Ahab — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַחְאָב
אַחְאָב
Ahab means brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father.
Built from
אָח ʼâch — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H1]) open in the lexicon ›
אָב ʼâb — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 and H1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon.
First appearance
1Kgs 16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
Every verse that names Ahab
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