DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Brethren

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

563exact KJV occurrences 332Old Testament 231New Testament 48books containing the word 8mapped Strong's IDs 562occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 9:22

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:9

Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Genesis

80 occurrences in 74 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where brethren appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 8074 verses Exodus 43 verses Leviticus 55 verses Numbers 1312 verses Deuteronomy 2020 verses Joshua 1211 verses Judges 1817 verses Ruth 11 verses 1 Samuel 87 verses 2 Samuel 55 verses 1 Kings 22 verses 2 Kings 43 verses 1 Chronicles 7774 verses 2 Chronicles 2120 verses Ezra 1210 verses Nehemiah 2524 verses Esther 11 verses Job 44 verses Psalms 44 verses Proverbs 33 verses Isaiah 22 verses Jeremiah 66 verses Ezekiel 21 verses Hosea 22 verses Micah 11 verses Matthew 1616 verses Mark 77 verses Luke 1010 verses John 66 verses Acts 5352 verses Romans 1414 verses 1 Corinthians 2828 verses 2 Corinthians 88 verses Galatians 1111 verses Ephesians 22 verses Philippians 88 verses Colossians 22 verses 1 Thessalonians 1716 verses 2 Thessalonians 77 verses 1 Timothy 33 verses 2 Timothy 11 verses Hebrews 88 verses James 1515 verses 1 Peter 33 verses 2 Peter 11 verses 1 John 44 verses 3 John 33 verses Revelation 44 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH251

אָח

ʼâch · awkh

331 times translated as this KJV form629 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1])

Strong's KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

Other KJV renderings

brother 244 brother's 25 another 24 other 1 brethren's 1 kindred 1 like 1 brotherly 1

Strong's first: Genesis 9:22Strong's last: Micah 5:3

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GreekG80

ἀδελφός

adelphós · ad-el-fos'

224 times translated as this KJV form362 total Strong's occurrences

a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like G1)

Strong's KJV usage: :--brother.

Other KJV renderings

brother 106 to 6 brother's 5 unto 5 the brother 4 Brother 3 of 2 with 1

Strong's first: Matthew 1:2Strong's last: Revelation 22:9

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GreekG5569

ψευδάδελφος

pseudádelphos · psyoo-dad'-el-fos

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

a spurious brother, i.e. pretended associate

Strong's KJV usage: :--false brethren.

Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 11:26Strong's last: Galatians 2:4

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GreekG81

ἀδελφότης

adelphótēs · ad-el-fot'-ace

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

brotherhood (properly, the feeling of brotherliness), i.e. the (Christian) fraternity

Strong's KJV usage: :--brethren, brotherhood.

Other KJV renderings

brotherhood 1

Strong's first: 1 Peter 5:9Strong's last: 1 Peter 5:9

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GreekG3588

ὁ

ho · ho

1 times translated as this KJV form1,134 total Strong's occurrences

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)

Strong's KJV usage: :--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Other KJV renderings

which 221 that 203 them 80 things 54 are 42 he 40 they 38 is 38

Strong's first: Acts 20:32Strong's last: Acts 20:32

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GreekG5360

φιλαδελφία

philadelphía · fil-ad-el-fee'-ah

1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

fraternal affection

Strong's KJV usage: :--brotherly love (kindness), love of the brethren.

Other KJV renderings

love 3 kindness 2

Strong's first: 1 Peter 1:22Strong's last: 1 Peter 1:22

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GreekG5361

φιλάδελφος

philádelphos · fil-ad'-el-fos

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

fond of brethren, i.e. fraternal

Strong's KJV usage: :--love as brethren.

Strong's first: 1 Peter 3:8Strong's last: 1 Peter 3:8

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AramaicH252

אַח

ʼach · akh

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

Strong's KJV usage: brother.

Strong's first: Ezra 7:18Strong's last: Ezra 7:18

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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8 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

1 Samuel 16:13

H251

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 17:17

H251

And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

1 Samuel 17:17

H251

And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

1 Samuel 17:18

H251

And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1 Samuel 17:22

H251

And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

1 Samuel 20:29

H251

And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

1 Samuel 22:1

H251

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

1 Samuel 30:23

H251

Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

brethren

BRETH'REN, noun plural of brother. It is used almost exclusively in solemn and scriptural language, in the place of brothers. [See Brother.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

SOURCE & METHOD

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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

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