Category:H256 — אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb)

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Strong's H256 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb)

Pronunciation: akh-awb'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Ahab = "father's brother"

Derivation: once (by contraction) אֶחָב (ʼEchâb) (Jeremiah 29:22); from אָח (ʼâch) H251 and אָב (ʼâb) H1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father

Definition: Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon

KJV Renderings: Ahab

Senses

  1. king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel
  2. false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
H1 אָב ʼâb a primitive word father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
H251 אָח ʼâch a primitive word a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)) another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'



[Blue Letter Bible H256]
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