H0256G

אַחְאָב

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Ahab

A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.28; son of: Omri (H6018); married to Jezebel (H0348); father of: Joash (H3101H), Ahaziah (H0274), Joram (H3141H), Athaliah (H6271) § Ahab = "father's brother" 1) king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel 2) false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah

The KJV translates H0256 in the following manner:

Ahab (182x), Ahab’s (4x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. אָח, אַחְאָב, אֶחָב, אַחְבָּן etc. see אחה.

אַחְאָב₉₁ proper name, masculine Ahab (father's brother; = אחיאב Nö^{ZMG 1886, 172}, Ἀχίαβος was a nephew of Herod; compare like name in Syriac, given ob maximum cum parte suo similitudinem, BarHebr^{Chron. Ecclesiast. ii. 23} compare LCB^{1879, 1339}. In many cases, however, the meaning of proper names compared with אח is dubious, & perfect consistency, especially in comparison with compounds of אָב, seems impossible; compare remark below אביאל and further We^{Skizzen, iii. 1 f}, Dl^{Pr. cap. vi}) — אַחְאָב1Kgs 16:28 +; וּכְאֶחָב Jer 29:22 —

1. son of Omri, king of Isr. 1Kgs 16:28; 1Kgs 16:29; 1Kgs 18:1; 1Kgs 18:2; 1Kgs 18:3; 1Kgs 20:2; 1Kgs 20:13; 1Kgs 20:14 + 41 t. 1 Kings, 27 t. 2 Kings, 14 t. 2 Chronicles; Mic 6:16.

2. false prophet, time of Jeremiah. Jer 29:21; Jer 29:22.

אַחָב see אַחְאָב.

74 occurrences

I Kings (42), II Kings (21), II Chronicles (10), Micah (1)