אָחʼâch

אָח: see אחה

Pronunciation: awkh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H251

Meanings

אָח: brother

1. brother (Genesis 4:2; Genesis 4:8; Genesis 4:9)

2. indefinite = relative (Genesis 13:8; Genesis 14:12; Genesis 14:14)

3. figurative of resemblance (Job 30:29; Proverbs 18:9)

4. in phrase one... another (Genesis 9:5; Joel 2:8; Joel 7:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 629 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 4:2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.
  • Genesis 4:8 One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.
  • Genesis 4:9 Afterward the Lord asked Cain, “Where is your brother? Where is Abel?” “I don’t know,” Cain responded. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”
  • Genesis 4:10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!
  • Genesis 4:11 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood.
  • Genesis 4:21 His brother’s name was Jubal, the first of all who play the harp and flute.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).