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אָב

𐤀𐤁

ʼâb

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Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Root Family

אב (ʾ-b) — fatherhood, origin, source, progenitor, chief

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Word Forms

77 distinct forms — 1213 total occurrences

SILEX Code Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H935-01 אֲבִ֕י avi HNcmsc my father father-of 197
H8512-01 אָבִ֖י/ו aviv HNcmsc/Sp3ms his father his father 193
H1-08 אָבִ֑י/ךָ avikha HNcmsc/Sp2ms your father your father 96
H1-15 אֲבֹתָ֑/ם avotam HNcmpc/Sp3mp of their fathers their fathers 86
H1-17 אֲבֹתָ֖י/ו avotayv HNcmpc/Sp3ms his fathers his father-ancestors 76
H1-21 אֲבֹתֵי/כֶֽם avoteykhem HNcmpc/Sp2mp your fathers your fathers 52
H1-22 אֲבֹתֵ֑י/נוּ avoteynu HNcmpc/Sp1cp our fathers our father-ancestors 38
H5688-01 אֲב֥וֹת avot HNcmpc fathers an entwined-cord 37
H5667-03 הָֽ/אָב֗וֹת haavot HTd/Ncmpa of the fathers the pledged collateral 36
H1-05 אֲבִי/הֶ֑ם avihem HNcmsc/Sp3mp their father father of them 35

Occurrences in Scripture

SILEX Code Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H8512-01 Genesis 2:24 אָבִ֖י/ו aviv HNcmsc/Sp3ms his father his father
H935-01 Genesis 4:20 אֲבִ֕י avi HNcmsc father of father-of
H935-01 Genesis 4:21 אֲבִ֕י avi HNcmsc father father-of
H935-01 Genesis 9:18 אֲבִ֥י avi HNcmsc father of father-of
H935-01 Genesis 9:22 אֲבִ֣י avi HNcmsc the father father-of
H8512-01 Genesis 9:22 אָבִ֑י/ו aviv HNcmsc/Sp3ms of his father his father
H1-05 Genesis 9:23 אֲבִי/הֶ֑ם avihem HNcmsc/Sp3mp of their father father of them
H1-05 Genesis 9:23 אֲבִי/הֶ֖ם avihem-2 HNcmsc/Sp3mp of their father father of them
H935-01 Genesis 10:21 אֲבִי֙ avi HNcmsc the father father-of
H8512-01 Genesis 11:28 אָבִ֑י/ו aviv HNcmsc/Sp3ms his father his father
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