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אָב
ʼâb · Hebrew · Strong's H1 · 1213 occurrences
The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “chief”
What it means
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
a primitive word;
How the KJV renders it
chief, forefather, principal
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“chief”
“principal”
“forefather”
also renders prógonos (G4269)
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Where it appears
1213 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 2:17 · HC/Ncmsc
Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
1 Chronicles 2:21 · HNcmsc
Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
1 Chronicles 2:23 · HNcmsc
Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 2:24 · HNcmsc
After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
1 Chronicles 2:42 · HNcmsc
The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
1 Chronicles 2:44 · HNcmsc
Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.