Definition

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

Etymology

a primitive word;

Where the KJV renders it

• another
• brother(-ly); kindred
• like
• other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.