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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 63 times in 62 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Jer 2:5–Jer 35:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - This is what the LORD says:

“What injustice did your fathers H1 find in Me,

That they went far from Me,

And walked after emptiness and became empty?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 -

Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father H1,’

And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’

For they have turned their backs to Me,

And not their faces;

But in the time of their [fn]trouble they will say,

‘Arise and save us!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:4 -

“Have you not just now called to Me,

‘My Father H1, You are the friend of my youth?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18 - “In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers H1 as an inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 -

“Then I said,

‘How I would set you among [fn]My sons

And give you a pleasant land,

The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’

And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father H1,

And not turn away from following Me.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:24 -

“But the shame has consumed the product of our fathers’ H1 labor since our youth—their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:25 - “Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers H1, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:21 -

Therefore, this is what the LORD says:

“Behold, I am [fn]placing stumbling blocks before this people.

And they will stumble against them,

Fathers H1 and sons together;

Neighbor and [fn]friend will perish.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:7 - then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers H1 forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:14 - therefore I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers H1, just as I did to Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - “The [fn]children gather wood, the fathers H1 kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke Me to anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:22 - “For I did not speak to your fathers H1, or command them on the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:25 - “Since the day that your fathers H1 came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily, again and again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - “Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:14 - but have followed the stubbornness of their heart and the Baals, [fn]as their fathers H1 taught them,”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:16 - “I will also scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers H1 have known; and I will send the sword after them until I have put an end to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:4 - which I commanded your forefathers H1 on the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Listen to My voice, and [fn]do according to all that I command you; so you shall be My people, and I will be your God,’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - in order to confirm the oath which I swore to your forefathers H1, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I replied, “Amen, LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:7 - ‘For I solemnly warned your fathers H1 on the day I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, warning them persistently, saying, “Listen to My voice.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - “They have turned back to the wrongdoings of their [fn]ancestors who refused to hear My words, and they have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers H1.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:6 -

“For even your brothers and the household of your father H1,

Even they have dealt treacherously with you,

Even they have called aloud after you.

Do not believe them, though they say nice things to you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - “Then I will smash them against each other, both the fathers H1 and the sons together,” declares the LORD. “I will not have compassion nor be troubled nor take pity so as to keep from destroying them.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:20 -

We know our wickedness, LORD,

The wrongdoing of our fathers H1, for we have sinned against You.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:3 - For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and their fathers H1 who father them in this land:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - People will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father H1 or mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:11 - “Then you are to say to them, ‘It is because your forefathers H1 have abandoned Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘and have followed other gods, and served and worshiped them; but they have abandoned Me and have not kept My Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12 - ‘You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers H1; for behold, each one of you is following the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:13 - ‘So I will hurl you off this land to the land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers H1; and there you will serve other gods day and night, because I will show you no compassion.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:15 - but, ‘As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had banished them.’ For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 -

LORD, my strength and my stronghold,

And my refuge in the day of distress,

To You the nations will come

From the ends of the earth and say,

“Our fathers H1 have inherited nothing but falsehood,

Futility, and [fn]things of no benefit.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22 - “You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day nor do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your [fn]forefathers H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “Since they have abandoned Me and have made this place foreign, and have burned [fn]sacrifices in it to other gods that neither they nor their forefathers H1 nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and since they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 -

Cursed be the man who brought the news

To my father H1, saying,

“A [fn]boy has been born to you!”

And made him very happy.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 -

For this is what the LORD says regarding [fn]Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in the place of his father H1 Josiah, who went out from this place: “He will never return there;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 -

“Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?

Did your father H1 not eat and drink

And do justice and righteousness?

Then it was well for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:27 - who intend to make My people forget My name by their dreams which they report to one another, just as their fathers H1 forgot My name because of Baal?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:39 - “Therefore behold, I will certainly forget you and thrust you away from My presence, along with the city which I gave you and your fathers H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:10 - ‘And I will send the sword, the famine, and the plague upon them until they are eliminated from the land which I gave to them and their forefathers H1.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:5 - saying, ‘Turn now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and live on the land which the LORD has given to you and your forefathers H1 forever and ever;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:3 - ‘For behold, days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.’ The LORD says, ‘I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers H1, and they shall take possession of it.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 -

“They will come with weeping,

And by pleading I will bring them;

I will lead them by streams of waters,

On a straight path on which they will not stumble;

For I am a father H1 to Israel,

And Ephraim is My firstborn.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:29 -

“In those days they will no longer say,

‘The fathers H1 have eaten sour grapes,

[fn]But it is the children’s teeth that have become blunt.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - not like the covenant which I made with their fathers H1 on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:18 - who shows mercy to thousands, but repays the wrongdoing of fathers H1 into the laps of their children after them, great and mighty God. The LORD of armies is His name;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - and You gave them this land, which You swore to their forefathers H1 to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5 - ‘You will die in peace; and as spices were burned for your fathers H1, the former kings who were before you, so they will burn spices for you; and they will mourn for you, crying, “Oh, my lord!”’ For I have spoken the word,” declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:13 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘I made a covenant with your forefathers H1 on the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - “At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who [fn]has been sold to you and has served you for six years, and you shall send him out free from you.” But your forefathers H1 did not obey Me nor incline their ear to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:6 - But they said, “We will not drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father H1, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall not drink wine, you or your sons, forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:8 - “And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father H1, in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

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