Strong's Concordance H251

Original Word: אָח
Transliteration: ʼâch
Phonetic Spelling: awkh
a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H1]); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

Usages throughout the bible

1 Samuel 30:23 - Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, H251 with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

2 Samuel 1:26 - I am distressed for thee, my brother H251 Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

2 Samuel 2:22 - And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? H251

2 Samuel 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? H251

2 Samuel 2:27 - And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. H251

2 Samuel 3:8 - Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, H251 and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

2 Samuel 3:27 - And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. H251

2 Samuel 3:30 - So Joab and Abishai his brother H251 slew Abner, because he had slain their brother H251 Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

2 Samuel 4:6 - And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother H251 escaped.

2 Samuel 4:9 - And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, H251 the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

2 Samuel 10:10 - And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, H251 that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.

2 Samuel 13:3 - But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: H251 and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

2 Samuel 13:4 - And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother H251 Absalom's sister.

2 Samuel 13:7 - Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother H251 Amnon's house, and dress him meat.

2 Samuel 13:8 - So Tamar went to her brother H251 Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

2 Samuel 13:10 - And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. H251

2 Samuel 13:12 - And she answered him, Nay, my brother, H251 do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

2 Samuel 13:20 - And Absalom her brother H251 said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother H251 been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; H251 regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother H251 Absalom's house.

2 Samuel 13:26 - Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother H251 Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

2 Samuel 13:32 - And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, H251 answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 14:7 - And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, H251 that we may kill him, for the life of his brother H251 whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

2 Samuel 15:20 - Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: H251 mercy and truth be with thee.

2 Samuel 18:2 - And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, H251 and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

2 Samuel 19:12 - Ye are my brethren, H251 ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

2 Samuel 19:41 - And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren H251 the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

2 Samuel 20:9 - And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? H251 And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

2 Samuel 20:10 - But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother H251 pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 21:21 - And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother H251 of David slew him.

2 Samuel 23:18 - And Abishai, the brother H251 of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

2 Samuel 23:24 - Asahel the brother H251 of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

1 Kings 1:9 - And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren H251 the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:

1 Kings 1:10 - But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, H251 he called not.

1 Kings 2:7 - But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. H251

1 Kings 2:15 - And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: H251 for it was his from the LORD.

1 Kings 2:21 - And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother H251 to wife.

1 Kings 2:22 - And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; H251 even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

1 Kings 9:13 - And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? H251 And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

1 Kings 12:24 - Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren H251 the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.

1 Kings 13:30 - And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! H251

1 Kings 20:32 - So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. H251

1 Kings 20:33 - Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother H251 Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

2 Kings 7:6 - For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, H251 Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

2 Kings 9:2 - And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, H251 and carry him to an inner chamber;

2 Kings 10:13 - Jehu met with the brethren H251 of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren H251 of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

2 Kings 23:9 - Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. H251

1 Chronicles 1:19 - And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's H251 name was Joktan.

1 Chronicles 2:32 - And the sons of Jada the brother H251 of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

1 Chronicles 2:42 - Now the sons of Caleb the brother H251 of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

1 Chronicles 4:9 - And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: H251 and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

1 Chronicles 4:11 - And Chelub the brother H251 of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.