Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1

אָב

av · “father

Used 1,213 times across 31 books

Definition
1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers - of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.)
Also means: av (אַב "father" H0002)
Where it appears
Genesis
208
Exodus
24
Leviticus
25
Numbers
85
Deuteronomy
71
Joshua
35
Judges
54
Ruth
3
1 Samuel
54
2 Samuel
28
1 Kings
95
2 Kings
70
1 Chronicles
106
2 Chronicles
123
Ezra
14
Nehemiah
20
Esther
3
Job
9
Psalms
19
Proverbs
26
Isaiah
21
Jeremiah
63
Lamentations
2
Ezekiel
27
Daniel
8
Hosea
1
Joel
1
Amos
2
Micah
2
Zechariah
7
Malachi
7
In the text
Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.Genesis 4:20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.Genesis 4:21And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.Genesis 9:18And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.Genesis 9:23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.Genesis 10:21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.Genesis 11:28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.Genesis 11:29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.Genesis 12:1Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

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