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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Brethren
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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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80 occurrences in 74 verses.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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אָח
ʼâch · awkh
331 times translated as this KJV form629 total Strong's occurrences
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
Strong's first: Genesis 9:22Strong's last: Micah 5:3
Open full H251 profile →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
Strong's first: Matthew 1:2Strong's last: Revelation 22:9
Open full G80 profile →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
Open full G5569 profile →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
Strong's first: 1 Peter 5:9Strong's last: 1 Peter 5:9
Open full G81 profile →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.
Strong's first: Acts 20:32Strong's last: Acts 20:32
Open full G3588 profile →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
Strong's first: 1 Peter 1:22Strong's last: 1 Peter 1:22
Open full G5360 profile →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
Open full G5361 profile →אַח
ʼach · akh
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: brother.
Strong's first: Ezra 7:18Strong's last: Ezra 7:18
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G80
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
G80
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
G80
Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
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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.
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