Senses
1. Ahab (proper name) — The proper name Ahab (אַחְאָב, 'father's brother'), used of Ahab king of Israel and Ahab son of Kolaiah, with all grammatical variants (bare, prepositional, conjunctive) representing inflectional variation of a single name. 93×
AR["أَخْآب","أَخْأَبُ"]·ben["আহাব","আহাবের"]·DE["Ahav"]·EN["Ahav"]·FR["Ahav"]·heb["אחאב"]·HI["अहाब"]·ID["Ahab"]·IT["Acab"]·jav["Ahab"]·KO["아합","아합은","아합이"]·PT["'Ach'av"]·RU["Ахав","Ахава","Ахаву"]·ES["Acab","Achav"]·SW["Ahabu"]·TR["Ahav","Ahav'ı","Ahav'ın"]·urd["اخی-اب","اخی-اب-سے","اخی-اب-نے","اخی-اب-کے"]
1 Kgs 16:28, 1 Kgs 16:29, 1 Kgs 16:30, 1 Kgs 16:33, 1 Kgs 16:33, 1 Kgs 17:1, 1 Kgs 18:1, 1 Kgs 18:2, 1 Kgs 18:3, 1 Kgs 18:5, 1 Kgs 18:6, 1 Kgs 18:9 (+38 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
אַחְאָב91 n.pr.m. Ahab (father’s brother; = אחיאב NöZMG 1886, 172, Ἀχίαβος was a nephew of Herod.; cf. like name in Syriac, given ob maximum cum patre suo similitudinem, Bar HebræusChron. Ecclesiast. ii. 23 cf. LCB 1879, 1339. In many cases, however, the meaning of n.pr. comp. with אח is dub., & perfect consistency, especially in comparison with cpds. of אָב, seems impossible; cf. rem. sub אביאל,…