Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H251
אָח
ach · “brother: male-sibling”
Used 630 times across 33 books
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
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
Where it appears
Genesis178
Exodus17
Leviticus23
Numbers19
Deuteronomy48
Joshua13
Judges29
Ruth2
1 Samuel12
2 Samuel34
1 Kings11
2 Kings5
1 Chronicles99
2 Chronicles26
Ezra11
Nehemiah28
Esther1
Job9
Psalms7
Proverbs9
Ecclesiastes1
Song of Solomon1
Isaiah6
Jeremiah16
Ezekiel10
Hosea3
Joel1
Amos2
Obadiah2
Micah2
Haggai1
Zechariah2
Malachi2
In the text
Genesis 4:2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.Genesis 4:8And 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.Genesis 4:9And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.Genesis 4:11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;Genesis 4:21And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.Genesis 9:5And 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.Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.Genesis 9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.Genesis 10:21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
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