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Lexicon :: Strong's H256 - 'aḥ'āḇ

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אַחְאָב
Transliteration
'aḥ'āḇ
Pronunciation
akh-awb'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אַחְאָב ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'; once (by contraction) אֶחָב ʼEchâb (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 and H1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon:—Ahab.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 93x

The KJV translates Strong's H256 in the following manner: Ahab (93x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 93x
The KJV translates Strong's H256 in the following manner: Ahab (93x).

  1. Ahab = "father's brother"

    1. king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel

    2. false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַחְאָב ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'; once (by contraction) אֶחָב ʼEchâb (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 and H1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon:—Ahab.
STRONGS H256: Abbreviations
אַחְאָב 91 proper name, masculine Ahab (father's brother;＝אחיאב NöZMG 1886, 172, Ἀχίαβος was a nephew of Herod; compare like name in Syriac, given ob maximum cum parte suo similitudinem, Bar Hebræus in EusebiusChronicles ii. 23 compare LCB1879, 1339. In many cases, however, the meaning of proper names compared with H251 אח is dubious, & perfect consistency, especially in comparison with compounds of אָב, seems impossible; compare remark below H22 אביאל and further WeSkizzen, iii. 1 f, DlPr. cap. vi) — אַחְאָב 1 Kings 16:28 +; וּכְאֶחָב Jeremiah 29:22 —
1. son of Omri, king of Israel. 1 Kings 16:28, 29; 1 Kings 18:1, 2, 3; 1 Kings 20:2, 13, 14 + 41 times 1 Kings, + 27 times 2 Kings, + 14 times 2 Chronicles; Micah 6:16.
2. false prophet, time of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 29:21, 22.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

16:28; 16:28; 16:29; 18:1; 18:2; 18:3; 20:2; 20:13; 20:14

Jeremiah

29:21; 29:22; 29:22

Micah

6:16

H256

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Strong's Number H256 matches the Hebrew אַחְאָב ('aḥ'āḇ),
which occurs 93 times in 81 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Ki 8:27–Mic 6:16)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:27 - And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, H256 and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: H256 for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab. H256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:28 - And he went with Joram the son of Ahab H256 to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab H256 in Jezreel, because he was sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab H256 thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:8 - For the whole house of Ahab H256 shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab H256 him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:9 - And I will make the house of Ahab H256 like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:

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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 H256 his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:29 - And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab H256 began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 - And Ahab H256 had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's H256 children, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:10 - Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: H256 for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:11 - So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab H256 in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab H256 in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab H256 served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab H256 according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab H256 king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: H256 and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:1 - Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. H256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - And after certain years he went down to Ahab H256 to Samaria. And Ahab H256 killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:3 - And Ahab H256 king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:19 - And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab H256 king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:6 - And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: H256 for he had the daughter of Ahab H256 to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, H256 and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3 - He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: H256 for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:4 - Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: H256 for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab H256 king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab H256 at Jezreel, because he was sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:7 - And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. H256

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, H256 and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab H256 the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:22 - And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, H256 whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:16 - For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, H256 and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

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