Thematic Bible: Signifies
Thematic Bible
Brother » Signifies » A companion
“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
You have been a good friend to me.
Your
Than the love of women.
And he laid the body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”
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Now the men took it as a good omen, and quickly understanding his meaning said, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad lives.” Then the king said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him come up into the chariot.
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Brother » Signifies » Mankind
For your lifeblood I will most certainly require an accounting; from every animal [that kills a person] I will require it. And from man, from every man’s brother [that is, anyone who murders] I will require the life of man.
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Everyone who hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is [at heart] a murderer [by God’s standards]; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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Brother » Signifies » A neighbor
“You shall not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother [Esau’s descendant]. You shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were a stranger (resident alien, foreigner) in his land.
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And the sons of Israel felt sorry [and had compassion] for their brother Benjamin and said, “One tribe has been cut off from Israel today.
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I thought it over and then challenged the nobles and the rulers. I said to them, “You are exacting usury (excessive interest) from your own brother (relative).” So I held a great assembly to confront them.
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Brother » Signifies » Any israelite
that every man should let his Hebrew slaves, male and female, go free, so that no one should make a slave of a Jew, his brother.
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“Because of the violence you did against your brother Jacob,
Shame shall cover you [completely],
And you shall be cut off forever.
Brother » Signifies » A relative,
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, and also the women, and the people.
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Jacob told Rachel he was her father’s relative, Rebekah’s son; and she ran and told her father.
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