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)

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Concordance 1,060 verses

2 Chronicles 6:38 לַאֲבוֹתָ֔ם

and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
2 Chronicles 7:17 אָבִ֔יךָ

And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
2 Chronicles 7:18 אָבִ֙יךָ֙

then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’
2 Chronicles 7:22 אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֗ם

And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
2 Chronicles 8:14 אָ֠בִיו

In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
2 Chronicles 9:31 אֲבֹתָ֔יואָבִ֑יו

And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 10:4 אָבִ֖יךָאָבִ֜יךָ

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
2 Chronicles 10:6 אָבִ֔יו

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
2 Chronicles 10:9 אָבִ֖יךָ

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
2 Chronicles 10:10 אָבִ֙יךָ֙אָבִֽי׃

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
2 Chronicles 10:11 אָבִי֙אָבִ֗י

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
2 Chronicles 10:14 אָבִ֗י

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
2 Chronicles 11:16 אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 12:16 אֲבֹתָ֔יו

And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 13:12 אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם

Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
2 Chronicles 13:18 אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 14:1 אֲבֹתָ֗יו

Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.
2 Chronicles 14:4 אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם

He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.
2 Chronicles 15:12 אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
2 Chronicles 15:18 אָבִ֛יו

And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.
2 Chronicles 16:3 אָבִ֖יאָבִ֑יךָ

“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
2 Chronicles 16:13 אֲבֹתָ֑יו

So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.
2 Chronicles 17:2 אָבִֽיו׃

He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
2 Chronicles 17:3 אָבִיו֙

Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,
2 Chronicles 17:4 אָבִיו֙

but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.
2 Chronicles 17:14 אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם

These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;
2 Chronicles 19:4 אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 19:8 הָאָבוֹת֙

Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 20:6 אֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙

and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
2 Chronicles 20:32 אָבִ֥יו

And Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 20:33 אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 21:1 אֲבֹתָ֔יואֲבֹתָ֖יו

And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 21:3 אֲ֠בִיהֶם

Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
2 Chronicles 21:4 אָבִיו֙

When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
2 Chronicles 21:10 אֲבֹתָֽיו׃

So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 21:12 אָבִ֔יךָאָבִ֔יךָ

Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,
2 Chronicles 21:13 אָבִ֛יךָ

but 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.
2 Chronicles 21:19 אֲבֹתָֽיו׃

This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.
2 Chronicles 22:4 אָבִ֖יו

And 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.
2 Chronicles 23:2 הָאָב֖וֹת

So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,
2 Chronicles 24:18 אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם

They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
2 Chronicles 24:22 אָבִיו֙

Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
2 Chronicles 24:24 אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם

Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.
2 Chronicles 25:3 אָבִֽיו׃

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
2 Chronicles 25:4 אָב֤וֹתאָב֔וֹת

Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
2 Chronicles 25:5 אָב֗וֹת

Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
2 Chronicles 25:28 אֲבֹתָ֖יו

They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.
2 Chronicles 26:1 אָבִ֥יו

All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
2 Chronicles 26:2 אֲבֹתָֽיו׃פ

Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
2 Chronicles 26:4 אָבִֽיו׃

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.