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).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 317 times (50%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 278 times (44%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 19 times (3%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 15 times (2%)
- Particle, Interjection 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 630 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 3 of 3 — showing verses 401–572 of 572 distinct verses where H251 appears, across 33 books. 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 95 verses
- 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.
2 Chronicles 24 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5:12 וְ/לַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֜ם conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)
- 2 Chronicles 11:4 אֲחֵי/כֶ֗ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the words of Yahweh, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
- 2 Chronicles 11:22 בְּ/אֶחָ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, [even] the prince among his brothers; for [he was minded] to make him king.
- 2 Chronicles 19:10 מֵ/אֲחֵי/כֶ֣ם אֲחֵי/כֶ֑ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards Yahweh, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers: this do, and you shall not be guilty.
- 2 Chronicles 21:2 אַחִ֞ים n c mp He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 21:4 אֶחָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and various also of the princes of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 21:13 אַחֶ֧י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, like as the house of Ahab did, and also have slain your brothers of your father's house, who were better than yourself:
- 2 Chronicles 22:8 אֲחֵ֧י n c mp cs It happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and killed them.
- 2 Chronicles 28:8 מֵֽ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֜ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 28:11 מֵ/אֲחֵי/כֶ֑ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that you have taken captive of your brothers; for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.
- 2 Chronicles 28:15 אֲחֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 29:15 אֲחֵי/הֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp They gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 29:34 אֲחֵי/הֶ֣ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
- 2 Chronicles 30:7 וְ/כַ֣/אֲחֵי/כֶ֔ם conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Don't be you like your fathers, and like your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
- 2 Chronicles 30:9 אֲחֵי/כֶ֨ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.
- 2 Chronicles 31:12 אָחִ֖י/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.
- 2 Chronicles 31:13 אָחִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 31:15 לַ/אֲחֵי/הֶם֙ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, as well to the great as to the small:
- 2 Chronicles 35:5 לַ/אֲחֵי/כֶ֖ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brothers the children of the people, and [let there be for each] a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.
- 2 Chronicles 35:6 לַ/אֲחֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh by Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 35:9 אֶחָ֗י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand [small cattle], and five hundred oxen.
- 2 Chronicles 35:15 אֲחֵי/הֶ֥ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate: they didn't need to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
- 2 Chronicles 36:4 אָחִ֗י/ו אָחִי/ו֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 אָחִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms At the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Yahweh, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Ezra 9 verses
- Ezra 3:2 וְ/אֶחָ֣י/ו וְ/אֶחָ֔י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
- Ezra 3:8 אֲחֵי/הֶ֣ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Yahweh.
- Ezra 3:9 וְ֠/אֶחָי/ו וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.
- Ezra 6:20 וְ/לַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֥ם conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.
- Ezra 8:17 אָחִ֤י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, [and] his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
- Ezra 8:18 וְ/אֶחָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
- Ezra 8:19 אֶחָ֥י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
- Ezra 8:24 מֵ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
- Ezra 10:18 וְ/אֶחָ֔י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: [namely], of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
Nehemiah 27 verses
- Nehemiah 1:2 מֵ/אַחַ֛/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 3:1 וְ/אֶחָ֣י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 3:18 אֲחֵי/הֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp After him repaired their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
- Nehemiah 4:2 אֶחָ֗י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?
- Nehemiah 4:14 אֲחֵי/כֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
- Nehemiah 4:19 מֵ/אָחִֽי/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another:
- Nehemiah 4:23 וְ/אַחַ֣/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone [went with] his weapon [to] the water.
- Nehemiah 5:1 אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
- Nehemiah 5:5 אַחֵ֨י/נוּ֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and, behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
- Nehemiah 5:7 בְּ/אָחִ֖י/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. I held a great assembly against them.
- Nehemiah 5:8 אַחֵ֨י/נוּ אֲחֵי/כֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.
- Nehemiah 5:10 אַחַ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I likewise, my brothers and my servants, do lend them money and grain. Please let us leave off this usury.
- Nehemiah 5:14 וְ/אַחַ֔/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
- Nehemiah 7:2 אָחִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
- Nehemiah 10:10 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֑ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
- Nehemiah 10:29 אֲחֵי/הֶם֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp They joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
- Nehemiah 11:12 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֗ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
- Nehemiah 11:13 וְ/אֶחָי/ו֙ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and his brothers, chiefs of fathers' [houses], two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
- Nehemiah 11:14 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶם֙ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
- Nehemiah 11:17 מֵ/אֶחָ֑י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
- Nehemiah 11:19 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
- Nehemiah 12:7 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֖ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
- Nehemiah 12:8 וְ/אֶחָֽי/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.
- Nehemiah 12:9 אֲחֵי/הֶ֛ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were over against them according to their offices.
- Nehemiah 12:24 וַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֣ם conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
- Nehemiah 12:36 וְֽ/אֶחָ֡י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
- Nehemiah 13:13 לַ/אֲחֵי/הֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
Esther 1 verse
Job 9 verses
- Job 1:13 אֲחִי/הֶ֥ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
- Job 1:18 אֲחִי/הֶ֥ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
- Job 6:15 אַ֭חַ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;
- Job 19:13 אַ֭חַ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs "He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
- Job 22:6 אַחֶ֣י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Job 30:29 אָ֭ח n c ms I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
- Job 41:17 בְּ/אָחִ֥י/הוּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.
- Job 42:11 אֶחָ֨י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
- Job 42:15 אֲחֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
Psalms 7 verses
- Psalms 22:22 לְ/אֶחָ֑/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the assembly, I will praise you.
- Psalms 35:14 כְּ/אָ֣ח prep + n c ms I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
- Psalms 49:7 אָ֗ח n c ms None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give God a ransom for him.
- Psalms 50:20 בְּ/אָחִ֣י/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.
- Psalms 69:8 לְ/אֶחָ֑/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I have become a stranger to my brothers, An alien to my mother's children.
- Psalms 122:8 אַחַ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you."
- Psalms 133:1 אַחִ֣ים n c mp See how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity!
Proverbs 8 verses
- Proverbs 6:19 אַחִֽים n c mp A false witness who utters lies, And he who sows discord among brothers.
- Proverbs 17:2 אַ֝חִ֗ים n c mp A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, And shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
- Proverbs 17:17 וְ/אָ֥ח conj + n c ms A friend loves at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
- Proverbs 18:9 אָ֥ח n c ms One who is slack in his work Is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
- Proverbs 18:19 אָ֗ח n c ms A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; And disputes are like the bars of a castle.
- Proverbs 18:24 מֵ/אָֽח prep + n c ms A man of many companions may be ruined, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Proverbs 19:7 אֲחֵי n c mp cs All the relatives of the poor shun him: How much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
- Proverbs 27:10 אָחִ֗י/ךָ מֵ/אָ֥ח n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms prep + n c ms Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: Better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 6 verses
- Isaiah 3:6 בְּ/אָחִי/ו֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler, And let this ruin be under your hand."
- Isaiah 9:19 אָחִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Through the wrath of Yahweh of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spares his brother.
- Isaiah 19:2 בְּ/אָחִ֖י/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, [and] kingdom against kingdom.
- Isaiah 41:6 וּ/לְ/אָחִ֖י/ו conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They help everyone his neighbor; and [every one] says to his brother, Be of good courage.
- Isaiah 66:5 אֲחֵי/כֶ֨ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word: Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is those who shall be disappointed.
- Isaiah 66:20 אֲחֵי/כֶ֣ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of Yahweh.
Jeremiah 15 verses
- Jeremiah 7:15 אֲחֵי/כֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
- Jeremiah 9:4 אָ֖ח אָח֙ n c ms n c ms Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't you trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
- Jeremiah 12:6 אַחֶ֣י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don't believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
- Jeremiah 13:14 אָחִ֜י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says Yahweh: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.
- Jeremiah 22:18 אָחִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, [saying] Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
- Jeremiah 23:35 אָחִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus shall you say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, What has Yahweh answered? and, What has Yahweh spoken?
- Jeremiah 25:26 אָחִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
- Jeremiah 29:16 אֲחֵי/כֶ֕ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven't gone forth with you into captivity;
- Jeremiah 31:34 אָחִי/ו֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
- Jeremiah 34:9 אָחִ֖י/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.
- Jeremiah 34:14 אָחִ֨י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers didn't listen to me, neither inclined their ear.
- Jeremiah 34:17 לְ/אָחִ֖י/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Jeremiah 35:3 אֶחָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
- Jeremiah 41:8 אֲחֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, Don't kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and didn't kill them among their brothers.
- Jeremiah 49:10 וְ/אֶחָ֥י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more.
Ezekiel 9 verses
- Ezekiel 4:17 וְ/אָחִ֔י/ו conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- Ezekiel 11:15 אַחֶ֤י/ךָ אַחֶ֨י/ךָ֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, [are they] to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Yahweh; to us is this land given for a possession.
- Ezekiel 18:10 אָ֔ח ptcl intj If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,
- Ezekiel 18:18 אָ֔ח n c ms As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
- Ezekiel 24:23 אָחִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.
- Ezekiel 33:30 אָחִי/ו֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Please come and hear what is the word that comes forth from Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 38:21 בְּ/אָחִ֥י/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says the Lord Yahweh: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
- Ezekiel 44:25 לְ/אָ֗ח prep + n c ms They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.
- Ezekiel 47:14 כְּ/אָחִ֔י/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.
Hosea 3 verses
- Hosea 2:1 לַ/אֲחֵי/כֶ֖ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp "Say to your brothers, 'My people!' And to your sisters, 'My loved one!'
- Hosea 12:3 אָחִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms In the womb he took his brother by the heel; And in his manhood he had power with God.
- Hosea 13:15 אַחִ֖ים n c mp Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, The breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; And his spring will become dry, And his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
Joel 1 verse
Amos 2 verses
- Amos 1:9 אַחִֽים n c mp Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, And didn't remember the brotherly covenant;
- Amos 1:11 אָחִי/ו֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity, And his anger raged continually, And he kept his wrath forever;
Obadiah 2 verses
- Obadiah 1:10 אָחִ֥י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.
- Obadiah 1:12 אָחִ֨י/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day of distress.
Micah 2 verses
- Micah 5:3 אֶחָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the children of Israel.
- Micah 7:2 אָחִ֖י/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The godly man has perished out of the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 2 verses
- Zechariah 7:9 אָחִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "Thus has Yahweh of Hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
- Zechariah 7:10 אָחִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'
Malachi 2 verses
- Malachi 1:2 אָ֨ח n c ms "I have loved you," says Yahweh. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says Yahweh, "Yet I loved Jacob;
- Malachi 2:10 בְּ/אָחִ֔י/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Don't we all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
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.
