Strong's #251: 'ach (pronounced awkh)
a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1)):--another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'âch
1) brother
1a) brother of same parents
1b) half-brother (same father)
1c) relative, kinship, same tribe
1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship)
1e) (figuratively) of resemblance
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: a primitive word
Usage:
This word is used 629 times:
Genesis 38:8: "unto Onan, unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed"
Genesis 38:8: "and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother."
Genesis 38:9: "when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest"
Genesis 38:9: "lest that he should give seed to his brother."
Genesis 38:11: "he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's"
Genesis 38:29: "as he drew back his hand, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth?"
Genesis 38:30: "And afterward came out his brother, had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name"
Genesis 42:3: "And Joseph's ten brethren to buy corn in Egypt."
Genesis 42:4: "But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, sent not with his brethren;"
Genesis 42:4: "sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief"
Genesis 42:6: "the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth."
Genesis 42:7: "And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spoke"
Genesis 42:8: "And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not"
Genesis 42:13: "And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man"
Genesis 42:15: "hence, except your youngest brother come hither."
Genesis 42:16: "of your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved,"
Genesis 42:19: "ye be true of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go"
Genesis 42:20: "But bring your youngest brother me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die."
Genesis 42:21: "And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning"
Genesis 42:21: "are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul,"
Genesis 42:28: "And he said unto his brethren, is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack:"
Genesis 42:28: "saying one to another, What is this that God hath done"
Genesis 42:32: "We be twelve brethren, of our father; one is not,"
Genesis 42:33: "are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households,"
Genesis 42:34: "And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye"
Genesis 42:34: "are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land."
Genesis 42:38: "with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone:"
Genesis 43:3: "Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with"
Genesis 43:4: "thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:"
Genesis 43:5: "see my face, except your brother be with"
Genesis 43:6: "with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?"
Genesis 43:7: "Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor"
Genesis 43:7: "words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? Bring your brother down?"
Genesis 43:13: "Take also your brother, and arise, unto the man:"
Genesis 43:14: "that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved"
Genesis 43:29: "And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son,"
Genesis 43:29: "and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spoke unto me? And he said,"
Genesis 43:30: "did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber,"
Genesis 44:14: "And Judah and his brethren came house; for he was yet there:"
Genesis 44:19: "Have ye a father, or a brother?"
Genesis 44:20: "and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left"
Genesis 44:23: "thy servants, your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see"
Genesis 44:26: "We cannot go down: our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down:"
Genesis 44:26: "the man's face, except our youngest brother be with"
Genesis 44:33: "and let the lad go up with his brethren."
Genesis 45:1: "with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren."
Genesis 45:3: "And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet"
Genesis 45:3: "doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for"
Genesis 45:4: "And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near."
Genesis 45:4: "And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt."
