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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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 1,213 times in 1,060 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 12 / 22 (1Ki 12:6–2Ki 13:13)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father H1 while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father H1 did put upon us lighter?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father H1 made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's H1 loins.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:11 - And now whereas my father H1 did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father H1 hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father H1 made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father H1 also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 - Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - And their father H1 said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22 - But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, H1 and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20 - And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, H1 and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:22 - And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers H1 had done.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:31 - And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, H1 and was buried with his fathers H1 in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:3 - And he walked in all the sins of his father, H1 which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:8 - And Abijam slept with his fathers; H1 and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:11 - And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:12 - And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers H1 had made.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:15 - And he brought in the things which his father H1 had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:19 - There is a league between me and thee, and between my father H1 and thy father: H1 behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:24 - And Asa slept with his fathers, H1 and was buried with his fathers H1 in the city of David his father: H1 and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:26 - And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, H1 and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - So Baasha slept with his fathers, H1 and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - So Omri slept with his fathers, H1 and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's H1 house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:4 - But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:20 - And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father H1 and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34 - And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father H1 took from thy father, H1 I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father H1 made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 - And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers H1 unto thee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. H1 And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:40 - So Ahab slept with his fathers; H1 and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; H1 he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46 - And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father H1 Asa, he took out of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:50 - And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, H1 and was buried with his fathers H1 in the city of David his father: H1 and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:52 - And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, H1 and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father H1 had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12 - And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, H1 my father, H1 the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, H1 and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father H1 had made.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, H1 and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:18 - And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father H1 to the reapers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - And he said unto his father, H1 My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, H1 if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:21 - And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, H1 shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24 - And Joram slept with his fathers, H1 and was buried with his fathers H1 in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, H1 the LORD laid this burden upon him;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:28 - And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers H1 in the city of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's H1 throne, and fight for your master's house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35 - And Jehu slept with his fathers: H1 and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:18 - And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, H1 kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:21 - For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers H1 in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9 - And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; H1 and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - And Joash slept with his fathers; H1 and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

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