אָב
av
“father”
Definition
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
a primitive word;
- father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers - of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.) Also means: av (*אַב *"father" H0002)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
אָב appears 1,005 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
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