אָח
brother
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Particle
- A short function word — article, negation, interrogative, the sign of the direct object, and the like.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H251 appears in the Book of 1 Chronicles — 95 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 1:19 אָחִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 2:32 אֲחִ֣י n c ms cs The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.
- 1 Chronicles 2:42 אֲחִ֣י n c ms cs The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9 מֵ/אֶחָ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
- 1 Chronicles 4:11 אֲחִֽי n c ms cs Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
- 1 Chronicles 4:27 וּ/לְ/אֶחָ֕י/ו conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn't have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 5:2 בְּ/אֶחָ֔י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
- 1 Chronicles 5:7 וְ/אֶחָי/ו֙ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
- 1 Chronicles 5:13 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֞ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Their brothers of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
- 1 Chronicles 6:39 וְ/אָחִ֣י/ו conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
- 1 Chronicles 6:44 אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
- 1 Chronicles 6:48 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tent of the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 7:5 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֗ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 7:16 אָחִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
- 1 Chronicles 7:22 אֶחָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
- 1 Chronicles 7:35 אָחִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
- 1 Chronicles 8:32 אֲחֵי/הֶ֛ם אֲחֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
- 1 Chronicles 8:39 אָחִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
- 1 Chronicles 9:6 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred ninety.
- 1 Chronicles 9:9 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶם֙ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers' [houses] by their fathers' houses.
- 1 Chronicles 9:13 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֗ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 9:17 וַ/אֲחִי/הֶ֥ם conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp The porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
- 1 Chronicles 9:19 וְֽ/אֶחָ֧י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entry.
- 1 Chronicles 9:25 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֨ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
- 1 Chronicles 9:32 אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
- 1 Chronicles 9:38 אֲחֵי/הֶ֛ם אֲחֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
- 1 Chronicles 11:20 אֲחִֽי n c ms cs Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
- 1 Chronicles 11:26 אֲחִ֣י n c ms cs Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- 1 Chronicles 11:38 אֲחִ֣י n c ms cs Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
- 1 Chronicles 11:45 אָחִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
- 1 Chronicles 12:2 מֵ/אֲחֵ֥י prep + n c mp cs They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
- 1 Chronicles 12:29 אֲחֵ֥י n c mp cs Of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 12:32 אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment.
- 1 Chronicles 12:39 אֲחֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.
- 1 Chronicles 13:2 אַחֵ֣י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good to you, and if it be of Yahweh our God, let us send abroad everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us;
- 1 Chronicles 15:5 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;
- 1 Chronicles 15:6 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;
- 1 Chronicles 15:7 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;
- 1 Chronicles 15:8 וְ/אֶחָ֥י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;
- 1 Chronicles 15:9 וְ/אֶחָ֥י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;
- 1 Chronicles 15:10 וְ/אֶחָ֕י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.
- 1 Chronicles 15:12 וַ/אֲחֵי/כֶ֔ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to [the place] that I have prepared for it.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16 אֲחֵי/הֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
- 1 Chronicles 15:17 אֶחָ֔י/ו אֲחֵי/הֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Chronicles 15:18 אֲחֵי/הֶ֣ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
- 1 Chronicles 16:7 וְ/אֶחָֽי/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Yahweh, by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.
- 1 Chronicles 16:37 וּ/לְ/אֶחָ֑י/ו conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required;
- 1 Chronicles 16:38 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and Obed-edom with their brothers, sixty-eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;
- 1 Chronicles 16:39 וְ/אֶחָי/ו֙ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tent of Yahweh in the high place that was at Gibeon,
- 1 Chronicles 19:11 אָחִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
- 1 Chronicles 19:15 אָחִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 20:5 אֲחִי֙ n c ms cs There was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
- 1 Chronicles 20:7 אֲחִ֥י n c ms cs When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother killed him.
- 1 Chronicles 23:22 אֲחֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them [to wife].
- 1 Chronicles 23:32 אֲחֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 24:25 אֲחִ֤י n c ms cs The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
- 1 Chronicles 24:31 אֲחֵי/הֶ֣ם אָחִ֥י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even as those of his younger brother.
- 1 Chronicles 25:7 אֲחֵי/הֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.
- 1 Chronicles 25:9 וְ/אֶחָ֥י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:10 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:11 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:12 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:13 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:14 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:15 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:16 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:17 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:18 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:19 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:20 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:21 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:22 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:23 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:24 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:25 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:26 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:27 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:28 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:29 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:30 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:31 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
- 1 Chronicles 26:7 אֶחָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
- 1 Chronicles 26:8 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֔ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men in strength for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom.
- 1 Chronicles 26:9 וְ/אַחִ֛ים conj + n c mp Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.
- 1 Chronicles 26:11 וְ/אַחִ֛ים conj + n c mp Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
- 1 Chronicles 26:12 אֲחֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 26:22 אָחִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 26:25 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms His brothers: of Eliezer [came] Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.
- 1 Chronicles 26:26 וְ/אֶחָ֗י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' [houses], the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
- 1 Chronicles 26:28 וְ/אֶחָֽי/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brothers.
- 1 Chronicles 26:30 וְ/אֶחָ֨י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 26:32 וְ/אֶחָ֣י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers' [houses], whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 27:7 אֲחִ֣י n c ms cs The fourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:18 מֵ/אֲחֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
- 1 Chronicles 28:2 אַחַ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.
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אח — transliterated ʼâch — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “brother.” Older and newer Bibles part ways — “brethren” in the King James Version, “brothers” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 572 verses across 33 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. More than a quarter of its appearances fall in Genesis. The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H251 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 572
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 572 distinct verses.
- 33 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #77
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 77 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 572 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Genesis 155 verses 27%
- 1 Chronicles 95 verses 17%
- Deuteronomy 43 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 572 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 251 verses · 44%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 184 verses · 32%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 137 verses · 24%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 5 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Brethren 263×, Brother 199×, Brother's 21×
- American Standard Version†: Brethren 230×, Brother 180×, 's brother 19×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Brothers 221×, Brother 183×, Relatives 33×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Brothers 292×, Brother 224×, Brother of 30×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H251 across 629† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 95 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H251 across 630† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 122 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H251 across 614† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 63 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 15 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H251 across 650† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 32 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 4 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
אח I interj. (onomatop.) ah! alas! Ez 6
אח II
- 1. brother, born of same mother (& father) Gn 4:2, 8, 9, 10, 11; 27:6, 11; 44:20; 49:5; cf. 28:2; 29:10(×2) + Ex 4:14 + often; also of half-brother Gn 20:5, 13, 16 (on parentage cf. v 12) 37:2, 4, 5 +, 2 S 13:4, 7, 8 +. e.g. Genesis 4:2
- 2. indef. = relative; Lot, of Abr. Gn 13:8; 14:14, 16; Jacob, of Laban 29:12, 15 (nephew); hence of kinship in wider sense; member of same tribe Nu 16:10; 18:2, 6 2 S 19:13; of same people Ex 2:11(×2); 4:18 Dt 15:12 Ju 14:3 Is 66:20 Ne 5:1, 5, 8 vid. especially Lv 19:17 cf. v 18 (extended to incl. sojourner גֵּר v 34); of Israel & Judah 2 S 19:42; Isr. & Edom Nu 20:14; cf. of Ishmael Gn 16:12; 25:18; of friend 2 S 1:26 1 K 9:13; 20:32, 33; of allies בְּרִית א׳ Am 1:9. e.g. Genesis 13:8
- 3. fig. of resemblance Jb 30:29 אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים (‖ רֵעַ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָה) i.e. by reason of his crying, cf. Di; Pr 18:9 מִתְרַפֶּה בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ אָח הוּא לְבַעַל מַשְׁחִית. e.g. Job 30:29
- 4. in phr. one … another אִישׁ אָחִיו Gn 9:5 Jo 2:8 Zc 7:10; אָחִיו … אִישׁ Gn 13:11 + 25 times + Ex 32:27 (where also same phr. c. רֵעֵהוּ & קְרֹבוֹ—v. these words—& also אִישׁ, אֶחָד); for development of idiom cf. Dt 15:2 Is 19:2 Je 34:14 (cf. 15) 17 Ez 38:21 Hg 2:22; usually of men; of faces of golden cherubim Ex 25:20; 37:9; of scales of crocodile Jb 41:9. (אָח fire-pot v. sub ii. אחח.) On pr. names compounded with אָח, v. reff. given under אָב supr. e.g. Genesis 9:5
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
III. interj. (onomatop.) ah! alas! Ez 6:11; 21:20. iii. אָח Ez 18:10 (textual error). Ez 18:10 אָח is a vox nihili (dittogr. from foll. אחד: v. Comm.): in 21:10 also dub. (𝔊 εὖ), read אַךְ Ew Hi Sm Toy, חַדָּה Co Berthol, אַתְּ Oort Krae.
IV. n.m. brother (Ph. אח, Arabic أَخٌ (cstr. أَخُو etc.), Sab. אחֿ (sf. אחֿיהו) CISiv, 1, 17 and 24 al., Ethiopic እኅው Assyrian aḫu cf. DlW, Aramaic אַח, ܐܰܚܳܐ; Palm., Nab. sf. אחוהי, אחיה);—abs. אָח Gn 24:29 + (Ez 18:10 del. Co cf. 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙; Ew Sm אַךְ; Dl Ba Ez x defends as = one cf. Assyrian aḫu) never c. art.; cstr. אֲחִי Gn 10:21 +; sf. אָחִי Gn 4:9 +; אָחִיךָ Gn 4:9 +; אָחִיו Gn 4:2 +; אָחִיהוּ Je 34:9 + 3 times etc.; pl. אַחִים Gn 13:8 +; so read Ho 13:15 v. DeCompl. Var. 23 cf. sub אָחוּ; cstr. אֲחֵי Nu 27:10 +; sf. אַחַי Gn 19:7 +; אֶחָ֑י 1 S 20:29 + (but 1 S 30:23 𝔊 We אַחֲרֵי for אֶחָ֑י את); אַחֶיךָ Gn 37:13 +; אֶחָיו Gn 44:14 + etc.
V. n.f. fire-pot, brasier (Arabic وَلَدًا, in Thes, is an error fire-pot is loan-word from Egyptian ʿḫ according to WMMOLZ 3, 51) always c. art. Je 36:22 הַא׳ לְפָנָיו מְבֹעָ֑רֶת the brasier before him was burning; v 23 הָאֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אֶל־הָא׳; v 23 הָאֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר עַל־הָא׳ (i. אָח, brother v. sub אחה; iii. אָח interj., p. 25).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive word
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אָח I
- brother, kinsman; fellow, equal, fellow-believer &c. Meg. 11ᵃ (play on ăhashverosh, Ahasverus) אָׄחִׄיו ש̇ל ר̇אש̇ וכ׳ a brother (in cruelty) to the chief tyrant (Nebucadn.); a. fr.—Pl. אַחִים, אַחִין. Gen. R. s. 89, beg. (play on āḥu, Gen. XLI, 2) in years of plenty הבריות נעשו א׳ וכ׳ people are brotherly to each other. Gen. R. s. 99 אחים דפחתא וכ׳ brothers to the degraded woman (Dinah), … but not to Joseph; a. fr.—Cant. R. to VIII, 1 שני אחים brother and sister e.g. Genesis 41:2
אַח
- Targ. fr.—Pl. אָחִין. Targ. Gen. XIII, 8; a. e.—אַחֵי Yeb. 65ᵇ.—Y. Yoma VI, 43ᵈ אֲחֵינָן our brothers
אָח II
- interj. interj.
- 1. (b. h.) exclamation of sorrow, Oh! Meg. 11ᵃ (play on ăhashverosh; v. אָח I) א׳ לראשו woe upon his head. Snh. 102ᵇ (play on Ahab אח־אב) א׳ לשמי׳ a subject of grief to the Lord, and father (friend) of idolatry.—2 (= Syr.) exclamation of joy, Ah! Targ. Is. XLIV, 16 (h. הֶאָח).
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Forms in the corpus
The 263 distinct written forms H251 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 203 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H251, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- אחאב ʼAchʼâb H256 Ahab
- אחבן ʼAchbân H257 Ahban
- אחוח ʼĂchôwach H265 Ahoah
- אחומי ʼĂchûwmay H267 Ahumai
- אחי ʼĂchîy H277 Ahi
- אחיאם ʼĂchîyʼâm H279 Ahiam
- אחיה ʼĂchîyâh H281 Ahijah
- אחיהוד ʼĂchîyhûwd H282 Ahihud
- אחיו ʼAchyôw H283 Ahio
- אחיחד ʼĂchîychud H284 Ahihud
- אחיטוב ʼĂchîyṭûwb H285 Ahitub
- אחילוד ʼĂchîylûwd H286 Ahilud
- אחימות ʼĂchîymôwth H287 Ahimoth
- אחימלך ʼĂchîymelek H288 Ahimelech
- אחימן ʼĂchîyman H289 Ahiman
- אחימעץ ʼĂchîymaʻats H290 Ahimaaz
- אחין ʼAchyân H291 Ahian
- אחינדב ʼĂchîynâdâb H292 Ahinadab
- אחינעם ʼĂchîynôʻam H293 Ahinoam
- אחיסמך ʼĂchîyçâmâk H294 Ahisamach
- אחיעזר ʼĂchîyʻezer H295 Ahiezer
- אחיקם ʼĂchîyqâm H296 Ahikam
- אחירם ʼĂchîyrâm H297 Ahiram
- אחירע ʼĂchîyraʻ H299 Ahira
+3 more proper names from this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 31 — not the complete family. 27 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 535 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 572 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:2
- Exodus 1:6
- Leviticus 7:10
- Numbers 6:7
- Deuteronomy 1:16
- Joshua 1:14
- Judges 1:3
- Ruth 4:3
- 1 Samuel 14:3
- 2 Samuel 1:26
- 1 Kings 1:9
- 2 Kings 7:6
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.