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Lexicon :: Strong's H1 - 'āḇ

Aa
אָב
Transliteration
'āḇ
Pronunciation
awb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A root
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TWOT Reference: 4a

Strong’s Definitions

אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x

The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,215x
The KJV translates Strong's H1 in the following manner: father (1,205x), chief (2x), families (2x), desire (1x), fatherless (with H369) (1x), forefathers (with H7223) (1x), patrimony (1x), prince (1x), principal (1x).

  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

    1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

    2. 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.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָב ʼâb, awb; a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application:—chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
STRONGS H1: Abbreviations
אָב 1191 noun masculine father (Phoenician אב, Assyrian abu, Arabic أَبً, Sabean אב CISiv, 1, 37 1. 2 and others, Ethiopic አብ፡ Aramaic אַבָּא, axBAf  — absolute אָב Genesis 44:19 + 47 times; construct אַב Genesis 17:4, 5; (compare in אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposed אֲבִר see אברהם); אֲבִי (compare Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96) Genesis 4:20 +; suffix אָבִי Genesis 19:34 + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Genesis 12:1 +; אָבִיו Genesis 2:24 +; אָבִ֫יהוּ Judges 14:10 + 6 times; plural אָבוֺת Exodus 12:3 +; construct אֲבוֺת Exodus 6:25 + 7 times; suffix אֲבוֺתַי (אֲבֹתַי, אֲבוֺתָ֑י) Genesis 47:9 + 15 times; אֲבוֺתֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:38 + 32 times (late); אֲבוֺתָם Exodus 4:5 + 106 times etc.;
1. father of individual Genesis 2:24 (+ אֵם) Genesis 11:28, 29 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:31, 32, 33, + often (mostly J E D); of father as commanding Genesis 50:16 (J) Jeremiah 35:6f, Proverbs 6:20 (compare Genesis 18:19; J Genesis 28:1, 6 P 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Kings 2:1); instructing מוסר Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 4:1 (compare Deuteronomy 8:5); specifically as begetter, genitor Proverbs 23:22; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse) (+ אֵם) Isaiah 45:10; compare Genesis 49:4 (J) Leviticus 18:7, 8, 11 (P); rebuking Genesis 37:10; loving Genesis 37:4; Genesis 44:20 (JE; compare Genesis 22:2; Genesis 25:28; Genesis 37:3; 2 Samuel 14:1); pitying Psalm 103:13 (in simile compare 2 Samuel 18:5); blessing Genesis 27:41 (JE compare Genesis 27:4; also Genesis 28:1 P +); as glad Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; compare Proverbs 29:3; grieving Genesis 37:35 (JE; compare 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:2f) etc. Also as object of honour, obedience, love Exodus 20:12 (E)=Deuteronomy 5:16; Exodus 21:15, 17 (E) Deuteronomy 21:18, 19; Genesis 28:7 (P) 1 Kings 19:20 (all + אֵם), Genesis 50:1; Genesis 50:5 (J) Malachi 1:6 etc. Hence metaphor of intimate connection Job 17:14 to corruption I cry, My father art thou (|| אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה).
2. of God as father of his people (see RSSem 42), who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it: Deuteronomy 32:6; Jeremiah 3:4, 19; Jeremiah 31:9; Isaiah 63:16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 64:7; Malachi 1:6; Malachi 2:10 (compare Exodus 4:22; Exodus 19:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 32:11; Hosea 11:1); compare Jeremiah 2:27 (of idolatrous Israel) אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני׃; especially God as father of Davidic line 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 89:27; f. of needy (late) Psalm 68:6 (compare Psalm 103:13) (in proper name, father of individual, compare below)
3. head of household, family or clan; בֵּית אָבִי as abode Genesis 38:11 (twice in verse); Leviticus 22:13 +; = family Genesis 24:40 (|| מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי) Genesis 41:51; Genesis 46:31 — Numbers 18:1, 2; Joshua 2:12, 18; Joshua 6:25; especially techn. of divisions of Israel לְמִשְׁפָּחוֹת אָב בֵּית Numbers 3:30, 35 = a father's house, i.e. a family or clan; more often plural (אבותם, אבותיו) בֵית אָבוֺת = father's houses = families, clans (compare Di on Exodus 6:14) Exodus 6:14; Exodus 12:3; Numbers 1:2, 18 ff (often in Numbers) Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 21:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse) (always P in Hexateuch); also 1 Chronicles 5:13, 15 + often in Chronicles; compare רָאשֵׁי אבות הלוים (= 'בית א 'ר) Exodus 6:25 compare 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 7:11 — Ezra Nehemiah.
4. ancestor
(a) of individual; grandfather (instead of precise term) Genesis 28:13; Genesis 31:10 [Genesis 32:9] (J; where used by Jacob of Abraham & then of Isaac); greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:13; great-greatgrandfather 1 Kings 15:11 etc.; oft plural (= fathers, forefathers) Genesis 15:15; Genesis 46:34 (JE) 1 Kings 19:4; 1 Kings 21:3, 4; 2 Kings 19:12; 2 Kings 20:17 +; particularly שׁכב עם אבותיו 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 11:21; 1 Kings 22:40 +; joined with ויקבר עם אב׳ 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:24; 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Kings 15:38 compare 2 Kings 15:7, 2 Kings 16:20 + (all of kings of Judah); intensive, אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֺת אֲבֹתֶיךָ Exodus 10:6 compare Daniel 11:24;
(b) of people Genesis 10:21 (J) Genesis 17:4, 5 (P) Genesis 19:37, 38 (J) Genesis 36:9, 43 (P) Deuteronomy 26:5; Isaiah 51:2; Isaiah 43:27 (where אביך הראשׁון thy first father, see Che) compare also Ezekiel 16:3, 45 + often; plural Exodus 3:13, 15, 16 (E) Deuteronomy 1:8; Joshua 1:6; Judges 2:1; 1 Samuel 12:6 +; 1 Samuel 12:15 near the end read וּבְמַלְכְּכֶם Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art Genesis 4:20, 21.
6. figurative of producer, Generator Job 38:28 הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָ֑ב (|| הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ מִי־).
7. figurative of benevolence & protection Job 29:6 אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֺנִים, compare Job 31:18; of Eliakim Isaiah 22:21; perhaps also of gracious Messianic king אֲבִי עַד Isaiah 9:5 [Isaiah 9:6] everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di) — others divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn Kue BrMP).
8. term of respect & honour (Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope); applied to master 2 Kings 5:13; priest Judges 17:10; Judges 18:19; prophet 2 Kings 2:12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 6:21; 2 Kings 13:14 (twice in verse); compare 2 Kings 8:9; counsellor Genesis 45:8 (E; compare δευτέρου πατρός Greek Version of the LXX add. Esther 3:13; τῷ πατρί1Mac Esth 11:32); king 1 Samuel 24:12; artificer 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 4:16.
9. specifically, ruler, chief (late) 1 Chronicles 2:24, 42 (twice in verse); etc. (compare Ew§ 273 b) see also EwGeschichte. i. 524. H i. 365. On the force of אָב in proper names (in many probably a divine title), see CheEncy. Bib., ABI, NAMES WITH Nöib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:24; 2:24; 4:20; 4:20; 4:21; 10:21; 11:28; 11:29; 12:1; 15:15; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:5; 18:19; 19:31; 19:32; 19:33; 19:34; 19:37; 19:38; 22:2; 24:40; 25:28; 27:4; 27:41; 28:1; 28:1; 28:6; 28:7; 28:13; 32:9; 36:9; 36:43; 37:3; 37:4; 37:10; 37:35; 38:11; 41:51; 44:19; 44:20; 45:8; 46:31; 46:34; 47:9; 49:4; 50:1; 50:5; 50:16

Exodus

3:13; 3:15; 3:16; 4:5; 4:22; 6:14; 6:14; 6:25; 6:25; 10:6; 12:3; 12:3; 19:4; 20:12; 21:15; 21:17

Leviticus

18:7; 18:8; 18:11; 22:13

Numbers

1:2; 1:18; 3:30; 3:35; 18:1; 18:2

Deuteronomy

1:8; 5:16; 8:5; 21:18; 21:19; 26:5; 32:6; 32:11

Joshua

1:6; 2:12; 2:18; 6:25; 14:1; 19:51; 21:1; 22:14

Judges

2:1; 14:10; 17:10; 18:19

1 Samuel

12:6; 12:15; 17:20; 24:12

2 Samuel

7:14; 12:22; 14:1; 18:5; 19:1; 19:2

1 Kings

1:21; 2:1; 2:10; 8:1; 11:21; 14:31; 15:11; 15:13; 15:24; 19:4; 19:20; 21:3; 21:4; 22:40; 22:51

2 Kings

2:12; 5:13; 6:21; 8:9; 8:24; 13:14; 15:7; 15:38; 16:20; 19:12; 20:17

1 Chronicles

2:24; 2:42; 4:38; 5:13; 5:15; 6:4; 7:11

2 Chronicles

2:12; 4:16

Esther

3:13

Job

17:14; 29:6; 31:18; 38:28

Psalms

68:6; 89:27; 103:13; 103:13

Proverbs

1:8; 4:1; 6:20; 10:1; 15:20; 23:22; 29:3

Isaiah

9:6; 22:21; 43:27; 45:10; 51:2; 63:16; 64:7

Jeremiah

2:27; 3:4; 3:19; 31:9; 35:6

Ezekiel

16:3; 16:45

Daniel

11:24

Hosea

11:1

Zechariah

13:3

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 2:10

H1

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Strong's Number H1 matches the Hebrew אָב ('āḇ),
which occurs 1,213 times in 1,060 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 10 / 22 (1Sa 14:51–2Sa 17:23)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51 - Kish was the father H1 of Saul, and Ner the father H1 of Abner was the son of Abiel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:15 - but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s H1 flock at Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:25 - The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father’s H1 house [fn]free in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s H1 sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:2 - Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father’s H1 house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:18 - But David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s H1 family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son-in-law?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan told David saying, “Saul my father H1 is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:3 - “I will go out and stand beside my father H1 in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father H1 about you; if I [fn]find out anything, then I will tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father H1 and said to him, “Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very [fn]beneficial to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1 - Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said [fn]to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, H1 that he is seeking my life?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - He said to him, “Far from it, you shall not die. Behold, my father H1 does nothing either great or small [fn]without disclosing it to me. So why should my father H1 hide this thing from me? It is not so!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - Yet David vowed again, [fn]saying, “Your father H1 knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is [fn]hardly a step between me and death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - “If your father H1 misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8 - “Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if there is iniquity in me, put me to death yourself; for why then should you bring me to your father?” H1

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9 - Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! For if I should indeed learn that evil has been decided by my father H1 to come upon you, then would I not tell you about it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10 - Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me [fn]if your father H1 answers you harshly?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:12 - Then Jonathan said to David, “The LORD, the God of Israel, be witness! When I have sounded out my father H1 about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good feeling toward David, shall I not then send to you and [fn]make it known to you?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:13 - “If it please my father H1 to do you harm, may the LORD do so to Jonathan and more also, if I do not [fn]make it known to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And may the LORD be with you as He has been with my father. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:32 - But Jonathan answered Saul his father H1 and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him down; so Jonathan knew that his father H1 had decided to put David to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Then Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved over David because his father H1 had dishonored him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father’s H1 household heard of it, they went down there to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:3 - And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father H1 and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11 - Then the king sent someone to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s H1 household, the priests who were in Nob; and all of them came to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - “Did I just begin to inquire of God for him today? Far be it from me! Do not let the king impute anything to his servant or to any of the household of my father, H1 for your servant knows nothing [fn]at all of this whole affair.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16 - But the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s H1 household!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:22 - Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have brought about the death of every person in your father’s H1 household.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:17 - Thus he said to him, “Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father H1 will not find you, and you will be king over Israel and I will be next to you; and Saul my father H1 knows that also.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11 - “Now, my father, H1 see! Indeed, see the edge of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and perceive that there is no evil or [fn]rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life to take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:21 - “So now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my [fn]descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father’s H1 household.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they took up Asahel and buried him in his father’s H1 tomb which was in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men went all night until the day [fn]dawned at Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and [fn]Ish-bosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s H1 concubine?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, H1 to his brothers and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hands of David; and yet today you charge me with a guilt concerning the woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - “May it [fn]fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s H1 house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who takes hold of a distaff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - So David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father H1 and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:12 - “When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, H1 I will raise up your [fn]descendant after you, who will come forth from [fn]you, and I will establish his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - “I will be a father H1 to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father H1 Jonathan, and will restore to you all the [fn]land of your [fn]grandfather H1 Saul; and you shall [fn]eat at my table regularly.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father H1 showed kindness to me.” So David sent [fn]some of his servants to console him concerning his father. H1 But when David’s servants came to the land of the Ammonites,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “[fn]Do you think that David is honoring your father H1 because he has sent consolers to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Jonadab then said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill; when your father H1 comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat, and let her prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat from her hand.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “O my lord, the king, the iniquity is on me and my father’s H1 house, but the king and his throne are guiltless.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - “But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father’s H1 servant in time past, so I will now be your servant,’ then you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:3 - Then the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father H1 to me.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:19 - “Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s H1 presence, so I will be in your presence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s H1 concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. H1 The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s H1 concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - Moreover, Hushai said, “You know your father H1 and his men, that they are mighty men and they are [fn]fierce, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father H1 is an [fn]expert in warfare, and will not spend the night with the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:10 - “And even the one who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will completely [fn]lose heart; for all Israel knows that your father H1 is a mighty man and those who are with him are valiant men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 - Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not [fn]followed, he [fn]saddled his donkey and arose and went to his home, to his city, and [fn]set his house in order, and strangled himself; thus he died and was buried in the grave of his father. H1

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