אַח
ʼach · akh
{a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H251 (אָח)
{a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: brother.
Letters
- 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 אַח 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thy brethren1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra1
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.