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title: אַחְאָב — Ahab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַחְאָב (256), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 93 times: Ahab. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Ahab. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַחְאָב

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«אַחְאָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahab** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 93 times · **Key:** 256 · **BDB:** אַחְאָב

### Glosses

Ahab (58); of.Ahab (35)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/256/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Ahab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/256/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Ahab (father’s brother; = אחיאב NöZMG 1886, 172, Ἀχίαβος was a nephew of Herod.; cf. like name in Syriac, given ob maximum cum patre suo similitudinem, Bar HebræusChron. Ecclesiast. ii. 23 cf. LCB 1879, 1339. In many cases, however, the meaning of n.pr. comp. with אח is dub., \& perfect consistency, especially in comparison with cpds. of אָב, seems impossible; cf. rem. sub אביאל, and further WeSkizzen, iii. 1 f, DlPr. cap. vi)—אַחְאָב 1 K 16:28 +; וּכְאֶחָב Je 29:22— son of Omri, king of Isr. 1 K 16:28, 29; 18:1, 2, 3; 20:2, 13, 14 + 41 times 1 K, 27 times 2 K, 14 times 2 Ch; Mi 6:16. false prophet, time of Jerem. Je 29:21, 22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַחְאָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/256/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.1/)

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וַיִּפְשַׁ֤ע מוֹאָב֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֥וֹת אַחְאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and it.rebelled Moab against Israel after the.death of.Ahab

*JPS 1917:* AND MOAB rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

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[1 Kings 20:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.2/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח מַלְאָכִ֛ים אֶל־אַחְאָ֥ב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הָעִֽירָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent messengers to Ahab the.king of.Israel to the city

*JPS 1917:* And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city,

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