The meaning of “אַחְאָב”
Understanding ʼAchʼâb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
once (by contraction) אֶחָב ʼEchâb (ekh-awb') (Jeremiah 29:22); from אָח and אָב; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father ...
אַחְאָב
once (by contraction) אֶחָב ʼEchâb (ekh-awb') (Jeremiah 29:22); from אָח and אָב; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father Ahab. - § Ahab = "father's brother" - Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon 1) king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel 2) false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings 18:46 | “And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. ” Word: אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb) | |
| 2 Kings 9:9 | “And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:” Word: אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb) | |
| 2 Chronicles 22:3 | “He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.” Word: אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb) | |
| Jeremiah 29:22 | “And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;” Word: אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb) | |
| Micah 6:16 | “For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. ” Word: אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb) |