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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 14 times in 12 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab H256.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - And some years later he went down to Ahab H256 at Samaria. And Ahab H256 sacrificed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people who were with him, and incited him to go up against Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:3 - And Ahab H256 king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And he said to him, “I am as you are, and my people as your people, and we will be with you in the battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:19 - “And Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab H256 king of Israel so that he will go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this while another said that.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:6 - And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab H256 had done, for Ahab’s H256 daughter was his wife; and he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot as the house of Ahab H256 played the harlot, and you have also killed your brothers, [fn]your own family, who were better than you,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:4 - And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh like the house of Ahab H256, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - He also walked according to their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab H256 king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the [fn]Arameans struck [fn]Joram.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they caused by striking him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And [fn]Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab H256 in Jezreel, because he was sick.

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Now the downfall of Ahaziah was from God, in that [fn]he went to Joram. And when he came, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab H256.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - Now it happened when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab H256, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers attending to Ahaziah, and killed them.
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