H0264 H0264
The brotherhood, fraternal bond (referring to covenant relationship between Judah and Israel)
This noun appears in Zechariah's symbolic action of breaking staffs in Zechariah 11:14. The prophet breaks his second staff named "Brotherhood" (Aḥawah) to symbolize the rupture of fraternal bonds between Judah and Israel. The term emphasizes the covenant relationship and kinship that should unite the two kingdoms but was instead broken through division and strife. The definite article marks this as a specific, known relationship—the brotherhood that once bound the northern and southern kingdoms together.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The covenant bond of brotherhood between the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, personified as a staff in Zechariah's prophetic sign-act. When Zechariah breaks this staff in Zechariah 11:14, he dramatizes the historical and continuing division between north and south. The term carries both familial connotations (they were brother tribes descended from Jacob) and political implications (their failed unity as one covenantal nation under God). 1×
AR["الْأُخُوَّةَ"]·ben["ভ্রাতৃত্ব"]·DE["[האחוה]"]·EN["the-brotherhood"]·FR["fraternité"]·heb["ה-אחווה"]·HI["भाईचारा"]·ID["persaudaraan"]·IT["[האחוה]"]·jav["pasadhèrèkan"]·KO["그-형제관계를"]·PT["a-fraternidade"]·RU["-братство"]·ES["la-hermandad"]·SW["udugu"]·TR["kardeşliği"]·urd["بھائی-چارہ"]
Related Senses
H0376 1. man, person, human male (2130×)H0251 1. brother (blood sibling) (573×)H0120 1. man, human being (individual/generic) (527×)H0802 1. woman, female person (519×)H0802 2. wife, spouse (255×)H0517 1. mother, female parent (217×)G0435 1. man, male person (202×)G1135 1. woman, adult female (190×)H2233 1. offspring, descendants (172×)H0001 2. ancestor, forefather (146×)H5288 1. Youth, young man (122×)H0269 1. sister (female sibling) (113×)H1755 1. generation, contemporaries (96×)G5043 1. child, offspring (89×)G0444 2. people, humankind (86×)H3206 1. child, boy, youth (86×)H2145 1. male (human being) (79×)G3384 1. mother (77×)H6485a 1. Qal passive participle: numbered ones, enrollment (76×)H1397 1. man (strong/mighty) (65×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַחֲוָה n.f. brotherhood הָא׳ Zc 11:14 (between Judah & Israel).