אָח
ah (ʾāḥ)
/awkh/
“brother, kinsman, fellow countryman”
Brother by blood or covenant kinship; duty of brotherly love, mutual aid, and protection of inheritance in Israel.
Lexical & Etymological Analysis
Root & Derivation
Primitive word.
Traditional English Renderings (KJV/AV)
brotherbrethren
Septuagint (LXX) & New Testament Conceptual Bridges
Cross-Testament BridgeHow this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.
LXX conceptual translation: אָח (brother, kinsman, fellow countryman) -> ἀδελφός (a brother)
Key Biblical Occurrences (6)
Foundational passages where אָח (ah) carries significant theological or narrative weight.