אָב av

Hebrew word for “father” · Strong’s H1 · used 1,213 times in 1,060 verses

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Meaning

1) father of an individual;

Senses in the lexicon

• father (1,209)
• father of (2)
• (Huram)-abi (2)

How it is translated

Glosses given for av in context, with how often each is used:

• father 659
• ancestors 375
• fathers 93
• ancestor 45
• parents 13
• belonged to father 4
• more than ancestors 4
• parent 4
• like ancestors 3
• more than father 2
• like fathers 2
• like a father 2

Where it is used

Also in 19 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 1 (19), Genesis 27 (16), Genesis 31 (15), 1 Kings 8 (15), Genesis 50 (12), 1 Samuel 20 (12), 1 Chronicles 2 (12), Genesis 44 (11), 1 Chronicles 4 (11), Judges 14 (10)

Forms

• אבי 196
• אביו 193
• אביך 105
• אבתיו 73
• אבתם 44
• אבותם 42
• האבות 36
• אביהם 35
• אבות 35
• אבותיכם 32

Words used with it

Words that share verses with av more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּוִד david “David” 117
• אֵם em “mother” 75
• עִם im “with” 108
• אָח ach “brother” 86
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 104
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 77
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 83
• שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 53
• קָבַר qavar “to bury” 46
• שֵׁם shem “name” 69
• הֶם hem “them” 72
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 64

Key verses

The verses using av that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 28:13 — And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give…
• Genesis 48:16 — The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow…
• Exodus 15:2 — The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
• Exodus 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto…
• Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
• 1 Samuel 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be…
• 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
• 2 Chronicles 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
• Isaiah 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The…
• Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say,…
• Jeremiah 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall…
• Malachi 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.