BDB276
I. אָח, אַחְאָב, אֶחָב, אַחְבָּן etc. see אחה .
Strong's Lexicon
H251
H251 — אָח
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H251 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אָח |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | a primitive word |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 630 |
| Transliteration: | ach |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | awkh |
| Meaning: | 1. a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H0001)) |
| KJV Renderings: | another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB285
I. אָח630 noun masculine brother (Phoenician אח, Arabic [untranscribed source text 136] (construct [untranscribed source text 137] etc.), Sabean אחֿ (suffix אחֿיהו) CISiv.1,17 and 24 and others, Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 138] Assyrian a—u compare DlW, Aramaic אַח, [untranscribed source text 139]; Palmyreme, Nabataean suffix אחוהי, אחיה); — absolute אָח Gen 24:29 + ( Ezek 18:10 strike out Co compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ; Ew Sm אַח; Dl BaEz x defends as = one compare Assyrian a—u ) never with article; cstr אֲחִי Gen 10:21 +; suffix אָחִי Gen 4:9 +; אָחִיךָ Gen 4:9 +; אָחִיו Gen 4:2 +; אָחִיהוּ Jer 34:9 + 3 t. etc.; plural אַחִים Gen 13:8 +; so read Hos 13:15 see DeCompl. Var. 23 compare below אָחוּ; construct אֲחֵי Num 27:10 +; suffix אַחַי Gen 19:7 +; אֶחָ֑י 1Sam 20:29 + (but 1Sam 30:23 ᵐ5 We אַחֲרֵי for אֶחָ֑י את); אַחֶיךָ Gen 37:13 +; אֶחָיו Gen 44:14 + etc.
1.
brother, born of same mother (& father) Gen 4:2; Gen 4:8; Gen 4:9; Gen 4:10; Gen 4:11; Gen 27:6; Gen 27:11; Gen 44:20; Gen 49:5 compare Gen 28:2; Gen 29:10 (twice in verse) +
Exod 4:14 +
often; also of half-brother Gen 20:5; Gen 20:13; Gen 20:16 (on pa-rentage compare Gen 20:12) Gen 37:2; Gen 37:4; Gen 37:5 +, 2Sam 13:4; 2Sam 13:7;
2Sam 13:8 +.
2. indefinite = relative; Lot, of Abraham Gen 13:8; Gen 14:12; Gen 14:14; Gen 14:16 Jacob, of Laban Gen 29:12; Gen 29:15 (nephew); hence of kinship in wider
sense; member of same tribe Num 16:10; Num 18:2; Num 18:6; 2Sam 19:13 of same people Exod 2:11 (twice in verse); Exod 4:18; Deut 15:12; Judg 14:3; Isa 66:20; Neh 5:1; Neh 5:5; Neh 5:8 see especially Lev 19:17 compare Lev 19:18 (ex-tended to include
sojourner גֵּר Lev 19:34); of Israel & Judah 2Sam 19:42 Israel & Edom Num 20:14 compare of Ishmael Gen 16:12; Gen 25:18 of
friend 2Sam 1:26;
1Kgs 9:13; 1Kgs 20:32;
1Kgs 20:33 of
allies ׳
בְּרִית א
Amos 1:9.
3.
figurative of resemblance Job 30:29
אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים (|| רֵעַ לִבְנוֺת
יַעֲנָה i.e. by reason of his crying, compare Di; Prov 18:9
מִתְרַפֶּה בִּמְלַאכְתּוֺ אָח הוּא לְבַעַל מַשְׁחִית.
4. in phrase one . . . another
אִישׁ אָחִיו
Gen 9:5; Joel 2:8 Ze
Joel 7:10
אִישׁ ֗֗֗ אָחִיו
Gen 13:11 + 25 t
+ Exod 32:27
(where also same phrase with רֵעֵהוּ & קְרֹבוֺ — see these words — & also
אִישׁ, אֶחָד; for development of idiom compare Deut 15:2; Isa 19:2; Jer 34:14 (compare15) 17 Ezek 38:21;
Hag 2:22 usually
of men; of faces of golden cherubim Exod 25:20; Exod 37:9 of scales of crocodile Job 41:9. (אָח
fire-pot. see below II. אחח.)
BDB9286
אחה (assumed as √ of following; compare Biblical Hebrew אָח ).
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke