Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H2
אַב
abab
father
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼab
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2
{father}
The King James renders it: father.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ab is rendered "father". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:15that 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.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
that 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.
Ezra 4:15אֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- father your4
- father his1
- father my1
- fathers my1
- fathers our1
- fathers your1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲבָהָתִ֗י1
- אֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ1
- אֲבָהֳתַ֙נָא֙1
- אֲב֔וּהִי1
- אֲב֗וּךְ1
- אֲב֔וּךְ1
- אֲב֥וּךְ1
- אֲבֽוּךְ׃1
- אַ֖בִי1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular4ANcbsc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1ANcbsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1ANcbsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1ANcfsc/Sp1bp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1ANcfsc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1ANcfsc/Sp2ms
Ezra
two uses
that 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.
- אֲבָהָתָ֗ךְʾavahatakhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: fathers your
But 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.
- אֲבָהֳתַ֙נָא֙ʾavohotana'noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: fathers our
Daniel
seven uses
To 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.”
- אֲבָהָתִ֗יʾavahatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: fathers my
Under 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.
- אֲב֔וּהִיʾavuhinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: father his
There 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,
- אֲב֗וּךְʾavukhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: father your
- אֲב֔וּךְʾavukhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: father your
- אֲב֥וּךְʾavukhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: father your
So Daniel was brought before the king, who asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?
- אַ֖בִיʾavinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: father my
As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
- אֲבֽוּךְ׃ʾavukhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: father your
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.