Lexicon / H0251
אָח
ach
  • brother: male-sibling
  • brother: male-relative
  • brother: compatriot
  • brother

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: brother: male-sibling; brother: male-relative; brother: compatriot

: male-sibling

1) brother

1a) brother of same parents

1b) half-brother (same father)

1c) relative, kinship, same tribe

1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship)

1e) (fig.) of resemblance

: male-relative

1) brother

1a) brother of same parents

1b) half-brother (same father)

1c) relative, kinship, same tribe

1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship)

1e) (fig.) of resemblance

: compatriot

1) brother

1a) brother of same parents

1b) half-brother (same father)

1c) relative, kinship, same tribe

1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship)

1e) (fig.) of resemblance

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: brother

Root √אחה: אחה אָח surround, protect side belong together family, clan aḫu ḥayy (stem assumed for; which however perh. bilit. & prim. so Thes Rob Ges al.; DlHA 59 prop.; DlW comp. Zehnpfnnd BAS I. 510 prop. cf. Schult. Thes. De Goeje in RSSem 256 N suggests connection with,).

אָח n.m brother brother , born of same mother (& father) indef. = relative fig. of resemblance one … another in phr. 630.