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brethren

Meaning of “brethren”

1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

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563 occurrences541 verses48 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 9:22

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Numbers 8:26
But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 8:26 · retained source text

But shall minister with their brethren in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, to keepe the charge, and shall doe no seruice: thus shalt thou doe vnto the Leuites, touching their charge.

Numbers 16:10
And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 16:10 · retained source text

And he hath brought thee neere to him, and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee: and seeke ye the Priesthood also?

Numbers 18:2
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:2 · retained source text

And thy brethren also of the tribe of Leui, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be ioyned vnto thee, and minister vnto thee: but thou and thy sonnes with thee shall minister before the Tabernacle of Witnesse.

Numbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 18:6 · retained source text

And I, beholde, I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from among the children of Israel: to you they are giuen as a gift for the LORD, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.45.

Numbers 20:3
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 20:3 · retained source text

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD.

1611 marginal noteChap. 11.33.

Numbers 25:6
¶ And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 25:6 · retained source text

¶ And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought vnto his brethren a Midianitish woman, in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

Numbers 27:4
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 27:4 · retained source text

Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no sonne? Giue vnto vs therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

1611 marginal noteHebr. diminished.

Numbers 27:7
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 27:7 · retained source text

The daughters of Zelophehad speake right: thou shalt surely giue them a possession of an inheritance among their fathers brethren, and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to passe vnto them.

Numbers 27:9
And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 27:9 · retained source text

And if he haue no daughter, then yee shall giue his inheritance vnto his brethren.

Numbers 27:10
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 27:10 · retained source text

And if he haue no brethren, then yee shall giue his inheritance vnto his fathers brethren.

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