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Lexicon :: Strong's H256 - 'aḥ'āḇ

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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 2 / 2 (2Ki 8:27–Mic 6:16)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:27 - He walked H1980 in the way H1870 of the house H1004 of Ahab H256 and did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 like the house H1004 of Ahab H256 had done, because H3588 he was a son-in-law H2860 of the house H1004 of Ahab. H256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:28 - Then he went H1980 with Joram H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 to war H4421 against H5973 Hazael H2371 king H4428 of Aram H758 at Ramoth-gilead, H7433 and the Arameans H761 [fn]wounded H5221 Joram. H3141

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - So King H4428 Joram H3141 returned H7725 to be healed H7495 in Jezreel H3157 of the wounds H4347 which H834 the Arameans H761 had [fn]inflicted H5221 on him at Ramah H7414 when he fought H3898 against H854 Hazael H2371 king H4428 of Aram. H758 Then Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah H3063 went H3381 down H3381 to see H7200 Joram H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 in Jezreel H3157 because H3588 he was sick. H2470

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - ‘You shall strike H5221 the house H1004 of Ahab H256 your master, H113 that I may avenge H5358 the blood H1818 of My servants H5650 the prophets, H5030 and the blood H1818 of all H3605 the servants H5650 of the LORD, H3068 at the hand H3027 of Jezebel. H348

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:8 - ‘For the whole H3605 house H1004 of Ahab H256 shall perish, H6 and I will cut H3772 off H3772 from Ahab H256 every H8366 male H8366 H7023 person both bond H6113 and free H5800 in Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:9 - ‘I will make H5414 the house H1004 of Ahab H256 like the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat, H5028 and like the house H1004 of Baasha H1201 the son H1121 of Ahijah. H281

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - Then Jehu said H559 to Bidkar H920 his officer, H7991 “Take H5375 him up and cast H7993 him into the [fn]property H2513 of the field H7704 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite, H3158 for I remember H2142 when [fn]you and I were riding H7392 together H6776 after H310 Ahab H256 his father, H1 that the LORD H3068 laid H5375 this H2088 oracle H4853 against H5921 him:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:29 - Now in the eleventh H259 H6240 year H8141 of Joram, H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab, H256 Ahaziah H274 became H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:1 - Now Ahab H256 had seventy H7657 sons H1121 in Samaria. H8111 And Jehu H3058 wrote H3789 letters H5612 and sent H7971 them to Samaria, H8111 to the rulers H8269 of Jezreel, H3157 the elders, H2205 and to the guardians H539 of the children of Ahab, H256 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:10 - “Know H3045 then H645 that there shall fall H5307 to the earth H776 nothing H3808 of the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 which H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 concerning H5921 the house H1004 of Ahab, H256 for the LORD H3068 has done H6213 what H834 He spoke H1696 [fn]through H3027 His servant H5650 Elijah.” H452

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:11 - So Jehu H3058 [fn]killed H5221 all H3605 who remained H7604 of the house H1004 of Ahab H256 in Jezreel, H3157 and all H3605 his great H1419 men H1419 and his acquaintances H3045 and his priests, H3548 until H5704 he left H7604 him without H1115 a survivor. H8300

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - When he came H935 to Samaria, H8111 he [fn]killed H5221 all H3605 who remained H7604 to Ahab H256 in Samaria, H8111 until H5704 he had destroyed H8045 him, according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He spoke H1696 to Elijah. H452

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - Then Jehu H3058 gathered H6908 all H3605 the people H5971 and said H559 to them, “Ahab H256 served H5647 Baal H1168 a little; H4592 Jehu H3058 will serve H5647 him much. H7235

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:30 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to Jehu, H3058 “Because H3282 H834 you have done H2895 well H2895 in executing H6213 what H3477 is right H3477 in My eyes, H5869 and have done H6213 to the house H1004 of Ahab H256 according to all H3605 that was in My heart, H3824 your sons H1121 of the fourth H7243 generation shall sit H3427 on the throne H3678 of Israel.” H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For he rebuilt H7725 H1129 the high H1116 places H1116 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 his father H1 had destroyed; H6 and he erected H6965 altars H4196 for Baal H1168 and made H6213 an [fn]Asherah, H842 as Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 had done, H6213 and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 and served H5647 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - ‘I will stretch H5186 over H5921 Jerusalem H3389 the line H6957 of Samaria H8111 and the plummet H4949 of the house H1004 of Ahab, H256 and I will wipe H4229 Jerusalem H3389 as one wipes H4229 a dish, H6747 wiping H4229 it and turning H2015 it upside H5921 H6440 down. H6440

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:1 - Now Jehoshaphat H3092 had H1961 great H7230 riches H6239 and honor; H3519 and he allied H2859 himself by marriage H2859 with Ahab. H256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - Some years H8141 later H7093 he went H3381 down H3381 to visit Ahab H256 at Samaria. H8111 And Ahab H256 slaughtered H2076 many H7230 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 for him and the people H5971 who H834 were with him, and induced H5496 him to go H5927 up against H413 Ramoth-gilead. H7433

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:3 - Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 “Will you go H1980 with me against Ramoth-gilead?” H7433 And he said H559 to him, “I am as you are, and my people H5971 as your people, H5971 and we will be with you in the battle.” H4421

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:19 - “The LORD H3068 said, H559 ‘Who H4310 will entice H6601 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 to go H5927 up and fall H5307 at Ramoth-gilead?’ H7433 And one H2088 said H559 this H3602 while another H2088 said H559 that.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:6 - He walked H1980 in the way H1870 of the kings H4428 of Israel, H3478 just H834 as the house H1004 of Ahab H256 did H6213 (for Ahab’s H256 daughter H1323 was his wife), H802 and he did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - but have walked H1980 in the way H1870 of the kings H4428 of Israel, H3478 and have caused Judah H3063 and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 to play H2181 the harlot H2181 as the house H1004 of Ahab H256 played H2181 the harlot, H2181 and you have also H1571 killed H2026 your brothers, H251 [fn]your own family, H1004 H1 who were better H2896 than H4480 you,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3 - He also H1571 walked H1980 in the ways H1870 of the house H1004 of Ahab, H256 for his mother H517 was his counselor H3289 to do H7561 wickedly. H7561

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:4 - He did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 like the house H1004 of Ahab, H256 for they were his counselors H3289 after H310 the death H4194 of his father, H1 to his destruction. H4889

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - He also H1571 walked H1980 according to their counsel, H6098 and went H1980 with Jehoram H3088 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 to wage H4421 war H4421 against H5921 Hazael H2371 king H4428 of Aram H758 at Ramoth-gilead. H7433 But the [fn]Arameans H761 [fn]wounded H5221 [fn]Joram. H3141

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - So he returned H7725 to be healed H7495 in Jezreel H3157 of the wounds H5221 [fn]which H834 they had inflicted H5221 on him at Ramah, H7414 when he fought H3898 against H854 Hazael H2371 king H4428 of Aram. H758 And [fn]Ahaziah, H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 went H3381 down H3381 to see H7200 Jehoram H3088 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 in Jezreel, H3157 because H3588 he was sick. H2470

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:7 - Now the destruction H8395 of Ahaziah H274 was from God, H430 in that [fn]he went H935 to Joram. H3141 For when he came, H935 he went H3318 out with Jehoram H3088 against H413 Jehu H3058 the son H1121 of Nimshi, H5250 whom H834 the LORD H3068 had anointed H4886 to cut H3772 off H3772 the house H1004 of Ahab. H256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - It came H1961 about when Jehu H3058 was executing H8199 judgment H8199 on the house H1004 of Ahab, H256 he found H4672 the princes H8269 of Judah H3063 and the sons H1121 of Ahaziah’s H274 brothers H251 ministering H8334 to Ahaziah, H274 and slew H2026 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 concerning H413 Ahab H256 the son H1121 of Kolaiah H6964 and concerning H413 Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Maaseiah, H4641 who are prophesying H5012 to you falsely H8267 in My name, H8034 ‘Behold, H2009 I will deliver H5414 them into the hand H3027 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and he will slay H5221 them before your eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:22 - ‘Because H4480 of them a curse H7045 will be [fn]used H3947 by all H3605 the exiles H1546 from Judah H3063 who H834 are in Babylon, H894 saying, H559 “May the LORD H3068 make H7760 you like Zedekiah H6667 and like Ahab, H256 whom H834 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 roasted H7033 in the fire, H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:16 - “The statutes H2708 of Omri H6018
And all H3605 the works H4639 of the house H1004 of Ahab H256 are observed; H8104
And in their devices H4156 you walk. H1980
Therefore H4616 I will give H5414 you up for destruction H8047
And [fn]your inhabitants H3427 for derision, H8322
And you will bear H5375 the reproach H2781 of My people.” H5971

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