אָב

av

Hebrew H0001 Noun, masculine 1,213 occurrences in 1,060 verses

אָב father

1. father of an individual

2. of God as father of his people

3. head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

4. ancestor

a. grandfather, forefathers - of person

b. of people

5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

6. of producer, generator (fig.)

7. of benevolence and protection (fig.)

8. term of respect and honour

9. ruler or chief (spec.)

Also means: av (אַב "father" H0002)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

Translation

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Concordance 1,060 verses

1 Chronicles 21:17 אָבִ֔י

And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
1 Chronicles 22:10 לְאָ֑ב

He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
1 Chronicles 23:9 הָאָב֖וֹת

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
1 Chronicles 23:11 אָ֔ב

Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.
1 Chronicles 23:24 אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֜םהָאָב֣וֹת

These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 24:2 אֲבִיהֶ֔ם

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
1 Chronicles 24:4 אָבוֹת֙אֲבוֹתָ֖ם

Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar and eight from the descendants of Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:6 הָֽאָב֔וֹתאָ֣ב

The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:19 אֲבִיהֶ֑ם

This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
1 Chronicles 24:30 אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to their families.
1 Chronicles 24:31 הָֽאָב֔וֹתאָב֣וֹת

As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.
1 Chronicles 25:3 אֲבִיהֶ֤ם

From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
1 Chronicles 25:6 אֲבִיהֶ֨ם

All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
1 Chronicles 26:6 אֲבִיהֶ֑ם

Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.
1 Chronicles 26:10 אָבִ֖יהוּ

Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
1 Chronicles 26:13 אֲבוֹתָ֖ם

They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
1 Chronicles 26:21 הָאָב֛וֹת

From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,
1 Chronicles 26:26 הָאָב֛וֹת

This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.
1 Chronicles 26:31 לְאָב֑וֹת

As for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.
1 Chronicles 26:32 הָאָב֑וֹת

Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and to the affairs of the king.
1 Chronicles 27:1 הָאָב֣וֹת

This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division:
1 Chronicles 28:4 אָבִ֗יאָבִ֑יאָבִ֔י

Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
1 Chronicles 28:6 לְאָֽב׃

And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
1 Chronicles 28:9 אָבִ֜יךָ

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
1 Chronicles 29:6 הָאָב֜וֹת

Then the leaders of the households, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.
1 Chronicles 29:10 אָבִ֔ינוּ

Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
1 Chronicles 29:15 אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ

For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
1 Chronicles 29:18 אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ

O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
1 Chronicles 29:20 אֲבֹֽתֵיהֶ֔ם

Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
1 Chronicles 29:23 אָבִ֖יו

So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
2 Chronicles 1:2 הָאָבֽוֹת׃

Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families.
2 Chronicles 1:8 אָבִ֖י

Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much loving devotion to my father David, and You have made me king in his place.
2 Chronicles 1:9 אָבִ֑י

Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
2 Chronicles 2:3 אָבִ֔י

Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.
2 Chronicles 2:7 אָבִֽי׃

Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
2 Chronicles 2:13 אָבִֽי׃

So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.
2 Chronicles 2:14 וְאָבִ֣יואָבִֽיךָ׃

He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
2 Chronicles 2:17 אָבִ֑יו

Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
2 Chronicles 3:1 אָבִ֑יהוּ

Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Chronicles 4:16 אָבִ֛יו

and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
2 Chronicles 5:1 אָבִ֗יו

So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.
2 Chronicles 5:2 הָאָב֛וֹת

At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
2 Chronicles 6:4 אָבִ֑י

and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
2 Chronicles 6:7 אָבִ֑י

Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:8 אָבִ֔י

But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
2 Chronicles 6:10 אָבִ֜י

Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:15 אָבִ֔י

You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
2 Chronicles 6:16 אָבִי֙

Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
2 Chronicles 6:25 וְלַאֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃פ

then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.
2 Chronicles 6:31 לַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃ס

so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.