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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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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Ezra 3:2
H251

Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

Ezra 3:2
H251

Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

Ezra 3:8
H251

Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

Ezra 3:9
H251

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

Ezra 3:9
H251

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

Ezra 6:20
H251

For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

Ezra 7:18
H252

And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

Ezra 8:17
H251

And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

Ezra 8:18
H251

And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

Ezra 8:19
H251

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

Ezra 8:24
H251

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

Ezra 10:18
H251

And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

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.

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