אַחְאָב

The 25 distinct written forms H256 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.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
אַחְאָ֖ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 16:33	15
אַחְאָ֑ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 18:2	13
אַחְאָ֔ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 18:1	13
אַחְאָב֙	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 18:5	11
אַחְאָ֗ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 21:15	5
אַחְאָ֜ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 16:33	5
אַחְאָ֣ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 20:13	5
אַחְאָ֥ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 16:28	3
לְ/אַחְאָב֙	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 21:21	3
אַחְאָ֛ב	Noun, Proper	2 Chronicles 22:6	2
אַחְאָ֨ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 16:29	2
אַחְאָֽב	Noun, Proper	2 Chronicles 22:7	2
לְ/אַחְאָ֛ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 18:12	2
אַחְאָ֕ב	Noun, Proper	2 Kings 10:18	1
אַחְאָ֞ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 18:6	1
אַחְאָ֤ב	Noun, Proper	Jeremiah 29:21	1
אַחְאָ֧ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 16:30	1
אַחְאָב֒	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 17:1	1
וְ/אַחְאָ֣ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 16:29	1
וּ/כְ/אֶחָ֔ב	Noun, Proper	Jeremiah 29:22	1
וּ/לְ/אַחְאָ֛ב	Noun, Proper	2 Kings 10:1	1
כְ/אַחְאָ֔ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 21:25	1
לְ/אַחְאָ֔ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 18:41	1
לְ/אַחְאָ֖ב	Noun, Proper	1 Kings 22:41	1
לְ/אַחְאָֽב	Noun, Proper	2 Chronicles 18:1	1

Other BDB entries built from the same root as H256, 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.

Derives from

• אח ʼâch H251 brother

Shares the same root

• אח ʼach H252 brother
• אחוה ʼachăvâh H264 brotherhood
• אחות ʼâchôwth H269 sister

Proper names from this root

People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.

• אחבן ʼAchbân H257 Ahban
• אחוח ʼĂchôwach H265 Ahoah
• אחומי ʼĂchûwmay H267 Ahumai
• אחי ʼĂchîy H277 Ahi
• אחיאם ʼĂchîyʼâm H279 Ahiam
• אחיה ʼĂchîyâh H281 Ahijah
• אחיהוד ʼĂchîyhûwd H282 Ahihud
• אחיו ʼAchyôw H283 Ahio
• אחיחד ʼĂchîychud H284 Ahihud
• אחיטוב ʼĂchîyṭûwb H285 Ahitub
• אחילוד ʼĂchîylûwd H286 Ahilud
• אחימות ʼĂchîymôwth H287 Ahimoth
• אחימלך ʼĂchîymelek H288 Ahimelech
• אחימן ʼĂchîyman H289 Ahiman
• אחימעץ ʼĂchîymaʻats H290 Ahimaaz
• אחין ʼAchyân H291 Ahian
• אחינדב ʼĂchîynâdâb H292 Ahinadab
• אחינעם ʼĂchîynôʻam H293 Ahinoam
• אחיסמך ʼĂchîyçâmâk H294 Ahisamach
• אחיעזר ʼĂchîyʻezer H295 Ahiezer
• אחיקם ʼĂchîyqâm H296 Ahikam
• אחירם ʼĂchîyrâm H297 Ahiram
• אחירע ʼĂchîyraʻ H299 Ahira
• אחישחר ʼĂchîyshachar H300 Ahishahar

+2 more proper names from this root (not shown).

Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 31 — not the complete family. 26 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.

Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Ahab). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.

Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897

Father's brother. (1.) The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His wife was Jezebel (q.v.), who exercised a very evil influence over him. To the calf-worship introduced by Jeroboam he added the worship of Baal. He was severely admonished by Elijah (q.v.) for his wickedness. His anger was on this account kindled against the prophet, and he sought to kill him. He undertook three campaigns against Ben-hadad II., king of Damascus. In the first two, which were defensive, he gained a complete victory over Ben-hadad, who fell into his hands, and was afterwards released on the condition of his restoring all the cities of Israel he then held, and granting certain other concessions to Ahab. After three years of peace, for some cause Ahab renewed war (1 Kings 22:3) with Ben-hadad by assaulting the city of Ramoth-gilead, although the prophet Micaiah warned him that he would not succeed, and that the 400 false prophets who encouraged him were only leading him to his ruin. Micaiah was imprisoned for thus venturing to dissuade Ahab from his purpose. Ahab went into the battle disguised, that he might if possible escape the notice of his enemies; but an arrow from a bow "drawn at a venture" pierced him, and though stayed up in his chariot for a time he died towards evening, and Elijah's prophecy (1 Kings 21:19) was fulfilled. He reigned twenty-three years. Because of his idolatry, lust, and covetousness, Ahab is referred to as pre-eminently the type of a wicked king (2 Kings 8:18; 2 Chr. 22:3; Micah 6:16).

(2.) A false prophet referred to by Jeremiah (Jer. 29:21), of whom nothing further is known.

Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863

(uncle).

+ Son of Omri, seventh king of Israel, reigned B.C. 919-896. He married Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal king of Tyre; and in obedience to her wishes, caused temple to be built to Baal in Samaria itself; and an oracular grove to be consecrated to Astarte. See (1 Kings 18:19) One of Ahab's chief tastes was for splendid architecture which he showed by building an ivory house and several cities. Desiring to add to his pleasure-grounds at Jezreel the vineyard of his neighbor Naboth, he proposed to buy it or give land in exchange for it; and when this was refused by Naboth in accordance with the Levitical law, (Leviticus 25:23) a false accusation of blasphemy was brought against him, and he was murdered, and Ahab took possession of the coveted fields. (2 Kings 9:26) Thereupon Elijah declared that the entire extirpation of Ahab's house was the penalty appointed for his long course of wickedness. [Elijah] The execution, however, of the sentence was delayed in consequence of Ahab's deep repentance. (1 Kings 21:1) ... Ahab undertook three campaigns against Ben-hadad II. king of Damascus, two defensive and one offensive. In the first Ben-hadad laid siege to Samaria, but was repulsed with great loss. (1 Kings 20:1-21) Next year Ben-hadad again invaded Israel by way of Aphek, on the east of Jordan; yet Ahab's victory was so complete that Ben-hadad himself fell into his hands, but was released contrary to God's will, (1 Kings 20:22-34) on condition of restoring the cities of Israel, and admitting Hebrew commissioners into Damascus. After this great success Ahab enjoyed peace for three years, when he attacked Ramoth in Gilead, on the east of Jordan, in conjunction with Jehoshaphat king of Judah, which town he claimed as belonging to Israel. Being told by the prophet Micaiah that he would fall, he disguised himself, but was slain by "a certain man who drew a bow at a venture." When buried in Samaria, the dogs licked up his blood as a servant was washing his chariot; a partial fulfillment of Elijah's prediction, (1 Kings 21:19) which was more literally accomplished in the case of his son. (2 Kings 9:26) + A lying prophet, who deceived the captive Israelites in Babylon, and was burnt to death by Nebuchadnezzar. (Jeremiah 29:21)

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869

uncle, or father's brother

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This word appears in 78 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 81 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

• 1 Kings 16:28
• 2 Kings 1:1
• 2 Chronicles 18:1
• Micah 6:16

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.