Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H256
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- 'Ach'ab
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H256
- Brief meaning
- From H251 and 1, brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father, Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
- Source renderings
- Ahab
- Root word
- akh-awb' once (by contraction) oEchab (Jer. 29:22) {ekh- awb'}
- Full definition from the source
- From H251 and 1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon. Root word: akh-awb' once (by contraction) oEchab (Jer. 29:22) {ekh- awb'}.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H251, H1
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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00256\ 256 'Ach'ab akh-awb' once (by contraction) oEchab (Jer. 29:22) {ekh- awb'}; from 251 and 1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon:--Ahab. see HEBREW for 0251 see HEBREW for 01