אַחְאָב
ʼAchʼâb · akh-awb'
Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
Lexicon
Derivation: once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 (אָח) and H1 (אָב); brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father;
Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ahab.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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 › to separate and protect › strength, the leader › the house, what is within
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect of strength, the leader of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַחְאָב 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
93 occurrences · 93 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ahab37 · 40%
- and ahab16 · 17%
- ahab8 · 9%
- unto ahab5 · 5%
- to ahab4 · 4%
- and it came to pass, when ahab3 · 3%
- so ahab3 · 3%
- that ahab2 · 2%
- from ahab2 · 2%
- began ahab1 · 1%
- thyself unto ahab1 · 1%
- himself unto ahab1 · 1%
- it: ahab1 · 1%
- him: and ahab1 · 1%
- in ahab's1 · 1%
- but there was none like unto ahab1 · 1%
- thou how ahab1 · 1%
- but it came to pass, when ahab1 · 1%
- ahab's1 · 1%
- unto them, ahab1 · 1%
- with ahab1 · 1%
- and like ahab1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
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.