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 -Signifies
   .a relative,
      GE 14:16; 29:12 
   .a neighbor
      De  7 23:7; JUD 21:6; Neh 7 5:7
   .any Israelite
      JER 34:9; OB 1:10 
   .mankind
      GE 9:5; MT 18:35; 1JO 3:15 
   .a companion
      2SA 1:26; 1KI 13:30; 20:33 

 -Love of
    PR 17:17; 18:24; SO 8:1 

 -Unfaithful
    PR 27:10 

 -Reuben's love for Joseph
    GE 37:21,22 

 -Joseph's, for his brethren
    GE 43:30-34; 45:1-5; 50:19-25 

 -A fraternal epithet, especially among Christians.
  .Instituted by Christ
     MT 12:50; 25:40; HEB 2:11,12 
  .Used by disciples
     AC 9:17; 21:20; RO 16:23; 1CO 7:12; 2CO 2:13 
  .by Peter
     1PE 1:22 
  .Used among the Israelites
     LE 19:17; DE 22:1-4 

 -Brother's widow.
  .Law concerning Levirate marriage of
     DE 25:5-10; MT 22:24; MR 12:19; LU 20:28