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:
Judges 1:17: "went with his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited"
Judges 3:9: "of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother."
Judges 8:19: "And he said, They were my brethren, of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if"
Judges 9:1: "to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all"
Judges 9:3: "And his mother's brethren spoke him in the ears of all the men of Shechem"
Judges 9:3: "Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother."
Judges 9:5: "and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons,"
Judges 9:18: "of Shechem, because he is your brother;)"
Judges 9:21: "there, for fear of Abimelech his brother."
Judges 9:24: "be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men"
Judges 9:24: "aided him in the killing of his brethren."
Judges 9:26: "the son of Ebed with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem"
Judges 9:31: "Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify"
Judges 9:41: "thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem."
Judges 9:56: "in slaying his seventy brethren:"
Judges 11:3: "Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob:"
Judges 14:3: "a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou"
Judges 16:31: " Then his brethren and all the house came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried"
Judges 18:8: "And they came unto their brethren and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What"
Judges 18:8: "their brethren and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?"
Judges 18:14: "of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these"
Judges 19:23: "them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that"
Judges 20:13: "would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:"
Judges 20:23: "against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against"
Judges 20:28: "against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said,"
Judges 21:6: "repented Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off"
Judges 21:22: "when their fathers their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say"
Ruth 4:3: "selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:"
Ruth 4:10: "be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place:"
1 Samuel 14:3: "the son of Ahitub, brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli,"
1 Samuel 16:13: "of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon"
1 Samuel 17:17: "Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these"
1 Samuel 17:17: "loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;"
1 Samuel 17:18: "unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge."
1 Samuel 17:22: "into the army, and came and saluted his brethren."
1 Samuel 17:28: "And Eliab his eldest brother when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab's"
1 Samuel 20:29: "our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if"
1 Samuel 20:29: "I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not"
1 Samuel 22:1: "to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house"
1 Samuel 26:6: "Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down"
1 Samuel 30:23: "Ye shall not so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given"
2 Samuel 1:26: "I am distressed for thee, my brother very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful,"
2 Samuel 2:22: "then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?"
2 Samuel 2:26: "the people return from following their brethren?"
2 Samuel 2:27: "the people had gone up every one from following his brother."
2 Samuel 3:8: "of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered"
2 Samuel 3:27: "under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother."
2 Samuel 3:30: "So Joab and Abishai his brother Abner, because he had slain"
2 Samuel 3:30: "Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon"
2 Samuel 4:6: "the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped."
