אַב
ʼab · ab
{father}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H1 (אָב)
{father}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: father.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thy father2 · 22%
- of thy fathers1 · 11%
- that our fathers1 · 11%
- of my fathers1 · 11%
- which his father1 · 11%
- of thy father1 · 11%
- i say, thy father1 · 11%
- my father1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.