אָב H1
H1 is the Hebrew word אָב, transliterated ʼâb and said awb. The King James Version most often renders it father.
What it means
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application.
Where it comes from
a primitive word.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 1,050 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
Verses using אָב
The first 40 of 1003 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 2:24 · KJV
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 4:20 · KJV
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Genesis 4:21 · KJV
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Genesis 9:18 · KJV
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:22 · KJV
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Genesis 9:23 · KJV
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
Genesis 10:21 · KJV
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
Genesis 11:28 · KJV
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 11:29 · KJV
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis 12:1 · KJV
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Genesis 15:15 · KJV
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 17:4 · KJV
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Genesis 17:5 · KJV
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Genesis 19:31 · KJV
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
Genesis 19:32 · KJV
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:33 · KJV
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Genesis 19:34 · KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:35 · KJV
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Genesis 19:37 · KJV
And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Genesis 19:38 · KJV
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Genesis 20:12 · KJV
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Genesis 20:13 · KJV
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
Genesis 22:7 · KJV
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Genesis 22:21 · KJV
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Genesis 24:7 · KJV
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Genesis 24:23 · KJV
And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?
Genesis 24:38 · KJV
But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
Genesis 24:40 · KJV
And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
Genesis 26:15 · KJV
For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Genesis 26:18 · KJV
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Genesis 26:24 · KJV
And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
Genesis 27:6 · KJV
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Genesis 27:9 · KJV
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
Genesis 27:10 · KJV
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
Genesis 27:12 · KJV
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
Genesis 27:14 · KJV
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
Genesis 27:18 · KJV
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
Genesis 27:19 · KJV
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:22 · KJV
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Genesis 27:26 · KJV
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1 mean?
H1 is the Hebrew word אָב (ʼâb), meaning father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application.
How is H1 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it father (521 times), fathers (389 times), father's (113 times), fathers' (6 times), you and to your fathers (4 times), among others.
How many times does H1 appear in the Bible?
אָב (ʼâb) is tagged in 1003 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive word.
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