אָב1191 H0001
father, immediate male parent; ancestor, forefather; head of a fathers' house
Senses
1. father, immediate male parent — Biological or legal father in a direct parent-child relationship; also used for grandfather, father-in-law, adoptive father, and as a title of respect or metaphorical originator — all singular uses where target languages uniformly render 'father' (Korean 아버지, Hindi पिता, Arabic أَب, Swahili baba). 1031×
AR["أبي","أَبي","أَبِي"]·ben["আমার-পিতা","আমার-পিতাকে","আমার-পিতার","পিতা-আমার","বাবা-আমার"]·DE["mein-Vater","meinem-Vater","meinen-Vater","meines-Vaters"]·EN["my-father"]·FR["mon-père"]·heb["אב-י","אבי"]·HI["पिता-के-अपने","पिता-के-मेरे","पिता-ने-मेरे","पिता-मेरे","पिता-मेरे-के","मेर-पित","मेरा-पिता","मेरे-पित-के","मेरे-पिता","मेरे-पिता-का","मेरे-पिता-के"]·ID["ayahku","bapa-ku","bapaku"]·IT["mio-padre"]·jav["amargi","bapa-kawula","bapak-kawula","bapak-kita","bapak-kula","rama-kawula","rama-kula"]·KO["나의-아버지","나의-아버지가","나의-아버지도","나의-아버지를","나의-아버지와","나의-아버지의","내-아버지의","아버지-나의-의"]·PT["meu-pai","pai-meu"]·RU["отец-мой","отца-моего","отцу-моему"]·ES["mi-padre","padre-mío"]·SW["baba-wangu","baba-yangu","tutapata","wa-baba-yangu"]·TR["babam","babama","babamı","babamın"]·urd["باپ-اپنے-کے","باپ-میرے","باپ-میرے-نے","باپ-میرے-کا","باپ-میرے-کی","باپ-میرے-کے","میرا-باپ","میرے-باپ","میرے-باپ-کا","میرے-باپ-کی؟","میرے-باپ-کے","میرے-باپ-کے۔"]
2. ancestor, forefather — Previous generations of a people or family, used in the plural to denote forefathers or patriarchs of Israel; target languages shift to ancestor-specific terms (Korean 조상, Hindi पूर्वज/पितर, Arabic آبَاء as collective ancestors, Swahili baba zao in ancestral sense). 146×
AR["آبَاءَهُمْ","آبَائِهِمْ"]·ben["তাদের-পিতৃগণের","তাদের-পিতৃদের","তাদের-পিতৃপুরুষদের","তাদের-পূর্বপুরুষদের","তাদের-পূর্বপুরুষদের,"]·DE["ihr-Vaeter"]·EN["their-fathers"]·FR["leur-pères","leurs-pères"]·heb["אֲבוֹתָם","אבותם","אבתם"]·HI["अपने-पूर्वजों-का","उनके-पितरों-के","उनके-पूर्वजों","उनके-पूर्वजों-के","उनके-पूर्वजों-को","पितरों-अपने-के","पूर्वजों-अपने"]·ID["nenek-moyang-mereka"]·IT["loro-padri"]·jav["leluhur","leluhur-ipun","para-bapanipun","para-rama-ipun","para-ramanipun","rama-ramanipun"]·KO["그들-의-아버지들","그들의-아버지들","그들의-조상","그들의-조상들","그들의-조상들을","그들의-조상들의","조상들-그들의"]·PT["pais-deles","pais-seus","seus-pais"]·RU["отцов-их","отцов-своих"]·ES["padres-de-ellos","sus-padres"]·SW["baba-zao","ya-baba-zao","za-baba-zao"]·TR["atalarını","atalarının","atalarının-onların","babalarının"]·urd["ان-کے-باپ-دادا","اُن-کے-آباؤ-اجداد-کے","اُن-کے-باپ-دادا","اُن-کے-باپ-دادا-کے","اُن-کے-باپوں-کا","اپنے-باپ-دادا","اپنے-باپ-دادا-کے","باپ-دادا-اپنے","باپ-دادا-کے","باپوں-ان","باپوں-اپنے"]
3. head of a fathers' house — Patriarchal head or clan leader in the institutional sense of 'fathers' houses' (בֵּית אָבוֹת), the organizational unit of Israelite tribal structure; Hindi distinctively renders पितृवंश (patriarchal lineage/clan) rather than simple 'father' or 'ancestor'. 35×
AR["الآباء","الآباءِ","الآبَاء","الآبَاءِ","الْآبَاءِ"]·ben["-পিতৃকুলদের","-পিতৃকুলের","-পিতৃবংশের","পিতৃকুল-এর","পিতৃকুলদের","পিতৃদের","পূর্বপুরুষদের"]·DE["der-Vaeter"]·EN["the-fathers"]·FR["père"]·heb["ה-אב"]·HI["-के-पूर्वजों","-पितृवंशों-के","इस्राएल","पितरों","पितरों-के","पितरोंके","पूर्वजों-के-घरानों-के"]·ID["-bapa-bapa","bapa-bapa","kaum-bapa","nenek-moyang"]·IT["padre"]·jav["ing-para-bapa","kang-rama","para-bapa","para-rama","rama-rama"]·KO["그-아버지들","그-아버지들-의","그-아버지들의","그-조상들","그-조상들-의","그-조상들의"]·PT["os-pais"]·RU["а-отцов","отцов"]·ES["los-padres"]·SW["baba","wa-baba"]·TR["-ataların","atalarin","ataların","ataların-","babaların"]·urd["آبا-کے","آباء-کے","آباؤ-کے","ال-آباء-کے","باپ-دادا-کے"]
1 Chr 7:11, 1 Chr 7:40, 1 Chr 8:13, 1 Chr 9:34, 1 Chr 15:12, 1 Chr 23:9, 1 Chr 23:24, 1 Chr 24:6, 1 Chr 24:31, 1 Chr 24:31, 1 Chr 26:21, 1 Chr 26:26 (+23 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
אָב1191 n.m. father (Ph. אב, Assyrian abu, Arabic أَبٌ, Sab. אב CISiv, 1. 37 1. 2 al. Ethiopic አብ Aramaic אַבָּא, ܐܰܒܳܐ )—abs. אָב Gn 44:19 + 47 times; cstr. אַב Gn 17:4, 5 (cf. in אַ��ְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in n.pr. On Hal’s proposes אֲבִר v. אברהם); אֲבִי" dir="rtl" >אֲבִי (cf. Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96) Gn 4:20 +; sf. אָבִי Gn 19:34 + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Gn 12:1 +; אָבִיו Gn 2:24 +; אָבִ֫יהוּ Ju 14:10 + 6…