H251

אָח

ʼâch · awkh

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

Lexicon

Derivation: a primitive word;

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

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

Letters

Alef

Het

אAlef1
Picture: ox head
Concrete
ox · bull · cattle
Extended
strength · leader · first · the one in front
חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
Concrete
wall · fence · tent wall
Extended
to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

strength, the leader › to separate and protect

Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

630 occurrences · 630 OT · 0 NT · 272 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

and his brethren59 · 17%
his brother43 · 12%
brother33 · 9%
thy brother24 · 7%
and their brethren17 · 5%
their brethren16 · 5%
brethren16 · 5%
the brother15 · 4%
his brethren15 · 4%
unto his brethren14 · 4%
my brother11 · 3%
to another10 · 3%
your brethren10 · 3%
of his brother9 · 3%
of his brethren7 · 2%
to his brother7 · 2%
with his brethren6 · 2%
my brethren6 · 2%
and thy brethren5 · 1%
with their brethren5 · 1%
another5 · 1%
of their brethren5 · 1%
of your brethren5 · 1%
his brother's4 · 1%
thy brother's4 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

וְאֶחָ֖יו28אֶחָ֖יו17אָחִ֖יךָ16אָחִ֔יו15אָחִ֖יו15אָחִ֑יו15אֶחָ֔יו14אֲחִ֣י13אֶחָיו֙12אָחִֽיו׃12אֶחָ֑יו10אֲחִ֥י9

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.