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Brother names 4 things on this site
- Brother, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Brother Lawrence in the Kitchen, a featured study.A featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- Brother Lawrence, a voice this site quotes.He was born Nicolas Herman in Lorraine, served as a soldier in the Thirty Years' War, and came out of it with a wound that left him limping for life. After a spell as a footman…
- Brother Andrew (Anne van der Bijl), a voice this site quotes.Anne ("Andrew") van der Bijl (May 11, 1928 – September 27, 2022) — known globally as "Brother Andrew" — was a Dutch missionary and the founder of Open Doors, the world's…
Featured studies
5 results- StudyJames the Brother of the LordA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyJudah, the Brother Who Stood SuretyA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyBrother Lawrence in the KitchenA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyPhilemon: the Study GuideThe gospel's most private, costly work in one household: Paul appeals rather than commands for a runaway slave, offering to personally absorb his debt: 'put that on mine account.'
- StudyThe Apostolic Age (to AD 100): church historyThis is the church's first breath. The men and women who had walked with Jesus took His message out of Jerusalem, and within one lifetime it reached the capital of the world.
Verses
793 results- VerseJohn 11:23“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
- VerseGenesis 22:21Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
- VerseGenesis 27:35But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
- VerseJob 30:29I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
- Verse2 Samuel 3:30(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
People
12 results- PersonJames, the Lord's BrotherNot a follower during Jesus' ministry, and the leader of the Jerusalem church afterwards; the most rigorously observant figure in the leadership, and the one who pronounced…
- PersonAndrewSimon Peter's brother, first a disciple of the Baptist; he brought Peter to Jesus and found the boy with the loaves (John 1:40; 6:8).
- PersonCainAdam's firstborn; the first murderer, who killed his brother Abel out of jealousy and became the archetype of the way of self-will (Jude 11).
- PersonAaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line carried the priesthood until the greater Priest after…
- PersonGallioProconsul of Achaia and brother of the philosopher Seneca; he threw Paul's accusers out of his court at Corinth as a matter for their own law. The Delphi inscription dates his…
Places
1 resultWords (Strong's)
16 results- WordG80 ἀδελφός · adelphós (Greek)a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like ). The Greek word stands 343 times in the original text.
- WordH251 אָח · ʼâch (Hebrew)a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)). The Hebrew word stands 630 times in the original text.
- WordH252 אַח · ʼach (Hebrew){a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance)}. The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordH7453 רֵעַ · rêaʻ (Hebrew)an associate (more or less close). The Hebrew word stands 188 times in the original text.
- WordH2992 יָבַם · yâbam (Hebrew)to marry a (deceased) brother's widow. The Hebrew word stands 3 times in the original text.
Topics
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1 resultVoices
14 results- VoiceBrother LawrenceHe was born Nicolas Herman in Lorraine, served as a soldier in the Thirty Years' War, and came out of it with a wound that left him limping for life. After a spell as a footman…
- VoiceBrother Andrew (Anne van der Bijl)Anne ("Andrew") van der Bijl (May 11, 1928 – September 27, 2022) — known globally as "Brother Andrew" — was a Dutch missionary and the founder of Open Doors, the world's…
- VoiceJohn Wesley# John Wesley (1703–1791) Anglican priest; founder of Methodism; field preacher; hymn-writer (with brother Charles); theologian of Christian perfection. His **Explanatory Notes…
- VoiceBlasio KigoziNsibambi's younger brother and head teacher at Gahini, who led revival teams and died of fever in January 1936, before the Synod to which his three points were read.
- VoiceOral RobertsOral Roberts grew up poor in Oklahoma, stuttered badly, and collapsed with tuberculosis at seventeen; he said he was healed at a tent meeting his brother drove him to, and that…
Apocrypha (study resources)
75 results- Study resource1 Maccabees 10:18King Alexander to his brother Jonathan sendeth greeting:
- Study resourceTobit 11:18And Achiacharus, and Nasbas his brother’s son, came:
- Study resourceAdditions to Esther 15:9Esther, what is the matter? I am thy brother, be of good cheer:
- Study resource2 Esdras 1:38And now, brother, behold what glory; and see the people that come from the east:
- Study resourceSirach 7:12Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend.
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G80ἀδελφός adelphós — a brother
(literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like )H251אָח ʼâch — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))H252אַח ʼach — {a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance)}H7453רֵעַ rêaʻ — an associate (more or less close)H2992יָבַם yâbam — to marry a (deceased) brother's widowH2993יָבָם yâbâm — a brotherin-law