אַחְאָב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H256

Ahab — used 93 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Ahab tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַחְאָב: n.pr.m. Ahab tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. Ahab (father’s brother; = אחיאב NöZMG 1886, 172, Ἀχίαβος was a nephew of Herod.; cf. like name in Syriac, given ob maximum cum patre suo similitudinem, Bar HebræusChron. Ecclesiast. ii. 23 cf. LCB 1879, 1339. In many cases, however, the meaning of n.pr. comp. with אח is dub., & perfect consistency, especially in comparison with cpds. of אָב, seems impossible; cf. rem. sub אביאל, and further WeSkizzen, iii. 1 f, DlPr. cap. vi)—אַחְאָב 1 K 16:28 +; וּכְאֶחָב Je 29:22— son of Omri, king of Isr. 1 K 16:28, 29; 18:1, 2, 3; 20:2, 13, 14 + 41 times 1 K, 27 times 2 K, 14 times 2 Ch; Mi 6:16. false prophet, time of Jerem. Je 29:21, 22.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Ahab (58); of Ahab (35).

In the verses

2 Kings 1:1 · tree →

וַיִּפְשַׁ֤ע מוֹאָב֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֥וֹת אַחְאָֽב׃

Word for word: and it.rebelled Moab against Israel after the.death of.Ahab

JPS 1917: AND MOAB rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

1 Kings 20:2 · tree →

וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח מַלְאָכִ֛ים אֶל־אַחְאָ֥ב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הָעִֽירָה׃

Word for word: and he.sent messengers to Ahab the.king of.Israel to the city

JPS 1917: And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city,

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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