אָב
father
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H1
Strong's Hebrew
ʼâb
Transliteration
/awb/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
1,213
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
father of an individual
- of God as father of his people
- head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
- ancestor
- grandfather, forefathers - of person
- of people
- originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
- of producer, generator (figuratively)
- of benevolence and protection (figuratively)
- term of respect and honour
- ruler or chief (specifically)
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Particle
- A short function word — article, negation, interrogative, the sign of the direct object, and the like.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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Judges 48 verses
- Judges 15:2 אָבִ֗י/הָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Her father said, I most assuredly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her, instead.
- Judges 15:6 אָבִ֖י/הָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? They said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his companion. The Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
- Judges 16:31 אָבִי/הוּ֮ אָבִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
- Judges 18:29 אֲבִי/הֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first.
- Judges 19:2 אָבִ֔י/הָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of four months.
- Judges 19:3 אָבִ֔י/הָ אֲבִ֣י n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs n c ms cs Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
- Judges 19:4 אֲבִ֣י n c ms cs His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.
- Judges 19:5 אֲבִ֨י n c ms cs It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.
- Judges 19:6 אֲבִ֤י n c ms cs So they sat down, and ate and drink, both of them together: and the young lady's father said to the man, Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.
- Judges 19:8 אֲבִ֣י n c ms cs He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young lady's father said, Please strengthen your heart and stay until the day declines; and they ate, both of them.
- Judges 19:9 אֲבִ֣י n c ms cs When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home.
- Judges 21:22 אֲבוֹתָ/ם֩ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us, because we didn't take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else would you now be guilty.
Ruth 2 verses
- Ruth 2:11 אָּבִ֣י/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Boaz answered her, It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before.
- Ruth 4:17 אֲבִי אֲבִ֥י n c ms cs n c ms cs The women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they named him Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
1 Samuel 48 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:25 אֲבִי/הֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to kill them.
- 1 Samuel 2:27 אָבִ֔י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms There came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh's house?
- 1 Samuel 2:28 אָבִ֔י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
- 1 Samuel 2:30 אָבִ֔י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
- 1 Samuel 2:31 אָבִ֑י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
- 1 Samuel 9:3 אֲבִ֣י n c ms cs The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.
- 1 Samuel 9:5 אָבִ֛/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, Come, and let us return, lest my father leave off caring for the donkeys, and be anxious for us.
- 1 Samuel 9:20 אָבִֽי/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?
- 1 Samuel 10:2 אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found; and, behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
- 1 Samuel 10:12 אֲבִי/הֶ֑ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp One of the same place answered, Who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
- 1 Samuel 12:6 אֲבֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Samuel said to the people, It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 12:7 אֲבוֹתֵי/כֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he did to you and to your fathers.
- 1 Samuel 12:8 אֲבֽוֹתֵי/כֶם֙ אֲבֹֽתֵי/כֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
- 1 Samuel 12:15 וּ/בַ/אֲבֹתֵי/כֶֽם conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp but if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh be against you, as it was against your fathers.
- 1 Samuel 14:1 וּ/לְ/אָבִ֖י/ו conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he didn't tell his father.
- 1 Samuel 14:27 אָבִי/ו֮ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But Jonathan didn't hear when his father charged the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
- 1 Samuel 14:28 אָבִ֤י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father directly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day. The people were faint.
- 1 Samuel 14:29 אָבִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Then said Jonathan, My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
- 1 Samuel 14:51 אֲבִֽי אֲבִֽי n c ms cs n c ms cs Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
- 1 Samuel 17:15 אָבִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
- 1 Samuel 17:25 אָבִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 17:34 לְ/אָבִ֖י/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms David said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,
- 1 Samuel 18:2 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
- 1 Samuel 18:18 אָבִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
- 1 Samuel 19:2 אָבִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:
- 1 Samuel 19:3 אָבִ֗/י אָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will commune with my father of you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.
- 1 Samuel 19:4 אָבִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you:
- 1 Samuel 20:1 אָבִ֔י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity?" and "What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
- 1 Samuel 20:2 אָבִ֜/י אָבִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so."
- 1 Samuel 20:3 אָבִ֗י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms David swore moreover, and said, Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
- 1 Samuel 20:6 אָבִ֑י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms If your father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
- 1 Samuel 20:8 אָבִ֖י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there be in me iniquity, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?
- 1 Samuel 20:9 אָבִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Jonathan said, Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn't I tell you that?
- 1 Samuel 20:10 אָבִ֖י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance your father answer you roughly?
- 1 Samuel 20:12 אָבִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Jonathan said to David, Yahweh, the God of Israel, [be witness]: when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, [or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
- 1 Samuel 20:13 אָבִ֤/י אָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
- 1 Samuel 20:32 אָבִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
- 1 Samuel 20:33 אָבִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
- 1 Samuel 20:34 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
- 1 Samuel 22:1 אָבִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
- 1 Samuel 22:3 אָבִ֤/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs David went there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come forth, [and be] with you, until I know what God will do for me.
- 1 Samuel 22:11 אָבִ֛י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
- 1 Samuel 22:15 אָבִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.
- 1 Samuel 22:16 אָבִֽי/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms The king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.
- 1 Samuel 22:22 אָבִֽי/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms David said to Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of your father's house.
- 1 Samuel 23:17 אָבִ֔/י אָבִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He said to him, Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.
- 1 Samuel 24:11 וְ/אָבִ֣/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know you and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt after my life to take it.
- 1 Samuel 24:21 אָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.
2 Samuel 23 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:32 אָבִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 3:7 אָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ish-bosheth] said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?
- 2 Samuel 3:8 אָבִ֗י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day do I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.
- 2 Samuel 3:29 אָבִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.
- 2 Samuel 6:21 מֵֽ/אָבִי/ךְ֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs David said to Michal, [It was] before Yahweh, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel: therefore will I play before Yahweh.
- 2 Samuel 7:12 אֲבֹתֶ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 2 Samuel 9:7 אָבִ֔י/ךָ אָבִ֑י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually."
- 2 Samuel 10:2 אָבִ֤י/ו אָבִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shown kindness to me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
- 2 Samuel 10:3 אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn't David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
- 2 Samuel 13:5 אָבִ֣י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Jonadab said to him, Lay you down on your bed, and feign yourself sick: and when your father comes to see you, tell him, Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.
- 2 Samuel 14:9 אָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.
- 2 Samuel 15:34 אָבִ֤י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
- 2 Samuel 16:3 אָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The king said, Where is your master's son? Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said, Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
- 2 Samuel 16:19 אָבִ֔י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence.
- 2 Samuel 16:21 אָבִ֔י/ךָ אָבִ֔י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred of your father: then will the hands of all who are with you be strong.
- 2 Samuel 16:22 אָבִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- 2 Samuel 17:8 אָבִ֨י/ךָ וְ/אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Hushai said moreover, You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
- 2 Samuel 17:10 אָבִ֔י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
- 2 Samuel 17:23 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got him home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
- 2 Samuel 19:28 אָבִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?
- 2 Samuel 19:37 אָבִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.
- 2 Samuel 21:14 אָבִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. After that God was entreated for the land.
- 2 Samuel 24:17 אָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house.
1 Kings 79 verses
- 1 Kings 1:6 אָבִ֤י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why have you done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.
- 1 Kings 1:21 אֲבֹתָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
- 1 Kings 2:10 אֲבֹתָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- 1 Kings 2:12 אָבִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
- 1 Kings 2:24 אָבִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
- 1 Kings 2:26 אָבִ֔/י אָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs To Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death: but I will not at this time put you to death, because you bear the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.
- 1 Kings 2:31 אָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
- 1 Kings 2:32 וְ/אָבִ֥/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it, [to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
- 1 Kings 2:44 אָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
- 1 Kings 3:3 אָבִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- 1 Kings 3:6 אָבִ/י֮ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 3:7 אָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I don't know how to go out or come in.
- 1 Kings 3:14 אָבִ֑י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days.
- 1 Kings 5:1 אָבִ֑י/הוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
- 1 Kings 5:3 אָבִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs You know how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.
- 1 Kings 5:5 אָבִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your room, he shall build the house for my name.
- 1 Kings 6:12 אָבִֽי/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
- 1 Kings 7:14 וְ/אָבִ֣י/ו conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
- 1 Kings 7:51 אָבִ֗י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus all the work that king Solomon worked in the house of Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, [even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 8:15 אָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
- 1 Kings 8:17 אָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:18 אָבִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:
- 1 Kings 8:20 אָבִ֜/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:21 אֲבֹתֵ֔י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp There have I set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 8:24 אָבִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 8:25 אָבִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.
- 1 Kings 8:26 אָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.
- 1 Kings 8:34 לַ/אֲבוֹתָֽ/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
- 1 Kings 8:40 לַ/אֲבֹתֵֽי/נוּ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
- 1 Kings 8:48 לַ/אֲבוֹתָ֔/ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:
- 1 Kings 8:53 אֲבֹתֵ֛י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp For you did separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 8:57 אֲבֹתֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;
- 1 Kings 8:58 אֲבֹתֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
- 1 Kings 9:4 אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
- 1 Kings 9:5 אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, according as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 9:9 אֲבֹתָ/ם֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and they shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has Yahweh brought all this evil on them.
- 1 Kings 11:4 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:6 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:12 אָבִ֑י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Notwithstanding in your days I will not do it, for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
- 1 Kings 11:17 אָבִ֛י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.
- 1 Kings 11:21 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.
- 1 Kings 11:27 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:33 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my ordinances, as did David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:43 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו אָבִ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 12:4 אָבִ֖י/ךָ אָבִ֜י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
- 1 Kings 12:6 אָבִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people?
- 1 Kings 12:9 אָבִ֖י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms He said to them, What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?
- 1 Kings 12:10 אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ אָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you tell this people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us; thus shall you speak to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.
- 1 Kings 12:11 אָבִ/י֙ אָבִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
- 1 Kings 12:14 אָבִ/י֙ אָבִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
- 1 Kings 13:11 לַ/אֲבִי/הֶֽם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, them also they told to their father.
- 1 Kings 13:12 אֲבִי/הֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
- 1 Kings 13:22 אֲבֹתֶֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.
- 1 Kings 14:15 לַ/אֲב֣וֹתֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp For Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Yahweh to anger.
- 1 Kings 14:20 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms The days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 14:22 אֲבֹתָ֔/ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
- 1 Kings 14:31 אֲבֹתָ֗י/ו אֲבֹתָי/ו֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:3 אָבִ֖י/ו אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 15:8 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:11 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as did David his father.
- 1 Kings 15:12 אֲבֹתָֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
- 1 Kings 15:15 אָבִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
- 1 Kings 15:19 אָבִ֖/י אָבִ֑י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms [There is] a league between me and you, between my father and your father: behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
- 1 Kings 15:24 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו אָבִ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:26 אָבִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
- 1 Kings 16:6 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:28 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 18:18 אָבִ֑י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms He answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh, and you have followed the Baals.
- 1 Kings 19:4 מֵ/אֲבֹתָֽ/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
- 1 Kings 19:20 לְ/אָבִ֣/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. He said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
- 1 Kings 20:34 אָבִ/י֩ אָבִ֜י/ךָ אָבִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs [Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I, [said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
- 1 Kings 21:3 אֲבֹתַ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Naboth said to Ahab, Yahweh forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.
- 1 Kings 21:4 אֲבוֹתָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. He laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
- 1 Kings 22:40 אֲבֹתָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 22:43 אָבִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He walked in all the way of Asa his father; He didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh: however the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- 1 Kings 22:46 אָבִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
- 1 Kings 22:50 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו אָבִ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 22:52 אָבִי/ו֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he made Israel to sin.
- 1 Kings 22:53 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
2 Kings 57 verses
- 2 Kings 2:12 אָבִ֣/י אָבִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen of it! He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
- 2 Kings 3:2 כְ/אָבִ֖י/ו אָבִֽי/ו prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
- 2 Kings 3:13 אָבִ֔י/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. The king of Israel said to him, No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
- 2 Kings 4:18 אָבִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
- 2 Kings 4:19 אָבִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He said to his father, My head, my head. He said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
- 2 Kings 6:21 אָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I strike them? shall I strike them?
- 2 Kings 8:24 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו אֲבֹתָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 9:25 אָבִ֔י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him:
- 2 Kings 9:28 אֲבֹתָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
- 2 Kings 10:3 אָבִ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms look you out the best and meet of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
- 2 Kings 10:35 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 12:18 אֲבֹתָ֜י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 12:21 אֲבֹתָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 13:9 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 13:13 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 13:14 אָבִ֣/י אָבִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen of it!
- 2 Kings 13:25 אָבִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash strike him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
- 2 Kings 14:3 אָבִ֑י/ו אָבִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
- 2 Kings 14:5 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father:
- 2 Kings 14:16 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 14:20 אֲבֹתָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms They brought him on horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
- 2 Kings 14:21 אָבִ֥י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Kings 14:22 אֲבֹתָֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
- 2 Kings 14:29 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:3 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
- 2 Kings 15:7 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו אֲבֹתָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:9 אֲבֹתָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his fathers had done: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Kings 15:22 אֲבֹתָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:34 אָבִ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
- 2 Kings 15:38 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו אָבִ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 16:2 אָבִֽי/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, like David his father.
- 2 Kings 16:20 אֲבֹתָ֔י/ו אֲבֹתָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 17:13 אֲבֹֽתֵי/כֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Yet Yahweh testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
- 2 Kings 17:14 אֲבוֹתָ֔/ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who didn't believe in Yahweh their God.
- 2 Kings 17:15 אֲבוֹתָ֔/ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh had charged those who they should not do like them.
- 2 Kings 17:41 אֲבֹתָ/ם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they to this day.
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“father” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun אב (ʼâb). Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. It turns up in 1,060 verses across 31 books, one of the most common footprint. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 2:24. It clusters with אב, אוב and אבי under a shared root. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
chief
Modern gloss
father
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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About this word
Strong's H1 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,060
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,060 distinct verses.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #30
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 30 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 1,060 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Genesis 170 verses 16%
- 2 Chronicles 110 verses 10%
- 1 Chronicles 87 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,060 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 413 verses · 39%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 351 verses · 33%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 296 verses · 28%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Father 517×, Fathers 417×, Father's 93×
- American Standard Version†: Father 532×, Fathers 397×, According to their fathers 12×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Father 482×, Fathers 327×, Father’s 120×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Father 608×, Fathers 443×, Father of 68×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1 across 1,212† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 117 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1 across 1,212† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 172 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1 across 1,165† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 77 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 46 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1 across 1,203† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 25 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. father of individual Gn 2:24 (+ אֵם) 11:28, 29(×2); 19:31, 32, 33, + often (mostly JED); of father as commanding Gn 50:16 (J) Je 35:6 f Pr 6:20 (cf. Gn 18:19 J 28:1, 6 P 1 S 17:20 1 K 2:1); instructing מוסר Pr 1:8; 4:1 (cf. Dt 8:5); specif. as begetter, genitor Pr 23:22 Zc 13:3(×2) (+ אֵם) Is 45:10; cf. Gn 49:4 (J) Lv 18:7, 8, 11 (P); rebuking Gn 37:10; loving Gn 37:4; 44:20 (JE; cf. 22:2; 25:28; 37:3 2 S 14:1); pitying ψ 103:13 (in sim. cf. 2 S 18:5); blessing Gn 27:41 (JE cf. 27:4 also 28:1 P +); as glad Pr 10:1; 15:20 cf. 29:3; grieving Gn 37:35 (JE; cf. 2 S 12:22; 19:1, 2 f) etc. Also as obj. of honour, obedience, love Ex 20:12 (E) = Dt 5:16; Ex 21:15, 17 (E) Dt 21:18, 19 Gn 28:7 (P), 50:1, 5 1 K 19:20 (all + אֵם) (J) Mal 1:6 etc. Hence metaph. of intimate connection Jb 17:14 to corruption I cry, My father art thou (‖ אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה). e.g. Genesis 2:24
- 2. of God as father of his people (v. RSSem 42), who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it: Dt 32:6 Je 3:4, 19; 31:9 Is 63:16(×2); 64:7 Mal 1:6; 2:10 (cf. Ex 4:22; 19:4 (JE) Dt 32:11 Ho 11:1); cf. Je 2:27 (of idolatr. Isr.) אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני׃; especially God as father of Davidic line 2 S 7:14 ψ 89:27; f. of needy (late) ψ 68:6 (cf. 103:13) (in n.pr., f. of individ., cf. infr.) e.g. Deuteronomy 32:6
- 3. head of household, family or clan; בֵּית אָבִי as abode Gn 38:11(×2) Lv 22:13 +; = family Gn 24:40 (‖ מִשְׁפַחְתִּי) 41:51; 46:31 + cf. Nu 18:1, 2 Jos 2:12, 18; 6:25; especially techn. of divisions of Isr. בֵּית אָב לְמִשְׁפָּחוֹת Nu 3:30, 35 = a father’s house, i.e. a family or clan; more often pl. (אבותם, אבותיו) בֵית אָבוֹת = fathers’ houses = families, clans (cf. Di on Ex 6:14) Ex 6:14; 12:3 Nu 1:2, 18 ff. (often in Nu) Jos 22:14(×2) without בית Jos 14:1; 19:51; 21:1(×2) (always P in Hex.); also 1 Ch 5:13, 15 + often in Ch; cf. רָאשֵׁי אבות הלוים (= ר׳ בית א׳) Ex 6:25 cf. 1 K 8:1 1 Ch 6:4; 7:11 + often Ch Ezr Ne. e.g. Genesis 38:11
- 4. ancestor (a) of individual; grandfather (instead of precise term) Gn 28:13; 32:10 (J; where used of Abr. & Isaac); greatgr. 1 K 15:3; gr.-greatgr. 1 K 15:11, 24 etc.; cf. 2 K 14:3; 15:38; 16:2; 18:3; 22:2; often pl. (= fathers, forefathers) Gn 15:15; 46:34 (JE) 1 K 19:4; 21:3, 4 2 K 19:12; 20:17 +; particularly שׁכב עם אבותיו 1 K 1:21; 2:10; 11:21; 22:40 +; joined with ויקבר עם אב׳ 1 K 14:31; 15:24; 22:51 2 K 8:24; 15:38 cf. v 7, 16:20 + (all of kings of Judah); intens., אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֹת אֲבֹתֶיךָ Ex 10:6 cf. Dn 11:24; (b) of people Gn 10:21 (J) 17:4, 5 (P) 19:37, 38 (J) 36:9, 43 (P) Dt 26:5 Is 51:2; 43:27 (where אביך הראשׁון thy first father, v. Che) cf. also Ez 16:3, 45 + often; pl. Ex 3:13, 15, 16 (E) Dt 1:8 Jos 1:6 Ju 2:1 1 S 12:6 +; 1 S 12:15 ad fin read וּבְמַלְכְּכֶם 𝔊 We Dr. e.g. Genesis 28:13
- 5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art Gn 4:20, 21. e.g. Genesis 4:20
- 6. fig. of producer, generator Jb 38:28 הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָ֑ב (‖ מִי־הוֹלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃). e.g. Job 38:28
- 7. fig. of benevolence & protection Jb 29:16 אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִים, cf. 31:18; of Eliakim Is 22:21; perhaps also of gracious Mess. king אֲבִי עַד Is 9:5 everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di)—others divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn KueBrMP). e.g. Job 29:16
- 8. term of respect & honour (Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope); appl. to master 2 K 5:13; priest Ju 17:10; 18:19; prophet 2 K 2:12(×2); 6:21; 13:14(×2) cf. 8:9; counsellor Gn 45:8 (E; cf. δευτέρου πατρός 𝔊 add. Est 3:13; τῷ πατρί 1 Mac 11:32); king 1 S 24:12; artificer 2 Ch 2:12; 4:16. e.g. 2 Kings 5:13
- 9. specif., ruler, chief (late) 1 Ch 2:24, 42(×2) etc. (cf. Ew§ 273b). See also EwGesch. i. 524 H i. 365. On the force of אָב in proper names (in many prob. a divine title), v. CheEncy. Bib., abi, names with Nöib., names, §§ 44, 45. e.g. 1 Chronicles 2:24
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. father (Ph. אב, Assyrian abu, Arabic أَبٌ, Sab. אב CISiv, 1. 37 1. 2 al. Ethiopic አብ Aramaic אַבָּא, ܐܰܒܳܐ )—abs. אָב Gn 44:19 + 47 times; cstr. אַב Gn 17:4, 5 (cf. in אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in n.pr. On Hal’s proposes אֲבִר v. אברהם); אֲבִי (cf. Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96) Gn 4:20 +; sf. אָבִי Gn 19:34 + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Gn 12:1 +; אָבִיו Gn 2:24 +; אָבִ֫יהוּ Ju 14:10 + 6 times; pl. אָבוֹת Ex 12:3 +; cstr. אֲבוֹת Ex 6:25 + 7 times; sf. אֲבוֹתַי (אֲבֹתַי, אֲבוֹתָ֑י) Gn 47:9 + 15 times; אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם 1 Ch 4:38 + 32 times (late); אֲבוֹתָם Ex 4:5 + 106 times etc.;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אַב־
- a prefix of words of Greek origin answering to αὐ-, au-, e.g. אבטומטוס = αὐτόματος; or to εὐ, e.g. אבגינוס = εὐγενής.
אָב I
- (Assyr. A-bu, Schr. K. A. T., p. 247) Ab, the fifth month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days) beginning between the eighth of July and the seventh of August, and ending between the sixth of August and the fifth of September. R. Hash. I, 3, על אב וכ׳ for announcing the beginning of Ab messengers are sent out, for the sake of the fast. Ib. 18ᵇ ט׳ באב the ninth of Ab, anniversary of Temple destruction. Taan. IV, 6 משנכנס אב with the beginning of Ab. Ib. 29ᵇ לישתמיט מיניה באב let him try to be relieved of (the law-suit) in Ab. Meg. 5ᵇ; a. e.
אָב II
- , const. אֲבִי, אַב [embracer], father, ancestor, progenitor; teacher; chief, leader; author, originator. Ex. R. s. 46 end המגדל אב the educator is the real father. Lev. R. s. 1 אבי החכמה וכ׳, the father of all wisdom, … the father of prophets. Y. Ned. V, 39ᵇ; a. fr.—אַב בית דין (abbr. אב"ד) president of the Court (Great Sanhedrin), next in dignity to the Nassi. Taan. II, 1; a. fr.—Metaph. origin, cause. Num. R. s. 10 (play on אֲבוֹי, Prov. XXIII, 29) א׳ אוי the cause of woe (sin).—אב מלאכה (for which also עיקר) one of the chief labors forbidden on the Sabbath, opp. תולדה a labor the prohibition of which is based on the ground of its being a species of the former, or derived from the former. Sabb. VII, 1 sq.; a. fr.—[Y. Sabb. II, 5ᵃ, אב שלה, sub. מלאכה.]—אב הטומאה one of the original or direct causes of levitical uncleanness, opp. ולד (child) secondary cause. Toh. I, 5; a. fr.—א׳ הנזק v. Pl.—בנין א׳ creation of a class, i.e. a conclusion, by analogy, from a case explicitly stated in the bibl. law on all similar cases not specified in detail. Sifra introd.—Ib. K’doshim, end, ch. 11 (ref. to Lev. XX, 27) זה ב׳ א׳ לכל דמיהם בם this forms the rule for all cases in which the Bible uses the word d’mēhem bam (that the penalty is stoning to death); a. fr.; v. also בֵּית אב.—Pl. אָבוֹת־, const. אֲבוֹת, e.g. Proverbs 23:29
- 1. fathers, ancestors, patriarchs &c. Ber. 26ᵇ prayers א׳ תקנום have been instituted by the Patriarchs; a. fr.—אבות בתי דינין, v. supra. Ḥag. II, 2.—בת א׳ a woman of noble descent. Num. R. s. 1; a. e.—Metaph. principal, chief א׳ מלאכות, v. supra. א׳ הטומא׳ Kel. I, 1; v. supra.—א׳ נזיקין (sing. אב הנזק) the chief actionable injuries or damages, from which the subordinate are deduced (תולדות). B. Kam. I, 1; a. e.
- 2. Aboth, the first section of the Prayer of Benedictions (v. תְּפִלָּה), so called because it alludes to the Patriarchs. R. Hash. IV, 5; a. fr.
- 3. Aboth, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, containing sayings of Talmudic authorities and belonging to the fourth section, נזיקין, of the Mishnah collection (משניות); also styled פִּרְקֵי א׳ a. מְסֶכֶת א׳. A similar collection of a later date is contained in Talmud Babli editions, named א׳ דרבי נתן Aboth d’Rabbi Nathan. [Y. Yoma VIII, 44ᵈ top אב בית נפש v. אֲבֵידָה.]
אָב II ²
- ch., v. אַבָּא
אֵב
- swelling, spreading, whence
- 1. the young shoots of a tree, opp. to the branches growing directly from the trunk. B. Kam. 81ᵃ אִיבּוֹ של אילן ed. (Ar. a. Ms. חובו, v. חוֹב II, cmp. Rashi a. l.). [Y. Erub. III, 21ᵃ top איבו; Y. Succ. II, 53ᵃ צידו.]
- 2. pl. אִבִּין, אִיבִּין state of growth, development. Ḥull. 58ᵃ cascuta which became wormy באִבֶּיהָ during its growth. Ib. 127ᵇ figs which shrunk באִבֵּיהֶן during development. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᶜ bot. he who presses olives מאִבֵּיהֶן from where they grow (before they are ripe to be taken off). [Tosef. Maasr. I, 4 איבין אדומים, Var. אובין, read אוּגִין, v. אוֹג.] Ib. 5 they differ על האיבין concerning the plants in their growing state (between ripening [גמר] and blossoming [הנץ]; Var. אוֹנין incorr.); cmp. יָבַן. Ch. v. אִיבָּא I.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 406 distinct written forms H1 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 346 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- אבי ʼĂbîy H21 Abi
- אביאל ʼĂbîyʼêl H22 Abiel
- אביאסף ʼĂbîyʼâçâph H23 Abiasaph
- אבי גבעון ʼĂbîy Gibʻôwn H25 father of Gibeon
- אביגיל ʼĂbîygayil H26 Abigail
- אבידן ʼĂbîydân H27 Abidan
- אבידע ʼĂbîydâʻ H28 Abida
- אביה ʼĂbîyâh H29 Abijah
- אביהוא ʼĂbîyhûwʼ H30 Abihu
- אביהוד ʼĂbîyhûwd H31 Ahihud
- אביהיל ʼĂbîyhayil H32 Abihail
- אביטוב ʼĂbîyṭûwb H36 Abitub
- אביטל ʼĂbîyṭâl H37 Abital
- אבים ʼĂbîyâm H38 Abijam
- אבימאל ʼĂbîymâʼêl H39 Abimael
- אבימלך ʼĂbîymelek H40 Abimelech
- אבינדב ʼĂbîynâdâb H41 Abinadab
- אבינעם ʼĂbîynôʻam H42 Abinoam
- אביעזר ʼĂbîyʻezer H44 Abiezer
- אביעלבון ʼĂbîy-ʻalbôwn H45 Abialbon
- אבירם ʼĂbîyrâm H48 Abiram
- אבישג ʼĂbîyshag H49 Abishag
- אבישוע ʼĂbîyshûwaʻ H50 Abishua
- אבישור ʼĂbîyshûwr H51 Abishur
+7 more proper names from this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 34 — not the complete family. 31 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,020 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,060 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:24
- Exodus 2:16
- Leviticus 16:32
- Numbers 1:2
- Deuteronomy 1:8
- Joshua 1:6
- Judges 1:14
- Ruth 2:11
- 1 Samuel 2:25
- 2 Samuel 2:32
- 1 Kings 1:6
- 2 Kings 2:12
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
