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H0251Gאָחach

brother: male-siblingPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 158
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 8
  6. 6
  7. 15
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 12
  10. 32
  11. 6
  12. 1
  13. 28
  14. 14
  15. 4
  16. 3
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 8
  19. 6
  20. 9
  21. 1
  22. 1
  23. 3
  24. 9
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 3
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 2
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. 2
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. 1

Renderings

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

Other meanings of H0251

  • H0251Hאָחachbrother: male-relativeH:N-MOccurrences: 134
  • H0251Iאָחachbrother: compatriotH:N-MOccurrences: 133

363 occurrences in 327 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Joshua 6:23

    And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had, all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel.

    אַחֶ֙יהָ֙ (אַחֶ֙י) 'a.Chei. “brothers”

  2. Joshua 15:17

    And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

    אֲחִ֣י 'a.Chi “[the] brother of”

  3. Joshua 17:4

    And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying: 'The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren'; therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an in

    אַחֵ֑ינוּ (אַחֵ֑י) 'a.Chei. “brothers”אֲחֵ֥י 'a.Chei “[the] brothers of”

  4. Judges 1:3

    And Judah said unto Simeon his brother: 'Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot.' So Simeon went with him.

    אָחִ֜יו (אָחִ֜י) 'a.Chi “brother”

  5. Judges 1:13

    And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

    אֲחִ֥י 'a.Chi “[the] brother of”

  6. Judges 1:17

    And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

    אָחִ֔יו (אָחִ֔י) 'a.Chi “brother”

  7. Judges 3:9

    And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

    אֲחִ֥י 'a.Chi “[the] brother of”

  8. Judges 8:19

    And he said: 'They were my brethren, the sons of my mother; as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.'

    אַחַ֥י (אַחַ֥) 'a.Cha “[were] brothers”

  9. Judges 9:3

    And his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words; and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said: 'He is our brother.'

    אָחִ֥ינוּ (אָחִ֥י) 'a.Chi. “[is] brother”

  10. Judges 9:5

    And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

    אֶחָ֧יו (אֶחָ֧י) 'e.Cha “brothers”

  11. Judges 9:21

    And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

    אָחִֽיו׃ (אָחִֽי) 'a.Chi “brother”

  12. Judges 9:24

    that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

    אֲחִיהֶם֙ (אֲחִי) 'a.chi. “brother”אֶחָֽיו׃ (אֶחָֽי) 'e.Cha “brothers”

  13. Judges 9:56

    Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

    אֶחָֽיו׃ (אֶחָֽי) 'e.Cha “brothers”

  14. Judges 11:3

    Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

    אֶחָ֔יו (אֶחָ֔י) 'e.Cha “brothers”

  15. Judges 16:31

    Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

    אֶחָ֜יו (אֶחָ֜י) 'e.Cha “brothers”

  16. Judges 21:6

    And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said: 'There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

    אָחִ֑יו (אָחִ֑י) 'a.Chi “brother”

  17. Judges 21:22

    And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to strive with us, that we will say unto them: Grant them graciously unto us; because we took not for each man of them his wife in battle; neither did ye give them unto them, that ye should now b

    אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם (אֲחֵי) 'a.chei. “brothers”

  18. 1 Samuel 14:3

    and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

    אֲחִ֡י 'a.Chi “[the] brother of”

  19. 1 Samuel 16:13

    Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren; and the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

    אֶחָיו֒ (אֶחָי) 'e.Cha “brothers”

  20. 1 Samuel 17:17

    And Jesse said unto David his son: 'Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren.

    לְאַחֶ֙יךָ֙ (אַחֶ֙י) 'a.Chei. “brothers”לְאַחֶֽיךָ׃ (אַחֶֽי) 'a.Chei. “brothers”

  21. 1 Samuel 17:18

    And bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and to thy brethren shalt thou bring greetings, and take their pledge;

    אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ (אַחֶ֙י) 'a.Chei. “brothers”

  22. 1 Samuel 17:22

    And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brethren.

    לְאֶחָ֖יו (אֶחָ֖י) 'e.Cha “brothers”

  23. 1 Samuel 17:28

    And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said: 'Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy presumptuousness, and the naughti

    אָחִ֣יו (אָחִ֣י) 'a.Chi “brother”

  24. 1 Samuel 20:29

    and he said: Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me; and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he is not come unto the ki

    אָחִ֔י (אָחִ֔) 'a.Ch “brother”אֶחָ֑י (אֶחָ֑) 'e.Cha “brothers”

  25. 1 Samuel 22:1

    David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

    אֶחָיו֙ (אֶחָי) 'e.Cha “brothers”