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-'

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.

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