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
- אַחʼach · H252{a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance)}
- אַחְאָבʼAchʼâb · H256Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
- אַחְבָןʼAchbân · H257Achban, an Israelite
- אַחֲוָהʼachăvâh · H264fraternity
- אֲחוֹחַʼĂchôwach · H265Achoach, an Israelite
- אֲחוּמַיʼĂchûwmay · H267Achumai, an Israelite
- אָחוֹתʼâchôwth · H269a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
- אֲחִיʼĂchîy · H277Achi, the name of two Israelites
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.
See every passage
- Genesis 155 verses
- Exodus 16 verses
- Leviticus 19 verses
- Numbers 18 verses
- Deuteronomy 43 verses
- Joshua 12 verses
- Judges 26 verses
- Ruth 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 10 verses
- 2 Samuel 29 verses
- 1 Kings 11 verses
- 2 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Chronicles 95 verses
- 2 Chronicles 24 verses
- Ezra 9 verses
- Nehemiah 27 verses
- Esther 1 verses
- Job 9 verses
- Psalms 7 verses
- Proverbs 8 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1 verses
- Song of Solomon 1 verses
- Isaiah 6 verses
- Jeremiah 15 verses
- Ezekiel 8 verses
- Hosea 3 verses
- Joel 1 verses
- Amos 2 verses
- Obadiah 2 verses
- Micah 2 verses
- Haggai 1 verses
- Zechariah 2 verses
- Malachi 2 verses
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).