אַחְאָב (ach.av) means “Ahab” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: akh-awb' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אַחְאָב · ach.av · Ahab
A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.28; son of: Omri (H6018); married to Jezebel (H0348); father of: Joash (H3101H), Ahaziah (H0274), Joram (H3141H), Athaliah (H6271) § Ahab = "father's brother" 1) king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel 2) false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah
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אַחְאָב · ach.av · Ahab
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.29.21; son of: Kolaiah (H6964H) § Ahab = "father's brother" 1) king of Israel, son of Omri, husband of Jezebel 2) false prophet executed by Nebuchadrezzar, time of Jeremiah
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once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from H251 (אָח) and H1 (אָב); brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
KJV glosses: Ahab.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of ahab | 32 |
| ahab | 26 |
| so ahab | 5 |
| and ahab | 3 |
| when ahab | 3 |
| from ahab | 2 |
| he | 2 |
| now ahab | 2 |
| of ahabs | 2 |
| and he allied himself with ahab | 1 |
| anyone belonging to ahab | 1 |
| belonging to ahab | 1 |
| however ahab | 1 |
| in ahabs | 1 |
| of ahab had done | 1 |
| one like ahab | 1 |
| then ahab | 1 |
| then he | 1 |
| thus ahab | 1 |
| to ahab | 1 |
| visit ahab | 1 |
| where ahab | 1 |
| who | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of ahab | 37 |
| and ahab | 16 |
| ahab | 8 |
| unto ahab | 5 |
| to ahab | 4 |
| and it came to pass when ahab | 3 |
| so ahab | 3 |
| from ahab | 2 |
| that ahab | 2 |
| ahabs | 1 |
| and like ahab | 1 |
| began ahab | 1 |
| but it came to pass when ahab | 1 |
| but there was none like unto ahab | 1 |
| him and ahab | 1 |
| himself unto ahab | 1 |
| in ahabs | 1 |
| it ahab | 1 |
| thou how ahab | 1 |
| thyself unto ahab | 1 |
| unto them ahab | 1 |
| with ahab | 1 |
Page 2 of 2. 81 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
Read word by wordThen Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
Read word by wordSo King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
Read word by wordAnd you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
Read word by wordThe whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
Read word by wordI will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
Read word by wordAnd Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
Read word by word(In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
Read word by wordNow Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:
Read word by wordKnow, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”
Read word by wordSo Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
Read word by wordWhen Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
Read word by wordThen Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
Read word by wordNevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
Read word by wordFor he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
Read word by wordI will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.
Read word by wordNow Jehoshaphat had an abundance of riches and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
Read word by wordAnd some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.
Read word by wordAhab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am as you are, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
Read word by wordAnd Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Read word by wordbut you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.
Read word by wordAhaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
Read word by wordAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
Read word by wordAhaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram.
Read word by wordSo he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
Read word by wordAhaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
Read word by wordSo while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
Read word by wordBecause of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
Read word by wordYou have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
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