Lexicon ach: a brother Original Word: אָחPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: ach Phonetic Spelling: (awkh) Short Definition: brother NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitiona brother NASB Translationalike (1), another (16), brethren (17), brother (218), brother with his brothers (1), brother's (21), brotherhood (1), brothers (195), brothers' (1), companions (1), countryman (10), countryman's (2), countrymen (10), fellow (2), fellow countryman (3), fellow countrymen (2), fellows (1), kinsman (3), kinsmen (27), nephew* (2), other (7), relative (7), relatives (80).
Brown-Driver-Briggs I. אָח, אַחְאָב, אֶחָב, אַחְבָּן etc. see אחה. I. אָח630 noun masculine brother (Phoenician אח, Arabic  (construct  etc.), Sabean אחֿ (suffix אחֿיהו) CISiv.1,17 and 24 and others, Ethiopic  Assyrian a—u compare DlW, Aramaic אַח,  ; Palmyreme, Nabataean suffix אחוהי, אחיה); — absolute אָח Genesis 24:29 + (Ezekiel 18:10 strike out Co compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9; Ew Sm אַח; Dl BaEz x defends as = one compare Assyrian a—u) never with article; cstr אֲחִי Genesis 10:21 +; suffix אָחִי Genesis 4:9 +; אָחִיךָ Genesis 4:9 +; אָחִיו Genesis 4:2 +; אָחִיהוּ Jeremiah 34:9 3t. etc.; plural אַחִים Genesis 13:8 +; so read Hosea 13:15 see DeCompl. Var. 23 compare below אָחוּ; construct אֲחֵי Numbers 27:10 +; suffix אַחַי Genesis 19:7 +; אֶחָ֑י 1 Samuel 20:29 + (but 1 Samuel 30:23 ᵐ5 We אַחֲרֵי for אֶחָ֑י את); אַחֶיךָ Genesis 37:13 +; אֶחָיו Genesis 44:14 #NAME? 1 brother, born of same mother (& father) Genesis 4:2,8,9,10,11; Genesis 27:6,11; Genesis 44:20; Genesis 49:5; compare Genesis 28:2; Genesis 29:10 (twice in verse) + Exodus 4:14 + often; also of half-brother Genesis 20:5,13,16 (on pa-rentage compare Genesis 20:12) Genesis 37:2,4,5 +, 2 Samuel 13:4,7,8 +. 2 indefinite = relative; Lot, of Abraham Genesis 13:8; Genesis 14:12,14,16; Jacob, of Laban Genesis 29:12,15 (nephew); hence of kinship in wider sense; member of same tribe Numbers 16:10; Numbers 18:2,6; 2 Samuel 19:13; of same people Exodus 2:11 (twice in verse); Exodus 4:18; Deuteronomy 15:12; Judges 14:3; Isaiah 66:20; Nehemiah 5:1,5,8 see especially Leviticus 19:17 compare Leviticus 19:18 (ex-tended to include sojourner גֵּר Leviticus 19:34); of Israel & Judah 2 Samuel 19:42; Israel & Edom Numbers 20:14; compare of Ishmael Genesis 16:12; Genesis 25:18; of friend 2 Samuel 1:26; 1 Kings 9:13; 1 Kings 20:32,33 of allies ׳בְּרִית א Amos 1:9. 3 figurative of resemblance Job 30:29 אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים ("" רֵעַ לִבְנוֺת יַעֲנָה i.e. by reason of his crying, compare Di; Proverbs 18:9 מִתְרַמֶּה בִּמְלַאכְתּוֺ אָח הוּא לְבַעַל מַשְׁחִית. 4 in phrase one . . . another אִישׁ אָחִיו Genesis 9:5; Joel 2:8; Ze Joel 7:10; אִישׁ ֗֗֗ אָחִיוGenesis 13:11 25t + Exodus 32:27 (where also same phrase with רֵעֵהוּ & קְרֹבוֺ — see these words — & also אִישׁ, אֶחָד; for development of idiom compare Deuteronomy 15:2; Isaiah 19:2; Jeremiah 34:14 (compare15) 17 Ezekiel 38:21; Haggai 2:22; usually of men; of faces of golden cherubim Exodus 25:20; Exodus 37:9; of scales of crocodile Job 41:9. (אָח fire-pot. see below II. אחח.) אחה (assumed as √ of following; compare Biblical Hebrew אָח). Strong's another, brotherly; kindred, like, other A primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 'ab)) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-". see HEBREW 'ab |
