אַחְאָב
ach.av
“Ahab”
Definition
Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 (אָח) and H1 (אָב); brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
אַחְאָב appears 79 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’And one suggested this, and another that.
Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
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