'Brothers' in the Bible

And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him in pain."

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children. But all their families did not multiply like the men of Judah.

though Judah became strong among his brothers and a chief [came] from him, but the birthright belonged to Joseph).

On the left [were] their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

and Mikloth (he fathered Shimeah). Now these also lived nearby their brothers in Jerusalem with their kinsmen.

And Mikloth fathered Shimeam. And they also lived nearby their brothers in Jerusalem with their brothers.

And David said to all the assembly of Israel, "{If it seems good to you} and before Yahweh our God, {let us send word abroad} to our brothers who remain in all the land of Israel and [to] the priests and Levites with them in the cities with their pasturelands that they might be gathered to us.

Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief and one hundred and twenty of his brothers.

Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief and two hundred and twenty of his brothers.

Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief and one hundred and thirty of his brothers.

Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and two hundred of his brothers.

Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief and eighty of his brothers.

Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief and one hundred and twelve of his brothers.

And he said to them, "You [are] the heads of the {families} for the Levites. Sanctify yourselves and your brothers and bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to [the place] I have established for it.

Then David ordered the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers [as] singers with instruments of song, musical instruments, stringed instruments, and cymbals, {raising their voices for joy}.

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel, and from his brothers, Asaph the son of Berekiah, and from the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

and with them their brothers [of] the second [rank], Zechariah the son, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-Edom and Jeiel.

Then on that day David first appointed to give thanks to Yahweh by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.

So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to minister before the ark regularly {as each day required},

and [he left] Obed-Edom with his sixty-eight brothers. And Obed-Edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah [were] gatekeepers.

And [he left] Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of Yahweh at the high place which [was] at Gibeon

And they shall keep the responsibility of the tent of assembly, the responsibility of the sanctified objects, and the responsibility of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, to serve the house of Yahweh.

And lots were also cast [for] these, just as their brothers, the sons of Aaron, before David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the {families} for the priests and for the Levites the fathers, {on the principle of the chief and younger brother alike}.

And their number, along with their brothers, trained singers, all the skilled people for Yahweh, were two hundred and eighty-eight.

And the first lot for Asaph went out to Joseph; the second to Gedaliahu; he and his brothers and his twelve sons.

The third, Zakkur, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the fifth, Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the sixth, Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the seventh, Jesarelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the eighth, Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the ninth, Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the tenth, Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

eleventh, Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] fifteenth, to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] sixteenth, to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] seventeenth, to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] eighteenth, to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] nineteenth, to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] twentieth, to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] twenty-second, to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] twenty-third, to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] twenty-fourth, to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers [were] sons of ability, Elihu and Semakiah.

All these from the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons, and their brothers [were] men of ability with strength for service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom.

And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, sons of ability, eighteen.

Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah [were] thirteen.

These working groups of gatekeepers, corresponding to the chief men, had responsibilities like their brothers to serve in the house of Yahweh.

And his brothers: from Eliezer [were] Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zikri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

That Shelomoth and his brothers [were] over all the treasuries of the sanctified objects that King David and the heads of the {families} to the commanders of thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated.

And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated--all the dedicated gifts [were] under the hand of Shelomith and his brothers.

For the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his brothers, one thousand seven hundred men of ability, [were] over the administration of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the work of Yahweh and for the service of the king.

And his brothers, sons of ability, [were] two thousand seven hundred heads of the {families}, and King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for every matter of God and matter of the king.

For Judah: Elihu, from the brothers of David. For Issachar: Omri the son of Michael.

And King David rose to his feet and said, "Listen to me, my brothers and my people. {I myself wanted} to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the footstool of our God, and I prepared to build.