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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
• Brother
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• James the Brother of Jesus
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Brother
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Lay-Brothers
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Brothers, Jesus
• Brothers
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Twin Brothers
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Twin Brothers
• Jude, the Lord's Brother
• James, the Lord's Brother
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• James, the Lord's Brother
• Brother
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Sing, O Ye Faithful, Sing Two Athlete Brothers
• Seven Holy Brothers
• Saint Joseph, Brothers of
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
• Twin Brothers
• Judas The Lord's Brother
• Brother
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Foster-Brother
• Brother, Brethren, Brotherhood, Brotherly
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Whyte's Bible Characters
• James the Lord's Brother
Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
• Half-Brother
• Brothers-in-Law
• Brothers
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Arval Brothers
• Brother Leo
• Brothers of Common Life
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Brother
• Brother's Wife
• Brother-in-Law
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Angelic Brothers
• Apostolici, or Apostolic Brothers
• Brother
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Bril Brothers, Matthew and Paul
• Brothers, Richard
• Jonathan, Brother
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Brother Azarias
• Brother Leo
• Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Brother
• Brother-in-Law
• Brothers, Richard
Lexicons
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• ἀδελφός
• Διόσκουροι
• Ἰάκωβος
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• אָח
• אַח
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(1):

(n.) One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; - used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc.

(2):

(n.) A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood.

(3):

(n.) One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.

(4):

(v. t.) To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.