Thematic Bible: Signifies
Thematic Bible
Brother » Signifies » A companion
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been to me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
Now the men diligently observed whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
Brother » Signifies » Mankind
And surely your blood of your lives will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Whoever hateth his brother, is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Brother » Signifies » A neighbor
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
And the children of Israel repented for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact interest, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
Brother » Signifies » Any israelite
That every man should liberate his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess; that none should retain them in service, to wit, a Jew his brother.
For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Brother » Signifies » A relative,
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
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.