Strongs Number: H256
- Hebrew Word
- אַחְאָב
- Transliteration
- ʼAchʼâb
- Phonetic
- akh-awb'
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
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from H251 and H1; brother (that {is} friend) of (his) father; {Achab} the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
- BDB Definition
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Ahab = "father's brother"
1. king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel
2. false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah
- Origin
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The second form used once (by contraction) in
- Bible Usage
- Ahab.