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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 3 / 22 (Gen 42:37–Gen 48:19)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37 - And Reuben spake unto his father, H1 saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father H1 said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father H1 yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - And Judah said unto Israel his father, H1 Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - And their father H1 Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, H1 hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:27 - And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father H1 well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:28 - And they answered, Thy servant our father H1 is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, H1 or a brother?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said unto my lord, We have a father, H1 an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father H1 loveth him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:22 - And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: H1 for if he should leave his father, H1 his father would die.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:24 - And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, H1 we told him the words of my lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25 - And our father H1 said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:27 - And thy servant my father H1 said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:30 - Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, H1 and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father H1 with sorrow to the grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:32 - For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, H1 saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father H1 for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - For how shall I go up to my father, H1 and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father H1 yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father H1 to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Haste ye, and go up to my father, H1 and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - And ye shall tell my father H1 of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father H1 hither.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - And take your father H1 and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, H1 and come.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - And to his father H1 he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father H1 by the way.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:25 - And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, H1
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:27 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father H1 revived:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 - And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father H1 Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: H1 fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, H1 and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, H1 to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's H1 house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's H1 house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: H1 that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father H1 and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father H1 and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father H1 and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:7 - And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, H1 and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers H1 in the days of their pilgrimage.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - And Joseph placed his father H1 and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - And Joseph nourished his father, H1 and his brethren, and all his father's H1 household, with bread, according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:30 - But I will lie with my fathers, H1 and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 - And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father H1 is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:9 - And Joseph said unto his father, H1 They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:15 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers H1 Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers H1 Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - And when Joseph saw that his father H1 laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's H1 hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18 - And Joseph said unto his father, H1 Not so, my father: H1 for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - And his father H1 refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

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