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Lexicon :: Strong's H256 - 'aḥ'āḇ

Aa
אַחְאָב
Transliteration
'aḥ'āḇ
Pronunciation
akh-awb'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אַחְאָב ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'; once (by contraction) אֶחָב ʼEchâb (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:—Ahab.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 93x

The KJV translates Strong's H256 in the following manner: Ahab (93x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 93x
The KJV translates Strong's H256 in the following manner: Ahab (93x).

  1. Ahab = "father's brother"

    1. king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel

    2. false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַחְאָב ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'; once (by contraction) אֶחָב ʼEchâb (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:—Ahab.
STRONGS H256: Abbreviations
אַחְאָב 91 proper name, masculine Ahab (father's brother;＝אחיאב NöZMG 1886, 172, Ἀχίαβος was a nephew of Herod; compare like name in Syriac, given ob maximum cum parte suo similitudinem, Bar Hebræus in EusebiusChronicles ii. 23 compare LCB1879, 1339. In many cases, however, the meaning of proper names compared with H251 אח is dubious, & perfect consistency, especially in comparison with compounds of אָב, seems impossible; compare remark below H22 אביאל and further WeSkizzen, iii. 1 f, DlPr. cap. vi) — אַחְאָב 1 Kings 16:28 +; וּכְאֶחָב Jeremiah 29:22 —
1. son of Omri, king of Israel. 1 Kings 16:28, 29; 1 Kings 18:1, 2, 3; 1 Kings 20:2, 13, 14 + 41 times 1 Kings, + 27 times 2 Kings, + 14 times 2 Chronicles; Micah 6:16.
2. false prophet, time of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 29:21, 22.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

16:28; 16:28; 16:29; 18:1; 18:2; 18:3; 20:2; 20:13; 20:14

Jeremiah

29:21; 29:22; 29:22

Micah

6:16

H256

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H256 matches the Hebrew אַחְאָב ('aḥ'āḇ),
which occurs 93 times in 81 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ki 16:28–2Ki 8:25)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - And Omri H6018 [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers H1 and was buried H6912 in Samaria H8111; and his son H1121 Ahab H256 became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478.

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Now Ahab H256 the son H1121 of Omri H6018 became H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in the thirty-eighth H7970 H8083 year H8141 of Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063, and Ahab H256 the son H1121 of Omri H6018 reigned H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in Samaria H8111 for twenty-two H6242 H8147 years H8141.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:30 - Ahab H256 the son H1121 of Omri H6018 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 who H834 were before H6440 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - Ahab H256 also made H6213 the [fn]Asherah H842. So Ahab H256 did H6213 more H3254 to provoke H3707 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 to H3707 anger H3707 than H4480 all H3605 the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 who H834 were before H6440 him.

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Now Elijah H452 the Tishbite H8664, who was of [fn]the settlers H8453 of Gilead H1568, said H559 to Ahab H256, “As the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 lives H2416, before H6440 whom H834 I stand H5975, there shall certainly H518 be neither H518 dew H2919 nor rain H4306 during these H428 years H8141, except H3588 H518 by my word H1697.”

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Now it happened H1961 after many H7227 days H3117 that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Elijah H452 in the third H7992 year H8141, saying H559, “Go H1980, present H7200 yourself to Ahab H256, and I will provide H5414 rain H4306 on the face H6440 of the earth H127.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - So Elijah H452 went H1980 to present H7200 himself to Ahab H256. Now the famine H7458 was severe H2389 in Samaria H8111.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:3 - Ahab H256 summoned H7121 Obadiah H5662, who H834 was in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the household H1004. (Now Obadiah H5662 [fn]feared H3372 the LORD H3068 greatly H3966;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - Then Ahab H256 said H559 to Obadiah H5662, “Go H1980 through the land H776 to all H3605 the springs H4599 of water H4325 and to all H3605 the river H5158 valleys H5158; perhaps H194 we will find H4672 grass H2682 and keep H2421 the horses H5483 and mules H6505 alive H2421, and not have to kill H3772 some H4480 of the cattle H929.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:6 - So they divided H2505 the land H776 between them to [fn]survey H5674 it; Ahab H256 went H1980 one H259 way H1870 by H905 himself H905, and Obadiah H5662 went H1980 another H259 way H1870 by H905 himself H905.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:9 - But he said H559, “What H4100 [fn]sin H2398 have I committed H2398, that you are handing H5414 H3027 your servant H5650 over to Ahab H256, to put H4191 me to H4191 death H4191?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:12 - “And it will come H1961 about H1961 when I leave H1980 H4480 you that the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 will carry H5375 you to where H5921 H834 I do not know H3045; so when I come H935 and inform H5046 Ahab H256 and he cannot H3808 find H4672 you, he will kill H2026 me, though I, your servant H5650, have [fn]feared H3372 the LORD H3068 from my youth H5271.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:16 - So Obadiah H5662 went H1980 to meet H7122 Ahab H256 and informed H5046 him; then Ahab H256 went H1980 to meet H7122 Elijah H452.

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When Ahab H256 saw H7200 Elijah H452, Ahab H256 said H559 to him, “Is this H2088 you, the cause H5916 of H5916 disaster H5916 to Israel H3478?”

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So Ahab H256 sent H7971 orders among all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and brought H6908 the prophets H5030 together H6908 at Mount H2022 Carmel H3760.

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Now Elijah H452 said H559 to Ahab H256, “Go H5927 up H5927, eat H398 and drink H8354; for there is the sound H6963 of the roar H1995 of a heavy shower H1653.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab H256 went H5927 up H5927 to eat H398 and drink H8354. But Elijah H452 went H5927 up H5927 to the top H7218 of Carmel H3760; and he bent H1457 down H1457 to the earth H776 and put H7760 his face H6440 between H996 his knees H1290.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And when he returned the seventh H7637 time, he said H559, “Behold H2009, a cloud H5645 as small H6996 as a person’s H376 hand H3709 is coming H5927 up H5927 from the sea H3220.” And Elijah said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927, say H559 to Ahab H256, ‘Harness H631 your chariot horses and go H3381 down H3381, so that the heavy shower H1653 does not stop H6113 you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - Meanwhile H5704 H3541 the sky H8064 became H6937 dark H6937 with clouds H5645 and wind H7307 came up, and there was a heavy H1419 shower H1653. And Ahab H256 rode H7392 and went H1980 to Jezreel H3157.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46 - Then the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was on Elijah H452, and he [fn]belted H8151 his cloak around H8151 his waist H4975 and [fn]outran H7323 H6440 Ahab H256 [fn]to Jezreel H3157.

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Now Ahab H256 told H5046 Jezebel H348 everything H3605 that Elijah H452 had done H6213, and [fn]how H834 he had killed H2026 all H3605 the prophets H5030 with the sword H2719.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:2 - Then he sent H7971 messengers H4397 to the city H5892 to Ahab H256, king H4428 of Israel H3478, and said H559 to him, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 Ben-hadad H1130 says H559:

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Now behold H2009, a prophet H5030 approached H5066 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478, and said H559, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘Have you seen H7200 all H3605 this H2088 great H1419 multitude H1995? Behold H2009, I am going to hand H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to you today H3117, and you shall know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - But Ahab H256 said H559, “By whom H4310?” So he said H559, “The LORD H3068 says H559 this H3541: ‘By the young H5288 men H5288 of the leaders H8269 of the provinces H4082.’” Then he said H559, “Who H4310 will begin H631 the battle H4421?” And he said H559, “You will.”

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 after H310 these H428 things H1697 that Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158 had H1961 a vineyard H3754 which H834 was in Jezreel H3157 beside H681 the palace H1964 of Ahab H256, the king H4428 of Samaria H8111.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - And Ahab H256 spoke H1696 to Naboth H5022, saying H559, “Give H5414 me your vineyard H3754 so that I may have H1961 it for a vegetable H3419 garden H1588, because H3588 it is close H7138 beside H681 my house H1004, and I will give H5414 you a better H2896 H4480 vineyard H3754 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 it; if H518 [fn]you prefer H2896 H5869, I will give H5414 you what H4242 [fn]it is H4242 worth H4242 in money H3701.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 - But Naboth H5022 said H559 to Ahab H256, “The LORD H3068 forbid H2486 me that I would give H5414 you the inheritance H5159 of my fathers H1!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - So Ahab H256 entered H935 his house H1004 sullen H5620 and furious H2198 because H5921 of the [fn]answer H1697 that Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158 had given H1696 to him, since he said H559, “I will not give H5414 you the inheritance H5159 of my fathers H1.” And he lay H7901 down H7901 on his bed H4296 and turned H5437 his face H6440 away H5437, and ate H398 no H3808 [fn]food H3899.

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So she wrote H3789 letters H5612 in Ahab’s H256 name H8034 and sealed H2856 them with his seal H2368, and sent H7971 the letters H5612 to the elders H2205 and to the nobles H2715 who H834 were living H3427 with Naboth H5022 in his city H5892.

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And when Jezebel H348 heard H8085 that Naboth H5022 had been stoned H5619 and was dead H4191, Jezebel H348 said H559 to Ahab H256, “Arise H6965, take H3423 possession H3423 of the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022, the Jezreelite H3158, which H834 he refused H3985 to give H5414 you for money H3701; for Naboth H5022 is not alive H2416, but dead H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16 - When Ahab H256 heard H8085 that Naboth H5022 was dead H4191, Ahab H256 got H6965 up H6965 to go H3381 down H3381 to the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158, to take H3423 possession H3423 of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:18 - “Arise H6965, go H3381 down H3381 to meet H7122 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478, who H834 is in Samaria H8111; behold H2009, he is in the vineyard H3754 of Naboth H5022, where H834 H8033 he has gone H3381 down H3381 to take H3423 possession H3423 of it.

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Then Ahab H256 said H559 to Elijah H452, “Have you found H4672 me, enemy H340 of mine?” And he [fn]answered H559, “I have found H4672 you, because H3282 you have given H4376 yourself over H4376 to do H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - “Behold H2009, I am bringing H935 disaster H7451 upon you, and I will utterly H1197 sweep H1197 you away H1197, and will eliminate H3772 from Ahab H256 every H8366 male H8366 H7023, both [fn]bond H6113 and free H5800 in Israel H3478;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - “The one belonging to Ahab H256, who dies H4191 in the city H5892, the dogs H3611 will eat H398; and the one who dies H4191 in the field H7704, the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 will eat H398.”

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There certainly H7534 was no H3808 one like Ahab H256 who H834 gave H4376 himself over H4376 to do H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, [fn]because H834 Jezebel H348 his wife H802 incited H5496 him.

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Yet it came H1961 about H1961, when Ahab H256 heard H8085 these H428 words H1697, that he tore H7167 his clothes H899 and put H7760 [fn]on sackcloth H8242 and fasted H6684, and he lay H7901 in sackcloth H8242 and went H1980 about H1980 despondently H328.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:29 - “Do you see H7200 how H3588 Ahab H256 has humbled H3665 himself before H4480 H6440 Me? Because H3282 H3588 he has humbled H3665 himself before H6440 Me, I will not bring H935 the disaster H7451 in his days H3117; I will bring H935 the disaster H7451 upon his house H1004 in his son’s H1121 days H3117.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:20 - “And the LORD H3068 said H559, ‘Who H4310 will [fn]entice H6601 Ahab H256 to go H5927 up H5927 and fall H5307 at Ramoth-gilead H7433?’ And one H2088 spirit said H559 this H3541, while another H2088 said H559 that.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - Now as for the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Ahab H256 and everything H3605 that he did H6213, and the ivory H8127 house H1004 which H834 he built H1129 and all H3605 the cities H5892 which H834 he built H1129, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Israel H3478?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:40 - So Ahab H256 [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers H1, and his son H1121 Ahaziah H274 became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478.

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Now Jehoshaphat H3092 the son H1121 of Asa H609 became H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063 in the fourth H702 year H8141 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:49 - Then H227 Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 said H559 to Jehoshaphat H3092, “Let my servants H5650 go H1980 with your servants H5650 in the ships H591.” But Jehoshaphat H3092 was H14 not willing H14.

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Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 became H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in Samaria H8111 in the seventeenth H7651 H6240 year H8141 of Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah H3063, and he reigned H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 for two years H8141.

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Now Moab H4124 broke H6586 with H6586 Israel H3478 after H310 the death H4194 of Ahab H256.

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Now Jehoram H3088 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 became H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 at Samaria H8111 in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah H3063, and he reigned H4427 for twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:5 - However, when King Ahab H256 died H4194, the king H4428 of Moab H4124 broke H6586 with H6586 the [fn]king H4428 of Israel H3478.

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Now in the fifth H2568 year H8141 of Joram H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478, when Jehoshaphat H3092 was the king H4428 of Judah H3063, Jehoram H3088 the son H1121 of Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah H3063 became H4427 king H4427.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:18 - He walked H1980 in the way H1870 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478, just H834 as H834 the house H1004 of Ahab H256 had done H6213, for Ahab’s H256 daughter H1323 was H1961 his wife H802; and he did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068.

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In the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of Joram H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478, Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah H3063 began to reign H4427.


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