The word in Scripture

Brother in the Bible

The word brother appears 402 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A brother shares kinship and covenant loyalty. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What brother means in the Bible

A brother shares kinship and covenant loyalty.

Where the word brother appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word brother appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.”Psalms 35:14

“None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:”Psalms 49:7

“Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”Matthew 5:24

“Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.”Matthew 22:24

“He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.”John 1:41

“(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)”John 11:2

“But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.”Romans 14:15

“Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.”Romans 16:23