H1 אָב

אָב (ʼâb), Strong’s H1: father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application KJV: chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.. Occurs…

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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 1213 times.

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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=20) — Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
- Genesis 4:21 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=21) — His brother’s name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.
- Genesis 9:18 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=22) — Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
- Genesis 9:23 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=21) — Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
- Genesis 11:28 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=28) — Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur-Kasdim, while his father Terah was still alive.
- Genesis 11:29 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=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 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=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…