{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1",
  "lemma": "אָב",
  "transliteration": "ʼâb",
  "definition": "father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application",
  "kjv": "chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.",
  "occurrences": 1213,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:24",
      "text": "Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:20",
      "text": "Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:21",
      "text": "His brother’s name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 9:18",
      "text": "The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 9:22",
      "text": "Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 9:23",
      "text": "Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 10:21",
      "text": "Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:28",
      "text": "Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur-Kasdim, while his father Terah was still alive.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:29",
      "text": "Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 12:1",
      "text": "Now the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=1"
    }
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