Word Study · Strong's H2 · Hebrew
אַב
ab
ab
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼab
“{father}”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
{father}
Rendered in the KJV as
father.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- אֲבָהָתִ֗י1
- אֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ1
- אֲבָהֳתַ֙נָא֙1
- אֲב֔וּהִי1
- אֲב֗וּךְ1
- אֲב֔וּךְ1
- אֲב֥וּךְ1
- אֲבֽוּךְ׃1
- אַ֖בִי1
How it is rendered · 6
- father your4
- father his1
- father my1
- fathers my1
- fathers our1
- fathers your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular4
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANcbsc/Sp2ms · 4
- ANcbsc/Sp1bs · 1
- ANcbsc/Sp3ms · 1
- ANcfsc/Sp1bp · 1
- ANcfsc/Sp1bs · 1
- ANcfsc/Sp2ms · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Daniel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 4:15אֲבָהָתָ֗ךְʾavahatakhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularthat a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.here: fathers your
- Ezra 5:12אֲבָהֳתַ֙נָא֙ʾavohotana'noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralBut since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.here: fathers our
Daniel7 occurrences
- Daniel 2:23אֲבָהָתִ֗יʾavahatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularTo You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.”here: fathers my
- Daniel 5:2אֲב֔וּהִיʾavuhinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularUnder the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.here: father his
- Daniel 5:11אֲב֗וּךְʾavukhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThere is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,here: father your
- Daniel 5:11אֲב֔וּךְʾavukhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThere is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,here: father your
- Daniel 5:11אֲב֥וּךְʾavukhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThere is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,here: father your
- Daniel 5:13אַ֖בִיʾavinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo Daniel was brought before the king, who asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?here: father my
- Daniel 5:18אֲבֽוּךְ׃ʾavukhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAs for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.here: father your