Bible Dictionary: Brother: Signifies: A Relative,

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Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
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Genesis 29:12
And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
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Chapter xxix
... Though "Rachel" signifies "ewe" and "Leah" "wild cow," that fact in ... 'Ach, "brother,"
here appears in ... this man was truly his kinsman, a blood relative, or, as ...
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Of Matrimony.
... For it everywhere signifies, not the sign of a ... man should go beyond or defraud his
brother in any ... betrothed husband before actual marriage, no relative by blood ...
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Chapter ix
... For such distinctions are largely relative. ... The introductory le signifies a dative
of relation. ... literally, "from the hand of a man his brother." The phrase is ...
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Chapter xlii
... literally: "the hunger of your homes," signifies: that which ... not go down with you;
for his brother is dead ... of his sons was borne with relative equanimity by ...
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The New Name.
... for then first can he understand what his name signifies. ... but a chamber into which
no brother, nay, no ... Relative worth is not only unknown"to the children of ...
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Obadiah; Or, Early Piety Eminent Piety
... father or his mother, and as it signifies "the servant ... care about religion." "Have
you any brother or sister ... No, sir." "Have you any single relative who knows ...
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Chapter xiv
... of this town, being dual, perhaps signifies "double town ... have been occasioned by
the relative importance of ... They also captured Lot, Abram's brother's son, and ...
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Chapter iv
... perhaps means "man of God," the sh being a kind of relative. ... a wife" (laqach ishshah)
is the one that signifies "to marry ... And the name of his brother was Jubal. ...
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Texts Explained; Sixthly...
... Him with whom is our account,' he signifies that He ... first-born of the new creation
or "brother" of many ... born,' like beginning of ways,' is relative to creation ...
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Tenth Proposition of Arminius.
... We have lost the relative light; but Christ restores this ... who calleth, as even yourself,
my brother, if you ... whether the image of God signifies only supernatural ...
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Subtopics

Brother

Brother Against Brother

Brother and Sister Relationships

Brother: A Fraternal Epithet, Especially Among Christians--Instituted by Christ

Brother: Brother's Widow--Law Concerning--Levirate Marriage of

Brother: Joseph's, for his Brethren

Brother: Love of

Brother: Reuben's Love for Joseph

Brother: Signifies: A Companion

Brother: Signifies: A Neighbor

Brother: Signifies: A Relative,