King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H256
Transliteration: Achab
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-awb')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine
Short Definition: "father's brother", a king of Isr., also a false prophet
Meaning: Ahab -- "father's brother", a king of Israel, also a false prophet
Word Summary
Achab: "father's brother", a king of Isr., also a false prophet
Original Word: אַחְאָבTransliteration: Achab
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-awb')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine
Short Definition: "father's brother", a king of Isr., also a false prophet
Meaning: Ahab -- "father's brother", a king of Israel, also a false prophet
Strong's Concordance
Ahab Once (by contraction) oechab (Jer. 29:22) {ekh- awb'}; from 'ach and 'ab; brother (i.e. Friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon -- Ahab.
see HEBREW 'ach
see HEBREW 'ab
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H256. Achab
אַחְאָב91 proper name, masculine Ahab (father's brother; = אחיאב NöZMG 1886, 172, Ἀχίαβος was a nephew of Herod; compare like name in Syriac, given ob maximum cum parte suo similitudinem, BarHebrChron. Ecclesiastes 2.23 compare LCB1879, 1339. In many cases, however, the meaning of proper names compared with אח is dubious, & perfect consistency, especially in comparison with compounds of אָב, seems impossible; compare remark below אביאל and further WeSkizzen, iii. 1 f, DlPr. cap. vi) — אַחְאָב1 Kings 16:28 +; וּכְאֶחָב Jeremiah 29:22 —
1 son of Omri, king of Isr. 1 Kings 16:28-29, 18:1-2, 3; 20:2, 13, 14 41t. 1Kings, 27 t. 2Kings, 14 t. 2 Chronicles; Micah 6:16.
2 false prophet, time of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 29:21-22,.
אַחָב see אַחְאָב.