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

Genesis 42:37 אָבִ֣יו

Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
Genesis 43:2 אֲבִיהֶ֔ם

So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
Genesis 43:7 אֲבִיכֶ֥ם

They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
Genesis 43:8 אָבִ֗יו

And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
Genesis 43:11 אֲבִיהֶ֗ם

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
Genesis 43:23 אֲבִיכֶם֙

“It is fine,” said the steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
Genesis 43:27 אֲבִיכֶ֥ם

He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
Genesis 43:28 לְאָבִ֖ינוּ

“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
Genesis 44:17 אֲבִיכֶֽם׃פ

But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
Genesis 44:19 אָ֖ב

My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
Genesis 44:20 אָ֣בוְאָבִ֥יו

And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
Genesis 44:22 אָבִ֑יואָבִ֖יו

So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
Genesis 44:24 אָבִ֑י

Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
Genesis 44:25 אָבִ֑ינוּ

Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
Genesis 44:27 אָבִ֖י

And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
Genesis 44:30 אָבִ֔י

So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
Genesis 44:31 אָבִ֛ינוּ

sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
Genesis 44:32 אָבִ֖ילְאָבִ֖י

Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
Genesis 44:34 אָבִ֔יאָבִֽי׃

For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
Genesis 45:3 אָבִ֖י

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
Genesis 45:8 לְאָ֜ב

Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 45:9 אָבִי֒

Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
Genesis 45:13 לְאָבִ֗יאָבִ֖י

Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
Genesis 45:18 אֲבִיכֶ֛ם

Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
Genesis 45:19 אֲבִיכֶ֖ם

You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
Genesis 45:23 וּלְאָבִ֞יולְאָבִ֖יו

And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
Genesis 45:25 אֲבִיהֶֽם׃

So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 45:27 אֲבִיהֶֽם׃

However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
Genesis 46:1 אָבִ֥יו

So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Genesis 46:3 אָבִ֑יךָ

“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
Genesis 46:5 אֲבִיהֶ֗ם

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
Genesis 46:29 אָבִ֖יו

Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
Genesis 46:31 אָבִ֔יואָבִ֛י

Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
Genesis 46:34 אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ

you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
Genesis 47:1 אָבִ֨י

So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
Genesis 47:3 אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
Genesis 47:5 אָבִ֥יךָ

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
Genesis 47:6 אָבִ֖יךָ

the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
Genesis 47:7 אָבִ֔יו

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Genesis 47:9 אֲבֹתַ֔י

“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
Genesis 47:11 אָבִ֣יו

So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Genesis 47:12 אָבִ֣יואָבִ֑יו

Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
Genesis 47:30 אֲבֹתַ֔י

but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
Genesis 48:1 אָבִ֖יךָ

Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:9 אָבִ֔יו

Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
Genesis 48:15 אֲבֹתַ֤י

Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
Genesis 48:16 אֲבֹתַ֖י

the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
Genesis 48:17 אָבִ֧יואָבִ֗יו

When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.
Genesis 48:18 אָבִ֖יואָבִ֑י

“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
Genesis 48:19 אָבִ֗יו

But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”