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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 46:31 — Numbers 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 WITH Nöib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H1

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Strong's Number H1 matches the Hebrew אָב ('āḇ),
which occurs 35 times in 29 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:6 - Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers H1 to give them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:12 - Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's H1 house, and give me a true token:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - And that ye will save alive my father, H1 and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, H1 and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's H1 household, home unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:21 - And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers H1 in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers H1 that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, H1 and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's H1 household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 - And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers H1 of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father H1 of Anak, which city is Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father H1 a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 - There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father H1 of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4 - And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:3 - And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers H1 hath given you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers H1 of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Then came near the heads of the fathers H1 of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers H1 of the tribes of the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 - And they gave them the city of Arba the father H1 of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:43 - And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; H1 and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:44 - And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: H1 and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14 - And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince H1 throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers H1 among the thousands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 - Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers H1 made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers H1 dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father H1 of Abraham, and the father H1 of Nachor: and they served other gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - And I took your father H1 Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:6 - And I brought your fathers H1 out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers H1 with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14 - Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers H1 served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers H1 served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:17 - For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers H1 out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father H1 of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
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