אַחְאָב91 H0256
Ahab — personal name meaning 'father's brother,' chiefly the infamous king of Israel, also a false prophet in Babylon
Ahav is a theophoric or kinship name meaning 'father's brother' (compounding ah 'brother' and av 'father'). The name is dominated by one towering figure: Ahab son of Omri, the seventh king of the northern kingdom of Israel, whose reign is narrated across 1 Kings 16-22. Ahab married the Sidonian princess Jezebel, introduced Baal worship on a state scale, and clashed repeatedly with the prophet Elijah (1 Kgs 18-19). He died from a battle wound at Ramoth-Gilead (1 Kgs 22:34-37). A second, minor bearer is Ahab son of Kolaiah, a false prophet among the Babylonian exiles whom Jeremiah condemns (Jer 29:21-22). The Septuagint renders the name as Achaab.
Senses
1. Ahab (proper name) — The proper name Ahav ('father's brother'), used primarily for Ahab son of Omri, king of Israel (r. ca. 874-853 BCE), whose politically powerful but spiritually ruinous reign dominates 1 Kings 16:28-22:40 and echoes through 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles. His promotion of Baal worship through Jezebel provoked the great contest on Mount Carmel (1 Kgs 18). A second bearer is Ahab son of Kolaiah, a false prophet in Babylon cursed by Jeremiah (Jer 29:21-22). Spanish 'Acab,' French 'Ahav,' and German 'Ahab' all derive from the Septuagint form Achaab. 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)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
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,…