son were Ulam and Rakem

  • 1 Chronicles 7:22 - mourned And Ephraim their father days many came and his brethren to comfort

  • 1 Chronicles 7:35 - And the sons Helem of his brother Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal

  • Song of Solomon 8:1 - O that thou wert as my brother that sucked the breasts of my mother when I should find thee without I would kiss thee yea I should not be despised

  • Ezra 8:17 - And I sent unto Iddo the chief Casiphia at the place and I told them what they should say unto Iddo and to his brethren the Nethinims Casiphia at the place that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God

  • Ezra 8:18 - upon us they brought hand of our God And by the good us a man of understanding of the sons of Mahli of the sons of Levi of the sons of Israel and Sherebiah of the sons and his brethren eighteen

  • Ezra 8:19 - And Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah and their sons of Merari his brethren and their sons twenty

  • Judges 8:19 - And he said They were my brethren even the sons of my mother liveth as the LORD if ye had saved them alive I would not slay

  • Ezra 8:24 - Then I separated of the chief of the priests twelve Sherebiah Hashabiah of their brethren and ten

  • Numbers 8:26 - But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation to keep the charge no service and shall do Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites the charge

  • 1 Chronicles 8:32 - And Mikloth begat Shimeah And these also over against them with their brethren dwelt in Jerusalem with their brethren

  • 1 Chronicles 8:39 - And the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn Jehush the second and Eliphelet the third

  • Judges 9:1 - And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal to Shechem brethren of his mother's and communed with them and with all the family of the house father of his mother's saying

  • 2 Kings 9:2 - And when thou comest thither look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi And when thou comest and make him arise up from among his brethren And when thou comest chamber chamber

  • Judges 9:3 - spake He is our brother And his mother's of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words inclined and their hearts to follow Abimelech for they said He is our brother

  • Jeremiah 9:4 - every one and every neighbour Take ye heed for every brother and trust for every brother supplant supplant and every neighbour with slanders will walk

  • Genesis 9:5 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require and at the hand of every beast will I require and at the hand of man and at the hand of every man's brother will I require of your lives of man

  • Judges 9:5 - And he went house unto his father's at Ophrah and slew his brethren son of Jerubbaal being threescore and ten persons stone upon one was left notwithstanding yet Jotham son of Jerubbaal the youngest for he hid

  • 1 Chronicles 9:6 - And of the sons of Zerah Jeuel and their brethren six hundred and ninety

  • 1 Chronicles 9:9 - And their brethren according to their generations nine hundred and fifty and six were chief of the fathers in the house of the fathers

  • 1 Chronicles 9:13 - And their brethren heads of the house of their fathers a thousand and seven hundred and threescore men very able for the work of the service of the house of God

  • 1 Kings 9:13 - And he said What cities are these which thou hast given me my brother And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day

  • 1 Chronicles 9:17 - And the porters Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brethren Shallum was the chief

  • Judges 9:18 - And ye are risen up house against my father's this day and have slain his sons threescore and ten persons stone upon one king and have made Abimelech his sons of his maidservant over the men of Shechem because he is your brother

  • 1 Chronicles 9:19 - And Shallum the son of Kore the son of Ebiasaph the son of Korah and his brethren of the house and their fathers the Korahites were over the work of the service keepers of the gates of the tabernacle and their fathers being over the host of the LORD keepers of the entry

  • Isaiah 9:19 - Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts darkened is the land and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire no man his brother shall spare

  • Judges 9:21 - and fled And Jotham ran away to Beer and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother

  • Genesis 9:22 - saw And Ham of his father of Canaan the nakedness of his father and told his two brethren without

  • Judges 9:24 - might come That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal and their blood be laid upon Abimelech of his brethren him in the killing them and upon the men of Shechem which aided him in the killing of his brethren

  • Genesis 9:25 - And he said Cursed be Canaan a servant a servant shall he be unto his brethren

  • 1 Chronicles 9:25 - And their brethren which were in their villages were to come after seven days from time from time

  • Judges 9:26 - came And Gaal the son of Ebed with his brethren and went over of Shechem put their confidence and the men of Shechem

  • Judges 9:31 - And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily saying Behold Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem and behold they fortify the city

  • 1 Chronicles 9:32 - of the sons of the Kohathites And other of their brethren were over the shewbread to prepare it every sabbath it every sabbath

  • 1 Chronicles 9:38 - And Mikloth begat Shimeam over against their brethren And they also dwelt at Jerusalem over against their brethren

  • Judges 9:41 - dwelt And Abimelech at Arumah thrust out and Zebul Gaal and his brethren dwelt in Shechem

  • Judges 9:56 - rendered Thus God the wickedness of Abimelech which he did unto his father in slaying his seventy brethren

  • Esther 10:3 - For Mordecai among the Jews was next unto king Ahasuerus and great among the Jews and accepted of the multitude of his brethren seeking the wealth of his people and speaking peace to all his seed

  • Esther 10:3 - For Mordecai among the Jews was next unto king Ahasuerus and great among the Jews and accepted of the multitude of his brethren seeking the wealth of his people and speaking peace to all his seed

  • Leviticus 10:4 - called And Moses Mishael and Elzaphan the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron and said unto them Come near carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp

  • Leviticus 10:6 - said And Moses unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar his sons not your heads Uncover your clothes neither rend lest ye die come upon all the people and lest wrath but let your brethren the whole house of Israel bewail the burning hath kindled which the LORD

  • Deuteronomy 10:9 - Wherefore Levi hath no part is his inheritance with his brethren according as the LORD is his inheritance promised according as the LORD thy God

  • 2 Samuel 10:10 - And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon

  • Nehemiah 10:10 - And their brethren Shebaniah Hodijah Kelita Pelaiah Hanan

  • 2 Kings 10:13 - Jehu met We are the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah Who are ye And they answered Who are ye And they answered We are the brethren of Ahaziah and we go down to salute and the children king and the children of the queen

  • Ezra 10:18 - there were found And among the sons of the priests that had taken wives strange And among the sons of Jeshua And among the sons of Jozadak and his brethren Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jarib and Gedaliah

  • Genesis 10:21 - Unto Shem even to him were children born also the father of all the children of Eber the brother of Japheth the elder

  • Exodus 10:23 - They saw any another neither rose any from his place for three days but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings

  • Genesis 10:25 - And unto Eber were born two sons name of one was Peleg for in his days divided was the earth name and his brother's was Joktan

  • Nehemiah 10:29 - They clave to their brethren their nobles and entered into a curse and into an oath law in God's which was given by Moses the servant in God's and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord and his judgments and his statutes

  • Judges 11:3 - fled Then Jephthah from his brethren and dwelt in the land of Tob and there were gathered Then Jephthah men vain and went out

  • 2 Chronicles 11:4 - Thus saith of the LORD Ye shall not go up nor fight against your brethren and returned every man to his house is done for this thing of me And they obeyed for this thing of the LORD and returned from going against Jeroboam

  • Nehemiah 11:12 - And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two and Adaiah the son of Jeroham the son of Pelaliah the son of Amzi the son of Zechariah the son of Pashur the son of Malchiah

  • Nehemiah 11:13 - And his brethren chief of the fathers hundred forty and two and Amashai the son of Azareel the son of Ahasai the son of Meshillemoth the son of Immer

  • Nehemiah 11:14 - And their brethren mighty men of valour an hundred twenty and eight and their overseer was Zabdiel the son of one of the great men

  • Ezekiel 11:15 - Son of man even thy brethren even thy brethren the men of thy kindred and all the house of Israel have said wholly are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem Get you far from the LORD given unto us is this land in possession

  • Nehemiah 11:17 - And Mattaniah the son the son of Zabdi the son of Asaph was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren and Abda the son of Shammua the son of Galal the son of Jeduthun

  • Nehemiah 11:19 - Moreover the porters Akkub Talmon and their brethren that kept the gates were an hundred seventy and two

  • 1 Chronicles 11:20 - And Abishai the brother of Joab he was chief against three for lifting up his spear against three hundred he slew them and had a name against three

  • 2 Chronicles 11:22 - made the chief And Rehoboam Abijah the son of Maachah to be ruler among his brethren for he thought to make him king

  • 1 Chronicles 11:26 - Also the valiant men of the armies were Asahel the brother of Joab Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem

  • 1 Chronicles 11:38 - Joel the brother of Nathan Mibhar the son of Haggeri

  • 1 Chronicles 11:45 - Jediael the son of Shimri and Joha his brother the Tizite

  • 1 Chronicles 12:2 - They were armed out of a bow and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow brethren even of Saul's of Benjamin

  • Hosea 12:3 - in the womb by the heel He took his brother and by his strength he had power with God

  • Genesis 12:5 - took And Abram Sarai his wife and Lot son his brother's and all their substance that they had gathered and the souls that they had gotten in Haran and they went forth and into the land of Canaan they came and into the land of Canaan

  • Jeremiah 12:6 - For even thy brethren and the house of thy father even they have dealt treacherously with thee yea they have called after a multitude thee believe them not though they speak fair words

  • Nehemiah 12:7 - Sallu Amok Hilkiah Jedaiah These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua

  • Nehemiah 12:8 - Moreover the Levites Jeshua Binnui Kadmiel Sherebiah Judah and Mattaniah which was over the thanksgiving he and his brethren

  • Nehemiah 12:9 - Also Bakbukiah and Unni their brethren were over against them in the watches

  • 1 Kings 12:24 - Thus saith of the LORD Ye shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel and returned every man to his house is according to the word from me They hearkened according to the word of the LORD and returned according to the word of the LORD

  • Nehemiah 12:24 - And the chief of the Levites Hashabiah Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel with their brethren over against them to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God ward over against ward

  • 1 Chronicles 12:29 - And of the children of Benjamin the kindred of Saul three thousand for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul

  • 1 Chronicles 12:32 - And of the children of Issachar to know which were men that had understanding of the times to know ought to do what Israel the heads of them were two hundred and all their brethren were at their commandment

  • Nehemiah 12:36 - And his brethren Shemaiah and Azarael Milalai Gilalai Maai Nethaneel and Judah Hanani instruments with the musical of David the man of God and Ezra the scribe before

  • 1 Chronicles 12:39 - And there they were with David days three eating and drinking had prepared for their brethren

  • 1 Chronicles 13:2 - said And David unto all the congregation of Israel If it seem good unto you and that it be of the LORD our God abroad let us send unto our brethren every where that are left in all the land of Israel and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs that they may gather

  • 2 Samuel 13:3 - But Amnon had a friend whose name and Jonadab the son of Shimeah brother David's and Jonadab man subtil was a very

  • 2 Samuel 13:4 - And he said lean son unto him Why art thou being the king's from day from day wilt thou not tell And he said me And Amnon Tamar sister Absalom's my brother unto him I love

  • Deuteronomy 13:6 - entice If thy brother or thy son of thy mother or thy son or thy daughter or the wife of thy bosom or thy friend which is as thine own soul thee secretly saying and serve gods other which thou hast not known thou nor thy fathers

  • 2 Samuel 13:7 - sent Then David to Tamar home saying home Amnon's now to thy brother and dress him meat

  • Genesis 13:8 - said And Abram unto Lot no Let there be strife I pray thee between me and thee and between my herdmen I pray thee between me and thee and between my herdmen be brethren

  • 2 Samuel 13:8 - So Tamar house Amnon's to her brother and he was laid down And she took flour and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and did bake the cakes

  • 2 Samuel 13:10 - said And Amnon And Tamar Bring the meat into the chamber that I may eat of thine hand took And Tamar the cakes which she had made Bring And Amnon her brother into the chamber

  • Genesis 13:11 - chose Then Lot him all the plain of Jordan journeyed Then Lot east and they separated themselves the one from the other

  • 2 Samuel 13:12 - And she answered him Nay my brother do not force do me for no such thing ought in Israel do not thou this folly

  • Nehemiah 13:13 - And I made treasurers over the treasuries Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe Pedaiah and of the Levites and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah faithful for they were counted and their office was to distribute unto their brethren

  • Jeremiah 13:14 - And I will dash them one against another even the fathers and the sons together saith the LORD I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy but destroy

  • Hosea 13:15 - among his brethren Though he be fruitful shall come an east wind the wind of the LORD from the wilderness shall come up shall become dry and his spring shall be dried up and his fountain he shall spoil the treasure vessels of all pleasant

  • 2 Samuel 13:20 - said Absalom's he is thy brother unto her Hath Amnon he is thy brother my sister been with thee but hold now thy peace he is thy brother regard not this thing remained So Tamar house Absalom's he is thy brother

  • 2 Samuel 13:26 - Then said Absalom Amnon If not I pray thee let my brother Then said with us And the king

  • 1 Kings 13:30 - And he laid his carcase in his own grave and they mourned over him saying Alas my brother

  • 2 Samuel 13:32 - answered And Jonadab sons of Shimeah brother David's and said and said Let not my lord all the young men sons the king's only is dead for Amnon only is dead for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced Tamar his sister

  • 1 Samuel 14:3 - And Ahiah the son of Ahitub brother Ichabod's the son of Phinehas the son of Eli priest the LORD'S in Shiloh wearing an ephod And the people knew was gone not that Jonathan

  • Judges 14:3 - said Then his father and his mother unto him Is there never among the daughters of thy brethren or among all my people a wife that thou goest Get a wife Philistines of the uncircumcised said And Samson Then his father Get her for me for she pleaseth me well

  • Numbers 14:4 - And they said one to another Let us make a captain and let us return into Egypt

  • 2 Samuel 14:7 - is risen And behold the whole family against thine handmaid and they said Deliver him that smote his brother that we may kill him for the life his brother whom he slew and we will destroy the heir also and so they shall quench my coal and shall not leave which is left to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth

  • Joshua 14:8 - Nevertheless my brethren that went up melt with me made the heart of the people but I wholly followed the LORD my God

  • Genesis 14:12 - And they took Lot and his goods son brother's Abram's who dwelt in Sodom

  • Genesis 14:13 - And there came one that had escaped and told with Abram the Hebrew for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite and brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner and these were confederate with Abram