H1 אָב
ʼâb — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
KJV: chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
Occurs 1,213 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָב 1101 n.m. father
- 1 father of individual
- 2 of God as father of his people
- 3 head of household, family or clan
- 4 ancestor
- 5 originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
- 6 fig. of producer, generator
- 7 fig. of benevolence & protection
- 8 term of respect & honor
- 9 specif., ruler, chief (late)
Where it occurs
- Genesis 2:24 — Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- Genesis 4:20 — Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
- Genesis 4:21 — His brother’s name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.
- Genesis 9:18 — The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
- Genesis 9:22 — Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
- Genesis 9:23 — Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of…
- Genesis 10:21 — Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
- Genesis 11:28 — Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur-Kasdim, while his father Terah was still alive.
- Genesis 11:29 — Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the…
- Genesis 12:1 — Now the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I…