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:
2 Samuel 4:9: "and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said"
2 Samuel 10:10: "he delivered of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon."
2 Samuel 13:3: "the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man."
2 Samuel 13:4: "unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."
2 Samuel 13:7: "saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat."
2 Samuel 13:8: "So Tamar went to her brother house; and he was laid down. And she took"
2 Samuel 13:10: "she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother."
2 Samuel 13:12: "And she answered him, Nay, my brother, force me; for no such thing"
2 Samuel 13:20: "And Absalom her brother said her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with"
2 Samuel 13:20: "said her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now"
2 Samuel 13:20: "now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not"
2 Samuel 13:20: "this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house."
2 Samuel 13:26: "Absalom, If not, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king"
2 Samuel 13:32: "the son of Shimeah brother, answered and said, Let not my lord"
2 Samuel 14:7: "Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom"
2 Samuel 14:7: "his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy"
2 Samuel 15:20: "may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with"
2 Samuel 18:2: "the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite."
2 Samuel 19:12: "Ye are my brethren, ye and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last"
2 Samuel 19:41: "unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought"
2 Samuel 20:9: "to Amasa, in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard"
2 Samuel 20:10: "again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son"
2 Samuel 21:21: "the son of Shimea the brother of David slew"
2 Samuel 23:18: "And Abishai, the brother of Joab, of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he"
2 Samuel 23:24: "Asahel the brother of Joab Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,"
1 Kings 1:9: "and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men"
1 Kings 1:10: "and Benaiah, and Solomon his brother, he called not."
1 Kings 2:7: "me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother."
1 Kings 2:15: "howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD."
1 Kings 2:21: "be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife."
1 Kings 2:22: "he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son"
1 Kings 9:13: "which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto"
1 Kings 12:24: "nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man"
1 Kings 13:30: "and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!"
1 Kings 20:32: "Is he yet alive? he is my brother."
1 Kings 20:33: "catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring"
2 Kings 7:6: "and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired"
2 Kings 9:2: "and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;"
2 Kings 10:13: "Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said,"
2 Kings 10:13: "are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children"
2 Kings 23:9: "but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren."
1 Chronicles 1:19: "in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan."
1 Chronicles 2:32: "And the sons of Jada the brother Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died"
1 Chronicles 2:42: "Now the sons of Caleb the brother were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father"
1 Chronicles 4:9: "And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name"
1 Chronicles 4:11: "And Chelub the brother of Shuah Mehir, which was the father"
1 Chronicles 4:27: "had sixteen sons daughters; but his brethren had not many children,"
1 Chronicles 5:2: "For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)"
1 Chronicles 5:7: " And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,"
1 Chronicles 5:13: " And their brethren of the house of their fathers and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan,"
