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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אַחְאָב

אַחְאָב

H256

Transliteration: ʼAchʼâb

Pronunciation: akh-awb'

Definition: Ahab


Original: אחב אחאב

Transliteration: 'ach'âb 'echâb

Phonetic: akh-awb'

BDB Definition:

Ahab = "father's brother" once (by contraction) 'Echab (Jer 29:22)
  1. king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel
  2. false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah

Origin: from H251" class="dictionary-topic-link">H251 and H1" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1

TWOT entry: pr n m

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