Brother Kinsman

I. אָח630 n.m. brother (Ph. אח, Arabic أَخٌ (cstr. أَخُو etc.), Sab. אחֿ (sf. אחֿיהו) CISiv, 1, 17 and 24 al., Ethiopic እኅው Assyrian aḫu cf. DlW, Aramaic אַח, ܐܰܚܳܐ; Palm., Nab. sf. אחוהי, אחיה);—abs. אָח Gn 24:29 + (Ez 18:10 del. Co cf. 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙; Ew Sm אַךְ; Dl Ba Ez x defends as = one cf. Assyrian aḫu) never c. art.; cstr. אֲחִי Gn 10:21 +; sf. אָחִי Gn 4:9 +; אָחִיךָ Gn 4:9 +; אָחִיו Gn 4:2 +; אָחִיהוּ Je 34:9 + 3 times etc.; pl. אַחִים Gn 13:8 +; so read Ho 13:15 v. DeCompl. Var. 23 cf. sub אָ֫חוּ" dir="rtl" >אָחוּ; cstr. אֲחֵי Nu 27:10 +; sf. אַחַי Gn 19:7 +; אֶחָ֑י 1 S 20:29 + (but 1 S 30:23 𝔊 We אַחֲרֵי for אֶחָ֑י את); אַחֶיךָ Gn 37:13 +; אֶחָיו Gn 44:14 + etc. 1. brother, born of same mother (& father) Gn 4:2, 8, 9, 10, 11; 27:6, 11; 44:20; 49:5; cf. 28:2; 29:10(×2) + Ex 4:14 + often; also of half-brother Gn 20:5, 13, 16 (on parentage cf. v 12) 37:2, 4, 5 +, 2 S 13:4, 7, 8 +. 2. indef. = relative; Lot, of Abr. Gn 13:8; 14:14, 16; Jacob, of Laban 29:12, 15 (nephew); hence of kinship in wider sense; member of same tribe Nu 16:10; 18:2, 6 2 S 19:13; of same people Ex 2:11(×2); 4:18 Dt 15:12 Ju 14:3 Is 66:20 Ne 5:1, 5, 8 vid. especially Lv 19:17 cf. v 18 (extended to incl. sojourner גֵּר v 34); of Israel & Judah 2 S 19:42; Isr. & Edom Nu 20:14; cf. of Ishmael Gn 16:12; 25:18; of friend 2 S 1:26 1 K 9:13; 20:32, 33; of allies בְּרִית א׳ Am 1:9. 3. fig. of resemblance Jb 30:29 אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים (‖ רֵעַ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָה) i.e. by reason of his crying, cf. Di; Pr 18:9 מִתְרַפֶּה בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ אָח הוּא לְבַעַל מַשְׁחִית. 4. in phr. one … another אִישׁ אָחִיו Gn 9:5 Jo 2:8 Zc 7:10; אָחִיו … אִישׁ Gn 13:11 + 25 times + Ex 32:27 (where also same phr. c. רֵעֵהוּ & קְרֹבוֹ—v. these words—& also אִישׁ, אֶחָד); for development of idiom cf. Dt 15:2 Is 19:2 Je 34:14 (cf. 15) 17 Ez 38:21 Hg 2:22; usually of men; of faces of golden cherubim Ex 25:20; 37:9; of scales of crocodile Jb 41:9. (אָח fire-pot v. sub ii. אחח.) On pr. names compounded with אָח, v. reff. given under אָב supr.

ἀδελφός [ᾰ], (ἀ- copulative, δελφύς, Refs 4th c.BC+; compare ἀγάστωρ) properly, son of the same mother: __I as substantive, ἀδελφός, ὁ, vocative ἄδελφ; Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and Lyric poetry ἀδελφεός (genitive -ειοῦ in Refs 8th c.BC+:—brother, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀδελφοί brother and sister, Refs 5th c.BC+; so of the Ptolemies, θεοὶ ἀδελφοίRefs 3rd c.BC+; ἀπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων ἀδελφεόςLXX+5th c.BC+ __I.2 kinsman,LXX; tribesman, Ex.Refs __I.3 colleague, associate, Refs; member of a college, Refs __I.4 term of address, used by kings, LXX+2nd c.BC+, etc.:—as a term of affection, applicable by wife to husband, LXX+2nd c.BC+ __I.5 brother (as a fellow Christian), NT; of other religious communities, e.g. Serapeum, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __I.6 metaphorically, of things, fellow, ἀνὴρ τῷ ἀ. προσκολληθήσεται, of Leviathan's scales, LXX __II adjective, ἀδελφός, ή, όν, brotherly or sisterly, Refs 4th c.BC+; φύσιν ἀ. ἔχοντες, of Hephaistos and Athena, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 generally, of anything double, twin, in pairs, Refs 5th c.BC+:—also, akin, cognate, μαθήματαRefs 5th c.BC+

συγγεν-ής, ές, congenital, inborn, ἦθος Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. εἶδος,= φύσις, character, Refs 5th c.BC+; παύροις.. ἐστι συγγενὲς τόδε natural to them, Refs 4th c.BC+; πότμος σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; προϊδεῖν σ. οἷς ἕπεται who have the natural gift to foresee, Refs; συγγενεῖς μῆνες my connate months, the months of my natural life, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τρίχες the hair born with one, i.e. the hair of the head as opposed to to the beard, Refs 4th c.BC+; σημεῖα σ. birth-marks, Refs; δυνάμεις αἱ σ., opposed to αἱ ἔθει and αἱ μαθήσει, Refs; αὔξει τὸ σ. increases its natural force, Refs adverb, -νῶς δύστηνος miserable from his birth, Refs 5th c.BC+; see at {σύμφυτος}. __II of the same kin, descent, or family, akin to, τινι Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, akin, cognate, θεός Refs 5th c.BC+; συγγενέστατον φύσει πάντων most nearly akin, Refs 4th c.BC+; of animals, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.b substantive, kinsman, relative, οὖσα σ. ἐκείνου Refs 5th c.BC+; τῆς ἐμῆς γυναικὸς ξυγγενεῖ (dual) Refs 5th c.BC+. kinsfolk, kinsmen, Refs 5th c.BC+; not properly applied to children (ἔκγονοι) in relation to their parents, and so opposed to ἔκγονοι in Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.c τὸ σ.,= συγγένεια, kindred, relationship, Refs 5th c.BC+; also, the spirit of one's race, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰ τούτῳ προσήκει Λαΐῳ τι σ. if he had any connexion with him, Refs 5th c.BC+; of tribes, κατὰ τὸ ξ. Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 metaphorically, akin, cognate, of like kind, τοὺς τρόπους οὐ συγγενής Refs 5th c.BC+; ξυγγενὴς ὁ κύσθος αὐτῆς θητέρᾳ (for τῷ τῆς ἑτέρας) Refs 5th c.BC+ fitting, proper punishments, Refs 4th c.BC+; συγγενῆ things of the same kind, homogeneous, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐν γαίῃ μὲν σῶμα τὸ σ. its congener, Refs (Corcyra). adverb, συγγενῶς ἔρχεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ σ. εἰρημένα to similar effect, Refs 1st c.BC+ __III συγγενής represented a title bestowed at the Persian court by the king as a mark of honour, 'cousin', Refs 5th c.BC+; also at the Ptolemaic and Seleucid courts, LXX+2nd c.BC+; οἱ σ. τῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων probably a category of nobles among the κάτοικοι, Refs 2nd c.BC+; συγγενεῖς κάτοικοι Refs 2nd c.BC+ συγγεν-εύς, έως, ὁ, = συγγενής, only in dative plural, LXX+NT.

συγγέν-εια, ἡ, kinship, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ πρώτη σ. primary kinship, Refs 4th c.BC+: with genitive, kin, relationship, with or to another, ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; διὰ τὴν τοῦ Ἡρακλέους σ. Refs. with either of them, Refs; ἡ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους σ. Refs: not properly applied to the relation of parents and children (see. συγγενής Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 ties of kindred, family connexion, family influence, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the relation between Athens and Thebes, Decrees cited in Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 metaphorically, κατὰ σ. τῆς μορφῆς Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ πρὸς τὸ.. ἱερὸν πῦρ σ. [παντὸς πυρός] Refs 1st c.AD+; of metals, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __4 congenital character of disease, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II kinsfolk, family, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a single kinsman, Refs 5th c.BC+: collectively, kinsfolk, kinsmen, Refs; ἡ Περικλέους ὅλη οἰκία ἢ ἄλλη σ. NT+5th c.BC+: plural, families, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ σ. ἡ Ἀγανιτέων clan, Refs __II.2 of animals, kind, species, παρὰ τὰς σ. συνδυάζεσθαι Refs 4th c.BC+: generally, kind, class, Refs 3rd c.BC+

ἀδελφότης, ητος, ἡ, brotherhood, LXX+1st c.AD+: metaphorically, of men and animals, Refs 4th c.AD+ __II the brotherhood, NT __III as form of address, ἡ σὴ ἀ.Refs

ψευδ-άδελφος [ᾰ], ὁ, false brother, pretended Christian, NT

ἀνεψι-ός, ὁ, first cousin, or generally, cousin, Refs 8th c.BC+.] (Cf. Sanskrit ναπᾱτ 'grandson', Latin nepos, etc.)

συμφῡλ-έτης, ου, ὁ, of the same φυλή, Refs: generally, fellow-countryman, NT

† אַחֲוָה n.f. brotherhood הָא׳ Zc 11:14 (between Judah & Israel).