1. אָב (ab) -- father

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ab: father

Original Word: אָב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: ab
Phonetic Spelling: (awb)
Short Definition: father

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
father
NASB Word Usage
ancestors (1), family* (1), father (571), Father (8), father's (137), fathers (333), fathers' (120), fathers' households (1), forefather (1), forefathers (27), grandfather (1), grandfathers (1), households (5), Huram-abi* (2), sons (1).

אָב₁₁₉₁ noun masculine father (Phoenician אב, Assyrian abu, Arabic , Sabean אב CIS^{iv, 1, 37 1. 2} and others, Ethiopic Aramaic אַבָּא, — absolute אָב Genesis 44:19 47t.; construct אַב Genesis 17:4,5; (compare in אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposed אֲבִר see אברהם); אֲבִי (compare Ge^{§§ 90, 3b, 96}) Genesis 4:20 +; suffix אָבִי Genesis 19:34 + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Genesis 12:1 +; אָבִיו Genesis 2:24 +; אָבִ֫יהוּ Judges 14:10 + 6t.; plural אָבוֺת Exodus 12:3 +; construct אֲבוֺת Exodus 6:25 7t.; suffix אֲבוֺתַי (אֲבֹתַי, אֲבוֺתָ֑י) Genesis 47:9 15t.; אֲבוֺתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:38 32t. (late); אֲבוֺתָם Exodus 4:5 106t. etc.; —

1 father of individual Genesis 2:24 (+ אֵם) Genesis 11:28,29 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:31,32,33, + often (mostly J E D); of father as commanding Genesis 50:16 (J) Jeremiah 35:6 f Proverbs 6:20 (compare Genesis 18:19; J Genesis 28:1,6 P 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Kings 2:1); instructing מוסר Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 4:1 (compare Deuteronomy 8:5); specifically as begetter, genitor Proverbs 23:22; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse) (+ אֵם) Isaiah 45:10; compare Genesis 49:4 (J) Leviticus 18:7,8,11 (P); rebuking Genesis 37:10; loving Genesis 37:4; Genesis 44:20 (J E; compare Genesis 22:2; Genesis 25:28; Genesis 37:3; 2 Samuel 14:1); pitying Psalm 103:13 (in simile compare 2 Samuel 18:5); blessing Genesis 27:41 (J E compare Genesis 27:4; also Genesis 28:1 P +); as glad Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; compare Proverbs 29:3; grieving Genesis 37:35 (J E; compare 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:2 f) etc. Also as object of honour, obedience, love Exodus 20:12 (E) = Deuteronomy 5:16; Exodus 21:15,17 (E) Deuteronomy 21:18,19; Genesis 28:7 (P) 1 Kings 19:20 (all + אֵם), 1Ki 50:1; 1Ki 50:5 (J) Malachi 1:6 etc. Hence metaphor of intimate connection Job 17:14 to corruption I cry, My father art thou ("" אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה).

2 of God as father of his people (see RS^{Sem 42}), who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it: Deuteronomy 32:6; Jeremiah 3:4,19; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 64:7; Malachi 1:6; Malachi 2:10 (compare Exodus 4:22; Exodus 19:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:11; Hosea 11:1); compare Jeremiah 2:27 (of idolatrous Israel) אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני׃; especially God as father of Davidic line 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 89:27; f. of needy (late) Psalm 68:6 (compare Psalm 103:13) (in proper name, f. of individual, compare below)

3 head of household, family or clan; בֵּית אָבִי as abode Genesis 38:11 (twice in verse); Leviticus 22:13 +; = family Genesis 24:40 ("" מִשְׁמַּחְתִּי) Genesis 41:51; Genesis 46:31 #NAME? Numbers 18:1,2; Joshua 2:12,18; Joshua 6:25; especially techn. of divisions of Israel בֵּית אָב לְמִשְׁמָּחוֺת Numbers 3:30,35 = a father's house, i.e. a family or clan; more often plural (אבותם, אבותיו) בֵית אָבוֺת = father's houses = families, clans (compare Di on Exodus 6:14) Exodus 6:14; Exodus 12:3; Numbers 1:2,18 ff (often in Numbers) Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 21:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse) (always P in Hexateuch); also 1 Chronicles 5:13,15 + often in Chronicles; compare רָאשֵׁי אבות הלוים (= ׳בית א ׳ר) Exodus 6:25 compare 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 7:11 #NAME? Ezra Nehemiah.

4 ancestor (

a) of individual; grandfather (instead of precise term) Genesis 28:13; Genesis 32:10 (J; where used by Jacob of Abraham & then of Isaac); greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:13; great-greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:11 etc.; oft plural (= fathers, forefathers) Genesis 15:15; Genesis 46:34 (JE) 1 Kings 19:4; 1 Kings 21:3,4; 2 Kings 19:12; 2 Kings 20:17 +; particularly שׁכב עם אבותיו 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 11:21; 1 Kings 22:40 +; joined with ׳ויקבר עם אב 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:24; 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Kings 15:38 compare 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 16:20 + (all of kings of Judah); intensive, אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֺת אֲבֹתֶיךָ Exodus 10:6 compare Daniel 11:24; (

b) of people Genesis 10:21 (J) Genesis 17:4,5 (P) Genesis 19:37,38 (J) Genesis 36:9,43 (P) Deuteronomy 26:5; Isaiah 51:2; Isaiah 43:27 (where אביך הראשׁון thy first father, see Che) compare also Ezekiel 16:3,45 + often; plural Exodus 3:13,15,16 (E) Deuteronomy 1:8; Joshua 1:6; Judges 2:1; 1 Samuel 12:6 +; 1 Samuel 12:15 near the end read וּבְמַלְכְּכֶם ᵐ5 We Dr.

5 originator or patron of a class, profession, or art Genesis 4:20,21.

6 figurative of producer, Generator Job 38:28 הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָ֑ב ("" הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵיטָֽֿל׃ מִיֿ).

7 figurative of benevolence & protection Job 29:6 אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֺנִים, compare Job 31:18; of Eliakim Isaiah 22:21; perhaps also of gracious Messianic king אֲבִי עַד Isaiah 9:5 everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di) — others divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn Kue Br^MP).

8 term of respect & honour (Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope); applied to master 2 Kings 5:13; priest Judges 17:10; Judges 18:19; prophet 2 Kings 2:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 6:21; 2 Kings 13:14 (twice in verse); compare 2 Kings 8:9; counsellor Genesis 45:8 (E; compare δευτέρου πατρός ᵐ5 add. Esther 3:13; τῷ πατρί1Mac Esth 11:32); king 1 Samuel 24:12; artificer 2Chron 2:12; 2 Chronicles 4:16.

9 specifically, ruler, chief (late) 1 Chronicles 2:24,42 (twice in verse); etc. (compare Ew^{§ 273 b}) see also Ew^{Geschichte. i. 524. H i. 365}. On the force of אָב in proper names (in many probably a divine title), see Che^{Ency. Bib., ABI, NAMES WITH} Nö^{ib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45}.

א, Aleph, first letter; in post Biblical Hebrew = numeral 1 (and so in margin of printed MT); א֟ = 1000; no evidence of this usage in OT times.

אָב see II. אבה.

אבב (fresh, bright, Assyrian abâbu Dl^w, AGI.)

chief, principal

A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".

’ā·ḇîḵ — 9 Occ.
’ā·ḇî·ḵā — 96 Occ.
’ă·ḇî·ḵem — 12 Occ.
’ă·ḇî·ḵen — 2 Occ.
’ā·ḇîh — 1 Occ.
’ā·ḇî·hā — 30 Occ.
’ă·ḇî·hem — 35 Occ.
’ă·ḇî·hen — 7 Occ.
’ā·ḇî·hū — 7 Occ.
’ā·ḇî·nū — 19 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·wṯ — 37 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·ṯay — 14 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·ṯām — 84 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·ṯāw — 76 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā — 26 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem — 52 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem — 26 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū — 38 Occ.
’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām — 1 Occ.

Genesis 4:20
BIB: ה֣וּא הָיָ֔ה אֲבִ֕י יֹשֵׁ֥ב אֹ֖הֶל
NAS: to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell
KJV: Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell
INT: he was the father dwell tents

Genesis 4:21
BIB: ה֣וּא הָיָ֔ה אֲבִ֕י כָּל־ תֹּפֵ֥שׂ
NAS: was Jubal; he was the father of all
KJV: [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle
INT: he become was the father of all play

Genesis 9:18
BIB: וְחָ֕ם ה֖וּא אֲבִ֥י כְנָֽעַן׃
NAS: and Ham was the father of Canaan.
KJV: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.
INT: and Ham he was the father of Canaan

Genesis 9:22
BIB: וַיַּ֗רְא חָ֚ם אֲבִ֣י כְנַ֔עַן אֵ֖ת
NAS: Ham, the father of Canaan, saw
KJV: And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw
INT: saw Ham the father of Canaan the nakedness

Genesis 9:22
BIB: אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יו וַיַּגֵּ֥ד לִשְׁנֵֽי־
NAS: the nakedness of his father, and told
KJV: the nakedness of his father, and told
INT: of Canaan the nakedness of his father and told his two

Genesis 9:23
BIB: אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אֲבִיהֶ֑ם וּפְנֵיהֶם֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית
NAS: the nakedness of their father; and their faces
KJV: the nakedness of their father; and their faces
INT: and covered the nakedness of their father and their faces were turned

Genesis 9:23
BIB: אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וְעֶרְוַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ם לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ׃
NAS: so that they did not see their father's nakedness.
KJV: and they saw not their father's nakedness.
INT: were turned nakedness their father's did not see

Genesis 10:21
BIB: גַּם־ ה֑וּא אֲבִי֙ כָּל־ בְּנֵי־
NAS: to Shem, the father of all
KJV: Unto Shem also, the father of all the children
INT: Also he the father of all the children

Genesis 11:28
BIB: פְּנֵ֖י תֶּ֣רַח אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹ
NAS: in the presence of his father Terah
KJV: before his father Terah
INT: the presence Terah of his father the land of his birth

Genesis 11:29
BIB: בַּת־ הָרָ֥ן אֲבִֽי־ מִלְכָּ֖ה וַֽאֲבִ֥י
NAS: of Haran, the father of Milcah
KJV: of Haran, the father of Milcah,
INT: the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah the father

Genesis 11:29
BIB: אֲבִֽי־ מִלְכָּ֖ה וַֽאֲבִ֥י יִסְכָּֽה׃
KJV: of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
INT: the father of Milcah the father and Iscah

Genesis 12:1
BIB: וּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וּמִבֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ אֶל־ הָאָ֖רֶץ
NAS: And from your relatives And from your father's house,
KJV: and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house,
INT: your relatives house your father's to the land

Genesis 15:15
BIB: תָּב֥וֹא אֶל־ אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ בְּשָׁל֑וֹם תִּקָּבֵ֖ר
NAS: As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace;
KJV: And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace;
INT: shall go to your fathers peace will be buried

Genesis 17:4
BIB: אִתָּ֑ךְ וְהָיִ֕יתָ לְאַ֖ב הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִֽם׃
NAS: My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude
KJV: behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many
INT: for become will be the father of a multitude of nations

Genesis 17:5
BIB: אַבְרָהָ֔ם כִּ֛י אַב־ הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִ֖ם
NAS: For I will make you the father of a multitude
KJV: shall be Abraham; for a father of many
INT: shall be Abraham for the father of a multitude of nations

Genesis 19:31
BIB: אֶל־ הַצְּעִירָ֖ה אָבִ֣ינוּ זָקֵ֑ן וְאִ֨ישׁ
NAS: to the younger, Our father is old,
KJV: unto the younger, Our father [is] old,
INT: to the younger our father is old A man

Genesis 19:32
BIB: נַשְׁקֶ֧ה אֶת־ אָבִ֛ינוּ יַ֖יִן וְנִשְׁכְּבָ֣ה
NAS: Come, let us make our father drink
KJV: let us make our father drink
INT: Come drink our father wine lie

Genesis 19:32
BIB: עִמּ֑וֹ וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה מֵאָבִ֖ינוּ זָֽרַע׃
NAS: our family through our father.
KJV: seed of our father.
INT: we may preserve our father our family

Genesis 19:33
BIB: וַתַּשְׁקֶ֧יןָ אֶת־ אֲבִיהֶ֛ן יַ֖יִן בַּלַּ֣יְלָה
NAS: So they made their father drink wine
KJV: And they made their father drink wine
INT: drink their father wine night

Genesis 19:33
BIB: וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣ב אֶת־ אָבִ֔יהָ וְלֹֽא־ יָדַ֥ע
NAS: in and lay with her father; and he did not know
KJV: and lay with her father; and he perceived
INT: and lay with her father did not know

Genesis 19:34
BIB: אֶ֖מֶשׁ אֶת־ אָבִ֑י נַשְׁקֶ֨נּוּ יַ֜יִן
NAS: last night with my father; let us make him drink
KJV: yesternight with my father: let us make him drink
INT: last with my father drink wine

Genesis 19:34
BIB: עִמּ֔וֹ וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה מֵאָבִ֖ינוּ זָֽרַע׃
NAS: our family through our father.
KJV: seed of our father.
INT: we may preserve our father our family

Genesis 19:35
BIB: הַה֛וּא אֶת־ אֲבִיהֶ֖ן יָ֑יִן וַתָּ֤קָם
NAS: So they made their father drink wine
KJV: And they made their father drink wine
INT: night that their father wine arose

Genesis 19:36
BIB: בְנֽוֹת־ ל֖וֹט מֵאֲבִיהֶֽן׃
NAS: were with child by their father.
KJV: of Lot with child by their father.
INT: the daughters of Lot their father

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