Strong's Definition
a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV Usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-"
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָח (ach) — brother: male-sibling. : 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
אָח (ach) — brother: male-relative. : 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
אָח (ach) — brother: compatriot. : 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · אַחֲוָה · אָחֹות · אֲחוּמַי · חִירֹום · חִירָם
Relatives
brother, half-brother = son of one's father, whether from the same mother or not
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Relatives
brother, cousin, nephew, kinsman, relative = close relative, such as one's uncle's son and one's brother's son, or someone else regarded as closely related
GEN 13:8 · GEN 14:14 · GEN 14:16 · GEN 24:27 · GEN 24:48 · GEN 27:29 · GEN 27:37 · GEN 29:12 · GEN 29:15 · GEN 31:23 · GEN 31:25 · GEN 31:32 · GEN 31:37 · GEN 31:37 · GEN 31:46 · GEN 31:54 · EXO 32:27 · LEV 10:4 · LEV 25:48 · NUM 25:6 · NUM 36:2 · DEU 2:4 · DEU 2:8 · JOS 15:17 · JOS 17:4 · JOS 17:4 · JDG 1:13 · JDG 3:9 · JDG 9:18 · RUT 4:3 · RUT 4:10 · 2SA 3:8 · 2KI 10:13 · 2KI 10:13 · 1CH 5:7 · 1CH 5:13 · 1CH 23:22 · 2CH 22:8 · EZR 8:24 · PRO 18:19 · PRO 19:7 · JER 49:10
Relatives
brother, countryman, kinsman, relative = member of same family, clan, tribe, or ethnic group
GEN 16:12 · GEN 25:18 · EXO 2:11 · EXO 2:11 · EXO 4:18 · LEV 10:6 · LEV 19:17 · LEV 21:10 · LEV 25:25 · LEV 25:25 · LEV 25:35 · LEV 25:36 · LEV 25:39 · LEV 25:46 · LEV 25:46 · LEV 25:47 · NUM 8:26 · NUM 16:10 · NUM 18:2 · NUM 18:6 · NUM 20:3 · NUM 32:6 · DEU 1:16 · DEU 1:16 · DEU 1:28 · DEU 3:18 · DEU 3:20 · DEU 15:2 · DEU 15:3 · DEU 15:7 · DEU 15:7 · DEU 15:9 · DEU 15:11 · DEU 15:12 · DEU 17:15 · DEU 17:15 · DEU 17:20 · DEU 18:2 · DEU 18:7 · DEU 18:15 · DEU 18:18 · DEU 19:18 · DEU 19:19 · DEU 20:8 · DEU 22:1 · DEU 22:1 · DEU 22:2 · DEU 22:2 · DEU 22:3 · DEU 22:4 · DEU 23:20 · DEU 23:21 · DEU 24:7 · DEU 24:14 · DEU 25:3 · JOS 1:14 · JOS 1:15 · JOS 14:8 · JOS 22:3 · JOS 22:4 · JOS 22:7 · JOS 22:8 · JDG 14:3 · JDG 18:8 · JDG 18:8 · JDG 18:14 · JDG 19:23 · JDG 20:13 · JDG 20:23 · JDG 20:28 · 2SA 2:26 · 2SA 2:27 · 2SA 15:20 · 2SA 19:13 · 2SA 19:42 · 1KI 12:24 · 2KI 23:9 · 1CH 6:24 · 1CH 6:29 · 1CH 6:33 · 1CH 7:5 · 1CH 8:32 · 1CH 8:32 · 1CH 9:6 · 1CH 9:9 · 1CH 9:13 · 1CH 9:17 · 1CH 9:19 · 1CH 9:25 · 1CH 9:32 · 1CH 9:38 · 1CH 9:38 · 1CH 12:2 · 1CH 12:30 · 1CH 12:33 · 1CH 12:40 · 1CH 13:2 · 1CH 15:5 · 1CH 15:6 · 1CH 15:7 · 1CH 15:8 · 1CH 15:9 · 1CH 15:10 · 1CH 15:12 · 1CH 15:16 · 1CH 15:17 · 1CH 15:17 · 1CH 15:18 · 1CH 16:7 · 1CH 16:37 · 1CH 16:38 · 1CH 16:39 · 1CH 23:32 · 1CH 24:31 · 1CH 24:31 · 1CH 25:7 · 1CH 26:12 · 1CH 26:30 · 1CH 26:32 · 2CH 11:4 · 2CH 19:10 · 2CH 19:10 · 2CH 28:8 · 2CH 28:11 · 2CH 28:15 · 2CH 29:15 · 2CH 29:34 · 2CH 31:15 · 2CH 35:5 · 2CH 35:6 · 2CH 35:15 · EZR 3:2 · EZR 3:2 · EZR 3:8 · EZR 3:9 · EZR 6:20 · NEH 3:1 · NEH 3:18 · NEH 4:8 · NEH 5:1 · NEH 5:5 · NEH 5:7 · NEH 5:8 · NEH 5:8 · NEH 10:11 · NEH 10:30 · NEH 11:12 · NEH 11:13 · NEH 11:14 · NEH 11:19 · NEH 12:7 · NEH 12:8 · NEH 12:24 · NEH 12:36 · NEH 13:13 · EST 10:3 · JOB 22:6 · PSA 22:23 · PSA 122:8 · PSA 133:1 · ISA 66:5 · ISA 66:20 · JER 7:15 · JER 29:16 · JER 34:9 · JER 34:14 · JER 34:17 · EZK 11:15 · EZK 11:15 · EZK 18:18 · MIC 5:2
Friends | ≈ רֵעַ
brother, friend, companion, colleague = fellow member of the same group of people, not necessarily relatives, sharing a bond of affection, employment, or a common purpose
JDG 9:26 · JDG 9:31 · JDG 9:41 · 2SA 1:26 · 2KI 9:2 · EZR 8:17 · NEH 3:34 · NEH 12:9 · JOB 6:15 · JOB 30:29 · PRO 17:17 · PRO 18:9 · JER 41:8 · AMO 1:9
Titles
brother, friend only used in vocatives: = friendly and endearing way to address a man
GEN 19:7 · GEN 29:4 · 1SA 30:23 · 2SA 20:9 · 1KI 9:13 · 1KI 13:30 · 1KI 20:32 · 1KI 20:33 · 1CH 28:2 · JER 22:18
Object Referents
Collocation: אִישׁ ... אָח
a man ... his brother > one ... each other = expression denoting a situation in which two people or objects that are regarded as masculine are involved in a reciprocal event
GEN 9:5 · GEN 13:11 · GEN 26:31 · EXO 10:23 · EXO 16:15 · EXO 25:20 · EXO 37:9 · LEV 7:10 · LEV 25:14 · LEV 26:37 · NUM 14:4 · DEU 25:11 · 2KI 7:6 · NEH 4:13 · JOB 41:9 · ISA 9:18 · ISA 19:2 · ISA 41:6 · JER 13:14 · JER 23:35 · JER 25:26 · JER 31:34 · EZK 4:17 · EZK 24:23 · EZK 33:30 · EZK 38:21 · EZK 47:14 · JOL 2:8 · MIC 7:2 · HAG 2:22 · ZEC 7:9 · ZEC 7:10 · MAL 2:10
Identifiers
any = marker identifying the activity that follows as one of a range of similar activities
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1 HOS 13:15 MT HOTTP-B NIV NJB REB CEV | RSV NJPS NRSV GNT "weeds, grass, reeds, reed, rush" = אָחוּ 2 EZK 18:10 MT HOTTP-C NIV NJPS | other translations and commentaries consider this word a scribal error and omit it. 3 PSA 49:8 NJPS REB = [1g] | RSV NRSV "truly" = אַךְ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָח 630 n.m. brother brother, born of same mother (& father)
indef. = relative
fig. of resemblance
in phr. one … another
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