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title: אַחְבָן — Ahban · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַחְבָן (257), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ahban. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַחְבָן

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«אַחְבָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahban** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 257 · **BDB:** אַחְבָּן

### Glosses

Ahban (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahban [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/257/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/257/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (brother of an intelligent one) son of Abishur, of Judah 1 Ch 2:29.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַחְבָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/257/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.29/)

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וְשֵׁ֛ם אֵ֥שֶׁת אֲבִישׁ֖וּר אֲבִיהָ֑יִל וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ אֶת־אַחְבָּ֖ן וְאֶת־מוֹלִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* and the.name of.the.wife of.Abishur \[was\].Abihail and she.bore to him (et) Ahban and (et) Molid

*JPS 1917:* And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban, and Molid.

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