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

Psalms 106:6 אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
Psalms 106:7 אֲב֘וֹתֵ֤ינוּ

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
Psalms 109:14 אֲ֭בֹתָיו

May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
Proverbs 1:8 אָבִ֑יךָ

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Proverbs 3:12 וּ֝כְאָ֗ב

for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 4:1 אָ֑ב

Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Proverbs 4:3 לְאָבִ֑י

When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
Proverbs 6:20 אָבִ֑יךָ

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 10:1 אָ֑ב

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Proverbs 13:1 אָ֑ב

A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 15:5 אָבִ֑יו

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
Proverbs 15:20 אָ֑ב

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:6 אֲבוֹתָֽם׃

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
Proverbs 17:21 אֲבִ֣י

A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:25 לְ֭אָבִיו

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 19:13 לְ֭אָבִיו

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:14 אָב֑וֹת

Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Proverbs 19:26 אָ֭ב

He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 20:20 אָבִ֣יו

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Proverbs 22:28 אֲבוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
Proverbs 23:22 לְ֭אָבִיךָ

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:24 אֲבִ֣י

The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Proverbs 23:25 אָבִ֥יךָ

May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Proverbs 27:10 אָבִ֡יךָ

Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Proverbs 28:7 אָבִֽיו׃

A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
Proverbs 28:24 אָ֘בִ֤יו

He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
Proverbs 29:3 אָבִ֑יו

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 30:11 אָבִ֣יו

There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Proverbs 30:17 לְאָב֮

As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Isaiah 3:6 אָבִ֔יו

A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
Isaiah 7:17 אָבִיךָ֒

The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
Isaiah 8:4 אָבִ֣י

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
Isaiah 9:6 אֲבִיעַ֖ד

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 14:21 אֲבוֹתָ֑ם

Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
Isaiah 22:21 לְאָ֛ב

I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
Isaiah 22:23 אָבִֽיו׃

I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
Isaiah 22:24 אָבִ֗יו

So they will hang on him the whole burden of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.
Isaiah 37:12 אֲבוֹתַ֔י

Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
Isaiah 38:5 אָבִ֔יךָ

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
Isaiah 38:19 אָ֣ב

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
Isaiah 39:6 אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ

The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
Isaiah 43:27 אָבִ֥יךָ

Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
Isaiah 45:10 לְאָ֖ב

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
Isaiah 51:2 אֲבִיכֶ֔ם

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
Isaiah 58:14 אָבִ֔יךָ

then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 63:16 אָבִ֔ינוּאָבִ֔ינוּ

Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
Isaiah 64:8 אָבִ֣ינוּ

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
Isaiah 64:11 אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ

Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
Isaiah 65:7 אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם

both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
Jeremiah 2:5 אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֥ם

This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?