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H256 · אַחְאָב

ʼAchʼâb

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon

KJV gloss list in the source

Ahab.

Source pronunciation notation: akh-awb'

Derivation recorded by Strong

once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 (אָח) and H1 (אָב); brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father;

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