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Lexicon :: Strong's H1 - 'āḇ

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אָב
Transliteration
'āḇ
Pronunciation
awb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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A root
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TWOT Reference: 4a

Strong’s Definitions

אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x

The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x
The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).
  1. father of an individual

  2. of God as father of his people

  3. head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

  4. ancestor

    1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

    2. of people

  5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

  6. of producer, generator (fig.)

  7. of benevolence and protection (fig.)

  8. term of respect and honour

  9. ruler or chief (spec.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
STRONGS H1: Abbreviations
אָב 1191 noun masculine father (Phoenician אב, Assyrian abu, Arabic أَبً, Sabean אב CISiv, 1, 37 1. 2 and others, Ethiopic አብ፡ Aramaic אַבָּא, axBAf  — absolute אָב Genesis 44:19 + 47 times; construct אַב Genesis 17:4, 5; (compare in אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposed אֲבִר see אברהם); אֲבִי (compare Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96) Genesis 4:20 +; suffix אָבִי Genesis 19:34 + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Genesis 12:1 +; אָבִיו Genesis 2:24 +; אָבִ֫יהוּ Judges 14:10 + 6 times; plural אָבוֺת Exodus 12:3 +; construct אֲבוֺת Exodus 6:25 + 7 times; suffix אֲבוֺתַי (אֲבֹתַי, אֲבוֺתָ֑י) Genesis 47:9 + 15 times; אֲבוֺתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:38 + 32 times (late); אֲבוֺתָם Exodus 4:5 + 106 times etc.;
1. father of individual Genesis 2:24 (+ אֵם) Genesis 11:28, 29 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:31, 32, 33, + often (mostly J E D); of father as commanding Genesis 50:16 (J) Jeremiah 35:6f, Proverbs 6:20 (compare Genesis 18:19; J Genesis 28:1, 6 P 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Kings 2:1); instructing מוסר Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 4:1 (compare Deuteronomy 8:5); specifically as begetter, genitor Proverbs 23:22; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse) (+ אֵם) Isaiah 45:10; compare Genesis 49:4 (J) Leviticus 18:7, 8, 11 (P); rebuking Genesis 37:10; loving Genesis 37:4; Genesis 44:20 (JE; compare Genesis 22:2; Genesis 25:28; Genesis 37:3; 2 Samuel 14:1); pitying Psalm 103:13 (in simile compare 2 Samuel 18:5); blessing Genesis 27:41 (JE compare Genesis 27:4; also Genesis 28:1 P +); as glad Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; compare Proverbs 29:3; grieving Genesis 37:35 (JE; compare 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:2f) etc. Also as object of honour, obedience, love Exodus 20:12 (E)=Deuteronomy 5:16; Exodus 21:15, 17 (E) Deuteronomy 21:18, 19; Genesis 28:7 (P) 1 Kings 19:20 (all + אֵם), Genesis 50:1; Genesis 50:5 (J) Malachi 1:6 etc. Hence metaphor of intimate connection Job 17:14 to corruption I cry, My father art thou (|| אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה).
2. of God as father of his people (see RSSem 42), who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it: Deuteronomy 32:6; Jeremiah 3:4, 19; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 64:7; Malachi 1:6; Malachi 2:10 (compare Exodus 4:22; Exodus 19:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:11; Hosea 11:1); compare Jeremiah 2:27 (of idolatrous Israel) אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני׃; especially God as father of Davidic line 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 89:27; f. of needy (late) Psalm 68:6 (compare Psalm 103:13) (in proper name, father of individual, compare below)
3. head of household, family or clan; בֵּית אָבִי as abode Genesis 38:11 (twice in verse); Leviticus 22:13 +; = family Genesis 24:40 (|| מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי) Genesis 41:51; Genesis 46:31Numbers 18:1, 2; Joshua 2:12, 18; Joshua 6:25; especially techn. of divisions of Israel לְמִשְׁפָּחוֹת אָב בֵּית Numbers 3:30, 35 = a father's house, i.e. a family or clan; more often plural (אבותם, אבותיו) בֵית אָבוֺת = father's houses = families, clans (compare Di on Exodus 6:14) Exodus 6:14; Exodus 12:3; Numbers 1:2, 18 ff (often in Numbers) Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 21:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse) (always P in Hexateuch); also 1 Chronicles 5:13, 15 + often in Chronicles; compare רָאשֵׁי אבות הלוים (= 'בית א 'ר) Exodus 6:25 compare 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 7:11 — Ezra Nehemiah.
4. ancestor
(a) of individual; grandfather (instead of precise term) Genesis 28:13; Genesis 31:10 [Genesis 32:9] (J; where used by Jacob of Abraham & then of Isaac); greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:13; great-greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:11 etc.; oft plural (= fathers, forefathers) Genesis 15:15; Genesis 46:34 (JE) 1 Kings 19:4; 1 Kings 21:3, 4; 2 Kings 19:12; 2 Kings 20:17 +; particularly שׁכב עם אבותיו 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 11:21; 1 Kings 22:40 +; joined with ויקבר עם אב׳ 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:24; 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Kings 15:38 compare 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 16:20 + (all of kings of Judah); intensive, אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֺת אֲבֹתֶיךָ Exodus 10:6 compare Daniel 11:24;
(b) of people Genesis 10:21 (J) Genesis 17:4, 5 (P) Genesis 19:37, 38 (J) Genesis 36:9, 43 (P) Deuteronomy 26:5; Isaiah 51:2; Isaiah 43:27 (where אביך הראשׁון thy first father, see Che) compare also Ezekiel 16:3, 45 + often; plural Exodus 3:13, 15, 16 (E) Deuteronomy 1:8; Joshua 1:6; Judges 2:1; 1 Samuel 12:6 +; 1 Samuel 12:15 near the end read וּבְמַלְכְּכֶם Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art Genesis 4:20, 21.
6. figurative of producer, Generator Job 38:28 הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָ֑ב (|| הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ מִי־).
7. figurative of benevolence & protection Job 29:6 אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֺנִים, compare Job 31:18; of Eliakim Isaiah 22:21; perhaps also of gracious Messianic king אֲבִי עַד Isaiah 9:5 [Isaiah 9:6] everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di) — others divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn Kue BrMP).
8. term of respect & honour (Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope); applied to master 2 Kings 5:13; priest Judges 17:10; Judges 18:19; prophet 2 Kings 2:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 6:21; 2 Kings 13:14 (twice in verse); compare 2 Kings 8:9; counsellor Genesis 45:8 (E; compare δευτέρου πατρός Greek Version of the LXX add. Esther 3:13; τῷ πατρί1Mac Esth 11:32); king 1 Samuel 24:12; artificer 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 4:16.
9. specifically, ruler, chief (late) 1 Chronicles 2:24, 42 (twice in verse); etc. (compare Ew§ 273 b) see also EwGeschichte. i. 524. H i. 365. On the force of אָב in proper names (in many probably a divine title), see CheEncy. Bib., ABI, NAMES WITHib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 2:24; 4:20; 4:20; 4:21; 10:21; 11:28; 11:29; 12:1; 15:15; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:5; 18:19; 19:31; 19:32; 19:33; 19:34; 19:37; 19:38; 22:2; 24:40; 25:28; 27:4; 27:41; 28:1; 28:1; 28:6; 28:7; 28:13; 32:9; 36:9; 36:43; 37:3; 37:4; 37:10; 37:35; 38:11; 41:51; 44:19; 44:20; 45:8; 46:31; 46:34; 47:9; 49:4; 50:1; 50:5; 50:16

Exodus

3:13; 3:15; 3:16; 4:5; 4:22; 6:14; 6:14; 6:25; 6:25; 10:6; 12:3; 12:3; 19:4; 20:12; 21:15; 21:17

Leviticus

18:7; 18:8; 18:11; 22:13

Numbers

1:2; 1:18; 3:30; 3:35; 18:1; 18:2

Deuteronomy

1:8; 5:16; 8:5; 21:18; 21:19; 26:5; 32:6; 32:11

Joshua

1:6; 2:12; 2:18; 6:25; 14:1; 19:51; 21:1; 22:14

Judges

2:1; 14:10; 17:10; 18:19

1 Samuel

12:6; 12:15; 17:20; 24:12

2 Samuel

7:14; 12:22; 14:1; 18:5; 19:1; 19:2

1 Kings

1:21; 2:1; 2:10; 8:1; 11:21; 14:31; 15:11; 15:13; 15:24; 19:4; 19:20; 21:3; 21:4; 22:40; 22:51

2 Kings

2:12; 5:13; 6:21; 8:9; 8:24; 13:14; 15:7; 15:38; 16:20; 19:12; 20:17

1 Chronicles

2:24; 2:42; 4:38; 5:13; 5:15; 6:4; 7:11

2 Chronicles

2:12; 4:16

Esther

3:13

Job

17:14; 29:6; 31:18; 38:28

Psalms

68:6; 89:27; 103:13; 103:13

Proverbs

1:8; 4:1; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 23:22; 29:3

Isaiah

9:6; 22:21; 43:27; 45:10; 51:2; 63:16; 64:7

Jeremiah

2:27; 3:4; 3:19; 31:9; 35:6

Ezekiel

16:3; 16:45

Daniel

11:24

Hosea

11:1

Zechariah

13:3

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 2:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1 matches the Hebrew אָב ('āḇ),
which occurs 106 times in 87 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ch 2:17–1Ch 12:17)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:17 - And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father H1 of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:21 - And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father H1 of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father H1 of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:24 - And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father H1 of Tekoa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:42 - Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father H1 of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father H1 of Hebron.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:44 - And Shema begat Raham, the father H1 of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:45 - And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father H1 of Bethzur.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:49 - She bare also Shaaph the father H1 of Madmannah, Sheva the father H1 of Machbenah, and the father H1 of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:50 - These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father H1 of Kirjathjearim,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:51 - Salma the father H1 of Bethlehem, Hareph the father H1 of Bethgader.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:52 - And Shobal the father H1 of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:55 - And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father H1 of the house of Rechab.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3 - And these were of the father H1 of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4 - And Penuel the father H1 of Gedor, and Ezer the father H1 of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father H1 of Bethlehem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:5 - And Ashur the father H1 of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:11 - And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father H1 of Eshton.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:12 - And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father H1 of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father H1 of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:17 - And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father H1 of Eshtemoa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:18 - And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father H1 of Gedor, and Heber the father H1 of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father H1 of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:19 - And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father H1 of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21 - The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father H1 of Lecah, and Laadah the father H1 of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:38 - These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers H1 increased greatly.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 - Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's H1 bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - And their brethren of the house of their fathers H1 were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:15 - Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:24 - And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, H1 even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:25 - And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, H1 and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19 - The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's H1 house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:4 - And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, H1 were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7 - And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, H1 mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9 - And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, H1 mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, H1 mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:14 - The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father H1 of Gilead:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - And Ephraim their father H1 mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:31 - And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father H1 of Birzavith.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's H1 house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:6 - And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers H1 of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:10 - And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13 - Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers H1 of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:28 - These were heads of the fathers, H1 by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:29 - And at Gibeon dwelt the father H1 of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 - And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers H1 in the house of their fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, H1 a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, H1 the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, H1 being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - And these are the singers, chief of the fathers H1 of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:34 - These chief fathers H1 of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:35 - And in Gibeon dwelt the father H1 of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers H1 look thereon, and rebuke it.

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