awkh
a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of
literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance
(like 1)):--another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other.
Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
see Hebrew for [01]
And Judah [03063] said [0559] unto Simeon [08095] his brother [0251], Come up [05927] with me into my lot [01486], that we may fight [03898] against the Canaanites [03669]; and I likewise will go [01980] with thee into thy lot [01486]. So Simeon [08095] went [03212] with him.
And Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073], Caleb's [03612] younger [06996] brother [0251], took [03920] it: and he gave [05414] him Achsah [05915] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
And Judah [03063] went [03212] with Simeon [08095] his brother [0251], and they slew [05221] the Canaanites [03669] that inhabited [03427] Zephath [06857], and utterly destroyed [02763] it. And the name [08034] of the city [05892] was called [07121] Hormah [02767].
And when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the Lord [03068], the Lord [03068] raised up [06965] a deliverer [03467] to the children [01121] of Israel [03478], who delivered [03467] them, even Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073], Caleb's [03612] younger [06996] brother [0251].deliverer: Heb. saviour
And he said [0559], They were my brethren [0251], even the sons [01121] of my mother [0517]: as the Lord [03068] liveth [02416], if [03863] ye had saved them alive [02421], I would not slay [02026] you.
And Abimelech [040] the son [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378] went [03212] to Shechem [07927] unto his mother's [0517] brethren [0251], and communed [01696] with them, and with all the family [04940] of the house [01004] of his mother's [0517] father [01], saying [0559],
And his mother's [0517] brethren [0251] spake [01696] of him in the ears [0241] of all the men [01167] of Shechem [07927] all these words [01697]: and their hearts [03820] inclined [05186] to follow [0310] Abimelech [040]; for they said [0559], He is our brother [0251].to follow: Heb. after
And he went [0935] unto his father's [01] house [01004] at Ophrah [06084], and slew [02026] his brethren [0251] the sons [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378], being threescore and ten [07657] persons [0376], upon one [0259] stone [068]: notwithstanding yet Jotham [03147] the youngest [06996] son [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378] was left [03498]; for he hid [02244] himself.
And ye are risen up [06965] against my father's [01] house [01004] this day [03117], and have slain [02026] his sons [01121], threescore and ten [07657] persons [0376], upon one [0259] stone [068], and have made Abimelech [040], the son [01121] of his maidservant [0519], king [04427] over the men [01167] of Shechem [07927], because he is your brother [0251];)
And Jotham [03147] ran away [01272], and fled [05127], and went [03212] to Beer [0876], and dwelt [03427] there, for fear [06440] of Abimelech [040] his brother [0251].
That the cruelty [02555] done to the threescore and ten [07657] sons [01121] of Jerubbaal [03378] might come [0935], and their blood [01818] be laid [07760] upon Abimelech [040] their brother [0251], which slew [02026] them; and upon the men [01167] of Shechem [07927], which aided [03027] [02388] him in the killing [02026] of his brethren [0251].aided…: Heb. strengthened his hands to kill
And Gaal [01603] the son [01121] of Ebed [05651] came [0935] with his brethren [0251], and went over [05674] to Shechem [07927]: and the men [01167] of Shechem [07927] put their confidence [0982] in him.
And he sent [07971] messengers [04397] unto Abimelech [040] privily [08649], saying [0559], Behold, Gaal [01603] the son [01121] of Ebed [05651] and his brethren [0251] be come [0935] to Shechem [07927]; and, behold, they fortify [06696] the city [05892] against thee.privily: Heb. craftily or, to Tormah
And Abimelech [040] dwelt [03427] at Arumah [0725]: and Zebul [02083] thrust out [01644] Gaal [01603] and his brethren [0251], that they should not dwell [03427] in Shechem [07927].
Thus God [0430] rendered [07725] the wickedness [07451] of Abimelech [040], which he did [06213] unto his father [01], in slaying [02026] his seventy [07657] brethren [0251]:
Then Jephthah [03316] fled [01272] from [06440] his brethren [0251], and dwelt [03427] in the land [0776] of Tob [02897]: and there were gathered [03950] vain [07386] men [0582] to Jephthah [03316], and went out [03318] with him.from: Heb. from the face of
Then his father [01] and his mother [0517] said [0559] unto him, Is there never [0369] a woman [0802] among the daughters [01323] of thy brethren [0251], or among all my people [05971], that thou goest [01980] to take [03947] a wife [0802] of the uncircumcised [06189] Philistines [06430]? And Samson [08123] said [0559] unto his father [01], Get [03947] her for me; for she pleaseth me well [05869] [03474].pleaseth…: Heb. is right in mine eyes
Then his brethren [0251] and all the house [01004] of his father [01] came down [03381], and took [05375] him, and brought him up [05927], and buried [06912] him between Zorah [06881] and Eshtaol [0847] in the buryingplace [06913] of Manoah [04495] his father [01]. And he judged [08199] Israel [03478] twenty [06242] years [08141].
And they came [0935] unto their brethren [0251] to Zorah [06881] and Eshtaol [0847]: and their brethren [0251] said [0559] unto them, What say ye?
Then answered [06030] the five [02568] men [0582] that went [01980] to spy out [07270] the country [0776] of Laish [03919], and said [0559] unto their brethren [0251], Do ye know [03045] that there is [03426] in these houses [01004] an ephod [0646], and teraphim [08655], and a graven image [06459], and a molten image [04541]? now therefore consider [03045] what ye have to do [06213].
And the man [0376], the master [01167] of the house [01004], went out [03318] unto them, and said [0559] unto them, Nay [0408], my brethren [0251], nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly [07489]; seeing [0310] that this man [0376] is come [0935] into mine house [01004], do [06213] not this folly [05039].
Now therefore deliver [05414] us the men [0582], the children [01121] of Belial [01100], which are in Gibeah [01390], that we may put them to death [04191], and put away [01197] evil [07451] from Israel [03478]. But the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] would [014] not hearken [08085] to the voice [06963] of their brethren [0251] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]:
(And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] and wept [01058] before [06440] the Lord [03068] until even [06153], and asked [07592] counsel of the Lord [03068], saying [0559], Shall I go up [05066] again [03254] to battle [04421] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] my brother [0251]? And the Lord [03068] said [0559], Go up [05927] against him.)
And Phinehas [06372], the son [01121] of Eleazar [0499], the son [01121] of Aaron [0175], stood [05975] before [06440] it in those days [03117],) saying [0559], Shall I yet again [03254] go out [03318] to battle [04421] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] my brother [0251], or shall I cease [02308]? And the Lord [03068] said [0559], Go up [05927]; for to morrow [04279] I will deliver [05414] them into thine hand [03027].
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] repented [05162] them for Benjamin [01144] their brother [0251], and said [0559], There is one [0259] tribe [07626] cut off [01438] from Israel [03478] this day [03117].
And it shall be, when their fathers [01] or their brethren [0251] come [0935] unto us to complain [07378], that we will say [0559] unto them, Be favourable [02603] unto them for our sakes: because we reserved [03947] not to each man [0376] his wife [0802] in the war [04421]: for ye did not give [05414] unto them at this time [06256], that ye should be guilty [0816].Be favourable…: or, Gratify us in them