H1 אָב
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 1,212 KJV occurrences
אָב
ʼâb · awb
Definition
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
KJV Renderings
chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive word;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 1,212)
- 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 45:9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
- Numbers 17:6¶ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
- Judges 2:20¶ And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
- 1 Kings 7:51So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 2:42¶ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
- 2 Chronicles 17:4But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
- Proverbs 19:14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.