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HebrewH0251Noun (Masculine)

אָח

ach

539Occurrences
H0251Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

a primitive word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

אָח appears 539 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
150
1 Chronicles
89
Deuteronomy
39
2 Samuel
27
Judges
26
2 Chronicles
24
Nehemiah
21
Leviticus
19

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:19BSB

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

1 Samuel 22:1BSB

So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

Exodus 28:2BSB

Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.

Genesis 38:30BSB

Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

Jeremiah 25:26BSB

all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.