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brother

Meaning of “brother”

Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:2

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Mark 3:17
And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 3:17 · retained source text

And Iames the sonne of Zebedee, and Iohn the brother of Iames (and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sonnes of thunder.)

Mark 3:35
For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 3:35 · retained source text

For whosoeuer shall doe the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

Mark 5:37
And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 5:37 · retained source text

And he suffered no man to follow him, saue Peter, & Iames, and Iohn the brother of Iames.

Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 6:3 · retained source text

Is not this the carpenter, the sonne of Mary, the brother of Iames and Ioses, and of Iuda, and Simon? And are not his sisters heere with vs? And they were offended at him.

Mark 6:17
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 6:17 · retained source text

For Herod himselfe had sent forth and laid hold vpon Iohn, and bound him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife, for hee had maried her.

Mark 12:19
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
3 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Mark 12:19 · retained source text

Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If a mans brother die, and leaue his wife behind him, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise vp seed vnto his brother.

Mark 13:12
Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 13:12 · retained source text

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne: and children shall rise vp against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

Luke 3:1
NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Now in the fifteenth yeere of the reigne of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being Gouernour of Iudea, & Herode being Tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip Tetrarch of Iturea, and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the Tetrarch of Abilene,

Luke 3:19
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 3:19 · retained source text

But Herode the Tetrarch being reprooued by him for Herodias his brother Philips wife, and for all the euils which Herode had done,

1611 marginal noteMat. 14.3.

Luke 6:14
Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
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1611 witness · Luke 6:14 · retained source text

Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother: Iames and Iohn, Philip and Bartholomew,

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