אַב

ʼab · Hebrew · Strong's H2 · 9 occurrences

The KJV renders 2 different Hebrew and Greek words as “father”

What it means

{father}

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1 (אָב)

How the KJV renders it

father

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“father”

also renders patḗr (G3962)

Where it appears

9 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 7 verses shown.

Daniel 2:23 · ANcmpc/Sp1cs

I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”

Daniel 5:2 · ANcmsc/Sp3ms

Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded that the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem be brought to him, that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.

Daniel 5:11 · ANcmsc/Sp2ms

There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. The king, Nebuchadnezzar, your father—yes, the king, your father—made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers,

Daniel 5:13 · ANcmsc/Sp1cs

Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

Daniel 5:18 · ANcmsc/Sp2ms

“To you, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.

Ezra 4:15 · ANcmpc/Sp2ms

that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have started rebellions within it in the past. That is why this city was destroyed.

Ezra 5:12 ANcmpc/Sp1cp

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