`brother`
אֲחִיStrong’s H0277achi (a-chi)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Achi is the Hebrew word usually translated “ahi”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.”
Meaning
- A head of the families of Gad
- An Asherite
- A head of the families of Gad
- An Asherite
How it's translated
- ahi 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 2
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
אֲחִי achi · Ahi
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.15; son of: Abdiel (H5661) § Ahi = "my brother" 1) a head of the families of Gad 2) an Asherite
אֲחִי achi · `brother`
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.34; son of: Shomer (H7763H); brother of: Rohgah (H7303), Jehubbah (H3160) and Aram (H0758J); also translated "brother"; § Ahi = "my brother" 1) a head of the families of Gad 2) an Asherite
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “brother” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BROTHER, noun
plural brothers or brethren. [Latin frater.]
- A human male born of the same father and mother.
- Any one closely united; an associate; as a band of brothers.
- One that resembles another in manners.“He that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster” Proverbs 18:9
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.