H256

Hebrew Lexicon Entry

Original

אַחְאָב

Transliteration

ʼAchʼâb

Testament

Old Testament

Definition

Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon

once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 (אָח) and H1 (אָב); brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father;

אָח

ʼâch

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

אָב

ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

1 English word(s) are translated from H256 in the King James Bible, appearing a total of 94 times.