אָח ach

Hebrew word for “brother” · Strong’s H251 · used 629 times in 571 verses

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Meaning

: male-sibling; 1) brother;

Senses in the lexicon

• brother: male-sibling (363)
• brother: compatriot (133)
• brother: male-relative (133)

How it is translated

Glosses given for ach in context, with how often each is used:

• brother 258
• brothers 195
• relatives 97
• countrymen 24
• countryman 19
• relative 7
• like brothers 2
• more than brothers 2
• among brothers 2
• like a brother 2
• more than a brother 2
• like brother 2

Where it is used

Also in 21 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Chronicles 25 (24), Genesis 37 (17), Genesis 42 (16), Genesis 27 (13), 1 Chronicles 26 (11), Judges 9 (10), 1 Chronicles 15 (10), Genesis 43 (9), Genesis 45 (9), 2 Samuel 13 (9)

Forms

• אחיו 161
• אחי 93
• אחיך 74
• ואחיו 57
• אחיהם 41
• אחיכם 34
• ואחיהם 17
• אחינו 16
• לאחיו 13
• אחים 13

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָב av “father” 86
• עִם im “with” 48
• יוֹסֵף yoseph “Joseph” 32
• עָשָׂר asar “ten” 35
• אֵת et “with” 43
• אֵם em “mother” 29
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 38
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 45
• גַּם gam “also” 36
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 38
• עֵשָׂו esav “Esau” 21
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 35

Key verses

The verses using ach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 27:29 — Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth…
• Genesis 27:41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then…
• Genesis 49:8 — Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
• Genesis 50:24 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and…
• Deuteronomy 13:6 — If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly,…
• 1 Chronicles 15:16 — And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding,…
• Nehemiah 10:29 — They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and…
• Isaiah 66:5 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified:…
• Jeremiah 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto…
• Amos 1:11 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the…
• Micah 7:2 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
• Malachi 2:10 — Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.